73 | A Twice-Exceptional Life

ADHD reWired

Eric Tivers, LCSW, ADHD-CCSP

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4.7 • 919 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2015

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

This week’s guest is Doug Harris. Doug was a part of the second ADHD reWired Coaching and Accountability Group. Through that group, Eric came to know Doug as a person with a gift for distilling the essence of situations into bite-size synopses encapsulated with humor. He also came to know Doug as not-your-average-Mensa man. In this episode, Doug explains the concept of twice-exceptional and describes his frustrations, his free-range thinking, and his future in the ADHD coaching community. Go to for the full show notes and links mentioned in this episode. Go to or call 224‒993‒9450 to let Eric know if you're interested in joining the next ADHD reWired Coaching and Accountability group. Connect with people virtually using Eric's favorite video conferencing and connectivity platform, Zoom, by visiting – the basic service is totally free. For a free audio-book download from our sponsor Audible.com, please visit Help the CHADD organization by donating to their fundraising campaign here: . Visit for information on improving the lives of people affected by ADHD.

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0:00.0	are some people who believe that if you have a high cue you can't have ADHD.
0:04.1	I know that for my own experience that in some ways I can the analogy is like I am like a small
0:09.8	company and the chief executive officer is brilliant but everyone else on staff sucks the whole
0:16.1	support staff is horrible they don't get anything done you know those are all the
0:19.9	executive functions. 80-HD, rewired episode 73.
0:28.8	This is the show designed to help those of us who have really good intentions and a slightly wandering attention.
0:35.7	My name is Eric Tivers, I'm a licensed clinical social worker, coach and consultant.
0:41.8	We know that starting can be the hardest part so let's get
0:46.7	started. But first let me thank our sponsors. This podcast is brought to you by ADHD Rewired Coaching and Accountability Groups.
0:58.0	To find out about the next ADHD Rewired Coaching and Accountability Group go to coaching rewired.com that's
1:06.8	coaching rewired.com. Support for this podcast comes from audible for a free audio book download go to
1:15.4	Eric Tivers.com slash audible for a link for that free download and for some hand-picked recommendations.
1:25.0	Go to Eric Tibbers.com slash audible for your free audiobook download.
1:31.0	Welcome Doug Harris to ADHD, re-wired.
1:37.3	I am glad to have you on the show.
1:38.9	How are you doing today?
1:39.9	I'm doing well, thank you.
1:42.0	So what we've been doing, so we scheduled this call for 12 o'clock, it's not 12-27, because what were we just
1:47.4	doing?
1:48.7	We're puttsing around getting distracted by, ooh, what's that? We're trying to do a periscope feed trying to get you
1:56.0	heard on periscope which may or may not be working and we're doing it because that's just what we wanted to do today and it's it's
2:05.3	the third of July when we're recording this all of this will be out later this month and
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