Translating ADHD
Episodes
An ADHD Productivity Tool: REBEL and Exposure to Time
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Cam and Shelly continue their discussion on competence and confidence diving into Cam’s productivity tool REBEL by taking a closer look a...
An ADHD Productivity Tool: REBEL and Balanced Attack
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Cam and Shelly continue their discussion on competence and confidence diving into Cam’s productivity tool REBEL by taking a closer look a...
An ADHD Productivity Tool: REBEL and Remember to Remind the Brain
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Cam and Shelly continue their discussion on competence and confidence diving into Cam’s productivity tool REBEL by taking a closer look a...
An ADHD Productivity Tool: REBEL and Expand the Mind
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Cam and Shelly continue their discussion on competence and confidence diving into Cam’s productivity tool REBEL by taking a closer look a...
ADHD PoC Voices: Rhashidah Perry Jones Shares on ADHD Advocacy in Black Communities
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are delighted to present another special episode dedicated to exploring the lived experiences of people of color with ADHD by presenting...
An ADHD Productivity Tool: REBEL and Limit Scope
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Cam and Shelly continue their discussion on competence and confidence diving into Cam’s productivity tool REBEL by taking a closer look a...
Developing Competence and Confidence through Practice
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As ADHD adults we often undermine ourselves in the areas of building confidence and competence. We find ourselves overwhelmed with choices in these a...
Beyond Imposter Syndrome: Cultivating Confidence and Competence
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Cam and Shelly continue our conversation on ADHD and Imposter Syndrome by examining how listeners can begin to move beyond Imposter Syndrom...
ADHD and Imposter Syndrome
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Cam and Shelly dive into the topic of Imposter Syndrome. This topic comes up frequently both in our client work and in our Discord communit...
Grieving for our Past Selves after an ADHD Diagnosis
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Cam and Shelly dive into the topic of grieving our past selves. As coaches, we often work with people who come to us with a new ADHD diagn...
Revisiting our ADHD Cause and Effect Metaphor: How to Use this Model to Create Change
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Cam and Shelly finish a series of episodes to revisit the Cause and Effect metaphor that we presented in episodes ten and eleven. In this ...
Revisiting our ADHD Cause and Effect Metaphor: Above the Lunch Counter
28 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Cam and Shelly continue a series of episodes to revisit the Cause and Effect metaphor that we presented in episodes ten and eleven. In thi...
Revisiting our ADHD Cause and Effect Metaphor: The Lunch Counter
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Cam and Shelly continue a series of episodes to revisit the Cause and Effect metaphor that we presented in episodes ten and...
Revisiting our ADHD Cause and Effect Metaphor: The Valleys
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Cam and Shelly begin a series of episodes to revisit the Cause and Effect metaphor that we presented in episodes ten and eleven. In this e...
Big Brain Fast Brain: An ADHD Modal Model
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One of the best things about doing this show is that, as your hosts, we are also learning. We are constantly examining our models, concepts, and lan...
Developing Keystone Habits with ADHD
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Building habits can be a challenge as ADHD adults. This week, Cam and Shelly introduce the concept of keystone habits. We discuss how learning what t...
Activating for the Tasks that Matter with ADHD (pt. 2)
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Cam and Shelly continue our conversation on what is really happening for us ADHD people in the gap between awareness and action. ...
Activating for the Tasks that Matter with ADHD (pt. 1)
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
ADHD makes us unaware, makes us disengage, or makes us fail to engage. Much of the work that Cam and Shelly do with our adult ADHD clients is discuss...
ADHD and Avoidance
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As ADHD adults, we are masters at finding ways to not do what we know we ought to do. We often think the problem is procrastination, but procrastinat...
Distinguishing High Value Work with ADHD
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As ADHD adults, we struggle to distinguish high value work from low value tasks. We lose sight of our priorities during the work day, or we get sidet...
ADHD and Decision Making (pt. 2)
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Cam and Shelly continue our conversation on ADHD and decision making by looking at decision making during the work day. We look at where m...
ADHD and Decision Making (pt. 1)
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Cam and Shelly turn our attention to decision making at a high level. We discuss how so much of what we struggle with as ADHD people comes...
ADHD and Task Management (pt. 2)
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Cam and Shelly build on last week's episode by discussing steps listeners can take to start to take control of task management. We discuss...
ADHD and Task Management (pt. 1)
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Cam and Shelly continue our conversation on creating a meaningful work day as ADHD adults by looking at task management at a high level. W...
The Power of Explicit Agreements with ADHD
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Cam and Shelly continue our conversation on creating a meaningful work day as ADHD adults by looking at agreements. We discuss the implici...
ADHD and Reimagining Accountability
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Cam and Shelly discuss how ADHD adults often view accountability as a negative value judgment that requires us to always use our time prod...
ADHD and Emotional Organizing
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Cam and Shelly continue the conversation on how ADHD adults can reframe what it means to have a meaningful work day. We discuss how ADHD b...
Creating a Meaningful Work Day with ADHD
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Cam and Shelly discuss how ADHD adults can reframe what it means to have a meaningful work day. We examine the limited usefulness of workp...
ADHD and Sleep (pt. 2)
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Cam and Shelly continue our discussing on ADHD and sleep by exploring how Shelly worked over time to change her relationships with sleep f...
ADHD and Sleep (pt. 1)
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Adults with ADHD are significantly more likely to have problems with sleep than the general population, and to make matters worse our ADHD gets in the...
ADHD and Self Advocacy
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As ADHD adults, our own ADHD can often get in the way of good self advocacy. As coaches, Cam and Shelly often see this in clients who seek out coachi...
ADHD and Identity
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Cam and Shelly discuss how our relationship with our ADHD changes and evolves over time as we learn more about ourselves and our neurodiver...
Why Individual Manifestation and Awareness Matter
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Cam and Shelly zoom back out to look at ADHD brains at a more global level. We revisit the topic of individual manifestation and our belief...
Honoring Who You Are
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Cam and Shelly revisit the major shifts that Shelly discussed in the "Stepping Into Who You Are" episode to discuss what happened next. W...
Defining Big C Coaching
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Cam and Shelly revisit the topic of "Big C" Coaching. We discuss what defines a "Big C" coach and why this style of coach approach is such ...
ADHD PoC Voices: Inger Shares on Being a Black Woman with ADHD
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are delighted to present our first special episode dedicated to exploring the lived experiences of people of color with ADHD by presenti...
Stepping Into Who You Are
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we try something a little different to demonstrate how ADHD brains can be an asset when we know how to manage our attention and focus on ...
Managing All of Life's Roles
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we revisit the idea of knowing your role as adults with ADHD. However, this time we look at it from a different angle that Cam and Shelly o...
Making Anti-Racism Part of the Show Culture + Community Announcement
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are taking a pause to discuss our plans to make anti-racism a part of the culture of Translating ADHD. Both of your hosts believe that s...
The Power of Being At Choice
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When we are at choice as adults with ADHD it can make difficult tasks easier and help us shift from a perspective of being free from pain to one of b...
How Clean Slate Thinking Harms Us
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever found yourself believing that if you could just start with a "clean slate", things would be different? Today, Shelly and Cam ask our ...
Living With ADHD Does Not Make You Broken
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Because we struggle with things that seem "easy" for most people, those of us with ADHD tend to develop the belief over time that there is somethin...
Stepping Out of the "I'm Not Doing This Right" Mindset
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Because our brains are wired differently than the neurotypical majority, those of us with ADHD can often fall into the trap of believing that we are ...
Utilizing Supportive People with ADHD
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Cam and Shelly come back to our conversation on resources to discuss how we can better utilize the supportive people in our lives . We discuss...
Letting it Be Easy with ADHD
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Cam and Shelly discuss a guiding philosophy that Shelly lives by in her own life and uses frequently with clients: Let It Be Easy. We discuss ...
Finding the Right Path with the Big Agenda
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As coaches, we use The Big Agenda to help our clients understand the bigger reasons they are working to create change and to link the work they are d...
Managing Distraction to Reach Completion
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For those of us with ADHD, distractions are a struggle. When we are distracted by a compelling thought or idea, we are often not only taken off task ...
Managing Mental and Emotional Energy with ADHD
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As we do the work of adjusting to this temporary new normal, we often feel like we are at our mental and emotional limits. This week, Cam and Shelly ...
ADHD and Setting Boundaries
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As our world shrink and our access to other people is limited, there is a need for us and the people in quarantine with us to set healthy boundaries ...
Managing Mental and Emotional Overload with ADHD
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Shelly and Cam continue our discussion of ADHD experience in the context of the current coronavirus pandemic. Though the pace of life may ...
Shifting from "Snow Day" to Opportunity Mentality while Social Distancing with ADHD
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Cam and Shelly discuss how different clients are experiencing the slow down in the pace of life as they practice social distancing amid th...
Navigating COVID-19 Related Disruptions with ADHD
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As coaches, Cam and Shelly are working with clients on managing the many disruptions caused by the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The indiv...
Identifying and Accessing Resources with ADHD
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As adults with ADHD, we often do do not see the many resources available to us. However, when we are operating from a place of strength, we can start...
Shifting to a Strengths Based Perspective with ADHD
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we continue the conversation around strengths by looking at Shelly's client Sally and her limiting belief that she had to "pass as neurotyp...
Tapping Into Strengths with ADHD
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we turn our attention to tapping into our strengths as adults with ADHD. Cam and Shelly break down why we are strengths based coaches and d...
ADHD, Hyperfocus, and Flow State
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As adults with ADHD we often have a black or white view of hyperfocus. On one hand we see it as a powerful elixir or superpower that allows us incr...
Distinguishing ADHD and Time Management
17 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As adults with ADHD we often view time as the enemy, because many of the effects of ADHD look like poor time management. Today, Shelly discusses her ...
Time, Transitions, and Hyperfocus (pt. 1)
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Transitions are difficult for those of us with ADHD. Often we can become stuck in one of two gears: the neutral gear of "the planner" or the 5th gear...
ADHD and Experiencing Time
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Those of us with ADHD experience time differently. To complicate matters, our perception of time can vary based on individual ADHD manifestation and ...
ADHD and Doing What Matters
27 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As adults with ADHD we respond well to urgency, but not necessarily to importance. This often leads to us failing to act on the things that are impor...
ADHD and Sense of Self
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Cam and Shelly continue the conversation around ADHD and negative self talk by exploring how we have each shifted in this area over time. W...
ADHD and Negative Self Talk
13 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As adults with ADHD we can be our own harshest critics. In today's episode, Cam and Shelly explore negative self talk in the context of our cause a...
Cause, Effect, and the Universal ADHD Question (pt. 2)
06 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this continuation of last week's episode, Cam and Shelly use examples from their own experiences as adults with ADHD to further illustrate both th...
Cause, Effect, and the Universal ADHD Question (pt. 1)
30 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why do I not do what I know I ought to do? This is the universal ADHD question and the question that Cam and Shelly hope to help you answer through...
Embracing Journey Thinking with ADHD
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Those of us with ADHD are often prone to problem based thinking, believing that if we could just solve the problem then everything would fall into pl...
Embracing Your Unique Brain Wiring with ADHD
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Moving through the world with ADHD means learning how to cope and manage ADHD to survive in a world that isn't designed for us; however, Cam and Shel...
ADHD and Impact
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
To have ADHD is to have both positive and negative impact. The challenge that we face as adults with ADHD is that ADHD impairs our ability to be awar...
ADHD, Sleep, and the Essential Structures Model
02 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Cam and Shelly introduce the Essential Structures model, a model we use with our clients. This model is one tool to create awareness...
ADHD and Readiness for Change
25 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How do you know if you are ready for change as an adult with ADHD? If you aren't currently ready for change, how do you prepare to be ready for change...
ADHD and the Adrenaline Response Cycle
18 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Awareness of our ADHD experience is not just about being aware of what works, it's also about developing awareness about the habits and behaviors t...
ADHD and Creating Change
11 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Change is really difficult with ADHD. Individuals with ADHD tend to delay and try everything they can before they are able to embark on real and si...
The Power of Translating ADHD
04 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In April of 2019, Shelly presented at the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals conference on the topic of time managemen...
Introducing Translating ADHD
03 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Translating ADHD Hosts Cameron Gott and Shelly Collins are not only ADHD coaches, we also both are adults with ADHD finding our way. We believe tha...