ADHD & Eating Disorders with Dr. Jean Doak
This week, Nikki and Pete dive into the complex and often overlooked relationship between ADHD and eating disorders. Joined by special guest Dr. Jean Doak, a professor of psychiatry and clinical director at the Center for Excellence for Eating Disorders at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the trio explores how these two conditions can intertwine and exacerbate each other.
Unraveling a Tangled Web: Exploring the Intricate Relationship Between ADHD & OCD
In this episode of The ADHD Podcast, hosts Nikki and Pete are joined by Dr. Roberto Olivardia, a renowned Clinical Psychologist, to explore the complex relationship between ADHD and OCD, shedding light on the challenges faced by those experiencing these conditions simultaneously.
ADHD Comorbidities: The Depression/Anxiety Cocktail with Dr. Michael Felt
Dr. Michael Felt is an ADHD & Executive Functioning specialist who has lectured at Yale University School of Medicine, and is a professor at Columbia University, where he teaches Psychopathology. He joins us this week to talk all about ADHD co-morbidities!
Positive & Negative Affect Tolerance with Dr. Dodge Rea
Why do we sabotage? Because we love too darned much. Today on the show, Dr. Dodge is back to talk about positive and negative affect tolerance and how it might just be playing with our ADHD.
ADHD & Empathy with Dr. Tamara Rosier
Dr. Tamara Rosier joins us to help us understand ADHD and empathy, and how it may actually make us an easier target for gaslighting by others.
Everything’s On Fire. Now What?
Overwhelm is a wildfire that consumes everything in its path. Fight it strategically, like firefighters do. But wait... It’s not a fire. It’s ADHD.
The ADHD Tax
Stop paying the ADHD Tax. The fees, fines, and forgetfulness add up to over $1000 a year for most with ADHD. This week, it’s time to end the cycle.
Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
This week on Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast, Pete and Nikki explore what it means to be uncomfortable and why that's not always a bad thing.
The Antidote • A Book Talk Episode!
It's ADHD Book Talk Time! In “The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking," Oliver Burkeman strikes back at the positivity industrial complex and gives us a lot to think about.
ADHD and Our Mental Models for Making Decisions
It's season 28 and we're kicking it off with a look at how we make decisions. See, we all have models through which we see the choices before us. We decided to start this series with a look at some of the acknowledged mental models around decision-making to help us create a vernacular we can use to discuss how our brains are impacted by choices in our lives and our ADHD.
“Finished, For Now”: Planning, Overwhelm, and Motivation
We're talking about planning again and boy-howdy is this week a doozy. You want to plan, but when you do, you're overwhelmed by all you have to do? You're right in the bull's eye for this week. Join us and share your challenges for Coach Nikki!
Overcoming Motivation Challenges with ADHD with Dr. Tamara Rosier
This week, Nikki and Pete sit down with Dr. Tamara Rosier about motivation and ADHD. Dr. Rosier, author of "Your Brain's Not Broken," shares insights from her experiences as an ADHD coach and professor to uncover motivation strategies for those with ADHD.
Creating a Joyful Life with ADHD
Last week we dove into the wonderful world of optimism. This week, optimism's constant partner: Joy! Nikki is going to give us some tools to employ joy and happiness to retune negative and self-sabotaging thoughts that can drag behind us with ADHD.
On Optimism and Our ADHD
The world can be a tough place. We know that our ADHD doesn't make that any easier. But our health and well-being depend heavily on the worldview we cultivate in spite of our challenges. This week, we're talking about optimism, how we find it, and how we make it a practice in the face of struggle.
Finding Your Community — Inside and Out — with James Ochoa
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.
“I don’t wanna” is not an ADHD strategy
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.
A Member Snippet: “How do you help others at transitions when you suck at it?”
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 meantime, 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.
Macro-transitions and All The Feelings with Tommy Metz III
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.
Embracing Failure as a Practice with 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.
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.