# adhd brain (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover adhd brain. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Gap Trap!](https://takecontroladhd.com/podcast/3301) _2026-08-20 · Pete Wright · Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast - Take Control ADHD_ Shame does its best work in the space between where you are and where you think you should be. Season 33 opens on the gap trap, and on the unimpressive little move that gets you out of it. ## [I Stood in My Closet for 15 Minutes Over Two Blouses](https://joriehoulihan.substack.com/p/i-stood-in-my-closet-for-15-minutes) _2026-08-18 · Jorie Houlihan · ADHD &... with Jorie Houlihan_ A personal story about ADHD decision fatigue, recognizing depletion, and building a recovery kit for the days your brain runs out of room. ## [A Revisit: Breaking Down an ADHD Challenge](https://takecontroladhd.com/podcast/3229) _2026-08-13 · Pete Wright · Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast - Take Control ADHD_ "I can't focus" is too big to fix. Pete and Nikki put on their detective hats to break an ADHD challenge down to the actual roadblock, so you can solve the real problem instead of blaming the whole thing on ADHD. ## [What Your Resistance is Trying to Tell You](https://joriehoulihan.substack.com/p/what-your-resistance-is-trying-to) _2026-08-11 · Jorie Houlihan · ADHD &... with Jorie Houlihan_ Why resistance before starting a task is information, not a character flaw, and how to ask a more useful question about what is really going on. ## [A Revisit: Change Your Vocabulary, Change Your Mindset](https://takecontroladhd.com/podcast/3228) _2026-08-06 · Pete Wright · Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast - Take Control ADHD_ The words you use every day are quietly shaping what you think you're capable of. Pete and Nikki dig into a few simple language shifts that can change how you talk to yourself, and how you connect with everyone else. ## [The ADHD Strategy I Knew About & Still Didn't Use](https://joriehoulihan.substack.com/p/the-adhd-strategy-i-knew-about-and) _2026-08-05 · Jorie Houlihan · ADHD &... with Jorie Houlihan_ Knowing a strategy helps your ADHD brain isn't the same as using it. A personal look at body doubling and the gap between the two. ## [A Revisit: Celebrating What We Do](https://takecontroladhd.com/podcast/3227) _2026-07-30 · Pete Wright · Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast - Take Control ADHD_ If you've got ADHD, odds are you get a lot more done than you give yourself credit for. Pete and Nikki talk about flipping the script from deficit to appreciation, and a simple practice for actually noticing what you do. ## [The Missing Step Before Any ADHD Organizing System Works](https://joriehoulihan.substack.com/p/the-missing-step-before-any-adhd) _2026-07-23 · Jorie Houlihan · ADHD &... with Jorie Houlihan_ Understanding how your ADHD shows up, then building systems that lean into your strengths and put guardrails around your challenges. ## [A Revisit: Attacking the Gremlins with Jane Massengill](https://takecontroladhd.com/podcast/3226) _2026-07-23 · Pete Wright · Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast - Take Control ADHD_ Coach Jane Massengill joins us to talk about the harsh inner voice a lot of us with ADHD live with, and where it actually comes from. She shares a simple practice for noticing that self-talk and starting to loosen its grip. ## [The System Did Not Fail. One Part Did.](https://joriehoulihan.substack.com/p/the-system-did-not-fail-one-part) _2026-07-21 · Jorie Houlihan · ADHD &... with Jorie Houlihan_ Why abandoning a system after one bad day might be the real problem, and a simple shift that makes systems last. ## [International money transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/g1MTMDJzE1Sv) _2026-07-21 · **Sponsored**_ Send money to other countries and manage multi‑currency balances online. ## [The Real Reason Your Ideas Keep Disappearing](https://joriehoulihan.substack.com/p/why-your-adhd-brain-loses-ideas) _2026-07-14 · Jorie Houlihan · ADHD &... with Jorie Houlihan_ Your ADHD brain isn't careless. It's a working memory pattern. Here's what's happening and one habit that helps ideas stick around. ## [ADHD and Confidence: You Don't Need to Feel Ready to Start](https://joriehoulihan.substack.com/p/adhd-and-confidence) _2026-07-09 · Jorie Houlihan · ADHD &... with Jorie Houlihan_ You don't need confidence to start. For ADHD brains, confidence comes after action. Here's how to begin before you feel ready. ## [How to Notice Progress Without Measuring It](https://takecontroladhd.com/podcast/3225) _2026-07-09 · Pete Wright · Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast - Take Control ADHD_ Your brain is great at counting what you didn't finish and terrible at noticing what you did. In the Season 32 finale, we trade the scorecard for one quieter skill — and it may be the one that carried the whole season. ## [ADHD and Women: What the Research Says About Life Expectancy and Sleep](https://joriehoulihan.substack.com/p/adhd-and-women-what-the-research) _2026-07-07 · Jorie Houlihan · ADHD &... with Jorie Houlihan_ New data on health risks, diagnosis trends, and medication, plus this week's episode on confidence and visible leadership. ## [Knowing You Mask Isn’t the Same as Stopping](https://joriehoulihan.substack.com/p/knowing-you-mask-isnt-the-same-as) _2026-07-02 · Jorie Houlihan · ADHD &... with Jorie Houlihan_ What Happens in the Gap Between Awareness and Change ## [You’re Not Broken. You’re Contextual.](https://takecontroladhd.com/podcast/3224) _2026-07-02 · Pete Wright · Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast - Take Control ADHD_ You can lose six hours to the thing that grabs you and still can't make yourself answer a two-line email. Same brain, different room — and this week Pete digs into why that gap says a lot more about your environment than it does about you. ## [Research, masking, and your real self](https://joriehoulihan.substack.com/p/research-masking-and-your-real-self) _2026-06-30 · Jorie Houlihan · ADHD &... with Jorie Houlihan_ 4 ADHD research updates worth knowing, plus this week's podcast episode on masking and what it quietly costs women with ADHD. ## [Self-Trust Is a Nervous System Skill with Dr. Tamara Rosier](https://takecontroladhd.com/podcast/3223) _2026-06-25 · Pete Wright · Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast - Take Control ADHD_ After enough broken promises to yourself, some quiet part of your nervous system stops believing your plans. Dr. Tamara Rosier returns to show us how self-trust actually gets rebuilt — one small, repeatable correction at a time. ## [Rewriting the Rules You Inherited About Worth](https://takecontroladhd.com/podcast/3222) _2026-06-18 · Pete Wright · Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast - Take Control ADHD_ You signed a rule about your own worth before you could even read it — and for the ADHD brain, it got written in permanent ink. This week, we read the fine print and start figuring out how to rewrite it. ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/d9kakYUWvSvR) _2026-06-18 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when a friend signs up for the Graphite Business Card ## [What It Means to Be “Good Enough” With ADHD](https://takecontroladhd.com/podcast/3221) _2026-06-11 · Pete Wright · Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast - Take Control ADHD_ "Good enough" can sound like permission or accusation — and ADHD brains often hear both. This week, Pete and Nikki untangle the difference between settling, ending, and finishing on purpose.