Translating ADHD

By Asher Collins and Dusty ChipuraHealth & Fitness Mental Health Education Self-Improvement

Translating ADHD episodes

April 06, 2020Managing Mental and Emotional Overload with ADHD
This week, Shelly and Cam continue our discussion of ADHD experience in the context of the current coronavirus pandemic. Though the pace of life may be slower for many of us, our bandwidth is being stretched by uncertainty, powerful emotions, and the effort of trying to find our new normal.

Using Cam's DAM model, we discuss how to manage the mental and emotional overload brought on by these uncertain times by evaluating and adjusting what we can control: our behavior.

Episode links + resources:
Our Process: Understand, Own, Translate.
About Cam and Shelly

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44 min
March 30, 2020Shifting from "Snow Day" to Opportunity Mentality while Social Distancing with ADHD
This week, Cam and Shelly discuss how different clients are experiencing the slow down in the pace of life as they practice social distancing amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. As the number of urgent items that need our attention decreases, our clients are turning our attention to activating on items that are important but not urgent.

Using several recent client examples we discuss how our clients are uniquely experiencing reduction in urgency and demands on their attention as adults with ADHD. Using these examples, we then discuss how listeners can adjust in the absence of urgency by looking for the opportunities created by this slower pace.

Episode links + resources:
Our Process: Understand, Own, Translate.
About Cam and Shelly

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33 min
March 23, 2020Navigating COVID-19 Related Disruptions with ADHD
As coaches, Cam and Shelly are working with clients on managing the many disruptions caused by the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The individual challenges are as unique as our clients, the individual impacts they are experiencing, and their individual ADHD experience.

In today's episode, we bring that conversation to our listeners by discussing what we and our clients are working through: lost or reduced income, loss of crucial supports (environments, people, routines, structure), managing time when everything happens all under one roof, and more.

Episode links + resources:
Our Process: Understand, Own, Translate.
About Cam and Shelly

For more Translating ADHD:
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Follow us on Twitter: @TranslatingADHD
40 min
March 16, 2020Identifying and Accessing Resources with ADHD
As adults with ADHD, we often do do not see the many resources available to us. However, when we are operating from a place of strength, we can start to identify and access those resources.

In today's episode, Cam and Shelly discuss the importance of approaching resources from a place of strength, identify several areas in which to look for and identify resources, and give examples in a few crucial resource areas.

Episode links + resources:
Essential Structures Model
Our Process: Understand, Own, Translate.
About Cam and Shelly

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37 min
March 09, 2020Shifting to a Strengths Based Perspective with ADHD
This week we continue the conversation around strengths by looking at Shelly's client Sally and her limiting belief that she had to "pass as neurotypical" to be successful. Cam and Shelly break down how Sally shifted from this limiting belief to a strengths based perspective. We also discuss why this shift is so important and why it is often the place we begin with our clients.

Episode links + resources:
Our Process: Understand, Own, Translate.
About Cam and Shelly

For more Translating ADHD:
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Follow us on Twitter: @TranslatingADHD
33 min
March 02, 2020Tapping Into Strengths with ADHD
This week we turn our attention to tapping into our strengths as adults with ADHD. Cam and Shelly break down why we are strengths based coaches and discuss how accessing and leveraging strengths is a powerful way to help our clients create the change they are seeking. We then cap the conversation by discussing how accessing and leveraging strengths helped one of Cam's clients turn a scenario at work from one of challenge to one of opportunity and success.

Episode links + resources:
Strengths & Challenges Reframe Chart
Our Process: Understand, Own, Translate.
About Cam and Shelly

For more Translating ADHD:
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33 min
February 24, 2020ADHD, Hyperfocus, and Flow State
As adults with ADHD we often have a black or white view of hyperfocus. On one hand we see it as a powerful elixir or superpower that allows us incredible focus and productivity. On the other, we know that hyperfocus can distract us from what is important by dragging us down Alice in Wonderland style rabbit holes.

In today's episode, Shelly and Cam discuss how to create awareness around hyperfocus by distinguishing when we are hyperfocusing on tasks that are timely and relevant from tasks that are not. We bring in examples from our own experience, discuss popular examples of hyperfocus portrayal, and discuss how hyperfocus differs from flow state.

Episode links + resources:
Tim Urban: Wait but Why
Cal Newport: Deep Work
Our Process: Understand, Own, Translate.
About Cam and Shelly

For more Translating ADHD:
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Follow us on Twitter: @TranslatingADHD
39 min
February 17, 2020Distinguishing ADHD and Time Management
As adults with ADHD we often view time as the enemy, because many of the effects of ADHD look like poor time management. Today, Shelly discusses her experience working with neurotypical adults and adults with ADHD in the areas of time management and breaks the differences in experiences. Shelly and Cam then distinguish time management challenges from ADHD challenges.

We also discuss how effects of our ADHD challenges are often mistakenly believed to have cause in time management issues, both by ourselves and the neurotypicals around us.

Episode links + resources:
Our Process: Understand, Own, Translate.
About Cam and Shelly

For more Translating ADHD:
Visit our website: TranslatingADHD.com
Follow us on Twitter: @TranslatingADHD
35 min
February 10, 2020Time, Transitions, and Hyperfocus (pt. 1)
Transitions are difficult for those of us with ADHD. Often we can become stuck in one of two gears: the neutral gear of "the planner" or the 5th gear of "the doer" with little access to the gears between the two. This inability to access other gears tends to keep us stuck in either a pre-action or reaction mode.

In today's episode Cam and Shelly discuss how to identify which gear you tend to be stuck in, and how those of us with ADHD can begin to access the gears between neutral and 5th.

"Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
-Japanese Proverb

Episode links + resources:
The Stages of Change Model (Prochaska and DiClemente)
Our Process: Understand, Own, Translate.
About Cam and Shelly

For more Translating ADHD:
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Follow us on Twitter: @TranslatingADHD
36 min
February 03, 2020ADHD and Experiencing Time
Those of us with ADHD experience time differently. To complicate matters, our perception of time can vary based on individual ADHD manifestation and a number of outside factors. Today Cam and Shelly discuss some of the ways in which they and their clients experience time differently.

We also discuss how to begin developing awareness of your own experience of time as an adult with ADHD so that you develop strategies to get what matters to you while managing the amount of time that is given to or taken by others.

Cam's Seven Factors to Action:

Take the item or goal on your list that has not budged and rank each of these areas from 1-10. The areas that fall below a 7 are the ones that speak to why this item is not moving forward.
Level of interest
Level of ease
Level of urgency
Level of fun
Level of accountability
Level of relevance or importance
Level of emotional load

Episode links + resources:
Our Process: Understand, Own, Translate.
About Cam and Shelly

For more Translating ADHD:
Visit our website: TranslatingADHD.com
Follow us on Twitter: @TranslatingADHD
46 min

About Translating ADHD

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We believe that success with ADHD is possible... with a little translation. Hosts Asher Collins and Dusty Chipura, both ADHD coaches who have plenty of insight to share navigating their own ADHD…