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:
Delivering Value with ADHD
Advocating ADHD in the Workplace
Advocating ADHD in a Misunderstanding World
Identifying Red Herrings at Work with ADHD
ADHD and the Seeds of Misunderstanding at Work
Being Misunderstood While Misunderstanding our ADHD
Being Misunderstood with ADHD: In Relationships
Being Misunderstood with ADHD: Childhood Origins
ADHD and the Understand, Own, Translate Model
Short Circuiting the ADHD Meaning Maker
Locating ADHD Behind the Limiting Story
ADHD and Emotional Autopilot
The In-between Place: Untethered with ADHD
ADHD PoC Voices: Influencer Rach Idowu Shares Her Own ADHD Story of Struggle, Resilience and Advocacy
ADHD and Experimenting with Detaching From Outcome
Getting Distance from the Adrenaline Response Cycle: Big Signals and Journey Thinking
ADHD and Getting Distance from the Adrenaline Response Cycle
In the Shadow of Impending Urgency: Procrastination and the Adrenaline Response Cycle
ADHD and Boundaries: Revisiting The Adrenaline Response Cycle
ADHD and Relationships: Boundaries and the Performative Judge
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