Take Control ADHD

07/11/2025

"The ADHD mind is consistent at being inconsistent."

If that's the case, wouldn't it be easier to stop trying so hard to stay consistent when it comes to routines? 🤷‍♂️

In this week's TCA Rewind blog from the archives, Nikki shares the importance of being kind to yourself when you fall off the "routine wagon", and offers some insight into how you can remind yourself of all the reasons why you may want to try it again.

And, most importantly, why that's ok. 👍

➡️ Read Here: https://takecontroladhd.com/blog/category/measuring-the-success-of-your-routines

07/08/2025

If you have been following The ADHD Podcast for the last year or more, you probably heard that the co-hosts of the podcast, Nikki Kinzer and Pete Wright, wrote a book! 📘

That's right—it's been almost ONE YEAR since the release of their first book together, "Unapologetically ADHD: A Step-by-Step Framework for Everyday Planning on Your Terms". ✨

So, we decided that we just had to include a couple episodes from our series that featured the launch of the book.

In this week's episode from The ADHD Podcast archives, Nikki and Pete talk about the messy and inconsistent nature of time.

🎧 Listen Here: https://takecontroladhd.com/podcast/2906

07/07/2025

Ever find yourself saying YES to everything, then drowning in commitments you can't actually handle? 😱

That's not just people-pleasing—it's a hidden ADHD tax on your most precious resource: time. ⏳

At the end of Season 30 of The ADHD Podcast, Pete and Nikki discussed the "Opportunity Cost" and ways you can weigh your options. In our FREE "Opportunity Cost Workbook", you are given permission to say NO without the guilt spiral:

🔍 Discover exactly where perfectionism is sabotaging your schedule
⏰ Calculate the TRUE time cost of tasks (spoiler: it's always more than you think!)
💸 See how the ADHD Tax extends beyond money into your energy and attention
🌱 Transform "giving up" into "making space for" with powerful reframing exercises

Stop spreading yourself too thin and start protecting your time with the same care you'd give your wallet.

Download Now: https://takecontroladhd.com/free-adhd-resources

07/03/2025

Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast offers you the inspiration to Take Control of your ADHD. But...hearing great information and IMPLEMENTING that information can often be two different things, right? 🤷‍♂️

➡️ Enter: Patreon.

When you subscribe to help support The ADHD Podcast on Patreon, you're actually supporting yourself, too.

In fact, we've built our Platinum tier membership to take you from hearing the inspiration to using it in real life:

🎧 Early ad-free episodes
🎥 New eps streamed live with an after-show Q&A with the hosts/guests
👯 Hosted body doubling 4 days a week
👏 Monthly ADHD group coaching and tech consulting

And it's all wrapped together within a vibrant community that 'gets you' and your struggles. 💝

🧩 Learn how to complete your ADHD support puzzle: patreon.com/theadhdpodcast

07/02/2025

Have you ever listened to something that left the sort of impact that continues to linger, long after it's over? This is one of those eps.

In this episode from The ADHD Podcast archives, Pete shares his thoughts on the subject of "margins". What does it mean for ADHD when our systems and processes that we use to protect ourselves and our focus cause us to run out of margin in our lives and run headlong into a broader world that doesn’t understand us?

We hope you take a listen—whether it's for the first time or the fiftieth—and discover the power that a little extra margin can give you.

🎧 Listen here: https://takecontroladhd.com/podcast/361

06/30/2025

Most ADHD resources focus on what's "wrong" with you. But what about the incredible strengths that come with your unique brain wiring? 💪

Our FREE 7-day "ADHD Strength Finder" guide helps you:

✨ Discover the surprising benefits of identifying your ADHD-specific strengths
✨ Complete targeted exercises that reveal your unique capabilities (not generic personality tests!)
✨ Learn practical ways to apply these strengths to daily challenges
✨ Identify and reframe the limiting beliefs that keep your talents hidden
✨ Develop personalized reminders to access your strengths when you need them most

🚦 Stop viewing your ADHD as something to overcome, and start recognizing it as the source of your greatest potential.

Download your free guide through the link below and begin your 7-day journey to uncover the strengths you've always had, but may have never fully appreciated. 🚀

🔗 https://takecontroladhd.com/free-adhd-resources

06/26/2025

For less than the cost of one forgotten coffee order per week ☕️, our Platinum Patreon membership provides you with a complete ADHD support system:
• Early, ad-free podcast episodes
• Live episode recordings and after-show Q&A with the hosts
• Hosted body double sessions 4 days week

PLUS, special events, led by the hosts of The ADHD Podcast, every month:
• Coaching with Nikki (discuss topics from the latest podcast eps)
• Coffee with Pete (Talk tech and other ADHD systems)
• Happy Hour (A fun social hour with like-minded people)

All that, all while being surrounded by a supportive community of ADHDers like you.

Stop cobbling together random ADHD support—get everything you need in one place when you support and join The ADHD Podcast Patreon community. ✨

🔗 Learn More: patreon.com/theadhdpodcast

06/24/2025

This week, we're bringing you one of our most downloaded episodes EVER! 🔥

This episode of The ADHD Podcast instantly became a listener favorite as we listened to Dr. William Dodson share the concept of Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria with us for the first time. Suddenly, everyone had a name for the feelings they had been experiencing their whole life, and things started to make a little more sense. 🤯

🎧 Take a listen: https://takecontroladhd.com/podcast/405

06/24/2025

Time blocking SOUNDS simple—just assign tasks to specific time slots. But if you've tried and failed, you're not alone!

ADHD brains need a different approach.

Our FREE "Time Blocking for ADHD" guide doesn't just explain the concept—it transforms it for your neurodivergent needs:

✅ Discover WHY traditional time blocking fails ADHD brains
✅ Learn the ADHD-specific benefits when done correctly
✅ Master the 4 most common roadblocks (and exactly how to crush them!)
✅ Use reflection questions that actually improve your system over time

Stop forcing your square-peg brain into round-hole productivity systems. Download our guide and start time blocking in a way that works WITH your brain, not against it!

Download Now: https://takecontroladhd.com/free-adhd-resources

06/20/2025

Season 30 of The ADHD Podcast may have come to a close, but we still plan to bring you plenty of content over the summer break, including a look back at some of our favorite episodes from the Taking Control vault. ✨🎧

This week, we're going WAY back to 2017 for one of our team's favorite picks on the subject of email. No matter how far into the future we get, this episode will remain timeless, as long as we still use email.

🔗 Take a listen: https://takecontroladhd.com/podcast/324

📬 Let us know if you've got a favorite email episode from The ADHD Podcast.

06/13/2025

Do you ever hear yourself saying “yes” to someone, but in your head, you’re already wishing you could have said “no”?

Don’t forget—any time you say “no” to something, you’re also saying “yes” to something else. This trade-off of giving up one thing to hold on to something else can be called an opportunity cost.

➡️ Check out this week's blog post to read more!

Discover the benefit of weighing the cost of your decisions before you make the choice.

06/12/2025

This week on The ADHD Podcast, Pete and Nikki crack open the economic principle of opportunity cost—not in the language of Wall Street, but in the tender, messy vocabulary of ADHD.

What happens when our neurological defaults make the unseen costs of our choices invisible?

When our brains are wired to chase novelty, to dodge rejection, and to overestimate time like it’s a limitless currency?

➡️ Click the link to listen to this week's episode!

What if the real cost of your to-do list isn’t time, but peace of mind? This week, Pete and Nikki explore how opportunity cost, perfectionism, and ADHD collide—and how making space might matter more than checking boxes.