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:
ADHD Interplay Overview: Physical Pain
ADHD PoC Voices: Coach Marc Almodovar Shares his Own Story and Discusses Men’s Mental Health
Green Light Planning with ADHD
Managing Expectations in Romantic Relationships with ADHD
Managing Work Expectations with ADHD
Habitual Responses to Expectation with ADHD
Habitual Responses to Time with ADHD
Emotions and Stories: Getting to What is Real with ADHD
Mindfulness on My Own Terms with ADHD
Orienting to the Full Impact of our Experience with ADHD
Trusting our Brain when the Relationship Turns Toxic
Ignorance: The Common Enemy of ADHD
When your Partner isn’t Supporting your ADHD Journey
Creating Value Around Identity and Purpose with ADHD
The Valuation of Time and Emotion with ADHD
Evoking Awareness as a Practice with ADHD
Cultivating a Self-Care Practice with ADHD
Anchoring as a Practice with ADHD
Cultivating a Metaphor Practice with ADHD
Cultivating a Practice of Articulation with ADHD
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