198 Understanding Executive Functions - Emotional Regulation

I Have ADHD Podcast

Kristen Carder

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

You’ll want to save this episode to re-listen and share with your neurotypical friends because Episode 198 is solid GOLD. In part three of my six-part series on executive functions, I’m diving into emotional regulation and how it’s impacted with ADHD. But the truth is, we ALL can use help getting our emotions under control sometimes.

Emotional regulation directly impacts how productive we’re able to be because how we feel drives our actions. While ADHD inhibits our ability to self-regulate, leading us to react poorly at times, there are so many useful tools we can use to regain control of our body’s response to external stimuli.

While I myself even get worked up a bit in this episode, I cover my frustrations with clinicians for not sharing more info about this executive function after diagnosis, the biological differences between ADHD brains and neurotypical brains, and how to SURF our emotions in the moment instead of avoiding them.

The 37 minutes of this episode are chock full of good info, but if you’re looking for even more training on emotional regulation, you can receive a full course on this topic after completing three months of my group coaching program FOCUSED!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the I-H have ADHD podcast where it's all about education, encouragement and
0:11.1	coaching for adults with ADHD.
0:14.0	I'm your host Kristen Carter and I have ADHD.
0:18.0	Let's chat about the frustrations, humor, and challenges of adulting, relationships, working, and achieving with this neurodevelopmental disorder.
0:27.0	I'll help you understand your unique brain, unlock your potential, and move from point A to point B.
0:34.0	Hey what's up, this is Kristen Carter and you are listening to the I have
0:41.0	EDHD podcast episode number 198. I am medicated, I am
0:45.6	cappinated, and I am ready to roll. How are you? How are you today? So good to be here
0:52.4	with you. I am really glad that you pressed play on this
0:56.2	podcast. I know you're busy. I know there are literally millions of podcasts that you could be listening to,
1:02.3	but you decided to take a chance on this one and I
1:04.8	promise to do my best to make it worth your time and attention.
1:09.2	We're in the middle of a series on executive functions and today we're talking about emotional regulation.
1:15.0	As we get started I want to clarify why we're even bothering to talk about executive functions
1:19.7	for so many weeks in a row. As an adult with ADHD your executive functions are
1:26.1	impaired. It's a huge part of having this disorder. You need to know that right
1:31.0	off the bat. Yes, you struggle to focus but ADHD is so so so much more than an
1:37.3	inability to focus. ADHD is a disorder of self-regulation. We struggle to focus, sure, but listen, we struggle to
1:46.2	focus because our executive functioning skills are deficient and we can't
1:51.1	regulate ourselves properly so our focus goes everywhere.
1:55.4	Our attention goes everywhere.
1:57.8	Let me say that again because I think it's really important and I want to make sure that
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