Welcome to the I Have ADHD podcast, where it's all about education, encouragement, and 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.

I'll help you understand your unique brain, unlock your potential, and move from point A to

point B.

Hey, what's up?

This is Kristen Carter, and you've tuned in to the I have ADHD podcast. I am

medicated, caffeinated, regulated, and ready to roll. How are you? How are you? Come in, get settled.

Don't forget a snack. Grab a drink of water. I hope you're having a great day. I really, really do. What are you up to?

I'm always so curious. I've mentioned this before. I'm always so curious. What are you doing while you are

listening? Are you doing the dishes? Are you on a run? Are you in the car with your kids? Hey kids,

what's up? I hope everybody is just living their best life. Again, I'm a little too excited

for it to be spring. So this energy coming at you right now, this is springtime energy.

This is almost summer energy. This is we made it through January, February, March, and April

energy. This is, I just had my 44th birthday energy. Like I am just

like, let's go. I'm, I'm happy. I'm happy about life. I'm happy about the weather. I'm happy

about my birthday. Like, we're ready to roll. The emotional regulation coming in right now is like I need to regulate

these good emotions, these really intense, excited, positive emotions because it can get a little

like cagey if I'm feeling too excited. Okay, so I'll bring it down a notch and say that we're going to talk

about shame today. So there, I ruined the whole vibe saying that we're going to talk about shame.

We're going to talk about shame today. It's a solo show. We're going in all kinds of different

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