Focused and Balanced: ADHD Strategies That Work w/ Skye Waterson (rebroadcast)

Hacking Your ADHD

William Curb

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 781 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Today, we're revisiting our conversation with Skye Waterson. Skye is a Doctoral Candidate and ADHD coach who specializes in research-backed tips for navigating life with a neurodivergent brain. We wanted to rebroadcast this episode because our discussion on her book and specifically her approach to calendars and burnout is still some of the most practical advice we've had on the show. Whether you're hearing this for the first time or the second, there is a lot of gold in here. Let's jump back into my talk with Skye Waterson.

If you'd life to follow along on the show notes page you can find that at http://hackingyouradhd.com/206

https://www.unconventionalorganisation.com/

This Episode's Top Tips

1. Avoid overcomplicating your organizational tools, and try to rely more on basic principles, such as having a capture space, a prioritization system, and a scheduling system.
2. Aim for 80% consistency with your systems and give yourself grace to bounce back after setbacks. No one will ever follow any system perfectly, so work on choosing tools and systems that can adapt to missed days without derailing your progress entirely.
3. Don't forget to prioritize at least a little fun in your planning. Building dopamine into your day through enjoyable activities can help you stay consistent and avoid burnout.

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.
0:09.0	On this podcast, I dig into the tools, tactics, and best practices to help you work with your ADHD brain.
0:15.0	Hey team, this week we've got Sky Waterson of unconventional organization back on the show to talk about
0:20.9	the book she's working on focused balanced days with ADHD.
0:25.0	Sky is an academic and ADHD coach with over seven years of experience in adult education.
0:29.6	She has studied various fields including psychology, sociology, and public health, and is
0:33.3	currently a doctoral candidate in public health.
0:36.2	Sky also hosts the ADAHT Skill
0:38.0	Labs podcast where she discusses research-back tips and advice to help individuals navigate
0:42.2	life with ADHD. Today, as I mentioned, we're going to be getting into her
0:45.9	serialized book that she's releasing chapter by chapter as she works through them on
0:49.5	Substack. Our discussion today focuses on what's already been released regarding
0:53.7	Sky's ADHD story and executive function,
0:56.2	but we also get into a whole host of other things from systems and calendars to burnout.
1:00.0	If you'd like to follow along on the show notes page, you can find that at hackingyouradHD.com slash 206.
1:06.1	All right, keep on listening to find out how to get your ADHD life into balance.
1:13.5	We're going to talk about this book that you're working on, and I'm blanking on the title.
1:17.5	The working title is Focus Balance Days with ADHD.
1:21.2	I finally decided to write a book, so I was almost like gun-shy about that, having written papers before and almost enjoyed the
1:28.7	break, honestly, starting a business and not writing.
1:31.4	But it's basically the culmination of everything that I have been teaching in a one-on-one space
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