Ep. 19: ADHD Life Hacks for Relationships & Communication
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What is Chris Winger’s ADHD childhood experience and how did it shape him?
What's up, everyone, and welcome to Making the Shift.
We're an SLP couple from California with three boys and a passion for finding better ways to support autistic kids.
I'm Chris Winger, better known as Speech Dude, and I'm a neurodivergent high school SLP and the creator of the DASL, the Dynamic Assessment of Social Emotional Learning.
And I'm Jesse Ginsburg, a sensory integration trained SLP, owner of a top-rated speech therapy clinic in Los Angeles, and the creator of the Inside Out sensory programs for parents and therapists. Join us weekly to learn neurodiversity-affirming ways to support social-emotional development and regulation in autistic kids.
Are you ready to make the shift?
hello everyone welcome to making the shift just had to get a little caffeine welcome
there's my caffeine boost that's right talking about adhd and here i am with my my second wind of the day
running around getting here just in time
I think that's good, though, to have a second wind of the day. I always think about that. When I get my first wind, it's really early in the morning. And that's the only way I can survive is right after work. My second wind exercise, which is like 10 pushups and coffee.
But do you think most people get a second wind now that you're saying that? Like, I feel like a lot of people crash after lunch right in the in the chat. If you got a second wind, I don't know.
I
don't know. You get a lot of wins throughout the day, though. You go to before bed, I'm going to go to Home Depot wind.
Well, I can tell you that right around noon to four o'clock, there's no wind there. There's no wind that's going through my sailboat to push that thing along. That is the truth.
Yeah. But we hope you had a great Labor Day weekend. We did nothing, which I think is the reason it was so successful. It's because we didn't want to go out of town because we knew it was going to be miserable traffic and having no expectation worked out.
Yeah, I think that historically, and by historically, I mean like a month ago, Jesse and I would be like, Labor Day weekend's coming up and we have three days. The kids are off on Monday. Where can we go travel to? And then the reality is, is when the weekend gets here and we didn't plan traveling, we find that we had a great time when we were close to home without the pressures and the stress of doing things out of town.
Yeah, and this time Tucker, who's four, said, can we go camping? And he meant like lay down in the trampoline and put our blankets down. That's what he means by camping. So we went, not we, you obviously, got all the stuff for s'mores. We made s'mores at the house with the fire. And that was like such a good time.
We were creative. We took the little table that has one of those little heat fans Like
a fire pit
table. It's not really a fire pit though. It's like really not meant to put food over it.
It's one of those
things where you kind of, you basically get the tips of your fingertips warm and that's about it. So it's like one of those little ones that
you
just little rocks. Yeah. You definitely aren't supposed to do it, but we, we reinvented it. We repurposed it and we made it our own little beach fire pit. And we had our little seats around and our little coat hangers to, cook our marshmallows and um
our family of five eight thirty six marshmallows
yeah our six-year-old ate 34 of the 36 speech dad got one marshmallow
yeah okay
but you know what i ate the whole bag of chocolate they're like where's the chocolate for the s'mores and i said i don't know they're like what's on your lips and i said i don't know what that is either
Anyway, we are excited for the topic of tonight's show, which is ADHD. And it's funny how often we get asked to talk about this because people hear Chris talking about his ADHD and they want to hear his story and kind of, I think... one of the things that to me is so fascinating about you is that you get all these incredible things done in your life. You know, you are very driven. You reach a lot of the goals you set for yourself, but it takes so much work.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is Chris Winger’s ADHD childhood experience and how did it shape him?
0:08–7:31
2
Which ADHD life‑hacks does Chris use every day to survive and thrive?
7:31–12:53
3
How does a neurotypical partner communicate effectively with an ADHDer?
12:53–18:29
4
What practical strategies help Chris manage distractions and stay focused?
18:29–24:48
5
How can exercise, breathing, and “transient hypofrontality” improve ADHD symptoms?
24:48–31:25
6
Why does Chris prefer natural routines over medication for his ADHD?
31:25–38:16
7
What key communication lessons did the couple discover for healthy ADHD relationships?
38:16–43:45
8
What final takeaways and actionable tips were shared for ADHD couples and families?
43:45–50:06
Speakers
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