Translating ADHD

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

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

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

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• Follow us on Twitter: @TranslatingADHD

This week, Cam and Shelly turn our attention to decision making at a high level. We discuss how so much of what we struggle with as ADHD people comes down to indecision or missed decision points. We then give examples to highlight the different ways in which ADHD impacts decision making and give several scenarios to highlight ADHD related challenges that have learning to make good decisions at their core.

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

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• Follow us on Twitter: @TranslatingADHD

This week, Cam and Shelly build on last week's episode by discussing steps listeners can take to start to take control of task management. We discuss the 3-Step method that Shelly uses with clients to start building good habits around task management, and how listeners can use this method as a starting place to learn what works best for them.

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

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• Visit our website: TranslatingADHD.com
• Follow us on Twitter: @TranslatingADHD

This week, Cam and Shelly continue our conversation on creating a meaningful work day as ADHD adults by looking at task management at a high level. We break down the many ways in which ADHD can interfere with task management and discuss ways in which listeners can begin to examine how their ADHD is showing up each day and how it might be interfering with effective task management.

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

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• Visit our website: TranslatingADHD.com
• Follow us on Twitter: @TranslatingADHD

This week, Cam and Shelly continue our conversation on creating a meaningful work day as ADHD adults by looking at agreements. We discuss the implicit agreements that we make with ourselves and others, and how we can fail to uphold those agreements when they are not clear or when a bigger signal grabs our attention. We then look at why explicit agreements are much more powerful for our ADHD brains. When we make explicit agreements with ourselves and others we know our commitment, our role, and how others around us can support. Finally, we discuss how listeners can begin to examine their existing agreements to look for opportunities to strengthen those agreements.

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

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• Follow us on Twitter: @TranslatingADHD

This week, Cam and Shelly discuss how ADHD adults often view accountability as a negative value judgment that requires us to always use our time productively. We then discuss how ADHD can reimagine accountability to create positive support and mutual accountability with our collaborators. We also share our accountability practices in producing this podcast together, and some lessons learned from other accountability relationships.

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Episode links + resources:

• Cam's Blog: The Six Cs of Completion
• Join the Community | Become a Patron
• Our Process: Understand, Own, Translate.
• About Cam and Shelly

For more Translating ADHD:

• Visit our website: TranslatingADHD.com
• Follow us on Twitter: @TranslatingADHD

This week, Cam and Shelly continue the conversation on how ADHD adults can reframe what it means to have a meaningful work day. We discuss how ADHD brains often determine what we will or will not do based on what we "feel like" doing, and present alternatives to emotional organizing to prioritize and plan your work day as an ADHD person.

Episode links + resources:

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

For more Translating ADHD:

• Visit our website: TranslatingADHD.com
• Follow us on Twitter: @TranslatingADHD

This week, Cam and Shelly discuss how ADHD adults can reframe what it means to have a meaningful work day. We examine the limited usefulness of workplace motivational statements for ADHD adults, many of which place importance on being accountable for our time, and discuss other ways in which we can measure a meaningful work day.

Use code cam for a $5 discount on Cam's book: Curious Accountability: Three Coaching Conversations for Better Client Results

Episode links + resources:

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