321 The 5-Minute ADHD Hack That Can Change Your Life

I Have ADHD Podcast

Kristen Carder

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

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Ever feel like your brain is a messy closet with the light off? In this episode, we flip the switch. I break down the simple but powerful practice of thought downloads—what they are (and aren’t), why they’re crucial for ADHD minds, and how they help you build self-awareness, emotional regulation, and clarity. This isn’t journaling. It’s not a productivity hack. It’s mindfulness for your messy, magical brain. You’ll learn: Why “thinking about your thinking” is hard with ADHD (and what to do ab...

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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,
0:20.1	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,
0:35.9	and you've tuned into the I have ADHD podcast. I am
0:39.2	medicated, caffeinated, regulated, happy to be with you and ready to roll. How are you? Are you just
0:47.1	enjoying that it's June? Like, it is June. It is summer, officially summertime, the best season in my opinion. Now, I know
0:58.5	I have listeners in Australia. And to my Australian listeners, I know you're in winter and I'm
1:04.1	sorry. I know you're in your winter and I'm sorry. But for the rest of us, we are enjoying
1:09.7	summertime. My goodness. The sun is shining today,
1:15.2	so let's talk about it. The sun is shining. The birds are chirping. The grass is green. The sky is
1:21.7	blue. I just could not be happier. My kids are out of school. I used to really hate when my kids would be
1:29.7	out of school because I have three boys and I was extremely dysregulated and extremely
1:35.9	unable to parent them without getting, what's the word, angry all the time, frustrated all the time, feeling like I was losing control
1:46.6	all of the time. But I've done a lot of work. I've done a lot of work in that department.
1:51.9	And my kids are older. They're old. They don't even like, they don't interact with each other.
1:56.9	They don't interact with me. It is not the same. When they were little, it was chaos.
2:01.9	They were fighting. They were clamoring for my attention 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
2:08.0	And school was a break from that for me. So even though I was at work while they were at school,
2:13.0	it was still, it just felt like such a major break. And then they would get like summertime and be like,
2:19.0	oh my gosh, I cannot. I cannot. I cannot handle it. But now they're old. They're old. I have a 17
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