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The Relational Toll of ADHD Over Time with Dr. Dodge Rea
Season 32 Episode 7
It's not the blow-ups that do the most damage in a relationship — it's the quieter stuff. The look you misread, the deadline you missed again, the ap…
11 hours ago
Repair Without Over-Explaining
Season 32 Episode 6
If you have ADHD, chances are you've developed a deeply ingrained habit of apologizing — for being late, for forgetting, for talking too long, for ex…
1 week, 1 day ago
Why Being “Low-Maintenance” Is Costly
Season 32 Episode 5
Being called "low maintenance" feels like a win — until you realize the price you've been paying to earn it. In this episode, Pete and Nikki dig into…
2 weeks ago
Motivation Comes From Emotion, Not Discipline with James Ochoa
Season 32 Episode 4
This episode turns into a stealth self-care intervention when James Ochoa joins Pete and Nikki and immediately drags “motivation” out of the tidy, pl…
3 weeks ago
Letting Go of the “This Year Will Be Different” Story
Season 32 Episode 3
That “this year will be different” promise feels so good when it’s fresh… and so brutal when the old patterns quietly return. In this episode, Pete a…
1 month ago
Emotional Regulation When You’re Already Depleted
Season 32 Episode 2
When you're running on empty, your emotions hit harder and last longer. This week on Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast, Pete and Nikki explore what ha…
1 month ago
You’re Not Behind. You’re Exhausted.
Season 32 Episode 1
Pete and Nikki kick off the new season by naming the thing nobody wants to put on a vision board: the post-holiday crash. If you’ve come out the othe…
1 month, 1 week ago
Quiz Show • Season 31 Finale
Season 31 Episode 16
To close out Season 31, we turned the microphones over to someone who knows us better than almost anyone in our community: Melissa Bacheler, our Disc…
3 months ago
Find Your Own Wind: Fuel Your Motivation through Emotion
Season 31 Episode 15
Emotional planning sounds like one of those concepts you think you already understand — until you realize it has nothing to do with mood journaling, …
3 months ago
Aging, ADHD, and Letting Go with Jami Shapiro
Season 31 Episode 14
Aging with ADHD often hides in the background of our conversations, even though so many of us feel its effects every day. In this episode, we bring i…
3 months, 1 week ago