Never Perfect

Many people with Attention Deficit Disorder become overwhelmed and paralyzed because they overestimate tasks and underestimate themselves. Common struggles include unrealistic expectations (like perfectionistic, thinking, or all or nothing thinking,) and trouble prioritizing and breaking tasks down into steps. Beth Capecchi shares clinical examples as well as her own personal examples and some tips for how to change your thinking and your approach. 

Listen to this episode and more: neverperfect.org

Follow us on instagram @neverperfectpodcast

Please rate and review this podcast. Send us an email with any feedback or requests: [email protected]

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beth was inspired to record this episode after a 45 year old woman with ADHD described her shame and guilt for being too angry and reactive with her 15 year old son. It’s important for all of us to recognize our strengths as well as our weaknesses. All of us will make mistakes, and we need to be honest about those as well as our positive qualities. Beth outlines observations from Dr. William Dodson about individuals with ADHD, have a distinctive nervous system, characterized by emotional responsiveness, sensitivity to rejection, and a tendency to activate based on interest (not importance). She also describes some of the common struggles in ADHD relationships, including impulsive behavior, inattentiveness, poor communication skills, trouble empathizing, and mood swings. 

Common Pitfalls of ADHD and Marriage

How ADHD Shapes your Perceptions

Listen to this episode and more: neverperfect.org

Follow us on instagram @neverperfectpodcast

Please rate and review this podcast. Send us an email with any feedback or requests: [email protected]

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jojo is a recent high school graduate who courageously shares her story of recovery from a life-threatening eating disorder, including several hospitalizations. Jojo shares factors that contributed to her eating issues, including avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID, see attached article) as well as her journey, back to health. Jojo also outlines some of the dangers and long term damage that can result from severe eating disorders. To learn more about Jojo’s recovery, check out her Instagram page @jojoshaffer 

For more information, visit her website at yourhealthystructure.com

Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorders read more HERE

Listen to this episode and more: neverperfect.org

Follow us on instagram @neverperfectpodcast

Please rate and review this podcast. Send us an email with any feedback or requests: [email protected]

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vicki Steine is a licensed social worker, educator and nutritionist who believes that mental health and your ability to handle life’s stressors are affected by many factors, especially exercise, sleep, nutrition, and community. In this episode, she vulnerably shares how her own eating habits impacted her mental health. Dr. Steine shares some of her favorite advice for sleep, exercise, and nutrition. 

For more information, visit her website at yourhealthystructure.com

Listen to this episode and more: neverperfect.org

Follow us on instagram @neverperfectpodcast

Please rate and review this podcast. Send us an email with any feedback or requests: [email protected]

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if sharing stories about your life, on a regular basis, could build self-esteem and compassion, and reduce isolation and loneliness? What if children and adolescents practiced communicating about themselves and listening to their peers in order to improve the social skills that have been inhibited by technology and social media?What if social connection could decrease anxiety and depression and help us live longer, happier, more fulfilling lives? It DOES...or that's what the research tells us. In this episode, Beth interviews humanitarian Kate Rudder (MA/EMPA) about her experiences with international aid and story exchanges, especially surrounding her current job with the global nonprofit Narrative 4, working right here in Chattanooga. 

Listen to this episode and more: neverperfect.org

Follow us on instagram @neverperfectpodcast

Please rate and review this podcast. Send us an email with any feedback or requests: [email protected]

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Susannah Bozzone is passionate about empowering patients to choose a lifestyle that optimizes their health and their genetic potential. She reminds us that 80% of our health and outcome results from lifestyle choices. In this episode, she offers some of her favorite advice for getting healthy, including the monumental role that a sense of purpose plays in health and longevity. 

Genes vs. Lifestyle

About Suzannah Bozzone

Youtube about Dr. Suzannah Bozzone

Listen to this episode and more: neverperfect.org

Follow us on instagram @neverperfectpodcast

Please rate and review this podcast. Send us an email with any feedback or requests: [email protected]

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you feel as if your teenagers are pushing you away? Are they becoming more independent, private, pushing back, and leaving you out of more things? Do they question your authority and talk to you less and listen less? These are common experiences for parents of adolescents, including Beth Capecchi. This stage of parenting can be very painful and sometimes it feels personal, but research says that this is developmentally normal. Beth shares some personal and professional stories, along with some insightful pointers from Dr. Carl Pickhardt’s article in Psychology Today called “A Detachment Theory of Parenting.” (Pickhardt is also the author of the book “Surviving Your Child’s Adolescence.”

A Detachment Theory of Parenting Adolescents

Surviving Your child's Adolescence

Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood

Listen to this episode and more: neverperfect.org

Follow us on instagram @neverperfectpodcast

Please rate and review this podcast. Send us an email with any feedback or requests: [email protected]

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This short episode addresses the following: Are you an open book or extremely private? Where are you on the spectrum of self disclosure and what are the implications of this? Is this healthy? Is it helping your relationships and connections or interfering with them? How does self disclosure impact your mental health? Beth encourages listeners to think about where they want to be on the sharing continuum. Do you want to be an open book who shares everything indiscriminately with anyone who will listen? Or do you want to be a closed book who shares nothing with anyone and avoids being vulnerable at all costs? Where are you on the spectrum and why are you there and where do you want to be? Another aspect of self disclosure relates to what percentage of your story do you want to share? Beth often urges her clients to avoid being all or nothing with self disclosure (and many other areas). For instance you could share 5% or 100% of your story or about what is going on. You don’t have to tell them every detail or even be extremely specific. Sometimes sharing even a fraction of your story is extremely healing and therapeutic. It helps us and it helps others. 

Listen to this episode and more: neverperfect.org

Follow us on instagram @neverperfectpodcast

Please rate and review this podcast. Send us an email with any feedback or requests: [email protected]

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beth Capecchi believes that everyone is gifted and the types of intelligence are impossible to number. The good news is everyone is gifted, but the bad news is it’s often difficult to figure it out. In this episode, she interviews Ben Van Winkle, a musician with an engineering degree. It’s heartbreaking that so many people go through life not realizing how gifted and intelligent they are. no matter who you are or how well you do in school, you are gifted. Beth explains why it’s important to know how you are gifted and ways to figure it out. Interestingly, Beth also believes that everyone has cognitive weaknesses. 

Driving Buddy (Official Music Video)

Ben Van Winkle - Composer, Performer, Human Being

Listen to this episode and more: neverperfect.org

Follow us on instagram @neverperfectpodcast

Please rate and review this podcast. Send us an email with any feedback or requests: [email protected]

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Beth Capecchi talks about communication skills and how essential assertiveness is for healthy relationships and a healthy life. The majority of people have poor communication skills. Beth explains her assertiveness scale, including the full range from passive to aggressive as well as passive aggressive communication. Beth shares some of her favorite advice on healthy communication, including the sandwich technique and the daily check-in. 

Listen to this episode and more: neverperfect.org

Follow us on instagram @neverperfectpodcast

Please rate and review this podcast. Send us an email with any feedback or requests: [email protected]

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices