Saying the Hard Thing in Real Time
You froze, said nothing, and wrote the perfect speech in your head on the drive home. This week: why ADHD makes saying the hard thing so hard in the moment, and five slow sentences to buy yourself the time you need.
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I’ve spent decades maintaining systems that were supposed to help me get things done, and this month an AI agent started bringing me my day before I asked for it. I’m getting used to having that help, and getting specific about the work I still want to do myself.
Receiving Help Without Losing Yourself with James and Jules Ochoa
Asking for help is hard. Receiving it might be harder, and James Ochoa and his son Jules are here to talk about why, from both sides of the equation.
Reading, Audiobooks, and the ADHD Comprehension Problem with Misty Stinnett
Misty Stinnett has read hundreds of self-help books for her podcast, and her best advice is to let the book work for you. We talk reading, audiobooks and the research on what helps ADHD brains hold on to what they read.
Plant Yourself in the Right Garden: Environment as Strategy
The “disciplined” people you compare yourself to may just be planted somewhere easier. This week, we dig into why changing your surroundings might do more for your ADHD than trying harder ever could.
The Unreliable Narrator: Self-Observation for ADHD
You’d swear you already answered that email, and you’d be wrong. Nikki and Pete go live on why the ADHD brain is such a shaky witness to its own behavior, and where to get better information when you can’t trust your own account.
The “Fine” Mask
“Fine” is the smallest mask you wear, and probably the one you reach for most. This week, what it’s costing you, and what changes when you let it slip on purpose.
Approach Motivation, Round Two with Ari Tuckman, PsyD
You can do your taxes for the refund or you can do them for the letter, and from the outside nobody can tell the difference. Dr. Ari Tuckman returns to explain why that difference is the whole ballgame.
Misattunement: The Through-Line of ADHD Relationships with Dr. Dodge Rea
You already know how to tune in to everyone else. Dr. Dodge Rea returns to talk about the much harder skill of staying with yourself while you do it.
What Recovery Actually Looks Like (Beyond Sleep)
You can rest all weekend and still come back empty — and it usually has nothing to do with how many hours you got. This week we get into the four different kinds of recovery, why they can’t substitute for each other, and how to figure out which one your brain is actually asking for.