Kick Some ADHD

Do you skip planning or struggle to plan... because it's just no fun? Even spending a few quick moments making a plan can make your day go smoothly or even avert disasters! So here are 4 words to make planning easy for your ADHD brain!

You know that bruise you can't remember getting? What about the wall they JUST put there?! Ever have trouble walking in a straight line? Your clumsiness might be related to ADHD—and not just because you don't pay attention! The science might just surprise you!

Do you ever find yourself nursing old wounds and regrets? Do you wish that people had given you better support? Do you still have hurts over the way people treated you because of your ADHD? What about pain you've caused?

We knew there was a shortage of Adderall, but just how far have the ripple effects gone? And is there a light at the end of this tunnel?

Are you like many people with ADHD and have a strong urge to do something that actually makes your life harder? Yep... we can be like moths drawn to a flame. It's a trap! Here's what it is and how to get out of it!

You know that feeling when you're brain just won't let you get started on something? It turns out that it's not just you... there are actual reasons why! Learn about those plus the 5 steps you can use to get started!

What if there were one thing that could be a huge drain on your mental and emotional energy? And what if making a simple change could have a dramatic positive impact on not just both of those, but also significantly improve your chances of making this new year the one you're hoping for?

Do New Year's Resolutions work for anyone?! Certainly not for those of us with ADHD! There is something you CAN do to set your new year up for success though. Find out what 3 questions to ask yourself and hear how we each answer them!

It's almost universal that this time of year a whole bunch of people want to get started exercising. But before you go crazy with it, we are bringing you an encore presentation of Ep. 93: Motivating Yourself to Exercise from earlier this season.

Why? Because to actually have a sustainable lifestyle change, you need more than the temporary motivation that magically arises after all the holiday overeating and just as the New Year looms. You need ways to actually find motivation and keep it. But you also need to remove the barriers to exercise from your life, and most importantly you want to figure out how to get the least exercise possible and still get the brain and body benefits from it so that you'll actually keep doing it!

And that's why this replay of Episode 93 is so relevant right now. Enjoy!

And we'll be back next week to kick off Season 4 of Kick Some ADHD with an episode all about New Year's Resolutions!

Getting your brain activated and engaged at the right level is hugely important to having sustainable productive focus in our lives. But that's also a huge challenge! Overstimulating your ADHD brain can put you straight into overwhelm. Hyperfocus is tempting (and can be fun!) because it's so powerful, but it depletes our energies. Being understimulated is a recipe for distraction (and possibly disaster!)

That struggle is the reason we wanted to present an encore presentation of episode 35.

NOTE: David's audio is rough in this episode, but Dana, as usual, sounds fantastic.

Happy Holidays to you and yours!