Living Beyond ADHD

ADHD is one of the most researched yet least understood conditions of our time. Living Beyond ADHD host, Dr B, is here to explore relevant information that just isn't making it from the experts to the general public, and to close that gap. Those diagnoses missed in earlier years and made in adulthood, add many burdens to the discovery. Failed marriages, bankruptcy, unemployment, academic failure, underachieving, depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and a deep mistrust of self, are just the tip of the iceberg. In order to live a happier, more productive and successful adult life in today’s world, you must learn the essential executive function skills and strategies. Those under-developed skills and strategies rather than just your ADHD could be what are driving your greatest challenges.

The Importance of Executive Function Pre-Skills – 120 05/24/2023

The Importance of Executive Function Pre-Skills – 120 How often do you do the prep work for your tasks? Do you know what I mean by prep work? Most people I know really dislike the prep work and just want to get down to doing the task. They even feel that the prep work is a waste of their time because it isn’t getting the job done. And, they are short on time as it is, so this is just a non-essential thing to do. But is it really? Everything in life needs prep work and maintenance. If you are the cook in your family or home, you need to prep the meal before you can make it and then eat it. If you are going to work on an art project, you need to prep and make sure you have all the supplies you need for your project before you embark or you’ll be running out to the store or aborting the project when you find out that you don’t have what you need. What about leading a meeting at work? Do you just show up and talk, or do you need to prep for the meeting so you stay on topic for the purpose of the meeting and are clear on what you will present? Like I said, prep work and maintenance is just part of life. Prep work can include many Executive Function skills or Executive Function pre-skills. And, if you don’t have solid pre-skills, then building your Executive Function skills on a flimsy foundation isn’t going to get you sustainable results. The 3 Executive Function pre-skills that I feel are essential are your relationship with time and how you manage yourself and time itself, procrastination and how you eliminate it from your life, and decision-making since you are making decisions every day, and sometimes all day long. Do you trust yourself with time and the decisions you make? Have you eliminated procrastination from your life? In this episode, I talk about: Executive Function pre-skills development The importance of developing a dynamic plan with a strong foundation What it's like to work with Dr B And more! Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and a newfound freedom in your life! My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses.  And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering.   Episode Resources: Get Sh*t Done Fundamentals + Essentials (GSD-FE) Program Information:  (previously known as the ADDventures In Achievement [AIA-FS] program) Grant assistance page for help with funding for GSD-FE program:   Book your complimentary discovery call with Dr B to get your questions answered, and determine together if GSD-FE is right for you or not:    The Transformation Club (TTC) – if time or money commitments have been holding you back - the affordable membership program for Executive Function skills development:   Free PDF - 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning Is Holding You Back:   Book your complimentary discovery call to get your questions answered and determine if TTC is right for you or not:      Follow me on  and enjoy live videos and more Follow me on  and enjoy relevant resources  To Help The Show: Subscribe at your favorite listening spot and my podcast player has social media links (icons) in the episode player so you can share episodes you love with others! Please rate the show and leave a thoughtful review on iTunes so I know you're benefiting from the episodes.  The greater the number of reviews, the higher the ranking, and the easier it will be for others to find the show; people who also need this information.  Let's put an end to the worldwide needless suffering together!  We can do this!  /episode/index/show/harnessyouradhdpower/id/26932938

Do you have the blueprints to build a new model of yourself? – 119 05/17/2023

Do you have the blueprints to build a new model of yourself? – 119 Do you have the blueprints to build a new model of yourself? One of my favorite quotes is by Buckminster Fuller, who said, “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” Thinking along the same lines as Fuller, I realized years ago that with so much that happens on our journey from birth to adulthood, unless we build a new model of ourselves and then move into that new model, we will be fighting the existing reality and model of our earlier life and selves forever, and trying to “fix” the dysfunctional, rather than create anew. If changing the outcomes in your life was as easy as learning some new skills or moving to a new place to start over again, then everyone who does it that way would be happy with their new outcomes. It doesn’t work that way. Wherever you go, there you are. You are taking the existing model of who you have become up to now and attempting to shove new tools into that existing, dysfunctional model of you, and there is no room for this to happen. You are a closed system that has what it has and functions as it does within that closed system. You have to be willing to build a new model of yourself, for who you need to be or want to be, take the best from your existing model and move it over into your new model, and then release the rest of that original model because it is obsolete. My phrase for that release is borrowed from Star Trek and is “beam me up Scottie.” Since energy never dies, I don’t want to leave anything from the previous model of me, that is now obsolete, for me to slide back into at some point in time. I am clear that model is obsolete and I have built a new healthy model and I want to live from the place of that new model, not the old, dysfunctional one. This means we have to be able to let go of the old and embrace the new, and many have difficulty letting go of anything; especially the previous, outdated and dysfunction model of who they have been. In this episode, I talk about: Building a blueprint for a new model of yourself Why change is not just as easy as learning new skills Common barriers to transformation And more! Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and a newfound freedom in your life! My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses. And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering. Episode Resources: Get Sh*t Done Fundamentals + Essentials (GSD-FE) Program Information: (previously known as the ADDventures In Achievement [AIA-FS] program) Grant assistance page for help with funding for GSD-FE program: Book your complimentary discovery call with Dr B to get your questions answered, and determine together if GSD-FE is right for you or not: The Transformation Club (TTC) – if time or money commitments have been holding you back - the affordable membership program for Executive Function skills development: Free PDF - 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning Is Holding You Back: Book your complimentary discovery call to get your questions answered and determine if TTC is right for you or not: Follow me on and enjoy live videos and more Follow me on and enjoy relevant resources To Help The Show:Subscribe at your favorite listening spot and my podcast player has social media links (icons) in the episode player so you can share episodes you love with others! Please rate the show and leave a thoughtful review on iTunes so I know you're benefiting from the episodes. The greater the number of reviews, the higher the ranking, and the easier it will be for others to find the show; people who also need this information. Let's put an end to the worldwide needless suffering together! We can do this! /episode/index/show/harnessyouradhdpower/id/26864676

Are You Prone to Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD)? – 118 05/11/2023

Are You Prone to Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD)? – 118 Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria or RSD is a hot topic these days. It is one manifestation of emotional dysregulation, which is a common but misunderstood and under-researched symptom of ADHD in adults. Individuals with RSD feel unbearable pain (physical and emotional) as a result of actual or perceived rejection, teasing, or criticism. And, this symptom is not alleviated with cognitive or dialectical behavior therapy. I’ve read that this symptom is attributed to a different brain structure, a sensitivity that is different than just being a highly sensitive person, and as with the treatment of ADHD itself, medications such as ADHD medications or antidepressants are often given in the hopes that they will lessen the pain. A significant percentage of adults never find any effective ways to manage or cope with the pain. So, what do adults do when they are in unbearable pain? What comes to mind is self-medicate the pain so they can at least do what needs doing in their life. This could be drink, drug, spend, eat, etc., to escape the pain. When I read about rejection, it appears to be the intentional act of refusing to accept, approve or support something or someone such as refusal to show someone love or kindness; refusal to accept someone. Rejection is the act of not giving someone the love and attention they want and/or expect. In this episode, I talk about: The unbearable physical or emotional pain of rejection The difference between RSD and ADHD What it takes to transform from the inside out And more! Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and a newfound freedom in your life! My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses. And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering. Episode Resources: Get Sh*t Done Fundamentals + Essentials (GSD-FE) Program Information: (previously known as the ADDventures In Achievement [AIA-FS] program) Grant assistance page for help with funding for GSD-FE program: Book your complimentary discovery call with Dr B to get your questions answered, and determine together if GSD-FE is right for you or not: The Transformation Club (TTC) – if time or money commitments have been holding you back - the affordable membership program for Executive Function skills development: Free PDF - 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning Is Holding You Back: Book your complimentary discovery call to get your questions answered and determine if TTC is right for you or not: Follow me on and enjoy live videos and more Follow me on and enjoy relevant resources To Help The Show:Subscribe at your favorite listening spot and my podcast player has social media links (icons) in the episode player so you can share episodes you love with others! Please rate the show and leave a thoughtful review on iTunes so I know you're benefiting from the episodes. The greater the number of reviews, the higher the ranking, and the easier it will be for others to find the show; people who also need this information. Let's put an end to the worldwide needless suffering together! We can do this! /episode/index/show/harnessyouradhdpower/id/26816067

Does Your Rambling Make the Point? - 117 05/01/2023

Does Your Rambling Make the Point? - 117 I often hear from many accomplished adults that they feel like imposters. They have been able to hold things together and advance in their career, yet the toll on them is huge. They have created workarounds to get the job done but fear being found out. Work takes so much time and leaves little if any time for pursuing their dreams, hobbies or even cherished time with family and friends. Over time, their self-confidence and happiness has disappeared. Enter… imposter syndrome. In order to feel confident, you need to be competent in those areas of life you created workarounds for. In other words, competence  confidence. Many adults ramble when they speak. I used to. I didn’t have a target; I just started talking and hoped I would make sense to those listening if I just said enough. To ramble on is to speak or write at length and with many digressions, such as rambling on for a couple of hours and your listeners become restless. Rambling uses up a lot of time, effort and energy – whether talking or writing. Rambling on is an expression of disorganization or confusion in thinking. Does it take you a while to get to the point in a conversation or presentation? Do you feel the need to provide all the details you can possibly think of when you are explaining something to someone? Have you ever thought your rambling or excessive explaining was a sign of executive function skill deficits? In this episode, I talk about: Excessive rambling Strategies to improve your communication How to develop organized thinking and an organized mind And more! Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and a newfound freedom in your life! My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses. And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering. Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and a newfound freedom in your life! My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses. And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering. Episode Resources: Get Sh*t Done Fundamentals + Essentials (GSD-FE) Program Information:(previously known as the ADDventures In Achievement [AIA-FS] program) Grant assistance page for help with funding for GSD-FE program: Book your complimentary discovery call with Dr B to get your questions answered, and determine together if GSD-FE is right for you or not: The Transformation Club (TTC) – if time or money commitments have been holding you back - the affordable membership program for Executive Function skills development: Free PDF - 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning Is Holding You Back: Book your complimentary discovery call to get your questions answered and determine if TTC is right for you or not: coming soon Follow me on and enjoy live videos and more Follow me on and enjoy relevant resources To Help The Show:Subscribe at your favorite listening spot and my podcast player has social media links (icons) in the episode player so you can share episodes you love with others! Please rate the show and leave a thoughtful review on iTunes so I know you're benefiting from the episodes. The greater the number of reviews, the higher the ranking, and the easier it will be for others to find the show; people who also need this information. Let's put an end to the worldwide needless suffering together! We can do this! /episode/index/show/harnessyouradhdpower/id/26708820

You Don’t Need a Diagnosis or Medication to Get Results - 116 03/14/2023

You Don’t Need a Diagnosis or Medication to Get Results - 116 I’ve been giving a lot of thought to what is commonly believed to be the process we adults need to go through if we suspect ADHD. That process takes time and money. And depending on what part of the world you live in, your access to a specialist may be limited. For that reason or others, many adults are self-diagnosing these days. Some are questioning what having an official diagnosis will give them that a self-diagnosis won’t. The answer to that question is simple – potentially a lot of valuable information beyond just ADHD since by the time you are an adult, ADHD typically doesn’t occur by itself. There could be depression, anxiety, codependency, addictions, learning differences or challenges, Irlen syndrome, underdeveloped executive function skills, sensory challenges and more. Medication may be appropriate for some of these additional conditions as well as for ADHD if the main ADHD challenges are inattention, hyperactivity and/or impulsivity. If the main challenges are executive function skill challenges due to underdevelopment, I haven’t seen medication alone be the answer without EF skill training. I have worked with many adults over the years who haven’t sought an official diagnosis because they knew that their executive function skills were lacking development for various reasons, and they knew they could do something about that without waiting for a diagnosis... If you’re loving the podcast, you can get even more support by checking out the links in the show notes for free resources and transformative opportunities that are waiting for you. GSD or “Get Sh*t Done”, Because Your Life Won’t Wait Forever Executive Function Skills Training & Coaching Program Information: Free PDF - 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning Is Holding You Back: The Transformation Club – the affordable community for EF training: An assortment of Free Resources, depending on your needs: Grant assistance page: Subscribe & Review in Apple Podcasts If you found value in this episode, please leave me a review on Apple Podcasts! Our mission is to help as many people as possible transform their lives, and when you leave a positive review, more people can find this podcast! Just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and tell me what your favorite part of the podcast is. Thank you! Personal transformation is waiting for you, if it’s your time. There are real solutions to the challenges you are experiencing, and they are available now. Time is our most precious asset, and none of us have time to waste on solutions that don’t work. I would love to help you realize a new freedom, that is…if that’s of interest to you. Thanks for listening… Until the next time… Bye for now… /episode/index/show/harnessyouradhdpower/id/26232480

I Know How Hard It Is and I Can Help You - 115 02/10/2023

I Know How Hard It Is and I Can Help You - 115 This episode is a little different than most. It’s kind of a public service announcement - a message in the public interest that is meant to raise awareness about an important issue and change behavior. This episode is dedicated to you, my listeners. The topic was inspired by a few emails I received this week, and they brought back the strong feelings I have about what I have been called to do and why I continue to pour my heart and soul into this calling. Every day someone emails me with information about their challenges, how hard their life is, and the help they are looking for. This worldwide pain and suffering must stop! I know I talk about executive function skills a lot and point to them as the solution – and that is because they are. The multitude of symptoms that you all are experiencing are coming from your underdeveloped EF skills and pre-skills plus your limiting beliefs and your outdated identities, and typically a mixture of all of this. I say this with absolute conviction of this truth... Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and a newfound freedom in your life! My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses. And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering. If you’re loving the podcast, here’s how to get even more support: check out the links in the show notes for transformative opportunities that are waiting for you. AIA-FS Executive Function Program Information: https://www.drbarbaracohen.com/AIA Free PDF - 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning Is Holding You Back: https://www.drbarbaracohen.com/Executive-Function The Transformation Club – the affordable community for EF training:https://www.drbarbaracohen.com/ttcprogram Grant assistance page: https://www.drbarbaracohen.com/financial-assistance Book your strategy call or call to get your questions answered: https://go.oncehub.com/AIAStrategyCall /episode/index/show/harnessyouradhdpower/id/25886103

Are your Underdeveloped EF Skills Hurting Your Marriage - 114 01/31/2023

Are your Underdeveloped EF Skills Hurting Your Marriage - 114 Whether you are dating, are in a committed relationship, living together or married, your well-developed Executive Function Skills make a difference in many aspects of your relational life. And, even though I focus on helping you develop your Executive Function Skills for yourself, that does not mean that their development isn’t essential for a healthier and happier marriage. Let me explain. When we enter a relationship, we bring whoever we are and whatever is part of us with us. If there is depression or anxiety or ADHD or an addiction or trauma or other issues, they come with us. We are each an entity unto ourselves and a third entity is created when we come together, which is the relationship or marriage. In order to maximize the opportunity for the best of ourselves to be what creates the relationship, we need well-developed Executive Function Skills... Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and a newfound freedom in your life! My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses. And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering. If you’re loving the podcast, here’s how to get even more support: check out the links in the show notes for transformative opportunities that are waiting for you. Executive Function Information List & AIA-FS Program Information: Free PDF - 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning Is Holding You Back: The Transformation Club – the affordable community for EF training: Subscribe & Review in Apple Podcasts If you found value in this episode, please leave me a review on Apple Podcasts! Our mission is to help as many people as possible transform their lives, and when you leave a positive review, more people can find this podcast! Just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and tell me what your favorite part of the podcast is. Thank you! And, if you’re ready to stop your needless suffering, I look forward to welcoming you into the ADDventures In Achievement Foundational Skills program or seeing you inside The Transformation Club. Be sure to check out these opportunities in the show notes. Personal transformation is not exclusive to me; it’s happening for my students every day. There are real solutions to the challenges you are experiencing, and they are available now. Time is our most precious asset, and none of us have time to waste on solutions that don’t work. I would love to help you realize a new freedom, that is…if that’s of interest to you. Thanks for listening… Until the next time… Bye for now… /episode/index/show/harnessyouradhdpower/id/25788408

Eating an Elephant; One Bite at a Time - 113 01/17/2023

Eating an Elephant; One Bite at a Time - 113 Desmond Tutu once wisely said that “there is only one way to eat an elephant: a bite at a time.” What he meant by this is that everything in life that seems daunting, overwhelming, and even impossible can be accomplished gradually by taking on just a little at a time. Robert Maurer, Ph.D. tells us in his book, “One Small Step Can Change Your Life – The Kaizen Way” that small steps bypass your brain’s built-in resistance to new behavior. Kaizen means improvement and moreover it means continuing improvement in personal life, home life, social life and working life. With one small step or 15-minutes a day every day, your brain doesn’t react as if it’s a threat but rather it’s more like saying that you can’t possibly achieve much with just one small step or just 15-minutes a day and the truth is you can if you are consistent every day with your 15-minutes or one small step. Yes, this way of life every day can change your life in big ways over time... Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and a newfound freedom in your life! My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses. And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering. Episode Resources: The Transformation Club – the affordable community for Executive Function training: Free PDF - 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning Is Holding You Back: Executive Function Information List & AIA-FS Program Information: Follow me on and enjoy relevant posts Follow me on and enjoy relevant resources To Help The Show: Subscribe at your favorite listening spot and my podcast player has social media links (icons) in the episode player so you can share episodes you love with others! Please rate the show and leave a thoughtful review on iTunes so I know you're benefiting from the episodes. The greater the number of reviews, the higher the ranking, and the easier it will be for others to find the show; people who also need this information. Let's put an end to the worldwide needless suffering together! We can do this! /episode/index/show/harnessyouradhdpower/id/25631991

Procrastinate No More – 112 01/10/2023

Procrastinate No More – 112 Procrastination is simply the act of delaying or postponing something; nothing more. Most people think of procrastinating as a negative thing. We procrastinate on filing our taxes, paying our bills, keeping our homes tidy, returning phone messages and responding to important emails. We even procrastinate on making plans for our summer vacations. These are all just the act of delaying or postponing something; nothing more. It’s just a behavior. And, we can use this behavior for good or harm; it’s up to us. Most use it for harm. The issue isn’t really about procrastinating – the act of delaying or postponing something – it is about when we do it and why. If you are a procrastinator, do you procrastinate at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of a task or project? And, is the reason for your procrastination because you are missing information you need to start or continue or finish up? Or, is it because you can’t get yourself to take action on things when you need to be taking action? You know what you need to do and even how to do it. You have all the resources to take action, and yet you don’t. We are feeling-driven people and often don’t take action because we don’t feel like it. Translating this, I mean that the feeling we need to take action isn’t there when we need it to be. And the advice isn’t – “just do it” – because you would if you could and you can’t. Instead, it’s learning the EF skill of Shifting your state so that no matter what you are feeling when the time comes to take action, you can shift yourself into the state of being or feeling so you take action... Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and a newfound freedom in your life! My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses. And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering. Episode Resources: The Transformation Club – the affordable community for Executive Function training: Free PDF - 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning Is Holding You Back: Executive Function Information List & AIA-FS Program Information: Follow me on and enjoy relevant posts Follow me on and enjoy relevant resources To Help The Show: Subscribe at your favorite listening spot and my podcast player has social media links (icons) in the episode player so you can share episodes you love with others! Please rate the show and leave a thoughtful review on iTunes so I know you're benefiting from the episodes. The greater the number of reviews, the higher the ranking, and the easier it will be for others to find the show; people who also need this information. Let's put an end to the worldwide needless suffering together! We can do this! /episode/index/show/harnessyouradhdpower/id/25565808

Laying a Solid Foundation with Executive Function Pre-Skills – 111 12/30/2022

Laying a Solid Foundation with Executive Function Pre-Skills – 111 Hi Aspiring Achievers, There is a serious, widespread problem with the educational requirements in the mental health field. Most professionals are studying the same outdated information about ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, Trauma and Addictions in preparation for licensure. They aren’t studying what happens to your executive function development because of those conditions. The most common treatment recommended for adults with ADHD is medication, and the same is true for Depression and Anxiety. Unfortunately, medication alone isn’t the best solution, and for many of you, it isn’t a good option at all. Many of your life experiences pull the energy that is supposed to be going into the development of your executive function skills and channel it elsewhere. This could have led to the diagnosis of depression, anxiety, trauma, addictions, chronic illnesses as well as ADHD. So, no matter what diagnoses you have collected along the way, there are no skills in pills, and we need to focus on developing our executive function skills if we hope to live a full and fulfilling life. From the time we are born, we develop skills–we learn to walk and talk, to read and write, to bathe and dress. These are all skills. And as we get older, we learn more complex skills such as organizing our thinking as well as our possessions, planning our playdates and the time we need to complete our schoolwork... Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and a newfound freedom in your life! My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses. And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering. Episode Resources: The Transformation Club – the affordable community for Executive Function training: Free PDF - 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning Is Holding You Back: Executive Function Information List & AIA-FS Program Information: Follow me on and enjoy relevant posts Follow me on and enjoy relevant resources To Help The Show: Subscribe at your favorite listening spot and my podcast player has social media links (icons) in the episode player so you can share episodes you love with others! Please rate the show and leave a thoughtful review on iTunes so I know you're benefiting from the episodes. The greater the number of reviews, the higher the ranking, and the easier it will be for others to find the show; people who also need this information. Let's put an end to the worldwide needless suffering together! We can do this! /episode/index/show/harnessyouradhdpower/id/25460613

Toxic Shame Keeps Executive Function Skills Underdeveloped – 110 11/29/2022

Toxic Shame Keeps Executive Function Skills Underdeveloped – 110 Toxic shame is a killer. It’s an internal message that tells you that you are defective, bad, wrong, and not valuable. Toxic shame isn’t personal; it’s like poison. It doesn’t matter who gives you the poison or who does the shaming, either one will eat away at you and take you down. And, when shame comes flooding in and causes us to retreat into ourselves, our transformation is put on hold while we navigate the toxic shame. Shame and guilt are different: Guilt tells me that I made a mistake. Shame tells me that I am a mistake. I definitely used to feel a lot of shame and wanted to erase myself from life. Over time, I learned how to change my mindset and develop the skills to eliminate the hold that shame had over me. Now, my life’s work is to pull others out of that same dark place and into a calm and competent life by sharing the exact roadmap I followed. Episode Resources: The Transformation Club – A unique membership that helps adults with underdeveloped Executive Function skills (with or without ADHD) increase competence in days without overwhelm, moral judgements, or self-doubt so they can feel calm and in control. to opt-in for the free training and learn more about The Transformation Club. Get your copy of 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning is Holding You Back: Join the & hang out with your peeps Follow me on and enjoy live videos and more Follow me on and enjoy relevant resources To Help the Show: Subscribe at your favorite listening spot and my podcast player has social media links (icons) in the episode player so you can share episodes you love with others! Please rate the show and leave a thoughtful review on iTunes so I know you're benefiting from the episodes. The greater the number of reviews, the higher the ranking, and the easier it will be for others to find the show; people who also need this information. Let's put an end to the worldwide needless suffering together! We can do this! /episode/index/show/harnessyouradhdpower/id/25164006

Time to Up Your Game with Better Executive Function Skills – 109 11/22/2022

Will ADHD Coaching Give You the Transformation You Need? - 108 10/10/2022

Will ADHD Coaching Give You the Transformation You Need? - 108 Hi Aspiring Achievers! Do you have any or all of the following challenges? Limiting beliefs that hold you back and make it impossible for you to succeed? An outdated sense of yourself or identity that is a limited version of you; not a version that is able to move forward with confidence and conviction? A disempowering relationship with time, where you find it difficult to manage yourself within the time you have? An ongoing struggle with procrastination, where you can’t seem to eliminate it from your work and personal lives? A difficult time trusting yourself or your decisions, where you are regularly filled with self-doubt in personal or professional situations? If you're like most of my listeners, then yes, you may struggle with these challenges! Since I am all about eliminating obstacles by creating solutions, we just created a new opportunity – The Transformation Club – where you can work with me now on all the pre-skills taught in the first part of the AIA-FS program - while you plan your finances and/or apply for financial assistance with any of the financial resources shared on my website for enrollment in the complete AIA-FS program when it opens again in 2023. In this episode, Dr B talks about: What is coaching vs transformation How coaching and transformation are not the same What makes The Transformation Club and ADDventures In Achievement transformational programs How you can start your transformation today by enrolling in The Transformation Club Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and a newfound freedom in your life! My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses. And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering. Episode Resources: The Transformation Club – 9-weeks of foundational work releasing limiting beliefs, upgrading outdated identities, and developing key pre-skills. Click the link to see the details of this new opportunity – offer ends Oct. 12th at midnight Pacific time: Get your copy of 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning is Holding You Back: Join the & hang out with your peeps Follow me on and enjoy live videos and more Follow me on and enjoy relevant resources To Help the Show: Subscribe at your favorite listening spot and my podcast player has social media links (icons) in the episode player so you can share episodes you love with others! Please rate the show and leave a thoughtful review on iTunes so I know you're benefiting from the episodes. The greater the number of reviews, the higher the ranking, and the easier it will be for others to find the show; people who also need this information. Let's put an end to the worldwide needless suffering together! We can do this! /episode/index/show/harnessyouradhdpower/id/24642342

Ask Dr B about Codependency and Executive Function Skills - 107 09/19/2022

Some Personal Moments with Dr B - 106 09/06/2022

What If We're Doing it All Backwards and Wrong - 105 07/06/2022

What If We're Doing it All Backwards and Wrong - 105 What if we're doing it all backwards and wrong? People start identifying that they have ADHD and they want to fix it. Or people start identifying they have underdeveloped executive function skills and they want to fix it. And everything is oriented towards fixing something that's deemed to be broken. But what if it's not broken? What if what we're identifying is the cause; the underlying cause? And let's say it's underdeveloped executive function skills. The effect is everything we're seeing in life – all the challenges and chaos. Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and a newfound freedom in your life! My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses. And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering. Episode Resources: First, get your copy of 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning is Holding You Back: Next, find out what you can do to change this for yourself and how AIA-FS can help you: Join the & hang out with your peeps Follow me on and enjoy live videos and more Follow me on and enjoy relevant resources To Help The Show: Subscribe at your favorite listening spot and my podcast player has social media links (icons) in the episode player so you can share episodes you love with others! Please rate the show and leave a thoughtful review on iTunes so I know you're benefiting from the episodes. The greater the number of reviews, the higher the ranking, and the easier it will be for others to find the show; people who also need this information. Let's put an end to the worldwide needless suffering together! We can do this! /episode/index/show/harnessyouradhdpower/id/23651594

Stop Quitting Before the Miracles Happen - 104 06/20/2022

Stop Quitting Before the Miracles Happen - 104 There’s a difference between what you say you want and what you say you intend to have. One is “desire” and the other is “it will happen.” When we set our intention, we are willing to go to any lengths for it to happen. We are willing to become a better or upgraded version of ourselves; to take with us the best of who we are and leave the rest behind. Are you willing to go to any lengths? I wasn’t 40 years ago and I learned in codependency recovery that I would need to be willing to go to any lengths so what I intended for myself would occur. Some 35+ years ago that meant eliminating everything non-essential from my life and focusing on my recovery from codependency or else I was going to die. I went from no recovery work to 9 meetings a week for my first year. I learned that half measures availed us nothing. Not half results, but nothing! No results! And that if I wanted to experience the miracles that recovery offers, I needed to be all in – 100%. So, have you been “all in” on anything in your life? This may have been the first significant time for me. Yes, I worked hard on other things in my lifetime but to dedicate myself with a powerful, intentional focus on healing from my codependent ways of living was a first for being all in. What about you? Are you a quitter? Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and a newfound freedom in your life! My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses. And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering. Episode Resources: First, get your copy of 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning is Holding You Back: Next, find out what you can do to change this for yourself and how AIA-FS can help you: There is no obligation to being informed about an amazing opportunity that changes lives! Join the & hang out with your peeps Follow me on and enjoy live videos and more Follow me on and enjoy relevant resources To Help The Show: Subscribe at your favorite listening spot and my podcast player has social media links (icons) in the episode player so you can share episodes you love with others! Please rate the show and leave a thoughtful review on iTunes so I know you're benefiting from the episodes. The greater the number of reviews, the higher the ranking, and the easier it will be for others to find the show; people who also need this information. Let's put an end to the worldwide needless suffering together! We can do this! /episode/index/show/harnessyouradhdpower/id/23488157

The Correlation Between Your Adult Capabilities and Your Success– 103 05/31/2022

The Correlation Between Your Adult Capabilities and Your Success– 103 Let’s jump straight to what’s important here. You definitely need certain capabilities to succeed in life. These capabilities help you to get and keep a job, provide appropriate care for children, manage a household and contribute meaningfully to your community. They also enable you having a satisfying personal life with whatever is most important to you. And based on what you are sharing with me when you complete the Information List form, you are in desperate need of the EF skills to be able to perform the basics of adult life. I’m not talking about anything fancy here; just the basics. So many of you are stressed, overwhelmed, and emotionally maxed out. The smallest thing can set you off and send you down a dysregulated path that lasts for days. That is not what is supposed to happen if you get triggered. Your nervous system is supposed to reset itself and bring you back to a calm and well-regulated state pretty quickly. Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and a newfound freedom in your life! My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses. And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering. Episode Resources: First - register and join me for 3 FREE live days of transformation - June 3, 6 and 8 - "Meeting You Where You're At and Moving Forward From There": Second - get your copy of 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning is Holding You Back: Third - find out what you can do to change your situation and how AIA-FS can help you: There is no obligation to being informed about an amazing opportunity that changes lives! Join the & hang out with your peeps Follow me on and enjoy live videos and more Follow me on and enjoy relevant resources To Help The Show: Subscribe at your favorite listening spot and my podcast player has social media links (icons) in the episode player so you can share episodes you love with others! Please rate the show and leave a thoughtful review on iTunes so I know you're benefiting from the episodes. The greater the number of reviews, the higher the ranking, and the easier it will be for others to find the show; people who also need this information. Let's put an end to the worldwide needless suffering together! We can do this! /episode/index/show/harnessyouradhdpower/id/23275382

A Casual Chat with You About Developing Your EF Skills – 102 05/05/2022

A Casual Chat with You About Developing Your EF Skills – 102 If you're on the Information List for ADDventures In Achievement Foundational Skills Program, then you've been receiving some exclusive emails this week. As I was reviewing the emails you've been receiving again, I was thinking of how easy it would be very easy for you to not believe what I'm saying in the emails, and maybe not even believe what I say in my podcast show because after all. If you're in your 30s or 40s, or 50s or older like me, you've had a lot of years of experiences in which things haven't really worked well. Because otherwise, I can't imagine that you would be looking for more help. For this podcast episode, I've decided to keep it casual this week and just talk with you guys. Enjoy! Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and a newfound freedom in your life! My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses. And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering. Episode Resources: First, get your copy of 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning is Holding You Back: Next, find out what you can do to change this for yourself and how AIA-FS can help you: There is no obligation to being informed about an amazing opportunity that changes lives! Join the & hang out with your peeps Follow me on and enjoy live videos and more Follow me on and enjoy relevant resources To Help The Show: Subscribe at your favorite listening spot and my podcast player has social media links (icons) in the episode player so you can share episodes you love with others! Please rate the show and leave a thoughtful review on iTunes so I know you're benefiting from the episodes. The greater the number of reviews, the higher the ranking, and the easier it will be for others to find the show; people who also need this information. Let's put an end to the worldwide needless suffering together! We can do this! /episode/index/show/harnessyouradhdpower/id/23011361

Healing the Stories that Bind You to Suffering – 101 04/27/2022

Healing the Stories that Bind You to Suffering – 101 Have you been suffering long enough? Whether your suffering is due to your limiting beliefs or outdated identities or missing pre-skills or underdeveloped EF skills – if you’re suffering, then you’re suffering – no matter which of these are the source of your suffering. In this episode, I talk about: Suppressing emotions Stories you tell yourself that keep you suffering How to break free from suffering And more! Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and a newfound freedom in your life! My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses. And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering. Episode Resources: First, get your copy of 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning is Holding You Back: Next, find out what you can do to change this for yourself and how AIA-FS can help you: There is no obligation to being informed about an amazing opportunity that changes lives! Join the & hang out with your peeps Follow me on and enjoy live videos and more Follow me on and enjoy relevant resources To Help The Show: Subscribe at your favorite listening spot and my podcast player has social media links (icons) in the episode player so you can share episodes you love with others! Please rate the show and leave a thoughtful review on iTunes so I know you're benefiting from the episodes. The greater the number of reviews, the higher the ranking, and the easier it will be for others to find the show; people who also need this information. Let's put an end to the worldwide needless suffering together! We can do this! /episode/index/show/harnessyouradhdpower/id/22922699

Getting to Know Dr B: Up Close and Personal - 100 04/06/2022

Getting to Know Dr B: Up Close and Personal - 100 Hello, everyone. This is not Dr B. This is Maya Brewer, and it is Dr B's 100th podcast episode for Living Beyond ADHD. So, I am here with Dr B. I'm a student and a freelance writer. And when I say student, I mean student of Dr B's ADDventures In Achievement Program. So welcome to your own show, Dr B. Well, are you ready? I'm ready. Let's do it. Awesome. So, it is your 100th podcast episode. Wow, that's quite a milestone. So, Dr B, how do you feel about reaching this milestone? In this episode Dr B talks about: Her 100th episode milestone Her background and educational journey Attempting to get a diagnosis of ADHD The separation of ADHD and Executive Function Skills The importance of getting a "knowing" not knowledge The best way to achieve what you want in life The 5 elements woven into AIA-FS Real hope and transformation Gifted Underachievers become Empowered Achievers Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and a newfound freedom in your life! My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses. And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering. Episode Resources: First, get your copy of 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning is Holding You Back: Next, find out what you can do to change this for yourself and how AIA-FS can help you: There is no obligation to being informed about an amazing opportunity that changes lives! Join the & hang out with your peeps Follow me on and enjoy live videos and more Follow me on and enjoy relevant resources for this episode To Help The Show: Subscribe at your favorite listening spot and my podcast player has social media links (icons) in the episode player so you can share episodes you love with others! Please rate the show and leave a thoughtful review on iTunes so I know you're benefiting from the episodes. The greater the number of reviews, the higher the ranking, and the easier it will be for others to find the show; people who also need this information. Let's put an end to the worldwide needless suffering together! We can do this! /episode/index/show/harnessyouradhdpower/id/22677080

The Traumatic Journey Through Life Without Executive Function Skills - 099 03/30/2022

The Traumatic Journey Through Life Without Executive Function Skills - 099 In episode 098, I talked about being the Gifted Underachiever and the 5 pivotal elements to become the Empowered Achiever. While I was creating that episode, it occurred to me that there are many traumatic life experiences, big and small, when we don't have well-developed EF skills. We need to acknowledge them, in light of our underdeveloped EF skills, so that we can embark on our extraordinary healing journey, and manifest the pure potential contained within us. It’s not enough for us to develop our EF skills and strategies. That’s one piece of the puzzle. The other pieces have shown themselves to me over the past 5 years and are now essentials in the program. The 5 elements woven into the AIA-FS journey are: an EF Assessment, identifying and releasing limiting beliefs and outdated identities, acquiring pre-skills, developing EF skills and strategies, and maintaining your achievements for a lifetime, because everything in life requires maintenance. This unique, transformative 7-month journey flushes out traumatic experiences and facilitates the healing ones by training our core EF foundational skills within the safety of our closed communities. I studied with Jim Rohn back in the 1980s, and when he said, “for things to change, you have to change”, I didn’t understand this concept to the depth I do today. He was talking about changing from the inside out, and that we can’t remain as the current version of ourselves if we are to expand into the pure potential of our being. In this episode Dr B talks about: Our many traumas, big and small We are the meaning makers Reframing your meanings Common traumatic experiences Practice exercise for you Learn about 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning Is Holding You Back Find out what you can do about your weak executive function skills even without a diagnosis Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and a newfound freedom in your life! My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses. And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering. Episode Resources: First, get your copy of 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning is Holding You Back: Next, find out what you can do to change this for yourself and how AIA-FS can help you: There is no obligation to being informed about an amazing opportunity that changes lives! Join the & hang out with your peeps Follow me on and enjoy live videos and more Follow me on and enjoy relevant resources for this episode To Help The Show: Subscribe at your favorite listening spot and my podcast player has social media links (icons) in the episode player so you can share episodes you love with others! Please rate the show and leave a thoughtful review on iTunes so I know you're benefiting from the episodes. The greater the number of reviews, the higher the ranking, and the easier it will be for others to find the show; people who also need this information. Let's put an end to the worldwide needless suffering together! We can do this! /episode/index/show/harnessyouradhdpower/id/22615820

How You Became a Gifted Underachiever and What You Can Do About It - 098 03/26/2022

How You Became a Gifted Underachiever and What You Can Do About It - 098 When I refer to “gifted” adults, I am not talking about I.Q. I am talking about something more important, which is gifted temperament. Additionally, a lot of the challenges you experience could be due to being a gifted adult, since there are many similar challenges with ADHD as with giftedness. According to Reis and McCoach (2000), gifted underachievers typically have low self-esteem, low self-concept, and low self-efficacy, which refers to your belief in your capacity to implement behaviors necessary to produce specific performance outcomes. Put another way, it’s your belief in your ability vs. your actual ability. And, whatever you believe is true about you, is true, whether or not it really is. Can you relate? I’ve worked with thousands of adults over the past 30+ years and most of them are “Gifted Underachievers.” Many are professionals, working in various industries, such as law, medicine, research, project management, entertainment, creative arts, social sciences, education, biological sciences, business, history and more. And, when you are a “Gifted Underachiever” the gap is much bigger because your performance is way below your potential. If you’re tired of psychological labels, and just want to get to the core of what’s going on and resolve it, keep listening. In this episode Dr B talks about: How we become a Gifted Underachiever Some of the challenges of being a Gifted Underachiever Some examples of maladaptive strategies of Gifted Underachievers Similarities between adults with ADHD and Giftedness Learn about 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning Is Holding You Back Find out what you can do about your weak executive function skills even without a diagnosis Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and a newfound freedom in your life! My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses. And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering. Episode Resources: First, get your copy of 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning is Holding You Back: Next, find out what you can do to change this for yourself and how AIA-FS can help you: There is no obligation to being informed about an amazing opportunity that changes lives! Join the & hang out with your peeps Follow me on and enjoy live videos and more Follow me on and enjoy relevant resources for this episode To Help The Show: Subscribe at your favorite listening spot and my podcast player has social media links (icons) in the episode player so you can share episodes you love with others! Please rate the show and leave a thoughtful review on iTunes so I know you're benefiting from the episodes. The greater the number of reviews, the higher the ranking, and the easier it will be for others to find the show; people who also need this information. Let's put an end to the worldwide needless suffering together! We can do this! /episode/index/show/harnessyouradhdpower/id/22575734

You’ve Got to Get Out of the Habit of Being You– 097 03/09/2022

You’ve Got to Get Out of the Habit of Being You– 097 Did you get up this morning and have to stop and remember who you are? Like in the movie “50 First Dates” where Lucy had to watch a video of her life every morning because her memory was damaged from an accident? Most likely not how your mornings start. Habits are great when they are shortcuts that save us time and benefit our lives. When they are destructive and remnants from the past, we need to get out of the habit of doing them. It’s the same with who we are and how we are. We are in the habit of being us. And that means it saves us time and we don’t have to consciously think about who we are and what we will be doing or not doing. It just happens automatically courtesy of our subconscious mind and all the habits stored there. In this episode Dr B talks about: Gaining awareness about yourself Human systems ICD-11 codes for impaired executive functioning Playful exercises Learn about 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning Is Holding You Back Find out what you can do about your weak executive function skills even without a diagnosis Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and a newfound freedom in your life! My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses. And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering. Episode Resources: First, get your copy of 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning is Holding You Back: Next, find out what you can do to change this for yourself and how AIA-FS can help you: There is no obligation to being informed about an amazing opportunity that changes lives! Join the amazing & hang out with your peeps Follow me on and enjoy live videos and more Follow me on and enjoy relevant resources for this episode To Help The Show: Subscribe at your favorite listening spot and my podcast player has social media links (icons) in the episode player so you can share episodes you love with others! Please rate the show and leave a thoughtful review on iTunes so I know you're benefiting from the episodes. The greater the number of reviews, the higher the ranking, and the easier it will be for others to find the show; people who also need this information. Let's put an end to the worldwide needless suffering together! We can do this! /episode/index/show/harnessyouradhdpower/id/22352624

How the Mental Health Field Falls Short in Helping Us at a Deeper Level – 096 03/04/2022

How the Mental Health Field Falls Short in Helping Us at a Deeper Level – 096 If you’ve ever been disappointed or frustrated with the information or care you’ve received for your mental health and well-being, stay tuned. Carl Jung said, “I feel it is the duty of one who goes his own way to inform society of what he finds on his voyage of discovery.” Jung’s quote inspired this episode. I feel it is both my duty and moral obligation to share with you what I’ve found out that I trust will benefit you and help you create a better quality of life. So, here’s some hard truths here in the USA: In this episode Dr B talks about: DSM-5 for diagnoses ICD-11 for insurance billing and diagnoses Lack of appropriate training in mental health field Learn about 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning Is Holding You Back Find out what you can do about your weak executive function skills even without a diagnosis Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and a newfound freedom in your life! My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses. And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering. Episode Resources: First, get your copy of 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning is Holding You Back: Next, find out what you can do to change this for yourself and how AIA-FS can help you: There is no obligation to being informed about an amazing opportunity that changes lives! Join the amazing & hang out with your peeps Follow me on and enjoy live videos and more Follow me on and enjoy relevant resources for this episode To Help The Show: Subscribe at your favorite listening spot and my podcast player has social media links (icons) in the episode player so you can share episodes you love with others! Please rate the show and leave a thoughtful review on iTunes so I know you're benefiting from the episodes. The greater the number of reviews, the higher the ranking, and the easier it will be for others to find the show; people who also need this information. Let's put an end to the worldwide needless suffering together! We can do this! /episode/index/show/harnessyouradhdpower/id/22326311

Ask Dr B about feeling powerless, hopeless and covering up your challenges – 095 01/27/2022

Ask Dr B about feeling powerless, hopeless and covering up your challenges – 095 80% of the new students coming into the ADDventures In Achievement Foundational Skills program feel powerless over their current behaviors, are filled with self-loathing, and feel like an impostor - having lived with so many challenges their entire life. They constantly look over their shoulder least they be found out. In today’s episode, I’m focusing on feelings you’re probably familiar with, and how shining a light on these feelings, and the beliefs that feed them leads you to heal your needless suffering. Hiding your challenges and feelings only makes things worse, not better. You feel bad about what you aren’t yet able to do and feel worse because you’re hiding. You’ve turned this into a moral issue when it is just the under-development of some of your EF skills. And being able to share what you are thinking and feeling about yourself in the safety of our program community provides you with the opportunity to release the shame and guilt you’ve been carrying for years and kept to yourself. The love and support inside our private community is priceless. In this episode Dr B talks about: Feeling powerless and hopeless Covering up your challenges Strategy to start helping yourself 4 action steps to take now Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and newfound freedom in your life! My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses. And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering. Episode Resources: Click the link: so you are informed. There is no obligation to being informed about an amazing opportunity that changes lives! 13 EF Skills: Take Control of Your Life with MasterClasses: Join the amazing & hang out with your peeps Follow me on and enjoy live videos and more Follow me on and enjoy relevant resources and listen whenever you like. for this episode To Help The Show: Subscribe at your favorite listening spot and my podcast player has social media links (icons) in the episode player so you can share episodes you love with others! Please rate the show and leave a thoughtful review on iTunes so I know you're benefiting from the episodes. The greater the number of reviews, the higher the ranking, and the easier it will be for others to find the show; people who also need this information. Let's put an end to the worldwide needless suffering together! We can do this! /episode/index/show/harnessyouradhdpower/id/21440024

If Failing Isn’t an Option, What Would You Do - 094 01/18/2022

If Failing Isn’t an Option, What Would You Do - 094 The title of this episode is a real question I am posing to all of my listeners. If you knew that you would not fail once again to achieve your desired outcome, what would you do? Would you tell yourself that’s not possible because you always fail? Or, would you be curious about what makes that opportunity different from all the other ones – to wonder how is it possible that failing isn’t an option? If you’re curious to know more, please listen carefully. And after you do, if you want to know even more, take action and go look at the link in the show notes. And after that, take one more action which is reach out to me with any questions you have. Please don’t wait for this opportunity of a lifetime to pass you by because you weren’t curious enough to take the next couple of steps In this episode Dr B talks about: How you can avoid failing and succeed The right scaffolding support and guidance Timing is essential for change Act now so you don't miss the AIA opportunity that ends January 20, 2022 - link below Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and newfound freedom in your life! My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses. And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering. Episode Resources: Click the link: so you are informed. There is no obligation to being informed about an amazing opportunity that changes lives! 13 EF Skills: Join the amazing & hang out with your peeps Follow me on and enjoy live videos and more Follow me on and enjoy relevant resources for this episode To Help The Show: Subscribe at your favorite listening spot and my podcast player has social media links (icons) in the episode player so you can share episodes you love with others! Please rate the show and leave a thoughtful review on iTunes so I know you're benefiting from the episodes. The greater the number of reviews, the higher the ranking, and the easier it will be for others to find the show; people who also need this information. Let's put an end to the worldwide needless suffering together! We can do this! /episode/index/show/harnessyouradhdpower/id/21440006

Are You Letting 2022 Be Another Year of Underachieving? - 093 01/18/2022

Are You Letting 2022 Be Another Year of Underachieving? - 093 Achieving your goals is connected to how well-developed your EF skills and strategies are, and if they’re not well-developed, well, you know the rest of the story. And I get it. Getting the right help for yourself is a Catch-22. It’s challenging because the very skills you need to help yourself are the skills you’re missing. And, there’s plenty of resources in the world that offer you a piece of what you need, but not all of it. How do I know? Because I was offered a piece here and there for years, and I just got fed-up with the absence of a solution – not a band-aid or a quick fix – but an actual solution to what I was missing and wanting to achieve. A real solution after so many failed attempts at improving the quality of my life - and none of those pieces helped me get where I am today. I am not the exception here. It’s not like “oh, you could do it Dr B because of all your training and education in psychology.” No - It was my curiosity and my absolute determination that drove me to find the answers for myself and then for others. In this episode Dr B talks about: Transforming your life and maintaining your achievements Life habits that hold you back and feed underachieving You are more than you think Act now so you don't miss the AIA opportunity that ends January 20, 2022 - link below Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and newfound freedom in your life! My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses. And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering. Episode Resources: Click the link: so you are informed. There is no obligation to being informed about an amazing opportunity that changes lives! 13 EF Skills: Join the amazing & hang out with your peeps Follow me on and enjoy live videos and more Follow me on and enjoy relevant resources for this episode To Help The Show: Subscribe at your favorite listening spot and my podcast player has social media links (icons) in the episode player so you can share episodes you love with others! Please rate the show and leave a thoughtful review on iTunes so I know you're benefiting from the episodes. The greater the number of reviews, the higher the ranking, and the easier it will be for others to find the show; people who also need this information. Let's put an end to the worldwide needless suffering together! We can do this! /episode/index/show/harnessyouradhdpower/id/20619155

ADHD is NOT a Gift Unless You Leverage It - 092 01/13/2022

ADHD is NOT a Gift Unless You Leverage It - 092 Hearing that ADHD is a gift is hurtful and confusing to many adults. In my Facebook group, whenever we create a post about ADHD being a gift, many members are angry because they don’t experience their ADHD as a gift at all. And, they are right. Without well-developed Executive Functions skills, the gifts of ADHD aren’t available. If you don’t take steps to more fully develop your EF skills, you could be locking yourself out of access to your creativity, unique problem-solving abilities, associative thinking, and seeing the possibilities in so many things in life. And, you could be locking yourself into a lifetime sentence of underachieving, overwhelm, poor relationships, and so many other quality of life-threatening experiences. Whether you are self-diagnosing or have received a diagnosis, there is so much that you have the power and control to change about the quality of your life IF someone would just tell you so. Well, that someone is me. If you want to leverage your ADHD, keep listening. In this episode Dr B talks about: How to leverage your ADHD as your super power Life with well-developed Executive Function skills Training your mind/brain to help you express your best self Early bird enrollment open now - special bonuses available Get on the informational Waitlist for the ADDventures In Achievement Foundational Skills (AIA-FS) program if you want to know more Skip the Waitlist if you know you're ready to enroll now and claim your bonuses Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and newfound freedom in your life! My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses. And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering. Episode Resources: Put yourself on the informational Waitlist for the ADDventures In Achievement Foundational Skills Program, so that you receive all the amazing emails we’ve written to both educate you about Executive Function skills as well as the details of the program; there is absolutely no obligation by being on the Waitlist. You’ll thank yourself for getting informed: 13 EF Skills: Free Video and e-Book - Many Mental Health Providers & ADHD: Join the amazing & hang out with your peeps Follow me on and enjoy live videos and more Follow me on and enjoy relevant resources for this episode To Help The Show: Subscribe at your favorite listening spot and my podcast player has social media links (icons) in the episode player so you can share episodes you love with others! Please rate the show and leave a thoughtful review on iTunes so I know you're benefiting from the episodes. The greater the number of reviews, the higher the ranking, and the easier it will be for others to find the show; people who also need this information. Let's put an end to the worldwide needless suffering together! We can do this! /episode/index/show/harnessyouradhdpower/id/20619131

Developing EF Skills Is Easy & What A Difference It Can Make! - 091 12/07/2021

Developing EF Skills Is Easy & What A Difference It Can Make! - 091 I have something a little different for you today. I did a live video last Friday, and people said it was great, so I turned it into a podcast episode so you all could benefit as well. As you may have heard me say before, you don’t have to have a diagnosis or even suspect ADHD to have under-developed EF skills. The developmental energy that was intended for their development could have gotten derailed by depression, anxiety, addictions, traumas, illnesses and more. All of these conditions, including ADHD can create a developmental derailment that leaves you with the EF skills of a much younger person, and all the responsibilities of an adult who needs well-developed EF skills to create the quality of life we all deserve. I trust you will find the following information beneficial, and if you do, you will find an important link in the show notes that you will definitely want to click and take advantage of right away. A great opportunity awaits you, that is, if that’s of interest to you. In this episode Dr B talks about: How Executive Function Skills develop growing up What causes Executive Function Skills to derail Rebooting your Executive Function Skills done methodically Early enrollment open now and special bonuses available Get on the informational Waitlist for the ADDventures In Achievement Foundational Skills (AIA-FS) program if you need to know more Skip the Waitlist if you know you're ready to enroll now Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and newfound freedom in your life! My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses. And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering. Episode Resources: Get on the informational Waitlist for the AIA-FS Program, to receive emails to educate yourself about EF skills as well as the details of the program; there's no obligation by being on the Waitlist. You’ll thank yourself for getting informed: If you're ready to enroll in the program after listening to this episode, skip the Waitlist - go straight to enrollment: 13 EF Skills: Free Video and e-Book - Many Mental Health Providers & ADHD: Join the amazing & hang out with your peeps Follow me on and enjoy live videos and more Follow me on and enjoy relevant resources for this episode To Help The Show: Subscribe at your favorite listening spot and my podcast player has social media links (icons) in the episode player so you can share episodes you love with others! Please rate the show and leave a thoughtful review on iTunes so I know you're benefiting from the episodes. The greater the number of reviews, the higher the ranking, and the easier it will be for others to find the show; people who also need this information. Let's put an end to the worldwide needless suffering together! We can do this! /episode/index/show/harnessyouradhdpower/id/20619113

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