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

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... Check out the 8 Essential ADHD Big Brother Episodes, curated and ordered specifically to get you primed and ready to successfully manage your ADHD life! Ready to join the ADHD Big Brother Community? It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mastermind. It's ultra accountability. We are overcoming our lack of motivation and getting started on things. Click here to learn more about the ADHD Big Brother Community Hear it from the community members: The ADHD Big Brother Community has been the most important instrument in starting to sort out my life after getting diagnosed. I feel incredibly lucky to have found this community and it’s been worth every penny." - Gweilove Joining the ADHD Big Brother community has been a huge game-changer for me. Russ has built an effective platform for ADHDers to get together and actually get stuff done. Whether it’s the daily check-ins for consistent accountability, or the resource library of tools and apps that have worked for other forum members - there is a ton of value. - Greg Have questions, comments? Awesome! I love that and I personally respond to every email: CONTACT ME HERE ...

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 like Check out the 8 Essential ADHD Big Brother Episodes, curated and ordered specifically to get you primed and ready to successfully manage your ADHD life! Ready to join the ADHD Big Brother Community? It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mastermind. It's ultra accountability. We are overcoming our lack of motivation and getting started on things. Click here to learn more about the ADHD Big Brother Community Hear it from the community members: The ADHD Big Brother Community has been the most important instrument in starting to sort out my life after getting diagnosed. I feel incredibly lucky to have found this community and it’s been worth every penny." - Gweilove Joining the ADHD Big Brother community has been a huge game-changer for me. Russ has built an effective platform for ADHDers to get together and actually get stuff done. Whether it’s the daily check-ins for consistent accountability, or the resource library of tools and apps that have worked for other forum members - there is a ton of value. - Greg Have questions, comments? Awesome! I love that and I personally respond to every email: CONTACT ME HERE ...

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. Check out the 8 Essential ADHD Big Brother Episodes, curated and ordered specifically to get you primed and ready to successfully manage your ADHD life! Ready to join the ADHD Big Brother Community? It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mastermind. It's ultra accountability. We are overcoming our lack of motivation and getting started on things. Click here to learn more about the ADHD Big Brother Community Hear it from the community members: The ADHD Big Brother Community has been the most important instrument in starting to sort out my life after getting diagnosed. I feel incredibly lucky to have found this community and it’s been worth every penny." - Gweilove Joining the ADHD Big Brother community has been a huge game-changer for me. Russ has built an effective platform for ADHDers to get together and actually get stuff done. Whether it’s the daily check-ins for consistent accountability, or the resource library of tools and apps that have worked for other forum members - there is a ton of value. - Greg Have questions, comments? Awesome! I love that and I personally respond to every email: CONTACT ME HERE ...

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! Check out the 8 Essential ADHD Big Brother Episodes, curated and ordered specifically to get you primed and ready to successfully manage your ADHD life! Ready to join the ADHD Big Brother Community? It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mastermind. It's ultra accountability. We are overcoming our lack of motivation and getting started on things. Click here to learn more about the ADHD Big Brother Community Hear it from the community members: The ADHD Big Brother Community has been the most important instrument in starting to sort out my life after getting diagnosed. I feel incredibly lucky to have found this community and it’s been worth every penny." - Gweilove Joining the ADHD Big Brother community has been a huge game-changer for me. Russ has built an effective platform for ADHDers to get together and actually get stuff done. Whether it’s the daily check-ins for consistent accountability, or the resource library of tools and apps that have worked for other forum members - there is a ton of value. - Greg Have questions, comments? Awesome! I love that and I personally respond to every email: CONTACT ME HERE ...

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.com For Speaking Engagements - https://www.drmattzakreski.com Follow him on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/drmattzakreski Here'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 ************************************** Check out the 8 Essential ADHD Big Brother Episodes, curated and ordered specifically to get you primed and ready to successfully manage your ADHD life! Ready to join the ADHD Big Brother Community? It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mastermind. It's ultra accountability. We are overcoming our lack of motivation and getting started on things. Click here to learn more about the ADHD Big Brother Community Hear it from the community members: The ADHD Big Brother Community has been the most important instrument in starting to sort out my life after getting diagnosed. I feel incredibly lucky to have found this community and it’s been worth every penny." - Gweilove Joining the ADHD Big Brother community has been a huge game-changer for me. Russ has built an effective platform for ADHDers to get together and actually get stuff done. Whether it’s the daily check-ins for consistent accountability, or the resource library of tools and apps that have worked for other forum members - there is a ton of value. - Greg Have questions, comments? Awesome! I love that and I personally respond to every email: CONTACT ME HERE ...

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! Check out the 8 Essential ADHD Big Brother Episodes, curated and ordered specifically to get you primed and ready to successfully manage your ADHD life! Ready to join the ADHD Big Brother Community? It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mastermind. It's ultra accountability. We are overcoming our lack of motivation and getting started on things. Click here to learn more about the ADHD Big Brother Community Hear it from the community members: The ADHD Big Brother Community has been the most important instrument in starting to sort out my life after getting diagnosed. I feel incredibly lucky to have found this community and it’s been worth every penny." - Gweilove Joining the ADHD Big Brother community has been a huge game-changer for me. Russ has built an effective platform for ADHDers to get together and actually get stuff done. Whether it’s the daily check-ins for consistent accountability, or the resource library of tools and apps that have worked for other forum members - there is a ton of value. - Greg Have questions, comments? Awesome! I love that and I personally respond to every email: CONTACT ME HERE ...

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 up Check out the 8 Essential ADHD Big Brother Episodes, curated and ordered specifically to get you primed and ready to successfully manage your ADHD life! Ready to join the ADHD Big Brother Community? It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mastermind. It's ultra accountability. We are overcoming our lack of motivation and getting started on things. Click here to learn more about the ADHD Big Brother Community Hear it from the community members: The ADHD Big Brother Community has been the most important instrument in starting to sort out my life after getting diagnosed. I feel incredibly lucky to have found this community and it’s been worth every penny." - Gweilove Joining the ADHD Big Brother community has been a huge game-changer for me. Russ has built an effective platform for ADHDers to get together and actually get stuff done. Whether it’s the daily check-ins for consistent accountability, or the resource library of tools and apps that have worked for other forum members - there is a ton of value. - Greg Have questions, comments? Awesome! I love that and I personally respond to every email: CONTACT ME HERE ...

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! Check out the 8 Essential ADHD Big Brother Episodes, curated and ordered specifically to get you primed and ready to successfully manage your ADHD life! Ready to join the ADHD Big Brother Community? It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mastermind. It's ultra accountability. We are overcoming our lack of motivation and getting started on things. Click here to learn more about the ADHD Big Brother Community Hear it from the community members: The ADHD Big Brother Community has been the most important instrument in starting to sort out my life after getting diagnosed. I feel incredibly lucky to have found this community and it’s been worth every penny." - Gweilove Joining the ADHD Big Brother community has been a huge game-changer for me. Russ has built an effective platform for ADHDers to get together and actually get stuff done. Whether it’s the daily check-ins for consistent accountability, or the resource library of tools and apps that have worked for other forum members - there is a ton of value. - Greg Have questions, comments? Awesome! I love that and I personally respond to every email: CONTACT ME HERE ...

All it takes is the littlest thing to impede my world and my ability to get started on things can become derailed. Today I'm going to talk about the 4 things that I do when those times hit and I have no motivation or ability to get started. What do you do to get started? Reach out and let me know! Check out the 8 Essential ADHD Big Brother Episodes, curated and ordered specifically to get you primed and ready to successfully manage your ADHD life! Ready to join the ADHD Big Brother Community? It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mastermind. It's ultra accountability. We are overcoming our lack of motivation and getting started on things. Click here to learn more about the ADHD Big Brother Community Hear it from the community members: The ADHD Big Brother Community has been the most important instrument in starting to sort out my life after getting diagnosed. I feel incredibly lucky to have found this community and it’s been worth every penny." - Gweilove Joining the ADHD Big Brother community has been a huge game-changer for me. Russ has built an effective platform for ADHDers to get together and actually get stuff done. Whether it’s the daily check-ins for consistent accountability, or the resource library of tools and apps that have worked for other forum members - there is a ton of value. - Greg Have questions, comments? Awesome! I love that and I personally respond to every email: CONTACT ME HERE ...

The past week has bee fraught with fraughtiness. What do we do when the rug gets pulled out from underneath us? How to we stop ourselves from acting impulsively and making things worse? That's on the agenda for today.... Check out the 8 Essential ADHD Big Brother Episodes, curated and ordered specifically to get you primed and ready to successfully manage your ADHD life! Ready to join the ADHD Big Brother Community? It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mastermind. It's ultra accountability. We are overcoming our lack of motivation and getting started on things. Click here to learn more about the ADHD Big Brother Community Hear it from the community members: The ADHD Big Brother Community has been the most important instrument in starting to sort out my life after getting diagnosed. I feel incredibly lucky to have found this community and it’s been worth every penny." - Gweilove Joining the ADHD Big Brother community has been a huge game-changer for me. Russ has built an effective platform for ADHDers to get together and actually get stuff done. Whether it’s the daily check-ins for consistent accountability, or the resource library of tools and apps that have worked for other forum members - there is a ton of value. - Greg Have questions, comments? Awesome! I love that and I personally respond to every email: CONTACT ME HERE ...

Oh, that nasty schedule dread...when that internal time system screams at me because I only gave myself 45 minutes to work on a project, but I need more time! It's gonna take longer, and I won't want to stop! Let's have a chat about it. Also on the podcast today was podcast buddy Meredith Hackwith Edwards from the amazing podcast Meredith For Real: the curious introvert You can find her episode 208 - Trigger Warnings: Making Us Fragile or Helping Us Heal by clicking here Check out the 8 Essential ADHD Big Brother Episodes, curated and ordered specifically to get you primed and ready to successfully manage your ADHD life! Ready to join the ADHD Big Brother Community? It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mastermind. It's ultra accountability. We are overcoming our lack of motivation and getting started on things. Click here to learn more about the ADHD Big Brother Community Hear it from the community members: The ADHD Big Brother Community has been the most important instrument in starting to sort out my life after getting diagnosed. I feel incredibly lucky to have found this community and it’s been worth every penny." - Gweilove Joining the ADHD Big Brother community has been a huge game-changer for me. Russ has built an effective platform for ADHDers to get together and actually get stuff done. Whether it’s the daily check-ins for consistent accountability, or the resource library of tools and apps that have worked for other forum members - there is a ton of value. - Greg Have questions, comments? Awesome! I love that and I personally respond to every email: CONTACT ME HERE ...

Can you relate to that frustration when we know what greatness might look like and we are unable to get there immediately, or now, or we might fail first...not fun. Let's talk about it! Mentioned in the podcast: Mental Health in Tech Podcast Additional places to find episode YouTube Apple Podcasts Episode 108 with Antonia Bowring Antonia's Book "Coach Yourself" on Amazon Check out the 8 Essential ADHD Big Brother Episodes, curated and ordered specifically to get you primed and ready to successfully manage your ADHD life! Ready to join the ADHD Big Brother Community? It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mastermind. It's ultra accountability. We are overcoming our lack of motivation and getting started on things. Click here to learn more about the ADHD Big Brother Community Hear it from the community members: The ADHD Big Brother Community has been the most important instrument in starting to sort out my life after getting diagnosed. I feel incredibly lucky to have found this community and it’s been worth every penny." - Gweilove Joining the ADHD Big Brother community has been a huge game-changer for me. Russ has built an effective platform for ADHDers to get together and actually get stuff done. Whether it’s the daily check-ins for consistent accountability, or the resource library of tools and apps that have worked for other forum members - there is a ton of value. - Greg Have questions, comments? Awesome! I love that and I personally respond to every email: CONTACT ME HERE ...

It feels like there's always something to improve, or think about, or plan, or change, or update, or implement and it can really stress me out. Luckily I just finished a course in college on stress management and so I thought I'd share some of the insights and some of the things that I have found that can help. Check out the 8 Essential ADHD Big Brother Episodes, curated and ordered specifically to get you primed and ready to successfully manage your ADHD life! Ready to join the ADHD Big Brother Community? It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mastermind. It's ultra accountability. We are overcoming our lack of motivation and getting started on things. Click here to learn more about the ADHD Big Brother Community Hear it from the community members: The ADHD Big Brother Community has been the most important instrument in starting to sort out my life after getting diagnosed. I feel incredibly lucky to have found this community and it’s been worth every penny." - Gweilove Joining the ADHD Big Brother community has been a huge game-changer for me. Russ has built an effective platform for ADHDers to get together and actually get stuff done. Whether it’s the daily check-ins for consistent accountability, or the resource library of tools and apps that have worked for other forum members - there is a ton of value. - Greg Have questions, comments? Awesome! I love that and I personally respond to every email: CONTACT ME HERE ...

God I love metaphors! They make everything so clear to me. This week I've been riddled with extra helpings of ruminating thoughts, so what better time to talk about. Today I go into what I do to get on the other end of my ruminatings, my intrusive thoughts...when I get stuck inside my head and can't seem to pull away. What do you do to get on the other end of your ruminating thoughts? Here's the link to my No Haircut Healthy Lifestyle Change pictures. Check out the 8 Essential ADHD Big Brother Episodes, curated and ordered specifically to get you primed and ready to successfully manage your ADHD life! Ready to join the ADHD Big Brother Community? It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mastermind. It's ultra accountability. We are overcoming our lack of motivation and getting started on things. Click here to learn more about the ADHD Big Brother Community Hear it from the community members: The ADHD Big Brother Community has been the most important instrument in starting to sort out my life after getting diagnosed. I feel incredibly lucky to have found this community and it’s been worth every penny." - Gweilove Joining the ADHD Big Brother community has been a huge game-changer for me. Russ has built an effective platform for ADHDers to get together and actually get stuff done. Whether it’s the daily check-ins for consistent accountability, or the resource library of tools and apps that have worked for other forum members - there is a ton of value. - Greg Have questions, comments? Awesome! I love that and I personally respond to every email: CONTACT ME HERE ...

We get all excited about doing a thing, a project, a goal, and at the first sign of tension, we quit. Sometimes that's just the natural order of things for us. But what if it's actually something we'd like to keep doing? What then? Let's talk about that. Check out the 8 Essential ADHD Big Brother Episodes, curated and ordered specifically to get you primed and ready to successfully manage your ADHD life! Ready to join the ADHD Big Brother Community? It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mastermind. It's ultra accountability. We are overcoming our lack of motivation and getting started on things. Click here to learn more about the ADHD Big Brother Community Hear it from the community members: The ADHD Big Brother Community has been the most important instrument in starting to sort out my life after getting diagnosed. I feel incredibly lucky to have found this community and it’s been worth every penny." - Gweilove Joining the ADHD Big Brother community has been a huge game-changer for me. Russ has built an effective platform for ADHDers to get together and actually get stuff done. Whether it’s the daily check-ins for consistent accountability, or the resource library of tools and apps that have worked for other forum members - there is a ton of value. - Greg Have questions, comments? Awesome! I love that and I personally respond to every email: CONTACT ME HERE ...

We know what to do. We know how to do it. We even know why we aren't doing it...executive function, ADHD, depression, etc etc. So what is the art of doing a thing?! Today I am exploring one option that works for me. Here are the steps: 1. What is the thing you are going to do? 2. What does doing that thing look like? 3. How long do you wish to dedicate to it? 4. What is stopping you from doing the thing right now? 5. When you think about doing the thing right now, how do you feel? 6. What will happen if you do the thing right now? How will you feel? 7. What is the first physical activity in doing this thing? Set your timer for the length of time that you picked in question 3 and just do the physical activity from #7. Then quit. Or keep going. Hope it helps! If you want to book the chat mentioned in the episode, you can do so by clicking this link to my calendar. Check out the 8 Essential ADHD Big Brother Episodes, curated and ordered specifically to get you primed and ready to successfully manage your ADHD life! Ready to join the ADHD Big Brother Community? It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mastermind. It's ultra accountability. We are overcoming our lack of motivation and getting started on things. Click here to learn more about the ADHD Big Brother Community Hear it from the community members: The ADHD Big Brother Community has been the most important instrument in starting to sort out my life after getting diagnosed. I feel incredibly lucky to have found this community and it’s been worth every penny." - Gweilove Joining the ADHD Big Brother community has been a huge game-changer for me. Russ has built an effective platform for ADHDers to get together and actually get stuff done. Whether it’s the daily check-ins for consistent accountability, or the resource library of tools and apps that have worked for other forum members - there is a ton of value. - Greg Have questions, comments? Awesome! I love that and I personally respond to every email: CONTACT ME HERE ...

Adults with ADHD tend to have lower levels of self-compassion. Wonder why?! Today I talk about the bajillion things I can feel shame about and I offer a couple suggestions on things that work for me in combatting the tsunami of shame. Here's the link to the chatgpt image that was created to show the tug of war between depression and anxiety! ******* Check out the 8 Essential ADHD Big Brother Episodes, curated and ordered specifically to get you primed and ready to successfully manage your ADHD life! Ready to join the ADHD Big Brother Community? It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mastermind. It's ultra accountability. We are overcoming our lack of motivation and getting started on things. Click here to learn more about the ADHD Big Brother Community Hear it from the community members: The ADHD Big Brother Community has been the most important instrument in starting to sort out my life after getting diagnosed. I feel incredibly lucky to have found this community and it’s been worth every penny." - Gweilove Joining the ADHD Big Brother community has been a huge game-changer for me. Russ has built an effective platform for ADHDers to get together and actually get stuff done. Whether it’s the daily check-ins for consistent accountability, or the resource library of tools and apps that have worked for other forum members - there is a ton of value. - Greg Have questions, comments? Awesome! I love that and I personally respond to every email: CONTACT ME HERE ...

It's hard enough to a daily goal. And weekly goals are tough to motivate toward. Have I mentioned how easy it is to forget monthly goals? So let's talk today about these things people call "one year goals"! What?! How?! Check out the 8 Essential ADHD Big Brother Episodes, curated and ordered specifically to get you primed and ready to successfully manage your ADHD life! Ready to join the ADHD Big Brother Community? It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mastermind. It's ultra accountability. We are overcoming our lack of motivation and getting started on things. Click here to learn more about the ADHD Big Brother Community Hear it from the community members: The ADHD Big Brother Community has been the most important instrument in starting to sort out my life after getting diagnosed. I feel incredibly lucky to have found this community and it’s been worth every penny." - Gweilove Joining the ADHD Big Brother community has been a huge game-changer for me. Russ has built an effective platform for ADHDers to get together and actually get stuff done. Whether it’s the daily check-ins for consistent accountability, or the resource library of tools and apps that have worked for other forum members - there is a ton of value. - Greg Have questions, comments? Awesome! I love that and I personally respond to every email: CONTACT ME HERE ...

Christmas can be a very difficult time. What do you give someone with a neuro-divergent brain who has difficulty with executive function...to the point where scheduling things and planning things and projects in general are a big pain....how about we give them an entire season of EXTRA hard stuff to do?! FUN! Let's talk about Christmas...but more importantly, what comes AFTER Christmas. Mentioned in the episode: Book a 30 minute free zoom chat with your ADHD Big Bro Check out the 8 Essential ADHD Big Brother Episodes, curated and ordered specifically to get you primed and ready to successfully manage your ADHD life! Ready to join the ADHD Big Brother Community? It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mastermind. It's ultra accountability. We are overcoming our lack of motivation and getting started on things. Click here to learn more about the ADHD Big Brother Community Hear it from the community members: The ADHD Big Brother Community has been the most important instrument in starting to sort out my life after getting diagnosed. I feel incredibly lucky to have found this community and it’s been worth every penny." - Gweilove Joining the ADHD Big Brother community has been a huge game-changer for me. Russ has built an effective platform for ADHDers to get together and actually get stuff done. Whether it’s the daily check-ins for consistent accountability, or the resource library of tools and apps that have worked for other forum members - there is a ton of value. - Greg Have questions, comments? Awesome! I love that and I personally respond to every email: CONTACT ME HERE ...

Let's talk about sparks! That thing that we need or that we want in order to do a thing. And then what happens when we are sparked but can't turn off the fire?! Mentioned today: Episode 7 - Interview with my neurotypical son Check out the 8 Essential ADHD Big Brother Episodes, curated and ordered specifically to get you primed and ready to successfully manage your ADHD life! Ready to join the ADHD Big Brother Community? It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mastermind. It's ultra accountability. We are overcoming our lack of motivation and getting started on things. Click here to learn more about the ADHD Big Brother Community Hear it from the community members: The ADHD Big Brother Community has been the most important instrument in starting to sort out my life after getting diagnosed. I feel incredibly lucky to have found this community and it’s been worth every penny." - Gweilove Joining the ADHD Big Brother community has been a huge game-changer for me. Russ has built an effective platform for ADHDers to get together and actually get stuff done. Whether it’s the daily check-ins for consistent accountability, or the resource library of tools and apps that have worked for other forum members - there is a ton of value. - Greg Have questions, comments? Awesome! I love that and I personally respond to every email: CONTACT ME HERE ...