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coaching for adults with ADHD. I'm your host Kristen Carter and I have ADHD. Let's chat about the frustrations, humor, and challenges of adulting, relationships, working, and achieving with this neurodevelopmental disorder.

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Hey what's up, this is Kristen Carter and you are listening to the I have

ADHD podcast episode number 119. I am medicated, I am

caffeinated and I'm ready to roll. What a treat, what a treat, what a treat I have for you today, you guys. The esteemed Dr. Russell Barclay is here with us and what a privilege it was to interview him and spend some quality time chatting about ADHD which

is his life's work. It took me over a year to work up the nerve to reach out to Dr

Berkeley to invite him on the podcast.

And when I finally had summoned the courage to do it,

he agreed quickly.

And it was all so much easier than I had expected it to be.

So let it be known that the things that we make big and

scary in our heads are often not that big and not that scary. Now I want to take a

moment in this episode to introduce Dr. Barclay who by the way

signs his emails Russ which is incredible like what I just so much endearment coming from me to him love love

if you're new to the ADHD space and you haven't listened to my podcast before you may

not know what a legend this man is. Dr Russell Barclay is an

internationally recognized authority on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and in adults.

And he has dedicated his career to widely disseminating science-based information about ADHD.

Dr. Barclay retired as a professor of psychiatry and neurology from the

University of Massachusetts Medical Center and later worked as a professor of

psychiatry and health sciences at the Medical University as a

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