654: Tools To Improve Focus and Improve Your Life | ADHD Expert Jessica McCabe

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Rachel Hollis

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🗓️ 6 August 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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In this episode of the Rachel Hollis podcast, Rach speaks with Jessica McCabe, creator of the YouTube channel 'How to ADHD.' Jessica shares her personal journey of being diagnosed with ADHD, common misconceptions, and practical strategies for both those struggling with ADHD and those that love and live with them. Her YouTube channel has become a treasure trove of scientifically backed and experientially affirming information on how people with ADHD might work with their brains in a world not built for them. Get the Start Today Journal - https://starttoday.com/products/start-today-journal 00:00 Understanding ADHD Misconceptions 01:42 Meet Jessica McCabe: A Personal Journey 04:34 The Reality of Living with ADHD 12:12 Effective ADHD Management Strategies 14:42 Time Management Techniques for ADHD 21:15 ADHD in Children: Parental Insights 23:13 Understanding ADHD and Stimulation Needs 24:36 Introduction to the Start Today Journal 25:44 Behavioral Strategies for Kids with ADHD 28:55 Challenges of Parenting with ADHD 30:39 Postpartum and ADHD: A Personal Journey 37:34 Support Systems and Coping Mechanisms 39:47 Diet, Exercise, and ADHD Management 44:14 Final Thoughts and Resources Have a question you want Rach to answer? An idea for a podcast episode?? Call the podcast hotline and leave a voicemail! Call (737) 400-4626 Sign up for Rachel’s weekly email: https://msrachelhollis.com/insider/ Watch the podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RachelHollisMotivation/videos Follow along on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MsRachelHollis/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices.

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0:00.0	It's not always recognized for what it is and I think the most insidious part is it's often written off as
0:07.0	Well, you just don't care or you're just lazy or you're just not trying hard enough or whatever like we have all of these reasons quote-unquote reasons that people
0:15.0	tell us why we're struggling oh you just need to get a planner oh you just need to use a
0:19.4	calendar oh you just that just you just it's just this right it's just really easy to write it off as something
0:25.6	either not that big a deal or it's a moral defect in some way and so a lot of
0:31.1	people get to adulthood and don't realize that there's this
0:35.6	actual medical condition with treatment, with tools, with strategies that we actually
0:40.0	understand the research is really good on it at this point. We understand this
0:44.1	condition really well. We know why these struggles are popping up. We understand
0:48.3	that there are working memory challenges and set shifting difficulties and
0:52.2	impulsivity and emotional
0:54.3	impulsivity we know what the struggles are and there's there are lots of tools
0:59.5	and things that we can do to support that.
1:02.5	But if people are walking around not knowing
1:04.8	that they even have this condition,
1:06.4	they're not going to get that help.
1:07.6	Hi, I'm Rachel, and in this show, we talk about everything.
1:15.0	Life and work, health and healing, relationships with others and with ourselves.
1:22.0	These are stories for the seekers. These are conversations for the curious. This is the Rachel
1:30.2	Hollis Podcast. Will you tell us about yourself?
1:34.0	Will you tell us about yourself and how you found yourself in this line of work?
1:47.0	How I got myself into this position.
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