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 and the Stress Response of Fight, Flight, or Freeze
ADHD and Managing Signal Based Attention with REBEL
An ADHD Productivity Tool: REBEL and Exposure to New Experiences
An ADHD Productivity Tool: REBEL and Exposure to Time
An ADHD Productivity Tool: REBEL and Balanced Attack
An ADHD Productivity Tool: REBEL and Remember to Remind the Brain
An ADHD Productivity Tool: REBEL and Expand the Mind
ADHD PoC Voices: Rhashidah Perry Jones Shares on ADHD Advocacy in Black Communities
An ADHD Productivity Tool: REBEL and Limit Scope
Developing Competence and Confidence through Practice
Beyond Imposter Syndrome: Cultivating Confidence and Competence
ADHD and Imposter Syndrome
Grieving for our Past Selves after an ADHD Diagnosis
Revisiting our ADHD Cause and Effect Metaphor: How to Use this Model to Create Change
Revisiting our ADHD Cause and Effect Metaphor: Above the Lunch Counter
Revisiting our ADHD Cause and Effect Metaphor: The Lunch Counter
Revisiting our ADHD Cause and Effect Metaphor: The Valleys
Big Brain Fast Brain: An ADHD Modal Model
Developing Keystone Habits with ADHD
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