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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!
Learn to Thrive with ADHD Podcast
Ep 79: Executive Function Series #3 Working Memory
In this deep-dive episode of our executive function series, I share practical strategies that finally helped my working memory after years of struggling. You'll discover why our brains constantly "wipe the whiteboard clean" and how to build systems that actually stick.
đź“Ś Key Topics:
- Why I used to forget what I just read or why I walked into a room
- The externalization tools that transformed my relationship with information
- How to stop relying on your brain to remember everything
- The surprising benefits of chunking information
- Managing mental overload through visualization techniques
- Why "I'll just remember it" is the biggest lie we tell ourselves
🗣️ Featured Quote: "Working memory is kind of like the whiteboard in your brain. It holds on to information temporarily, but as soon as new information comes in, the old stuff gets erased."
đź’ˇ Strategy Breakdown:
- Create a sustainable capture system using post-its, notebooks and digital tools
- Break information into chunks of three items at a time
- Use visualization techniques and memory palaces
- Make external tools work FOR your brain, not against it
🎯 Coming Up Next: Join us next week as we continue our executive function series with more practical strategies.
🔑 Key Takeaway: Working memory support isn't about forcing yourself to remember more—it's about finding the right combination of tools and mindset that work with your unique brain.
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