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    Tips For Managing Worry and ADHD

    ByMarla Cummins ADHD Emotional Regulation, Podcast

    DESCRIPTION: Too much worry comes at a cost. Here are the techniques you can use to put your worry to work so you can manage it. KEY TAKEAWAYS: RESOURCES: TRANSCRIPT: (00:00): Do you ever feel like your worry takes over sometimes and maybe you even hyperfocus on it. But you’d really like to stop? 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, so you can get what…

  • Time Management That Works For ADHD Adults

    ByMarla Cummins Podcast

    DESCRIPTION: Learn how to be more strategic about how you prioritize your task and then execute so you can do what’s most important to you. KEY TAKEAWAYS: RESOURCES: TRANSCRIPT: (00:01): If you struggle to decide which tasks to do and in which order, you may end up doing either whatever feels most urgent or perhaps is the easiest or maybe the most interesting. There’s a better way to choose. You’ve tuned into Scattereded, Focused, Done – Reimagining 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…

  • How To Set Boundaries Around Time When You Have ADHD

    ByMarla Cummins Blog

    Boundaries are rules you set to let others know what is okay and what is not okay for you based on your values and priorities. They protect your personal and mental space, including physical, sexual, intellectual or mental, emotional, material or financial, and time boundaries.  For this post, I’ll focus on how to set boundaries around your time. How about you? Do you have a hard time saying no when someone makes a request of you? And then you end up saying yes even when it would have been better to say no. For Adults with ADHD, this is a common challenge and is often one of the barriers to focusing on what is important to you. What if you could say no more often?…

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    ADHD and The Steps  to Following Through on Your Priorities

    ByMarla Cummins ADHD Time Management, Blog

    Do you find it hard to decide what to do each day? Maybe you get overwhelmed trying to prioritize. So you’re never quite sure if you are doing what is most important to you.  No doubt, prioritizing is a challenge for ADHD adults. I know it can feel impossible sometimes. After all, everything seems important. And it all needs to be done right now, if not yesterday. But since we all have a limited amount of time and can’t do everything, we have to prioritize. That is, we need to choose among many options of what to work on now. And we need to choose what to ignore, at least for the time being. We need to tell ourselves, I’m doing this and not that. …

  • How ADHD Adults Can Manage Distractions and Focus Better

    ByMarla Cummins Podcast

    DESCRIPTION: Tired of your ADHD distractibility getting in your way? You can turn that around now using these tips. So you can focus on what’s important to you. KEY TAKEAWAYS: RESOURCES: TRANSCRIPT: (00:00): Do you feel because of your ADHD, you are constantly doing battle with managing distractions to not only get what’s important to you done but to be who you want to be and who you envision. Ready to see how to turn this around? 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….

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    Break Free from ADHD Task Paralysis with These 6 Proven Tips

    ByMarla Cummins ADHD Follow-Through, Blog

    You look at or think about a task. You tell yourself it is important to do. But you just can’t get started. You feel paralyzed – frozen. You may or may not know why. And the paralysis gets worse the more you avoid it, right?  The primary reason is fear. That is, there is something about the task that frightens you. It may feel as though a lion is chasing you. At least, that is how your body interprets the fear. Maybe the “lion” is your fear of failure, appearing incompetent, or not living up to your perfectionist tendencies.  Whatever the origin of the fear, when this happens, your prefrontal cortex, which is command central for your executive functioning, goes offline. And your amygdala, your…

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    Do You Know What Jobs Are The Best Fit for ADHD Adults?

    ByMarla Cummins ADHD in the Workplace, Podcast

    DESCRIPTION: Determining whether your job or career is a good fit entails answering to 5 questions, including whether you’re in the right environment. KEY TAKEAWAYS: Resource: Book: Finding a Career That Works for You: A Step-by-Step Guide to Choosing a Career by Willma Fellman TRANSCRIPT: (00:00): So you’re wondering, are there jobs that are better suited for adults with ADHD than others? Let’s find out. (00:06): You’ve tuned into Scattered Focus, Done – Reimagining 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…

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    The 10 Tools Every ADHD Adult Needs to Be Successful.

    ByMarla Cummins ADHD Tools & Strategies, Podcast

    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…

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    ADHD Disclosure in the Workplace: To Share or Not to Share?

    ByMarla Cummins ADHD in the Workplace, Podcast

    RESOURCES: Websites: American With Disabilities Act Job Accommodation Network Transcript (00:00): Are you wondering whether you should disclose that you have ADHD at work? Whether you’re an employee wondering whether to disclose to your boss or a boss wondering whether to disclose to your employees, there are steps you can take to figure this out. (00:15): You’ve tuned into Scattered Focused, Done Reimagining Productivity with ADHD 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 reimagining productivity with ADHD so you can get…

  • Beat Procrastination When You Change These 5 Types of Self-Talk

    ByMarla Cummins Podcast

    DESCRIPTION: Adults with ADHD often have underdeveloped self-talk skills to guide their actions in positive ways. At the same time, unfortunately, they often have an abundance of negative self-talk, which can get in the way of doing what they want and being who they want. The antidote to this is to be aware of this negative self-talk and reframe it into more useful and positive self-talk for you. KEY TAKEAWAYS: RESOURCES: Articles: TRANSCRIPT: (00:00): We all have an inner voice self-talk. You know the running commentary you have going on in your head throughout the day. The question is, is your self-talk helping you or getting in your way? (00:12): You’ve tuned into Scattered, Focused, Done – Reimagining Productivity with ADHD a podcast for ADHD…