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ADHD Decision Paralysis? Set Your Margin of Error First

2026-11-0447:17

How much time should you spend making a decision? Two minutes? Four hours? Three weeks? When you have ADHD, it's not always obvious which decisions deserve your attention and which ones you should just make and move on from. In Wednesday's episode, Skye and Robbie explored the research behind ADHD, maximizing, and regret. Today, they're getting practical. Skye shares a decision-making method she's taught for five years: **decide how wrong you can afford to be before deciding how much time ...

Toxic Boss or Bullying? ADHD at Work with Brooke Schnittman

2026-11-0232:09

Someone says "we need to talk" and your ADHD brain immediately assumes you're in trouble. Even when you've done nothing wrong. Maybe you've dealt with a boss who constantly singled you out, colleagues who excluded you, or feedback that felt more like a personal attack than a conversation about your work. You probably called it a toxic workplace. But what if there was more going on? Brooke Schnittman is the founder of Coaching With Brooke, a bestselling author, and an ADHD coach with more th...

ADHD Impulse Control Is About Friction, Not Trying Harder

2026-10-2826:28

With ADHD, "just wait until later" can feel impossible. Buy it now. Switch to the fun thing now. Say it now. And when you give in to the impulse, it's easy to blame yourself for not trying harder. In this special episode of the ADHD Skills Lab, Skye Waterson shares a conversation from the ADHD Channel for Women by Understood.org. Host Cate Osborn speaks with Dr. Polaris Koi, an assistant professor of practical philosophy at the University of Turku who researches ADHD, self-control, and decisi...

Why ADHD Makes You Overthink Every Decision

2026-10-2701:01:06

With ADHD, you can spend three days researching a $50 purchase, finally make the decision, and still wonder if you chose wrong. Meanwhile, the important stuff isn't getting done. Skye and Robbie Waterson unpack a 2012 study from the Journal of Attention Disorders on ADHD, decision making, and regret. The research found that higher ADHD symptom scores were linked to more maximizing, the drive to find the best possible option, and more regret afterward. They explore why trying to avoid th...

Why Pushing Through Stops Working for ADHD Adults (Dr. Tracey Marks)

2026-10-2641:30

If you have ADHD (and especially if you run your own business), you probably know this cycle: push hard to hit a deadline, get it done, then do the same thing next week. It works often enough that you keep relying on it, until the week it doesn’t and you’re running on nothing. Dr. Tracey Marks is a board-certified psychiatrist with more than 25 years of clinical experience. Skye and Tracey talk about why pushing through is so hard to give up and what it costs your attention and energy over ti...

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