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Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHD
Productivity, Parenting, and Education for Moms with Adult ADHD Are you overwhelmed by the never-ending to do list of motherhood? Are you burnt out and barely keeping your head above water? Are you confused and frustrated by how all the other moms make it look so easy? And somehow you're still floundering despite trying even harder... Your purse is as overflowing as your mind, you never feel like a good enough mom, and you don't dare have anyone over to visit to witness your messy home. You…
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Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE061: Dumpster Fire: Day 1 of Virtual Kindergarten
Stinky pandemic school options + Explosive nature of ADHD = The Dumpster Fire version of the first day of school. Despite all of my preparation, Virtual School…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE060: Prepare for Pandemic Back to School: In-person and Virtual
How do we get ourselves and our children ready for school among the chaos and stress of the pandemic? We can prepare for a good portion of the craziness by…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE059: Is That Your Fear Talking? A Healthy Mindset for Pandemic Back to School
Are you freaking the heck out about Back to School? What are you going to do!?! This pandemic is bringing an extra layer of stress to school starting and the…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE058: How to Build Atomic Habits
When you are ready to make some positive changes in your life, this is the book I want you to grab. James Clear has created the 4 laws to build habits in a…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE057: 11 Tips for Staying Organized for Doctors Appointments
I can not explain what ADHD is without discussing Executive Function, because executive functioning is the CEO of our brain. You use it to run your life: your…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE056: Focus and Consistency: Executive Function and ADHD
I can not explain what ADHD is without discussing Executive Function, because executive functioning is the CEO of our brain. You use it to run your life: your…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE055: Perfectionism Part 3: Failure Check-in
We're more than halfway through the year. Even though 2020 did not turn out how anyone planned, we still have 5 months to do some good work. My word for 2020…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE054: Working Memory: Executive Function and ADHD
I can not explain what ADHD is without discussing Executive Function, because executive functioning is the CEO of our brain. You use it to run your life: your…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE053: Executive Function and ADHD
I can not explain what ADHD is without discussing Executive Function, because executive functioning is the CEO of our brain. You use it to run your life: your…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE052: Do One Thing: Start
Struggling to start? ADHD brains easily feel overwhelmed by big projects and too many options. When I'm feeling stuck, here's what I do to calm the chaos…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE051: Friendship Strategies for Adult ADHD
How can we be better friends? Adult ADHD makes it difficult to juggle social cues, keep up with friends, and show how much you care to the people who mean the…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE050: 10 Strategies for Exiting the Depression Spiral
Are you struggling? I sure am! Here are 10 ways I exit the depression spiral, and disrupt "Depressed Brain's" monologue on how much life sucks. Battling…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE049: How to Help a Friend Whose Parent is Dying
My little sister called for advice on how to help her best friend, who just found out her mom has terminal cancer with 12 months to live. Since our mom passed…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE048: 10 Tips for Potty Training Your Toddler
Potty Training is one of the great obstacles of parenthood. You're really excited to get to the other side and never change another diaper! You're also…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE047: Grit by Angela Duckworth
Grit is an intimidating word for those of us with ADHD. A lot of us feel like we're not good at sticking with, well, anything. However, if we read Angela…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE046: Resolutions and Goals for the New Year
FAIL: That's my 2020 word of the year. I know, that sounds ridiculous, so listen in while I explain why this is the perfect choice for me to achieve new levels…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE045: Adjusting to Grief and Stressful Times
We're in the thick of crazy times. Nothing seems right and everything is stressful. I'm in a state of mourning how life as we knew it is gone. There is so much…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE044: Less Control, More Grace
I'm back! My break was half amazing and half messy, and I'm sharing my mindset goals when life gets out of control, unexpected hiccups occur, systems…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE043: Perfectionism and ADHD, Lessons from Therapy, Part 2: Practicing Purposeful Imperfection
I believe perfectionism is an epidemic among ADHD women. Too many of us mastered this coping mechanism as young women in an effort to align the messages we…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE042: Perfectionism and ADHD, Part 1.5: Practice What I Preach
I'm here to practice what I preach, ADHD mama! So here's an imperfect episode to explain why I'm not going to publish an episode every single for the next few…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE041: Perfectionism and ADHD, Lessons From Therapy, Part 1: Understanding and Paradigm Shifts
I believe perfectionism is an epidemic among ADHD women. Too many of us mastered this coping mechanism as young women in an effort to align the messages we…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE040: A Thank You Note
A little thank you note from me to you, sweet mama! Find the info & items mentioned in my podcast here: https://www.patriciasung.com/show-notes I also put…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE039: What's Your Motivation?
Why? Why do you have that goal? Why are you trying to make a change? ADHD often gets us stuck. We aren't sure how to proceed. It's overwhelming and…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE038: Your Survivalist Brain
Our brains do a great job of keeping us alive. Thanks, brain! But in our brain's wiring for survival and safety lurks a strong aversion to risk, new or scary…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE037: Letting Go of Harmful Thoughts
Some of your thoughts are garbage and you need to let go of them right now. Not everything your brain thinks deserves your brain power! We talk Obsessive…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE036: ADHD Ninja Mom Skills: Ask the Experts
You are an amazing, loving, perfect-for-your-kids Mother. If you are struggling to think of a reason why, I asked four Powerhouse ADHD Mom Role Models to share…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE035: Strengths, Not Weaknesses
So many of us with ADHD have been beaten over the head regarding all of the things we don't "do right". I want to challenge you to think about what you DO do…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE034: How to Use Parent Teacher Conferences to Help Your ADHD Child: Back to School
In all my years of parent conferences, most parents asked about their child's grades & that's it. That's a wasted opportunity! You can learn so much about your…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE033: Patricia's ADHD Diagnosis & Story
In honor of ADHD Awareness Month: You asked; I answered! When did I get diagnosed? How has my life been affected by ADHD? I'm cracking open the history book…
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Patricia's ADHD Diagnosis & Story
In honor of ADHD Awareness Month: You asked; I answered! When did I get diagnosed? How has my life been affected by ADHD? I'm cracking open the history book…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE032: How to Get More Money by Learning How to Prioritize: Wise Money Management for ADHD
Where has all my money gone? Are you woefully distraught as you wait for payday to inch closer? It's time to quit that negative thinking. Cast the vision of…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE031: Budget is not a 4 letter word: You Can Be Good with Money When You Have ADHD: Wise Money Management for ADHD
When you hear "budget", what are the first three words that come to mind? Fulfillment! Success! Accomplishment! Um, no? If yours are all pessimistic, then it's…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE030: My Journey with Anxiety & Postpartum Anxiety
Hello, Skeletons in the closet! I am a raw and open book today. I'm sharing my myriad of mental health struggles: anxiety, depression, postpartum anxiety…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE029: Love Your ADHD Self: Ask the Experts
I asked a few of my favorite positive ADHD Instagram role models to share what has been most impactful in learning to love themselves with ADHD. I'm so excited…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE028: The Big Leap: A Book Review
More happiness? That's a goal worth pursuing for all of us. In The Big Leap, Gay Hendricks shares where we often stumble and how to dissolve our obstacles to…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE027: Meet the Teacher: How to Tell Your Child's Teacher about their ADHD
If you have a child who needs a little more one-on-one time and attention from his/her teacher than your average bear, then this episode is for you. Start the…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE026: Build a Supportive Partnership with Your Child's Teacher: Tips for Back to School
Your child's teacher may spend more time with your child than you! What an incredibility influential person in your child's life, like them or not! How can you…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE025: Get Ready for the First Day of School: Transitioning Back to School for ADHD -- Let the Preparation Begin!
Transitions are rough for ADHD. Back to School season brings a mountain of new details to absorb, way too many forms to keep track of, and deadlines swarming…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE024: How to Pay Your Bills On Time: Wise Money Management for ADHD
Have you heard these before? Your electricity will be cut off next week! Late fee! Who's been there a time or seventy three? Managing our money is a huge…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE023: How to Stop Overdrawing Your Bank Account: Wise Money Management for ADHD
Are you tired of Declined!, Overdraft Fee!, Money slipping through our fingers like sand? Managing our money is a huge struggle for the ADHD brain. In this…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE022: How to Save Money in Your Savings Account: Savings First - Wise Money Management for ADHD
Budgets, bills, and impulse buys, oh my! Managing our money is a huge struggle for the ADHD brain. In this upcoming series, we're going to straight talk…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE021: How to Build A New Habit, Even When It Feels Too Hard
Why does it take so dang long to learn anything (and I mean, everything) new?!? When we are learning a new skill, we want it to be automatic. But it's not! It…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE020: Overwhelmed by Big Projects? Try Baby Steps and Persistence! Itty Bitty Project Wins
Big projects are so overwhelming! Add in ADHD and the task seems insurmountable. Today we are breaking down how to eat that elephant in small bites and…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE019: Traveling with Small Children: Air Travel Tips and Tricks for Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers
Let's do scary things together! This episode is all of my tried and true tips, tricks, and opinions on how to air travel with your tiny humans, from birth…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE018: How to Prioritize and Let Go of Perfectionism; Developing a Balance Mindset
Chasing "work-life balance" has only appeared in the hot topics list for the last 30 years or so. Is finding a balance between the weight of motherhood, the…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE017: Do You Have ADHD? How to Get an Adult ADHD Diagnosis and Find the Right Doctor to Help You
Now that I've been doing this podcast for a minute, this question comes along often. Do you want a five question quiz that tells you a definitive yes/no…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE016: What's it like inside an ADHD brain? How do you explain ADHD
My good friend asked me to explain what is it like to have ADHD, so I'm doing my best to explain the chaos inside my brain. How can I concentrate on anything…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE015: Take Care of Yourself: Try Something New! An unconventional ADHD treatment
"You learn courage by couraging." Mary Daly. I started swim lessons this week at the ripe old age of 37. After I explain how I impulsively got myself into this…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE014: Take Care of Yourself: Work in that Workout: Exercise is a powerful ADHD treatment
Who has time for exercise? You, successful mama, you do. Let's look at why movement is helpful for the ADHD brain, and how you can use exercise as part of your…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE013: ADHD Book Review: The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown: A raw and honest look at shame and how we can overcome the negative self talk
Brene Brown, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways! Honestly, she kinda lost me in the beginning of the book, and then it came full circle and I figured…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE012: Take Care of Yourself: Making Time for Me Time when you are a Busy Mom with ADHD
We moms are the worst at taking time for ourselves. Well, as the saying goes, you can't pour from an empty cup. And you surely can't pour from an empty cup for…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE011: Is ADHD an Explanation or Excuse? It's not the easy way out.
ADHD explains a lot of why we do what we do and why we are the way we are. But there is a fine line between explaining why we do (or don't do) something, and…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE010: How to be Less Late: An ADHD Guide for improving timeliness when you are time blind
While obviously the goal is to be on time, let's take some baby steps and be a little less late. We will look at why we are frequently running late, discuss…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE009: Why Can't Other People Understand ADHD?!? It's beyond frustrating!
It's ridiculously hard for people to understand what they can not see. So what can we do to help our loved ones understand what's going on in our ADHD brains?…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE008: My Arriving Home Routine: Easy Routines for Moms with ADHD for Calm Evenings and Smooth Mornings
Today I'm explaining what I do when I walk in the door after a long day. Before the chaos begins, I take a few minutes to sort the clutter of backpacks, diaper…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE007: 9 Tidying Habits of Naturally Organized People: Developing the Habit of the Constant State of Tidying and Organizing
I study naturally organized people like it's my job. In this episode, I share 9 ways I've implemented their habits of constantly tidying into my life, which…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE006: Hugs After Sad News: It's okay to have a hard day!
Forgive my stuffy nose as I tearfully send you big hugs if you are having a hard day, too. When your best friend is moving away, it's just as hard in your 30's…
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E005: ADHD Book Review of The Disorganized Mind by Nancy Ratey, A practical guide to ADHD self coaching
A podcast of encouragement and strategy on how to make your motherhood with ADHD better day by day. Patricia recommends and shares her thoughts and opinions of…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE004: First Steps for moms with ADHD attention deficit disorder, Part 4
A podcast of encouragement and strategy on how to make your motherhood with ADHD better day by day. Today on Motherhood in ADHD, we are discussing first steps…
Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHDE003: First Steps for moms with ADHD attention deficit disorder, Part 3
A podcast of encouragement and strategy on how to make your motherhood with ADHD better day by day. Today on Motherhood in ADHD, we are discussing first steps…