{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Focus and Chill - productivity tactics for AuDHDers and other neurodivergent folks","title":"Was That Productivity Advice Ever Designed for an ADHD Brain?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2876,"description":"Was that productivity advice ever designed for an ADHD brain? Jesse David shares how discovering her ADHD changed the way she understands herself, manages productivity, and approaches work. From executive dysfunction and dopamine to self-accommodation and workplace systems, this episode explores why productivity advice designed for neurotypical people doesn't always translate to ADHD brains. \nJesse David is an HR Business Partner in the technology space with a background in teaching and software development. She discovered her ADHD while researching how to support someone at work and now incorporates neurodiversity into her work, advocacy, and community-building.\nEpisode Highlights\n01:34 — Discovering ADHD by accident\nJesse initially researched ADHD to better support someone she worked with, without realizing she was learning about herself too. As she learned about time blindness, executive functioning, dopamine, and emotional regulation, her own past experiences suddenly started making sense.\n\n10:49 — How ADHD changed the way she talks to herself\nAfter her diagnosis, Jesse gained language for experiences that previously only caused frustration and self-criticism. Instead of asking why she couldn't simply do something, she could recognize when she needed dopamine, had been using too much executive function, or needed to step back and rest.\n\n17:38 — Finding strengths after diagnosis\nJesse talks about leaning into pattern recognition, relationship-building, curiosity, and movement rather than focusing only on the things ADHD makes difficult. Understanding her strengths has helped her make choices that better fit who she actually is.\n\n28:17 — Building productivity systems around ADHD\nJesse uses time blocks, reminders, routines, and dedicated periods for side projects to reduce the executive-function demands of deciding what to do next. She also adapts her schedule around when she has the most energy and uses enjoyable activities to make boring tasks easier to start....","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/QZFZQrtBSDhon7MItX8a5mQvkXQ5KKmI2fe6dyhM72o/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMzNDE3LzE2NjEw/NjYyOTYtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}