Uncluttered Office for ADHD Podcast

This week's guest, Dave Greenwood, is the author of Overcoming Burnout. He starts with the story of his first burnout after managing a restaurant and describes what it means to “burn your boats”.

Burnout is very individual. It comes not only from work but can happen from caretaking responsibilities. And when you’re burned out you can’t get out of your own way. So Dave gives several ideas to start to dig out. They also discuss the importance of boundaries to help prevent burnout or a second one! Catherine mentions Getaway cabins which you can find in the link below. And how ADHD can contribute to burnout.

Tune in to hear about Dave’s theme days and how they can help you prevent burnout.

About David Greenwood

David Greenwood is the author of Overcoming Burnout-Real Life Strategies for Burnout Recovery and Prevention. David’s previous book Overcoming Distractions profiled many entrepreneurs with adult ADHD.

David is also an entrepreneur and still runs his content creation business just outside of Boston. However he is focusing a lot of time on helping people who have experienced burnout, recover from burnout and prevent it from happening again.

Before officially becoming an entrepreneur in 2005, David served as an executive at one of the most well-known nonprofit organizations in the world. And before that, he spent 16 years in the restaurant business which resulted in his first encounter with burnout.

Links

www.OvercomingBurnout.net

https://OvercomingDistractions.com/

Getaway House (Cabins): https://getaway.house/

About Catherine

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This week’s guest, Patty Lennon, helps us understand how having a spiritual life no matter how small can help us manage burnout. Catherine really wanted Patty on now because she has found this to be so true in managing her own burnout this summer.

Patty explains her process for making space for magic. She explains the 100% rule and the beauty of patience. Patty has a loved one with ADHD so they also discuss the role of “letting go” when you have ADHD. Patty also explains the two types of traumas, the big T and the small T. And how these can affect the neurodiverse brain particularly at work or in academia.

Tune in to hear about Patty’s Manifestation for Grownups challenge which is just about to start. You can find the registration information at the links provided below.

About Patty Lennon

Patty Lennon is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, and founder of The Receiving School®.

She is a former type-A corporate banker that discovered there was more to living than making money. She left banking to help others do the same.

She is a certified coach with a masters in psychology and has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, and Daily Worth. She blends brain science and metaphysics to help her fellow humans find clarity, focus, and inspiration so they can easily manifest their dreams into reality.

Patty hasn’t found a crystal shop or bookstore she can’t get lost in. She loathes shopping in all other forms. She loves chocolate, Autumn in New England, and watching her two teen children discover what lights them up.

Links:

Pattylennon.com

Manifesting for Grownups

About Catherine

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To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session

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For ADHD Awareness month, Catherine is focusing on ADHD and burnout.

She starts by sharing a memorable Penn State Football game from nearly 20 years ago.

She parallels her illness at that game with her recent battle with burnout.

She explains the possible signs and struggles of having burnout with ADHD and how the symptoms can look similar.

Catherine offers the strategies she is using to overcame (and hopefully prevent) burnout as an ADHDer.

Catherine talks about the schools of thought on the origins of ADHD. And how trauma is wrapped up in all of this. A classic chicken and egg situation.

Tune in to hear the new company and podcast name.

Links:

Addiction Expert, Speaker and Best-selling Author Dr. Gabor Maté

 Dr Daniel Amen

And Patty’s book Make Space for Magic

About Catherine

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Matt Baier discovered his super power organizing skills while working as department head of Design Services at The Jim Henson Company.

Matt’s philosophy on organizing is all about circulation. Think of things moving in and out of your home.

Matt explains entrance/exit depots where you can keep items like your briefcase or your child’s backpack.

And as you organize and declutter, you can have a spot to gather your donations in the garage. His team set this up for Catherine.

Tune in for a super power hour with Matt’s brilliance and decades of experience in home organizing!

And be sure to check out his book ‘The Circulation Solution’.

Matt's Bio

Matt is the owner of Matt Baier (by-er) Organizing, LLC which began in 2004.

His business features TEAM clutter relief in homes throughout Fairfield County and Westchester county.

He is the author of The Circulation Solution, which features an easy plan for getting AND staying organized.

Links

Circulation Solution Book

Free download

Monthly Special - Clutter Cutter

About Catherine

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Productivity by Design

To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session

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Claire Tansey, meal planner extraordinaire wows us with simple ways to get dinner on the table without stress. A food pro, working mom, and solopreneur, Claire takes us through the 5 types of food planning styles - see if you can identify your preferred method. She even reveals which one works best for Catherine.

Claire explains how a customized meal plan can be the gateway to easier, happier, and more fun dinner times. And she offers ideas for quick and easy backup plans and meals on the run.

Meal planning doesn’t have to be a drag. Tune in to learn how!

About Claire:

Claire Tansey is Canada’s Master of Mealtime. She is the author of national bestsellers Dinner, Uncomplicated (2020) and Uncomplicated (2018). She’s been in the food business for over 20 years as a restaurant cook, night baker, test kitchen manager and food critic. Along the way she sang lead in a rock band, got a master’s degree and was Food Director of Chatelaine. Claire is a guest expert on Cityline and CBC Radio and she runs a virtual cooking school where she inspires home cooks with easy, delicious recipes.  

Originally from Montreal, Claire lives in Toronto with her partner, Michael, who eats everything and their son, Thomas, who does not.    

Links:

learn.clairetansey.com

Back Pocket Dinners: https://learn.clairetansey.com/bpds-three-faves

Book: Dinner Uncomplicated

About Catherine

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To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session

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September is National Preparedness Month. Today’s conversation with guest, colleague and friend, Judith Guertin, will set you up for long term preparedness success.

Catherine and Judy dive deep into her new book: “Beyond the Estate Plan Guide”, which not only provides the many forms that you need to keep all of your important information but also the how to gather and manage your information using her CALM process.

We discuss why we (and our families) need to have ready access to life documents and why the pandemic made us realize it’s more important than ever. For example, Judy takes us through how to compile your emergency contact list and estate plan.

You won’t want to miss this episode filled with nuggets of Judy’s brilliance. And she explains how to join her new group if you find this all overwhelming and need step by step guidance like Catherine!

About Judy

Judith Guertin is a Master’s Level Certified Productive Environment Specialist with the Productive Environment Institute.

She is a Golden Circle Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals (NAPO) the New England Chapter of NAPO.

Judy started her career in Occupational Therapy over 40 years ago. After 20 years in the field, she added a professional organizing business, All ways Organized to her services.

In 2021 she published Taming the Digital Tiger Gmail Edition with her mentor Barbara Hemphill.

About Catherine

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Guest, Penny Zenker, talks about how focus can help our productivity, get strategic, and make little shifts in our mindset.

She explains the difference between focus vs attention. 

Then Catherine and Penny take a deep dive into how social media and the pandemic have affected our focus. 

They also discuss how this can lead to a trauma response.

Tune in to hear Penny answer the question, “Why are we in a focus crisis?”

And how we can all become focusologists by taking back our focus on the areas that we can control and letting go of the things that we can't.

About Penny

Penny Zenker is a Focusologist, an international speaker, business strategy coach and best-selling author. 

Penny founded, developed and sold her first multi-million dollar business while living in Zurich, Switzerland. 

Later at the world's 4th largest Market Research company, she managed business unit turnarounds and was a Tony Robbins business coach helping business leaders and entrepreneurs around the world to build a strong leadership, a culture of ownership, scale their businesses.

Her clients tell her, her gift is cutting through the clutter and helping them focus on the most important and relevant areas to sustainably grow their businesses.

Links:

Penny Zenker: https://pennyzenker360.com/

The Productivity Zone by Penny Zenker: https://www.amazon.com/Productivity-Zone-Stop-Tug-Time/dp/0986307505

Adam Grant Meh Ted Talk:

https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_grant_how_to_stop_languishing_and_start_finding_flow?language=en

Text Expander:

https://textexpander.com/

To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery:

Productivity by Design

To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9

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Catherine starts this episode with a recap of her summer with burnout and setting some stronger boundaries particularly around work not bleeding into vacation.

She explains a new work routine and how this is helping her battle the burnout. And offers up her routines around personal time.

Catherine shares her realizations from a summer of truly honoring when her body and brain say enough. And how you can honor being intentionally unproductive.

All of which leads up to September's theme of back to school planning but for adults! So here’s your permission to buy some bright new shiny office supplies while you get the notebooks and pens for the kids.

Catherine wraps up with a preview of the guests in September, so grab that new pen and paper because it’s going to be note-taking worthy!

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Productivity by Design

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In this third of our 3 part mini series on uncluttering your office, Catherine takes you through decluttering the rest of your office.

She mentions clearing out books and permission to give them away. She suggests you get rid of excess office supplies, broken pens, old tech, manuals, and those endless random cords.

She takes you through how to set up stations in our office space – different areas for different types of work. For example, you might have different areas for sorting your mail or client invoicing.

Finally Catherine explains the Magic 6™ and how it can help you get your desk space organized for productive work.

This is our second mini series. The first was in March.

What do you think of mini series? Would you like more? Which subject would you like Catherine to address? Email us at [email protected]

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In this second of our 3 part mini series on uncluttering your office, Catherine starts with the most important questions you should ask as you begin to declutter the papers in your office.

She reveals the difference between filers and pilers.

Finally, she explains how to declutter your paperwork using the File-Act-Toss System™ and The Art of Wastebasketry® (both learned from her training as a Certified Productive Environment Specialist).

© Productive Environment Institute All Trademarks & Registrations are property of Barbara Hemphill

To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery:

Productivity by Design

To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9

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