Overcoming Distractions-Thriving with ADHD, ADD
Overcoming Distractions-Thriving with Adult ADHD takes a street-smart approach to managing adult ADHD. This is THE podcast for busy professional adults, including business owners, entrepreneurs, CEO's, marketing and creative professionals and even PHD's with demanding workloads. The podcast is an excellent resource for any adult, especially individuals looking for strategies and tactics to create better circumstances in their professional lives. If you're a small business owner with ADHD and other life responsibilities, this is the perfect podcast to help you navigate the ups and downs of business and life with ADHD. Every week host David Greenwood, author of the book...
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Uncovering Emotional Dysregulation in Women with ADHD with Dr. Gilly Kahn
<p >In this episode of Overcoming Distractions, Dave welcomes Dr. Gilly Kahn, a clinical psychologist, ADHD specialist, and author of the new book, Allow Me to Interrupt. While ADHD is often associated with external disruptions in boys, Dr. Kahn highlights how it frequently manifests internally as emotional dysregulation in women.</p> <p >The conversation dives deep into why women are often diagnosed later in life and how biological factors, specifically hormonal shifts, play a critical role in how ADHD symptoms fluctuate.</p> <p >Key Discussion Points</p> The Gender Bias in Diagnosis: Dr. Kahn discusses how current ADHD diagnostic criteria...
Stop storing everything in your ADHD brain
<p >Managing the Noise: Why Your Brain Feels So Loud</p> <p >If your brain feels like 37 open tabs that won't load, this short episode of Overcoming Distractions is for you. Designed for entrepreneurs and executives living with ADHD, we explore why your working memory is constantly overloaded and why "externalizing everything" is a biological necessity, not just a productivity tip.</p> <p >Dave shares lived experience on how to move from chronic mental noise to clarity by simply getting information out of your head and into a trusted system.</p> <p >Key Discussion Points:</p> The ADHD Mental Strainer...
Stop "Performing" and Live with Intention as an Adult ADHD
<p >In this episode of Overcoming Distractions, Dave welcomes mindset coach and former therapist Cindi Frechette to discuss a non-traditional approach to thriving with ADHD.</p> <p >Moving beyond surface-level productivity hacks like to-do lists and timers…, Cindi introduces the Unknow Method, a framework designed for high achievers to manage mental chaos and mitigate burnout.</p> <p >Cindi shares her "lived experience" with ADHD, offering a unique perspective on how internal narratives drive behavior. Together, they explore how busy professionals can stop "performing" and start living authentically by aligning their daily actions with their deepest values.</p> <p >Key Discussion To...
Navigating the Adult ADHD Survival Mode Trap
<p >In this episode, Dave takes a "street-smart" look at a cycle many high achievers with ADHD know all too well.</p> <p >Survival mode and ADHD!</p> <p >It's that grueling state where you're constantly reacting to fires, clawing your way to Friday, and feeling emotionally depleted at home. Dave will explore why survival mode is a nervous system response rather than a personal failure, and how to shift from chaotic reaction to intentional action.</p> <p >Key Highlights:</p> Defining the Struggle: Identifying signs like constant urgency, mental exhaustion, and the "reaction vs. planning" loop. The High-Achiever Trap...
Why Vision and Values Matter for The Busy Professional with ADHD
<p >When you're driven, capable, and juggling a demanding career or business with Adult ADHD, it's easy to stay in constant motion, but still feel off, overwhelmed, or stuck in ADHD survival mode.</p> <p >And it may just be because you're not operating with your values and vision in mind.</p> <p >In this episode, Dave explores how clarifying your personal values and creating a values-driven vision of success can help you feel more fulfilled, productive, and in control, without relying on rigid systems and flirting with burnout.</p> <p >This episode is especially for ADHD brains that crave...
Managing Your Nervous System and Energy for the ADHD Professional
<p >In this episode, Dave sits down with Theresa Lear Levine, an EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) Master Practitioner and hypnotherapist, to explore the deep connection between the nervous system and ADHD. For high-achieving entrepreneurs and professionals, ADHD is often managed through "mechanics" Which are mission critical.</p> <p >However, Theresa explains why the nervous system is in a state of high-functioning anxiety or chronic stress for many busy professionals with ADHD. And how we can mitigate that stress.</p> <p >Key Discussion Points:</p> Reframing ADHD: Moving away from the "disorder" mindset to view ADHD as a mismatch between one's...
Building Awareness & Clarity as a Busy Adult with ADHD
<p >Navigating life with Adult ADHD often feels like operating in constant "survival mode."</p> <p >In this episode, Dave talks about why awareness is the non-negotiable starting point for meaningful change, acting as a powerful doorway to separating your ADHD wiring from perceived personal flaws.</p> <p >Instead of focusing solely on deficits, we explore how to leverage your unique strengths—like high energy, creativity, and resilience, while creating personalized strategies to manage common challenges like time blindness and task initiation.</p> <p >Most importantly, learn why self-compassion is a crucial performance enhancer and how setting realistic expectations through "mi...
Navigating Life's Complexities with Adult ADHD
<p >Juggling a demanding career and the unique challenges of adult ADHD can be tough enough. But what happens when you add significant life commitments, like caregiving, into the mix?</p> <p >In this episode of Overcoming Distractions, Dave welcomes Lisa Candera, a mom, attorney, ADHD-er, and autism mom coach.</p> <p >They dive deep into the real-world strategies for managing a full, complex life while respecting and even leveraging your ADHD wiring. Lisa shares her personal journey of late-in-life ADHD diagnosis and the radical compassion it unlocked.</p> <p >This episode is packed with essential insights on managing burnout...
When ADHD Stops Being the Excuse- From Complaining to Commanding
<p >In high-pressure careers, stress is constant, and for adults with ADHD, that pressure can quickly turn into frustration, overwhelm, and chronic complaining.</p> <p >In this short episode, Dave digs into one of the most important personal upgrades you can make: shifting from reacting to your problems to actively solving them.</p> <p >This isn't about ignoring stress or pretending things are easy…It's about learning how to reclaim control, build momentum, and become someone who figures things out instead of staying stuck in the same mental loop.</p> <p >Remember, those of us with Adult ADHD are great pr...
The Power of the Not-To-Do List for the Busy Adult with ADHD
<p >What if productivity wasn't just about doing more, but about intentionally doing less of the wrong things?</p> <p >In this short episode, Dave breaks down one of the most overlooked tools for high-performing professionals with ADHD: the Not-To-Do List. If your days feel packed, your energy feels scattered, and your focus feels constantly under attack, this episode will help you reclaim control by eliminating what no longer serves you.</p> <p >You'll learn how subtracting the right things can create more clarity, momentum, and ease, without adding more pressure to your already full plate.</p> <p >In this...
