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Nikki Kinzer

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.

Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast

An Over-the-Counter Video Game for ADHD with Akili CEO Eddie Martucci

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.

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Decoding the World of Games with Professor Colleen Macklin

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.

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Turning ADHD Daily Life into a Game Worth Playing

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

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The 2023 ADHD Podcast Job Survey Review

The results are in! When we kicked off our job series we asked you about your jobs, your red flags, the work you do, and the way you want to do it. Today, we’re going to review those results and see what we can learn from one another about the way work works for each of us.

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When ADHD Meets the Artificial Structures of Work with Dr. Kourosh Dini

This week on the show, we’re exploring the artifice of bureaucracy and administrative structures of traditional work, and how it can be difficult to navigate with an ADHD brain, and we have the perfect guest to help us do it: board-certified psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, author, and musician, Dr. Kourosh Dini.

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Shaping the ADHD Career with Shell Mendelson

We’ve spent the last two weeks talking about red flags and deal breakers at work for the ADHD brain, largely fueled by comments from you—listeners and community members. This week, we’re joined by Shell Mendelson, a career coach who helps us to shape a career with ADHD.

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ADHD Deal Breakers at Work!

This week, we’re continuing our job series and talking about deal breakers — those things that you see or experience in your job or on the job hunt that you simply can’t or won’t tolerate. We asked our listeners to weigh in on the topic again this week, and it turns out they had a lot to say.

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Red Flags in the Workplace

Work is hard. Working with ADHD adds a layer of complication around self-direction and awareness which others might not understand. This week, Nikki and Pete are talking about the red flags at work that can help you get a better sense of your own performance and clearly define your needs to your team.

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Breaking out of the ‘What Do You Do?’ Box

What do you do? You’re probably tempted to try and describe your job title. But what does that mean to anyone outside your business, and how well does that title describe who you are? This week, Nikki and Pete kick off the ADHD Jobs Series with an exploration of work, and how our work defines us.

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