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Hosted by Brendan Mahan · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 291 episodes
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In ADHD Essentials, Brendan Mahan, M.Ed., M.S. interviews parents, teachers and experts to get their views on ADHD in childhood, and how it affects families.
Brendan Mahan hosts ADHD Essentials, a kids show with 291 episodes published.
EXCITING NEWS: On September 1st, Overcoming the Wall of Awful releases in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook formats wherever great books are sold! Even better, you can preorder it right now at TheWallofAwful.com ! Today’s
In today’s episode, I’m joined by Caroline Maguire, M.Ed., ACCG, PCC. Caroline is an internationally recognized expert in social-emotional learning, ADHD coaching, and relationship development. She is the author of the a
In today’s episode, I’m joined by Cate Osborne (aka Catieosaurus) & Erik Gude. Cate and Erik co-hosts the podcast Cate and Erik’s Infinite Quest: An ADHD Adventure, and are co-authors of the The ADHD Field Guide for Adul
Today's episode is a little different. My buddies Shane Thrapp and Braden Young have started the DadDHD Podcast, and I'm helping them with their launch! So rather than an episode of ADHD Essentials, I'm featuring episode
In today’s episode, I talk to ADHD coach Bradley Smith II. Bradley joins the pod to talk about about how restrictions help ADHD and creativity thrive. We discuss the nature of creativity, the ways that ADHD can lead to s
It’s January 10th. By now, odds are you’ve already fallen down on some of your resolutions. To that end, I want to talk about two of my goals that I can almost guarantee were more delayed than yours are, and the takeaway
In this episode, I resume the tradition of dragging a bunch of people into my room to reflect on the day's events of the ADHD Conference. This is the second day of the general conference - Saturday, November 15, 2025. My
In this episode, I resume the tradition of dragging a bunch of people into my room to reflect on the day's events of the ADHD Conference. This is the first day of the general conference - Friday, November 14, 2025. My gu
In today’s episode, I talk to a genuine trailblazer - Dr. Larry Jones. Dr. Jones is a retired pediatrician who won CHADD’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022. He is the founder of the 501(c)3 nonprofit Enable Tables, and
In today’s episode, I talk to my friend Dr. Ari Tuckman about ADHD and Productivity. Ari has been working in the field of ADHD for over 25 years. He’s part of the leadership team for the International Conference on ADHD,
What’s Up Team?! It’s your humble host, Brendan Mahan, back at it again. The podcast has been on hiatus for a while, but I am finally in a position to resume posting. So please tell your friends that I have returned. The
In today’s episode, I talk to my friend Tamara Rosier. Tamara runs the ADHD Center of West Michigan, she is also the author of two books - “Your Brain’s Not Broken”, and her new book, “You, Me, and Our ADHD Family”, as w
It’s the end of 2024, so Dr. Carolyn and I are talking about goal-setting and how we view New Year’s Resolutions. Along the way, we dabble in the importance of working with our brains rather than against them, the power
Today, we’re joined by executive function and leadership coach Frankie Berkoben. She shares why our executive function capacity can be so variable and the importance of being able to accept that variance, as well as the
Today, we’re joined by Dr. Patrick LaCount, the research officer for the “How to ADHD” YouTube channel. Patrick talks to us about ADHD in young adulthood. We discuss the importance of taking a long view for both parents
Our friend Dr. Caroyn, the ADHD MD is back! We talk about the importance of community to ADHD, how those communities allow us to embrace different parts of ourselves, and why the ADHD Conference is so meaningful to so ma
In today's episode, we're joined by Julie Kliers. Going undiagnosed until age 46 and not wanting to see her sons repeat her own struggles, Julie embarked on a crusade to learn all she could about ADHD, and became the per
In today’s episode, we’re joined by Kyrus Keenan Westcott of The Vibe with Ky. Ky talks about behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances, the power of the stories we tell ourselves, masking, being an introvert, an
Dr. Carolyn is back! Carolyn is a pediatrician with ADHD who can talk about the disorder from any number of directions! You can find her on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok as the ADHD MD. In today's episode, Dr Carolyn L
In today’s episode, we talk to friend-of-the-pod, and New York Times Best-Selling author AJ Jacobs. AJ is an editor at large for Esquire, as well as a journalist, author, and lecturer best known for writing about his lif
Caroline Maguire
ADHD coach, social emotional learning expert, and author of Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults
2 appearances on this show
Cate Osborn
author of The ADHD Field Guide for Adults · Cate and Erik’s Infinite Quest: An ADHD Adventure
1 appearance on this show
Brendan Mahan
host of the ADHD Essentials podcast · ADHD Essentials
2 appearances on this show
Brittany Smith
consulting ruminant nutritionist · Devise and Conquer Productivity Coaching
1 appearance on this show
Shane Thrapp
ADHD Life, Relationship and Career coach · Creating Order From Chaos Consulting
1 appearance on this show
Jessica McCabe
creator of 'How to ADHD' · How to ADHD
1 appearance on this show
Ari Tuckman
psychologist, author of The ADHD Productivity Manual, co-chair of the CHADD/ADDA/ACO Conference
1 appearance on this show
AJ Jacobs
New York Times Best-Selling author, editor at large for Esquire
1 appearance on this show
Alan Brown
ADD Crusher · DNA&STONE
1 appearance on this show
Kate Barrett
Coaching Cville
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Zach Gershon
ADDA
1 appearance on this show
Braden Young
Empower ADHD Solutions
1 appearance on this show
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