As ADHD people, we pay most attention to the things that generate the biggest signals. This week on the Translating ADHD podcast, we dive deeper into this signal based attention system.
We discuss our tendency as ADHD adults to rely on the Adrenaline Response Cycle (ARC) and hyperfocus as primary tools for getting to action. The challenge here is that these tools are only effective for the biggest signals, those generated by emotion or urgency. This leaves us ignoring the more nuanced signals, the ones that often speak to what really matters to us.
Cam and Shelly discuss how many of our clients come to coaching with the limiting belief that their previous strategies "no longer work". The reality here is more nuanced - as life gets more complicated and our goals get more lofty, relying only on paying attention to the biggest signals and the subsequent ADHD response of adrenaline or hyperfocus no longer works because these reactive tendencies don't allow for forward progress.
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For more of the Translating ADHD podcast:
Translating ADHD Live! at the Annual International Conference on ADHD
Co-creating the Coaching Scope of Work
Clarifying Coaching Goals and Outcomes: One Client’s ADHD Coaching Story
Navigating Barriers to Change: One Client’s ADHD Coaching Story
When Are You Ready for ADHD Coaching?
Signs You Are Stuck at the Third Barrier of ADHD - New Learning
Overwhelm, Burnout and Fear: Signs of the Second Barrier of ADHD
Three Signs you are Stuck at the First Barrier of ADHD
Pulling the Learning Forward: The Third Barrier of ADHD
Moving into Action with ADHD
On the Cusp of New Awareness with ADHD
The Coaching Process: Stages and Barriers to Change with ADHD
ADHD and Barriers to Journey Thinking
ADHD and Journey Thinking
Translating ADHD: An Introduction to Our Season 2 Reboot
Translating ADHD: Season Four Recap
When Your Relationship with Your ADHD Changes
The Collective New Normal with ADHD
Life Disruptions and Pivoting to a New Normal with ADHD
Navigating Little Disruptions with ADHD
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