Isabelle & David welcome Isabelle’s husband, Bobby, and their friends, Christina, AJ, and Gabe, to continue to listen and learn from David’s tried and tested presentation on ADHD, which he normally gives to fellow clinicians (for the 1st-4th parts of this talk, please see episode 4, All About ADHD Part I; episode 6, All About ADHD Part II; episode 9, All About ADHD Part III; episode 12, All About ADHD Part IV) . Gabe wonders at how structure can be a win , and Isabelle gives an example of ho...
Jan 19, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Isabelle, David welcome Isabelle's husband, Bobby, and David’s friend and clinician, Noah (who also have ADHD) and all connect four weeks into the lockdown of 2020 to meet virtually and play online game to help beat the pandemic fears and the scared and cooped-up blues. We’re overstimulated with grief, shame, sorrow, anxiety, etc, and yet under stimulated with the lack of transitions, being cooped up in our house, seeing the same two rooms every day. David talks about missing novel chaos , and a...
Jan 05, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Just in time for the mounting stress at the end of the year, here’s an ADHD-friendly gift guide! David and Isabelle have ideas, accommodations, and acceptance around giving and receiving with neurodivergent folx. How hard it is to buy things for folx who impulsively purchase all (cheaper) things for themselves? How to tackle the mystery of huge shopping carts and no good memory if you bought the thing after all, or not? What to get your brilliant neurodivergent child (psss…it’s the experience, n...
Dec 22, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Isabelle & David welcome Isabelle’s husband, Bobby, and their friends, Christina, AJ, and Gabe, to continue to listen and learn from David’s tried and tested presentation on ADHD, which he normally gives to fellow clinicians (for the first, second, and third parts of this talk, please see episode 4, All About ADHD Part I; episode 6, All About ADHD Part II; episode 9, All About ADHD Part III) . David describes how deep self esteem injuries go for folx with ADHD. That and a lack of response co...
Dec 08, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Transitions and choices are hard. Isabelle and David are joined by Isabelle’s husband, Bobby, and David’s friend and fellow clinician, Noah, both of whom also have ADHD to talk about different types of ADHD. We don’t remember all the stuff we have to do to leave the house. Isabelle describes a detailed whiteboard and just how long it took to get into the habit of not forgetting things like lip balm. David puts everything into his bag at night. Isabelle has to do a one-touch rule. Noah’s and Bobb...
Nov 24, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 11
For our younger ears: there is a swear in the last minute of the episode. Be warned. Ever wonder if it’d be easier to be partnered with someone who also has ADHD (or, someone who is neurotypical)? How can you coexist no matter what the combo platter of neurodivergence? Robin, David’s neurotypical partner, and Bobby, Isabelle’s neurodivergent partner, join a relationship round table filled with practical tips on how neurotypical and neurodivergent partners can better support, communicate, and res...
Nov 10, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Everything you ever wanted to know about ADHD...continues! WOOHOO! Go back and check out Parts I & III, or start here to learn more about dopamine, how to differentiate someone with ADHD v. someone who is neurotypical, why folx with ADHD run late, and what the impacts are on school (sadly, so far, not great) when someone is labeled with ADHD and receives accommodations. The things that are easy, hard, and all the myths and misperceptions that exist about what is really not a deficit, but rat...
Oct 27, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 9
How do we separate a task from our emotions about it? Especially when it comes to our own battles with procrastination ? Isabelle is struggling with this and Bobby, her husband, is curious to hear more. David breaks it down like this: let’s say the task is running 5 miles in 60 minutes, which sounds very hard to Bobby. Does it matter what you’re wearing? What time of day you go? If it’s raining or not? There’s lots of things we can get caught up in the ‘emotionality’: I don’t have the right clot...
Oct 13, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 8
What if there is no one right way to do something? Isabelle and David are joined by Isabelle’s husband, Bobby, who also has ADHD, in this discussion on why we care how we do a thing. The idea there isn’t a right way is a hard for Isabelle to take in, especially as David describes that how we feel when we feel like we have to be perfect on the outside to hide the fact that we feel so different/deficient on the inside (AKA Imposter Syndrome ). For folx with ADHD, this can look like our habits and ...
Sep 29, 2021•21 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Everything you ever wanted to know about ADHD...continues! WOOHOO! Go back and check out Part I, or start here to learn more about what's happening in the brain, how to use environments to cue ourselves, how debate and manufactured fights can be ways to help you focus, and more! The things that are easy, hard, and all the myths and misperceptions that exist about what is really not a deficit, but rather an abundance and variety of, attention. The second part in a series from David, who has lectu...
Sep 15, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Please note, for our younger listeners: there are some swears in this. Brace yourselves. Isabelle & David welcome Isabelle’s husband, Bobby, and David’s childhood friend, Ashley, who both also have ADHD. Isabelle describes how feeling singled out due to her academic strengths led to her being bullied. She recognizes now that a lot of the things that were what she was picked on relate to her ADHD, like talking impulsively (and a lot), not picking up on certain social cues, feeling a few steps...
Sep 01, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Everything you ever wanted to know about ADHD. Seriously. From what's happening in the brain, to how it's experienced day to day--the things that are easy, hard, and all the myths and misperceptions that exist about what is really not a deficit, but rather an abundance and variety of, attention. The first part in a series from David, who has lectured as an expert and advocate on this subject nationally, and assisted by Isabelle, who is eagerly sponging up the information. A neurodivergent and ne...
Jul 03, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Does feedback sting extra hard? David introduces the concept of rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD), where you interpret feedback or questions or redirections as being very harsh and personal, and then really take it to heart—even if that’s not really what is being communicated to you--and how this plays into relationships. This episode, David and Isabelle are joined by fellow ADHD clinician, Noah, and Isabelle's husband, Bobby, who both also have ADHD. ----- Isabelle & David welcome Isabell...
Jul 03, 2021•21 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Isabelle & David welcome Isabelle’s husband, Bobby, and David’s childhood friend, Ashley, who both also have ADHD. Ashley shares that she was diagnosed with ADHD back in ’94 when understanding of ADHD was still in its early days and accommodations like audio books and extended time for test taking were new(er). The group describes what reading looks like, including eye tracking issues connected to ADHD —and the levels of accommodations they each use, including highlighters, white noise, audi...
Jul 03, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 2
What really happened when we set out to make a podcast…over a year ago. Isabelle explains why this project is just now starting to come together (thank you pandemic, cross country move, and yay new baby!). David explains that he wanted to check in but didn’t. They both realize they were shame spiraling, and David drops a truth bomb on how to cope with shame, guilt, and anxiety: gratitude . The trick is it has to be specific, actual gratitude. How does this work? We get reinforcement when we rumi...
Jul 03, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 1
