Learn to Thrive with ADHD Podcast

Welcome to the Learn to Thrive with ADHD Podcast. This is the show for you if you’re an adult with ADHD or ADHD-like symptoms and you need help. Do you feel like your symptoms are holding you back from reaching your full potential? Are you frustrated, unmotivated and overwhelmed? Many people aren’t aware that ADHD coaching is even an option. Perhaps you are newly diagnosed, or not diagnosed, but you check all the boxes and you’re finding it difficult to cope in certain areas of your life. Host, Mande John and ADHD coach, is here to help. Each week, you’ll get solutions and practical advice to navigate ADHD symptoms and live a productive life. On the podcast, you’ll hear from coaches and clients who share real-world applications, tools, and resources that you can apply to your own life. We can be creatives, entrepreneurs, or multi-passionate people, and not know how to organize our ideas, or even how to take action on them. With Mande John as your guide i

Learn to Thrive with ADHD Podcast is a health podcast hosted by Mande John, with 139 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Mande John hosts Learn to Thrive with ADHD Podcast, a health show with 139 episodes published.

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  Episode #138

  Ep 138 - ADHD Energy Reset

  Oct 1, 202616 min

  Coach Mande John got on a coaching call last week feeling mentally and physically exhausted - a high-energy new puppy, big projects in motion, and the sense that everything was taking more out of her than she had to give. She got off that call with more energy and a clearer head. Nothing in her life had changed. The puppy was still there. The projects were still there. So what shifted? This episode is about ADHD mental energy : the difference between what's actually happening and everything your brain adds on top of it. Mande walks through why ADHD already takes so much energy to manage, why cognitive fusion (a concept from Russ Harris's The Happiness Trap ) can make a passing thought feel like a fact, and why reframing "I have to" as "I choose to" changed how heavy her puppy, her projects, and her ADHD systems felt — without making any of them easier. This isn't "just think positive." Mande is clear: sometimes you're just tired, and your body needs rest. But sometimes there's real tiredness, and then there's a whole extra layer stacked on top of it — and those two things need different solutions. ✅ Why ADHD already asks so much of your energy ✅ The difference between facts and the stories we add to them ✅ "I have to" vs. "I get to" vs. "I choose to" — and why the last one matters most ✅ Cognitive fusion and why a thought can feel like a fact ✅ How to tell real exhaustion from added mental weight ✅ A simple set of questions for when something feels heavier than it should Listen on your favorite podcast platform or watch on YouTube. Grab the free ADHD Energy Worksheet: www.learntothrivewithadhd.com/adhdenergy Book a free coaching consultation: www.learntothrivewithadhd.com/services #adhdcoach #adhdcoaching #adultadhd #adultadd #adhdhelp Click here for show note. Send us Fan Mail CLICK HERE for more resources. We're on this journey together!

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  Episode #137

  Ep 137 - How to Get Big Projects Done With ADHD (Without the Overwhelm)

  Sep 24, 202619 min

  Big projects can feel especially heavy with ADHD — not because you can't do hard things, but because a "big project" usually isn't one task. It's 20 to 100 of them, and a lot of those steps aren't even visible until you've finished the ones before them. In this episode, Coach Mande John shares how she's currently moving six big projects forward at once, using a simple framework: Plan, Build, Run. She breaks down the difference between work that just finishes a task and work that makes all future work easier — the kind of "setting the foundation" work that feels slower today but saves you from redoing the same decisions over and over. You'll hear how Mande used this exact approach to finally remodel her laundry room (and eliminate dozens of tiny daily decisions through something called cognitive offloading), how she and her husband overhauled their gym's outdated membership system by giving the project "somewhere to live" on the calendar, and how to tell the difference between useful setup work and just decorating a project to avoid the part that actually matters. ✅ Why big projects feel so heavy with ADHD ✅ The Plan, Build, Run framework ✅ Cognitive offloading and why it matters ✅ How to protect a big project from everything else competing for it ✅ How to make today smaller without making the project smaller ✅ Setup work vs. "decorating the project" Listen on your favorite podcast platform or watch on YouTube. Subscribe to the weekly newsletter: www.learntothrivewithadhd.com/weekly Book a free coaching consultation: www.learntothrivewithadhd.com/services #adhdcoach #adhdcoaching #adultadhd #adultadd #adhdhelp Click here for show note Send us Fan Mail CLICK HERE for more resources. We're on this journey together!

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  Episode #135

  Ep 135 - Is ADHD Really a Superpower? What Faster Than Normal Gets Right

  Sep 10, 202623 min

  Is ADHD really a superpower? Coach Mande John has mixed feelings about that word - and this episode explains why. Using Peter Shankman's book Faster Than Normal as a jumping-off point, Mande explores the real strengths that often come with ADHD: fast thinking, creativity, risk-taking, hyperfocus, curiosity, and the willingness to do things other people wouldn't consider. But she's also honest about the flip side — the same traits that build an interesting life can make that life harder to manage without the right support. You'll hear why self-awareness matters more than willpower, why rituals beat resolutions for ADHD brains, how environment quietly shapes how well you function, and why Mande's own two-part framework — executive function plus mind management — is what actually makes strengths usable day to day. This isn't about forcing yourself to call ADHD a gift, and it's not about pretending the hard parts aren't hard. It's about seeing yourself more completely — not just where you struggle, but where your brain already helps you. ✅ What Faster Than Normal gets right about ADHD strengths ✅ Why the same trait can help you and hurt you ✅ Rituals vs. resolutions — and why ADHD brains need the former ✅ How to design your environment instead of relying on discipline ✅ The two-part framework: executive function + mind management ✅ Why copying someone else's system isn't the goal — knowing your own brain is Listen on your favorite podcast platform or watch on YouTube. Subscribe to the weekly newsletter: www.learntothrivewithadhd.com/weekly Book a free coaching consultation: www.learntothrivewithadhd.com/services #adhdcoach #adhdcoaching #adultadhd #adultadd #adhdhelp Click here for show note Send us Fan Mail CLICK HERE for more resources. We're on this journey together!

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  Episode #134

  Ep 134 - REBROADCAST How To Create a Great Week

  Sep 4, 202629 min

  This week's episode is a rebroadcast of a fan-favorite: How to Create a Great Week. Coach Mande revisits her go-to process for ADHD weekly planning — one that goes way beyond typical time management advice. Before diving back in, Mande shares what she now understands even more clearly: your great week isn't a contract you have to prove you can follow. It's a draft — your best guess based on what matters to you, your responsibilities, and the capacity you actually have right now. Inside the episode, you'll walk through the five steps to build your own great week: asking the important questions, identifying non-negotiable responsibilities, mapping weekly tasks, plugging it all into a week view, and creating space to evaluate and adjust. Mande also shares personal examples — from delegating dinner to timing her laundry — and the "don't miss twice" mindset that makes consistency sustainable. Grab the free workbook to follow along at learntothrivewithadhd.com/greatweek . Links: Website: https://www.learntothrivewithadhd.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learntothrivewithadhd/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/learntothrivewithadhd/ LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/learntothrivewithadhd Send a voice message: https://www.speakpipe.com/learntothrivewithadhd Click here for show note Send us Fan Mail CLICK HERE for more resources. We're on this journey together!

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  Episode #133

  Ep 133 - REBROADCAST You Know What to Do, So Why Aren’t You Doing It?

  Aug 27, 202633 min

  You know exactly what to do. So why aren't you doing it? This gap between what you know and what you do is called the knowing-doing gap. And for those of us with ADHD, it's not just frustrating - it's painful. Because we're smart enough to see the gap. We're aware enough to know we're not bridging it. But here's what most people don't realize: The gap isn't about lack of knowledge. It's about your beliefs. In Episode 133 (rebroadcast), I break down the knowing-doing gap and the limiting beliefs that create it. What's Inside: ✓ What the knowing-doing gap is (and why ADHD people feel it so intensely) ✓ How your beliefs directly create the gap ✓ Hand-me-down beliefs (where they came from) ✓ Self-sabotage (why you protect beliefs that aren't true) ✓ The thoughts-feelings-actions chain (how it all connects) ✓ Fear in the gap (what you're really afraid of) ✓ The 3-question framework (that reveals everything) ✓ Reframing techniques (that actually work) ✓ Practical steps (to bridge your gap) Key Quote: "You are brilliant, creative, amazing people. You know what to do and I really believe that is what makes it painful to those of us with ADHD. Were we ignorant we wouldn't feel out of alignment with who we are." – Mande Perfect For: ✓ Anyone stuck between knowing and doing ✓ ADHD people frustrated with the gap ✓ Those who know what to do but don't do it ✓ Anyone ready to examine their beliefs ✓ People tired of trying harder Resources: "I Know What To Do, So Why Don't I Do It?" by Nick Hall, Ph.D. (available on Audible) Free Knowing-Doing Gap Workbook → learntothrivewithadhd.com/freeresources/ Links: Website: https://www.learntothrivewithadhd.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/learntothrivewithadhd/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/learntothrivewithadhd/ LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/learntothrivewithadhd Send a voice message: https://www.speakpipe.com/learntothrivewithadhd Click here for show note Send us Fan Mail CLICK HERE for more resources. We're on this journey together!

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