ADHD and the Art of Mindful Living with Ying Deng

Hacking Your ADHD

William Curb

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 702 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Hey Team!This week we’re joined by Ying Deng, known as ADHD Asian Girl across social media. I was able to get to know Ying a bit at the recent International ADHD Conference and thought she’d be a great guest for the show. Meditation is something that I’ve wanted to discuss on the show for quite a while now, but it also isn’t something I’m super knowledgeable about so it was great to have a chance for this discussion.In our conversation today we get into what mindfulness and mediation actually is - and some about what it isn’t, since meditation isn’t exactly something we get an accurate picture of from popular media. We talk about some of the reasons that mediation can be beneficial for ADHD as well as some of the strategies to help bring meditation into our lives because ADHD can also make it a hard habit to start.

Be sure to check out all of Ying's Mindfulness Course or checkout where she's on the web with her Linktree

Feel free to ask me a question on my Contact Page

Find the full show note at HackingYourADHD.com/169

This Episode's Top Tips

We can engage in mindfulness during daily activities like putting on socks or brewing coffee. By focusing on the sensations we can work on being present in the moment.
ADHD can make it hard for us to build our practice so we can mix up our routine with guided and unguided meditations, sit outside to connect with nature or engage in mindful movements to cater to how we’re feeling on any given day.
We don’t need to meditate for long periods and if we find that challenging, start with shorter, more manageable sessions and gradually increase the duration as we build the habit.
Body doubling can be a great way for us to get into a meditation practice. Partner up with someone or join a community for meditation sessions to make the practice more engaging and accountable.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Hacking Your ADHD.
0:06.0	I'm your host, William Kerb, and I have ADHD.
0:10.0	On this podcast, I dig into the tools, tactics, and best practices to help you work with your ADHD brain.
0:16.0	Hey team, this week we're being joined by Ying Dang, known as ADHD Asian Girl across social media.
0:22.2	I was able to get to know Ying a bit recently at the International ADHD Conference,
0:26.0	and I thought she'd be a great guest for the show.
0:28.6	So meditation is something that I've wanted to discuss on the show for quite a while now,
0:31.9	but it's also something where I know I have gaps in my knowledge.
0:35.1	So I thought this would be a great chance to have that discussion.
0:37.8	In our conversation today, we get into what mindfulness and meditation actually is, and about some
0:42.3	of what it isn't, because meditation often has quite the inaccurate image from popular media.
0:47.2	We also talk about the reasons meditation can be beneficial for ADHD, as well as some of the
0:51.6	strategies to help bring meditation into our lives, because, as
0:54.4	you know, ADHD can make starting a meditation habit hard. If you'd like to follow along
0:58.7	a show notes page, you can find that at hacking your ADHD.com slash 169.
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