Ep 93: Overcoming Overwhelm Course

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In this life-changing episode of our ADHD Summer School series, I reveal why your ADHD brain feels constantly overwhelmed and share proven strategies to transform chaos into calm—without waiting for the "perfect moment" to feel in control.

📌 Key Topics:

• The ADHD attention paradox: you don't have too little attention, you have too much
• Understanding executive function challenges and why you get "frozen"
• Three major thought problems that create overwhelm (and how to break free)
• The Now/Not Now Method for instantly organizing overwhelming to-do lists
• How to stop negative thought spirals with simple mental tools
• Breaking the "busy" habit and changing your internal language

🗣️ Featured Quote: "The problem with overwhelm is caused by paying attention to too many things at once and feeling stressed that we have to deal with them all. It's not that we don't pay attention—we pay attention to everything at once."

💡 Strategy Breakdown:

• Use thought downloads to get racing thoughts out of your head
• Apply the "Or I Could Be Thinking" technique to redirect negative spirals
• Practice the Four N's: Notice, Name, Normalize, Next Best Thought
• Create minimums and maximums to keep all life areas balanced
• Implement daily offloading habits to prevent mental overload
• Question limiting beliefs with "What if this were easy?"

🎯 Coming Up Next: More ADHD Summer School courses on Time Management, Building Sustainable Systems, and working with your unique ADHD wiring.

🔑 Key Takeaway: Your ADHD brain isn't broken—it just processes information differently. With the right tools to manage overwhelm, you can feel scattered less often and focused more consistently. Start with one strategy, build momentum, and celebrate every small win.

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