How to Thrive with your ADHD Brain - 062
May 28, 2019Hey ADDers! Do you feel as if you’re on a runaway train? Is valuable time – and your life – passing you by in the blink of an eye? Do you feel lost or overwhelmed because you’re not getting the important things done in your life?
I was once there, too. I spent thousands of dollars on programs, therapists and books that promised to show me the way out of the chaos in spite of my ADHD brain. But they didn’t. Instead, they left me feeling angry and more desperate than before.
If I'm describing your life, then this episode is for you!!
In this episode, I talk about:
- The importance of foresight and it's impact on planning and following through
- Taking planning out of fantasy thinking and bringing it into reality with steps
- The relationship between following through and keeping your word to yourself
- How to Thrive with your ADHD Brain. Free Webinar Wednesday, May 29th at 6 pm PT. Event is over.
- The Importance Of Celebrating Your WINS
Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and newfound freedom in your life!
My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses. And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering.
Full Episode Transcript
Today is Episode 62 with Dr B
Hey ADDers! Do you feel as if you’re on a runaway train? Is valuable time – and your life – passing you by in the blink of an eye? Do you feel lost or overwhelmed because you’re not getting the important things done in your life?
I was once there, too. I spent thousands of dollars on programs, therapists and books that promised to show me the way out of the chaos in spite of my ADHD brain. But they didn’t. Instead, they left me feeling angry and more desperate than before. Perhaps this is your story too.
Whether you need to get out from underneath a pile of stressful situations, or you want to live a more meaningful, productive and fulfilling life, it’s your skills and beliefs that will set you up for success or crash you into the depths of despair.
What do I mean by skills? I'm referring to the executive function skills such as getting started, planning, organizing, following through, regulating your emotions and having foresight.
What do I mean by beliefs? Since you are the meaning maker for everything in your life, what you choose to believe, intentionally or by default, runs your life.
As I've said before, it's not your fault that you haven’t developed these skills as fully as need be, and you are responsible for developing them if you wants your life to work better. You can have skills but no strategies or strategies but no skills and falter either way; you need them both. And even though you learn them separately, they are all inter-related.
You can be a hard worker, passionate, and determined to succeed, and that isn't enough. You need skills (which is the acquired ability to do something) and strategies (a systematic way of doing something) that are used to achieve a particular outcome.
If being accomplished at playing the piano or cooking fine meals weren’t the result of time invested in practice and skill building, it would better be referred to as a talent or a gift.
When you become skilled and strategic in all areas of your life, you become competent and feel a greater sense of confidence. As I’ve said before “competence = confidence.”
It is not my intention to dwell on the past, and I don’t suggest you do either. However, I want to spend a few minutes reflecting on some important things that likely contributed to our common experience of not fully developing our skills.
I was out walking with Pink, my canine companion the other day, and was thinking about how many years we spend in basic schooling, let alone college, and the vitally important skills that we aren’t learning. Speaking for myself (and probably many of you) I was obligated to attend school every day from age 4 or 5 until graduating high school. I don’t remember a lot about those years, other than a number of very emotional and traumatic experiences. However, one thing I am very clear about - no one taught me how to plan, organize, prioritize, and be on time. I really could have used those skills back then, and definitely as an emerging adult.
What an oversight on the part of the educational system! For roughly 14 years we’re a captive audience in kindergarten, elementary, middle school and high school rooms being taught many things – none of which seem as essential as what I wasn’t taught. I could have graduated high school fully equipped for college and a successful life, rather than struggling every step of the way to achieve what I was achieving. I looked good enough on paper but what it took to get there and sustain that was a huge price – just to live a meaningful, productive and fulfilling adult life. Perhaps you can relate and feel that no one quite understood how much effort and energy you were expending just to stay afloat.
The skills and strategies I often refer to, such as organizing, prioritizing, planning, scheduling, monitoring tasks, monitoring yourself, getting started, working memory, organizing things, stopping yourself from doing harmful things, managing overwhelm and emotional meltdowns, shifting or making transitions, foresight and so many more are known as Executive Function Skills.
Back to childhood for a moment, where we spend full days in school, in a structured environment that is structured by the school system, not us. We are told when things are due, what we are to study, we are given exams and held accountable 5 days a week for 14 years, and then, we are set free. Oh, by the way, we learn to be accountable to others, not to ourselves, and this is a problem waiting to cause huge new problems. Examples would be no personal accountability, not being able to keep your word to yourself or maybe even to others.
If we opt to attend college, we have now moved into a less structured environment, where we are expected to have some of the self-organizing skills to navigate our 4-year programs or more if we attend graduate programs. Some of us are still able to manage and we graduate with a college degree; some of us aren’t as fortunate and we fail out of college.
Point is, we aren’t being taught the essential skills we need to help us live a meaningful, productive and fulfilling adult life.
Fast forward to going to work or better yet, to starting your own business. Your talent and knowledge of your area of expertise for your business isn’t enough - you need ALL of the skills I mentioned earlier and more in order to be successful or certainly not be stressed to the max trying to be successful!
And what about starting a family? I’ve received emails from many of you telling me how you at least felt that you would be able to be a successful parent and person who managed your household and family life and yet you feel that you are failing miserably at that job!
Have you ever wondered why you feel that you know what to do or what needs doing in situations and yet you can’t get yourself to do them? Are you calling that procrastination? Are you calling yourself lazy or stupid or indifferent? I hope not.
We all need to find or create an explanation for what is happening in our lives and often create an explanation that makes it more of a moral issue when it’s not; it’s an absence of skills and strategies, and these can be learned, no matter your age.
So what are you supposed to do? In order to thrive with your ADHD brain, you’re going to need to learn whatever skills and strategies you are missing. You can’t get the life you want without them. To me, that means that you have learning and mastery to pursue; just as I had to. You need to be a student of your own life, and come to know and understand your unique needs and then discover the best ways to meet those needs.
I’ve never shared an office with other professionals and have run my successful offline psychotherapy and coaching practice for over 30 years. In the past 2-3 years, after spending a number of years learning the many skills I needed to move into the online space, I created ADDventures in Achievement, Couples in Motion, and Coupleship in the Making as well as learned how to go live with FB videos and launched this podcast show, Living Beyond ADHD with Dr B.
In hindsight, I recognize that the success of everything I’ve been doing has been rooted in the foundational self-organizing and self-regulating skills I needed to learn – just like you do. Without these skills, you will struggle to do the basics that others with these skills do automatically. And what’s worse, you will never have enough time in your day to get the important things done and enjoy some free time for yourself.
I know how important “me time” or “free time” is for my well being and I give myself plenty of it – 2-3 hours every morning and an hour at the end of the day. I’ve bookended it that way so my self-care tank is full when I start my workday and I have some “me time” at the end of my day for reflection and winding down before sleep. It feels well balanced to me, and I’d love for you to have that too.
So, where do you get that? Well, you can start with my podcast episodes accessible in all the usual places as well as on my website at drbarbaracohen.com and my Facebook live videos on my business page at ADDventuresinAchievement.
And you can sign up for my free 1-hour Webinar, “How to Thrive with your ADHD Brain” as well as share your current challenges and needed solutions with me. The Webinar is Wednesday, May 29th, at 6 pm Pacific time. You’ll find the link to register in the episode description.
And be sure to watch for your confirmation email right after you register so you can share your challenges and needed solutions with me in advance of the Webinar. Plus, there will be time for live Q & A at the end of the Webinar, so be sure to attend.
I look forward to learning what you need and see you all on Wednesday, May 29th! Your ability to get important things done is at stake!
Let me give you an example I’ve used in my coursework. It’s a great example of how many of the executive function skills come together when someone is a pilot – and they are going to fly us from California to New York in the USA.
• Metacognition to accurately see the big picture of the flight
• Inhibiting the impulse to just fly rather than course correct
• Shifting from one course to another as conditions change
• Emotional control over whatever doesn’t belong in the flight
• Self-Monitoring the responses of crew and passengers and self
• Initiating without hesitation whatever is necessary during the flight
• Working Memory constantly holding and integrating information
• Planning and Scheduling the best course for the flight and follow through
• Organizing and Prioritizing actions, thoughts and feelings as needed
• Strong sense of Identity as “I am the pilot of this flight” and what that means
• Conscious Focusing on each detail during the flight
• Task Monitoring the flight and course correcting as needed
• Organizing the Materials for the flight experience
• Maintaining the Achievements of great flight experiences for all
• Transforming Dysregulation of state into a Regulated state and sense of calm
Consider what would happen if the pilot didn’t have mastery over all or most of these executive function skills and strategies; and couldn’t effectively do their job. Scary thought!
Now…we’re not all pilots here, however, you get the point. So many of these skills are fundamental to our successful adult life no matter what our profession.
You also need maintenance skills so you can create a consistent routine that incorporates your new achievements and maintains them. Otherwise, what is the point in going after them and achieving them because you will be doing that over and over again, rather than just enjoying them as part of your life. I trust that many of you have experienced this with getting organized but not staying organized or getting things cleaned up but they keep getting messy within a few days.
So, if you’re like me and didn’t learn these skills in your basic educational years, you can start by learning a few with me on Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 6 pm Pacific time. I would love to have you join me.
If you feel like your life is passing and you aren’t achieving all that you want, then responding quickly is important. How much time do any of us have? Not all that much. Time doesn’t stand still for any of us; whether we are ready to move forward or not. I learned long ago that I wanted to “live ready” for the unfolding of my life. I didn’t want to have to pass on any more opportunities because I wasn’t ready and couldn’t say “yes” when I wanted to.
If my podcast show is the first time you’ve been hearing about executive function skills and strategies, you are not alone. If you’re an adult who received a diagnosis of adult ADHD, executive function skills should also have been assessed and discussed with you, in my humble opinion. The odds of having executive function deficits along with ADHD are very high; in fact, almost a given that you will. And it gets even better. If you’ve lived with depression, anxiety, addiction or trauma for a good part of your life, the odds of having executive function deficits is also very high. The reason? It takes being present in specific ways for these skills to develop.
Today’s episode is about Thriving with your ADHD Brain and focuses on Foresight, Planning and Following-Through as relevant for your success as an adult living with ADHD or Executive Function Deficits, as well as offering you hope; real hope. How much time do we have? Not much. So let’s get to it.
Today’s 3 key points and stories:
1. The importance of foresight and it’s impact on planning and following through
2. Taking planning out of fantasy thinking and bringing it into reality with steps
3. The relationship between following through and keeping your word to yourself
Now back to being an adult with ADHD or executive function challenges in today’s world. Many of you have asked me WHY you didn’t develop these important skills and strategies. We could chase that answer forever. Instead, I prefer to focus on HOW you can and will start to develop them now. I have stories to share with you, including actions steps, and a favorite quote of mine.
And first, I want to talk about celebrating your WINS, big and small, since WINS are such an important part of my philosophy. Remember, what we pay attention to grows, so paying attention to what’s right instead of what’s wrong helps to generate more of what’s right. Seems simple enough. And when you acknowledge and celebrate your WINS with a full heart of appreciation, you are giving yourself a priceless gift. No one else may be celebrating your wins and that’s okay for now, because living in awe of yourself and what you learn and love about you is critically important to your well being.
Please don't short-change yourself by thinking that it’s pointless or stupid to reward yourself for all the little things that you’re “supposed to do.” That couldn’t be further from the truth. Are you really going to make yourself wait until something HUGE happens to celebrate? Does something HUGE happen everyday? Probably not! It doesn’t for me. But the kind of WINS I talk about can and often do which is exciting. And from what I see, celebrating WINS is an absolute necessity to getting out of the emotional ditch of whatever ails you and shifting into a better attitude and way of living.
So, what are you going to celebrate today? Maybe you took something in to get repaired and actually picked it up; that’s certainly a WIN. Perhaps you’ve been intentionally slowing down so you can manage your feelings of overwhelm more effectively; that’s a wonderful WIN. Maybe you decided to become “solutions-focused” rather than “problem-focused” and you are feeling happier day by day; that’s a great WIN. You get the point; celebrate all of them; big and small. And none of this “half-hearted celebrating”; you’ve got to mean it. Exaggerate your emotions. YES!!!! WOW!! AWESOME!! You want your acknowledgement and celebration to register in your neurology with the power to move you and shift your state. Many of us need a higher level of stimulation or intensity for things to register. So, if that’s you, give that to yourself and exaggerate your celebration so you can actually feel it.
And listen…my show may be the only place that you hear that you’re not broken or defective or less than! That you are a precious “human being” whose value is stable; because I am not talking about you as the “human doing.” It’s true that you may be missing a lot of skills and your life has been very difficult up to now, and yet skills can be learned. Please know that I am not making light of your struggles or unhappiness; not at all. I want you to know that there are solutions to your struggles. If you are willing to offer yourself a lot of compassion and patience, plus the time, effort and energy it’s going to take to make the necessary changes, these things can happen for you. I know this is true because this happened for me, and it happens for my students as well.
And please don’t let yourself be one of the 80% of people who say they want to change but never actually end up making the changes they want for many different reasons. There is training and support available to you to ensure, to the best of my ability, that you are one of the 20% who do change and thrive. Please join me Wednesday, May 29th for the free 1-hour webinar, so you can start making changes right away.
Time to transition to some stories and action steps. Our first story is about Nick and the importance of foresight, and its impact on planning and following-through, and some action steps about how you can develop it.
• Nick was in his early-50s and recently diagnosed with adult ADHD. He had been fighting the chaos of his life forever and things just seemed to happen; like he was being broadsided with his life.
• He never seemed to be able to anticipate what was going to happen next, even in situations that seemed obvious to others, and this frustrated him. He wondered why he was seemingly “blind” to things others saw?
• He wondered what they were seeing and how they were seeing it and he couldn’t?
• Nick invited a co-worker, Steve, to have lunch with him and brought up this mystery. He asked Steve how he knew to get out of the way or handle a disaster before it hit at work.
• Steve sat and thought for moment and then asked Nick what he “saw” when presented with the unfolding events during the day. Did he just see that one issue? Or did he see that issue and then what would happen if he didn’t handle that one issue right away? And further, did he see the other people who were being impacted by this one issue?
• Nick just sat there; dumbfounded. “See?” How could he “see” something that didn’t exist yet?
• Steve thought for another moment and asked Nick if he used a planner. Nick said that he had been told it would be a good idea yet he didn’t see the point in it because he could only handle things when they happened and not before, so what was the point in a planner?
• Nick was puzzled by all the questions Steve was asking him. He was beginning to feel like there was something very, very wrong with him.
• It’s not that there’s something wrong with you, Steve said, it’s just that you seem to be missing the skill of foresight, which means to see ahead – to see into the future so to speak. It’s how I am able to avoid the disasters that seem to impact you every day; I can see them coming, can plan to handle them and then follow through on taking the steps that will avoid them.
• Nick knew this was a very important conversation that he and Steve were having and that it was going to be life changing for him.
Background Facts about Foresight:
• We tend to think of time on a continuum – past, present and future.
• When we have no foresight, we can only see the present moment and be reactive rather than responsive to the unfolding of events.
• And if we have no hindsight, we can’t benefit from our past lessons and use them in the present and apply them to the future.
• We need to develop our ability to “time travel” in a sense and “imagine” possibly narratives or scenarios beyond the present moment; the ability to “see” or “sense” there is something more than just the present moment; the unfolding of time and events.
• If you want a dictionary definition – foresight is the ability to predict what will happen or be needed in the future.
If you relate to Nick’s story, your action steps are:
• Focus on gaining knowledge about the issue or situation, building experience with it, thinking hypothetically about it, making small predictions about it and playing devil’s advocate to tease out any flaws in your evaluation.
• Follow Through and practice training yourself to be prepared rather than fly by the seat of your pants, consider probabilities, consider possibilities, establish priorities and make plans and then take stock or monitor the results to learn what is and isn’t working and course correct.
• Self-Management will be based on whatever your old beliefs are that might conflict with what you are training yourself on now. Making transitions or changes from one-way to another are relatively easy when there is no resistance or push back from some part of you. It’s this part of you and it’s feeling that you will need to explore and manage.
Let’s transition now to our second story about Mona and what reality vs. fantasy planning is all about, and some action steps about how you can develop it
• Mona was in her mid-40s, and wasn’t diagnosed until just a few years ago.
• She had no idea that her planning and organizing skills were as bad as they were until she had just one too many things stacked on her plate and it all came crashing down around her.
• This made no sense to Mona since she was able to navigate fairly well, so long as the tasks or projects were more immediate and shorter timelines. Now she had a project at work that was going to last a year and had lots of moving parts to it and she was terrified that she was going to drop the ball big time.
• Mona had no idea how to map out a long-term project and then monitor her actions over time to stay on schedule with what was expected.
• First she would need to know what all the moving parts were and she had no idea. This involved a little foresight and she was lacking in that area as well.
• And when Mona thought about what it really meant to “plan” something (which she did a little research on to get clear), she was even more convinced that she was in trouble. She didn't know this particular project well enough to map out the steps that a plan actually had. She was more used to just getting a sense of what needed to be done and jumping to it. That wasn’t going to be possible with a project of this size and duration.
• She was getting overwhelmed the longer she thought about what she had to do and realized this is why she avoided planning in the past. Interesting.
• With Mona’s fantasy thinking, she only needs to think of or imagine the task being done and it’s done in her mind; however, it’s not done in real life because there is planning to do, steps to be taken and following-through too.
Background Facts about Planning:
• Planning involves “deciding beforehand” – what is to be done, when it is to be done, how it is to be done and who is going to do it.
• Planning also includes developing various courses of action to state exactly how the goal is going to be attained.
• Planning is taking a peek into the future and is the thinking we do before an action takes place. It also involves rational decision-making (with criteria to guide the decision) and logical thinking, which involves organized thinking.
• It’s not hard to understand how with the various weaknesses that many with ADHD have, that planning would be a challenge.
• Planning is not a waste of time and takes time so that it can save time in the end because goals are achieved with good planning
If you relate to Mona’s story, your action steps are:
• Focus on slowing down and taking the time necessary to determine what your goal actually is and specifically how you will achieve it.
• Follow Through on creating a “plan B” for your plan so you can continuously move forward, even when the unexpected happens – you are actually considering what that might be and planning for what you will do should that happen. This isn’t getting catastrophic about things; just being prepared for various scenarios.
• Self-Management of the frustration you might be feeling by moving at a slower than usual pace, noticing and tracking all the details of your plan. The impulsive part of you wants to just get going; not think things through which might be considered boring.
And let’s transition to our third story about Paul and what following-through is, and keeping your word to yourself, as well as action steps about how you can develop it.
• Paul was in his mid-50s, and hadn’t followed through on much in his lifetime. His wife was angry with him for not providing what he promised he would; and his kids stopped trusting him long ago because his word meant nothing. His most recent boss saw so much potential in him, and yet this was quickly fading away as Paul never did what he said he would do, when he said he would do it; you just couldn’t count on him for much.
• After years of therapy and things only getting worse, not better, Paul was beside himself. He was feeling sorry for himself and decided to watch his favorite TV show and just zone out. This was one of his favorite pastimes.
• Paul had no idea that he was missing the skills of foresight and planning, which makes it pretty clear why he wasn’t following-through. What was there to follow-through on when he couldn’t see into the future and didn’t know the first thing about creating a real plan for anything?
• How did Paul learn that he was missing these critical skills? There was a commercial that came on TV while he was zoning out that talked about following-through and some of the reasons why people don’t. Paul went from zoning out to full alert. He was hearing his story from a TV commercial – not his ex-therapist who he spent years with. How could they have missed this critically important piece of the puzzle that had brought his life to a screeching halt? He had no idea and at that moment, he didn’t care. He wanted to know how to get these missing skills and create a happier life for himself and his family.
• He had no idea that his ex-therapist wasn’t required to have any training in adult ADHD or executive functioning; so how could they identify and help him with something that they knew nothing about? Paul didn’t know what to do with the overwhelming feelings he was experiencing, so he sat there and wept.
Background Facts about Following-Through:
• We follow-through in part because we have a good enough reason to do so; and we have a strong sense of urgency. This is the basis for your motivation – “reason to take action.”
• It’s human nature to respond to a deadline; be sure you set one for your goals.
• How you wake up isn’t a given so be sure you take control of your state and create the best one for the job every day.
• Not following-through is a habit that’s been practiced and engrained for years. You are moving so fast that you don’t take the time to complete a task; you just keep moving. You need to break down a new habit into small mini-habits that are easy to practice and reinforce every day.
• Celebrating your wins is important to your success at following-through. If there’s no party celebrating you following-through then why bother? It’s a matter of “what’s in it for me?” and if nothing to speak of, then what’s the point?
• You are more inclined to follow-through on things that you have eliminated the obstacles to ahead of time. If there’s nothing in the way stopping you, then following-through is much easier. However, sometimes what is stopping you is not visible to the untrained eye – such as undiagnosed ADHD or executive function deficits.
If you relate to Paul’s story, your action steps are:
• Focus on the meaning you give to following-through; what it means to do it and what it means when you don’t
• Follow Through on getting yourself an accountability buddy to make sure that someone else knows what you are supposed to be doing each day, and you let them know that you did it all and if not, why not?
• Self-Management of how you feel each day when you wake up and immediately shift your state of mind if you aren’t fit to pursue and achieve your goals for the day. You can use a song, a smell, or anything else – it just needs to be a strong enough anchor to shift your state immediately. You are 100% responsible for the outcomes in your life and you can’t manifest the successful achievement of your goals with a lousy state of mind, so shift it.
Remember that no matter which stories you identify with, you need to cultivate a “practicing mindset” and come to look forward to practicing something every day that is moving you toward your destination, whether it’s foresight, planning or following-through. Yes, it’s going to take some work on your part, and the work can be fun and playful. In fact, play is the way to go when it comes to learning new skills and strategies.
It’s not enough to know the steps or see them modeled for you; you also need to know the thinking behind the steps so you can adjust your own mind and bring it into alignment with what will bring you success. You might even need someone to walk beside you, step by step, to help guide your thoughts, actions and follow through so you stay the course and achieve your outcome.
And again, if you don’t have a place you go for support and knowledge about how to transform your life into what you’ve always wanted, then join me for the free 1-hour webinar on Wednesday, May 29th; and be sure to watch for the confirmation email with the link to provide additional information to me about your current challenges and the solutions you are seeking. I want to make this Webinar a great experience for all of you. Please help me to do that for you.
Learning skills and strategies may sound like a lot of work, and maybe it is but it doesn’t have to be unpleasant work. In fact, it can be fun and playful if you approach it that way and give it those types of meanings. I’ve been playing with these skills and strategies for years now because I had to learn them, just like you do. I knew that I would be more inclined to stick with learning them if I could make this a fun experience for myself; which I did. And I’ve continued to be a student of my own life as I hope you will be of yours, and stick with it until you’ve achieved mastery, and the happier and more productive life you want.
If you want to be part of an online community of listeners to my show, be sure to reach out and friend me on Facebook, so I can invite you into The Living Beyond ADHD Community. We’re going to be getting more active and engaged there and I look forward to getting to know you and helping you in whatever ways I can.
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A Favorite Quote:
James Arthur Ray said, “When you clearly know your genius, gifts and purpose you’ll never give up. You know that even though it may seem easier in the frustration of the moment to quit, it really would never be.” So, the question I have for you at this point of our journey together is, “If you don’t yet clearly know your genius, gifts and purpose, what one step are you going to take today to gain that information, so you’ll never give up moving forward? I hope one of your steps includes joining me on Wednesday, May 29th at 6 pm PT.
That’s about it for today’s episode on learning to Thrive with your ADHD Brain and how you can start to do so by developing your foresight, planning and following-through skills and strategies.
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