Hyperfocus & High Performance with Christine Howe

Christine Howe
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Hyperfocus & High Performance with Christine Howe If you're a brilliant, creative leader with ADHD who knows you're made for more—and you're looking for a way to unlock that potential without sacrificing your peace—this podcast is for you. You don't need another productivity hack. You need a holistic planning system that works with your brain instead of against it. Hosted by Christine Howe—licensed professional counselor, creator of NeuroPlanning™, founder of Think Time®, and designer of the first Whole-Brain NeuroPlanner™—this podcast helps visionary leaders harness the strengths of the ADHD mind to build extraordinary lives with peace, not pressure. Each week, Christine combines neuroscience, psychology, leadership, creativity, and practical planning strategies through conversations with leading experts and thought-provoking solo episodes. You'll learn how to: • Harness your hyperfocus to work for you instead of against you. • Design dream routines & rejuvenating rhythms you will love to follow. • Reduce overwhelm and mental clutter. • Increase clarity, creativity, and confidence. • Lead with greater purpose, presence, and peace. At the heart of every episode is the NeuroPlanning™ Method: Love Your Design. Then: Dream. Decide. Do. Review. This whole-brain framework helps you stop reacting to life and start creating it intentionally. If you're ready to stop forcing yourself into systems that don't fit and start planning in the native, creative language of your brain, you're in the right place. Discover how your goal achievement can be faster and easier as you Take time to Think Time®.

  1. 3d ago

    Early Warning Signs You May Be Heading Toward Burnout I Christine Howe

    In this solo episode, I walk through the early warning signs I watch for when someone may be heading toward burnout: executive functioning that starts to slip, trouble starting tasks, harder emotional regulation, a weaker working memory, less creativity, leaning on urgency to focus, and a body that is communicating distress. I also name the one that's easy to miss for ADHD visionaries: when the strategies that have always worked for you stop working. This episode matters to me because early in my counseling career I cared for brain injured patients, some in rehabilitation after a stroke linked to unmanaged stress. Burnout can happen to the best people doing things they genuinely love, not only to people doing something hard or misaligned. I close with five questions to ask yourself, and I'm clear that I'm not diagnosing burnout, acute stress, or ADHD. If burnout feels real, I encourage you to reach out to a healthcare provider for a personalized assessment. For anyone craving silence or less stimulation, I also recommend Stephen Porges' Safe and Sound Protocol, offered through Unyte. Don't let it become your story. If you'd like help building structures that keep renewing your energy, try the 30-day free trial of the Think Time membership, where we plan weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly together. Or hop on a free call with me and we can talk through what you need. Timestamps 00:00 Intro: living on a cocktail of cortisol and adrenaline, and the early signs 02:53 Executive functioning, and losing the ability to start 05:47 Burnout can happen to the best people, and emotional regulation 09:11 When creativity disappears 12:07 Living on urgency, sensory overload, and decision fatigue 14:56 The body, withdrawing, and when rest and your usual strategies stop working 17:52 Overwhelm or burnout, and five questions to ask yourself 21:39 Productivity with peace, not pressure Listen & connect Follow me: Instagram · TikTok · LinkedIn Think Time®: Website · Free Training · Instagram · YouTube · TikTok · LinkedIn Hyperfocus & High Performance: Listen Here This podcast is for educational purposes only and isn't a substitute for individualized medical, mental health, or professional care. Every brain is different, and results will vary.

  2. Oct 15

    They're Not Giving You a Hard Time, They're Having a Hard Time I Christine Howe & Randy Free

    Randy Free is a psychiatric counselor who helps families of kids with ADHD find peace in the middle of the storm. He started teaching Sunday school at 20, and found that he could coach a child and then send them right back to the same family situation. So he started working with the whole family. His framework, peaceful parenting, has five pillars that spell PEACE: Perspective, Ease, Attune, Connect, and Empower. It starts with one reframe: "They're not giving you a hard time, they're having a hard time." Randy and Christine talk about meltdowns as a distress signal, why a day of transitions leaves a child with no energy left to contain big emotions, and what changes for a family when they stop seeing defiance. They also turn to the adults who were never diagnosed, and what Randy does with EMDR for the inner child who was told they were stupid or lazy. Timestamps 00:00 Intro 01:28 Who Randy was at eight 03:47 Why he works with the whole family 09:27 Perspective: a distress signal, not defiance 19:11 The five pillars: ease, attune, connect, empower 28:38 Connection without dropping expectations 37:51 Floor play, groups, and the family intensive 40:42 The cost of untreated ADHD 48:30 Late diagnosis, shame, and EMDR 52:21 Where to find Randy Listen & connect Randy Free (Coach to Resilience): Website · Instagram · LinkedIn Christine: Instagram · TikTok · LinkedIn Think Time®: Website · Free Training · Instagram · YouTube · TikTok · LinkedIn Hyperfocus & High Performance: Listen Here This podcast is for educational purposes only and isn't a substitute for individualized medical, mental health, or professional care. Every brain is different, and results will vary.

  3. Oct 12 ·  Bonus

    Joy, Vision, Visibility, and Coercive Control, A Recap I Christine Howe & Bekah Bernard

    Christine and Bekah close out the launch series by recapping the last four conversations: Cindy Garrard on joy as a performance strategy, Zach King on being polished but parked, Jamie Maglietta on being visible without waiting to feel polished, and Joy Forrest on coercive control and the ADHD/CPTSD overlap. Christine also says what comes next: more from her on what you can do with your ADHD symptoms, and experts, but not so many at once. They end on imperfect action: reach out for a quick call, join the membership, or take a first step without having the whole plan figured out. Timestamps 00:00 Intro: closing out the launch series 01:25 Recapping Cindy Garrard: joy as a performance strategy 11:05 Recapping Zach King: polished but parked, crappy but committed 14:25 Recapping Jamie Maglietta: visibility without waiting to be polished 23:15 Recapping Joy Forrest: coercive control and the ADHD/CPTSD overlap 35:05 Final takeaways: living on mission 36:20 Taking imperfect action Listen & connect Join the Membership: think-time-u.teachable.com 10% off a Neuroplanner Christine: Instagram · TikTok · LinkedIn Think Time®: Website · Free Training · Instagram · YouTube · TikTok · LinkedIn Hyperfocus & High Performance: Listen Here This podcast is for educational purposes only and isn't a substitute for individualized medical, mental health, or professional care. Every brain is different, and results will vary.

  4. Sep 29

    Just Because You Can Carry It Doesn't Mean You Should I Christine Howe & Joy St. John

    Joy St. John spent 25 years climbing the corporate ladder at places like KPMG, HSBC, and E*Trade, becoming a managing director along the way. Her core belief, the thing that made her successful, was that she could always just push through. Then a rainstorm in North Carolina, a gust of wind, and a concrete barricade changed that. She and her mother were driving to Florida when the car hydroplaned and hit a barrier, then another car. Both could have been killed. She still tried to make her Monday morning regulator meeting. She and Christine talk through what she learned in the aftermath: just because you can carry it doesn't mean you should. Joy also walks through her EDGE framework (Evaluate, Design, Go execute, Elevate) and the concept she calls microdosing, gradually testing your limits and your comfort zone instead of forcing a giant leap. Timestamps 00:00 Intro: who Joy is 02:14 Who Joy was at eight, and at eighteen 04:36 Defining success at KPMG 09:04 The car accident 13:40 The first time she had to take short term leave 20:33 Microdosing your anger 27:34 Noticing the signs before they build 29:57 The EDGE framework, explained 38:48 The weight loss journey with Dr. Cody Golman 44:36 Where to find Joy, and the free vision sketch gift Listen & connect Joy St. John (The Joyous Edge): Free 30-Min Consult · Website Christine: Instagram · TikTok · LinkedIn Think Time®: Website · Free Training · Instagram · YouTube · TikTok · LinkedIn Hyperfocus & High Performance: Listen Here This podcast is for educational purposes only and isn't a substitute for individualized medical, mental health, or professional care. Every brain is different, and results will vary.

  5. Sep 28 ·  Bonus

    Emotional Real Estate, Healing, and Corporate Strategy, A Recap I Christine Howe & Bekah Bernard

    Christine and Bekah recap three more conversations: Karen Conlon on what she calls emotional real estate, learning to own your own emotional space instead of living on someone else's, Mark Ruegg on choosing gratitude and healing strategies through a cancer diagnosis that later returned, and Don Rauzelle on applying corporate strategic thinking to your own life instead of just your career. The thread running through all three is agency. Whatever you didn't ask for and can't control, there's still a circle of what you can, and that's where the actual work happens. Timestamps 00:00 Intro: recapping round three 00:20 Recapping Karen Conlon: emotional real estate 07:47 Recapping Mark Ruegg: healing and gratitude through cancer 15:39 The serenity circle, and your circle of control 16:30 Recapping Don Rauzelle: corporate strategy for your own life 20:20 Zooming out instead of narrowing in 24:56 Closing thought: your dreams still matter Listen & connect Join the Membership: think-time-u.teachable.com 10% off a Neuroplanner Christine: Instagram · TikTok · LinkedIn Think Time®: Website · Free Training · Instagram · YouTube · TikTok · LinkedIn Hyperfocus & High Performance: Listen Here This podcast is for educational purposes only and isn't a substitute for individualized medical, mental health, or professional care. Every brain is different, and results will vary.

  6. Sep 28 ·  Bonus

    Your Body, Your Nervous System, and Your Team, A Recap I Christine Howe & Bekah Bernard

    Christine and Bekah recap three more conversations: Dr. Cody Golman on why healing, not punishing, is the actual path to a healthy body, Jason Alan Bohrer on regulating your nervous system before you try to push harder, and Chad Becker on what changed the moment he realized winning wasn't actually the point. Christine also shares her own story here, nine years of a body that wouldn't respond to a healthy lifestyle, until she stopped treating weight loss like a discipline problem. Timestamps 00:00 Intro: recapping round four 00:20 Recapping Dr. Cody Golman: healing instead of punishing your body 04:37 Christine's own nine-year story 13:26 Recapping Jason Alan Bohrer: regulate before you evaluate 16:57 What Think Time adds to nervous system regulation 21:39 Recapping Chad Becker: the Lego castle and what winning cost him 23:54 Why relationships are the actual performance strategy 26:12 Closing thought: listen to all three together Listen & connect Join the Membership: think-time-u.teachable.com 10% off a Neuroplanner Christine: Instagram · TikTok · LinkedIn Think Time®: Website · Free Training · Instagram · YouTube · TikTok · LinkedIn Hyperfocus & High Performance: Listen Here This podcast is for educational purposes only and isn't a substitute for individualized medical, mental health, or professional care. Every brain is different, and results will vary.

  7. Sep 28 ·  Bonus

    Nervous System, Happiness, and the Healed Hustle, A Recap I Christine Howe & Bekah Bernard

    Christine and Bekah are back with round two, recapping three more conversations from the podcast's first month: Beatrice Tokayer on designing spaces that actually work with your nervous system, Tia Graham on asking for help before you hit total burnout, and Adam Cruz on what's really underneath addiction and hustle. The through-line this time: healthy support isn't a sign something's wrong with you, it's what lets you keep growing instead of quietly collapsing under old coping mechanisms that stopped working. Timestamps 00:00 Intro: recapping round two 02:16 Recapping Beatrice Tokayer: nervous system and space 08:25 Recapping Tia Graham: asking for help before burnout 17:38 Recapping Adam Cruz: what's underneath addiction and hustle 22:06 The healed hustle, and building a parallel strategy for growth 29:08 Closing thought: you have permission to ask for something new Listen & connect Join the Membership: think-time-u.teachable.com 10% off a Neuroplanner Christine: Instagram · TikTok · LinkedIn Think Time®: Website · Free Training · Instagram · YouTube · TikTok · LinkedIn Hyperfocus & High Performance: Listen Here This podcast is for educational purposes only and isn't a substitute for individualized medical, mental health, or professional care. Every brain is different, and results will vary.

  8. Sep 22 ·  Bonus

    One Month In: A Launch Recap I Christine Howe & Bekah Bernard

    To celebrate one month of the podcast, Christine and Bekah sit down to recap three of the season's conversations: Nicole Santiago on unconditional love and boundaries with ADHD kids, Dr. Joseph Andrews on why an accurate diagnosis matters before medication, and Lucas LeFever on slowing down enough to actually process what's happening in your life. The through-line: we don't do this alone. Each guest offers a different piece of the same idea, showing up, getting clarity, and letting the people and processes around you carry some of the weight. Timestamps 00:00 Intro: one month of the podcast 02:20 Recapping Nicole Santiago: unconditional love and boundaries 15:46 Recapping Dr. Joseph Andrews: why an accurate diagnosis matters 29:59 Recapping Lucas LeFever: slowing down to process 37:09 Identity, journaling, and the cost of growth 44:15 Where these three conversations connect 46:35 Closing thought: you're not alone Listen & connect Join the Membership: think-time-u.teachable.com 10% off a Neuroplanner Christine: Instagram · TikTok · LinkedIn Think Time®: Website · Free Training · Instagram · YouTube · TikTok · LinkedIn Hyperfocus & High Performance: Listen Here This podcast is for educational purposes only and isn't a substitute for individualized medical, mental health, or professional care. Every brain is different, and results will vary.

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Hyperfocus & High Performance with Christine Howe If you're a brilliant, creative leader with ADHD who knows you're made for more—and you're looking for a way to unlock that potential without sacrificing your peace—this podcast is for you. You don't need another productivity hack. You need a holistic planning system that works with your brain instead of against it. Hosted by Christine Howe—licensed professional counselor, creator of NeuroPlanning™, founder of Think Time®, and designer of the first Whole-Brain NeuroPlanner™—this podcast helps visionary leaders harness the strengths of the ADHD mind to build extraordinary lives with peace, not pressure. Each week, Christine combines neuroscience, psychology, leadership, creativity, and practical planning strategies through conversations with leading experts and thought-provoking solo episodes. You'll learn how to: • Harness your hyperfocus to work for you instead of against you. • Design dream routines & rejuvenating rhythms you will love to follow. • Reduce overwhelm and mental clutter. • Increase clarity, creativity, and confidence. • Lead with greater purpose, presence, and peace. At the heart of every episode is the NeuroPlanning™ Method: Love Your Design. Then: Dream. Decide. Do. Review. This whole-brain framework helps you stop reacting to life and start creating it intentionally. If you're ready to stop forcing yourself into systems that don't fit and start planning in the native, creative language of your brain, you're in the right place. Discover how your goal achievement can be faster and easier as you Take time to Think Time®.

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  • Creator
    Christine Howe
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    30
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Christine Howe

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