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The 3 Step ADHD Reset | 001 · Quick Wins for ADHD Moms - Short Episodes, Real Solutions for Burnout and Overwhelm

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  Jessica Lewis: Have you ever wondered why you're so overwhelmed and stressed all the time?
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  Jessica Lewis: Like there should be an easier way to do life.
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  Jessica Lewis: Right.
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  Jessica Lewis: Well, hey, I'm Jess and like many of you, I discovered my own A DHD journey while raising three amazing A DHD kids.
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  Jessica Lewis: After years of thinking I was just bad at parenting or bad at adulting, my youngest diagnosis opened my eyes to my own A DHD as a creative and business owner, a work at home wife and mom raising.
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  Jessica Lewis: Three A DHD kids.
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  Jessica Lewis: I wish I had resources like this a lot sooner.
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  Jessica Lewis: You know, something with more information and more help that wasn't just, well just be better.
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  Jessica Lewis: Stop procrastinating.
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  Jessica Lewis: Don't be overwhelmed.
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  Jessica Lewis: You know?
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  Jessica Lewis: I wish I had a resource like this because our brains work so differently, and that is a absolutely beautiful thing.
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  Jessica Lewis: So this show is for the overwhelmed, tired mom, because I have been there and as I am still there sometimes.
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  Jessica Lewis: And that's okay.
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  Jessica Lewis: You need quick wins to get through your day, and so I'm here to share quick wins for the A DHD Mom.
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  Jessica Lewis: Today's quick win, the three step A DHD resets.
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  Jessica Lewis: So when you're feeling scattered and overwhelmed, which is probably most of the time right now, right?
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  Jessica Lewis: Here's your three step quick win to reset your brain.
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  Jessica Lewis: First brain dump, brain dump anything that is in your brain.
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  Jessica Lewis: Get it onto a piece of paper.
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  Jessica Lewis: Sit by your computer and type it all out.
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  Jessica Lewis: Write everything down that's swirling in your head for two minutes.
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  Jessica Lewis: Just take two minutes and dump it all out.
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  Jessica Lewis: Don't try to organize it.
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  Jessica Lewis: Don't try to make it pretty.
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  Jessica Lewis: Just dump.
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  Jessica Lewis: The other thing don't do, don't try to find this journal or the perfect program where you can brainstorm and dump all, like forget about journaling.
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  Jessica Lewis: Just grab a piece of paper and dump it on a piece of paper.
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  Jessica Lewis: Doesn't have to be pretty right.
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  Jessica Lewis: I.
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  Jessica Lewis: That's the thing with A DHD is we're like, Ooh, I should brain dump.
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  Jessica Lewis: Ooh, I should have a journal.
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  Jessica Lewis: I should be journaling.
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  Jessica Lewis: I should have a pretty journal.
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  Jessica Lewis: What color would my journal be?
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  Jessica Lewis: Do I want flowers on it?
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  Jessica Lewis: Do I, does it need, do I want plain, like a bullet journal and make my own?
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  Jessica Lewis: So right, we start going on all of these rabbit trails, and we just need to brain dump all of this stuff on a piece of paper.
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  Jessica Lewis: All right, so one brain dump.
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  Jessica Lewis: Two, after you have brain dumped everything on your piece of paper that you took two minutes to do, pick one thing off of that piece of paper and circle one.
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  Jessica Lewis: All right?
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  Jessica Lewis: Make it a doable task that will make you feel accomplished, okay?
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  Jessica Lewis: A doable task that will make you feel accomplished.
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  Jessica Lewis: Sometimes that could just be calling the doctor's office and setting that appointment.
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  Jessica Lewis: Sometimes something like that will knock my whole day off and I'm not sure why.
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  Jessica Lewis: I feel stressed and overwhelmed, and then I realize I just need to call the doctor's office and set that appointment.
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  Jessica Lewis: I.
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  Jessica Lewis: And then all of a sudden my day gets lighter.
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  Jessica Lewis: It's little things like that that we don't know go, that's going on in our head that's holding us back.
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  Jessica Lewis: So number one, brain dump.
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  Jessica Lewis: Two, pick one thing that's doable that will make you feel accomplished.
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  Jessica Lewis: And three, set a timer.
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  Jessica Lewis: Give yourself 10 minutes to work on that.
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  Jessica Lewis: Just one thing.
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  Jessica Lewis: All right.
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  Jessica Lewis: No pressure to finish, just start.
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  Jessica Lewis: 'cause sometimes we call the doctor's office and guess what?
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  Jessica Lewis: They're busy.
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  Jessica Lewis: They're on lunch break, we call at four fifty nine and they have already left for the day and now it's the weekend.
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  Jessica Lewis: It's okay.
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  Jessica Lewis: Life happens.
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  Jessica Lewis: And the thing is, we're learning how to be more kind to ourselves, learning how to be more kind.
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  Jessica Lewis: Why is that so hard to do?
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  Jessica Lewis: So today's quick win, your three step A DHD reset, one brain dump.
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  Jessica Lewis: Grab a piece of paper, put everything down on the piece of paper.
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  Jessica Lewis: Two, pick one thing off that piece of paper, and then set a timer.
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  Jessica Lewis: 10 minutes.
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  Jessica Lewis: I don't know if you've ever heard of the Pomodoro clock or the Pomodoro method.
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  Jessica Lewis: It's just basically setting a timer for yourself.
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  Jessica Lewis: It could be your, your phone, grab your iPhone and just say, Hey, Siri.
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  Jessica Lewis: Set a timer for two minutes.
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  Jessica Lewis: Set a timer for 10 minutes, and when that goes off, you're done.
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  Jessica Lewis: Okay?
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  Jessica Lewis: And you've gotten that far and you're accomplished and you can move on with your day feeling, feeling better about yourself.
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  Jessica Lewis: And the great thing about learning all of these quick tips for ourselves is it's stuff that we can teach our kids.
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  Jessica Lewis: The more I learn how my brain works, the more I can help them understand how their brain works.
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  Jessica Lewis: Well, I hope today's quick win was really helpful.
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  Jessica Lewis: I just want something that you can implement immediately because if it gets too complicated, we're not gonna do it right.
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  Jessica Lewis: So let's keep it simple.
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  Jessica Lewis: Let's keep it beautiful.
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  Jessica Lewis: Thanks for joining me today on the A DHD.
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  Jessica Lewis: Mom.
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  Jessica Lewis: If you've found this helpful, please take a moment to rate it and review the show.
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  Jessica Lewis: It helps other creative moms find us.
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  Jessica Lewis: And don't forget to subscribe, so you never miss an episode.
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  Jessica Lewis: You can find more@theadhdmom.com.
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  Jessica Lewis: Have a beautiful day.