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Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast

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Nikki Kinzer and Pete Wright offer support, life management strategies, and time and technology tips, dedicated to anyone looking to take control while living with ADHD.
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Aron Croft Brings ME into Building your Business with ADHD

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- The last time Aron Croft was here, he shared his story of his education and personal background meeting ADHD reality. But you know what else? He built a successful Fortune 500 career and a highly successful training business teaching his 8% Productivity ...

Mar 09, 202346 minSeason 26Ep. 9

Morgan Hancock on ADHD in the Military and Success as an Entrepreneurial Troublemaker

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- Morgan Hancock calls herself a troublemaker. This week, you're going hear about her being a troublemaker in high school. And again in summer school. And again in the Army. And then you're going to hear how she was diagnosed with ADHD and channeled that r...

Mar 02, 202337 minSeason 26Ep. 8

Getting Unstuck and Speaking ADHD Truth to Power with Maggie Isely

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- Maggie Isley is a designer, coach, and speaker. She’s the co-founder and creative director of 929 Studios, where she works with businesses around the world to form cohesive brand identities. She is also the co-founder of Be Unemployable, a podcast and ed...

Feb 23, 202347 minSeason 26Ep. 7

Building Your Day when You’re the Boss

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- It's not easy to get out of bed every day with your eye on building and growing your own business. Whether you have people depending on you as a part of your own team, or you're working as an indie contractor, the responsibilities, emotional, and intelle...

Feb 16, 202353 minSeason 26Ep. 6

ADHD Entrepreneurs ❤️ Business with Occupational Therapist and Coach Jamie Cutino

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- At first blush you might think that ADHD would hinder your chances to successfully start a business, but this week's guest has something to say about that. Jamie Cutino offers occupational therapy based coaching for women with ADHD and sings the praises ...

Feb 09, 202344 minSeason 26Ep. 5

Eating Disorders & ADHD with Special Guests Dr. Roberto Olivardia and Paige Kinzer

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- Nikki's daughter is in recovery from an eating disorder, a condition that impacted her emotionally, physically, and made for some dark times in the family. She also lives with ADHD. It turns out, those two things are frustrating bedfellows. Trigger Warni...

Feb 02, 20231 hr 17 minSeason 26Ep. 4

Setting Smart Boundaries Around your Use of Technology

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- Parts of this episode contain discussion about addiction and/or substance abuse. If you or someone you know is dealing with addiction or substance abuse, there is help: Substance Abuse National Helpline 1-800-662-HELP (4357) How’s your phone? Good? You m...

Jan 26, 202344 minSeason 26Ep. 3

A ‘New’ New Year’s Resolution!

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- Is this the year to work harder, get tougher, and go further? Maybe, for you, it is. We’re not here to judge. But if you’ve struggled with traditional resolutions and using the new year momentum to make significant change in your life, then we’re here to...

Jan 19, 202344 minSeason 26Ep. 2

Smart ADHD-Friendly Meal-Planning

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- Not everyone is a cook, but we all deal with food at some point or another. And if you’re frustrated with how your ADHD brain functions when it runs headlong into meal planning, this week’s episode is for you. We talk about the importance of the recipe r...

Jan 12, 202339 minSeason 26Ep. 1

Who's a Better Cohost? Plus Listener Q&A with Discord Mom!

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- Discord Mom Melissa Bacheler is here! And she brings a ... what's that? A GAME SHOW pitting Pete and Nikki against one another to the bitter end? Plus questions from listeners about focus and tab overload and what we would do at the end of the world! Joi...

Dec 20, 202258 minSeason 25Ep. 20

Breaking the Fear of ADHD Budgeting with YNAB Founder Jesse Mecham

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- Ok, let's get this out of the way: We're big fans of You Need a Budget. Like, huge fans. Massive, life-changing kind of product fans. So you can imagine that we're a bit beside ourselves this week. See, for someone who has had struggles with money in the...

Dec 13, 202254 minSeason 25Ep. 19

Fight Impulsive Spending for your ADHD Holiday with CFP David DeWitt

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- David DeWitt is a Certified Financial Planner living with ADHD and joins us today to walk through some of the challenges of building — and sticking to — a holiday budget with ADHD. But that's not really the whole story. David takes us on a tour down hist...

Dec 06, 202258 minSeason 25Ep. 18

Techvember: Home, Health, and Fitness

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- This week, in our third episode of our Techvember series, we're revisiting picks from digital episodes of the past. We started last week with email, followed up with work apps and tools, and now we're going home with a review of past recommendations for ...

Nov 29, 202241 minSeason 25Ep. 17

Techvember: Email & Work Tech Review

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- This week, in our second episode of our Techvember series, we're revisiting picks from digital episodes of the past. We started last week with email, so of course we have to follow up a bit on that. From there, though, we dig straight into recommendation...

Nov 22, 202255 minSeason 25Ep. 16

Techvember: The 2022 ADHD Email Review

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- We haven't talked about email specifically in a while, but we've heard you talking about it plenty. It's still an issue that causes overwhelm and stress — whether you have what you see as too many email messages in your inboxes, or you just don't have a ...

Nov 15, 202253 minSeason 25Ep. 15

Celebrating Your Wins with TCA Coach Lynn Warner

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- Our ADHD can feel like a weight on our backs. But what happens to you when you stop, take stock, and celebrate what is going right? This week on the show, TCA Coach Lynn Warner joins us to discuss celebrating our Wins with ADHD. But it's not just about k...

Nov 08, 202242 minSeason 25Ep. 14

Natural Approaches to Navigating ADHD with Aviva Nirenberg

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- Aviva Nirenberg has ADHD in the family. Mom of three children with ADHD, and non-ADHD spouse of a husband with ADHD, her coaching career started with the lived experience in helping her family navigate the world while living with ADHD. Now, she's a certi...

Nov 01, 202243 minSeason 25Ep. 13

ADHD and Overwhelm with Coach Ian Wahlert

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- Feeling overwhelmed? Let's be honest: Probably . This week we're taking on ADHD overwhelm with coach Ian Wahlert as we deal with unplanned transitions, breaking down big thoughts, avoidance, and shut-down. But first, we have a little follow-up from last ...

Oct 25, 202248 minSeason 25Ep. 12

Why are Transitions Hard with ADHD?

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- Why are transitions so hard with ADHD? Big ones, little ones, rare ones, daily ones, it seems like changing context from one to the next is like running through three feet of mud when everyone else is floating on air. It might be your big transitions — h...

Oct 18, 202232 minSeason 25Ep. 11

Breathing for Pattern Interrupt with James Ochoa

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- James Ochoa is a licensed professional counselor dedicated to treating, understanding and exploring adult ADHD. He lives with ADHD himself and has long demonstrated his introspection and exploration through his work and writing. His book, Focused Forward...

Oct 11, 202249 minSeason 25Ep. 10

Everything is An Experiment with Dr. Lola Day

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- Dr. Lola Day is a busy mother, double-boarded physician, lifestyle strategist, and ADHD-trained life coach for ambitious women. She is a case example for people living with ADHD who want to accomplish more in their lives, tame their hyperfocus, and tune ...

Oct 04, 202247 minSeason 25Ep. 9

What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- You live with ADHD, so you know what it feels like to be stuck. But what happens when you tell an ADHD coach what you're going through? You get a whole new way to think about moving forward! It all starts with that feeling of shame and embarrassment that...

Sep 27, 202221 minSeason 25Ep. 8

The Cannonball Runs • A What's That Smell Anxiety Special

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- Tommy Metz III is a filmmaker and storyteller in Los Angeles, CA. He directed the feature film ‘ 30 Nights ’, and his latest short ‘Static’ is going to be playing in festivals starting next month. He’s also an anxiety-riddled mess and co-host of What’s T...

Sep 20, 202255 minSeason 25Ep. 7

Eating Your ADHD with Dietitian Nicole DeMasi Malcher

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- How's your relationship with food? Do any emotional eating lately? Feeling that magnetic pull to McDonalds? You think there might be any ADHD hidden in there knocking away at you? Nicole DeMasi Malcher is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and founder o...

Sep 13, 20221 hr 6 minSeason 25Ep. 6

Stop & Smell the Roses: Remembering to Live when Living with ADHD

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- You know how it happens. You get your diagnosis and you start the research. Before you know it, you’re in such a search for tools and strategies to help you with your ADHD that you forget to live your life. This show is our reminder to you of a few thing...

Aug 30, 202240 minSeason 25Ep. 5

ADHD Over-Talking Follow-Up: Listener Feedback!

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- We did an episode on ADHD and over-talking a few weeks back and boy-howdee did you have thoughts! This week, we’re doing a listener feedback review covering how you prefer to manage — and help to manage — over-talking and ADHD in yourself and others. The...

Aug 23, 202225 minSeason 25Ep. 4

What You Don’t Remember... About your Memory with Dr. Ari Tuckman 🧠

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- Memory is not one thing, says our guest, Dr. Ari Tuckman, and ADHD might be at the center of your struggles with each component of memory at any given time. More important than understanding that ADHD and memory are sometimes troubled partners is underst...

Aug 02, 202248 minSeason 25Ep. 3

It’s Our ADHD Talking

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- People with ADHD talk. And sometimes we talk a lot . We might be nervous or excited, insecure or scared; for whatever reason, these triggers cause our mouths to go right into overdrive. This week on the show, Nikki and Pete talk about over -talking. What...

Jul 26, 202255 minSeason 25Ep. 2

You CAN Handle the Truth! Lying & ADHD with Dr. Norrine Russell

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- Today, we’re talking about the truth in all it’s shapes and colors. If you’re living with ADHD, you might find you have a sometimes-questionable relationship with the truth, whether you’re struggling to be one hundred percent honest about a project at wo...

Jul 19, 202252 minSeason 25Ep. 1

New Parent ADHD Primer with Dr. Marcy Caldwell

Grab the Guide ... FREE! If you've spent years thinking the problem with planning is you — too scattered, too inconsistent, not disciplined enough — this guide is FOR YOU! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/planwithadhd and get started today! --- As our guest says it, a lot happens when you have a new creature to care for. The lessons that come when you’re facing the stressors of new parenthood might unlock some things you don’t know about yourself: ADHD. Dr. Marcy Caldwell ( ADDept.org ) is dire...

Jun 14, 202241 minSeason 24Ep. 22
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