290. Thought Work & ADHD: A Conversation with Kristen Carder

UnF*ck Your Brain: Feminist Self-Help for Everyone

Kara Loewentheil

Education, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Adults are being diagnosed with ADHD more and more these days. And receiving the diagnosis alone is helping many folks make sense of certain behaviors they have that have always been a bit quirky. But for some, a diagnosis of ADHD can also bring up feelings that are difficult to navigate.

This week I’m joined by life coach and host of the I Have ADHD podcast, Kristen Carder, for a conversation about thought work and neurodivergent brains. We discuss why ebbing and flowing may be better than consistency, why lack of motivation is not a problem, and how to support yourself or any neurodivergent person in your life.

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0:00.0	Welcome to UnFuck Your Brain. The only podcast that teaches you how to use psychology, feminism, and coaching to rewire your brain
0:16.3	and get what you want in life.
0:18.6	And now here's your host, Harvard Law School grad, Feminist Rockstar, and Master Coach,
0:24.7	Kara Loyenthyle.
0:28.0	Hello, my chickens.
0:29.5	I am very excited today to share with you this conversation about ADHD and other neurodivergent
0:39.2	brains and how we can think about some of the traditional self-help, self-development, coaching advice that we get
0:46.7	when our brains are maybe neurodivergent and don't necessarily line up with all of that advice.
0:53.0	I think in my own experience in my life, my loved ones,
0:57.0	coaching people in neurodivergent brains,
0:58.8	like some of what's recommended I think in coaching
1:01.6	and the self-development world is actually
1:03.4	great for people with neurodivergent brains and then some of it maybe not as helpful.
1:06.7	So we are going to dig into all of that with Kristen Carter who is an expert on this topic.
1:13.0	So Kristen, so good to have you.
1:14.8	Tell us a little bit about who you are
1:17.5	and kind of where your expertise on this topic comes from.
1:20.8	Well, first, hi Kara, thank you so much for having me. Super pleased to be with you. I have ADHD and I have a coaching practice where I help adults with ADHD just kind of figure out how to accept themselves and their
1:36.1	brains and make forward progress in their lives without hating themselves.
1:41.3	I also host the I have ADHD podcast and I've been in the ADHD space
1:45.6	actually for about a decade I worked with students who struggled in school.
1:50.0	Most of those students had ADHD and so that was like my first introduction into the
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