Returning to the podcast is Kat Hoyer, a recovering HR Specialist who hosts our Career Accelerator Sessions (or CAASH+) in ADHD reWired’s Adult Study Hall Community. Get to know Kat even more in this episode, amd invite you to join us in welcoming Kat Hoyer as ADHD reWired’s newest coach to the coaching team! You’ll hear even more about Kat’s story about how she pivoted from her dream job in human resources to becoming a life and career coach, then the steps leading up to her officially joining the ADHD reWired Coaching Team. 

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In this Episode:

• So, who is Kat Hoyer?
• How did Kat make the transition from HR to Career Coaching to Life-Coaching? 
• Is Kat still involved with the HR Community?
• Is the perception of ADHD and Neurodiversity really shifting in the workplace?
• What compelled Kat to make the change to join the ADHD reWired Coaching Team?
• What is Kat most excited about when the spring-season of coaching groups arrives? 
• What values does Kat bring to coaching?
• What does Kat feel will be her greatest opportunities for growth? 

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This year, I have a word - it is “enough”. I am really working on understanding that sometimes, it’s okay to be where you are and not be pushing myself… and sometimes “enough” is where I need to live.

• Kat Hoyer

If you enjoyed this episode, and want more from Alejandro, check out his website: alejandrosantiago.com/ Alejandro is a mindfulness life coach and yoga instructor who first experienced the benefits of mindfulness and breathwork when he was a student at Parsons School of Design in New York City. To cope with the stress of ADHD and university, he cultivated a practice of Pranayama, an ancient form of yogic breathwork.

Today, he's teaching people how to get out of their heads and into the breath by merging the Western practices of mindfulness based in self-compassion, and yogic Pranayama meditations. He studied compassionate inquiry with Dr. Gabor Maté, a therapeutic approach to uncover and heal trauma in our bodies. When he's not teaching and coaching, he works as a portrait photographer in Toronto, Canada.

More Shownotes coming soon!

In the meantime, get to know today's guest a little more by going to his website at alejandrosantiago.com/

In this episode, Eric is joined by ADHD reWired Coaching Group Alumni, Alejandro Santiago. 

Alejandro is a mindfulness life coach and yoga instructor who first experienced the benefits of mindfulness and breathwork when he was a student at Parsons School of Design in New York City. To cope with the stress of ADHD and university, he cultivated a practice of Pranayama, an ancient form of yogic breathwork.

Today, he's teaching people how to get out of their heads and into the breath by merging the Western practices of mindfulness based in self-compassion, and yogic Pranayama meditations. He studied compassionate inquiry with Dr. Gabor Maté, a therapeutic approach to uncover and heal trauma in our bodies. When he's not teaching and coaching, he works as a portrait photographer in Toronto, Canada.

Join the ADHD reWired Podcast Family every second Tuesday of the month for a Live Q&A! In this Q&A episode, you’ll hear Eric, Barb, Brendan, Will, MJ, Moira, and Roxie answer your ADHD-related questions! 

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The questions you’ll here answered in this episode:

(The following questions asked in the episode have been paraphrased below.) 

• I can’t be medicated, even for ADHD. I will have exciting things I’m involved in, then I have an episode that makes me feel rejected and I fall into a rumination dive and it takes me a while to get back up. I’m trying to find a way to catch myself sooner, get out of it sooner, so I can continue on the path towards my goal and keep my momentum going.
• I have started on meds and am having trouble unwinding and slowing my brain down at the end of the day. I wanted to know what your tips are for some of that.
• How do Time-Timers work? 
• Bonus: Panelists also share some of the other time-tracking tools they use! 
• I’m looking for tips on how to help my partner understand what ADHD is and what it isn’t. My partner is neurotypical. My partner seems to not believe ADHD is a real thing, or that it’s a crutch to misplace things. How can I get him to understand? 
• I was just diagnosed about two months ago. I’m navigating this new identity and trying to find my community. I’m trying to figure out how to navigate who to tell and how to know who to tell. I’ve had some conversations go surprisingly well and others not go so well. How do you handle being true to yourself while also protecting yourself? 
• Are there any personal assistants that understand ADHD and could help keep me accountable? 

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Check out the Other Podcasts on the ADHD reWired Podcast Network:

• adhdessentials.com with Brendan Mahan
• hackingyouradhd.com with Will Curb
• adhddiversified.ca with MJ Siemens
• adhdfriendlylifestyle.com with Moira Maybin
• coming soon - Wait, What Was the Question? with Will Curb and Coach Roxie Martin! Reach out to Will and Roxie at questions@whatwasthequestionpodcast.com 

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Don't Forget These, Too:

• adhdrewired.com/patreon — Support the show by becoming a Patron!
• coachingrewired.com — Get your name on the waitlist to join the fall season of ADHD reWired's Coaching and Accountability Groups
• adultstudyhall.com — Join your ADHD-friendly co-working space!
• adhdrewired.com/events — Join Eric, Brendan, Will, MJ, Moira, Roxie, and Barb for an hour of Live Q&A on Zoom, every 2nd Tuesday of the month at 12:30pm Central (10:30am Pacific / 1:30pm Eastern)

Have you tried using all sorts of to-do and task-management apps but haven’t found ‘the one’ yet? In this episode, Eric is joined by Brittany Smith, a productivity, ADHD, and technology coach and recently published her first course, “From Aggravated to Navigated: Choosing a task-management system with ADHD”. She has a Masters of Science degree in Cognitive Neuroscience lab at the University of Oregon. Brittany uses geeky pop-culture and cognitive science to help her clients and ADHD Guild members get more done with less stress. 

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Connect with Brittany:

• Devise & Conquer
• Brittany Smith - Productivity and ADHD Coach - Devise & Conquer Productivity Coaching | LinkedIn
• Devise & Conquer (@Devise_Conquer) / Twitter
• Devise & Conquer: Productivity, Technology, ADHD - YouTube

In this Episode:

• How do you do things so that you will be successful no matter which tool you choose? 
• With task-management apps, how do we make these things suck less? How do we choose what task-management app to use? 
• How do we make task-management apps a “less bad” fit for our brains so we make sure we know what we need to do?
• Mentioned: Task Management Software Built For Pros - OmniFocus - The Omni Group (Mac/iOS only) 
• What’s your personal style? 
• What should we be looking at if we are stuck in task-management-app “hopping”? 
• What is a great app for automating?
• Mentioned: Todoist 
• Mentioned: Google Keep 
• Mentioned: TaskPaper (Mac/iOS only)
• Mentioned: Drafts (Mac/iOS only) 
• Mentioned: Notion 
• Mentioned: Trello 
• Mentioned: Miro
• Mentioned: MindNode

Honorable Mentions:

• Listen to Brittany as a guest on ADHD Essentials with Brendan Mahan! 
• Asana
• What is GTD - Getting Things Done®
• Did you know: There are built in tasks if you use Google Assistant. (The same principle applies to the Echo!) 
• Obsidian 
• Evernote 
• SimpleMind 

Discover the ADHD reWired Podcast Family:

• adhdessentials.com with Brendan Mahan
• hackingyouradhd.com with Will Curb
• adhddiversified.ca with MJ Siemens
• adhdfriendlylifestyle.com with Moira Maybin
• coming soon - Wait, What Was the Question? with Will Curb and Coach Roxie Martin! Reach out to Will and Roxie at questions@whatwasthequestionpodcast.com