Christina Scalera is a lawyer and serial entrepreneur. They call her "The Queen of Black Friday." Christina has several incredible businesses under her belt, including an award-winning Shopify store. She founded and ran a successful intellectual property law firm in Georgia and Colorado. She created and co-hosted a brilliant podcast (" The Creative Empire Podcast ") and now helps lawyers turn their services into products at ChristinaScalera.com . The secret underbelly of her "overnight" success,...
Sep 25, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 12
Erin Keyes is a lawyer and the Dean of Students at the University of Minnesota Law School. In this first episode since before the world shut down, we talk about what it means for law students and lawyers with ADHD to keep themselves healthy. We talk about why ADHD can make law school harder, how law schools can support ADHD law students, and the well-known pattern of ADHD law students falling behind and struggling to get caught back up. We talk about how ADHD looks different in women, the panic ...
Sep 14, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 11
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Mar 13, 2020•59 min•Ep. 10
Magically, Shawn Healy and I weave together Muggsy Bogues, the itty-bitty shitty committee, the evil New York Yankees, and spot-on practical tips for lawyers with ADHD. He's charming, insightful, calming, and brilliant, and he talked for more than an hour about how to make meaningful progress building a better life and a better law practice as a lawyer with ADHD. Learn More about Shawn Healy, PhD Dr. Shawn Healy is Clinical Psychologist and a member of the clinical staff at Lawyers Concerned for...
Feb 10, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 9
David Seah is possibly the most interesting man in the world. Growing up in a seminary on the top of a mountain, he has evolved from video game designer to JavaScript developer to cult productivity internet superhero. His carefully-crafted, user-focused productivity tools help ADHD lawyers and non-ADHD lawyers alike grapple with their most important priorities and vanquish their most challenging struggles. Learn More about David Seah Facebook Twitter Patreon Discord Server Instagram DavidSeah.co...
Feb 03, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 8
Liz Vennum is hilarious and compassionate and crushing it as a law firm owner with ADHD. Her vulnerability and her (gentle but persistent and swift) kicks in my ass have inspired me and—in many ways—are responsible for helping me get over my own imposter syndrome and perfectionism to launch this podcast and the website that goes with it. As the Managing Attorney at Vennum PLLC in North Carolina, Liz opens up about her life as a mom with ADHD, a business owner, a spouse, and a bleeding heart. We ...
Jan 27, 2020•58 min•Ep. 7
Megan Zavieh is a lawyer who helps other lawyers. She's a California state bar defense lawyer, an entrepreneur, an innovator and #legaltech nerd, and an omnipresent voice in attorney mental health and well-being. In today's episode, we talk about lawyers with ADHD, shame, helping self-represented lawyers in attorney discipline proceedings, and how anxiety, depression, and ADHD show up as frequent patterns in Megan's clients. We also talk about building law firms with margin and space and systems...
Jan 20, 2020•53 min•Ep. 6
On his 70th birthday, Edward (Ned) Hallowell, M.D. shares his unflinchingly positive outlook about adults with ADHD and the gift it can be in our lives. Dr. Hallowell's 1994 best-selling book Driven to Distraction remains one of the single most important books about adults with ADHD ever written. His latest book, V.A.S.T., argues that ADHD is an outdated name and that Variable Attention Stimulus Trait is a much better one. Finally, Dr. Hallowell shares his belief that ADHD is "get-out-of-able." ...
Jan 06, 2020•33 min•Ep. 5
Get this episode's show notes ( https://TheJDHD.com/4 ) and watch the video on YouTube ( https://youtu.be/ukaxL4enuwU ) Mind mapping is a powerful productivity habit for lawyers with ADHD. In this video, we walk through through mind mapping for productivity, including the basics, when and how to use it, and some great software tools to help you get started. We also talk about other resources to learn more about mind mapping and do a deep-dive into Mind Node, one specific mind mapping tool that M...
Oct 17, 2019•11 min•Ep. 4
In this episode with Dr. Gary Johnson, we talk about lawyers, common ADHD myths, time optimism, shame, and the Never-Boring Guarantee! Even better, we talk about high IQs, ADD's “friends and neighbors” (the so-called “comorbidities”) and the single feature or ADHD that we’d like to eradicate from the planet (Spoiler alert: It's shame .) Dr. Johnson is a psychologist specializing in evaluating and treating the “hard cases” of adults, children, and lawyers with ADD and ADHD. Learn More about Gary ...
Oct 13, 2019•55 min•Ep. 3
This is JDHD | A Podcast for Lawyers with ADHD. Welcome! Why JDHD? Why Me? Why now? This introduction to ADD for lawyers aims to tell you my "origin story." How did we get here? How did I end up dedicating my career to helping lawyers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (whether they know they have it or not)? Two Quotes: “My seven-year-old son—who is clever and amazing and compassionate and kind—is upside down on a worn leather couch. This is not unusual for him. His ass is resting wh...
Oct 10, 2019•14 min•Ep. 2
Welcome to JDHD! You've just found the world's first —and only—podcast, website, and community for lawyers with ADHD (whether they know they have it or not). Lawyers with ADHD have loads of superpowers. But attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder can be a nasty little sidekick, too. This show will help lawyers with ADD learn to maximize those superpowers, minimize their weaknesses, develop their productivity, avoid their procrastination, and take control of their lives, their relationships, the...
Oct 01, 2019•6 min•Ep. 1
