316 Productivity, People-Pleasing, and ADHD: What We Need to Unlearn with Dr. Ari Tuckman

I Have ADHD Podcast

Kristen Carder

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

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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In this episode of the I Have ADHD podcast, I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Ari Tuckman to talk about one of the most layered and misunderstood topics in the ADHD world: productivity—and how it's tangled up in our relationships, our childhoods, and the expectations we carry from society. We dove deep into how our early experiences shape the way we function (or struggle to function) as adults with ADHD. So many of us grew up feeling like we were “too much” or “not enough,”...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the I Have ADHD podcast, where it's all about education, encouragement, and coaching for adults with ADHD.
0:13.8	I'm your host, Kristen Carter, and I have ADHD. Let's chat about the frustrations, humor,
0:20.0	and challenges of adulting, relationships,
0:22.8	working, and achieving with this neurodevelopmental disorder. I'll help you understand your unique brain,
0:29.7	unlock your potential, and move from point A to point B. Hey, what's up? This is Kristen Carter,
0:36.0	and you've tuned into the I Have ADHD podcast. I am
0:39.5	medicated, caffeinated, regulated, and ready to roll. I am joined today by my friend Ari
0:47.4	Tuckman. I am so looking forward to this conversation and to you hearing about the work that
0:53.5	Ari is doing and his brand new book.
0:57.1	Let me tell you a little bit about him.
0:59.0	First of all, he likes to make fun of Reading, Pennsylvania.
1:01.2	So that's an interesting tidbit.
1:05.0	Starting strong.
1:06.1	We're starting off real strong on the podcast.
1:08.9	Ari is a psychologist, an author, an international presenter,
1:13.8	and an ADHD thought leader. He actually wrote one of the first books that I read on ADHD
1:20.6	called More Attention Less Deficit. And Kristen Carter, 10 years ago, ish, when did that book come out?
1:29.4	Yeah.
1:29.8	10-ish years ago, learning about ADHD, really not even looking for myself, but to help
1:37.2	the students that I was working with who had ADHD and just uncovering so much about
1:43.7	myself and about the way that my brain works. And so to be
1:48.9	able to sit across from you and to call you friend is just absolutely such a privilege. I'm so,
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