How to Build a Better Email Routine with ADHD (Part 2 of 3)
Discover how to build a better email routine with ADHD to stay organized, follow through more easily, and keep your inbox under control.
What’s the First Step to Managing Email With ADHD? (Part 1 of 3)
Find out why email feels so overwhelming with ADHD and how small shifts can help you manage your inbox with more ease and control.
ADHD Accountability: How to Make It Work for You
What if accountability could actually help you follow through without shame or overwhelm? Here’s how.
Calendar Strategies That Reduce ADHD Overwhelm
Episode Summary If using a calendar feels more frustrating than helpful with ADHD, this episode is for you. You’ll learn practical strategies to make your calendar support your energy, priorities, and follow-through. From weekly reviews to color coding, you’ll get doable ideas you can test without overhauling your whole life. What You’ll Learn About Using A Calendar With ADHD Transcript: ADHD Calendar Strategies (00:00): Are you looking for strategies so you can actually use your calendar effectively? If you are, you’re in the right place. This is part two of a two-part series on ADHD and calendars. And if you haven’t listened to part one yet, that episode dives into the emotional and practical challenges of using calendars with ADHD. But what you’ll hear today…
Top 5 Reasons Your ADHD Brain Struggles with Calendars
Episode Summary If you’ve ever opened your calendar and felt overwhelmed, guilty, or just plain confused, you’re not alone. A lot of adults with ADHD struggle to make traditional calendar systems work, even though they know they need one. In this episode, I explore why that happens. I’ll walk you through some of the hidden reasons calendars often fail ADHD brains and explain how decision fatigue, time blindness, and unrealistic expectations can quietly erode your trust in your calendar. Before you can build a system that truly supports you, it helps to understand why it hasn’t worked in the past. What You’ll Learn About ADHD Challenges With Calendars: Transcript: ADHD Adults and Calendars (00:01):Do you have a love-hate relationship with your calendar? You know you need…
ChatGPT and ADHD: A Surprisingly Good Match
I know that as an adult with ADHD, you’ve likely tried countless ADHD tools promising to make your life easier — but often, learning how to use them ends up feeling like more work than it’s worth. So when you hear about ChatGPT, an AI chatbot that’s all over the news, it’s totally normal to wonder: I hear you. Before you decide, hear me out—because ChatGPT might just be the flexible kind of help you need, especially if you’re willing to approach it with an experimental mindset. What is ChatGPT — Really? Think of ChatGPT as a chat buddy who can help you brainstorm, plan, draft emails, organize your scattered thoughts, and more. It’s not magic or judgmental — it’s just a tool that responds…
Making Changes With ADHD
DESCRIPTION: The first step is acknowledging what stage of change you are in as this clarity will help you decide what you need to do, or in some cases, what you don’t need to do. Carlo DiClemente and J. O. Prochaska, six stages of change model is the perfect tool to gain clarity on your readiness to make a change. KEY TAKEAWAYS: TRANSCRIPT: (00:01): How do you know when you’re ready to make changes? You’ve tuned into Scattered Focused, Done Re-imagining Productivity with ADHD, a podcast for ADHD, adults like you who want to learn how to adopt the best strategies, tools, and skills to get your essential work done in a way that works with the way your brain is wired. I’m Marla Cummins,…
Managing Sleep With ADHD
DESCRIPTION: Sleep is important to your health and can affect your ADHD symptoms. Learn how to sleep better with these tips. KEY TAKEAWAYS: RESOURCES: Website: Sleep Foundation Sleep App: Sleep Cycle Sleep Data Collection: TRANSCRIPT: (00:00): Are you getting enough sleep? If not, this lack of sleep may be making your ADHD symptoms worse, but you can change that. You’ve tuned into scattered Focused Done Re-Imagining Productivity with ADHD, a podcast for ADHD, adults like you who want to learn how to adopt the best strategies, tools, and skills to get your essential work done in a way that works with the way your brain is wired. I’m Marla Cummins and I’m glad you’re joining me today on this journey to re-Imagining Productivity with ADHD….
The 10 Tools Every ADHD Adult Needs to Be Successful.
DESCRIPTION: Learn which tools are the most effective in helping you stay organized, manage your time, achieve your goals and work with your ADHD. Also, find out how your ADHD challenges might get in the way of using the tools. So you can address them as they come up. KEY TAKEAWAYS: RESOURCES: Articles: ADHD Adults Who Want to Be Productive and Not Stressed Use These Calendar Tips How Mindfullness Can Help You Manage Your ADHD Tools Task Managers: Timers and Time Trackers Document Storage: Habits: Website Blockers Meditation/Mindfulness: Password Manager: TRANSCRIPT: (00:01): Finding the right tools to be productive and manage your ADHD doesn’t need to be so hard If you know what tools you need and you also know what ADHD challenges might get…
Why Virtual Coworking Is the New Super Tool for ADHD Adults
The idea of coworking is not new for ADHD adults. Though you may have heard it referred to as body doubling and, perhaps, thought of it as something done in person. Now, of course, that has changed, as coworking/body doubling is done as often in virtual spaces. And that is a definite boon for ADHD adults for reasons I’ll explore in a bit. It seems, since I first started writing about body doubling for ADHD adults in 2013, it has become much more popular in the last few years. Maybe that’s because it took an upswing in the early days of Covid; a time when people were craving connection, as well as support in being productive while at home with all the competing distractions. I…