The ADHD Strategist with Michelle Raz Podcast

In this podcast, we are focusing on training neuro-diverse employees that have different challenges with executive function regulation. This is affecting our workplace because research shows that a large population of our current and future workforce has challenges with executive functions. College graduates are reporting a disability at a rate of nearly 20 percent, with ADHD disabilitiy forming part of these conditions. Employees with neurodiversity struggle with different challenges including time management, emotional regulations, procrastination, organization, and motivation. This can not only affect their performance but also lead to anxiety and depression, leaving them frustrated with little motivation. Just as weaknesses can pose challenges and derail ambitions of long-term employment, strengths may be developed through their disability and can have a positive effect and outcome. Employees with these challenges have a laser-like focus, attention span, and drive like no other. With the right strategies, tools, and mentoring, they can be the shining star of a company. Often, they are just the very person capable of turning a failing business around with fresh ideas, well-thought-out visions, and the drive to make it happen! Companies can take advantage of this by offering apprenticeships, mentoring, and training programs to retain all of their employees, even those with executive function challenges, and empower them to perform with the company’s best interests in mind. A sound employee apprenticeship or intern mentoring program can foster the positive attributes of all employees by establishing a best practice training plan with boundaries, routines, and clear expectations with high accountability. It will also foster a work environment that promotes community and self-empowerment. The result is a win-win for company productivity, lowering overall training costs and developing strong skillsets for future employees. Listen to the Podcast to Learn More Michelle Raz, is a career specialist & coach, owner of Razcoaching.com, author of Happiness+Passion+Purpose and Co-founder of Thrivister.com, an academic coaching company for high school and college students. As a Board-Certified Coach, she uses her expertise with executive functioning challenges to help people find their purpose and success in the workplace through the lens of ADHD. She has been contributing her knowledge and expertise in this field since 2010.

Emotional Regulation: Help students manage overwhelm so they can get work done! (Free download link below) some days can be hard to ‘show” up For the students that I work with “some days” often can turn into “many days”. Today's focus is on self-management – the ability to control emotions as it relates to academic success. Parents hire me to help improve their student’s executive function skills so they can get their work done. BUT most of the time they’re stuck on emotional issues that turn into roadblocks Those roadblocks get in the way of any action steps that we create ----it really hinders potential success. I look at emotional regulation as the umbrella to addressing all other executive function challenges. It almost always has to be addressed first before change can really take place! You need a strategy. Board Certified Coach, Michelle Raz shares her strategies and stories of success. Click for Free PDF Download of the strategies she discusses.

From Despair to Hope In this episode Academic Coach Michelle Raz shares a story of an ADHD student who came close to failing out of college, Through grit and hard work, she managed to pull it together and pass her classes. It is a true story of how one student was on the verge of shutting down, but through coaching and self-determination, she pushed through. Michelle is an academic coach for high school and college students and is the owner of www.razcoaching.com and co-founder of www.thrivister.com

Thrive More Than Survive Do you ever feel like you need to survive every day? Do you sometimes think of just getting through a day? If you have ADHD, it can be easy to feel this way daily. Putting too much pressure on yourself can cause trouble to organize things, create mistakes, lack focus, unfinished tasks, and emotional turmoil. So instead of getting yourself into survival mode, try thriving. Thriving and surviving are often being mistaken as the same words. These two words are the total opposite of each other. Surviving is stressing yourself out on how to get through the day. Thriving is doing things according to plan, with the flow, and with a positive outlook. Be the person you want to be without pressuring yourself, allow yourself to grow and make progress, and the most important thing is to always don a happy heart. Thriving is a process of planning for the future, being the best version of yourself, creating experiences, and doing the most significant work that you should do. Having ADHD can sometimes keep you away from the will to live life fully, but you can always make a change. You just have to start. Thrive More with ADHD For more podcasts and articles visit Coach Michelle Raz at www.razcoaching.com Michelle Raz is the founder of Raz Coaching & Thrivister and specializes in helping people thrive with executive function challenges. Read more at www.razcoaching.com OR www.thrivister.com She is also the author of the book Happiness+Passion+Purpose.

5 Remote Learning Survival Tips We are in some really challenging times. The way we go about our life is changing minute by minute. Are you finding yourself in new roles? You might have just become a teacher or an academic coach and a home health care provider. Things that you didn’t typically think that would be in your repertoire but now are forced upon you by these new changes. the 5 remote learning survival tips can help. You might be feeling overwhelmed, confused and frustrated. I want to ease some of that frustration and fear of what you are now being strapped with. If you are having to help a college student or a public school student at home, I will be able to offer you some advice in this episode of The ADHD Strategist. I hope that these tips helped you. Advocate for yourself Resources: make sure you’ve got them in place Goals: Set them each week Read the syllabus: make sure you understand what the instructors want (rubric) Take charge of your time and get organized with accountability. If you do these five things, you will set yourself up during these challenging times for success. You might just help your student become an independent learner by doing the work on his or her own. Once you follow this for a few weeks, they will get into a routine and it will begin to flow. It’s going to be a different home environment but you can get into this flow and be successful. This is a time when we really need to embrace our duties. Things are changing day by day but you can put into place a routine at home that your students can adjust to quickly. Best of luck out there. If you have anything to share please feel free to reach out to me at www.razcoaching.com or www. coachingacademics.com. michelle@razcoaching.com Or follow my www.Instagram.com/razcoaching. I do daily mini blogs with tips of inspiration. I post almost every day. There’s something in there for you that can help you with your focus for the day.

What is Career Exploration Webinar Course about? This Disrupt Your Career Exploration Webinar course concentrates on looking into one’s strength, interests, personality, aptitude and creating strategies to overcome any obstacles related to executive functioning deficits that may keep one from pursuing their dreams in a particular career. How can this class help me? If you are struggling with deciding what career is best for you or how to incorporate your best strengths into a career, this will help you to reach your own potential in a given career. Who is this class geared toward? This is course is best for a college student or recent graduate. High school students who are looking at which major to declare will find this beneficial as well. What types of things will I be working on? Career Development and early career dreams and interest Skills, accomplishment and aptitude How personality traits factor into career choices Prioritizing work and leisure values Personal challenges and possibilities to overcome them Is this class for graduating seniors in high school or younger? Yes, if they are contemplating which major to pursue or career path Is this class for students in college? Yes, this is an excellent course to identify your strengths, interests and pathway to your dream career. Or make sure you are on the right track and what steps to take next. What about adults taking this class who are in the workplace? This would be a good course for adults who are feeling that they may need a change of career to redefine themselves or find a new passion that better aligns with their interests, skills and lifestyle. We will be offering a class geared towards this type of client in the near future. DON'T MISS THE ONE COURSE THAT COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE! Disrupt Your Career Learn MORE HERE: Follow us on Instagram for Disrupt Your Career motivation tips at Raz Coaching

Dark Side of Remote Learning for Students with Disabilities COVID 19 has caused a pandemic that brought a lot of changes to our way of living. One of the most affected areas is education, especially for students with disabilities. The pandemic has resulted in schools shut all across the world and as a result, education has changed drastically with the rise of remote learning where lectures will take place remotely on digital platforms. While schools are having a transition from traditional face to face classes to online education, there are several issues that must be given attention to. A big portion of that is the disadvantages of remote learning to students with ADHD. The following are the potential Dark side of remote learning. Barriers to education through remote-learning practices that students with disabilities may encounter along the process discussed in this podcast episode: Need for one on one instructional support challenges. Behavior Modification and intervention needs. Mental Health issues: Depression, Anxiety, and Isolation. Students with disabilities are at higher risk due to the needs and impacts for remote learning mentioned above. Amid the challenges and risks, the most important thing to keep in mind is the education and safety of students and teachers must be balanced. Education is important but enjoying and learning through the process is what makes it more valuable. Can you think of other challenges that might get in the way during remote learning sessions? Let me know! go ahead and Ask Raz! for personal feedback, just click the link: https://www.razcoaching.com/ask_raz/ If you have anything to share please feel free to reach out to me at www.razcoaching.com or www. coachingacademics.com. michelle@razcoaching.com Or follow my www.Instagram.com/razcoaching. I do daily mini blogs with tips of inspiration. There’s something in there for you that can help you with your focus for the day.

Covid and College Challenges College time may be fun and exciting. But it also has a fair share of challenges especially now that Covid-19 has affected everything including education Becoming a college freshman is a big step to young adulthood. It is the most awaited time for students to finally have their freedom, freedom from home, freedom from their parents' rules, and freedom from high school. Entering college is a new era of making friends and opening up themselves to the excitement and fear that goes along with it. Adapting to the new normal things has never been easy. Let's discuss some of the possible challenges that you may encounter along your college journey. What possible solutions can you do to still create memories? Now that the COVID 19 has turned the world upside down and schools have transitioned to online learning, you might feel that you're still stuck to where you are before, you still live in the same house as your parents and you still have to follow their rules. You can think of it that way, but you can make it the best time to learn more about what you can improve and develop in yourself. Leaving home can be pretty exciting but being ready before leaving is another level. Can you cite other examples of Covid and College Challenges you might encounter in your first year as college students that are not listed above? I'm here to listen, Ask Raz! Leave me a message. Just click the link: https://www.razcoaching.com/ask_raz/ or visit my instagram www.instagram.com/razcoaching

Help! I have ADHD and I can’t work from home Talk about change, this pandemic has made a huge impact on how the world works, thinks and lives. Working from home has become a part of the new normal. During these challenging and uncertain times, almost all businesses large and small has made a transition to work remotely. Having objectives that would be beneficial for both the company and the employee, aiming to protect the people and to keep the business up and running. While it is mandatory to adapt to big changes like this, people with ADHD tend to think that they cannot work from home. The reality is, you can! In this episode I share some of the tips on how to start working from home. First and golden rule: Do not check your emails before your start to work Staying and working at home has become a challenge for everybody but it will become easier when you finally found the proper ways and strategies that goes along with it. It may be hard but it is not always a challenge. The best attribute that can help you is to be creative and think of what can help you achieve and deliver work in no time. For all our friends with ADHD, everyday can be tough but look at it as an opportunity to be better, to be more productive and to be more creative than yesterday. The tips above are just some of the guidelines that will help you overcome the thinking “I can’t work from home” because, you can! Let me know your concerns on this matter, go ahead and Ask Raz! for personal feedback, just click the link: https://www.razcoaching.com/ask_raz/ If you have anything to share please feel free to reach out to me at www.razcoaching.com or www. coachingacademics.com. michelle@razcoaching.com Or follow my www.Instagram.com/razcoaching. I do daily mini blogs with tips of inspiration. There’s something in there for you that can help you with your focus for the day.

Your Challenges Are The Key To Enhancing Your Career You may think your challenges are the universe testing you for some unimaginable reason, but I know you can draw on them to substantially enhance not only your career but all of your life. I have witnessed this with many of my clients who are now thriving in their careers. Listen how she finds the riches in her own challenges. Read more at www.razcoaching.com/about Or sign up for the weekly blog or purchase my new book Happiness+Passion+Purpose.

Tips To Make The Most Our of Your Coaching Sessions In this episode Michelle goes over how to make the most out of your coaching sessions. Create a list of things to be ready to talk about with your coach. For more information on Michelle and Raz Coaching visit. razcoaching.com

Listen to Ross, a college student with ADHD, talk with Academic and Career Coach Michelle Raz of Raz Coaching about his Challenges with ADHD as a college student. In this episode Ross and Michelle dig deep into his journey through figuring out what works for him to be a successful college student managing ADHD on his own. You will learn the words of advice Ross got to get through the boring and mundane work and how he had to look within himself to find solutions to his problems. The support source he has received enables him to face his failures and feeling of shame. Hear what it took to get him on a positive academic path. A key takeaway for him and pivotal question he began to ask himself when procrastination and low motivation set in was: "Where has this procrastination led me in the past and did I like that?" Learn where this journey has taken him Hear where he is now academically This is a great episode for parents of ADHD college students and motivational for ANY current or future college student. Please forward and share with someone you feel needs to hear Ross' story. If you want more podcasts, blogs, videos on life with ADHD visit Michelle's website at www.razcoaching.com or www. coachingacademics.com. or email her at michelle@razcoaching.com. Also, you can follow her at www.Instagram.com/razcoaching. She has many mini blogs with tips of inspiration. There’s something in one of her outlets there for you that can help you with your ADHD struggles and challenges. She even has an App on her website to ask questions. "Ask Raz!".

3 Online School Questions Answered Welcome to the ADHD strategist where we come together to talk about living with ADHD. We are here to discuss the challenges and applying strategies that we face living with the disorder in ourselves or our family and how to stay in control with our lives. I Online schooling can be great because you can work at your own pace but it can also be difficult when you're needing extra support or you're needing to make sure that you're getting things done for accountability. I have three questions today that I've been asked recently that I want to share with you and I hope that I'll help you and your experience with this online schooling. 1. Do I need to enforce where my student studies? 2. My student takes forever to do their work, is there something I can do to help them be faster? 3. My student gets frustrated so easily and gives up before he/she can get help, what can I do? If you have more questions and you are still stuck and you can't find the answers on my website with some of the articles I've written, try my Ask Raz! app on my website where I answer relevant ADHD and executive function questions. Thanks for listening today. www.razcoaching.com or Instagram.com/razcoaching where I offer daily motivation tips advice and humor.

Welcome to the ADHD strategist where we come together to talk about living with ADHD. We are here to discuss the challenges and applying strategies that we face living with the disorder in ourselves or our family and how to stay in control with our lives. I Online schooling can be great because you can work at your own pace but it can also be difficult when you're needing extra support or you're needing to make sure that you're getting things done for accountability. I have three questions today that I've been asked recently that I want to share with you and I hope that I'll help you and your experience with this online schooling. 1. Do I need to enforce where my student studies? 2. My student takes forever to do their work, is there something I can do to help them be faster? 3. My student gets frustrated so easily and gives up before he/she can get help, what can I do? If you have more questions and you are still stuck and you can't find the answers on my website with some of the articles I've written, try my Ask Raz! app on my website where I answer relevant ADHD and executive function questions. Thanks for listening today. www.razcoaching.com or Instagram.com/razcoaching where I offer daily motivation tips advice and humor.

5 Motivation Tips For Your Teen At Home Motivating your teenager at home is hard even on a good day. But As we are in the middle of our stay at home orders, it is getting even harder. In this episode, Michelle shares 5 motivational tips that can get your teen moving in the right direction with good spirits. Michelle is a mother of 3 and has a lot of experience motivating her own kids and hundreds of other teenagers through her work with academic and career coaching over the years. She will share here wisdom and insight with these helpful 5 motivations tips for your teen at home during this crisis. In the previous episode she focused on helping you navigate the online classes and assignments with her specialized 6 Step Online Planner. You can view it HERE Coach Raz has been an academic coach for over 10 years and you can find more details at razcoaching.com or coachingacademics.com

How to Create My Academic Online Planner in 6 Steps This a very simple yet effective tool that I use with many of my clients. This step by step explanation of my online planner will help you identify your goals for each month and week. You can easily see what is important for you to manage your time to complete. This is a great tool if you need help with visual auditory and kinesthetic learning techniques. You can see the tasks quickly, talk through how you are going to complete the work and color code the completed action items. Also, it helps with motivation time management and just a great visual. This is great for organizing subjects, task and deadlines. The color coding system helps to identify exactly where you are in the week with completed items, items in progress, what doesn't get done and important deadlines. Clients love this simple and yet effective planner! Raz Coaching specializes in helping people with executive function challenges. Read more at www.razcoaching.com/about. Or sign up for the weekly blog or purchase my new book, Happiness+Passion+Purpose. This is where you can find exercises and strategies you can put to use immediately. AND follow at instagram.com/razcoaching for daily motivations

Online School help from Expert Academic Coach Michelle Raz

The Coronavirus Pandemic Needs Your ADHD Creativity Calling all creatives and out of the box thinkers! If you are following me and reading this then that is YOU. We are in a time that calls for us to tap into our inner creative energy to navigate through our current world crisis. How do we respond to our duty to protect our vulnerable and go about our daily business while minimizing the hysteria? What can we do to slow our movement and isolate ourselves yet remain productive in our career paths while managing our anxiety? How do stay engaged with our family, friends and co-workers and protect ourselves while managing our fears? The way we handle the stress that the pandemic is causing our world will determine how we recover from the overall effect it is currently having on ALL OF OUR LIVES. This demonstrates more than ever our ONE WORLD ECONOMY and need for global solutions. When times have been tough in my life whether it be in work, child rearing or personal matters, I got through many days with this mantra. "This Too Shall Pass." It gave me a sense of calm and foresight that there was a light at the end of the tunnel of this Coronavirus Pandemic. (COVID-19) How can we CREATIVELY steer our lives NOW in the most sensible direction for when it does pass? Raz Coaching specializes in helping people with executive function challenges find careers they love and land them. Read more at www.razcoaching.com/about. Or sign up for the weekly blog or purchase my new book Happiness+Passion+Purpose. Exercises and strategies you can put to use immediately. AND follow at instagram.com/razcoaching for daily motivations

You Do You! . Embrace all of what makes you unique and go with it. . It is precisely this mentality that will allow you to excel and shine in this very competitive world. . But HOW? It is so hard when my whole life I have been told to act a certain way or do a certain thing. . Tip: . Go on a mental journey to when you were young enough to not care what you did or how you acted and get in touch with what your innate interests and personality was like then. . Often you here people refer to successful people like this…. . ”They always were doing ________ . . From a young age they had ___________interests. . Fill in the blank with what that was for you! . For me, you could find me wandering around our blackberry infested backyard eating the plump fruit while building intricate villages out of random sticks, leaves and insects I found. . I was building my world and creating for hours. . I still have this desire to create and be in touch with nature and incorporate it into my work. . What about you? What makes you wonderfully different? . You Do You . Be A Frootloop in a bowl of Cheerios! Raz Coaching specializes in helping people with executive function challenges find careers they love and land them. Read more at www.razcoaching.com/about Or sign up for the weekly blog or purchase my new book Happiness+Passion+Purpose. Exercises and strategies you can put to use immediately. AND follow at instagram.com/razcoaching for daily motivations

Your ADHD Mind, Body & Soul Needs You To Get Outside! Spring is around the corner and is the perfect time for exploring the great outdoors; camping, swimming, running or any sport that gets you outside. Make this season the most by using this opportune time to delve into activities that utilize excess energy so common with ADHD. It may just benefit your ability to focus as well. This is great advice for all and especially for people the ADHD mind. Exercise has a positive effect on harnessing the ability to focus on things that may appear mundane to people with ADHD. Through diet and exercise, certain feel good hormones, endorphins, are released that may help someone with ADHD focus on the tasks they do not enjoy. So, start enjoying this spring lots of outdoor or physical activities. Exercise turns on the attention system, the so-called executive functions — sequencing, working memory, prioritizing, inhibiting, and sustaining attention,”….. “On a practical level, it causes one to be less impulsive, which makes them more primed to learn. Finding the right routine may be the key to developing a long-term exercise commitment. List activities you feel may be something you could enjoy. It is always helpful to see what activities would be a natural fit by taking into account body size and type. There are fun online quizzes to test your interests and body type in choosing a new activity such as doctoroz.com/quiz Raz Coaching specializes in helping people with executive function challenges find careers they love and land them. Read more at www.razcoaching.com/about Or sign up for the weekly blog or purchase my new book Happiness+Passion+Purpose. Exercises and strategies you can put to use immediately. AND follow at instagram.com/razcoaching for daily motivations.