Dr B's Musings & Living Beyond ADHD Podcast
Let’s jump straight to what’s important here. You definitely need certain capabilities to succeed in life. These capabilities help you to get and keep a job, provide appropriate care for children, manage a household and contribute meaningfully to your community. They also enable you having a...
First, the Facts about Adult ADHD...
Did you know that ADHD diagnoses among U.S. adults are growing four times faster than are ADHD diagnoses among children (26.4% increase among children compared to 123.3% among adults.) (1)
Also, according to some sources fewer than 20% of adults with ADHD are c...
I spend a lot of time talking with people about the changes they want to see in their lives and about the person that they’re trying to become someday. So much time is wasted on the idea of ‘someday this or someday that” in our lives. For most, “someday” is no day at all in the future.
I usually e...
Are you on the Information List for the ADDventures In Achievement Program? If you are, then you've been receiving some exclusive emails this week. As I was reviewing the emails you've been receiving again, I was thinking about how easy it would be for you to not believe what I'm saying in the ...
Have you been suffering long enough? Whether your suffering is due to your limiting beliefs or outdated identities or missing pre-skills or underdeveloped EF skills – if you’re suffering, then you’re suffering – no matter which of these are the source of your suffering.
In this episode, I t...
Maybe you remember your favorite coach--the one who believed in you, who saw in you what you could not see in yourself? That coach pushed you to try new things, to move a little faster, and to dig a little deeper within yourself–all so that you’d become stronger. We can all appreciate having mentors...
What do you think of when you hear the terms “Executive Functioning” or “Executive Function skills?”
It sounds like language reserved for high-level professionals, CEOs, VPs and other upper-level management positions, doesn’t it?
Or maybe its language used in business conversations, like:
“Bob,...
Hello, everyone. This is not DrB. This is Maya Brewer, and it is DrB's 100th podcast episode for Living Beyond ADHD.
So, I am here with DrB. I'm a student and a freelance writer. And when I say student, I mean student of DrB's ADDventures In Achievement Program. So welcome to your own ...
In episode 098, I talked about being the Gifted Underachiever and the 5 pivotal elements to become the Empowered Achiever. While I was creating that episode, it occurred to me that there are many traumatic life experiences, big and small, when we don't have well-developed EF skills. We need t...
When I refer to “gifted” adults, I am not talking about I.Q. I am talking about something more important, which is gifted temperament. Additionally, a lot of the challenges you experience could be due to being a gifted adult, since there are many similar challenges with ADHD as with giftednes...
