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Adult ADHD and Depression can be sucktastic! Let's have a laugh or two while we work to get on the other end of our unique skull spaghetti. Nominated for best male host in the 2024 Podcasters Peoples Choice Awards, and currently a top 2% global podcast!
Subscribe to the ADHD Big Brother podcast if you want short, entertaining episodes, delivered weekly, that will nudge you forward on managing those adult ADHD symptoms. Do any of these debilitate you:
I have no motivation to do boring things. I can't get started! I have choice paralysis. I have so much self-loathing. I have a million unfinished projects. I have no time management skills.
If so, I can help.
My name is Russ Jones, I'm a former actor/comedian and a current ADHD Big Brother. I am diagnosed with ADHD and Depressive Disorder. My mission is to help adults wiith ADHD who struggle in the way that I did, and still do, with managing their ADHD and Depression symptoms. I'm trained in integrative wellness coaching and have education and years of experience in ADHD specific coaching. My view is that this process is most effective through community. Visit adhdbigbrother.circle.so to learn about our growing community of adults with ADHD who are all getting our sh^t together...together! It's ADHD Coaching by Community!
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Super excited to get to talk with writing coach Carolyne Whelan on this episode. If you are new to Carolyne, see her bio information below. And yes, I butchered her last name even though I heard her say it! My brain is fun. Carolyne has forgiven me for my flub...you should, too! :) Here are the links mentioned in the show! Carolyne's Website: www.carolynewhelan.com Carolynes freebie mentioned in the show Come join us for a free writing workshop with Carolyne: Click here to l...
If you haven't listened to last week's episode with the amazing Tina Mathams, that's a great starting point to the conversation this month about finances. We going deeper than "what's your budget software/app". This week let's talk about the assignment she gave us and dig into the differences between learning, and doing. And please, please, please, send me your book recommendations. The book on finance that had the most impact on you. Interested in getting unstuck, gaining c...
This month we are all about the finances! Today's guest is the PERFECT person to kick it off for us. Tina's Bio: Tina Mathams is an accountant, ADHD financial educator, author and host of the ADHD Money and Finance podcast. After discovering her own ADHD, she combined her expertise with her lived experience to help neurodivergent individuals manage their finances. Through her online platforms, she provides practical strategies for overcoming impulsive spending, budgeting effectively, an...
The most profound aspect of this month's focus on routines has been the implementation of a morning and an evening routine. How did you do? Have you been following along? Have you taken a thwack at these crucial routines for adults with ADHD? If not, I challenge you this week to attempt a "this" (You'll know when you listen to the episode) Mentioned in the podcast: Dr. Shane Calhoun's interactive workshop on routines. Open to the public in the ADHD Big Brother community. Click here to g...
What a wonderful conversation with the one and only William Curb of the top ADHD podcast "Hacking Your ADHD". We cover his time as a professional frisbee manager, his podcast, grabber-reach tools, routines and much more! William's Links: Hacking Your ADHD Website Get his newsletter "Any and All Distractions" Follow him on Blue Sky Subscribe to his YouTube Channel @hackingyouradhd on the other socials! More about William: William Curb, born in Oahu, Hawaii and graduated with ...
We are continuing the month talking about routines! Here are a couple of suggestions on ways to build routines for all you adults with ADHD! Interested in getting unstuck, gaining confidence, and consistency? Book a free chat with Russ and let's explore if/how I can help! Get my FREE PDF for instant un-stuck-ification when you get my newsletter. My Ready S.E.T. Go method will get you started when getting started is unstartable. Click here for the free PDF. ⚡️ Come see what ADHDBB is ...
January was about the big goals! February is all about the routines to get there! It all begins with the morning and evening routine. How are yours? What are yours? Mentioned in this episode: The Megs Crawford Episode Interested in getting unstuck, gaining confidence, and consistency? Book a free chat with Russ and let's explore if/how I can help! Get my FREE PDF for instant un-stuck-ification when you get my newsletter. My Ready S.E.T. Go method will get you started when getting star...
Let's finish the goal setting, big picture, January situation with a talk about the Wheel of Life. If the 10 days for $10 is still happening, you can find it down below.... come see what award winning ADHD support looks like! Interested in getting unstuck, gaining confidence, and consistency? Book a free chat with Russ and let's explore if/how I can help! Get my FREE PDF for instant un-stuck-ification when you get my newsletter. My Ready S.E.T. Go method will get you started wh...
We made a big goal! Now what? Chunk it down Ok, but how? Chunkercize it! That makes no sense. Let's explore how an ADHD person, with a tornado of thoughts, can break a goal down and successfully forward on it. Interested in getting unstuck, gaining confidence, and consistency? Book a free chat with Russ and let's explore if/how I can help! Get my FREE PDF for instant un-stuck-ification when you get my newsletter. My Ready S.E.T. Go method will get you started when getting sta...
January is supposed to be about setting big goals, and setting our year up right. I am unfortunately not able to put out an episode about goal setting when the fires are burning out here. Mentioned in the episode, ways to help: Baby2Baby World Central Kitchen LAUSD Education Emergency Relief Fund Apply for disaster assistance ********************************* Interested in getting unstuck, gaining confidence, and consistency? Book a free chat with Russ and let's explore if/how I can hel...
What a great way to kick of 2025 - a productive conversation with one of ADHD's finest: Alan P. Brown. He's here to teach us some awesome big yearly goal strategies. I have already begun implementing what he talked about on the podcast. Mentioned in the podcast: Freebie: www.addcrusher.com/25easy Visit www.ADDCrusher.com for more about Alan Email Alan: abrown(at)addcrusher.com If you wish to view the interview to see what Alan was sharing with me, you can check out the video of our ...
It's the end of the year! Let's talk about what happened and what's to come, and I am going to read a speech and honor one of our awesome community members who has achieved the unthinkable with ADHD! Have a listen! Interested in getting unstuck, gaining confidence, and consistency? Book a free chat with Russ and let's explore if/how I can help! Get my FREE PDF for instant un-stuck-ification when you get my newsletter. My Ready S.E.T. Go method will get you started when getting started...
Happy Holidays! What's a taskfirmation, you ask? It's a made up word is helping me on my journey to that glorious affirmation of "I love myself" or "I am worthy of love" or "I am capable of doing difficult things" Mentioned in the podcast: Take this short, anonymous, 5-7 minute long survey to help me help you in 2025! Here's the link to take the survey Interested in getting unstuck, gaining confidence, and consistency? Book a free chat with Russ and let's explore if/how I can help! Get m...
I got to talk to THE Trina Haynes of My Lady ADHD! What an amazing human. You probably already know this amazing writer/creator/ADHD advocate from her popular Instagram. We discussed ADHD burnout and a really cool way to anticipate it and plan ahead. Great takeaways on this one. And here are all the links mentioned in the show: Trina on Instagram: @myladyadhd Trina's website: www.myladyadhd.com Her Substack that has her newsletter, podcast and more! https://www.ladyadhd.net/ Link to h...
We know all about our ADHD, and we still aren't doing any of the work. Is that how it is for you? In this episode we bridge the gap between intention and action. Mentioned in the episode: 10 days for $10 in the ADHD Community. This is the article that shows how I gamified the initial clean up with Goal Getter. Interested in getting unstuck, gaining confidence, and consistency? Book a free chat with Russ and let's explore if/how I can help! Get my FREE PDF for instant un-stuck...
My friend Bryan and I have created a challenge that puts some novelty to the suffering that achieving goals often creates. Have a listen and send me the answer to this: What suffering are YOU choosing? Mentioned in this episode is the game Surges and Setbacks. If you would like a free pdf copy of the game we created in the community, click here. Interested in getting unstuck, gaining confidence, and consistency? Book a free chat with Russ and let's explore if/how I can help! Get my FREE P...
Dr. Shane Calhoun is back! This was a phenomenal conversation on why ADHD is so common with adults with ADHD. If you are an adult with ADHD who is struggle with addictions, this is a must listen episode! As a former nicotine addict, and a person with all kinds of addictive behaviors, I found this talk with Dr. Shane invaluable! He's the best. Dr. Shane's Info: Dr. Shane Calhoun is a Clinical Health Psychologist who specializes in Adult ADHD. He has several masters degrees and graduated with...
If you have ADHD, then this short, easy to read, easy to implement book by Antonia Bowring is the answer. Every ADHDer should have this book. We've been implementing it in the community and it's taken off and we are still utilizing it a months later. To pick up your copy, here is the link Also mentioned in this episode was the graphic on coaching. It's brilliant. You can find it here. The interview portion is up on YouTube if you would like to check it out an watch us chatting it up. Her...
Hope you enjoy my ramble! But I REALLY hope you take the dare for the challenge this week. Here's a link to my 15 minute before and after that I mentioned in the episode. Interested in getting unstuck, gaining confidence, and consistency? Book a free chat with Russ and let's explore if/how I can help! Get my FREE PDF for instant un-stuck-ification when you get my newsletter. My Ready S.E.T. Go method will get you started when getting started is unstartable. Click here for the free PDF. ⚡...
It's a wonderful world we live in where all the things that are bad and unhealthy are perfectly set up to entice the ADHD brain. NEAT! Let's talk about it! Check out ADHD Big Brother Community Coaching and find your tribe! Interested in getting unstuck, gaining confidence, and consistency? Book a free chat with Russ and let's explore if/how I can help! Get my FREE PDF for instant un-stuck-ification when you get my newsletter. My Ready S.E.T. Go method will get you started when get...
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