Fidgets, Function, and ADHD Community with Kody Lukens
We’re talking with entrepreneur Kody Lukens about his own diagnosis, search for community, and driving passion behind his effort to create tools for the neurodivergent brain.
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.
We’re talking with entrepreneur Kody Lukens about his own diagnosis, search for community, and driving passion behind his effort to create tools for the neurodivergent brain.
Get ready to dive into the oh-so-fascinating world of emotional dysregulation and ADHD in our upcoming podcast. We’ll explore the science behind our reactions, how it impacts our daily lives, and how mastering the art of separating our emotions from our actions can lead to profound personal growth.
We had something of a scheduling snafu this week and our guests didn’t show! Don’t worry, they’ll be back. Bun in the mean time, Nikki and Pete carried on an impromptu AMA-QA show with members in the live chat and we decided to share a piece of it with you.
In the second of our series on transitions, we have Pete’s other partner-in-crime, Tommy Metz III, on the show to talk about forces of change, the trouble with transitions, and the launch of season 8 of our spiritual sister podcast, What’s That Smell Presents: All The Feelings.
We’re kicking off our series on transitions — big and small — this week on the ADHD podcast. First up: the pesky micro-transitions that plague us. Whether you struggle with waking up, taking a break for lunch, redirecting frustration when interrupted, this week just might have something for you and your ADHD!
We’re wrapping up our series on games with an exploration of failure, how we learn from it, and how practicing the embrace of failure in gaming, might just help us become more resilient practioners in that game we call life with ADHD.
We’re continuing our series on gaming and ADHD this week. So far, we’ve explored how gaming ignites creativity and can expand perspectives and horizons. But what if we told you there was a game that is designed and build expressly to aid in treatment of attention disorders? Eddie Martucci is CEO of Akili and joins us today to talk about that very game, how it works, and what it just might be able to do for you.
Colleen Macklin is a game designer and a Professor in the School of Art, Media and Technology at Parsons School of Design and author of Iterate: Ten Lessons in Design and Failure. She’s interested in how games model and reveal ideologies through systems. And, incidentally, she reports she was recently diagnosed with ADHD, which makes her doubly cool in our crowd. She joins us today to talk about games and gaming and neurodiversity.
Chris Legge is a computer tech with a love of photography, game development, and creating things. He’s here with us today to talk about his game, Soft Focuses, a journaling game aimed at simulating the experiences of living as an individual with ADHD.
You (yes, you), are a gamer. You might not think it, but somewhere deep inside you is a playful puzzler playing tag on the playground, making up rules for neighborhood romps, and kicking cans down the street. This week, we’re kicking off a series of conversations on games, and why rekindling that spirit of playfulness in yourself might just be key to unlocking a new perspective on your relationship with ADHD