The ADHD Skills Lab

Impulse spending is a product of more than just ADHD impulsivity, and we’re excited to untangle what that means!

On this week’s episode of The ADHD Skills Lab, we went looking for a research-backed financial decision-making framework—and what we found surprised us! There isn’t as much research on ADHD and financial decision making as we expected, which makes this episode feel even more special.

Curious about what’s inside?

• Discover your financial decision-making style!
• Why impulsive spending might have less to do with ADHD than you think…
• Explore the paradox of ADHD: A blessing or a curse for your career?

Thanks for being here! Until next time,
Sarah Russell (Podcast Producer)

⚠️ Trigger Warning: This episode references studies that contain potentially sensitive content regarding financial distress and suicide.

References:

1. Financial decision-making in a community sample of adults with and without current symptoms of ADHD
2. Paradoxical career strengths and successes of ADHD adults: an evolving narrative
3. ADHD, financial distress, and suicide in adulthood: A population study
4. Big Five Personality Test

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Want to grow your business? 

My Focused Balanced Growth Program has everything you need to build consistent ADHD-friendly routines and processes to grow. Click here to learn more.

Looking for a coach who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? 

I work with one company a month as a fractional consultant and COO, learning about your business and implementing systems that allow both trust & transparency with your team. Click here to book a call and discuss.

Looking for an episode about finding balance with ADHD and embracing the way we’re wired?! Listen now for that conversation with Lisa Ballard, Director at Google Cloud! From tackling overwhelm and being intentional to discovering your unique strengths with ADHD, Lisa shares practical insights for every walk of life.

You’ll want to press play on this week’s episode of The ADHD Skills Lab! Come for the amazing chemistry between Skye and Lisa, and stay for the wealth of strategies they discuss. Whether you're a professional, a parent, or just looking for tips to make life a little easier, this episode has you in mind.

Thanks for being here! Until next time,
Sarah Russell (Podcast Producer)


ADHD Strategies Discussed:

• Red zone strategies (planned ahead)
• Flexible rules for your planning tools - do you think we always use our Planner Pads "correctly?"
• Step-in routines for just getting started
• DON'T MISS: how does Lisa get her kids to participate in the family planning meeting?

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YT: Unconventional Organisation ADHD

P.S. If you’re a founder who’s tired of the mad scramble of disorganized systems and stressful HR, and you want a business that feels as easy as plugging your headphones into an iPod shuffle, I’ve got something for you.

Want to grow your business? 

My Focused Balanced Growth Program has everything you need to build consistent ADHD-friendly routines and processes to grow. Click here to learn more.

Looking for a coach who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? 

I work with one company a month as a fractional consultant and COO, learning about your business and implementing systems that allow both trust & transparency with your team. Click here to book a call and discuss.

tl;dr Is it ADHD, ASD, or both?! As it turns out, the experts still aren't sure.

This week on The ADHD Skills Lab, I have a labor of love for you, in the form of a Research Recap!  We looked at several articles and an editorial (hello, asynchronous interview) to discuss the question above.

Curious about what's inside?

• Research & expert opinions
• Implications for treatment
• Why is the overlap between ADHD & ASD so big?

Thanks for being here! Until next time,
Sarah (Podcast Producer)

References:

1. ADHD and ASD: Time to Split or Lump?
2. Shared and Specific Neural Correlates of ADHD and ASD: A Meta-Analysis of 243 Task-Based Functional MRI Studies
3. ADHD and ASD: Towards Better Diagnosis and Management
4. Symptom scores and medication treatment patterns in children with ADHD versus autism
5. Who is Phillip Shaw?

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Want to grow your business? 

My Focused Balanced Growth Program has everything you need to build consistent ADHD-friendly routines and processes to grow. Click here to learn more.

Looking for a coach who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? 

I work with one company a month as a fractional consultant and COO, learning about your business and implementing systems that allow both trust & transparency with your team. Click here to book a call and discuss.

Hello! Thanks for tuning into another week of The ADHD Skills Lab!

Skye brings us an interview with the wonderful E. Prybylski, wearer of many hats. They cover the essentials - daily ADHD strategies - but the conversation really gets interesting when they delve into, "how to write" and "how to get published."

I will personally be relistening to the bit on connecting authentically so I can feel that spark again.

Thanks for being here! Until next time,
Sarah (Podcast Producer)

ADHD Skills Discussed:

• Chunking & prioritization
• WFH self-accommodation ideas
• Checking on my basic needs to get unstuck? ...sounds fake, right?

Looking for E?
Author Website
Instagram
TikTok
The Star Point Method - Video on YT

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P.S. If you’re a founder who’s tired of the mad scramble of disorganized systems and stressful HR, and you want a business that feels as easy as plugging your headphones into an iPod shuffle, I’ve got something for you.

Want to grow your business? 

My Focused Balanced Growth Program has everything you need to build consistent ADHD-friendly routines and processes to grow. Click here to learn more.

Looking for a coach who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? 

I work with one company a month as a fractional consultant and COO, learning about your business and implementing systems that allow both trust & transparency with your team. Click here to book a call and discuss.

Welcome back to The ADHD Skills Lab!

I have a very exciting Research Recap this week on treatment for adult ADHD. The results of these papers are promising, but the most interesting discussion piece comes from "the scientific community" itself.

Curious about what's inside?

• CBT and medication
• Support group for parents 
• Interesting exclusion criteria

Thanks for being here! Until next time,
Sarah (Podcast Producer)

References:
01:07 - One-year follow-up of the effectiveness and mediators of CBT among adults with ADHD: secondary outcomes of a randomised controlled trial
13:02 - Parent Training Tailored to Parents With ADHD: Development of the Improving Parenting Skills Adult ADHD (IPSA) Program

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P.S. If you’re a founder who’s tired of the mad scramble of disorganized systems and stressful HR, and you want a business that feels as easy as plugging your headphones into an iPod shuffle, I’ve got something for you.

Want to grow your business? 

My Focused Balanced Growth Program has everything you need to build consistent ADHD-friendly routines and processes to grow. Click here to learn more.

Looking for a coach who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? 

I work with one company a month as a fractional consultant and COO, learning about your business and implementing systems that allow both trust & transparency with your team. Click here to book a call and discuss.

Welcome back to The ADHD Skills Lab!

This week we are highlighting a conversation between Skye and Dr. Anna Burns, an experienced pelvic floor therapist whose own ADHD diagnosis sparked a new passion. Please enjoy this very relatable story of new motherhood during COVID and the extra bits that come with a late ADHD diagnosis.

Thanks for being here! Until next time,
Sarah (Podcast Producer)

ADHD Skills Discussed:

• Catch and release tasks - what is this?
• Honor the reminder medium that works for you - paper, digital, combo? 
• Talk about your experience!

References:

1. ADHD Symptoms in Females of Childhood, Adolescent, Reproductive and Menopause Period
2. Relationship between sex hormones, reproductive stages and ADHD: a systematic review

Looking for Anna?
Personal Website
Instagram

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P.S. If you’re a founder who’s tired of the mad scramble of disorganized systems and stressful HR, and you want a business that feels as easy as plugging your headphones into an iPod shuffle, I’ve got something for you.

Want to grow your business? 

My Focused Balanced Growth Program has everything you need to build consistent ADHD-friendly routines and processes to grow. Click here to learn more.

Looking for a coach who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? 

I work with one company a month as a fractional consultant and COO, learning about your business and implementing systems that allow both trust & transparency with your team. Click here to book a call and discuss.

Hello and welcome to The ADHD Skills Lab!

This week's research recap is short and sweet, focusing on the atypical communication patterns observed amongst ADHDer's. But the real excitement lies in the potential to reduce accessibility issues within the diagnostic process itself!

Thanks for being here! Until next time,
Sarah (Podcast Producer)


References
00:47 - Assessment of pragmatic skills in adults with ADHD
12:39 - Acoustic and Text Features Analysis for Adult ADHD Screening: A Data-Driven Approach Utilizing DIVA Interview

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Want to grow your business? 

My Focused Balanced Growth Program has everything you need to build consistent ADHD-friendly routines and processes to grow. Click here to learn more.

Looking for a coach who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? 

I work with one company a month as a fractional consultant and COO, learning about your business and implementing systems that allow both trust & transparency with your team. Click here to book a call and discuss.

Hi and welcome back to the ADHD Skills Lab!

This week we are offering up an interview with high energy entrepreneur, Kathryn Palmer, who came with lots to share! Curious about what's inside?

• Talk of misdiagnosis and stigma
• How to thrive while working from home 
• What is the reward for masking and when is it worth it?

Thanks for being here! Until next time,
Sarah (Podcast Producer)

ADHD Skills Discussed:

• Hyperfocus - to interrupt or not?
• Chrono-working with ADHD
• Scheduling in variety - why would I do this?

Looking for Kathryn?
Authentic Public Relations - website
Instagram

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P.S. If you’re a founder who’s tired of the mad scramble of disorganized systems and stressful HR, and you want a business that feels as easy as plugging your headphones into an iPod shuffle, I’ve got something for you.

Want to grow your business? 

My Focused Balanced Growth Program has everything you need to build consistent ADHD-friendly routines and processes to grow. Click here to learn more.

Looking for a coach who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? 

I work with one company a month as a fractional consultant and COO, learning about your business and implementing systems that allow both trust & transparency with your team. Click here to book a call and discuss.

Skye jumping in here. Would you like to work with me?

I'm looking for eight professionals who were diagnosed late with ADHD, have been struggling with the burnout cycle, and want to have intentional and balanced days in the next six weeks.

If that sounds like you, please email me EIGHT at [email protected], and I'll send you the details.

Thanks so much for listening.

Okay, back to you, Sarah.

Skye

Hello and welcome to The ADHD Skills Lab!

Sarah here, happy to be bringing you another Research Recap.

Curious about what's inside?

• Are all sections of the same assessment tool equally effective? Apparently not...
• Calling out the procedural issues in the diagnostic process
• What is the main improvement these authors suggest?

Thanks for being here! Until next time,
Sarah (Podcast Producer)

References:

1. Determining cutoff scores on the Conners’ adult ADHD rating scales that can definitively rule out the presence of ADHD in a clinical sample
2. A Quality Improvement Initiative for Detection of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in an Urban, Academic Safety Net Hospital

Looking for more content? Want to get in touch?
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IG: Sarah @theadhdskillslabpodcast
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P.S. If you’re a founder who’s tired of the mad scramble of disorganized systems and stressful HR, and you want a business that feels as easy as plugging your headphones into an iPod shuffle, I’ve got something for you.

Want to grow your business? 

My Focused Balanced Growth Program has everything you need to build consistent ADHD-friendly routines and processes to grow. Click here to learn more.

Looking for a coach who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? 

I work with one company a month as a fractional consultant and COO, learning about your business and implementing systems that allow both trust & transparency with your team. Click here to book a call and discuss.

Hello! Welcome to another interview in The ADHD Skills Lab!

Skye recently sat down with Chris Backe to discuss entrepreneurship in the highly creative industry of tabletop games. Whether you're a fan of tabletop games or looking to start your own creative venture, you'll find value in this chat.

Thanks for being here! Until next time,
Sarah (Podcast Producer)

ADHD Skills Discussed:

• Reduce ambiguity around deadlines
• Visualize your time available for client work
• Ask yourself: "Is this the right workspace for this task?"

Looking for Chris?
Entro Games
Instagram

Looking for more content? Want to get in touch?
We would love to hear from you! Feel free to @ us and drop a line or two!
IG: Skye @unconventionalorganisation
IG: Sarah @theadhdskillslabpodcast
YT: Unconventional Organisation ADHD

P.S. If you’re a founder who’s tired of the mad scramble of disorganized systems and stressful HR, and you want a business that feels as easy as plugging your headphones into an iPod shuffle, I’ve got something for you.

Want to grow your business? 

My Focused Balanced Growth Program has everything you need to build consistent ADHD-friendly routines and processes to grow. Click here to learn more.

Looking for a coach who's also an operator who'll turn your business into a finely-tuned profit and peace machine designed for your brain? 

I work with one company a month as a fractional consultant and COO, learning about your business and implementing systems that allow both trust & transparency with your team. Click here to book a call and discuss.