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#71 ADHD & Parenting with Brett Harrington
If you are a parent with ADHD, have kids with ADHD or both, this episode is for you! Our guest today, Brett Harrington is an expert on all things ADHD & parenting. Brett & I discuss:Handling emotional...
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#70 ADHD Burnout
Exhausted all the time? Withdrawing from your friends & family? Not enjoying the things you used to? These are all signs of ADHD burnout. Something we are prone to experiencing due to executive dysfunction, gender...
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#69 Perfectionism & the sneaky ways it shows up for adults with ADHD
Perfectionism is common amongst adults with ADHD, especially if you are highly critical of yourself. Setting unrealistic goals & expectations, then beating yourself up for not achieving them...? This is...
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#68 Creating Connection with Vince Ford
"We are hard wired to connect with others" And for us ADHDers this can be tricky as we navigate RSD & a busy mind...And today's special guest, Vince Ford, is an expert on creating connection. In this episode we...
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#67 ADHD & Addiction
I just thought I had an addictive personality. Turns out that I had undiagnosed ADHD. For me it was food (sugar), alcohol & shopping. I used them as a way to both escape the painful parts of my life & to feel...
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#66 Setting boundaries & improving relationships
The root of self-care is setting boundaries: It’s saying no to something in order to say yes to your own emotional, physical & mental well-being. Healthy boundaries are "what's ok & what is not ok."Setting...
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#65 ADHD & The Dopamine Hangover
You know that low feeling you get after you return from a holiday? That reason why you book the next trip to look forward to asap? THIS is a dopamine hangover. Anytime we spike our dopamine levels, for example jumping...
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#64 How social conditioning impacts self-worth for adults with ADHD
Do you tie your self-worth to how productive you are? Never feel like you're doing enough? Due to the way we've been raised & the messages we've absorbed growing up, most adults with ADHD, especially women,...
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#63 Adult ADHD & Beating Yourself Up
Somewhere along the way we developed this idea that in order to be better & do better we had to beat ourselves up. How’s that working out for you? Are you improving your life by hating yourself? Are you creating...
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#62 Understanding your capacity & managing the energy in your “tank”
Your capacity is the amount of mental, emotional & physical energy you have to be able to "human" & get things done each day. Everything you do will either add to your energy levels in the "tank" or take...
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#61 ADHD & Saying No
As ADHDers many of us learned to people-please from a young age... Making it hard to say no. This is one of the many ways we masked our ADHD & tried to meet the neurotypical expectations that society placed on...
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#60 ADHD & People-pleasing
Have you ever called yourself a people-pleaser? I’m Xena & I am a recovering people-pleaser.I cared so much about what other people thought of me & would prioritise the needs & desires of my friends,...
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