518 | It's Your ADHD, B*tch! and Using Humor as a Tool - with Jonathan Kidder

In this episode, Eric is joined by Jonathan Kidder!  Jonathan is a “kidder”, through and through - bringing comedy through character, as a puppeteer, content creator, and comedian.  His big claim to fame is as a puppet character, Busy the Bee, on Waffles + Mochi on Netflix!  The L.A. Gay Scene knows Jonathan as Miss Phoenix, The Ultimate Party Foul: Poolside Tarot Card reader by Merman Kidder, and through his party portraits he calls “Kidder-atures”, Kidder makes things fun using the power of personification and character to help him keep track of time!  

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Find even more from Jonathan Kidder:

• Website :: kidderco.com (click here!)
• Instagram :: @JWKidder (click here!)
• Linkt.ee / jonathankidder :: https://linktr.ee/jonathankidder  

In this episode, you’ll hear tips and discussions about:

• ADHD, sobriety, and humor for functionality 
• Puppets, time-blindness, and underwear for each day of the week
• Using your fun, embracing colloquialisms, and addressing your inner critic 
• Experimentation to find what works for your ADHD management 
• Not taking oneself too seriously and perfectionism as the enemy of humor
• “I’m not always able to make-the-funny” and self-acceptance 
• Ways to make time physical
• Ways to keep time visual and other tools for managing time blindness
• Managing our ADHD vs. ADHD managing us 
• The importance of doing and planning what works for you 
• Closing loops, resetting, Chakras, and theme-ing your days 
• Using absurdity and connected ideas to remember things
• Themes and structuring to help with decision fatigue 

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Resources & Honorable Mentions 

• Book :: Driven to Distraction by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., and John J. Ratey, M.D. (on Goodreads)
• Book :: Addiction to Perfection: The Still Unravished Bride: A Psychological Study - by Marian Woodman (on Goodreads)
• Video :: How to Stimulate Your Brain (DOPA Menu) - Jessica McCabe (HowToADHD) (click here)
• Video :: Trailer to Waffles + Mochi (on YouTube) (click here!)
• Video :: Pink Sweat Video Shoot (on YouTube) (click here!)
• Movie :: Death to Smoochy (trailer on YouTube)
• Movie :: The Happy Time Murders (trailer on YouTube)
• Movie :: Spaceballs (IMDB page)
• Website :: Internal Family Systems (IFS Institute) at ifs-institute.com (click here!)
• Website :: Folkmanis Puppets at folkmanis.com (click here!)
• Tool :: Time Timer Original 12” at timetimer.com (click here!)

Pithy Nibbles 

• “Humor, for me, is a version of pizzazz!”
• “Humor is about imperfection and change and being present; perfection and perfectionism is, ‘you can’t have perfection and change.’” 
• “Nobody doesn’t have an ass.” 

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