This week Cam and Shelly continue their discussion on competence and confidence diving into Cam’s productivity tool REBEL by taking a closer look at B and Balanced Attack.
Balanced Attack addresses ADHD tendencies around motivation. The first is our tendency to follow what is interesting and to struggle to engage with tasks that do not engage the interest based attention system we have ad ADHD people. The next is our tendency as ADHD adults to rely on urgency and the adrenaline response to urgency to motivation, especially for tasks that we cannot motivate for based on interest.
Balanced Attack is about managing tasks that are uninteresting or otherwise challenging for those of us with ADHD so that we have more time, space, and bandwidth for what matters.
The REBEL model:
Remember to remind the brain
Expand the mind
Balanced Attack
Exposure to time, to new experiences
Limit scope, start with what you know
Episode links + resources:
For more Translating ADHD:
ADHD and Relationships: Identifying Our Inner Saboteurs
ADHD and Relationships: Identifying the Dysfunction past the Drama
ADHD and Relationships: Emotional Regulation and the Big Signal of Drama
ADHD and Purpose: Getting Insight into Your Who and Why
Self-Actualization ADHD Needs: Creative Expression
Esteem ADHD Needs: Self Compassion
Belongingness and Love ADHD Needs: Self Acceptance
Safety ADHD Needs: Creating Relief from Daily Stressors
Physiological ADHD Needs: Distinguishing Brain Awareness
Identifying Unique Needs for Your Unique ADHD Lived Experience
Introducing Asher: Shelly Comes Out as Trans
ADHD, Race and Culture: The Black Man Lived Experience
ADHD, Race and Culture: The Black Woman Lived Experience
ADHD, Race and Culture: The South Asian Lived Experience
ADHD and Your Lived Experience: Modality Sensitivities
ADHD and Your Lived Experience: Processing Modalities
Mulligan
ADHD and Your Lived Experience: Personal Narrative
Is ADHD a Superpower?
Translating ADHD Reflections
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