Translating ADHD

Revisiting our ADHD Cause and Effect Metaphor: Above the Lunch Counter

This week, Cam and Shelly continue a series of episodes to revisit the Cause and Effect metaphor that we presented in episodes ten and eleven. In this episode, we continue to break down this metaphor to help listeners better understand language we use regularly in the show.

In this episode, we continue to look at Cam's own ADHD journey in the context of our metaphor. We start by looking at the point that Cam first found himself up above the metaphorical Lunch Counter, the place where he came to ownership of his own ADHD experience.

We then discuss the work that Cam did above the Lunch Counter in examining combinations of symptoms and learning about his individual ADHD manifestation and what was at causation for him.

Mt. Rainier Metaphor Illustration:

Cam's illustration of our Mt. Rainier Cause and Effect Metaphor.

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• Join the Community | Become a Patron
• Our Process: Understand, Own, Translate.
• About Cam and Shelly

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Revisiting our ADHD Cause and Effect Metaphor: The Lunch Counter

This week, Cam and Shelly continue a series of episodes to revisit the Cause and Effect metaphor that we presented in episodes ten and eleven. In this episode and in the coming weeks, we will break down this metaphor to help listeners better understand language we use regularly in the show.

This week, we continue our discussion by discussing where awareness work begins as ADHD adults: at The Lunch Counter. The Lunch Counter the place that ADHD adults find themselves in after diagnosis; the place where we start to learn about level-1 ADHD symptoms.

We then discuss the limitations of the Lunch Counter and why our model does not end here. While there is helpful information to be had in examining level-1 ADHD symptoms, the real work begins by examining combinations of symptoms and learning about one's individual ADHD manifestation.

Mt. Rainier Metaphor Illustration:

 

Cam's illustration of our Mt. Rainier Cause and Effect Metaphor.

 

Episode links + resources:

• Join the Community | Become a Patron
• Our Process: Understand, Own, Translate.
• About Cam and Shelly

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Revisiting our ADHD Cause and Effect Metaphor: The Valleys

This week, Cam and Shelly begin a series of episodes to revisit the Cause and Effect metaphor that we presented in episodes ten and eleven. In this episode and in the coming weeks, we will break down this metaphor to help listeners better understand language we use regularly in the show.

This week, we start by reminding listeners why we chose Mt. Rainier as the center of our metaphor. We then discuss the area of the metaphor that most of our ADHD adult clients find themselves in when they come to coaching: The Valleys below Mt. Rainier. We then use Cam's experience to examine how we see The Valleys as the area of being in the effect of our ADHD behaviors, and how listeners can apply this model to begin to examine their own lived experience and start to move toward the next portion of the model, which we will discuss next week: The Lunch Counter.

Mt. Rainier Metaphor Illustration:

Cam's illustration of our Mt. Rainier Cause and Effect Metaphor.

Episode links + resources:

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• Our Process: Understand, Own, Translate.
• About Cam and Shelly

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Big Brain Fast Brain: An ADHD Modal Model

One of the best things about doing this show is that, as your hosts, we are also learning. We are constantly examining our models, concepts, and language as we deliver episodes to you. 

This week, we examine the language we've been using for modes of operation as ADHD people. Taking our previous "Planner and/or Doer" language, we introduce and discuss a new model that we feel better describes a range of ADHD experiences: "Big Brain and/or Fast Brain"

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Developing Keystone Habits with ADHD

Building habits can be a challenge as ADHD adults. This week, Cam and Shelly introduce the concept of keystone habits. We discuss how learning what the important large and small keystone habits are for ourselves as ADHD people is so important because keystone habits are the foundational habits that we can build other habits on. We then give examples of keystone habits from our own lives and our client work and talk about how listeners can begin to discover what your keystone habits might be.

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Activating for the Tasks that Matter with ADHD (pt. 2)

In today's episode, Cam and Shelly continue our conversation on what is really happening for us ADHD people in the gap between awareness and action. We discuss the "pain portal" that exists in this space and give several examples of how clients have used our our understand, own, translate model to pass through the painful place and get to action.

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Activating for the Tasks that Matter with ADHD (pt. 1)

ADHD makes us unaware, makes us disengage, or makes us fail to engage. Much of the work that Cam and Shelly do with our adult ADHD clients is discussing how to bridge the gap between awareness and action: We know what we want to do but we don't know why we don't do it. Today, we discuss the what is really happening for us ADHD people when we fail to bridge the gap between awareness and action.

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ADHD and Avoidance

As ADHD adults, we are masters at finding ways to not do what we know we ought to do. We often think the problem is procrastination, but procrastination is not a helpful description of what is actually happening for us. In this episode, Cam and Shelly dive into one ADHD manifestation that can look like procrastination: avoidance. Using several examples we discuss how avoiding behavior can show up, and how listeners can learn to start to recognize avoiding behavior when it is showing up, and how to begin creating change here.

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Distinguishing High Value Work with ADHD

As ADHD adults, we struggle to distinguish high value work from low value tasks. We lose sight of our priorities during the work day, or we get sidetracked and lose sight of the bigger picture when working on a project. In this episode, Cam and Shelly discuss how listeners can begin to distinguish high value work as a way to prioritize and to focus on what matters when tackling a bigger project.

Episode links + resources:

• 2020 Virtual Conference on ADHD
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ADHD and Decision Making (pt. 2)

This week, Cam and Shelly continue our conversation on ADHD and decision making by looking at decision making during the work day. We look at where missed decision points can happen during our work day. We then discuss how listeners can apply a learning action model to create change by catching more opportunities for decision, considering what the decision at hand is when a decision point is identified, and saving bandwidth for the decisions that matter.

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• Our Process: Understand, Own, Translate.
• About Cam and Shelly

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