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ADHD reWired

106 | Getting to You 2.0

ADHD reWired

Eric Tivers, LCSW, ADHD-CCSP

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4.7919 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2016

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Diagnosed later in life, guest Brett Thornhill was taken aback by the difference in his life afterward – so much so he labeled himself "Brett 2.0". Following his three core pillars of understanding, accepting, and embracing his ADHD, Brett guides the way through how he came to be more comfortable with who he truly is while facing the challenge of great life change. Go to erictivers.com/106 for the full show notes and links mentioned in this episode. Go to meetme.so/erictivers to schedule a free 20-minute consultation with Eric if you're interested in the next Coaching and Accountability Group. Or, if you want more information about the next ADHD reWired Coaching and Accountability Group, go to coachingrewired.com. For a free audio-book download from our sponsor Audible.com, please visit AudibleTrial.com/ADHDreWired Help the CHADD organization by donating to their fundraising campaign here: gofundme.com/oneof15m.

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but it doesn't matter if you're with a group of people and you're not on the same page because you don't get something that everybody else gets.

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Or if you're not on the same page because you get something that nobody else gets,

0:12.0

the feeling of isolation and loneliness on both the fringes feels exactly the same.

0:17.2

You feel just as isolated.

0:19.1

That feeling of isolation that it can cause.

0:21.4

When you're in a place maybe where you're not quite as

0:23.3

secure you don't know yourself as well, you're not willing to accept those things

0:27.8

that you don't do well because you're not willing to accept those things that you do do

0:31.4

well. As people with ADHD I think we like

0:34.2

certainty I don't like living in the gray it can be really challenging to have to try to

0:38.4

live in the gray when you're looking for absolutes in those cases where I would have

0:42.2

those moments, in those cases where I would have those moments, then my thoughts were absolute. I was absolutely wrong.

0:48.0

It would never occur to me that that could be a possibility.

0:50.0

80-H-D. Rewired episode 106. This is the show designed to help those of us who have really good intentions and a slightly wandering

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attention. My name is Eric Tivers. I'm a licensed clinical social worker, coach,

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and consultant. We know that starting can be the hardest part, so let's get started. But first, let me thank our sponsors.

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Are you or someone you know looking to hire a speaker to talk about ADHD?

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Go to ADHD rewired.

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and click the speaking tab.

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Fill out the form there and we'll be in touch.

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That's ADHD rewired.com.

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Click on speaking.

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