Excuse My ADHD
A chronicle of my daily struggles and attempts to navigate life one distraction at a time. Guests are invited to share their stories and struggles with ADHD. As I try different strategies to improve my day to day, I will be reaching out to experts for their advice and guidance on how to navigate life as an adult, a woman, a parent, with ADHD. These interviews will be the start of a series of episodes that will take you with me as I experience what utilizing these strategies does for me.
Episodes
44 episodes
ADHD Awareness Month 2024
Imagine being told that what you thought were personal failings are actually symptoms of a misunderstood condition. Join me, Jeanette Graham, as I navigate the intricate world of ADHD and uncover the soaring diagnosis rates in the U.S., where a...
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Episode 44
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23:22
Bridging Differences: A Heartfelt Dialogue on ADHD and Neurotypicals
Ever thought about how ADHD and neurotypicals can beautifully complement each other? Join me and my guest Lobow's Spark https://www.lobowsparkadhd.com/ as we delve into how our divergent wi...
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43:22
Insurance
Adulting is not fun. In this episode I dig into one aspect of adulting health insurance but more specifically changing insurance. There are so many things to think about and consider. I tried to think of everything you may nee...
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15:33
Living with ADHD & CPTSD with Russ Germaine
Part II of our conversation. If you haven't listened to Part I go check it out.
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53:47
Living with ADHD & CPTSD with Russ Germaine
This is a doozy as in this episode ran close to 2 hours so this is part one. Listen in as we discuss some of the miscommunications that can happen when ADHD brain meets neurotypical brain. Of course we also go off on a few tangents ...
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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54:39
Wishing Well
Having ADHD is hard enough but when you also have OCD and depression with it things get even more complicated. Come listen as I talk a little about how OCD and Depression differ and are similar and how ADHD plays a role. All Show notes ak...
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25:30
Aron Croft: Harvard to Minimum Wage
Join me as I talk to YouTube and TikTok creator Aron Croft. Not only is he an ADHD content creator he is an ADHD productivity coach. We walk through Aron's journey from Harvard to minimum wage to a Fortune 500 career and how he stum...
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47:36
Heavy
This episode is all about the contradictions of having both ADHD and OCD and how the two play tug of war. Listen as I breakdown symptoms with my real life examples.
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30:02
Wellness with Karen Broda
Listen as I chat with Karen Broda a Certified Personal Trainer & Wellness Coach for women with ADHD. She helps clients fully become that 'healthy & fit' person they've dreamed of. Her coaching is rooted in mindfulne...
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41:03
ADHD Lullaby with Bryan Wisda
I was lucky enough to find and speak with Bryan Wisda the musician and producer of ADHD Lullaby an album of songs he created for his son Cale to help him sleep. Bryan explains how the crash that comes with many ADHD medications can affect...
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54:53
OT and Executive Functions with Nicole Santamaria
In this episode I speak with Occupational Therapist and Founder of Miami Handwriting Nicole Santamaria OTR/L . Miami Handwriting is a selection of programs for developing handwriting and executive functioning skills. Nicole is an expe...
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44:38
Auld Lang Syne
In this brief episode I challenge you to take Warren Buffet's approach to goals and in this case resolutions.
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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8:48
Radical Self Acceptance with Diann Wingert
Diann Wingert is a mindset and productivity coach for female entrepreneurs who identify with the traits of ADHD, officially diagnosed or not. She was a licensed psychotherapist for 20 years watching as so many brilliant women struggle wit...
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52:06
Thankful and Grateful
It's Thanksgiving in America and a time to reflect on the things we are thankful for in our lives. In this episode I talk about the things that I am thankful to COVID for and the ways my ADHD has changed since working from home due to COV...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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15:15
Yoga, Meditation, & Sleep with Sara Ivanhoe
ADHD doesn't make it easy to relax. It can feel almost impossible to do something like yoga or meditate and sleep can feel like an illusive foe to conquer. In this episode I talk with Sarah Ivanhoe about just these things. Sar...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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49:22
ADHD Awareness Month III
To close out ADHD Awareness month I want to talk about one of my biggest pet peeves since being diagnosed. That is the myth that ADHD isn’t real or that bad parenting is the cause. Links:
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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15:35
ADHD Awareness and Dyslexia
We all know that ADHD comes with many friends. We also know that ADHD is easily misdiagnosed as many things and those things are also misdiagnosed as ADHD. In this episode I am looking more closely at Learning Difficulties and some ...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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29:41
ADHD Awareness Month
October is a month of many things one being ADHD awareness month. Now, I know it’s not October quite yet but it will be in a few days and I don’t want to miss it. If I wait until an October episode then this won’t go out until the m...
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Episode 27
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20:28
Bad Day
In this episode I relive some of my most 'ADHD' moments from locking keys in a car to washing diapers. Come check them out and hopefully share yours (anonymously of course)
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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18:30
Tutoring ADHD with Carrie Paxton-Herzberger
Carrie Paxton-Herzberger dedicates her career to helping tweens, teens, and young adults through school. She helps them find strategies that work for them and develop skills that help them learn. The more important thing she helps t...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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39:00
Happy Birthday!
I made it guys today (August 26th) is officially 1 year after I launched this podcast. I want to thank everyone for listening. This is a sort of special edition takeover episode. Instead of a solo or me asking questions Brenda...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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38:22
Time
This is the second productivity related episode I have done. The last episode Stuck in a Moment I started with Mind-mapping and brain dumping. This episode is all about time-blocking, how to do it, or how not to do it. Check it out....
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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17:46
Stuck In A Moment
Hi Everyone! Productivity time. I know we all hate productivity tips, at least I do. They are never as easy as people make them seem and I always have to modify them somehow because they never seem to fit with how I do things....
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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26:17
Binge Eating & ADHD with Luz Jaramillo
Hey all, I know it's been a while but I have an amazing interview for you today. I spoke with the wonderful Luz Jaramillo about some of the struggles that our impulsivity can lead too when it comes to food. Luz discusses how she was...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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48:27