83 | Unpacking Your ADHD

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Eric Tivers, LCSW, ADHD-CCSP

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4.7 • 919 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2015

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Don Baker from Unpacking ADHD joins Eric to discuss both the story of how he came from excessive alcohol and marijuana use to being a therapist and his goals for developing the Unpacking ADHD community. Along the way, Don discusses the effects of dietary change and marijuana on treatment of ADHD symptoms, the role emotion plays in the lives of those with ADHD, and how inspiration, energy, and enthusiasm make a better therapist. Go to erictivers.com/83 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	to ask me this all the time, it's like, number one, why do you want to be a therapist?
0:03.6	Don't you get sick and tired to hear and people whine all day?
0:06.3	And I don't see it that way. That's not my experience.
0:09.5	I'm working with people I really enjoy connecting with and really learning the nuances of their stories.
0:18.0	Watching them challenge the map of reality or the story they've told about themselves in their lives and begin to consider different ways of seeing it.
0:26.1	It my deal is to just encourage people to be curious about it like like 80-HD rewired episode 83. This is the show designed to help those of us who have
0:41.5	really good intentions and a slightly wandering attention.
0:45.7	My name is Eric Tivers, I'm a licensed clinical social worker, coach, and consultant.
0:51.4	We know that starting can be the hardest part, so let's get started. But first, let me
0:58.6	thank our sponsors. Bong trial dot com slash ADHD
1:15.0	trial dot uh... trial dot com slash ADHD rewired
1:20.0	go to audible trial.com slash ADHD rewired for your free
1:26.3	audiobook download.
1:27.6	Welcome back to another episode of ADHD Rewired. I am here in the virtual ADHD
1:37.6	rewired studios in Northern Illinois with my guest
1:44.0	adhister hd hd dot com did I get that website right you got it eric
1:48.3	oh right so as as usual the way we start this my the interviews here it takes a much longer to get started
1:56.8	Then then I wanted to we're having internet issues and so I'm you know I haven't really done this much.
2:04.4	I think I did it one other time recently
2:06.8	is I'm not actually sitting not at my desk,
2:09.4	but in my chair that I sit at with my legs are up.
2:13.6	Which you actually gave you the inspiration
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