The ADHD Skills Lab
Episodes
ADHD Builds Great Products and Terrible Systems (Dani Donovan)
25 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
You built something people love. Running the business of it is a different problem entirely.Dani Donovan is the creator of The Anti-Planner, a self-pu...
The Delegation Framework Every ADHD Entrepreneur Needs
22 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Nobody agreed on what done looked like. The handover happened anyway. That is where it fell apart.This episode is the practical follow-up to Wednesday...
Why Delegating Feels Emotionally Unsafe for ADHD Entrepreneurs
20 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
You hired someone good. The work was fine. You still sent the late-night Slack message, redirected the task, and checked in on something that had alre...
ADHD, Parenting, and the Pressure of Entrepreneurship (With Jessica Shaw)
18 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The school sent her daughter to a desk with her head down because she could not sit still during circle time. That was the moment Jessica stopped wait...
Can Pregnancy Inflammation Influence ADHD in Children? (New Study Breakdown)
17 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Understanding why ADHD happens can feel like chasing a moving target. This study adds a biological angle most people haven't considered.We discus...
The Hidden Cost of ADHD Novelty Seeking (And How to Fix It)
15 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Description:Presented by Understood.orgYou don’t have a lack of focus. You have too many ideas pulling it in different directions.This episode build...
The ADHD Habit That Is Silently Killing Your Business
13 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by Understood.orgYou keep switching direction mid-project, and now nothing in your business is fully built.In this episode, we break down AD...
Your ADHD isn’t the problem. Your beliefs are (With Nir Eyal)
11 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by Understood.orgGetting diagnosed with ADHD explains a lot. Then it starts explaining too much.In this episode, Nir Eyal breaks down what h...
How Bad Environments Train ADHD Entrepreneurs to Doubt Themselves
08 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by Understood.orgBad environments can train ADHD entrepreneurs to second-guess themselves long after they leave those environments behind. B...
Does Bluey ACTUALLY Have ADHD?
06 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
You feel seen by something that wasn’t meant for you.Skye and Robbie explore whether Bluey reflects ADHD patterns or just captures behaviour accurat...
How To Turn ADHD Into Your Companies Biggest Asset( with Craig Ballantyne)
04 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
P.S. If your ADHD symptoms turn every business day into chaos, with unfinished tasks piling up and revenue stuck, it's not you. It's your ...
ADHD Shiny Object Syndrome Is Killing Your Projects
01 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by Understood.orgYou get a new idea and immediately want to drop everything else.This episode builds on Wednesday’s research around ideati...
Why ADHD Brains Overbuild Before Starting
29 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by Understood.orgYou spend weeks building something before anyone ever sees it.Not because it needs to be that big. Because once you start, ...
Why ADHD Makes You Start Too Many Things (with Katy Weber)
27 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by Understood.orgYou keep starting new things and abandoning the ones that were working.Katy Weber is the go-to voice behind the Woman and A...
Why ADHD Symptoms Might Not Be Just Genetics
26 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
You keep being told ADHD is genetic, but part of you suspects something in your environment is making it worse.In this next episode of the Research Re...
ADHD Pivots Are Killing Your Projects (Here’s the Fix)
24 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by Understood.orgYou keep improving the idea instead of finishing the project.In Wednesday’s breakdown, we showed why ADHD brains prefer i...
Why Your ADHD Brain Has 62 Ideas and ZERO Finished Projects
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by Understood.orgYou have a good plan. But your brain keeps pulling you back into new ideas.Skye Waterson explains why ADHD brains get stuck...
Why ADHD High Achievers Burn Out (with Krista Mashore)
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by Understood.orgYou built something that works. Now you cannot stop working without everything feeling like it might fall apart.Krista Mash...
Stop Guessing Time: The Only Way ADHD Deadlines Actually Work
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Description:Presented by Understood.orgYou’re guessing how long things take.That guess feels reasonable.It’s just wrong, over and over again.In th...
Why Your Team Doesn’t Trust Your Deadlines (ADHD Time Blindness Explained)
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by Understood.orgYou think it’ll take two days.Your team knows it’s two weeks.And after a while, they stop saying anything.In this episo...
The Funding You Weren't Told About And ADHD Strategies to Get It (with Kat Weaver)
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by Understood.orgYou’re funding everything yourself, and it’s quietly slowing your business down.Not because you’re doing anything wro...
ADHD and Pain Before Diagnosis: What a 700,000-Child Study Found
12 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We usually think of ADHD as behavioral.But what if some of the earliest signals weren’t behavioral at all?In this Research Recap, we break down a la...
ADHD Planning: How to Stop Reworking Everything
10 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Description:Presented by Understood.orgYou approve the direction. Then change everything at the end.Wednesday’s episode showed why ADHD planning cre...
Why ADHD Plans Break When Teams Execute
08 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by Understood.orgThe plan made sense in your head. It falls apart when someone else runs it.This episode looks at research on prospective me...
Why You Know What To Do But Still Can’t Start with Eric Zimmer
06 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by Understood.orgYou already know what needs to get done.It’s not a knowledge problem. It’s not a lack of ideas.But you still don’t st...
ADHD Time Blindness: How to Stop Last Minute Scrambles
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by Understood.orgYou keep setting deadlines and somehow everything still ends up happening at the last minute.You plan ahead. You move thing...
Why Deadlines Don’t Feel Real With ADHD
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by Understood.orgDeadlines exist right up until they don’t.You can see it on the calendar. You know it’s coming. You’ve even thought a...
How ADHD Affects Your Nervous System with Jamie Sea.
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie Sea built two seven-figure businesses.From the outside, everything looked successful. But behind the scenes, the pressure, urgency and burnout w...
ADHD Project Systems That Actually Help
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by Understood.orgYou know how to do the work. But when a task is actually a project, you have to figure out the steps again every time you c...
Why ADHD Brains Struggle With Projects
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by Understood.orgYou can handle individual tasks all day. But the moment something becomes a project, everything slows down.Research into AD...
Why ADHD Brains Rebel Against To-Do Lists (And What Works Instead) with Kyle Vamvouris.
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by Understood.orgYou make a to-do list.Then you avoid it all day.For many ADHD professionals, the problem isn’t motivation, it’s how the...
How to Train ADHD Teams So They Actually Remember
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by Understood.orgMany adults with ADHD feel like they have to repeat the same instructions again and again.You explain a process to your tea...
Why ADHD Brains Forget What They Just Learned
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by Understood.orgMany adults with ADHD feel like they have a bad memory.You learn something in a meeting or training session, but a few days...
Taki Moore on ADHD: The Brain Behind a Billion-Dollar Lifestyle Coaching Business
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by Understood.orgYou start a business for freedom.Then one day you realize the business no longer fits the way your brain works.Taki Moore i...
ADHD Visual Overload: Systems That Actually Help
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Many adults with ADHD struggle with tools that seem simple at first but quickly become overwhelming. Dashboards full of icons, systems that require to...
Why Software Updates Feel Harder With ADHD
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Why does a simple software update suddenly make everything feel impossible to use?In this Research Recap, Skye and Robbie break down a meta-analysis e...
ADHD Creativity: Hard Doesn’t Mean You’re Failing
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When creative work gets hard, most people with ADHD assume something’s wrong.Wrong idea.Wrong project.Wrong career.In this conversation, Andy J. Piz...
Why ADHD Entrepreneurs Are Great At Starting But Bad At Scaling
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Business owner with ADHD wanting operational clarity and focus? Click here to book a session with Skye.https://www.unconventionalorganisation.com for...
Atomoxetine and ADHD: Why Focus Isn't A Switch
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
DescriptionBusiness owner with ADHD wanting operational clarity and focus? Click here to book a session with Skye.https://www.unconventionalorganisat...
Why High Performers with ADHD Stay Stuck (And How to Finally Turn Pro)
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
You can be successful on paper and still feel stuck.In this episode, Skye talks with entrepreneur and investor Kassidy Warren about leaving the corpor...
ADHD, Leadership, and the Identity Shift That Changes Everything
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“I wasn’t failing. I just wasn’t growing.”Adam Tasker had the career. The family. Three kids. Responsibility handled.But privately, he knew he...
Think Your ADHD Isn’t “Bad Enough”? The Data Says It Still Matters
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Looking for The Business Visibility Workshop?Click here for details:https://unconventionalorganisation.circle.so/checkout/the-business-visibility-work...
Selling With ADHD: Confidence Without the Sleaze or Burnout
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If sales feels heavy, awkward, or mentally exhausting, it’s probably not because you’re bad at it.It’s more likely because you’ve been trying ...
ADHD Isn’t Just in Your Head - Apparently It’s in Your Gut Too
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of people with ADHD deal with physical symptoms they’ve never talked about - or never thought were connected.This episode looks at what the re...
If Accounting Makes Your ADHD Brain Shut Down, Listen to This
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If the word accounting makes your attention disappear, this episode is for you.Skye sits down with Joe Dunaway - founder of Vici Financial, accountant...
You Weren’t ‘Too Much’. You Were an ADHD Kid in School
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Looking for the Bottleneck Reset Workshop?Click here for details:https://unconventionalorganisation.circle.so/checkout/bottleneck-reset-workshop-wedne...
I Thought My Memory Was Failing - Then I Realized I Had ADHD
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Looking for the Bottleneck Reset Workshop? Click here for details:https://unconventionalorganisation.circle.so/checkout/bottleneck-reset-workshop-wed...
Why ADHD Brains Rely on Hyperfocus (and Why It Backfires)
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Looking for the Bottleneck Reset Workshop? Click here for details: https://unconventionalorganisation.circle.so/checkout/bottleneck-reset-workshop-wed...
ADHD and Advertising: Making Sense of the Noise
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ads are overwhelming for a lot of ADHD business owners, not because they are bad at marketing, but because the information is scattered, noisy, and co...
Why ADHD Brains Struggle With Video Content
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Video is everywhere, but very little of it is designed with ADHD in mind.In this Research Recap, Skye and William Curb from Hacking Your ADHD unpack a...
Focus, Flight, and Figuring It Out: An ADHD Founder’s Journey
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Skye sits down with Carly Braker, founder of Avialan Blue, to talk about building a high tech areospace engineering consultancy while navigating ADHD....
ADHD Strengths and Success: The Evidence Behind the Myth
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
People love to say ADHD comes with superpowers. The research is more nuanced.In this Research Recap with William Curb from Hacking Your ADHD, Skye and...
The ADHD Shift: When Everything Suddenly Adds Up
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most people with ADHD have one moment that stops them in their tracks. For Laura, it was finding her childhood journals filled with the word “focus”...
ADHD, TikTok, and the Misinformation Trap
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can TikTok actually teach you about ADHD - or is it just feeding you misinformation?In this Research Recap with William Curb from Hacking Your ADHD, S...
ADHD, Momentum, and Other Mythical Creatures (with Russ Jones)
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This one’s real, hilarious, and way too relatable.Skye sits down with Russ Jones, ADHD coach, creator of the Ready, Set, Go framework, and host of t...
The Science of ADHD Creativity: Why Your Ideas Work Differently
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are ADHD brains more creative, or is that just a myth?In this Research Recap with William Curb from Hacking Your ADHD, Skye breaks down a foundational...
Understanding ADHD Medication: A Balanced Look at the Science
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
ADHD medication can be a controversial topic online. Is it safe? Does it change who you are? What does the science actually say?In this episode, Skye ...
Delay Aversion and ADHD: Why Waiting Feels Like Torture
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever feel restless in a meeting or line and want to bolt? That’s not impatience, it’s delay aversion.In this Research Recap with William Curb from...
High-Performance Habits for ADHD Brains: Clarity, Motivation, & Champion Wins
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
World-champion habits aren't just for athletes - they're the secret weapon for ADHD executives juggling chaos and big ambitions.In this epis...
ADHD, Anxiety, and Exercise: What the Research Says
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can exercise really compete with medication or therapy for managing ADHD symptoms?In this Research Recap with William Curb from Hacking Your ADHD, Sky...
ADHD, AI, and the Future of Focus
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI is redefining work, but for ADHD founders, the question isn’t whether to use it, it’s how.In this episode, Skye sits down with Ryan Brazzell, e...
Executive Dysfunction and Early ADHD in Preschoolers
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why does time blindness show up so early in life?Welcome to another episode in our Research Recap series, co-hosted with William Curb from Hacking You...
ADHD Alchemy: Turning Distraction Into Award-Winning Success
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jacquelyne Read, a chemistry professor and ADHD trailblazer, joins Skye to reveal how she transformed her postdoc struggles into a tenure-track tr...
Research Recap with William Curb - Why ADHD Is Still Missed in Women: The Swedish Study That Proves It
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why are women still diagnosed with ADHD years later than men?Welcome to the next episode in our Research Recaps series, co-hosted with William Curb fr...
Research Recap with William Curb: ADHD & Hot and Cold Executive Function
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why can you plan your day perfectly, then forget everything the second something stressful happens?Welcome to the next episode in our Research Recaps ...
Precision Systems for ADHD Founders: Chaos, Metrics, and Million-Dollar Growth
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Skye is joined by Matt Verlaque, SaaS founder, entrepreneur, and author, to unpack how to scale a business when your brain is wired f...
Research Recap with William Curb: ADHD and the Default Mode Network
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever zone out in a meeting and wonder where your brain went? That might be your default mode network. And for people with ADHD, it doesn't always...
The ADHD Guide to Delegating - Why You Can’t Let Go (and How to Fix It)
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Think you're just bad at delegating? You’re not. ADHD makes it harder to translate thoughts into steps, hand things off, and feel safe letting ...
ADHD and the CEO Mindset: Systems, Self-Care, and Letting Go
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most ADHD entrepreneurs build their success on hustle—until the cracks show. In this episode, Skye talks with Dr. John Torrens, professor, founder, ...
The ADHD Entrepreneur’s Guide to Profit (Without the Spreadsheet Spiral)
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
ADHD entrepreneurs are smart, capable - and often pricing themselves into burnout.In this episode, Skye interviews Marcel Petitpas, CEO of Parakeeto a...
Why You Always Underestimate Time (Even When You Swear You Won’t)
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Think something will take 15 minutes? Bet it takes 45.You’re not lazy - you’ve got ADHD. And you’re probably struggling with time blindness.In t...
I Walked Away From $48K and a PhD: My ADHD Origin Story
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Before Unconventional Organisation, before the coaching, before the 82K followers - there was burnout, academic pivots, and a year spent working in a ...
Your ADHD Toolkit Is Missing Something: Meet the Vagus Nerve
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve got strategies and systems, but you still feel like your brain is always “on.” You might be overlooking your nervous system.This episode ...
Adrenaline Isn’t a Business Strategy: The ADHD Growth System That Lasts
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You can scale a business on sheer force... for a while. But eventually, ADHD founders burn out, blow up, or walk away.This episode is your map out of ...
Here’s the ADHD-Friendly Way to Get Seen (and Stay Sane). Let's Talk Personal Brand!
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Your personal brand exists—even if you haven’t posted in six months. So the question isn’t “should I build a brand?” It’s: “Are you in c...
The 2-Minute Fix for ADHD Overwhelm (That Might Save You $10K)
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Click the link to download your own 2-minute Focus Formulahttps://www.unconventionalorganisation.com/the-adhd-focus-filterYou’re not behind because ...
Is Your Job Burning You Out or Just Built Wrong for ADHD?
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Burnout isn’t always a personal failure—it’s often a mismatch between your brain and your work environment.Skye and in-house researcher Taylor b...
From Burnout to Boss: ADHD Strategies to Stop Imploding Your Career Every 2 Years
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever feel like your brain is the only thing getting in the way of your success? Like you could lead a $200M rebrand if you could just finish that one ...
Why You Snap at 3pm: The ADHD Sensory Overload You Didn’t See Coming
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You're not imagining it. The reason you feel like the world is “too much” by the afternoon might have as much for do with your nervous system...
ADHD in the Workplace: How to Get Promoted Without Burning Out
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve ever thought, I work so hard—why am I not getting ahead? or How do I actually position myself for a promotion without working myself int...
ADHD Executive Functioning Meltdowns: What the Research Really Says
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If task-switching under stress wrecks your day, you’re not alone. Researchers have spent 20+ years studying executive functioning in ADHD, and hones...
The ADHD Entrepreneur’s Guide to Grit: Lessons from a Muay Thai Champion
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever feel like ADHD makes life a never-ending uphill battle? Meet Sean Shubert—former Muay Thai champion turned resilience coach—who went from jug...
ADHD & Hormones: What to Know Before Perimenopause Hits
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do fluctuating hormone levels affect your ADHD symptoms? Research says YES! Join Skye and I as we explore recent findings on perimenopause and ADHD.Cu...
Finding Confidence Beyond the Comfort Zone: Interview with Brooke Schnittman
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it really mean to thrive with ADHD? It’s having the confidence to release a heavily edited episode despite technical issues with the recor...
Is Executive Functioning Real? 20 years of ADHD research says... maybe?
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The ADHD Skills Lab, Skye and I explore the critical question: is executive functioning even real or is it a poorly defined constru...
Real Housewife with ADHD: Interviewing Angie Harrington
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do you ever feel like ADHD is just who you are - part of your personality? Yeah, us too!In this week’s episode of The ADHD Skills Lab, Skye sits dow...
Holiday Boundaries for ADHD brains: a Research Recap
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Wanna learn how to set boundaries as an ADHD person? The research says we should, but there’s not really a framework to guide us—so we made one! T...
ADHD in the Creative Industry: Insights from Tevis Houston
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The ADHD Skills Lab, we sit down with Tevis Houston, the mind behind Friends Everywhere, a studio that partners with major brands l...
Basketballs to Balance Beams: Movement that actually supports your ADHD Executive Functioning
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Can we really support our executive functions using movement? Well actually, turns out you can!On this episode of The ADHD Skills Lab, Skye and Sarah ...
How ADHD Brains Learn Best: Tapping into Levity with Brandon Hendrickson
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Curious about how ADHD brains learn stuff? Brandon Hendrickson, Founder of Science is Weird is here to chat about this and so much more! Curious about...
Vagus Nerve Magic: How ADHD brains can find calm
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What do you know about the Autonomic Nervous System and its connection to ADHD? In this week’s episode of The ADHD Skills Lab, we welcome resident e...
Delegation? In this economy?! How to Gamify with the ADHD Big Brother
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is gamification just another shiny ADHD strategy, or can it really help you get stuff done? In this episode, Russ Jones, aka The ADHD Big Brother, bre...
The Doctor is in... ADHD Meds & Heart Risk: Research Recap with an Epidemiologist
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Can your ADHD meds increase the risk of heart disease but still lower overall risk of early death? Some data says, "Yes!" Don't miss th...
Conquering Clutter with ADHD: Megs Crawford Shares Organising Tips that Work
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s episode of The ADHD Skills Lab, we’re tackling one of the biggest challenges for ADHDer's: getting organized! With the help of...
ADHD & Finances: More Than Just Impulsivity?!
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Impulse spending is a product of more than just ADHD impulsivity, and we’re excited to untangle what that means!On this week’s episode of The ADHD...
How Google’s Lisa Ballard Closes High-Value Deals with ADHD: Secrets to Success in Tech
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Looking for an episode about finding balance with ADHD and embracing the way we’re wired?! Listen now for that conversation with Lisa Ballard, Direc...
ADHD and ASD: If you're confused, so are the experts
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
tl;dr Is it ADHD, ASD, or both?! As it turns out, the experts still aren't sure.This week on The ADHD Skills Lab, I have a labor of love for you,...
Author & Former Publisher E. Prybylski on Words and Creativity
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! Thanks for tuning into another week of The ADHD Skills Lab!Skye brings us an interview with the wonderful E. Prybylski, wearer of many hats. Th...
The Scientific Community has the floor... Adapting Treatment Methods for Adult ADHD [Research Recap]
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The ADHD Skills Lab!I have a very exciting Research Recap this week on treatment for adult ADHD. The results of these papers are promi...
Pelvic Floor PT Dr. Anna Burns on ADHD throughout Motherhood
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The ADHD Skills Lab!This week we are highlighting a conversation between Skye and Dr. Anna Burns, an experienced pelvic floor therapis...