James Ochoa has spent a lifetime steering into the storms most of us would avoid. In this conversation, he and Pete explore how a life built around helping others survive chaos can become its own quiet form of grace.
When you live with ADHD, it’s easy to say, “My future self will thank me.” But what happens when that future self feels like a stranger — someone you’ve let down too many times before? This week, we’re joined by therapist and author James Ochoa to explore how to build trust with Future You, transform planning into an act of self-care, and learn why emotional safety is the secret ingredient in every sustainable system.
Shame, like fire, can illuminate or consume. It can be a social signal that nudges us toward change—or a psychological prison that locks us in cycles of self-blame. Today, we explore how shame spirals form, how ADHD makes them particularly pernicious, and what it takes to break free.
This week on the show we welcome back 10-time guest James Ochoa, author of Focused Forward, to discuss customizing strategies for managing ADHD.
This week, we welcome James Ochoa, a counselor, coach, mentor, and intuitionist who has been helping adults with ADHD for over thirty years. James shares his insights on the importance of your internal and external support group for your ADHD journey.
Our friend James Ochoa is back! This week we’re talking about the lessons you can learn from inflection points in your ADHD journey. What did you learn? What did you gain? What can come from it? Listen in as James helps Pete practice on one of his ancient ADHD stories!
James Ochoa is back! This time he brings his latest work on using breathing to interrupt damaging patterns and resetting our internal emotional weather stations.
James and Jules Ochoa are back to teach us how to navigating a brand new ADHD diagnosis without crashing into the wall of overwhelm. Plus, they bring a sneak preview of the new season of their own ADHD podcast, ‘The Complex’!
We’re living through a time of crisis. The pandemic is of course the global medical crisis. But inside each of us, we’re living through our own, individual crises. If you’re living with ADHD, you’re likely keeping an eye on the horizion … the ADHD Storm
Straight from the Life Empowerment Center, James Ochoa is back today to share a story of his own emotional storm and the strategies he employed to move through it.