Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast
You’re Not Behind. You’re Exhausted.
Pete and Nikki kick off the new season by naming the thing nobody wants to put on a vision board: the post-holiday crash.
January 22, 2026
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Pete and Nikki kick off the new season by naming the thing nobody wants to put on a vision board: the post-holiday crash.
Dr. Jesse Thompson survived a lip flip (barely), built a thriving multi-disciplinary practice in a BC ski town, and has some strong opinions about why half the peptides people are injecting are contaminated garbage. This episode covers everything from catching insulin resistance years before conventional medicine bothers to look, to why the best anti-aging advice might disappoint anyone hoping for a shortcut.
Two joints, endless bad advice: knees and shoulders get blamed for everything, but most of the damage comes from ego-loading, sloppy control, and skipping the boring stabilizer work. Pete and Srdjan sort the myths from the mechanics and give you a clear way to decide when to stop, when to scale, and when to keep moving—lighter, smarter, and pain-aware.
The writers of Star Trek: The Next Generation would literally write ‘tech the tech’ in the script when they didn’t have the technobabble figured out yet. These are professionals. Who got paid. And then they just… moved on. This is permission. Take it.
Amanda Smith, DBT expert with 19 years experience, reveals how self-compassion transforms borderline personality disorder treatment. New research shows combining validation with skills training leads to lasting recovery.
We unpack The Letter in our Bette Davis series: moonlit shadows, Hays Code pressure, colonial privilege, and a letter that turns into leverage.