It’s a digital episode! This month we’re continuing our conversation on providing structure and defeating overwhelm using process and tech tools. From coming to terms with the time you have available to work, to understanding the scope of work you have to do, and finally using mind mapping and shared lists to keep your work in line, we have recommendations for tools and tech that can help. This week on the show, we’re talking about overwhelm, and the mindset and technology you’ll need to do less, but do it really well, and feel better about it!

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It can happen when you least expect it. You come into your house after a long day at work and are hit by a sudden weight. You look at your calendar on a Monday morning at work and see the meetings stacked one after another. You find yourself suddenly acutely aware of the tasks that are piling up on your next big project.

Any of these events might just be the trigger for your overwhelm. It’s that sense of pressure, stress, and fatigue that can cause you to stall, and might even be a precursor to a much more serious condition!

This week on the show, we’re talking all about overwhelm, and offer five solutions to help you regain focus, rediscover your calm, and get back to living.

A series of terrific listener questions drive our conversation this week, all around the sacrifices that come around time, attention, and focus. When we focus on one thing, the rest of our work suffers as we lose track of the time we spend doing it. Our listener asks, “any tips to find this desired balance of focus, energy, and time?” Yes! This week on the show we drill into awareness, perseverance, and intention in the work we do, and share some terrific followup for listeners around tech tools and timers to help you better structure interval work!

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Studying is a skill. For many of us, we come to studying without training, and as a result, we end up staring at texts and notes and hoping that with time and repetition, we’ll absorb something important. No, studying is something that takes practice, and with time and attention, you can improve. This week on the show, we relive our own college years and share some of the mistakes we made in our study habits, then share five key strategies for helping you find the focus and attention you’ll need to muster to succeed in your higher education!

Tools in the classroom have come a long way. When I was a student, we were just coming round to the idea that we could drop a tape recorder in our classes to record our lectures, then take notes on them later. Now, we have the opportunity to be more efficient and much more industrious. On this week’s digital episode, we walk through smart technology — from digital pens to dictation and beyond — that can help you stay on top of your game as a college student!

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Anxiety and ADHD are like peanut butter and jelly — they simply go together. Some studies say as many as 40% of those struggling with ADHD are also living with some level of generalized anxiety disorder. For the new student, the change in schedule and environment not only proves a challenge for ADHD, but can offer ripe conditions for increased stress and anxiety.

This week on the show, Nikki Kinzer and Pete Wright share their own journeys with anxiety and offer strategies for moving through attacks and back to calm.

Whether you’re hitting higher ed as a traditional student just out of high school, or you’re going back as an older adult, if you’re going in with ADHD on your caseload, you have to be ready to be flexible. From finding new ways and places to study to negotiating with your instructors, ADHD can dramatically impact the landscape of your higher ed future. This week on the show, we’re kicking off a month-long series dedicated to those heading back to school with tools, tips, and technologies that can make your transition to college a breeze!

On this month’s digital episode, Pete and Nikki walk through some of the tools and processes that help to simplify and streamline personal money management. We’ll dig into tools around managing and scanning paper for systems that enable immediate and frictionless action. We’ll talk about transaction micromanagement, and the perils it brings, along with tools that allow for automatic reporting where it counts. And we’ll talk about the importance of a spending diary, if you’re having trouble with focus, and give you some ideas for tools that can help you build up your awareness for your own behavior around money!

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You’ve been working hard to get your day-to-day habits under control, but what about your long-term strategy for your money? Are you thinking about your budget? Your savings? Retirement? This can be the most challenging to get started, but it doesn’t have to be painful — and it can even be fun! This week on the show, Nikki Kinzer and Pete Wright talk about setting up a financial plan, the tools and resources you’ll need to start budgeting and offer a variation on a debt reduction plan to get you saving smartly today!

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Now is the time! If you've thought about joining a coaching group for support as you learn about your ADHD, today is your day. It's open enrollment in small group coaching with Nikki in ADHD Moms or ADHD Professionals groups, and thanks to great feedback from current members, we've made some changes that we're excited to share with you today. This is a brief special episode to get you up to speed — if you've been thinking about joining a group, now's the time to make it happen. Sign up today!