Whether you are recently diagnosed, have been coping for years, think you might have ADHD or are wanting to learn more about the ADHD brain in general. Here we offer you brain hacks to inspire and empower you to take charge of your life. Welcome to the ADHD Decoded podcast, your roadmap to understanding the ADHD brain.

17:45 – Amanda recommends water-proof note pads for writing down ideas that start in the shower.

15:07 – The two discuss how daydreaming can be a strength when focused intentionally and correctly.Honos-Webb unpacks time blindness, a common distraction that people with ADHD are accustomed to. Honos-Webb unpack the distraction and anxiety inducing nature of technology and social media use. This includes exercise, stress management and getting sufficient sleep. Honos-Webb recommends looking at the science behind attention to start assembling the tools to keeping attention. ADHD causes a pull towards non-relevant distractions. Honos-Webb explains what attention deficit really means: not being able to pay attention to what one is supposed to be focusing on. Listen to the episodeĪpple Podcast Featured Expert: Dr Lara Honos-Webb Key Ideas: Using all these goals and tips can help one cope with and destigmatize having ADHD. For daydreaming, she recommends focusing it intentionally on goals and plans. For time blindness, she recommends getting a physical planner to plan out the week and account for how much time tasks take. Honos Webb then unpacks daydreaming and time blindness. The idea is to avoid being mindlessly drawn to the addictive nature of social media and to focus on personal goals. She recommends looking at social media like scientist, asking how often one finds themself on social media, what the benefits of being on social media are and if that time could be devoted to something more beneficial.

Honos-Webb gives a number of helpful tips to help someone who may be struggling with the distracting nature of social media. Studies also show that understanding one’s own attention limits and knowing when to take strategic breaks is crucial to keeping focused throughout the day.įrom here, the conversation shifts to one of the main causes of distraction and anxiety: social media. Honos-Webb recommends adding a number of tools including exercise, managing stress and getting sufficient sleep. In order to help someone who may have ADHD focus their attention in the right places, Dr. An attention deficit is something that shifts the focus of the attention on to a non-relevant distraction. In the same way, attention needs to be focused in the right direction. A flashlight is something that needs to be focused in the right place to fulfill its purpose. Honos-Webb opens by comparing attention to a flashlight. Lara Honos-Webb, a clinical psychologist, worldwide ADHD expert, speaker and author, to decode all things involving attention.ĭr. In the second episode of ADHD Decoded, Amanda is joined by Dr.

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