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How the Mental Health Field Falls Short in Helping Us at a Deeper Level – 096 Mar 03, 2022
 

If you’ve ever been disappointed or frustrated with the information or care you’ve received for your mental health and well-being, stay tuned.

Carl Jung said, “I feel it is the duty of one who goes his own way to inform society of what he finds on his voyage of discovery.”

Jung’s quote inspir...

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Ask Dr B about feeling powerless, hopeless & covering up your challenges – 095 Feb 10, 2022
 

80% of the new students coming into the ADDventures In Achievement Foundational Skills program feel powerless over their current behaviors, are filled with self-loathing, and feel like an impostor - having lived with so many challenges their entire life.  They constantly look over their shoulde...

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If Failing Isn’t an Option, What Would You Do? - 094 Jan 17, 2022
 

The title of this episode is a real question I am posing to all of my listeners.  If you knew that you would not fail once again to achieve your desired outcome, what would you do?  Would you tell yourself that’s not possible because you always fail?  Or, would you be curious about what makes t...

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Are You Letting 2022 Be Another Year of Underachieving? - 093 Jan 17, 2022
 

Achieving your goals is connected to how well-developed your EF skills and strategies are, and if they’re not well-developed, well, you know the rest of the story.

And I get it.  Getting the right help for yourself is a Catch-22.  It’s challenging because the very skills you need to help yours...

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ADHD is NOT a Gift Unless You Leverage It - 092 Dec 20, 2021
 

Hearing that ADHD is a gift is hurtful and confusing to many adults.  In my Facebook group, whenever we create a post about ADHD being a gift, many members are angry because they don’t experience their ADHD as a gift at all. And, they are right.  Without well-developed Executive Functions skill...

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Developing EF Skills Is Easy & What A Difference It Can Make! - 091 Dec 06, 2021
 

I have something a little different for you today.  I did a live video last Friday, and people said it was great, so I turned it into a podcast episode so you all could benefit as well.

As you may have heard me say before, you don’t have to have a diagnosis or even suspect ADHD to have under-d...

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Goal Setting Can Be Detrimental to Your Success - 090 Nov 15, 2021
 

It’s true – goal setting can be detrimental to your success…if you set goals the way most of us have been taught to set them.  If you’re intrigued, stay tuned.

Goal setting is typically an external process, where you are targeting something outside of yourself that you want to achieve or chang...

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Set Your Goal SO Big That You Have to Grow to Achieve It - 089 Sep 27, 2021
 

When you set a goal, you are setting a direction for yourself.  And setting a direction can change the course of your life; it depends on the goal that you set.

In my 50s, I wrote a goal on my flipchart one day that I wanted to have a positive impact on the lives of at least a million people i...

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Harness "Conscious Focusing" as Your Superpower! - 088 Sep 13, 2021
 

If you could get yourself to focus when and where you need to AND could shift your state or feelings so you feel like doing things you’ve planned, when it’s time to take action, would having those skills change your life?  If you’re like other adults I’ve asked over the years, the answer is a r...

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Does Everyone Who Gets a Diagnosis Do Better in Life Because of It - 087 Aug 30, 2021
 

I pursued an ADHD diagnosis with many professionals, only to be refused an assessment with two and granted an assessment with one who decided there was nothing significantly amiss with me – just a little anxiety.

Seriously?!  The two that turned me away said it would be a waste of time (whose ...

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