005: How To Stop Feeling Defeated By Your To-Do List From Stuck To Started: Executive Function & ADHD Coaching To Take Action podcast

Ever find yourself staring at your endless to-do list, wondering how you’re going to get it all done (and then feeling awful when you don’t)? In today’s episode, I’m diving into how you can create realistic plans for managing life when everything feels overwhelming. Prioritizing is complicated, but so important to avoid burnout. Let’s talk about the executive function strategies (and self-talk!) that will help you feel better about how you tackle your to-do list, even when you don’t get everything done.

Host: Sarah Lovell, Executive Function and ADHD Coach

Episode Highlights: (time stamps)

00:00 The Challenges of Managing Overwhelm
06:30 Creating Realistic Plans and Adjusting Expectations
10:04 Mastering Executive Functioning: Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing
13:07 Time Management: Estimating and Feeling Time
17:17 Overcoming Perfectionism and All-or-Nothing Thinking
20:3 Taking Action and Giving Yourself Credit
27:04 Finding Tools and Systems to Manage Overwhelm
30:11 Outro

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Connect with Sarah Lovell:

Website: Executive Functioning First
Instagram: @executivefunctioningfirst

Music by: AudioCoffee, Inspirational Background

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