ADHD Big Brother - ADHD and Depression Solutions, Laughter, and Thoughts

If you go to therapy, you still gotta do the work. If you hire a coach, you have to do the work. You purchase a course - do the work. Read a self improvement book? Did you do the work? Why is the work so hard?! I have some thoughts...Stuck? Start here. Get the exact framework I use to get moving when my brain is frozen. Download the "Ready S.E.T. Go" guide here - https://www.adhdbigbrother.com/readysetgo

There's so much hope the day before. It's the day of that tends to host all those struggles. Let's unravel that knotted up extension cord and straighten things out. Stuck? Start here. Get the exact framework I use to get moving when my brain is frozen. Download the "Ready S.E.T. Go" guide here - https://www.adhdbigbrother.com/readysetgo

We can put so much effort into just getting started on crappy tasks that it can be such a pain in the butt to find ourselves getting distracted two minutes into the task. ADHD can really be fun sometimes, can't it?! UGH-tastic! I have some thoughts on that...Stuck? Start here. Get the exact framework I use to get moving when my brain is frozen. Download the "Ready S.E.T. Go" guide here - https://www.adhdbigbrother.com/readysetgo

ADHDers have interest-wired brains. So it stands to reason that if things aren't fun, or interesting, we'd have a hard time getting going on them. And yet, there are many aspects of life that are ultra-boring....and we still want to be able to do those things. Thank god there's such a thing as gamification! Let's talk about what that can look likeStuck? Start here. Get the exact framework I use to get moving when my brain is frozen. Download the "Ready S.E.T. Go" guide here - https://www.adhdbigbrother.com/readysetgo

Does that happen to you? You really get going on a project, a goal, a dream, and suddenly the juice is gone. For me, it's very dramatic and feels like I'm a failure, or that this isn't meant to be anymore, or that I'll have to just wait until the juice comes back.Today I'm talking about what I do to move forward when the juice is gone. Stuck? Start here. Get the exact framework I use to get moving when my brain is frozen. Download the "Ready S.E.T. Go" guide here - https://www.adhdbigbrother.com/readysetgo

Well this has been an interesting turn of events. Getting laid off is such a bizarre, unsettling experience. I'll share how it went down for me, and maybe in all this there is a takeaway nugget...or not...we shall see. Mentioned in the podcast: Let's get our sh*t together...together, join the ADHD Big Brother Community and if you join this April, use coupon code APRIL25 for $25 off your first subscription payment!Stuck? Start here. Get the exact framework I use to get moving when my brain is frozen. Download the "Ready S.E.T. Go" guide here - https://www.adhdbigbrother.com/readysetgo

On today's episode, I called the amazing Dr. Matthew Zakreski, PsyD.  If anybody can help us with our imposter syndrome, it's him. You'll see why. He's brilliant. And funny! To get in touch with Dr. Matt:For Therapy - https://www.theneurodiversitycollective.comFor Speaking Engagements - https://www.drmattzakreski.comFollow him on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/drmattzakreskiHere's his bio:Matthew “Dr. Matt” Zakreski, PsyD is a high energy, creative clinical psychologist and professional speaker who utilizes an eclectic approach to meet the specific needs of his neurodivergent clients.  He is proud to serve the Gifted community as a consultant, a professor, an author, and a researcher.  He has spoken over 400 times all over the world about supporting neurodivergent kids.  Dr. Zakreski is a member of Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG), the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), the New Jersey Association for Gifted Children (NJAGC), and Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education (PAGE).  Dr. Zakreski graduated from Widener University’s Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology (IGCP) in 2016.  He is the co-founder of The Neurodiversity Collective**************************************Stuck? Start here. Get the exact framework I use to get moving when my brain is frozen. Download the "Ready S.E.T. Go" guide here - https://www.adhdbigbrother.com/readysetgo

Getting started on crappy tasks can be very difficult, like trying to push open a concrete door. Let's discuss how to get that door open!Stuck? Start here. Get the exact framework I use to get moving when my brain is frozen. Download the "Ready S.E.T. Go" guide here - https://www.adhdbigbrother.com/readysetgo

Every time I sit down to do a brain dump, to get everything out of my head like a good adult with ADHD...EVERY TIME I do that, my thoughts run and hide. Let's discuss a possible rethinking about our thinking about brain dumping...Mentioned in the podcast:ADHD Big Brother Community Free Sign upStuck? Start here. Get the exact framework I use to get moving when my brain is frozen. Download the "Ready S.E.T. Go" guide here - https://www.adhdbigbrother.com/readysetgo

This week I started exploring barriers to doing tasks, and I ended up talking about affirmations, taskfirmations, dopamine and a new thing to try to get more in alignment with the ideal vision we have of ourselves. Reach out via the links below and let me know what you think!Stuck? Start here. Get the exact framework I use to get moving when my brain is frozen. Download the "Ready S.E.T. Go" guide here - https://www.adhdbigbrother.com/readysetgo