So many people have asked me about the Hubs and how we keep our relationship strong. He has been featured on my Instagram profile, and I’ve written a couple articles about my thinking around relationships and making a marriage work.

The truth is much simpler (read: not easier) than you might think.

So I gathered questions from some of my community members, and some followers on social media. Then the Hubs sat down with me in my uber professional recording booth in the spare bedroom and answered them.

Some of his answers surprised even me. And he has offered to come back again as needed to discuss “mixed” relationships in the future.

In this episode you will hear:

• How we met
• The most annoying parts of living with me
• His thoughts on gender roles in modern marriage/relationships
• Why seeking mental health treatment should not be shameful
• Our collective feelings about couples counseling
• Things he likes best about me

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In this short episode I tell the story of my recent trip to Puerto Rico.

In short, I was cut off from my normal buffering activities. At first, I was totally annoyed because I didn't know how to, "relax" without something to take me out of my own thoughts.

Then I discovered that in order to really calm my nervous system, and turn down the volume on my racing thoughts...I had to cut myself off. And I did. And it was magical.

This episode is the result of a conversation that we had in the ADHD Enclave about the distinction between numbing out and relaxing.

Numbing out = intentionally avoiding FEELING things, or thinking about things, or taking some action. Numbing out almost always involves some temporary pleasurable activity like social media, or bingeing on Netflix.

Relaxing = intentionally engaging with your own thoughts. Allowing yourself to breathe, think, and even feel your emotions.

This episode is not prescriptive, I really just want people to think.

Join the ADHD Enclave and be part of the conversation.

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Make no mistake being a stay-at-home-mom or homemaker is work. I daresay the expectations are higher for women on the homefront than anywhere else.

And don’t even get me started on multi-tasking. It just doesn’t work.

No wonder so many of us suffer with productivity shame.

I brought this conversation about ADHD women and productivity shame into my private Enclave group.

The podcast I recorded was a direct result of those conversations.

In this episode you will hear:

• Productivity Shame
• False productivity and business
• The difference between speed and efficiency
• Multitasking does NOT work
• Less doing. More Being.
• Energy management leads to productivity

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 I asked coach Jennie Friedman to come on so we could talk podcasting and her coaching practice, and we ended up discussing my trip to Puerto Rico with my husband.

In the end we produced a VERY informative episode, including:

- packing for a vacation
- getting to the airport on time
- navigating airport security
- remembering EVERYTHING you need
- managing stress prior to travel
- thinking ahead without having a meltdown
- learning to relax and rest your brain

Reach Further Coaching

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**This episode was first aired in March, 2019.**

As a society, we need to start looking at mental health in our young men.

It's one thing to diagnose a little boy with ADHD and give him some medication - but we need to provide more emotional support. And we need to make it socially acceptable for parents to seek help for their sons. So that when they grow into men, they know it's ok to ask for help.

Marc Almodovar is willing to have these conversations. He believes in telling his own story, and empowering other men to share theirs, too.

wellnesswithmarc.com/blank

instagram.com/wellnesswithmarc/

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***This episode was recorded in March, 2019***

Join Laura The ADHD Mama and I for a conversation about all things ADHD.

• Creating the career that works for you
• Making a living (or not)
• Coming back from failure
• Parenting with and for ADHD
• Medical Marijuana
• ADHD medication

This is an honest, authentic conversation between two women who have a lot in common. Including our desire to serve other women with ADHD.

Find Laura on Facebook as The ADHD Mama.

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One of my favorite people, and former guests, Jaclyn Paul stops by to discuss emotional Hyperfocus in moms with ADHD.

We had intended to discuss how we often take little missteps and build them up in our mind until they are a measure of our entire lives...but we went a teensy bit off our notes.

As always, the conversation is jam-packed with usable and relatable info, even if we didn't stick to our agenda.

- Little things are big things to the ADHD brain
- Jaclyn's meltdown and emotional focus death spiral after a calendar mishap
- "But it means EVERYTHING." - and how fiction often mirrors real life
- Why we agree that Hyperfocus is NOT a superpower
- Parenting PTSD when your child is getting in trouble at school
- All roads lead to time blindness (YES, even emotional ones)
- The broken down car analogy for figuring out what isn't working in your life
- Why some ADHDers don't believe they are capable of change
- Forming small, sustainable habits
- The power of writing to process emotions and experiences
- Women's hormones and ADHD

Related links:

The ADHD Homestead
Order from Chaos - Jaclyn's book
Wanna join the conversation? check out the Enclave.

Email me at [email protected] if you want to suggest a topic for me to research or a person for me to interview. 

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The ADHD Homestead is one of my go-to resources for information and perspective on being a woman living with ADHD. Jaclyn is one of my favorites you guys!

In this recording made in March 2019, we discuss all things Life Skills with ADHD:

- BS'ing our way through the educational system

- The ADHD affect on marriage

- Becoming a writer, author

- Finding your, "Why"

- Real-life organizing for ADHD

- The power of the pause with ADHD

- The idea that Failure is not a permanent state

- Jaclyn's upcoming project management app

SHOW NOTES:

adhdhomestead.net

Do The Thing App - mailchi.mp/dothething.app/mailinglist

Getting Things Done - amzn.to/2uoCGl2

Is It You, Me, or Adult ADD? - amzn.to/2ul3bIl

Order from Chaos - amzn.to/2U6SkQD

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Despite how it may seem, I really do enjoy the holidays. I enjoy the community giving aspect of the season, and I like seeing people that I only see at this time of year.

For most of my adult life I have managed to avoid the cooking, organizing, and other EF-heavy tasks that I stink at.

But this time of year I cannot avoid these tasks and it makes me a little nuts. The Holidays bring out the crazy in everyone. I just choose to be open about it.

When it became evident that I needed a plan to recover, I created the Winter Online Retreat for myself and my community. Everyone who joins us for the retreat gets a little gift in the mail from me + 10 weeks of learning, connection, and personal growth.

Listen to my poorly executed holiday rant, and send me ideas for next year!

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***This episode first aired in February, 2019.***

For more info on increasing self-awareness, see this post.

See this post on Emotional Management.

The five strategies discussed include include:

1. Identifying the difference between things you can control, and things you cannot.
2. Becoming conscious of your thought and behavioral patterns.
3. Managing your emotions.
4. Taking action instead of complaining.
5. Looking forward, not backward, in your life.

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