111 | ADHD Strategies with Doug Puryear

ADHD reWired

Eric Tivers, LCSW, ADHD-CCSP

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education

4.8 • 937 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2016

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Doug Puryear, over the last few years, has established himself a blogger an author and an advocate for ADHD people and professionals. Doug provides real life strategies for those with ADHD to learn ways to cope with the problems they have has a result. In this episode, one of the ADHD community's heroes, Doug Puryear joins the ADHD reWired virtual studios. This is truly one of the most amazing episodes we have ever put out. Doug shares details of his life seemingly without fear or reservation. This certainly is among the more powerful episodes of ADHD reWired. Doug speaks about his childhood with ADHD and the abuse he suffered. Doug battled most of his life with ADHD and was not aware of it until age 64. Doug has a new book out called "The Bully" This is the story of Doug going from being a bully to being the fun-loving guy so many have come to love Website: http://addadultstrategies.com Facebook: Facebook profile LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=126804881&trk=tab_pro Blog: http://addadultstrategies.wordpress.com

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0:00.0	So I get stagnated I get stalled I get procrastinating and small steps is a wonderful tool.
0:10.0	You look at the task and you break it down into small steps and you pick one.
0:15.0	Now I've got another rule for that.
0:20.0	Let me try to come back, remind me if I forget the rules for picking on. But you're breaking
0:30.9	into small steps and you pick one and then you you do it but if you can't if you're still
0:35.4	stalled then you got to break it down into smaller steps.
0:40.2	So I learned this a long time ago working with depressed patients and the lady says,
0:45.2	oh my house is a mess, I'll never get it clean. That's depressing me, worse, you know.
0:51.6	And I said, well, of course not. You can't clean your house.
0:55.2	Who can clean their house? Could you clean the kitchen? Oh, no, no, it's too big a mess I couldn't do.
1:01.9	Okay, well, could you do the dishes? No, it's too big a mess I couldn't do. Okay well could you do the dishes? No it's just too much.
1:05.7	Could you wash a fork? No, I just don't think I could do. Well, could you get the soap out and put it on the counter?
1:14.0	80-H-D, rewired episode.
1:20.0	111.
1:24.4	This is the show designed to help those of us who have really good intentions and a slightly
1:30.0	wandering attention.
1:32.0	My name is Eric Tivers. I'm a licensed clinical social worker, coach, and
1:36.2	consultant. We know that starting can be the hardest part, so let's get started but first let me thank our sponsors.
1:46.0	If you're going to be around this Thursday, April 14, 2016, assuming you're listening to this, the
1:58.2	week it comes out, from 1030 a.m. to 115 p.m. Central time. Join me for high-tech and low-tech solutions to
2:08.1	supercharge your productivity. This is a free webinar but it is limited to the first 100 people that register.
2:16.7	Go to ADHD rewired.com for more information and to register. Still on the fence about joining this summer's ADHD Rewired Coaching and Accountability Group.
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