10 Rules That Traumatise ADHD & Autistic Brains (& 20 That Don't!)

ADHD Chatter

Alex Partridge

Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Kristen Pressner is an ADHD expert. Her viral TED talk showed how people with ADHD can create thriving environments. Drawing on decades of experience, she’s distilled her knowledge into a simple & practical guide. Chapters: 00:00 Trailer 05:35 Just use a planner 09:54 Break big tasks into small ones 16:00 Just be more disciplined 20:49 Focus on your long term goals 23:55 Wake up earlier 28:14 Tiimo advert 29:22 Build consistent habits 31:59 Just push through 40:19 Why can’t you manage your time 42:46 Just prioritise 45:30 Just try harder 52:00 A letter to my younger self Find Kristen on Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/kristen_pressner/ Visit Kristen’s website 👉 https://kristenpressner.comList inspired by 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/bronwyn-nugent-201821212?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app ADHD Chatter LIVE show tickets 👉 https://www.aegpresents.co.uk/event/adhd-chatter/?cpch=AEGPRESUK_SOCIAL&cpcn=AEGPRESUK_ADHDChatter_London_SOCIAL_Artist_11032026_OGNC_&utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio Join the ADHD Chatter Patreon community 👉 https://www.patreon.com/cw/ADHDChatter Get 30% off an annual Tiimo subscription 👉 https://www.tiimoapp.com/offers/adhdchatter Buy Alex's book entitled 'Now It All Makes Sense' 👉 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Now-All-Makes-Sense-Diagnosis/dp/1399817817 Pre-order Alex’s latest book about Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria 👉 https://linktr.ee/adhdchatter?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=9ffd8709-06df-444c-9936-c136fbd14d6e Producer: Timon Woodward Recorded by: Hamlin Studios Trailer editor: Ryan Faber DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or qualified healthcare provider. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	For a lot of ADHDers, there's this dysregulation or challenges with regards to when the energy or the momentum's going to come.
0:06.5	I consider it more like riding the wave. If you're out surfing, you can't make a wave happen, but you can jump on it if you get a wave.
0:12.7	If people could actually have a visualization of how high someone else's hurdles are when they're trying to do the exact same thing, I think there would be a lot more empathy in the world.
0:21.0	Kristen Pressner is an ADHD expert.
0:23.4	Her viral TED Talk showed how people with ADHD can create thriving environments.
0:28.2	Drawing on decades of experience.
0:30.1	She's distilled her knowledge into a simple and practical guide.
0:33.8	ADHDers can often have delayed sleep phase syndrome, so they're actually a number of hours later delayed in their optimal working than other people.
0:42.1	The earlier you have to get up, the more unfunctional they are, to the extent possible if you can architect your day not to have to get up quite so early, that might not work for someone who has ADHD.
0:52.4	What could you say as an alternative to just be more
0:55.4	disciplined to someone with ADHD? I guess my invitation would be to just... Huge announcement
1:01.1	just before we start. Tickets to the ADHD chatter podcast live theater show are selling fast.
1:07.5	I'll be joined on stage by three leading psychiatrists and we'll be unpacking all things
1:11.7	ADHD, how to process a late diagnosis or DHD and of course the dreaded rejection sensitivity
1:17.9	dysphoria. I really hope you can join me for a night full of validation, laughs and insights
1:23.8	and one that will remind you that you're not broken, just different, and that you have
1:27.7	always been enough. It's on the 19th of May in London. You can find a link to the tickets in the
1:32.7	description. I can't wait to meet you in person. Kristen, welcome back. Thank you. It's great to be
1:41.0	here. We're going to do something a little bit different today that I don't think we've ever done before,
1:45.4	but when I heard you were in town, I thought, I've got to get you on to cover this topic.
1:49.7	I feel like it would be like a disservice to the community if we didn't go there.
1:53.2	Sign me up.
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