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Learn to Thrive with ADHD Podcast
Welcome to the Learn to Thrive with ADHD Podcast. This is the show for you if you’re an adult with ADHD or ADHD-like symptoms and you need help. Do you feel like your symptoms are holding you back from reaching your full potential? Are you frustrated, unmotivated and overwhelmed?
Many people aren’t aware that ADHD coaching is even an option. Perhaps you are newly diagnosed, or not diagnosed, but you check all the boxes and you’re finding it difficult to cope in certain areas of your life. Host, Mande John and ADHD coach, is here to help. Each week, you’ll get solutions and practical advice to navigate ADHD symptoms and live a productive life.
On the podcast, you’ll hear from coaches and clients who share real-world applications, tools, and resources that you can apply to your own life. We can be creatives, entrepreneurs, or multi-passionate people, and not know how to organize our ideas, or even how to take action on them. With Mande John as your guide in the area of ADHD coaching, she’ll show you how to transform your life when you apply the tools to help you be more focused, less overwhelmed, and be a person that commits and stays the course. Are you ready for a life-changing experience? Let’s go!
Episodes
133 episodes
Ep 131 - The Busy ADHD Brain: How Constant Input Is Stealing Your Focus
You're not short on information. You're buried in it. And if you're a professional or entrepreneur with ADHD, you probably take in information all day long- messages, email, podcasts, saved posts - and it's all useful. That's exactly what makes...
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Ep 130 - High-Performing With ADHD: Why Success Still Feels So Hard
Can you handle a massive project with a million moving parts, but still can't answer one simple email for three weeks? You might already be a high performer — and this episode is for you. Coach Mande John speaks directly to AD...
Ep 129 - ADHD Rebuilding Self-Trust with ADHD: How to Come Back After Setbacks
If a goal falls apart and your brain immediately says "see, I knew I couldn't trust myself" — this episode is about breaking that cycle.Coach Mande John explores one of the most painful, least-discussed parts of ADHD: what happens to you...
Ep 128 - Success with ADHD: Why You're Not Failing, You're Just Using the Wrong System
Do you look at your unfinished projects, abandoned systems, and half-followed-through plans as proof that you're falling short of your potential?In this episode, Coach Mande John challenges that story. The problem usually isn't disciplin...
Ep 127 - ADHD and the Someday Trap: Stop Waiting for the Perfect Time
We all have a "someday" list — the things we keep telling ourselves we'll get to once life calms down, once we're more confident, once we finally get our act together. But what if that perfect time never actually comes?In this episode, C...
Ep 126 - Feeling Good for ADHD: Executive Function Meets Mind Management
Today we're talking about Feeling Good by Dr. David Burns — the book that changed my life in my 20s, and one I've gifted over 100 times. It's not just for depression and anxiety; the concepts in it are now central to how I coach people...
Ep 125 - Executive Function Series #10 Goal Sustainability Finish What You Start
Starting goals isn't the problem for ADHD brains — sustaining them is. The excitement fades, life gets busy, and suddenly we're asking ourselves why we can never stay consistent. Sound familiar?In this episode of the executive...
Ep 124 - 6 Things to Stop Saying Today to Feel Better With ADHD
There are six words and phrases that ADHDers use every single day — and they're quietly making your ADHD worse. Not because they're bad words, but because every time you say them, you're reinforcing shame, overwhelm, and limitation without even...
Ep 123 - ADHD Negative Thought Loops and How To Question Them
Does your brain have a story it loves to prove?"I'm behind." "I never finish anything." "I can't stay consistent." "I'm not disciplined."For ADHD brains, these thoughts don't just show up - they collect evidence. Your brain scans ...
Ep 122 - ADHD, Hyperfocus, Procrastination and the Work That Actually Matters
Have you ever been incredibly busy - cleaning, answering emails, reorganizing your to-do list - and still somehow avoided the one thing that mattered most?That's not laziness. That's procrastination wearing a productivity costume....
Ep 121 - ADHD Emotional Regulation: From Spiral to Self-Compassion
Are your feelings so raw lately that even small things feel like the weight of the world? Do you spiral from "this is hard" to "I can't handle my life" in about three seconds? What if the problem isn't that you have too many feelings - it's tha...
Ep 120 - Atomic Habits for ADHD: How to Build Habits That Actually Stick
Are you exhausted from trying to build habits that never stick? Do you know exactly what you should be doing but still struggle to follow through consistently? What if the problem isn't that you lack discipline - it's that traditional habit-bui...
Ep 119: Standards, Not Shame: The ADHD Way to Reach Your Potential
Are you exhausted from the cycle of setting a standard, missing it once, and labeling yourself a failure? Do you push harder in unsustainable ways or quit completely when shame shows up? What if the problem isn't that you lack discipline - it's...
Ep 118: ADHD Productivity When You’re Exhausted - A Better Way
Are you exhausted from trying to keep everything going - even when you have nothing left? Do you push through until you crash, or shut down completely when overwhelmed? What if there's a better way to navigate ADHD productivity when you're runn...
Ep 117: Executive Function Skill #9 Impulse Control
In this eye-opening episode of our executive function series, I reveal the truth about impulse control - and why hitting snooze, interrupting people, or buying things you didn't plan to isn't about willpower or character flaws. Your brain just ...
Ep 116: Meditations for Mortals Explained for ADHD Brains
Have you been putting your life on hold — waiting until things calm down, waiting until you're caught up, waiting until you finally "have it together"? What if the wait is the problem? In this episode, Coach Mande breaks down the most powerful ...
Ep 115: ADHD-Friendly Motivation: One Question That Changes Your Day
Are you exhausted from negotiating with yourself all day long—about getting out of bed, doing the task, starting the project, or eating the thing? Do you wish motivation felt less like pressure and more like support? In this solo episode, Coach...
Ep 114: Emotional Maturity Is a Skill - Especially for ADHD Brains
Are you struggling with emotional reactions that surprise even you? Do certain people or situations consistently set you off, and you wish they didn't? In this solo episode, Coach Mande dives deep into one of the most overlooked aspects of ADHD...
Ep 113: Risk-Taker, Entrepreneur, Bodybuilder: John Brink on Living Without Limits
Are you stuck believing that ADHD is a limitation rather than a superpower? John A. Brink, an 85-year-old entrepreneur, author, and competitive bodybuilder, joins us to share how discovering ADHD at 57 completely transformed his understanding o...
EP 112: ADHD Time Management - Stop, Drop & Plan Your Day
Learn the Stop, Drop & Plan system - Mande's proven ADHD time management method for managing overwhelm, prioritizing tasks, and reducing the "pinball effect" of bouncing between work.The ADHD Overwhelm ProblemWhen you h...
Ep 111: ADHD Paralysis - Why You Freeze and How to Get Moving Again
The 5-Minute ADHD Unfreeze Guide: Stop Staring and Start MovingEver find yourself frozen—knowing exactly what to do, but unable to start? That’s ADHD paralysis. It’s not laziness or lack of willpower—it’s your brain protecting you...
Ep 110: ADHD Self Coaching E.A.S.Y. Framework
The E.A.S.Y. ADHD Self-Coaching Framework: Your 4-Step Path from Stuck to UnstuckFeeling stuck in the same ADHD patterns? Tired of spinning your wheels? In this game-changing episode, Coach Mande John reveals the exact ADHD self-coachin...
Ep 109: ADHD Nutrition Secrets with Catherine McClory - Protein, Brain Fog & Essential Supplements
Send us a voice message at speakpipe.com/learntothrivewithadhdAre you struggling with 3pm crashes, brain fog, or ADHD symptoms that seem worse at certain times of the month? C...