Nikki Kinzer has dedicated her career to fostering improved living systems, transitioning from retail management and human resources to professional organizing, where she discovered her vocation in aiding individuals with ADHD. She refocused her business in 2010 to cater to adults and college students with ADHD, becoming a certified coach with the ADD Coach Academy and the International Coaching Federation. Kinzer’s current venture, Take Control ADHD, offers coaching, online trainings, and fosters a global community for those seeking to understand and manage their ADHD. She also co-hosts the successful “Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast,” which since its inception in 2010, has amassed over 500 episodes, millions of downloads, and a vibrant Discord community for listener engagement.
This week we’re talking all about the tools you can employ to change the direction of your mood, perspective, and day. Performers, writers, directors, and podcasters Mandy Kaplan and Mandy Fabian bring us a lesson in the tools of comedy and improvisation to help shake up our ADHD woes with a bit of laughter along the way.
We’ve had a terrific run looking deeply at self-compassion and ADHD over the last month. This week, we’re taking a look back and reflecting on lessons learned, changes made, and opportunities ahead.
You have a plan. You have a vision of yourself and your performance. But what happens when plans change, or the world doesn’t share your perspective on your own experience? When RSD sets in, your ability to manifest compassion for yourself is most important. This week: tools to cope, regroup, and recover.
Casey Dixon is a respected Life Coach with a unique focus on science-based, innovative, collaborative coaching and advising for high achievers with ADHD or executive function challenges. She joins us today to share her experience working with those high achievers as a coach through their self-compassion challenges.
We’ve been talking about ADHD and self-compassion over the last several weeks. But how do these experiences tie into other difficult emotions like anger, fear, worry, anxiety, and grief? Nikki and Pete continue the series on the show this week.
We’re continuing our series on self-compassion by digging into one of the critical behaviors that trigger shame: perfectionism. If you’re hard on yourself thanks to unrealistic performance expectations and live with ADHD, Dr. Sharon Saline is back to help.
We’re continuing our conversation on self-compassion and ADHD with a walk through the garden of shame. You know that garden, the one with the plants we nourish and carry with us, the blooms we sniff regularly, all laced with the poison of regret and self-doubt. This week, we’re tearing up that soil.
We’re talking about self-compassion this week, and why learning to create compassion and point it inward might just be the most important thing you can do for yourself and your ADHD.
The last time Aron Croft was here, he shared his story of his education and personal background meeting ADHD reality. He’s back with us this week to share how that ADHD reality meets the business world and how you might find success by pivoting a business school classic model for your own needs.
Morgan Hancock is a commercial real estate agent, entrepreneur, US ARMY veteran, mother-of-two, a passionate advocate of the arts, and the founder of “Bourbon with Heart, Inc.”, an arts-focused bourbon charity. She joins us today to talk about her experience doing all those things living and working with ADHD.