Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast

Finding focus, listening to the right voices, and getting out of your own way with Brett Terpstra

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Brett Terpstra is a software developer, author, and podcaster and his work has been the subject of Pete’s technology fever dreams for years now. Brett is also unusually candid about his experience living with ADHD and bipolar disorder and after years of processing in public, he’s managed to figure some things out… others, a mystery.

This week on the show, Brett joins us to talk about his experience living and working with ADHD. He shares his experience in learning how to live with his shadow, and how to forgive when the shadow takes control. This is a show about the voices that we listen to, and those that we learn to avoid as we wake up and get moving with ADHD.

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  • BrettTerpstra.com
  • Brett’s Projects
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  • nvUltra • Searchable, Portable, MultiMarkdown Notes
    • (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast
  • (01:10) - Listener Question Time! What did I do this weekend...?
  • (04:57) - What are our favorite books?
  • (08:25) - Sponsor: Audible
  • (09:13) - Introducing Brett Terpstra
  • (15:42) - The Diagnosis
  • (18:59) - The ADHD Circle of Grief
  • (21:00) - Listening to the Voices
  • (23:42) - Candor and the life of a D-List Celebrity
  • (26:20) - Life partner, communication, and "the blurts"
  • (28:06) - Physical health, drug addiction, and ADHD
  • (35:32) - Brett's Work
  • (36:54) - Brett lives Markdown **hard**
  • (39:23) - nvUltra — Coming Soon
  • (42:08) - Finding Brett Terpstra
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