We believe that success with ADHD is possible... with a little translation. Hosts Cameron Gott and Asher Collins, both ADHD coaches who have plenty of insight to share navigating their own ADHD experiences, discuss how to live more authentically as an adult with ADHD and how to create real, sustained change to achieve greater success. If you are an adult with ADHD who wants more out of their business, career, and life, this is the podcast for you!
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In this episode of the Translating ADHD podcast, Ash and Cam reflect on their five-year journey and announce significant changes ahead. Cam shares his future plans, focusing on training and educating ADHD coaches and supporting ADHD adults to have more agency in their lives. Ash discusses the upcoming evolution of the podcast. Instead of a permanen…
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Ash and Cam Reflect on Five Years of Translating ADHD
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In this episode of "Translating ADHD," Ash and Cam reflect on their journey over the past five years as they prepare for Cam's departure from the podcast. They discuss how they've grown as individuals, coaches, and podcast hosts, sharing highlights from their 217 episodes. They emphasize the impact of their partnership, noting how their differing p…
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In this episode of "Translating ADHD," hosts Ash and Cam announce significant changes for the podcast. Cam shares his decision to leave the show after almost five years and 217 episodes, explaining that he wants to explore new opportunities in the ADHD coaching realm. Both hosts reflect on their journey, acknowledging how their combined perspective…
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ADHD, Community and Making Room for Mistakes
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In this episode of Translating ADHD, Ash and Cam discuss the importance of community for individuals with ADHD. They emphasize how community provides essential support for personal growth, learning, and navigating challenges. The hosts stress the need for room to work out our challenges and how ADHD can make it difficult to see anything but perfect…
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In this episode of Translating ADHD, hosts Ash and Cam explore the essential role of community for individuals with ADHD. They discuss how community provides a sense of belonging and acceptance, which is crucial for personal growth and mental well-being. Ash shares insights from coaching clients, emphasizing that despite different personal contexts…
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ADHD and Optimal Environments for Learning
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In this episode of the Translating ADHD podcast, hosts Ash and Cam delve into the importance of creating optimal learning environments, especially for those with ADHD. Cam shares insights from neuroscientist Mary Helen Immordino-Yang on the role of emotion and psychological safety in learning. He reflects on his own educational experiences, emphasi…
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In this episode, Ash and Cam discuss the challenges of achieving balance, particularly for those with ADHD. Ash shares a client's struggle to balance work and personal commitments during a stressful period. They explore the concept of "rebalancing" instead of striving for perfect balance, emphasizing flexibility and managing expectations. They disc…
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In this episode, Ash and Cam discuss the concept of "false needs" in managing ADHD. They highlight examples from clients who feel compelled to constantly manage their ADHD or strive for daily improvement, often driven by internal pressures and emotional dysregulation. Ash shares his own experience with false needs, stressing the importance of ident…
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Individuals with ADHD can feel strongly about living a life of integrity and always honoring one’s values but what happens when our values conflict with just getting through our day? This episode centers around the concept of value conflicts and how individuals with ADHD navigate complex decisions where their values are in conflict with the demands…
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This episode centers around the topic of ADHD and intuition, exploring how ADHD can impact one's ability to trust themselves and their instincts. Ash begins by explaining that ADHD often gets in the way of trusting oneself and one’s intuition. This lack of trust can stem from a lifetime of masking, adapting behavior to please others, or having inac…
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This episode focuses on the idea of understanding, owning, and translating ADHD. Hosts Ash and Cam discuss how the language we use to describe our experiences with ADHD can shape our perception of it, and ultimately, our relationship with it. Cam talks about a client who, through coaching, began to view their ADHD as something external that can inf…
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In this episode of Translating ADHD, Ash and Cam continue on the topic of collapsing frameworks and how this can lead to self-doubt and imposter syndrome. Cam shares a client example of a college president who struggles with doubt immediately after very public events. Cam introduces the unique ADHD phenomenon of hyper-focusing on small data points …
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In this episode of Translating ADHD, hosts Ash and Cam delve into the topic of routines and their tendency to catastrophically collapse, especially for individuals with ADHD. They discuss insights from a coaching session about why routines fail and the difficulty of re-establishing them. The conversation covers the erosion of remembering the benefi…
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Ego and Energy: ADHD and Reframing Narratives
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On this episode of Translating ADHD, Cam and Ash delve into the power of storytelling and perspective work for individuals with ADHD. They discuss the importance of recognizing the stories we tell ourselves and how they shape our relationships and experiences. Cam shares about a client reflecting on the limitations of using ‘ego and energy’ to navi…
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In this episode of Translating ADHD, hosts Ash and Cam dive into the world of storytelling and its significance for individuals with ADHD. Ash returns to the booth after a rough bout with the flu, which sparks a brief discussion on how illness can affect executive functioning. The conversation then shifts to the main topic of storytelling, where Ca…
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ADHD and Practical Applications of Context
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In Season 2 Episode 23 of the Translating ADHD podcast, hosts Ash and Cam continue to delve into the topic of context and its impact on ADHD. They recount the three ways of experiencing context: context switching, using context defensively, and using context proactively. Cam shares insights from a class he's teaching focused on improving relationsh…
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Today on Translating ADHD, Ash and Cam dive into the importance of context for individuals with ADHD. They explore how ADHD brains are wired for context and how storytelling can influence our perception of reality. Cam shares his experience teaching a class on improving relationships for individuals with ADHD and how discussing context sparked curi…
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Revealing the True Self in a Coaching Engagement with ADHD
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In this episode, hosts Ash and Cam delve into the importance of context and sense of self in coaching relationships. They reflect on previous discussions about context and its impact on self-awareness. Cam shares a disheartening experience with a client who had negative encounters with previous coaches and therapists. The client shared how in numer…
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Finding Your True Self When Context Shifts with ADHD
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Exploring the theme of how context shapes our sense of self, this episode delves into personal experiences that highlight the impact of context on identity. From a client's transformation inspired by a TV character, to the host's own journey transitioning with ADHD, the discussion emphasizes the importance of understanding how external influences c…
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Context and Embracing Your True Self with ADHD
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In this episode of Translating ADHD, Cam and Ash explore the significance of context and how it relates to our sense of self or self-identity. They discuss the importance of recognizing and leaning into our strengths and how this can help shift our perspective from a place of limitation to one of empowerment. They also touch on the distinction betw…
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Repurposing Negative Emotions with ADHD Part 2
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In this episode of Translating ADHD, Cam and Ash continue their conversation on repurposing negative emotions. They reflect on the previous part one episode and discuss the coaching process, highlighting Asher's skill in listening and teasing apart different aspects. They delve into the emotional experience of the cooking class example and explore …
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Repurposing Negative Emotions with ADHD Part 1
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In this part one of two episodes, Ash and Cam discuss the idea of repurposing negative emotions. People with ADHD are often told that they don’t manage their emotions and they need to learn to regulate their emotions. That’s like trying to hold back a rising tide with a sand castle wall! We can do more than just manage emotions. Emotions are respon…
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Being Productive in the Midst of Modern Living with ADHD
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Ash and Cam sampled challenges from their Patreon community to provide inspiration and content for today’s episode. They chose to focus on one post about the challenges of modern living, and how to engage and be productive when one is maxed out with all of the demands for one’s attention. The hosts explore the dilemma of managing modern living, unp…
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Translating ADHD Live! at the Annual International Conference on ADHD
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Asher and Cam were invited to present at the Annual International Conference on ADHD in Maryland. In this mini-episode of the podcast, they offered their ADHD coaching perspectives to discuss how nuance, distinction and curiosity can help us live more authentically. Episode links + resources: Join the Community | Become a Patron Our Process: Unders…
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In this podcast episode, hosts Ash and Cam discuss the process of developing a scope of work in ADHD coaching, emphasizing the importance of co-creating the scope with clients. They explore the balance between addressing clients' urgent needs and detaching from predefined outcomes. The conversation delves into perspective work, awareness-building, …
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Clarifying Coaching Goals and Outcomes: One Client’s ADHD Coaching Story
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In this podcast episode, hosts Ash and Cam continue to discuss the coaching process with an ADHD client - this time one of Cam’s clients. They illustrate the significance of exploring the client's challenges, assumptions, and initial expectations at the beginning of a coaching engagement to clearly determine the scope or goals of the coaching. The …
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Navigating Barriers to Change: One Client’s ADHD Coaching Story
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In Season 2, Episode 12 of Translating ADHD, hosts Ash and Cam discuss their coaching approach, focusing on one of Asher’s clients and their journey through the coaching process, self-discovery and change. They emphasize the importance of addressing barriers to change, such as awareness, action, and new learning. Asher shares a specific example inv…
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In this episode the hosts, Ash and Cam venture into the topic of readiness for coaching. Coaching is best utilized when clients are in a position to maximize the benefits. Ash and Cam discuss that timing is key to a successful run at coaching and that challenges with coaching can be mitigated by some level of work prior to coaching. They emphasize …
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Signs You Are Stuck at the Third Barrier of ADHD - New Learning
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In this episode of Translating ADHD, hosts Ash and Cam revisit the third barrier of ADHD - the barrier to new learning - and explore common scenarios of being stuck at this barrier. They emphasize the importance of understanding and addressing this often-overlooked barrier. Behavior at the base of this barrier includes the ever frustrating ‘strateg…
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Overwhelm, Burnout and Fear: Signs of the Second Barrier of ADHD
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In this podcast episode, Ash and Cam discuss the concept of being stuck at the second barrier in ADHD-action, focusing on the three barriers: awareness, action, and new learning. They continue to explore how these barriers overlap with coaching stages. The main discussion centers around three common states of being stuck: overwhelm, fear, and burno…
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Three Signs you are Stuck at the First Barrier of ADHD
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In this episode of Translating ADHD, Ash and Cam return to awareness, the first barrier of ADHD, and share a few examples of “You know you are here if..” They explore client scenarios that are a good indication of being stuck at the first barrier. Being at the first barrier is often exemplified by having some sense of a challenge but also not seein…
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Pulling the Learning Forward: The Third Barrier of ADHD
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In this podcast episode, hosts Ash and Cam discuss the third barrier of ADHD, which is learning. They emphasize how this barrier aligns with the stages of coaching: awareness, action, and learning. They also discuss how ‘pulling the learning forward’ is so hard with ADHD but necessary for sustained change and growth. Cam addresses his concerns abou…
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In this episode of Translating ADHD, Ash and Cam discuss the second barrier of ADHD - action. They discuss how the second barrier epitomizes the universal ADHD dilemma of not taking action on the thing we know we ought to do. They explore how small and subtle barriers can often hinder progress, even when the bigger issues are recognized. They empha…
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In this episode of Translating ADHD, Ash and Cam discuss the importance of awareness in managing ADHD. They explore how difficult it can be for individuals with ADHD to reach a new level of awareness, which is crucial for initiating any kind of change. They also highlight that many clients who seek coaching have recently become aware of their ADHD …
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The Coaching Process: Stages and Barriers to Change with ADHD
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In this episode of Translating ADHD, Ash and Cam discuss the coaching process, focusing on how this process actually mirrors the three barriers of ADHD: awareness, action, and learning. This can quickly become a friction point in the coaching engagement for both client and coach. Ash and Cam emphasize the importance of creating awareness around the…
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In this episode of Translating ADHD, Ash and Cam continue to explore the concept of journey thinking and how it relates to ADHD. They focus on illustrating specific barriers to journey thinning and how ADHD can elevate a destination or fixed mindset. Ash and Cam discuss how ADHD individuals often get attached to certain outcomes, identities, and be…
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In this episode of Translating ADHD Season 2, Episode 2, hosts Ash and Cam discuss the concept of "journey thinking." They emphasize the importance of journey thinking in the coaching process for both clients and coaches. Journey thinking involves focusing on the process rather than fixating on a specific destination or outcome. They use metaphors …
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Translating ADHD: An Introduction to Our Season 2 Reboot
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Returning from their summer hiatus, hosts Asher Collins and Cameron Gott introduce the new season of Translating ADHD and explain the changes they've made to the podcast. They discuss the concept of "seasons" and how they will organize the content around specific topics. Ash and Cam see an opportunity of this Season 2 as a reboot of the podcast - t…
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Ash and Cam discuss their upcoming summer break and reflect on the topics covered in the fourth season of their podcast, Translating ADHD. They mention the importance of taking breaks and planning for the future. They recap the various themes explored throughout the season, such as the complexity of ADHD, lived experiences, race and culture, hierar…
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When Your Relationship with Your ADHD Changes
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The hosts culminate the current theme of disruption and ADHD by exploring how change and disruption can fundamentally change one’s relationship with their ADHD. We often think that once we learn about our ADHD and lock into effective tools, practices and perspectives that our relationship with our ADHD will become fairly immutable. Just like any re…
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Ash and Cam continue to discuss the topic of disruptions in the context of ADHD. They reflect on previous episodes where they talked about daily hiccups and bigger life disruptions. In this episode, they explore the concept of the new normal all of us are facing, especially post pandemic, and the challenges it poses for those of us with ADHD. They …
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Life Disruptions and Pivoting to a New Normal with ADHD
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In this episode, Ash and Cam discuss the concept of life disruptions and how individuals with ADHD can navigate them. They start by reflecting on smaller disruptions and the opportunity to anticipate them to achieve better outcomes. They mention the ADHD assumption that life should be free of disruptions harkening back to the concept of greenlight …
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After a deep dive into being misunderstood with ADHD, Asher and Cam pivot to managing disruptions with ADHD. They start by looking at the smaller variety of disruptions that are a part of modern living. Ash separates these into internal and external categories. Small external disruptions are the ones like hiccups in our calendars, when things don't…
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Asher and Cam shift from advocating one’s value at work to discussing how to deliver one’s value. This brings in the universal question from one of our earliest episodes (ep 10 and 11) - Why do I not do what I know I ought to do? Ash and Cam spend considerable time talking about what value work is and typical barriers to delivering value work. Valu…
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Asher and Cam have discussed advocacy in past episodes but not in the context of the current theme of being misunderstood. The hosts share lots of client examples of advocating for one’s needs and how each situation is dependent on several factors. Is the environment a safe place to share and advocate? Is it more ADHD or more about challenges beyon…
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Advocating ADHD in a Misunderstanding World
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Asher and Cam stay with the being misunderstood with ADHD theme and take a big step back to look at the larger context of trying to seek understanding and support in a world quick to judge everything ADHD. Cam shares how a recent BCC investigative news story on private ADHD clinics in the UK unleashed a torrent of follow up stories - common fear-ba…
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Identifying Red Herrings at Work with ADHD
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Asher and Cam continue in the vein of being misunderstood with ADHD, and how we can create our own misunderstanding in the form of red herrings that distract us from the real challenges and real opportunities at work. When we let fear inform our behavior, we can manage by avoidance. Managing by avoidance is to avoid looking bad or to avoid not havi…
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ADHD and the Seeds of Misunderstanding at Work
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Ash and Cam shift their focus to the workplace with regard to the current story arc on being misunderstood with ADHD. Leading with Yours-Mine-Ours, Asher and Cam talk about ADHD challenges in the context of larger potential workplace challenges that can plant the seeds for misunderstanding. There are some environments and some managers where no amo…
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Being Misunderstood While Misunderstanding our ADHD
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Ash and Cam dig deeper into the being misunderstood theme by looking at the very unique ADHD phenomenon of trying to explain our ADHD when our ADHD is acting as a roadblock to new awareness and learning. Cam uses an example shared by a Patreon/Discord member on how she struggles with this challenge. The member illustrated the difference between “fr…
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Being Misunderstood with ADHD: In Relationships
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Cam and Asher continue to explore the topic of being misunderstood with ADHD. Nowhere does this play out more dramatically than in our primary relationships. It’s nearly impossible to articulate thoughts and feelings and advocate for oneself if you are not clear on what is actually going on. The first barrier of ADHD is awareness, and we can feel t…
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