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10% Happier with Dan Harris

Do You Have ADHD? | Dr. Mark Bertin

10% Happier with Dan Harris

10% Media, LLC

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.612.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

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The difference between ADHD and human distractibility, and strategies for managing ADHD that can improve your focus, even if you don't have it.


Today's guest is Dr. Mark Bertin, a developmental pediatrician who specializes in ADHD and developmental disorders. He's the author of How Children Thrive, Mindful Parenting for ADHD, Mindfulness and Self-Compassion for Teen ADHD, and The Family ADHD Solution, which integrates mindfulness into pediatric care. For more information, please visit his website at www.developmentaldoctor.com.


In this episode we talk about:

  • The difference between ADD and ADHD, and the subcategories: hyperactive and inattentive.
  • Whether ADHD is a new condition brought on by the distractions of a modern world, or one that's always been around. 
  • The difference between being human and distractible, and having ADHD.
  • Strategies for managing ADHD that can be used even if you don't have ADHD.


Episodes Mentioned:

Kryptonite for the Inner Critic | Kristin Neff

Self Compassion Isn't Always Soft | Kristin Neff

The Scientific Case for Self Compassion | Chris Germer


Join Dan: LIVE!

Dan will be in upstate New York at the Troutbeck hotel on Sunday, November 17 — it's a Q and A and live guided meditation, and it's gonna be a great time. You can buy tickets and get more details here: https://troutbeck.com/culture/troutbeck-x-dan-harris/ 


Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/mark-bertin 


Additional Resources:

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0:00.0

It's the 10% happier podcast. I'm your host, your boy Dan Harris.

0:11.4

Hello, everybody. Here is a thing you hear people say all the time, at least I hear it all

0:24.6

the time and maybe you've actually said this thing. Here's the thing. I'm so ADD. We throw

0:30.8

this term around a lot, but what is it really? What's the difference between ADD and ADHD?

0:36.5

How do you know if you have it or if somebody you love and maybe even your kid has it?

0:40.7

And what do you do about it? We're going to answer all of these questions today and the

0:44.0

good news is that on that last question, what do you do about it? The answers are going

0:48.1

to be useful not only for people who have ADD or ADHD, but everybody. My guess is Dr.

0:54.2

Mark Burton. He's a new friend of mine. In fact, we live near each other. He's a developmental

0:58.8

pediatrician and author of several books, including How Children Thrive, Mindful Parenting

1:04.0

for ADHD and the Family ADHD solution to be clear. This interview is not focused just

1:09.5

on children or parents. It's for everybody. We talk about the difference between ADD and

1:14.3

ADHD and the subcategories, hyperactive and inattentive. Weather ADHD is a new condition

1:21.4

brought on by modern life for something that's been around forever. The difference between

1:26.6

being human and distractable and having ADHD and strategies for managing ADHD that can be

1:32.2

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