On today’s episode, Clutterbug’s creator Cas Aarssen joins Eric on the podcast!  Cas’s Clutterbug is a home-organizing business which provides education, inspiration, and support to over half a million families worldwide through her YouTube channel, podcast, and various other social media platforms! 

Cas is also the author of four best-selling books about organization (listed below)!  As a self-professed recovering “super-slob”, she discovered that through her own journey with clutter, that organization is not one-size-fits-all!  She’s identified four unique organizing styles and developed the Clutterbug method to help individuals discover their type and implement customized solutions that will finally get them organized long-term!  

Learn More about Clutterbug:

• Check out the website at Clutterbug.com where you can take the free quiz to identify your organizing style! (click here!)
• Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/clutterbug.me/ (click here!)
• Instagram @clutterbug https://www.instagram.com/clutterbug_me/ (click here!)
• YouTube Channel – search for Clutterbug (or click here!)
• Clutterbug’s Tough Love (YouTube) (Official Site)
• Find all of Cas’s books here https://clutterbug.me/books (click here!)

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

• What it was like being a hyperactive girl with ADHD
• From being 15 years old and homeless to becoming an adult and experiencing serious consequences  
• How Cas became interested in home organization and being an ADHD mom – “My house was a wreck!” 
• Big categories vs. small categories and having your house reflect the way YOU organize
• How an ADHD diagnosis helped change and shift a sense of self 
• “Maybe I’m doing all this cool stuff because I have ADHD!” 
• Having higher education does not necessarily mean you can’t be great or do great things, such as having a TV show or having 4 bestselling books 
• Cas’s four different types of organizing, how you store your things, and how you sort your things
• Just because you’re a visual person doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a “cluttery” person
• Turning subconscious tendencies into actionable and functional organization 
• Visual homes vs. piles and taking advantage of how you naturally sort things 
• How perfection can turn into procrastination and paralysis 
• Being detailed and detail-oriented vs. being a perfectionist
• Learned behaviors, environmental behaviors, and other things that make our organizing styles unique 
• Containers, bowls, boundaries, and self-awareness 
• “We are gathering more than our brains can manage.” / “Everything you own is something you have to remember…” 
• The actual differences between tidying, cleaning, decluttering, and organizing
• How to start decluttering, the anxiety around getting rid of things, and scarcity mindsets
• Having a tidy home that fits your organization style is a form of self-love and self-respect 
• Clutter-blindness / Safety, security, and mindset around money vs. accumulating things
• Selling on eBay or Facebook Marketplace isn’t always the answer
• Standing up to your clutter / You are not your stuff! 

🌟 Interested in group coaching and want to take your ADHD management to the next level? Go to coachingrewired.com to get all the up-to-date information on how to join our award-winning online coaching and accountability groups! 

🌟 Interested in 1-on-1 coaching?  Learn more and get in touch with Dana Crews at www.adhdrewired.com/coach-dana-crews

🌟 Check out the newest podcast on the ADHD reWired Podcast Network :: The ADHD Creatives Podcast with Kristin Marts, LCSW @ TheADHDCreativesPodcast.com 🎙️ 🎧

🌟 Find out what we’re talking about in our coaching groups by checking out our YouTube channel!  Just search for “ADHD reWired” when you go to YouTube! 

This week, Dr. Nate Page joins Eric on the podcast! Nate has many titles, including Ph.D, licensed psychologist, certified group psychotherapist; but his education on burnout has come through his own painful journey with burnout.  He began presenting on burnout seven years ago after witnessing the devastating impacts of burnout and compassion fatigue on his own life, the lives of his colleagues, and the lives of his therapy clients.   He soon was specializing in individual and group therapy services for healthcare professionals who are caught in the depths of burnout. 

Nate dedicates a significant portion of his career to providing education and training on these topics, which was how Eric was introduced to Dr. Nate Page - at the CHADD conference in 2023 when presenting on burnout!  

Get in touch with Nate:

• Check out his website at GroupTherapyCentral.com (click here)

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

• The stigma around burnout and reducing the stigma and shame
• Burnout: Not “if” but “when”
• The idea of burnout as an injury and re-scarring burnout wounds
• Compassion fatigue as bruises in the soul (paper linked here)
• The good, the bad, and the ugly of stress 
• Paying attention to burnout cues
• Context-driven depression, workplace, and situational depression
• Boredom and stress
• Addressing “a” problem vs. identifying the right problem to create appropriate solutions
• “Am I on the path to burnout or am I already burnt out but am ignoring/avoiding the signs?”
• The importance of taking restorative breaks 
• Preventing the cycle of burnout / Healing and recovering from stress fractures
• Relationship dynamics, fairness, finding pebbles in the shoes, and potential extra stressors
• Maximizing the restorative nature of taking time off 
• Creating structure during a break and getting the “recharge” effect
• Can you really “speed up” recovery?
• Compassion during healing and recovering from burnout
• The importance of engaging with what makes you feel alive

Resources & Honorable Mentions 

• Paper :: “Compassion Fatigue as Bruises in the Soul: A Qualitative Study on Nurses”
  DOI: 10.1177/09697330211003215  (click here)
• ADHD reWired episode :: 429 - Growth Cycles - with (ADHD reWired Coach!) Brian Entler (click here!)
• ADHD reWired episode :: 452 - Overcoming Burnout - with David Greenwood (click here!)
• ADHD reWired episode :: 507 - Neurodiverging, Masking, Burnout, and More - with Danielle Sullivan (click here!)
• ADHD reWired episode :: 512 - Creativity for Healing - with Melissa Seldon (click here!)
• ADHD reWired episode :: 514 - Introducing The ADHD Creatives Podcast - with (ADHD reWired Coach) Kristin Marts, LCSW (click here!)
• Book :: Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle - by Emily (PhD) and Amelia (DMA) Nagoski (at www.burnoutbook.net) (on Goodreads) (Official Website)

• 🌟 Interested in group coaching and want to take your ADHD management to the next level? Go to coachingrewired.com to get all the up-to-date information on how to join our award-winning online coaching and accountability groups! 
• 🌟 Interested in 1-on-1 coaching?  Learn more and get in touch with Dana Crews at www.adhdrewired.com/coach-dana-crews 
• 🌟 Check out the newest podcast on the ADHD reWired Podcast Network :: The ADHD Creatives Podcast with Kristin Marts, LCSW @ theadhdcreativespodcast.com 🎙️ 🎧
• 🌟 Find out what we’re talking about in our coaching groups by checking out our YouTube channel!  Just search for “ADHD reWired” when you go to YouTube!  (And check out the latest here!)

Join the ADHD reWired Team every second Tuesday of the month for our monthly Live Q&A!  If you want to join us live on Zoom, go to adhdrewired.com/events to register!  You can also find bonus questions, get full answers from this recording, and get an uninterrupted listening experience of this show on Patreon when you become a Patron at $5.00 a month or more!  Check it all out at adhdrewired.com/Patreon! (click here!) 

In this Q&A, you’ll hear tips and discussions about:

• Personal positive experiences, nuances, and psychology of body doubling 
• The positive effects of being connected vs. being alone to get things done
• Morning routines and strategies for an ADHD household to guide a child without a lot of struggle or frustration
• Morning routines, time management, getting out of the house and transitioning 
• Incorporating and utilizing different human senses to help with time-awareness and transitions
• The differences in ADHD presentation between kids and adults and addressing outdated views of what ADHD looks like and how it can present
• Reasons why it may be difficult for friends and loved ones to shift their perceptions when discussing an ADHD diagnosis
• Self-love and self-acceptance with ADHD
• How sleep, exercise, nutrition, and overall well-being can affect our executive functions
• Finite and practical examples to help with time-blindness / Discovering pain-points and what creates avoidance of transitions 
• Reframing what a break can be if you’re resistant to taking breaks 
• Task-batching / The effects of technology on transition time / Mindfulness with transitions
• “How can I get over the mindset that somehow I can’t actually have money without spending it?”
• Emotional responses vs. value-based responses 
• “Burnout is the body taking the rest it needs by force.”
• Planning and structuring for self-care / Meditation to re-regulate our nervous systems 
• “Self-care time is productive time!”
• ADHD and emotional dysregulation, trauma, and bouncing back faster from dysregulation
• “There’s nothing wrong with expressing your emotions.” 
• “What would you tell a best friend if…” 

...and so much more! 

Resources & Honorable Mentions

• Podcast Episode :: ADHD reWired Episode 516: ADHD reWired’s Coaches Round Table with Kristin Marts and Brian Entler (click here!)
• Podcast Episode :: ADHD reWired Episode 444: ADHD Tax Stories & Strategies with Rick Webster (click here!)
• Podcast Episode :: ADHD reWired Episode 338: Money Management with Rick Webster from RenaFi (click here!)
• Article :: Adlerian Theory https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/Alderian-Psychotherapy-Intro-Sample.pdf (click here!)
• App :: Brili Routines - Apps for Families & Adults with ADHD https://brili.com (click here!)
• Website :: Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff https://self-compassion.org (click here!)
• Website :: RenaFi with Rick Webster - for money management when you have ADHD https://www.renafi.com
• Book :: Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Kristin Neff (on Goodreads) (official website)
• Book :: Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport (on Goodreads) (official website) 
• Book :: Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle - by Emily (PhD) and Amelia (DMA) Nagoski (at www.burnoutbook.net) (on Goodreads) (Official Website)
• Tool :: Time Timer (official website)

• 🌟 Interested in group coaching and want to take your ADHD management to the next level? Go to coachingrewired.com to get all the up-to-date information on how to join our award-winning online coaching and accountability groups! 
• 🌟 Interested in 1-on-1 coaching?  Learn more and get in touch with Dana Crews at www.adhdrewired.com/coach-dana-crews 
• 🌟 Check out the newest podcast on the ADHD reWired Podcast Network :: The ADHD Creatives Podcast with Kristin Marts, LCSW @ theadhdcreativespodcast.com 🎙️ 🎧
• 📺 Check out ADHD reWired Coaches Eric, Kristin, and Brian on their latest livestream of ADHD reWired Coaches Round Table here → https://www.youtube.com/live/3Q3uxP552Gc?si=tICadz0oREb2_YJ5 

In this episode, Kristin Koliha joins Eric on the podcast!  Kristin, who was diagnosed with ADHD later in life, is a clinical social worker with a background in working with those who also have an ADHD diagnosis.  She’s a mom of two kids who also have ADHD and is also a business owner!  Kristin works as a coach and educator for those with ADHD who struggle to manage their ADHD homes, working with them to create individualized strategies to help with home keeping.  She focuses on mindset shifts, ADHD diagnosis education in the context of home environment, and also focuses on support for those who want to take their homes from chaos to calm! 

Find more from Kristin Koliha: 

• Website :: https://www.welcomehomeadhd.com (where you can also take a quiz to find out your organizational style!) 
• Instagram :: @welcomehomeADHD https://www.instagram.com/welcomehomeadhd/

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

• The reasons for Kristin’s interest in homekeeping for ADHD brains and struggles that a dependent encounters when beginning to “adult”
• Is Kristin an organized person?
• Discovering your “default” and how clutter can have a different effect on different people
• Decision making and decision fatigue
• How does Kristin help folks with the “decisions” of their stuff?
• Being intentional when bringing things in your new home and finding out where those things will live before you get them
• The frustration of organization and being experiential learners
• “Don’t go buy the thing to solve the problem; think about how you can solve it without buying the thing, and what else needs to happen?” 
• Scheduling regular maintenance sessions / How your environment can affect your mood
• Organized for display vs. organizing for function
• Defining and discussing the different strategies for the pile-r, the stuffer, and the magician
• The “touch it once” rule
• Perfection, energy management, expectations, all-or-nothing thinking, and “good enough”
• Flexibility with values and needs to help with mental health / Can you be “green” with ADHD? 
• Strategies for working through the I-Don’t-Wannas / Thinking about your future self 
• Finding your pain points in a home that have different levels of care in different areas of cleanliness 
• Honoring your tidying needs while honoring another person’s tidying needs 
• Being caring, kind, and alleviating shame / Why asking for what someone needs isn’t always helpful

Resources & Honorable Mentions 

• Tidy-up tip from the editor:  Do you have extra dryer sheets?  Put a dryer sheet in your sink of hot water when soaking caked-on dishes to help loosen up the grime!  

🌟 Interested in group coaching and want to take your ADHD management to the next level? Go to coachingrewired.com to get all the up-to-date information on how to join our award-winning online coaching and accountability groups! 

🌟 Interested in 1-on-1 coaching?  Learn more and get in touch with Dana Crews at www.adhdrewired.com/coach-dana-crews 

🌟 Check out the newest podcast on the ADHD reWired Podcast Network :: The ADHD Creatives Podcast with Kristin Marts, LCSW @ theadhdcreativespodcast.com 🎙️ 🎧