Beyond Labels: Nurturing the Unique Gifts of ADHD Children | Peter Shankman

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Lindsey Elmore

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Alternative Health, Medicine

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🗓️ 5 December 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

The New York Times has called Peter Shankman "a rockstar who knows everything about social media and then some." He is a 6x best selling author, entrepreneur and corporate keynote speaker, focusing on Neurodiversity in the workplace, customer service, and the new and emerging customer and neurotypical economies. With three startup launches and exits under his belt, (most notably Help a Reporter Out) Peter is recognized worldwide for radically new ways of thinking about customer experience, social media, PR, marketing, advertising, and the Neurodiversity. Additionally, Peter is the Futurist in Residence at Price Benowitz and BluShark Digital.

Peter’s sixth book, (and his first children’s book,) came out in mid-March of this year. “The Boy With the Faster Brain” is a heartwarming story about a young boy named Peter, who discovers that his ADHD brain, which was always getting him into trouble in school, is actually a super-powerful tool that he can use to achieve anything he wants - as long as he learns how to use it the right way. (And yes, it’s obviously very much autobiographical.) It’s the children’s version of Peter’s previous bestseller on ADHD, “Faster Than Normal: Turbocharge your Focus, Productivity and Success with the Secrets of the ADHD Brain” (Random House, 2017.)

Topics covered in this episode:
Neurodiversity and Parenting
ADHD and Embracing Differences
Building Resilience in Children
The Role of Technology in Parenting
Cultivating Connection and Understanding
Parenting and Perfection
Addressing Mental Health Stigma
Empowering Children with ADHD
Embracing Diversity in a Changing World
The Importance of Self-Love and Care

To learn more about Peter Shankman and his work, head over to www.shankman.com

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0:00.0	Welcome everybody to the Lindsay Elmore Show. Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in square holes, the ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules and they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify them, or vilify
0:23.6	them about the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things. They
0:31.2	push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see them as genius. Because the people
0:42.2	who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world are the ones that do. This is the
0:49.8	Lindsay Elmore Show. Welcome to the Lindsay Elmore Show, a podcast for people who deserve to be healthy.
0:56.4	With honest, open, and enlightening conversations with doctors, thought leaders, creatives, and
1:02.9	spiritual gurus, you'll walk away with simple and tangible tips and tricks that allow you
1:10.2	to live your healthiest life so you can pursue your
1:13.8	dreams, overcome obstacles, and leave your mark. Peter Shankman's latest book, The Boy with the Faster
1:22.4	Brain, details how your child isn't broken. It's a step-by-step guide that helps you to transform your child's
1:31.6	ADHD into a superpower that will turbocharge how they learn, think, and grow. Peter Shankman
1:40.5	realized a long time ago that his ADHD was responsible for most, if not all,
1:47.0	of his success. After starting and selling three companies and writing five best-selling
1:54.0	books, including Faster Than Normal, which in five short years has become one of the most quintessential books on ADHD and productivity.
2:05.6	Peter decided it was time to write a book that focused on children, one that would teach them that
2:13.6	ADHD and all forms of neurodiversity can be gifts and not a curse as long as we understand how to use them.
2:25.3	In the book, you'll meet Peter, his mom and dad, and Dr. Lisa, and understand why having a faster brain could be the best thing that a child can ask for.
2:40.1	Peter Shankman, welcome to the Lindsay Elmore show.
2:43.8	Great to be here. Thanks for having me.
2:45.2	I am so excited to talk to you. I love the title of your book, The Boy with the Faster Brain, and this idea that your
2:53.7	child isn't broken. Your child isn't broken. You are not broken. A diagnosis doesn't fundamentally
3:00.8	change who you are as a human being. And so talk to us about when you were diagnosed with ADHD and how it changed
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