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Living Beyond ADHD
by DrB
After a three-year hiatus due to health challenges, DrB returns to Living Beyond ADHD with a message that hasn't changed — and a conviction that's stronger than ever. In this comeback episode, DrB lays out the truth about adults with ADHD: you are bright, gifted, and capable of extraordinary things. What's holding you back isn't a disorder — it's missing pre-skills and executive function skills that were never taught to you. And the most radical idea of all? Those skills can be learned. Welcome back.
Episodes
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The 13 Executive Function Skills: Why the Order Matters - 140
That long list of struggles isn't one flaw. It's thirteen skills, and every one of them can be developed. In this episode, DrB separates ADHD symptoms from executive function skills, walks through all thirteen in plain language, and explains why the order they're built in matters. You'll also get…
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Before the Skills: The Three Pre-Skills Nobody Taught You - 139
Ever followed the directions perfectly and still not gotten the result? In this episode, DrB explains pre-skills: the skills you need before you can build the skills you want. She walks through the three that matter most: managing yourself in time, banishing procrastination, and making decisions...
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It Was Never You: The Beliefs and Identities Standing Between You and Your Skills - 138
You know what to do, so why can't you do it? In this extended episode, DrB explains why limiting beliefs and outdated identities get in the way of every skill you try to build, and why they come before pre-skills and executive function skills. You'll learn how to put a limiting belief on the...
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The Exhaustion Nobody Sees: ADHD and Burnout - 137
Slept eight hours and still feel like you're running on empty? ADHD burnout is different from ordinary burnout — it's the cumulative cost of constantly compensating for a brain the world wasn't built around, and "just rest more" doesn't fix it. DrB explains why ADHD burnout hits differently, how…
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Procrastination vs. Perfectionism — Different Beasts, Same Paralysis - 136
Can't start the task, or can't stop redoing it? Both get called laziness, but they're driven by opposite fears — and treating them the same way is why so many fixes don't stick. DrB breaks down the real difference between ADHD procrastination and ADHD perfectionism, how the two feed each other…
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ADHD and Money: Impulsivity, Debt, and the Skills Nobody Taught You - 135
Impulse buys at midnight. Bills that quietly turn into late fees. A banking app you haven't opened in weeks. If ADHD has ever made money feel like a moral test you keep failing, this episode is for you. DrB breaks down why ADHD brains struggle with money — dopamine, time blindness, working memory…
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Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria — The ADHD Wound Nobody Names - 134
Ever replayed a text message for three days over a single missing exclamation point? That's not "being too sensitive" — it might be Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, an intense emotional response to real or perceived rejection that's common in ADHD brains. In this episode, DrB names the wound nobody...
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What Living Beyond ADHD Actually Looks Like - 133
The Season One finale. After twelve weeks of truth-telling, skill-building, and identity work — DrB paints the full picture. What does life actually look like when the pre-skills are built, the executive function skills are integrated, the shame spiral is dismantled, and the old identity is...
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Relationships, ADHD, and the Mess In Between - 132
ADHD doesn't stay contained to the person who has it. It ripples through every relationship — with partners, friends, family, employers. In this honest, compassionate episode, DrB looks directly at how ADHD shows up in relationships (inconsistency, forgotten commitments, emotional intensity,...
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Emotional Dysregulation: The Symptom Everyone Ignores - 131
The ADHD symptom that affects every relationship, every workplace moment, every day — and almost never makes it into the mainstream conversation. Emotional dysregulation is not being "too sensitive." It's a neurological reality: a brain with compromised emotional brakes, flooding with intensity…
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The Identity Trap: Who You've Been Told You Are - 130
Who told you who you are? For most adults with ADHD, the answer is: other people. Teachers, parents, partners, report cards, diagnoses. In this deeply personal episode, DrB examines how ADHD identity gets constructed from negative reflections, what living inside a broken identity actually costs...
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Why You Start Everything and Finish Nothing (And How to Change It) - 129
The drawer of half-started projects. The course you paid for and never finished. The business idea that burned bright for three weeks and then vanished. Sound familiar? In this episode, DrB takes apart the start/finish problem at the neurological level — explaining why task initiation is hard…
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Time Blindness Is Real — Here's What To Do About It - 128
"You're always late." "How did you forget — it was TODAY." Adults with ADHD hear these sentences constantly — and have spent years unable to explain the experience underneath them. This episode names it: time blindness. DrB explains the neurological reality of how ADHD brains experience time…
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The Shame Spiral and How to Get Out of It - 127
Beneath the disorganization, the unfinished projects, the chronic lateness, and the avoidance — there is almost always shame. In this episode, DrB goes straight to the root. She explains the difference between guilt and shame, traces where ADHD shame comes from, breaks down the mechanics of the...
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There Are No Skills in Pills - 126
DrB's most provocative episode — and one of the most important. She is not anti-medication, and she makes that clear. But she will not pretend that medication is enough. This episode draws a definitive line between what medication can do (create a window, reduce static, improve focus) and what it...
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It's Not Your Fault — And You're 100% Responsible - 125
In this foundational episode, DrB delivers the message that sits at the heart of everything she teaches: it is not your fault — and you are 100% responsible for what happens next. These two truths are not a contradiction. Together, they are the most liberating framework an adult with ADHD can...
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The Pre-Skills Nobody Talks About - 124
Why do ADHD strategies always seem to work for a week and then collapse? DrB answers this question with a concept almost no one in the mainstream ADHD space is teaching: pre-skills. Before executive function can be built and integrated, there are foundational skills that must come first —...
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What Executive Function Really Is (And Why Nobody Told You) - 123
"Executive function" gets thrown around constantly in ADHD conversations — but rarely explained. In this episode, DrB breaks down exactly what executive function is, walks through every core skill (working memory, cognitive flexibility, inhibitory control, planning, task initiation, emotional...
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Nobody Taught You How to Learn - 122
It took DrB fifteen years to finish a four-year degree — not because she wasn't capable, but because she was searching for an education and kept finding a factory. In this episode, she shares her full story and connects it to a message she received from a high school student halfway around the...
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I'm Back — And So Is Your Brilliance - 121
After a three-year hiatus due to health challenges, DrB returns to Living Beyond ADHD with a message that hasn't changed — and a conviction that's stronger than ever. In this comeback episode, DrB lays out the truth about adults with ADHD: you are bright, gifted, and capable of extraordinary...
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The Importance of Executive Function Pre-Skills – 120
How often do you do the prep work for your tasks? Do you know what I mean by prep work? Most people I know really dislike the prep work and just want to get down to doing the task. They even feel that the prep work is a waste of their time because it isn't getting the job done. And, they are…
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Do you have the blueprints to build a new model of yourself? – 119
Do you have the blueprints to build a new model of yourself? One of my favorite quotes is by Buckminster Fuller, who said, "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." Thinking along the same lines as...
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Are You Prone to Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD)? – 118
Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria or RSD is a hot topic these days. It is one manifestation of emotional dysregulation, which is a common but misunderstood and under-researched symptom of ADHD in adults. Individuals with RSD feel unbearable pain (physical and emotional) as a result of actual or...
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Does Your Rambling Make the Point? - 117
I often hear from many accomplished adults that they feel like imposters. They have been able to hold things together and advance in their career, yet the toll on them is huge. They have created workarounds to get the job done but fear being found out. Work takes so much time and leaves little if...
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You Don't Need a Diagnosis or Medication to Get Results - 116
I've been giving a lot of thought to what is commonly believed to be the process we adults need to go through if we suspect ADHD. That process takes time and money. And depending on what part of the world you live in, your access to a specialist may be limited. For that reason or others, many...
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I Know How Hard It Is and I Can Help You - 115
This episode is a little different than most. It's kind of a public service announcement - a message in the public interest that is meant to raise awareness about an important issue and change behavior. This episode is dedicated to you, my listeners. The topic was inspired by a few emails I...
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Are your Underdeveloped EF Skills Hurting Your Marriage - 114
Whether you are dating, are in a committed relationship, living together or married, your well-developed Executive Function Skills make a difference in many aspects of your relational life. And, even though I focus on helping you develop your Executive Function Skills for yourself, that does not...
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Eating an Elephant; One Bite at a Time - 113
Desmond Tutu once wisely said that "there is only one way to eat an elephant: a bite at a time." What he meant by this is that everything in life that seems daunting, overwhelming, and even impossible can be accomplished gradually by taking on just a little at a time. Robert Maurer, Ph.D. tells…
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Procrastinate No More – 112
Procrastination is simply the act of delaying or postponing something; nothing more. Most people think of procrastinating as a negative thing. We procrastinate on filing our taxes, paying our bills, keeping our homes tidy, returning phone messages and responding to important emails. We even...
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Laying a Solid Foundation with Executive Function Pre-Skills – 111
Hi Aspiring Achievers, There is a serious, widespread problem with the educational requirements in the mental health field. Most professionals are studying the same outdated information about ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, Trauma and Addictions in preparation for licensure. They aren't studying what...
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Toxic Shame Keeps Executive Function Skills Underdeveloped – 110
Toxic shame is a killer. It's an internal message that tells you that you are defective, bad, wrong, and not valuable. Toxic shame isn't personal; it's like poison. It doesn't matter who gives you the poison or who does the shaming, either one will eat away at you and take you down. And, when…
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Time to Up Your Game with Better Executive Function Skills – 109
Executive function skills are important for us to function well as an adult, whether this means raising children, running a household, working for a company or ourselves, or being in healthy relationships. These skills are necessary so that we can get things done and not be in a constant state of...
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Will ADHD Coaching Give You the Transformation You Need? - 108
Hi Aspiring Achievers! Do you have any or all of the following challenges? Limiting beliefs that hold you back and make it impossible for you to succeed? An outdated sense of yourself or identity that is a limited version of you; not a version that is able to move forward with confidence and...
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Ask Dr B about Codependency and Executive Function Skills - 107
In this podcast episode, Dr B answers the question from Christine in Florida: "Does Codependency often play a role in executive function deficit?" Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find...
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Some Personal Moments with Dr B - 106
In this episode, we're doing something a little different. I was on a call a few days back with a couple of my team members. And I realized that that conversation would make a great mini podcast that I wanted to share with you my listener, because it's how I feel about the work that I'm honored…
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What If We're Doing it All Backwards and Wrong - 105
What if we're doing it all backwards and wrong? People start identifying that they have ADHD and they want to fix it. Or people start identifying they have underdeveloped executive function skills and they want to fix it. And everything is oriented towards fixing something that's deemed to be...
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Stop Quitting Before the Miracles Happen - 104
There's a difference between what you say you want and what you say you intend to have. One is "desire" and the other is "it will happen." When we set our intention, we are willing to go to any lengths for it to happen. We are willing to become a better or upgraded version of ourselves; to take...
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The Correlation Between Your Adult Capabilities and Your Success– 103
Let's jump straight to what's important here. You definitely need certain capabilities to succeed in life. These capabilities help you to get and keep a job, provide appropriate care for children, manage a household and contribute meaningfully to your community. They also enable you having a...
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A Casual Chat with You About Developing Your EF Skills – 102
If you're on the Information List for ADDventures In Achievement Foundational Skills Program, then you've been receiving some exclusive emails this week. As I was reviewing the emails you've been receiving again, I was thinking of how easy it would be very easy for you to not believe what I'm...
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Healing the Stories that Bind You to Suffering – 101
Have you been suffering long enough? Whether your suffering is due to your limiting beliefs or outdated identities or missing pre-skills or underdeveloped EF skills – if you're suffering, then you're suffering – no matter which of these are the source of your suffering. In this episode, I talk...
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Getting to Know Dr B: Up Close and Personal - 100
Hello, everyone. This is not Dr B. This is Maya Brewer, and it is Dr B's 100th podcast episode for Living Beyond ADHD. So, I am here with Dr B. I'm a student and a freelance writer. And when I say student, I mean student of Dr B's ADDventures In Achievement Program. So welcome to your own show…
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The Traumatic Journey Through Life Without Executive Function Skills - 099
In episode 098, I talked about being the Gifted Underachiever and the 5 pivotal elements to become the Empowered Achiever. While I was creating that episode, it occurred to me that there are many traumatic life experiences, big and small, when we don't have well-developed EF skills. We need to...
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How You Became a Gifted Underachiever and What You Can Do About It - 098
When I refer to "gifted" adults, I am not talking about I.Q. I am talking about something more important, which is gifted temperament. Additionally, a lot of the challenges you experience could be due to being a gifted adult, since there are many similar challenges with ADHD as with giftedness....
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You've Got to Get Out of the Habit of Being You– 097
Did you get up this morning and have to stop and remember who you are? Like in the movie "50 First Dates" where Lucy had to watch a video of her life every morning because her memory was damaged from an accident? Most likely not how your mornings start. Habits are great when they are shortcuts…
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How the Mental Health Field Falls Short in Helping Us at a Deeper Level – 096
If you've ever been disappointed or frustrated with the information or care you've received for your mental health and well-being, stay tuned. Carl Jung said, "I feel it is the duty of one who goes his own way to inform society of what he finds on his voyage of discovery." Jung's quote inspired...
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Ask Dr B about feeling powerless, hopeless and covering up your challenges – 095
80% of the new students coming into the ADDventures In Achievement Foundational Skills program feel powerless over their current behaviors, are filled with self-loathing, and feel like an impostor - having lived with so many challenges their entire life. They constantly look over their shoulder...
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If Failing Isn't an Option, What Would You Do - 094
The title of this episode is a real question I am posing to all of my listeners. If you knew that you would not fail once again to achieve your desired outcome, what would you do? Would you tell yourself that's not possible because you always fail? Or, would you be curious about what makes that...
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Are You Letting 2022 Be Another Year of Underachieving? - 093
Achieving your goals is connected to how well-developed your EF skills and strategies are, and if they're not well-developed, well, you know the rest of the story. And I get it. Getting the right help for yourself is a Catch-22. It's challenging because the very skills you need to help yourself…
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ADHD is NOT a Gift Unless You Leverage It - 092
Hearing that ADHD is a gift is hurtful and confusing to many adults. In my Facebook group, whenever we create a post about ADHD being a gift, many members are angry because they don't experience their ADHD as a gift at all. And, they are right. Without well-developed Executive Functions skills…
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Developing EF Skills Is Easy & What A Difference It Can Make! - 091
I have something a little different for you today. I did a live video last Friday, and people said it was great, so I turned it into a podcast episode so you all could benefit as well. As you may have heard me say before, you don't have to have a diagnosis or even suspect ADHD to have...
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After a three-year hiatus due to health challenges, DrB returns to Living Beyond ADHD with a message that hasn't changed — and a conviction that's stronger than ever. In this comeback episode, DrB lays out the truth about adults with ADHD: you are bright, gifted, and capable of extraordinary things. What's holding you back isn't a disorder — it's missing pre-skills and executive function skills that were never taught to you. And the most radical idea of all? Those skills can be learned. Welcome back.
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