ADHD

If there were some fairly simple changes to your environment and to your habits which you could make to get more energy, better focus, and reduce the exhaustion of overwhelm, would you want to know about them? You are in the right place!  Join my guest Brooke Erickson, RD and I as she explains how our exposure to light and darkness controls our human circadian rhythm, the air traffic controller of our brain and body functions,. Our modern lifestyles keep this rhythm off-balance; the result is high cortisol levels, lower dopamine production, poor sleep, altered body metabolism, and using sugar to get the dopamine hits that sustain brain activity but in unhealthy ways.  Listen (or watch) as we explore how to get our circadian rhythms back on track. (Hint: Change the timing, wavelengths and brightness of light exposure over the day and into the evening.) Listen, and Learn ! 

Brooke Erickson is a functional holistic nutritionist whose clinical practice focuses on helping people relieve stress, gain energy and focus, by getting at the root causes of the dysfunctional patterns into which they have fallen. Find her on ThriveWithBrooke.com and on Instagram at Thrive_With_Brooke.

Anxiety, the tightness in your chest, shoulders rising up toward your ears, dry mouth, sweaty palms, heart pounding…sound / feel familiar?  Anxiety goes hand-in-hand with ADHD, the flip into fight/flight/freeze when you feel overwhelmed, when you tell yourself you are not measuring up (again), when you worry you will fail again. Negative self-talk and fear of what will happen triggers cortisol, the stress response hormone which gears your brain up for action. Cortisol  also cuts off the pathways to the think-things-through parts of your brain, the executive function part. Constant stress keeps cortisol levels high, interfering with thought processing, memory, attention and keeping hypervigilance going. That is exhausting !

What if you could drop your anxiety levels in half within 5 minutes? What if you had the tools to do that with you all the time?  Tapping is an Emotional Freedom Technique. EFT changes brain chemistry, changes self-perception, opening up more possibilities than fight/flight/freeze reactions. My guest in this episode is Theresa Lear Levine, a Master EFT Practitioner who has lived the overwhelmed anxious life and transformed that into a lower stress confident approach to life. We discuss how EFT works and how to use it, when to use it, and even demonstrate the process! Theresa has many resources available for us to learn more about EFT, many are free and can get you started. 

1. My skool community- https://www.skool.com/becoming-more-me-community/about?el=adhdfocus
2. The Private Sessions EFT resource http://theprivatesessions.com?el=adhdfocus
3. Start reading my book: BECOMING MORE ME: Tapping into Success– Subconscious Secrets of an ADHD Entrepreneurial Mom: theresalearlevine.org/firstchapter?el=adhdfocus

Join us as we discuss how EFT can reduce your anxiety, the universal sidekick to ADHD of all types. Listen and learn! 

Join my guest Tamarind Murrietta and I as we explore all the details of moving to a new country. Tamarind, who has nearly 20 years of overseas experience and works in the Foreign Service, joins me to discuss the complex layers involved in such transitions, including developing new systems, navigating different cultures, and handling bureaucracy while managing ADHD symptoms. She highlighted the additional challenges faced by neurodivergent individuals when uprooting themselves from familiar environments and establishing new routines in foreign countries.

She can coach you through the process in her business, LiveabroadwithADHD.com (website); also on social media under the same name.  Join us for a fascinating look into what can be a fantastic adventure! Listen and learn! 

Have you ever heard someone say “ADHD isn’t real, those people are just lazy, no willpower.” Ever seen a post or an article which says “ Taking stimulants will cause children to become addicted to them, everyone knows amphetamines are dangerous”.  Guess what? Both of those statements are WRONG. A person who wears glasses can’t take them off and read better by trying harder, just as a person whose brain works differently than most other people can’t succeed by trying harder to make it work the “normal” (most common) way. The child who takes appropriately prescribed medication after a careful evaluation showed they have ADHD is actually LESS likely to develop a substance use disorder in their teens than a child whose ADHD is not treated. 

Join my guest, psychologist Ari Tuckman, and I as we expose those and other myths and misinformation about ADHD.  Ari is a psychologist with a private practice in the Philadelphia area, the author of a number of books about various aspects of ADHD, and a presenter at many conferences on ADHD. His most recent book, The ADHD Productivity Manual, addresses one of the most common challenges faced by persons with ADHD, getting things done.  Listen and learn! 

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Do you worry that other people will discover you are not as competent as you appear to be? Are you aware of how much energy it takes for you to appear that way? Do you feel you have to “perform” at work or at social events, then crash when you get home?  Masking is a survival skill, a way of dealing with discomfort and shame. It costs persons with ADHD or ASD a huge amount of cognitive and emotional effort, more than it does neurotypical folks, and it can have serious consequences. Join my guest Evan Monez (MonezADHDcoaching.com) and I as we discuss how it happens, what it costs, and how to start dealing with masking itself, to reduce its impact on your life. Listen and learn! 

Evan Monez is an ADHD coach dedicated to helping adults with ADHD find more balance and ease in work and life through tailored support and strategies. Evan is a “recovering” attorney, and was not diagnosed with ADHD until she was a practicing lawyer. She is particularly passionate about working with late-diagnosed adults in demanding careers, many of whom may appear to be doing well on the outside but are privately struggling.