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Executive Function Basics: Focus, Priorities and Effective Decision-Making - 068 Jan 01, 2020

Hey ADDers!  So glad you could join me for today’s episode - Executive Function Basics about Focus, Priorities and Effective Decision Making.  I wanted to share some important tools with you that I’ve taught students before.

Without the skills to focus, prioritize and make effective decisions, y...

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Executive Function Basics - Planning, Scheduling and Following Through - 067 Nov 27, 2019

Hey ADDers! So glad you could join me for today’s episode about Executive Function Basics - Planning, Scheduling and Following Through. I decided to change up the format for a couple of weeks and provide you with some important tools that I’ve taught students before.

Without the skills to plan, ...

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The Difference Between ADHD Coaching and Therapy - 066 Nov 15, 2019

Hey ADDers!  So glad you could join me for today’s episode about ADHD Coaching and Therapy – Differences and Similarities.  Before I talk about the similarities and differences, I’d like to take you on a little journey.

ADHD that is diagnosed in adulthood doesn’t travel alone; rather it often co...

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Three Steps to Getting Organized (the fun way!) - 065 Nov 07, 2019

Hey ADDers! So glad you could join me for today’s episode about getting organized – the fun way. If you’re like other adults with ADHD and under-developed executive function life skills, you may be thinking, “no way can getting organized be fun!” And then there’s the maintenance after you get org...

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Understanding Executive Functions - 064 Sep 30, 2019

Hey ADDers!  Many of you are living without well-developed executive function skills and strategies and perhaps don’t know it.  Or maybe you do…but you don’t know what can be done.  You’ve had these struggles in one form or another for most of your life and if they were going to improve, they cer...

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Recovering from a Seemingly Hopeless State of Mind and Body - 063 Jun 18, 2019

Hey ADDers!  We’re going to start off a little different today and look at a correlation I’ve been thinking about for some time.

The title of today’s episode comes from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, and pertains to more than just those in recovery from alcoholism.  And even if you don’t ...

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How to Thrive with your ADHD Brain - 062 May 28, 2019

Hey ADDers! Do you feel as if you’re on a runaway train? Is valuable time – and your life – passing you by in the blink of an eye? Do you feel lost or overwhelmed because you’re not getting the important things done in your life?

I was once there, too. I spent thousands of dollars on programs, t...

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Foresight or Forward Thinking - an EF Skill to Help you Make Better Choices - 061 Apr 03, 2019

Hey ADDers! Foresight is the secret ingredient to success, because without foresight you cannot prepare for the future. With our fast-paced lives, it is becoming harder and harder to establish foresight because our world is changing faster than ever before. Are you someone who has no idea of what...

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Executive Function Skill of Shifting - It's Really Important to Master - 060 Oct 04, 2018

Hey ADDers! Do you have trouble “shifting” from your current task to the next task? Or maybe you have the opposite problem – where you are shifting way too quickly from thing to thing and leaving a trail of unfinished tasks in your wake. Even though most of the executive function assessments typi...

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Ask Dr B about Relationships: My ADHD Makes All Kinds of Relationships Hard - 059 Sep 17, 2018

Hey ADDers! If you’re married, living together, dating, have close friends or it’s you and you…these are all different forms of relationships that you are in. And where there are relationships, there are potential challenges and delightful times to be shared.

I look at relationships as kind of a...

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