TPP 046: Anders Ronnau Talks About His Powerful Approach to Transforming ADHD
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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What is Anders Ronnau’s background and how did he become a leading ADHD coach?
I think that's really the most debilitating part of being differently wired is that through the resistance you get from the outside world, you build in these very destructive automated parts of your personality that are just not helping you progress.
Welcome to the Tilt Parenting Podcast, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. I'm your host, Debbie Rieber, and today I'm happy to be bringing you a conversation with Anders Ronau, a master coach and hypnotherapist who specializes in ADHD. Anders is the leading ADHD coach in Denmark and for the past seven years has been teaching both parenting programs and been an ADHD coach trainer. He recently launched his online community and business, Transforming ADHD. Anders has a unique approach to working with his clients who are anywhere from six years old to adults, and I was really intrigued to learn more about his work and find out what its implications are for our kids.
His focus is on developing his clients' cognitive skills and behaviors to help them be better at managing their time, their focus, and their temperament, as well as rebuilding their self-worth. And lest you think this is going to be all about ADHD, Anders works with all kinds of differently wired people, including those with Asperger's, Tourette's, OCD, and other differences. So I think there are really some great takeaways for any parent raising an atypical kid. I hope you find this conversation as interesting as I did. And before we get started, a quick note. If you like what we're doing on the Tilt Parenting Podcast, I would like to invite you to support our Patreon campaign. Patreon is a tool that allows people to support the work of artists, musicians, and yes, even podcasters.
Donations made through our campaign help fund production costs associated with the podcast. Help, which is very appreciated as it allows me to spend more time focusing on the other pieces of finding and researching great guests to bring on the show. It's super easy to help out and every little bit helps. If you'd like to support us, please visit patreon.com slash tiltparenting. Thanks for considering and for being a part of our audience. And now let's get on with the show. Hey Anders, welcome to the show.
Hi Debbie.
So you and I were talking before I hit record. This is the first time we've spoken in person, although I was trying to think we've been online friends for maybe the past year. Does that sound about right?
Yeah, that does sound about right.
Well, and I think we connected because our big picture mission for supporting differently wired kids for me felt very much in alignment. And I know that a your focus is around supporting kids and adults with ADHD, as well as helping parents who are raising kids with ADHD. And before we even start, I want to just say that I appreciate how supportive you have been as I launched and got Tilt off the ground. You kind of saw of this in the early stages and and now I've gotten to see that with your transforming ADHD and watched you launch that last fall. So it's been really cool to see that and to get to support what you're doing and have you on the show.
Likewise.
Before we kind of get into the meat of our conversation, could you give us a little bit of background about your story and how you got into this field of helping people with ADHD?
Mm, sure. So I work as a coach, coaching clients with ADHD now. Like a lot of my clients, I have a mixed background. I started out when I was a kid, I was definitely differently wired, but also gifted. So, you know, I kind of snuck under the radar and and managed well throughout school and stuff. My mom is a sp was a special ed teacher, so she uh helped me manage everything like I was supposed to. Then in my early twenties I did a PhD in applied physics. Then I did because I realized that wasn't really it. So I did a masters level design degree afterwards. And what kind of holds all this together is that I really like to figure things out, like how they work and and what's going on.
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Chapters
3 chapters
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What is Anders Ronnau’s background and how did he become a leading ADHD coach?
0:00–17:06
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How does Anders describe the limitations of traditional positive‑behavior reinforcement for ADHD?
17:06–36:58
3
What is the “externalization” technique and how does it help transform ADHD behavior?
36:58–41:55
Speakers
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