Best Selfmanagement Podcasts (2023)

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Ep. 91 Miquel, Blanca and Pau from Deerns Spain on becoming a self-managing engineering company 1:05:43

2d ago1:05:43

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Deerns Spain, a team of around 60 engineers, has been on a transformation journey since March 2020. Inspired by K2K Emocionando, they now work without managers which means that everyone is “creating our company all the time”. I talked to Miquel Castellvi (General Coordinator), Blanca Capdevila (People & Culture) and Pau Riera (Commitment Coordinato…

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Ep. 90 adrienne maree brown on Emergent Strategy and being in right relationship with change 52:50

4M ago52:50

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I'm thrilled to have adrienne maree brown on the podcast, someone who 'grows ideas in public' through her writing, her podcasts and her music. Ideas like Emergent Strategy, Pleasure Activism, Radical Imagination and Transformative Justice. We talk about what it means to be in right relationship with change, how to be comfortable with the uncomforta…

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Living Beyond ADHD

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The Importance of Executive Function Pre-Skills – 120 33:06

4M ago33:06

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How often do you do the prep work for your tasks? Do you know what I mean by prep work? Most people I know really dislike the prep work and just want to get down to doing the task. They even feel that the prep work is a waste of their time because it isn’t getting the job done. And, they are short on time as it is, so this is just a non-essential t…

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Do you have the blueprints to build a new model of yourself? – 119 32:39

5M ago32:39

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Do you have the blueprints to build a new model of yourself? One of my favorite quotes is by Buckminster Fuller, who said, “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” Thinking along the same lines as Fuller, I realized years ago that with so much that hap…

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Living Beyond ADHD

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Are You Prone to Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD)? – 118 37:22

5M ago37:22

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Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria or RSD is a hot topic these days. It is one manifestation of emotional dysregulation, which is a common but misunderstood and under-researched symptom of ADHD in adults. Individuals with RSD feel unbearable pain (physical and emotional) as a result of actual or perceived rejection, teasing, or criticism. And, this sy…

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Ep. 89 Ted Rau on parallels between Relationship Anarchy and self-management 58:21

5M ago58:21

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What can the realm of self-management and new ways of working learn from the realm of polyamory, Relationship Anarchy and open relationships? And how can practices in self-organising work teams help us improve our personal relationships? Ted Rau is the co-founder of Sociocracy for All and author of books like ‘Who Decides Who Decides?’ and ‘Many Vo…

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Living Beyond ADHD

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Does Your Rambling Make the Point? - 117 48:48

5M ago48:48

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I often hear from many accomplished adults that they feel like imposters. They have been able to hold things together and advance in their career, yet the toll on them is huge. They have created workarounds to get the job done but fear being found out. Work takes so much time and leaves little if any time for pursuing their dreams, hobbies or even …

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Ep. 88 Jessica and Douglas Rauch from Aquadec on tradesmen and teal 52:02

5M ago52:02

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Douglas Rauch was thinking of selling his construction business until he read Reinventing Organisations by Frederic Laloux. After that, Aquadec went on a transformation journey to becoming a self-managing company. Douglas and his daughter Jessica share the ups and downs of this process over the last five years, including why their initial approach …

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Ep. 87 Kimberly Loh on Compassionate Conversations and understanding our patterns in conflicts 52:18

6M ago52:18

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Kimberly Loh works in the worlds of conflict resolution, coaching, embodiment and mindfulness. She is also the co-author of ‘Compassionate Conversations: How to Speak and Listen from the Heart.’ We talk about learning to be aware of patterns we have when it comes to engaging with conflict, and Kim shares some ground rules for having ‘Compassionate …

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Ep. 86 Sanjay Fernandes on Self-Organised Learning Environments in Colombia 57:05

6M ago57:05

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Since 2014, Sanjay Fernandes and his colleagues at SOLE Colombia have been teaching citizens the principles of a Self-Organised Learning Environment. He is passionate about reimagining learning and tackling issues like inequality, inspired by decades of research by Sugata Mitra which has shown that SOLEs allow children (and people in general) to le…

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Living Beyond ADHD

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You Don’t Need a Diagnosis or Medication to Get Results - 116 25:58

7M ago25:58

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I’ve been giving a lot of thought to what is commonly believed to be the process we adults need to go through if we suspect ADHD. That process takes time and money. And depending on what part of the world you live in, your access to a specialist may be limited. For that reason or others, many adults are self-diagnosing these days. Some are question…

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Ep. 85 Bernadette Wesley on bridging inner and outer transformation 1:05:21

7M ago1:05:21

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Bernadette Wesley’s work is all about bridging the world of inner development with the world of being in an organisation together. We talk about Deliberately Developmental Organisations (DDOs); self-organisation and why changing structures is not enough; the Inner Development Goals (IDGs); and three practices that Bernadette has found particularly …

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Ep. 84 Jon Alexander on the possibility of opening up a Citizen Future 50:33

7M ago50:33

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Jon Alexander is the author of the hugely popular 2022 book ‘Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us’. He talks to me about the people he interviewed and the stories he collected which show how it’s possible to go from what he calls a ‘Consumer’ mindset to a ‘Citizen’ mindset – like Taiwan’s innovative approach during the COVID pand…

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Living Beyond ADHD

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I Know How Hard It Is and I Can Help You - 115 41:33

8M ago41:33

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This episode is a little different than most. It’s kind of a public service announcement - a message in the public interest that is meant to raise awareness about an important issue and change behavior. This episode is dedicated to you, my listeners. The topic was inspired by a few emails I received this week, and they brought back the strong feeli…

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Ep. 83 Imandeep Kaur on reimagining social and civic infrastructures for the challenges of the 21st century 1:09:12

8M ago1:09:12

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What would it look like to reimagine the systems of a whole city? To really involve citizens in addressing the huge challenges we face today? Imandeep Kaur reflects on what she has learned in the last ten years from being part of an ecosystem of social entrepreneurs in Birmingham who are cultivating ‘radical reimagination’. From TEDx Brum, to Impac…

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Living Beyond ADHD

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Are your Underdeveloped EF Skills Hurting Your Marriage - 114 37:07

8M ago37:07

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Whether you are dating, are in a committed relationship, living together or married, your well-developed Executive Function Skills make a difference in many aspects of your relational life. And, even though I focus on helping you develop your Executive Function Skills for yourself, that does not mean that their development isn’t essential for a hea…

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Living Beyond ADHD

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Eating an Elephant; One Bite at a Time - 113 29:29

9M ago29:29

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Desmond Tutu once wisely said that “there is only one way to eat an elephant: a bite at a time.” What he meant by this is that everything in life that seems daunting, overwhelming, and even impossible can be accomplished gradually by taking on just a little at a time. Robert Maurer, Ph.D. tells us in his book, “One Small Step Can Change Your Life –…

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Ep. 82 Ruth, Taryn and Philippa from Mayden, a health tech company that’s Made Without Managers 1:09:44

9M ago1:09:44

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Three authors of the book ‘Made Without Managers: One Company’s Journey to New Ways of Working’ join me to talk about what they have learned at Mayden, a cloud based health tech solutions organisation in the UK. Ruth Waterfield (developer and scrum master), Taryn Burden (product owner of Mayden’s new ways of working) and Philippa Kindon (coach) sha…

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Living Beyond ADHD

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Procrastinate No More – 112 30:00

9M ago30:00

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Procrastination is simply the act of delaying or postponing something; nothing more. Most people think of procrastinating as a negative thing. We procrastinate on filing our taxes, paying our bills, keeping our homes tidy, returning phone messages and responding to important emails. We even procrastinate on making plans for our summer vacations. Th…

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Living Beyond ADHD

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Laying a Solid Foundation with Executive Function Pre-Skills – 111 31:40

9M ago31:40

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Hi Aspiring Achievers, There is a serious, widespread problem with the educational requirements in the mental health field. Most professionals are studying the same outdated information about ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, Trauma and Addictions in preparation for licensure. They aren’t studying what happens to your executive function development becaus…

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Living Beyond ADHD

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Toxic Shame Keeps Executive Function Skills Underdeveloped – 110 30:55

10M ago30:55

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Toxic shame is a killer. It’s an internal message that tells you that you are defective, bad, wrong, and not valuable. Toxic shame isn’t personal; it’s like poison. It doesn’t matter who gives you the poison or who does the shaming, either one will eat away at you and take you down. And, when shame comes flooding in and causes us to retreat into ou…

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Ep. 81 Erik Korsvik Østergaard on fragmented organisations and futures literacy 50:40

10M ago50:40

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Erik is an executive advisor on transformation and the future of work, leadership, and collaboration, and the author of ‘Teal Dots in an Orange World.’ We talk about how this 'new ways of working' movement is evolving, and in particular a positive trend that Erik calls 'fragmented organisations' that's happening because it's hard to scale self-mana…

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Living Beyond ADHD

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Time to Up Your Game with Better Executive Function Skills – 109 36:18

10M ago36:18

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Executive function skills are important for us to function well as an adult, whether this means raising children, running a household, working for a company or ourselves, or being in healthy relationships. These skills are necessary so that we can get things done and not be in a constant state of overwhelm or frustration because we can't keep up wi…

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Living Beyond ADHD

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Will ADHD Coaching Give You the Transformation You Need? - 108 40:25

12M ago40:25

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Hi Aspiring Achievers! Do you have any or all of the following challenges? Limiting beliefs that hold you back and make it impossible for you to succeed? An outdated sense of yourself or identity that is a limited version of you; not a version that is able to move forward with confidence and conviction? A disempowering relationship with time, where…

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Ep. 80 Mette Aagaard on how a public sector organisation with 8,000 employees is exploring autonomous teams 58:12

1y ago58:12

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For the past year, the Municipality of Slagelse in Denmark has been experimenting with autonomous teams. Of the 8,000 employees, some 25-30 units so far have opted in to learn how to make decisions as a team using key principles of Sociocracy. Mette Aagaard, Head of Development, shares what they have been learning and why she thinks it is the respo…

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Ask Dr B about Codependency and Executive Function Skills - 107 23:33

1y ago23:33

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In this podcast episode, Dr B answers the question from Christine in Florida: "Does Codependency often play a role in executive function deficit?" Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and a newfound freedom in you…

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Ep. 79 Lina Maskoliūnė on lessons from a self-managed business experiment in Lithuania 1:04:29

1y ago1:04:29

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Lina shares the story of her time at Finnish commercial real estate company Technopolis where she led the transformation of the Lithuania business unit. Inspired by Frederic Laloux's book Reinventing Organisations, she got the mandate from her boss to run her business unit of 20 people in a totally different way, with no managers. She shares the st…

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Living Beyond ADHD

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Some Personal Moments with Dr B - 106 11:43

1y ago11:43

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In this episode, we're doing something a little different. I was on a call a few days back with a couple of my team members. And I realized that that conversation would make a great mini podcast that I wanted to share with you my listener, because it's how I feel about the work that I'm honored to do with you, and why it matters so much to me. So, …

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Ep. 78 Sofia Reis and Luís Alberto Simões on experiments guided by autonomy and connection at Mindera 1:28:24

1y ago1:28:24

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Sofia and Luís talk about the self-organisation journey at global software engineering company, Mindera. With 900+ employees and counting, they have evolved as a company without managers through experiments guided by questions like: Will this bring more autonomy? Is it human friendly? This has resulted in some remarkable employee-designed processes…

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Ep. 77 Aaron Dignan on using software to help scale new ways of working 58:51

1y ago58:51

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Aaron Dignan, author of Brave New Work and founder of The Ready, is back on the podcast, this time to talk about how his new software startup, Murmur, can help organisations scale new ways of working. We talk about the importance of team agreements and how to keep them alive, plus what Aaron and his colleagues have been learning from their latest e…

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Living Beyond ADHD

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What If We're Doing it All Backwards and Wrong - 105 40:57

1y ago40:57

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What if we're doing it all backwards and wrong? People start identifying that they have ADHD and they want to fix it. Or people start identifying they have underdeveloped executive function skills and they want to fix it. And everything is oriented towards fixing something that's deemed to be broken. But what if it's not broken? What if what we're …

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Ep. 76 Ria Baeck and J.D. Nasaw on trauma informed collaboration 1:06:09

1+ y ago1:06:09

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Ria Baeck and J.D. Nasaw. Ria and J.D. are both coaches and facilitators who combine scientific research of trauma with embodied practices of collective intelligence and wisdom. In our conversation, we discuss questions like: what does trauma have to do with new ways of working? How can we be more conscious collaborators? What are examples of embod…

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Living Beyond ADHD

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Stop Quitting Before the Miracles Happen - 104 39:54

1+ y ago39:54

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There’s a difference between what you say you want and what you say you intend to have. One is “desire” and the other is “it will happen.” When we set our intention, we are willing to go to any lengths for it to happen. We are willing to become a better or upgraded version of ourselves; to take with us the best of who we are and leave the rest behi…

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Ep. 75 Alice Sheldon on needs understanding and the partnership paradigm 52:57

1+ y ago52:57

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Alice Sheldon is the author of ‘Why Weren’t We Taught This at School?’ and the founder of Needs Understanding, an approach for finding creative solutions and building relationships at home and at work. I love how Alice shares practical tools and stories to bring to life some of the principles of Nonviolent Communication. She also coaches me through…

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Living Beyond ADHD

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The Correlation Between Your Adult Capabilities and Your Success– 103 39:44

1+ y ago39:44

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Let’s jump straight to what’s important here. You definitely need certain capabilities to succeed in life. These capabilities help you to get and keep a job, provide appropriate care for children, manage a household and contribute meaningfully to your community. They also enable you having a satisfying personal life with whatever is most important …

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Ep. 74 Matt Perez on going from a fiat hierarchy to a radical company without bosses or employees 44:50

1+ y ago44:50

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Matt Perez realised that his successful career as a boss in a Silicon Valley tech company had made him a worse person and so he co-founded Nearsoft in 2007 to be a company that works for everyone. His recent book, Radical Companies Without Bosses or Employees, takes self-organisation one step further to include co-ownership so that people aren’t de…

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Living Beyond ADHD

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A Casual Chat with You About Developing Your EF Skills – 102 31:48

1+ y ago31:48

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If you're on the Information List for ADDventures In Achievement Foundational Skills Program, then you've been receiving some exclusive emails this week. As I was reviewing the emails you've been receiving again, I was thinking of how easy it would be very easy for you to not believe what I'm saying in the emails, and maybe not even believe what I …

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Healing the Stories that Bind You to Suffering – 101 34:32

1+ y ago34:32

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Have you been suffering long enough? Whether your suffering is due to your limiting beliefs or outdated identities or missing pre-skills or underdeveloped EF skills – if you’re suffering, then you’re suffering – no matter which of these are the source of your suffering. In this episode, I talk about: Suppressing emotions Stories you tell yourself t…

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Living Beyond ADHD

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Getting to Know Dr B: Up Close and Personal - 100 51:29

1+ y ago51:29

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Hello, everyone. This is not Dr B. This is Maya Brewer, and it is Dr B's 100th podcast episode for Living Beyond ADHD. So, I am here with Dr B. I'm a student and a freelance writer. And when I say student, I mean student of Dr B's ADDventures In Achievement Program. So welcome to your own show, Dr B. Well, are you ready? I'm ready. Let's do it. Awe…

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Living Beyond ADHD

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The Traumatic Journey Through Life Without Executive Function Skills - 099 33:11

1+ y ago33:11

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In episode 098, I talked about being the Gifted Underachiever and the 5 pivotal elements to become the Empowered Achiever. While I was creating that episode, it occurred to me that there are many traumatic life experiences, big and small, when we don't have well-developed EF skills. We need to acknowledge them, in light of our underdeveloped EF ski…

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Living Beyond ADHD

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How You Became a Gifted Underachiever and What You Can Do About It - 098 29:04

1+ y ago29:04

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When I refer to “gifted” adults, I am not talking about I.Q. I am talking about something more important, which is gifted temperament. Additionally, a lot of the challenges you experience could be due to being a gifted adult, since there are many similar challenges with ADHD as with giftedness. According to Reis and McCoach (2000), gifted underachi…

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You’ve Got to Get Out of the Habit of Being You– 097 30:26

1+ y ago30:26

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Did you get up this morning and have to stop and remember who you are? Like in the movie “50 First Dates” where Lucy had to watch a video of her life every morning because her memory was damaged from an accident? Most likely not how your mornings start. Habits are great when they are shortcuts that save us time and benefit our lives. When they are …

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How the Mental Health Field Falls Short in Helping Us at a Deeper Level – 096 33:33

1+ y ago33:33

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If you’ve ever been disappointed or frustrated with the information or care you’ve received for your mental health and well-being, stay tuned. Carl Jung said, “I feel it is the duty of one who goes his own way to inform society of what he finds on his voyage of discovery.” Jung’s quote inspired this episode. I feel it is both my duty and moral obli…

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Ep. 73 Kate Beecroft on the critiques and possibilities of DAOs 56:36

1+ y ago56:36

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Kate Beecroft works on ecosystem and community building at Centrifuge, the decentralised asset financing protocol. She has been involved in Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) since 2018 and brings to them her experience of self-managing organisations as the co-founder of Greaterthan and a long-time member of Enspiral. We talk about commo…

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Ep. 72 Swarnalakshmi Ravi on Inclusive Neighbourhood Children’s Parliaments 1:00:42

1+ y ago1:00:42

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Swarnalakshmi Ravi is the former national prime minister of India's Inclusive Neighbourhood Children's Parliament. The children’s parliament movement is an example of how simple but effective governance principles and structures can make children’s voices heard and empower them to take collective action on issues that affect their lives. Swarna sha…

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Living Beyond ADHD

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Ask Dr B about feeling powerless, hopeless and covering up your challenges – 095 27:25

1+ y ago27:25

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80% of the new students coming into the ADDventures In Achievement Foundational Skills program feel powerless over their current behaviors, are filled with self-loathing, and feel like an impostor - having lived with so many challenges their entire life. They constantly look over their shoulder least they be found out. In today’s episode, I’m focus…

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Living Beyond ADHD

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If Failing Isn’t an Option, What Would You Do - 094 23:28

1+ y ago23:28

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The title of this episode is a real question I am posing to all of my listeners. If you knew that you would not fail once again to achieve your desired outcome, what would you do? Would you tell yourself that’s not possible because you always fail? Or, would you be curious about what makes that opportunity different from all the other ones – to won…

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Are You Letting 2022 Be Another Year of Underachieving? - 093 27:53

1+ y ago27:53

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Achieving your goals is connected to how well-developed your EF skills and strategies are, and if they’re not well-developed, well, you know the rest of the story. And I get it. Getting the right help for yourself is a Catch-22. It’s challenging because the very skills you need to help yourself are the skills you’re missing. And, there’s plenty of …

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Ep. 71 Marwa Farouq on new ways of working, diversity, equity and inclusion at Teach for All 44:44

1+ y ago44:44

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Marwa Farouq leads the Global Operations Circle in Teach for All, which is a global network of partner organisations developing collective leadership to improve education and expand opportunity for all children. Marwa shares what she’s learned from exploring new ways of working at Teach for All, including dismantling the senior leadership team, mov…

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Living Beyond ADHD

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ADHD is NOT a Gift Unless You Leverage It - 092 40:11

1+ y ago40:11

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Hearing that ADHD is a gift is hurtful and confusing to many adults. In my Facebook group, whenever we create a post about ADHD being a gift, many members are angry because they don’t experience their ADHD as a gift at all. And, they are right. Without well-developed Executive Functions skills, the gifts of ADHD aren’t available. If you don’t take …

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