Take Control ADHD

06/08/2026

🎤 I want to invite you to something.
On Monday, June 15th at 4pm PT (7pm ET), I'm hosting a free live training.

Before I tell you what it covers, I want to ask you something:

How many times have you set up a planning system, felt genuinely hopeful about it, and then watched it quietly fall apart? Followed by blaming yourself when it did?

If that cycle sounds familiar, this training is for you.

'Stop Starting Over! Why Your Planning Keeps Falling Apart’

We're going to talk about what's actually been happening. Not 'here's what you're doing wrong.' More like 'oh, that finally makes sense.'

Here's what we'll cover:
1. Why your planning keeps collapsing (it has nothing to do with discipline or willpower)
2. The cycle your ADHD brain gets stuck in and how to finally recognize when you're in it
3. What's actually been missing, and what changes when you finally have it

🎁 Show up live and receive your ADHD Planning Companion: A personal guide to understanding what your brain needs and what to do the next time your plan falls apart.

🗓️ Monday, June 15th @ 4pm PT (7pm ET)

👉 Register Here - https://streamyard.com/watch/xMV8memnWcXG

06/07/2026

☀️ Sunday.

I hope you're giving yourself a moment to breathe today—even a small one.
This past week, I've been thinking a lot about something I hear constantly from people with ADHD:
"I just want planning to feel less hard."
Not perfect. Not optimized. Just... less hard. That's such a reasonable thing to want. I believe it's possible. I've watched it happen.

People who spent years convinced they were "bad at planning", finding their way to something that finally fits.
Not because they found the perfect system—because they found the right support around it.
I have something to share with you this week that I think you're going to want to know about.
Stay close.

📥 If you haven't grabbed our free guide yet—start there.
What Nobody Told You About Planning With ADHD |
https://takecontroladhd.com/gps-guided-planning-sessions -nobody-told-you

06/06/2026

"82% of adults with ADHD struggle with decision-making, and waiting for permission is part of why. When someone else decides, you don't have to be responsible for the outcome. It feels safer. But it also keeps you stuck."

Are you one of those 82%? You're not alone, and it's time to learn how you can be the author of your own permission slips.

You've already decided. You're just waiting for someone to say it's okay. Here's what's really going on and how to stop waiting.

06/05/2026

📌 Coach's Corner

Something I've learned after years of coaching adults with ADHD:

Shame doesn't make us plan better. Shame makes us avoid planning altogether.

I've watched so many people open their planner, see everything they didn't do last week, and feel that familiar wave of “What is wrong with me?”

Then, they quietly close it—and won’t open it again for three days.

Here's what I want you to know:

The planner didn't fail you. The shame did.

When your planning system starts to feel like a report card, it stops working. Not because you're undisciplined—but because no one can plan well from a place of shame.

Curiosity works so much better than criticism.

Instead of “Why did I fail again?”, try:
“What got in the way? What can I adjust?”

That one question keeps your system alive. It turns a 'failure' into information.

Information, unlike shame, actually helps.

— Nikki

06/05/2026

💭 Something I want to say out loud:

For many ADHD brains, planning isn't just hard.
It's loaded.
It carries the weight of every system that didn't stick.

Every Monday that started with hope and ended with guilt.

Every time you told yourself, “This week will be different.”

When it isn't—the story gets louder.
"I always fall off things."
"I can't follow through."
"Everyone else seems to manage this just fine."

I want to gently push back on that story—not because it isn't painful. It is.
But, because it's not the whole truth.
You haven't been failing at planning.
You've been planning in a way that was never designed for your brain.
That's a completely different thing.
And that changes everything about where you go from here.

06/04/2026

🎧 This Week on The ADHD Podcast…
What are you waiting for permission to do—and who, exactly, are you waiting on? This week, we look at the permission slips ADHD adults keep stalling on, where the habit comes from, and what it takes to finally write your own.

🎁 BONUS! Free Download:
Nikki has done it again! This week, we’ve got another new download: The ADHD Permission Slip.

🎙️ Quoteworthy Moment of the Week:

"You cannot think your way out of needing permission. You have to act your way out. Because losing permission was action-oriented—someone else acted on you to take your permission away. So you have to let your brain collect evidence that you can change without asking for permission." — Pete Wright

🧰 Takeaway Tips for Your ADHD Toolbox:

• The permission you're waiting for may be coming from someone who doesn't exist anymore.
• Waiting for permission is often a way to avoid the risk of rejection.
• Start absurdly small—the goal is to collect evidence, not make a grand gesture.

➡️ We hope you’ll give yourself permission to take some time to listen to this week’s fantastic episode.
https://takecontroladhd.com/podcast/3220

06/03/2026

📥 A gentle reminder, in case this hasn't landed in your hands yet.

What Nobody Told You About Planning With ADHD is still free, and still waiting for you.

If you've ever thought:
😔 "I know what I should do. I just can't seem to do it."
🔄 "I set everything up perfectly, and then just... stop."
😩 "I've tried so many systems. What's wrong with me?"

This guide was written for those exact feelings.
It wasn’t meant to give you another system to try.
Its purpose is to finally give you language for what's actually been getting in the way.
That's it. That's the whole thing.

📩 Grab Your Copy Here: https://takecontroladhd.com/gps-guided-planning-sessions -nobody-told-you

06/02/2026

✏️ ADHD tip: When everything feels urgent, try this:

One of the most common things I hear from people with ADHD:

"I don't know where to start. Everything feels equally important."

Unfortunately, when everything is equally important—nothing gets done.

Here's a simple question that cuts through the noise:
"What is the one thing—if I did nothing else today—that would make today count?"
Not five things. Not a ranked list. One thing.

Then, write it down. Before you open your email. Before you check your phone. Before the day starts telling you what matters.

That one thing is your anchor. ⚓️
Everything else can wait until it's done.

🕐 Try it tomorrow morning and see what shifts.

06/02/2026

🗓️ What if your schedule could bend without breaking?

For ADHD brains, rigid schedules almost always fail. Life happens. Energy shifts. Focus doesn't cooperate.

On the other hand, a schedule that's too flexible? That falls apart, too.

In this episode of The ADHD Podcast, 'The Schedule That Bends Without Breaking', we talk about what it actually looks like to build a schedule that works with your brain, not against it.

🧰 FREE DOWNLOAD: Your ADHD Schedule Starter | A simple guide to building your first flexible, realistic weekly schedule.

🎙 'The goal isn't a perfect schedule. It's a schedule you can actually come back to.' — Nikki

📌 What we cover:
• Why rigid schedules fail ADHD brains
• The difference between structure and flexibility
• How to build in recovery time—and why it matters

🎧 Listen & Schedule Starter download → https://takecontroladhd.com/podcast/3217

05/31/2026

☀️ Sunday check-in:

If this past week felt like a lot—you're not alone.

For many ADHD brains, the week starts with a solid plan and ends with a quiet “What happened?” Not because you didn't try. Something kept getting in the way.

If you haven't grabbed our free guide yet, this is your nudge.

📥 “What Nobody Told You About Planning With ADHD” helps you finally understand what's actually been getting in the way, so you can stop blaming yourself and start working *with* your brain instead of against it.

✅ Free.
✅ Definitely worth a few minutes of your Sunday.
✅ Link below

https://takecontroladhd.com/gps-guided-planning-sessions -nobody-told-you