43. 7 Questions to Ask Yourself When You're Overwhelmed

07/19/22 • 14 min

We may assume low motivation is behind our struggle to start, but it’s often overwhelm that shuts us down! With ADHD, struggles with executive functioning skills like planning, prioritizing and time management can cause us to feel stressed and stuck.
Other factors like perfectionism, sensory overwhelm, and missing our body cues/needs can contribute to our overwhelm as well!
This episode will cover 7 simple, practical coaching questions to help you find what you need to get going when you’re feeling stuck!
Ask yourself these 7 questions the next time you feel overwhelmed and grab your free pdf so you can have them ready when you need them!

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42. Why Growth Mindset Matters for ADHD

Growth mindset is the belief that our talents, skills, and abilities can be developed whereas a fixed mindset assumes that these are "set" and that we're not able to improve them.
Researchers have noted trends in how these mindsets can impact our willingness to take risks, accept feedback, embrace challenges and tolerate failures.
Those with a growth mindset often felt more comfortable with challenge and struggle, knowing that these are valuable part of the learning process and essential for growth.
Learn more about Growth and Fixed Mindsets and how these can impact those of us with ADHD as we learn to work with our brains!

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44. ADHD and Relationships: Making Bids for Connection

Today we’re discussing ADHD and relationships. We’ll take a look at the work of Drs. John and Julie Gottman and those in realtionships make what they refer to as “bids for connection” in order to communicate and connect with each other.
These gestures that we use to signal our need for attention and connection and they can be verbal or nonverbal, overt or relatively subtle.
We may readily respond to some, but miss others entirely (and miss the chance for connection as well) We’ll also explore some common ADHD traits and how these can impact giving/ receiving bids in our relationships.