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Money feels harder when you have an ADHD brain. The Distracted Dollar exists to explain why and what actually helps. The Distracted Dollar is a podcast for anyone with ADHD who feels behind, ashamed, or overwhelmed by money. Hosted by Vanessa Dean, ADHD Money Coach, this podcast breaks down the real reasons traditional money advice does not work for ADHD brains and replaces it with systems that do. Each episode explores impulsive and emotional spending, why budgets fall apart, how time blindness leads to late fees and forgotten bills, and how financial identity and money shame keep people stuck. The focus is always on simple, ADHD friendly systems that reduce chaos and build control. There is no hustle culture here. There is no shame. There is no advice that tells you to just try harder. This podcast helps you understand your brain, remove guilt from the equation, and design a financi
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Signup to Generate a PitchMoney feels harder when you have an ADHD brain. The Distracted Dollar exists to explain why and what actually helps. The Distracted Dollar is a podcast for anyone with ADHD who feels behind, ashamed, or overwhelmed by money.
The Distracted Dollar is hosted by Vanessa Dean. The show has published 32 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Stop Making Financial Decisions When Tired: The ADHD Fatigue Trap" (26 October 2026, 9 minutes), "4 Financial Milestones that Rewire an ADHD Brain for Wealth" (19 October 2026, 13 minutes), and "Financial Masks: The ADHD Tax Nobody Talks About" (28 September 2026, 10 minutes).
The Distracted Dollar publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 10 minutes across 32 episodes.
Booking probability for The Distracted Dollar is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Distracted Dollar requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Distracted Dollar's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for The Distracted Dollar are Courses, Coaching & Lessons. The Distracted Dollar has an education audience.
Vanessa Dean hosts The Distracted Dollar, an education podcast with 32 episodes published.
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Episode #9
Does your budget fall apart when you’re exhausted? If late-night impulse spending leaves you with a financial hangover, this episode of The Distracted Dollar is for you. Join Vanessa, your ADHD money coach, to explore...
Episode #9
What if your next financial milestone brought you more than a better bank balance? What if it brought breathing room, confidence, and the freedom to choose? In this episode, I share four financial milestones that helped...
Episode #5
Is the ADHD tax costing you more than late fees and forgotten subscriptions? In this episode, we’re talking about financial masking: spending money to fit in, look successful, or feel like you’re enough. I share the...
Episode #4
Another paycheck. Another plan to save. Another month with nothing left to move into savings. If you have ADHD, that cycle can leave you wondering why something that sounds so simple feels so hard. In this episode, I...
Episode #3
A quick tap. A small purchase. A bank balance that makes no sense three days later. If you have ADHD, that “where did my money go?” feeling might sound painfully familiar. In this episode, I explore the “pain of...
Episode #2
Why can paying a simple bill feel completely impossible when you have ADHD? In this episode, we unpack the executive dysfunction, shame, boredom, and “not right now” thinking that can turn a two-minute task into an...
Episode #1
I paid off $24,000, and I still couldn't open my banking app without shaking. If that sounds familiar, you're not lazy, and you're not broken. This episode breaks down the real reason ADHD brains treat a bank app like a...
Episode #23
You're not bad with money. Your brain is running on empty and spending is the fastest refill you can find. In this episode, we're breaking down the real reason compulsive shopping is so hard to stop when you have ADHD...
Episode #21
From WIC to Debt-Free: An Accidental ADHD Brain Hack to Pay Off $24K in 14 Months Vanessa, an ADHD money coach and host of The Distracted Dollar, shares how she and her husband (a senior NCO in the U.S. Army) paid off...
Episode #20
You’re Not Bad With Money: ADHD, Identity, and the Pause Before You Purchase Vanessa, an ADHD money coach, introduces The Distracted Dollar and reframes “I’m bad with money” as a story shaped by early money scripts and...
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Why Summer Wrecks ADHD Budgets—and the Envelope System That Prevents September Debt Vanessa, an ADHD money coach on the Distracted Dollar podcast, explains why summer often leads to September credit card dread for ADHD...
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Here are the updated show notes: The Distracted Dollar | Episode: Why Your Brain Reaches for Your Wallet When Rejection Feels Possible Have you ever paid for something you didn't want, just to make sure nobody forgot to...
Episode #18
The ADHD Potential Trap: Stop Funding Your Fantasy Self Vanessa, an ADHD money coach and host of The Distracted Dollar, explains how ADHD brains get hooked on the dopamine of “what if” purchases—where the high happens...
Episode #17
Vanessa, an ADHD money coach, explains how tracking every purchase turned her marriage into a money-police/teenager dynamic fueled by control and shame, and how a no-questions-asked monthly “allowance” for each partner...
Episode #17
Stop the Bleed: A Live Financial Triage for the ADHD Brain Most people think budgeting is about math. But when you have ADHD, looking at your bank account doesn't feel like math—it feels like an RSD-induced nightmare...
Episode #15
Are you shopping for your life, or are you shopping for a ghost? In this episode of The Distracted Dollar , Vanessa (your ADHD Money Coach) digs through her "planner graveyard" to uncover the truth about the ADHD Tax...
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“Save for a rainy day” doesn’t work for ADHD brains—and it’s not your fault. In this episode, I break down why traditional savings advice fails and how to use permission-based sinking funds to reduce stress and stay in...
Episode #13
The ADHD Tax: How Executive Dysfunction Drains Your Money (and a 1-Hour Refund Move) Vanessa, an ADHD money coach, explains that ADHD costs society $122.8 billion largely through lost productivity and unemployment, and...
Episode #12
Beating the ADHD Novelty Cliff: A Four-Season Money System Vanessa, an ADHD money coach on The Distracted Dollar, explains why many people with ADHD can follow a new budget or savings plan for about 90 days and then...
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