ADHD Big Brother - ADHD and Depression Solutions, Laughter, and Thoughts
Adult ADHD and Depression can be sucktastic! Let’s have a laugh or two while we work to get on the other end of our unique skull spaghetti. Nominated for best male host in the 2024 Podcasters People's Choice Awards, and currently a top 2% global podcast! Subscribe to the ADHD Big Brother podcast if you want short, entertaining episodes, delivered weekly, that will nudge you forward on managing those adult ADHD symptoms. If you are stuck; if you have no motivation to do boring things; if you can’t get started; if you have choice paralysis; if you live with craptastical self-loathing, have a million unfinished projects, and no time management skills... I can help. I’m Russ Jones. I’m a former actor/comedian and a professional ADHD Coach. I’m diagnosed with ADHD and Depressive Disorder, and my mission is to help adults who struggle the same way I did. You know, like a good big brother would. I’m trained in integrative wellness coaching with years of specialized experience in ADHD-specific coaching. Beyond the podcast, I lead an award-winning membership community where we turn these strategies into action together. Join us! Visit https://www.adhdbigbrother.com to learn about our membership community, coaching, and how I’m helping adults with ADHD get unstuck, gain confidence in their ability to be consistent, and ultimately learn how to coach themselves. We can do hard things!
Episodes
I can easily overcomplicate things. Let's talk about how to simplify this productivity stuff as much as possible.
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A book recommendation: Changing to Thrive by Janice and James Prochaska. This is one of my go-to books on behavior change.
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Had a great time chatting with my friend Marc Ronick of Ironick Media and the Empowered Podcasting Conference! We were chatting about our experiences with various ADHD/Depression medicine and thought it would make for a good podcast episode.
DISCLAIMER: We aren't doctors. These are our lived experiences, and you are not me. Marc is not you. I am not Marc. Everybody's medicine experience is unique. I think we understand each other......
I'm diagnosed ADHD predominantly inattentive, and I am supremely distractible, and my focus bounces like a bad check.
I would like to give you my history with my own focus and the process of becoming cool with myself about being distracted.
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Write That Down (Noble and Alistair's Youtube Chanel)
How many of us are trying to figure out ways to eliminate tension to tasks or increase motivation for them. We say "If I could just..." -insert whatever big thing promises to do one of those for us.
I have a different take on this, and I hope you find it as helpful as I do!
As always, reach out and let me know how you are doing! https://adhdbigbrother.com/contactruss
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It's been awhile since we discussed our turd mountain of things, stuff, chores,....life! OMG there's so much of it! How do we face it? I'll tell you how I face it in today's episode.
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Come join us THIS TUESDAY 9/15/2026 for a Q&A about Intuition with Sarah Vermunt.
Watch my full conversation with Bridgit and Marla on Leverage and Lead
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We have sure overcomplicated ADHD! How did doing the dishes become a task where we need to put on a detective hat and sleuth the reason we aren't doing it. Today I'm going to share how I simplify this skull spaghetti to make things happen.
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Hacking Your ADHD episode Part 1
Hacking Your ADHD episode Part 2
Successfull With ADHD YouTube Episode
We all know how hard it is sometimes to transition from one thing to another when you have our kind of ADHD skull spaghetti. In this episode I share a few of the transitions that I struggle with and the ways that I have found to work for me. I'd love to hear what works for you!
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Is it wrong to be oppositional? I feel passionately oppositional sometimes! Or could it be that our inner compass is telling us we are not in alignment with something? I'll share my journey and thoughts about my leaving social media.
Let's also talk about why the answer to getting past the tension of a crappy task isn't to figure out how to make the task have less tension. It might not even be to make the task more fun. It mig...
There is a huge divide for many of us with ADHD. It's the giant space between us and the doing of those difficult things. Let's talk about it and what we can do to get across it!
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Lots going on this last week! Can't wait to relive it all with you!
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Grab a 30 minute chat with Russ
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This is your episode if you are ready to put the books on the bookshelf for a little bit and you are ready to start the doing.
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I've been having extra anxiety and I've noticed some of my structure slipping away. Let's discuss what that looks like and how to get back some of that structure!
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Click the link, enter your ADHD struggle, and see what relevant episodes might help you out!
Want to learn more about the daily accountability program with Russ? This is for people who are read...
I am embarking on a 3 month behavior change challenge. I would like to share how that looks, why we adults with ADHD struggle with the habits, routines, systems, and what we can do about it!
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We need to talk mental health a bit, and then I'll share my views on social media and give you a couple ways you can think about/work on curbing your doomscroll time.
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I was on the "Normalize The Conversation" podcast with Francesca Reicherter. Such a fun time talking with her. You can listen to the episode here:
Watch Normalize The Conversation on:
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4jRxkfg2Sjv...
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Adults with ADHD have an enormous gap between wants and needs. Even our definitions for the two are different. Today I'll be talking about the definitions, and how we might bridge the giant gap between the two!
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Rebel Momma Pod: I was on Rebel Momma podcast recently. In that episode, Sarah and I had an honest conversation about social media addiction, doomscrolling, entrepreneurship, accountability, and...
Let's talk about bringing life to your dreams. We're talking about ADHD and systems and why trying to create a system and then execute on it is NOT the way to go. Give CPR a shot.
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Finding out we have ADHD in our 40s and up can be filled with both grief and relief. I enter the picture when you've said, "OK, this is ADHD...now what?"
Today I'll talk a bit about what I use, and it's the same thing I offer to you.
Mentioned in this episode: The Weekly Planning Meeting Template
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Noble gave me some tough love that turned out to be absolutely brilliant advice for the adult with ADHD.
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The episode Noble and I did 6 years ago: Episode 7 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1176524/episodes/6316792
If you are an adult with ADHD that has yet to be able to do this work on their own, it's time to join ADHDBB and fast track your way to becoming confidently consistent....
There are a million solutions, a million reasons, a million symptoms, a million workarounds, so which one is the right one? Let's discuss.
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