In this episode of Translating ADHD, Ash and Dusty explore the complex relationship between ADHD and financial management. They discuss the emotional weight of financial discussions, including feelings of guilt and shame that many clients experience. Drawing from their personal experiences, they highlight how upbringing and context can shape one's understanding of money, credit, and financial responsibility. Dusty shares her struggles with credit scores and impulsive spending, while Ash reflects...
Nov 18, 2024•28 min•Season 3Ep. 10
In this episode of Translating ADHD, hosts Ash and Dusty explore the complex relationship between ADHD coaching and medication. They emphasize the importance of coaches maintaining ethical boundaries while still acknowledging the role medication plays in many clients' lives. The discussion covers the nuances of medication experiences, including how individual responses can vary significantly and the need for self-advocacy when navigating treatment options. Both hosts share personal anecdotes to ...
Nov 11, 2024•34 min•Season 3Ep. 9
In this episode of Translating ADHD, Ash and Dusty explore the intricate relationship between ADHD and creativity. They discuss the unique challenges faced by creative individuals with ADHD, such as analysis paralysis, perfectionism, and the overwhelming number of ideas that can hinder progress. The conversation emphasizes the importance of creating a supportive environment and allowing oneself the freedom to be bored, as both can foster creative thought. By sharing personal experiences and stra...
Nov 04, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 8
In this episode, hosts Ash and Dusty delve into the complexities of parenting as neurodivergent individuals. They share personal experiences about their journeys as parents of neurodivergent children, highlighting the unique challenges they face. From managing communication differences and emotional regulation to the impact of external judgments on parenting choices, the discussion emphasizes the importance of flexible frameworks that cater to individual family needs rather than conforming to so...
Oct 28, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 7
In this episode of the Translating ADHD podcast, Ash and Dusty explore the complex relationship between ADHD and professionalism. They discuss how societal norms often impose arbitrary standards of professionalism that can be particularly challenging for individuals with ADHD. Through personal anecdotes and client stories, they highlight the importance of recognizing and advocating for one's strengths, rather than solely focusing on perceived weaknesses. The conversation emphasizes that professi...
Oct 21, 2024•33 min•Season 3Ep. 6
In this episode of Translating ADHD, hosts Ash and Dusty explore the intersection of queerness and ADHD, emphasizing the importance of community, acceptance, and flexible frameworks. They discuss how their identities as neurodivergent individuals shape their perspectives on relationships, support systems, and personal growth. Dusty shares her experiences navigating the complexities of community care while balancing her queer identity with her ADHD challenges, while Ash reflects on his journey of...
Oct 14, 2024•28 min•Season 3Ep. 5
In this episode of Translating ADHD, hosts Ash and Dusty explore the complex relationship between ADHD and personal identity. They discuss how the challenges of ADHD can obscure one's sense of self, leading to feelings of confusion and frustration when trying to differentiate between authentic traits and behaviors shaped by neurodivergence. Through personal anecdotes and client experiences, they highlight the importance of understanding strengths and challenges as intertwined aspects of identity...
Oct 07, 2024•34 min•Season 3Ep. 4
In this episode of Translating ADHD, hosts Ash and Dusty explore the often contentious relationship between individuals with ADHD and exercise. They discuss the cultural stigma surrounding body image and the challenges of maintaining a consistent fitness routine. Through personal anecdotes and client experiences, they highlight the importance of redefining exercise not as a punishment for one's body but as a celebration of its capabilities. The conversation emphasizes the need for self-acceptanc...
Sep 30, 2024•34 min•Season 3Ep. 3
In this episode of Translating ADHD, Ash and Dusty explore the vital theme of self-acceptance in the context of living with ADHD. They discuss the challenges faced by individuals, particularly those who were late-diagnosed, and how societal values can influence feelings of shame and inadequacy. Through real-life examples and client stories, they illustrate the importance of reframing self-criticism into curiosity, allowing for meaningful behavioral changes and personal growth. The conversation a...
Sep 23, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 2
In this episode of Translating ADHD, hosts Ash and Dusty delve into Dusty's personal journey with ADHD, exploring her path from diagnosis to becoming an influential ADHD coach. Dusty shares her early experiences and the revelation that came when she realized she might have ADHD, alongside reflections on her family dynamics and how they shaped her understanding of herself. Through her candid storytelling, she highlights the importance of self-acceptance and the challenges she faced in structured ...
Sep 16, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 1
In this episode of the Translating ADHD podcast, Ash and Cam reflect on their five-year journey and announce significant changes ahead. Cam shares his future plans, focusing on training and educating ADHD coaches and supporting ADHD adults to have more agency in their lives. Ash discusses the upcoming evolution of the podcast. Instead of a permanent co-host, Ash will introduce temporary co-hosts for shorter seasons of 8-12 episodes. This approach aims to bring fresh perspectives and diverse expe...
Jul 15, 2024•26 min•Season 2Ep. 38
In this episode of "Translating ADHD," Ash and Cam reflect on their journey over the past five years as they prepare for Cam's departure from the podcast. They discuss how they've grown as individuals, coaches, and podcast hosts, sharing highlights from their 217 episodes. They emphasize the impact of their partnership, noting how their differing perspectives and support for each other have enriched the content and deepened their understanding of ADHD. They talk about the importance of their lis...
Jul 08, 2024•30 min•Season 2Ep. 37
In this episode of "Translating ADHD," hosts Ash and Cam announce significant changes for the podcast. Cam shares his decision to leave the show after almost five years and 217 episodes, explaining that he wants to explore new opportunities in the ADHD coaching realm. Both hosts reflect on their journey, acknowledging how their combined perspectives have enriched the podcast and their coaching practices. They discuss the challenges of generating new content and the invigorating feeling of explor...
Jul 01, 2024•21 min•Season 2Ep. 36
In this episode of Translating ADHD, Ash and Cam discuss the importance of community for individuals with ADHD. They emphasize how community provides essential support for personal growth, learning, and navigating challenges. The hosts stress the need for room to work out our challenges and how ADHD can make it difficult to see anything but perfection as a goal and rejection as the obstacle on the path to change. Ash shares a personal experience from a Pride camping trip, highlighting the signif...
Jun 17, 2024•22 min•Season 2Ep. 35
In this episode of Translating ADHD, hosts Ash and Cam explore the essential role of community for individuals with ADHD. They discuss how community provides a sense of belonging and acceptance, which is crucial for personal growth and mental well-being. Ash shares insights from coaching clients, emphasizing that despite different personal contexts, all clients express a need for community. They reflect on their own experiences, highlighting how community has evolved from a place of mere accepta...
Jun 10, 2024•27 min•Season 2Ep. 34
In this episode of the Translating ADHD podcast, hosts Ash and Cam delve into the importance of creating optimal learning environments, especially for those with ADHD. Cam shares insights from neuroscientist Mary Helen Immordino-Yang on the role of emotion and psychological safety in learning. He reflects on his own educational experiences, emphasizing the need for relevance and connection to material. They discuss the three barriers ADHD individuals face—awareness, action, and learning —and hig...
Jun 03, 2024•23 min•Season 2Ep. 33
In this episode, Ash and Cam discuss the challenges of achieving balance, particularly for those with ADHD. Ash shares a client's struggle to balance work and personal commitments during a stressful period. They explore the concept of "rebalancing" instead of striving for perfect balance, emphasizing flexibility and managing expectations. They discuss how individuals with ADHD can create buy-in of some ideal state like balance but not consider what balance can mean for them specifically. This is...
May 27, 2024•28 min•Season 2Ep. 32
In this episode, Ash and Cam discuss the concept of "false needs" in managing ADHD. They highlight examples from clients who feel compelled to constantly manage their ADHD or strive for daily improvement, often driven by internal pressures and emotional dysregulation. Ash shares his own experience with false needs, stressing the importance of identifying genuine needs versus constructed ones. Cam shares examples from two clients where they both feel compelled to do something. It feels like a rea...
May 20, 2024•27 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Individuals with ADHD can feel strongly about living a life of integrity and always honoring one’s values but what happens when our values conflict with just getting through our day? This episode centers around the concept of value conflicts and how individuals with ADHD navigate complex decisions where their values are in conflict with the demands of modern society. The hosts, Ash and Cam, explore a specific case of a client dealing with the need to purchase a new smartphone, a decision that ra...
May 13, 2024•27 min•Season 2Ep. 30
This episode centers around the topic of ADHD and intuition, exploring how ADHD can impact one's ability to trust themselves and their instincts. Ash begins by explaining that ADHD often gets in the way of trusting oneself and one’s intuition. This lack of trust can stem from a lifetime of masking, adapting behavior to please others, or having inaccurate reads on situations, leading to a tendency to second-guess oneself. Ash shares a story about a client working in a nonprofit who was struggling...
May 06, 2024•26 min•Season 2Ep. 29
This episode focuses on the idea of understanding, owning, and translating ADHD. Hosts Ash and Cam discuss how the language we use to describe our experiences with ADHD can shape our perception of it, and ultimately, our relationship with it. Cam talks about a client who, through coaching, began to view their ADHD as something external that can influence behavior, rather than something inherent that defines them. This shift in perspective allows individuals to be more objective and less judgment...
Apr 29, 2024•25 min•Ep. 183
In this episode of Translating ADHD, Ash and Cam continue on the topic of collapsing frameworks and how this can lead to self-doubt and imposter syndrome. Cam shares a client example of a college president who struggles with doubt immediately after very public events. Cam introduces the unique ADHD phenomenon of hyper-focusing on small data points and extrapolating negative conclusions from them and how this contributed to his client’s sense of doubt. Those of us with ADHD are prone to a "Dip of...
Apr 22, 2024•21 min•Season 2Ep. 27
In this episode of Translating ADHD, hosts Ash and Cam delve into the topic of routines and their tendency to catastrophically collapse, especially for individuals with ADHD. They discuss insights from a coaching session about why routines fail and the difficulty of re-establishing them. The conversation covers the erosion of remembering the benefits of routines, the making of meaning from failure, and the introduction of the concept of 'should accretion' where additional expectations complicate...
Apr 15, 2024•26 min•Season 2Ep. 26
On this episode of Translating ADHD, Cam and Ash delve into the power of storytelling and perspective work for individuals with ADHD. They discuss the importance of recognizing the stories we tell ourselves and how they shape our relationships and experiences. Cam shares about a client reflecting on the limitations of using ‘ego and energy’ to navigate his day as a fast brainer. The hosts emphasize the role of context and meaning-making in the ADHD brain, highlighting how coaching can help indiv...
Mar 25, 2024•26 min•Season 2Ep. 25
In this episode of Translating ADHD, hosts Ash and Cam dive into the world of storytelling and its significance for individuals with ADHD. Ash returns to the booth after a rough bout with the flu, which sparks a brief discussion on how illness can affect executive functioning. The conversation then shifts to the main topic of storytelling, where Cam delves into the importance of context as a superpower. The hosts explore how those with ADHD are naturally wired for context due to their divergent ...
Mar 18, 2024•27 min•Season 2Ep. 24
In Season 2 Episode 23 of the Translating ADHD podcast, hosts Ash and Cam continue to delve into the topic of context and its impact on ADHD. They recount the three ways of experiencing context: context switching, using context defensively, and using context proactively. Cam shares insights from a class he's teaching focused on improving relationships for those with ADHD. He emphasizes the importance of being a keen observer to identify dynamics that aren't working and taking proactive steps to ...
Mar 11, 2024•27 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Today on Translating ADHD, Ash and Cam dive into the importance of context for individuals with ADHD. They explore how ADHD brains are wired for context and how storytelling can influence our perception of reality. Cam shares his experience teaching a class on improving relationships for individuals with ADHD and how discussing context sparked curiosity and expectation among the students. The hosts discuss the role of context in making progress with ADHD and reflect on how it shapes the ADHD exp...
Mar 04, 2024•30 min•Season 2Ep. 22
In this episode, hosts Ash and Cam delve into the importance of context and sense of self in coaching relationships. They reflect on previous discussions about context and its impact on self-awareness. Cam shares a disheartening experience with a client who had negative encounters with previous coaches and therapists. The client shared how in numerous engagements he immediately felt like he was failing in the coach’s ‘program for success’ and felt like he could not show up as his authentic self....
Feb 26, 2024•29 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Exploring the theme of how context shapes our sense of self, this episode delves into personal experiences that highlight the impact of context on identity. From a client's transformation inspired by a TV character, to the host's own journey transitioning with ADHD, the discussion emphasizes the importance of understanding how external influences can shift our perception of self. Asher shares his own experience of how shifting context influenced his own identity. Tune in to gain insights on navi...
Feb 19, 2024•33 min•Season 2Ep. 20
In this episode of Translating ADHD, Cam and Ash explore the significance of context and how it relates to our sense of self or self-identity. They discuss the importance of recognizing and leaning into our strengths and how this can help shift our perspective from a place of limitation to one of empowerment. They also touch on the distinction between performance-based coaching and the broader aspects of human motivation. Tune in to gain insights into the importance of understanding your "who" a...
Feb 12, 2024•31 min•Season 2Ep. 19
