Learn to Thrive with ADHD Podcast

Mande John
  • 4.7 (3)
  • Mental Health
  • Updated Weekly

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 in the area of ADHD coaching, she’ll show you how to transform your life when you apply the tools to help you be more focused, less overwhelmed, and be a person that commits and stays the course. Are you ready for a life-changing experience? Let’s go!  

  1. 5d ago

    Ep 131 - The Busy ADHD Brain: How Constant Input Is Stealing Your Focus

    You're not short on information. You're buried in it. And if you're a professional or entrepreneur with ADHD, you probably take in information all day long- messages, email, podcasts, saved posts - and it's all useful. That's exactly what makes it hard to notice when it becomes too much. In this episode, Coach Mande John explores why constant input can leave an ADHD brain feeling unfocused, even when nothing is technically wrong with your ability to focus. She breaks down the stress stimulation loop, the difference between purposeful and avoidant input, and why removing the phone doesn't fix the problem if the underlying discomfort never gets addressed. Then she offers a small, sustainable "attention reset" you can start using today. ✅ Why busy and effective aren't the same thing  ✅ The stress stimulation loop, and how it quietly overloads your brain  ✅ Purposeful input vs. reactive input vs. avoidant input  ✅ Why more research can become a way to delay a decision, not clarify it  ✅ How to build a small attention reset instead of a full digital detox  ✅ Why quiet, unfilled moments matter for creativity and clarity 🎧 Listen on your favorite podcast platform or watch on YouTube. 📬 Subscribe to the weekly newsletter: www.learntothrivewithadhd.com/weekly 💼 Work with Mande: 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!

  2. Aug 6

    Ep 130 - High-Performing With ADHD: Why Success Still Feels So Hard

    Can you handle a massive project with a million moving parts, but still can't answer one simple email for three weeks? You might already be a high performer — and this episode is for you.  Coach Mande John speaks directly to ADHD adults who create impressive results, but only through pressure, urgency, and last-minute effort. From the outside, everything looks successful. On the inside, it can feel like barely holding it together. So this episode isn't about pushing harder. Instead, it's about building a version of high performance your brain can actually sustain.  ✅ Why you might already be performing at a high level, even if it doesn't feel like it  ✅ What happens when "Rising to Necessity" turns into needing a crisis for everything  ✅ Why busy and effective aren't the same thing  ✅ The three levels of clarity that make a goal actually actionable  ✅ How to tell a clarity problem apart from avoidance or depletion  ✅ Why strengths, not weaknesses, are where sustainable performance comes from  ✅ The Three R's: Review, Revise, Recommit  🎧 Listen on your favorite podcast platform or watch on YouTube.  📬 Subscribe to the weekly newsletter: www.learntothrivewithadhd.com/weekly  💼 Work with Mande: 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!

  3. Jul 30

    Ep 129 - ADHD Rebuilding Self-Trust with ADHD: How to Come Back After Setbacks

    If a goal falls apart and your brain immediately says "see, I knew I couldn't trust myself" — this episode is about breaking that cycle. Coach Mande John explores one of the most painful, least-discussed parts of ADHD: what happens to your self-trust after years of starting, stopping, forgetting, and not following through the way you meant to. She makes the case that self-trust was never supposed to mean perfect consistency — and offers a more honest, more ADHD-compatible definition of what it actually takes to trust yourself again. ✅ Why self-trust ≠ never getting off track  ✅ How past unfinished attempts quietly turn into a belief about your identity  ✅ The difference between "I didn't follow through" and "I can't trust myself"  ✅ A redefinition of consistency built for ADHD brains, not against them  ✅ How to rebuild trust through small, specific, keepable commitments  ✅ Why a repair plan matters more than a perfection plan Mande also shares details on her live workshop, From Stuck to Success: The ADHD Reset — built for anyone who feels like they lost momentum this year and is waiting for a "clean restart" instead of just resetting now. 🎧 Listen on your favorite podcast platform or watch on YouTube. 🎟️ Sign up for the workshop: www.learntothrivewithadhd.com/adhdreset 📬 Subscribe to the weekly newsletter: www.learntothrivewithadhd.com/weekly 💼 Work with Mande: 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!

  4. Jul 23

    Ep 128 - Success with ADHD: Why You're Not Failing, You're Just Using the Wrong System

    Do you look at your unfinished projects, abandoned systems, and half-followed-through plans as proof that you're falling short of your potential? In this episode, Coach Mande John challenges that story. The problem usually isn't discipline, desire, or capability - it's that most success advice assumes a brain that doesn't work the way ADHD brains do. Decisions don't always stay top of mind. Motivation fades. A perfectly good plan on Monday can feel like it belongs to someone else by Thursday. Mande introduces the Three R's - Review, Revise, Recommit - a tool she uses with her coaching clients to build success in a way an ADHD brain can actually sustain. Instead of aiming for a system you never fall off of, the goal becomes noticing sooner and coming back faster, without turning every pause into a verdict on your character. ✅ Why "just make a plan and stick to it" doesn't hold up for ADHD brains  ✅ The preparation trap — when learning and planning quietly become a way to avoid the risk of trying  ✅ Why failure is data, not a verdict, and inaction is the real worst case  ✅ How shorter feedback loops keep a goal from silently disappearing  ✅ A redefinition of consistency: getting better at returning, not never drifting  ✅ The Three R's: Review, Revise, Recommit 🎧 Listen on your favorite podcast platform or watch on YouTube. 📬 Subscribe to the weekly newsletter: www.learntothrivewithadhd.com/weekly 💼 Work with Mande: 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!

  5. Jul 16

    Ep 127 - ADHD and the Someday Trap: Stop Waiting for the Perfect Time

    We all have a "someday" list — the things we keep telling ourselves we'll get to once life calms down, once we're more confident, once we finally get our act together. But what if that perfect time never actually comes? In this episode, Coach Mande John explores the Someday Trap and why it's so convincing for ADHD brains. Someday feels safe. It doesn't ask anything of us today. But the longer we wait, the more life keeps moving without our participation — and waiting doesn't just delay the outcome, it delays everything we would have learned by trying. Mande walks through why ADHD adults are especially prone to this pattern (hint: it's not a discipline problem), the real costs of waiting, and how to tell the difference between a wise, intentional pause and an indefinite delay that just quietly floats. You'll walk away with a simple reframe: instead of waiting for the perfect time, find the next step. ✅ Why "someday" sounds reasonable but keeps everything important on hold  ✅ The 4000 Weeks perspective and why it's clarifying, not overwhelming  ✅ How waiting protects you from discomfort now — and adds regret later  ✅ Why motivation was never meant to carry the whole thing  ✅ How to shrink big, vague goals into one small, doable next step  ✅ Permission to ask for support without earning it first 🎧 Listen on your favorite podcast platform or watch on YouTube. 📬 Subscribe to the weekly newsletter: www.learntothrivewithadhd.com/weekly 💼 Work with Mande: 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!

  6. Jul 9

    Ep 126 - Feeling Good for ADHD: Executive Function Meets Mind Management

    Today we're talking about Feeling Good by Dr. David Burns — the book that changed my life in my 20s, and one I've gifted over 100 times. It's not just for depression and anxiety; the concepts in it are now central to how I coach people with ADHD. ADHD doesn't just affect what we do — it affects how we feel about what we do, and the stories we tell ourselves when we forget something, procrastinate, or fall off a routine. In this episode, I walk through the most common thought distortions I see in ADHD brains, and a simple technique for catching and reframing them before they turn into shame. ✅ Why the thought matters as much as the task  ✅ The 7 cognitive distortions that show up most with ADHD  ✅ The Triple Column Technique for reframing a negative thought  ✅ Why action — even small action — changes your mood  ✅ How to build habits that survive your worst days, not just your best ones 🎁 Grab the free ADHD Thought Reset Guide: https://learntothrivewithadhd.com/reset #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!

  7. Jul 2

    Ep 125 - Executive Function Series #10 Goal Sustainability Finish What You Start

    Starting goals isn't the problem for ADHD brains — sustaining them is. The excitement fades, life gets busy, and suddenly we're asking ourselves why we can never stay consistent. Sound familiar? In this episode of the executive function series, Coach Mande John breaks down the real reason goals fade for ADHD adults — and how to build systems that actually last. This isn't about becoming more disciplined. It's about building a different approach that works with your brain instead of against it. In this episode you'll learn: Why inconsistency is a neurological pattern, not a character flawHow the motivation cycle works for ADHD brains — and why it always runs outWhy goals built on shame and pressure rarely lastHow to make goals smaller, more flexible, and easier to startThe role of external systems, accountability, and body doubling in sustainabilityHow to restart after setbacks without shame or spiralingWhy celebrating small wins matters more than you think Sustainable growth with ADHD is possible — it just looks different than we were taught. And that's okay. 🔗 Join the weekly email list: learntothrivewithadhd.com/weekly #adhdcoach #adhdcoaching #adultadhd #adultadd #adhdhelp #adhdpodcast #adhdgoals #adhdproductivity #executivefunction #adhdentrepreneur Click here for show note Send us Fan Mail CLICK HERE for more resources. We're on this journey together!

  8. Jun 25

    Ep 124 - 6 Things to Stop Saying Today to Feel Better With ADHD

    There are six words and phrases that ADHDers use every single day — and they're quietly making your ADHD worse. Not because they're bad words, but because every time you say them, you're reinforcing shame, overwhelm, and limitation without even realizing it. In this episode, Coach Mande John shares the exact words she's worked hard to remove from her own vocabulary and what she's replaced them with instead. These small language shifts create less pressure, more possibility, and a lot more self-compassion. In this episode you'll learn: Why "should" keeps you focused on who you're not instead of what's possibleHow replacing "have to" with "get to" instantly reframes any taskThe reason Mande stopped using the word "busy" years agoThe one tiny word that turns "I can't" into an open doorWhat to say instead of "I don't know" to keep your brain curiousHow to stop turning temporary feelings into permanent identity labels🎁 Grab the free ADHD Language Reset Guide at learntothrivewithadhd.com/6words ADHD is challenging enough. We don't need our language making it harder. #adhdcoach #adhdcoaching #adultadhd #adultadd #adhdhelp #adhdpodcast #adhdtips #adhdmindset #adhdwomen #adhdlife Click here for show note Send us Fan Mail CLICK HERE for more resources. We're on this journey together!

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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 in the area of ADHD coaching, she’ll show you how to transform your life when you apply the tools to help you be more focused, less overwhelmed, and be a person that commits and stays the course. Are you ready for a life-changing experience? Let’s go!  

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