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The ADHD Skills Lab Skye Rapson
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Navigate each day in an ADHD-friendly way – with research-backed strategies, real-life experiences and expert advice. Each week, UO founder Skye Rapson chats with expert guests, takes your questions and offers practical support to help you move past whatever may be holding you back. Together with UO’s coaching director, Sarah Russell, they’ll delve into the latest ADHD research and discuss how it can be applied day to day. Skye Rapson was diagnosed with ADHD as a doctoral student. After a few years of research and work with Auckland University, she decided to leave her academic career and start Unconventional Organisation. Now a worldwide ADHD support service, Unconventional Organisation has consulted with the New Zealand Government to offer guidance on ADHD in the workplace and has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs, academics, and professionals work with ADHD to achieve their goals.
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ADHD BBC Documentary One Year Later: "Is it really too easy to be diagnosed with ADHD?" Interview with Lucy Robinson
Hello and welcome back to The ADHD Skills Lab!Producer Sarah here, excited to share this interview with Guardian editor Lucy Robinson, one year after her work on the article, "Is it really too easy to be diagnosed with ADHD?"Curious about what's inside?The challenges of having a new baby and undiagnosed ADHDThe complexities of a struggling mental health systemThe real travesty is decades of underdiagnosis (yes, we explain this in more detail)Thanks for being here! Until next time,Sarah (Podca...
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Sleep & Gaming with ADHD: Research Recap
Hello and welcome back to The ADHD Skills Lab podcast!This is Producer Sarah, delivering another slightly controversial Research Recap!Curious about what's inside?Defining sleep disturbanceWhat exactly is Internet Gaming Disorder?Can a paper choose to "deviate from the requirements" and still get published? Yeah, turns out you can.BONUS: Does anyone know of an interdisciplinary fusion of sociological and psychological theory that focuses on social conditions manifest as psychological symptoms...
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Harnessing Impulsivity: Live in The ADHD Skills Lab with Jamie Cutino
Hi and welcome back to The ADHD Skills Lab podcast! This is Producer Sarah speaking, thrilled to be bringing you this LIVE interview with Jamie Cutino, founder of Outsmart ADHD.Curious what Jamie has to share?Her origin story: ADHD diagnosis, loss of a parent, etc.HOT take: Impulsivity can be a strength for an entrepreneurNeuroscience & other research mentions: Dopamine, Norepinephrine, and Risk-Taking *BONUS: How do you think I (still Sarah) met Skye? Find me on IG and let me know!T...
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ADHD Emotions: The Chicken or the Egg Dilemma [Research Recap]
Welcome back to The ADHD Skills Lab!This is Producer Sarah speaking; ready to give you the long and short about what you'll find this week:Understanding the link between mind wandering, rumination and mindfulnessWhat happens when you screen a bunch of neurotypicals for ADHD and emotional dysregulation?High co-morbidity between ADHD and mood disorders? What's that about...*BONUS: I go on a rant this week... which of the three topics do you think triggered it? Come find me on IG/YT and let me k...
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Neurodiversify Your Time & Task Management - LIVE Interview with Marie Ng
Welcome back to The ADHD Skills Lab!This is Producer Sarah speaking; I'm here to provide you some details about what's inside:An incredible chat with Marie Ng, founder of Llama Life, self-taught coder, and fellow ADHD'erResearch on ADHD and Time PerceptionCandid conversation regarding ADHD's dark side... it's really not always a superpowerThanks for being here! Until next time,~ Sarah R (Podcast Producer)ADHD Skills Discussed:Try flexible, timed task sprints to promote task initiationCheck in...
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ADHD Stigma - Do you feel weird? same... - Research Recap
Welcome back to this weeks episode of The ADHD Skills Lab! Producer Sarah here, ready to give you this weeks breakdown.Going to start by flagging that this episode was deeply emotional all around, from initial research all the way through to reviewing post-edit. That said... ***TRIGGER WARNING: strong mentions and verbal depictions of social stigma and rejection.. if you would like to skip ahead to the discussion of ADHD and restlessness, please jump to 19:45 in the recording.***You can find ...