In this episode of Overcoming Distractions, we explore the powerful impact of creating a physical “home base” which is a designated spot in your house where essential daily items live. For busy professionals with ADHD, staying organized can feel overwhelming. A home base helps by reducing the chaos of misplacing things like keys, medications, to-do lists, and chargers. It also supports executive function by making important items visible and accessible, which boosts follow-through and lowers str...
Jul 18, 2025•15 min
This episode of Overcoming Distractions features a conversation with Kat O'Sullivan, author of From Doubt to Do: Navigating Your Path to Possibility . Dave and Kat explore how individuals, especially those with ADHD, can overcome self-doubt and embrace significant life changes. Kat shares her personal journey of moving to Mexico during the pandemic, highlighting the critical steps and mindset shifts needed to transform seemingly impossible goals into tangible realities. This discussion will reso...
Jul 14, 2025•42 min
Task avoidance is the tendency to delay, resist, or ignore certain tasks. Even when we know they’re important. Kinda sounds like procrastination, doesn't it? For adults with ADHD, this isn’t about laziness or a lack of willpower. It’s often rooted in how the ADHD brain processes motivation, emotions, and executive functions… ah yes, those skills used to plan, start, and complete tasks). Join Dave on this short, ADHD-friendly podcast about task avoidance and some strategies and tactics to minimiz...
Jun 27, 2025•20 min
For adults with ADHD, mornings can either set the tone for calm focus, less stressful day…. or become a chaotic scramble that derails the entire day. A consistent morning routine is not a luxury….it’s a non-negotiable structure that creates clarity, momentum, and control. Spend a few minutes with Dave as he discusses why morning routines are mission critical, how to take small steps to build an ADHD friendly morning routine and the benefits you'll get out of doing so. **Do you want to work with ...
Jun 24, 2025•18 min
Welcome to another episode of Overcoming Distractions! In this episode, Dave sits down with Christopher Richards, a leadership consultant and founder of Atomic Growth. They dig into the unique challenges and surprising strengths of busy professionals with ADHD, exploring how to navigate demanding careers and personal lives. Christopher shares insights from his own journey with ADHD, the philosophy behind Atomic Growth, and practical advice for ADHD’ers with demanding careers and business owners ...
Jun 13, 2025•42 min
In this episode, Dave dives into why building strong, consistent habits is a game changer for busy adults with ADHD. If you’re juggling a demanding career, a busy home life, and constant mental clutter, this short episode is for you. In this short episode, we’ll explore: Why habits reduce overwhelm, procrastination, and decision fatigue How routines provide structure when executive function falls short The role of dopamine in motivation, and how habits create reward cycles The emotional toll of ...
Jun 06, 2025•20 min
In this episode of "Overcoming Distractions," Dave welcomes Rand Selig, author of "Thriving: How to Create a Healthier, Happier, and More Prosperous Life." Rand shares his insights on what it truly means to thrive, especially for busy professionals and those with ADHD. He emphasizes that thriving is more than just getting by, it's about fulfillment, purpose, and living a life that matters. This discussion offers valuable perspectives on personal growth, community involvement, and the science beh...
May 30, 2025•43 min
In this episode, we dive into the raw realities that busy adults with ADHD face every day, especially those of you juggling high-pressure careers and demanding home lives. **This episode isn’t about shame. It’s about seeing yourself clearly and realizing you’re not alone. And understanding there is support out there for you! If you feel like you're always behind, overwhelmed, or silently falling apart while everyone thinks you’ve got it all together, this one’s for you. Dave briefly hits on 10 b...
May 22, 2025•18 min
Are you a busy professional with ADHD feeling overwhelmed and burned out? You're not alone. This week, David welcomes Brittany Piper, author of Body-First Healing: Get Unstuck and Recover from Trauma with Somatic Healing, and an expert in trauma-informed care, to dig into the profound impact of our modern world on our nervous systems. They discuss how the constant demands of technology, work, and life contribute to chronic stress and burnout, especially for those already navigating the challenge...
May 16, 2025•52 min
Not everything that works has to be “ADHD-approved.” In this episode, we dive into lessons from Atomic Habits and how they can actually work with the ADHD brain, not against it. If big goals overwhelm you but small steps feel manageable, you’re in the right place. Dave breaks down the core principles, such as building systems, making habits obvious, easy, and rewarding, and translates them into actionable strategies for ADHD professionals, founders, and leaders. Whether using habit stacking, vis...
May 09, 2025•23 min
When it comes to thriving with ADHD, it’s not just about time, it’s about energy. In this episode, we explore why managing your energy is essential for staying focused, productive, and fulfilled as a busy adult with ADHD. You’ll learn: How to identify and protect your peak energy times Simple ways to boost energy on demand (yes, even cold water and chocolate count!) What to do during your low-energy dips (spoiler: zoning out can be strategic) Why choosing ease over force helps you get more done ...
May 02, 2025•19 min
In this episode we will be discussing workplace conflict. Whether you have ADHD or not, everybody is going to experience some conflict in the workplace at one time or another. Maybe those of us with ADHD experience this more because of our working habits, and emotions getting the best of us and other things related to being an adult with ADHD. But just like procrastination, we don't own workplace conflict. Today we have Karin Hurt, author of "Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict"...
Apr 25, 2025•36 min
How many of you feel like you're living in chaos? How many of you are tired of operating like this and would love to find another way? Sometimes, we need to adjust our mindsets, especially as busy adults with ADHD. But don't get scared or run away when you hear the word mindset because Dave talks about some simple mindset adjustments that you can start to implement in your professional and personal life. Reducing chaos as a busy adult with ADHD means you have to implement some different mindsets...
Apr 19, 2025•20 min
Busy adults with ADHD often face the challenges of burnout. And sometimes, adults with ADHD can burn out harder and faster than others. On this episode of Overcoming Distractions, we discuss why we may see more burnout in the adult ADHD community. At the basic level, those of us with ADHD have challenges with executive functions, managing the emotional aspect of ADHD, time management and other factors that are major contributors to burnout. Paula Liub is a burnout expert for ADHD, autistic, and ...
Apr 15, 2025•39 min
Many adults with ADHD overcommit to others or themselves and, as a result, end up operating way over capacity. How many of you feel over committed right now? Have you committed too much to other people or organizations? Have you made too many commitments to yourself? Join Dave as he discusses how to minimize your habit of overcommitting. Dave will give you some simple questions to ask yourself to get you thinking about why you may be overcommitting and how to reduce the desire to always say yes....
Apr 09, 2025•18 min
How do we achieve meaningful productivity as an adult with ADHD? How do we get what we need to get done, stay on track, meet deadlines and achieve some fulfillment? And how do we get all this accomplished as an adult with ADHD and a demanding career and other responsibilities in our lives? Dave talks about why achieving flow during the week is one of his secret ADHD weapons. Maximizing the large amounts of time to achieve meaningful productivity can be a game changer when you have ADHD. But let'...
Apr 05, 2025•23 min
Want to learn how to work smarter and not harder as an adult with ADHD? Working smarter involves creating a weekly schedule that works with your ADHD and allows you to have meaningful productivity. Creating a schedule that allows you to have agency and control over your week allows you to have more fulfillment and can lower your stress when you have ADHD. Spend a few minutes with Dave as he discusses the basic framework for reworking your weekly schedule as a busy adult with ADHD. **Do you want ...
Apr 02, 2025•21 min
Many adults with ADHD struggle with perfectionism. And that's the topic of this week's podcast. How do we thrive as adults with ADHD without letting perfectionism get in our way? Let's discuss the dilemma of perfectionism and adult ADHD. Dr. Tara Cousineau is the guest on this episode of Overcoming Distractions and author of the book The Perfectionist’s Dilemma. She is also the author of the “Kindness Cure” and has joined us on the podcast several times. Trained at Harvard Medical School, she’s ...
Mar 28, 2025•39 min
Happiness is a big topic, right? But so many of us have to navigate the ups and downs of ADHD. Demanding careers, habits we wish we could adjust, understanding our own ADHD, and, for some, having to go through burnout. And one thing is clear, there is no template for digging ourselves out of burnout. Everyone's experience with burnout or major stress requires some different strategies. Our goal? We just want to be happy. And we want fulfillment in our lives so we can thrive as an adult with ADHD...
Mar 21, 2025•43 min
If you are currently surrounded by Post-Its or sticky notes, you're going to want to hang out through this whole episode because this one is for you. We are talking about some of the best practices for planning, especially in the workplace and how to select a planner that works with you and for you. There are many working parts to productivity and one of them is planning. Some of us are good at planning and then do not execute. Some of us execute without planning. If we slow down and plan out se...
Mar 08, 2025•34 min
If you're on a journey and your goal is to thrive as an adult with ADHD, one of the best ways to begin to move things in a positive way is to employ some self-awareness. So today's podcast is about how to ask a series of questions after each work day as you work towards creating fulfilling work days with meaningful productivity. Dave talks about a few basic questions you can ask yourself every day to understand focus, time and energy, what energizes you what drains you and how you can put a litt...
Feb 28, 2025•20 min
On this episode of Overcoming Distractions, we are talking about burnout and what it can do to our body. When people are truly burned out, in most cases that causes trauma within the body. And that trauma can come in all types of forms. And when burnout is not addressed, it can take a person years in some cases to recover. Burnout is also becoming far more complex. For example, not all burnout is rooted in the workplace. You may have caregiving responsibilities which are adding to your chronic s...
Feb 22, 2025•41 min
Many busy adults with ADHD, and maybe you are one of them, feel like they can't catch their breath, and they go day-to-day and week-to-week trying to get everything done. This is especially common in the workplace but also happens in our personal lives. There is one foundational strategy that can help busy adults with ADHD lower stress levels and that is hitting the pause button and slowing down, even if it is for a few minutes. However, many of us either don't do it or don't know how to hit tha...
Feb 18, 2025•24 min
Dave talks about some of the foundations we should refocus on for the coming year. If you're an adult with ADHD and you have a busy life and career, these are some of the core items you should make sure you have in your life every day. Thriving with adult ADHD does not have to be complicated and that's why Dave refocuses on some of the basics that we need to remind ourselves of continuously. Enjoy this episode and let's get back to the basics! **Do you want to work with Dave one-on-one? Go to ww...
Feb 13, 2025•21 min
If you are an adult with ADHD, and you are either feeling burned out or have decided that your career is no longer serving you, this is the podcast episode for you. Grab a notebook and a pen because we have one of the most well-known experts in the field of ADHD careers today. Shell Mendelson is the Author of Unlock Your Career Path. This book is specifically crafted for neurodivergent adults and even teens who need to explore new careers or make a change. Shell also hosts programs to guide thos...
Feb 06, 2025•35 min
We are talking about mindsets in this episode of Overcoming Distractions. Some mindsets are useful, and some are not serving you well anymore. One mindset that might ring a bell to you is that “I work better on deadline.” And we know most of us have ADHD in this community can say this…. However that's a mindset that may not be totally true for most of us. Dave sits down with Dr. Charryse Johnson, LCMHC, NCC a veteran psychotherapist and mindfulness practitioner whose work focuses on the intersec...
Jan 24, 2025•35 min
There are several ways that you can get the support you need as an adult with ADHD. There's coaching and mentorships. There are different types of therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy and other modalities geared towards adults with ADHD. But many feel the best way is when we incorporate more of a holistic approach to managing and thriving with ADHD which involves many types of strategies and support systems. So today, we're talking about Beyond ADHD coaching, including different types of therap...
Jan 03, 2025•43 min
Many people with ADHD have challenges paying attention. And if you have ADHD, that's not telling you anything new. But getting better at engaging in important conversations helps us gain a much needed clarity, especially in the workplace. Clarity is something adults with ADHD need to seek out daily. Without it, we procrastinate, we can make mistakes, and it can cause us unnecessary stress. There was a concept called active listening and it involves just that, being active in a conversation. When...
Dec 23, 2024•22 min
There is never a one-size-fits-all when it comes to creating an environment where those of us with ADHD can thrive. Our environments range from workplaces to homes, and for many of us, they are places to have a little peace and quiet. For many, having an optimal environment, or even a place where we can reflect, is mission-critical for those of us with ADHD. In this episode of Overcoming Distractions, we're going to talk about how art can be part of your journey in thriving with adult ADHD. Buy ...
Dec 13, 2024•29 min
Episode 301 of Overcoming Distractions Thriving with Adult ADHD! An enormous thank you to everyone who has downloaded one episode or 300. Dave takes the opportunity on episode 301 to talk about some of the critical lessons he has learned from all the experts that have been on the podcast as well as some of you that have reached out. Many of these lessons come down to building a solid foundation so we can thrive as busy adults with ADHD. While managing and thriving ADHD can be complex at times, t...
Nov 22, 2024•22 min
