46: the one about getting real with time

46: the one about getting real with time

Author: Moira Maybin January 26, 2023 Duration: 23:53
It’s true: ADHD significantly impacts our ability to care for our needs and responsibilities and to do so on time. Today we’re talking about how to get out of that bind. Life feels lighter when we are more accurate about how long things take and what is possible in a day. Getting real with time includes questioning what doesn’t work with typical advice, how it can lower stress and overwhelm, and allow more of you in your day. It’s time to experiment with what works for us to end the fight wit...

Moira Maybin hosts ADHD Friendly Lifestyle, a podcast born from personal upheaval and professional insight. Diagnosed with ADHD later in life, and as a mother and educator navigating the same terrain with her children, Moira understands the particular exhaustion that comes from trying to force a conventional life onto a neurodivergent mind. Her own breaking point-a literal fall off a cliff that served as a stark metaphor for burnout-became the catalyst for a total life redesign. This podcast is the ongoing conversation from that reconstruction project. Each episode blends Moira’s lived experience with current research and advocacy work, moving beyond simple tips to explore how we can reshape our environments, routines, and self-expectations from the ground up. The discussions are practical, spanning categories from mental health and physical fitness to education and cultural norms, always with an eye toward sustainable systems over sheer willpower. It’s for anyone who finds the typical advice on organization and self-improvement utterly useless, offering instead a framework for building a life that fits, rather than one you constantly have to fight against. Tune in for honest talk about self-care, parenting, and creating a world that works with an ADHD brain, not against it.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 55

ADHD Friendly Lifestyle
Podcast Episodes
Spring 2022 Announcement [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 4:30
ADHD Friendly Lifestyle and Moira unexpectedly found themselves at a turning point that delayed the last episode of season 1 by a week. Moira shares 3 things she learned you wanted to know from her. Sign up to Patreon to…
40: the one about slowing down to speed up [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:04
Getting started, continuing, and finishing are more complex with ADHD. Time and energy are limited supplies too. Trying harder or giving up aren't the only solutions. Slowing down to speed up has short- and long-term ben…
39: the one about hurdles [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:59
Expect delays. Time blindness, resistance, procrastination, perfectionism, and indecision are hurdles that can cause slowdowns, stumbles, or create roadblocks. It’s even harder when we don’t see them. Tired of stumbling…
38: the one about being consistently inconsistent [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:38
Moira’s talking about ways to see and measure growth when it’s hard to notice or even recognize. With ADHD one thing we can consistently count on is inconsistency. That doesn’t have to be a bad thing. Two steps forward a…
37: the one about a dopa menu [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:07
If ADHD is more about losing interest and motivation than it is about attention and concentration what does that mean for living with ADHD? Everyone uses dopamine for motivation, experiencing pleasures and rewards, but i…
36: the one about our eating disorders and ADHD [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 20:56
Content warning: This episode contains discussions of eating disorders; listener discretion is advised if you feel that listening may aggravate your suffering or complicate your recovery. Discuss with your support system…
35: the one about older and younger women, on ADHD [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 25:52
Two women with ADHD, thirty years apart in age, squeeze in as many things about living with ADHD as they can. Similarities and differences in their experiences--including school, video games, being outdoors, bars, drinki…
34: the one about being a mom with ADHD [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:25
Today we are talking about why parenting with ADHD is hard, especially for moms, ways to consider taking fewer rides on that struggle bus. We can’t care for others if we are spent. If we want to parent well, then we need…
33: the one about home [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:35
What can we do to make our living spaces more ADHD friendly? Today Moira and Roxie share some favorites from their houses. Sign up to Patreon to get access to exclusive content, early access to episodes, monthly group co…
32: the one about ups and downs [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 19:07
ADHD symptoms can go up and down over time. That matches my experience, how about yours? That idea is now backed by research showing that we can have good years when our ADHD symptoms are manageable, or maybe not even ap…