THE ADHD SKILLS LAB
Produced by Unconventional Organisation
If you want to hear practical researched-backed strategies and real-life experiences to help you navigate life with ADHD, you’ve come to the right place.
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The ADHD Skills Lab
About the show
Each week, UO founder Skye Waterson (née Rapson) will chat with expert guests, take your questions and offer research-backed tips and advice to help take on each day in an ADHD-friendly way. Along with UO's coaching director, Sarah Russell, they will delve into the latest ADHD research and discuss strategies.
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Researched-back strategies
Learned tested techniques to get back on track
By ADHD for ADHD
Our podcast is created by and for ADHD brains
Personalised for you
Put your questions to Skye, Sarah and expert guests
Episodes
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Basketballs to Balance Beams: Movement that actually supports your ADHD Executive Functioning
Can we really support our executive functions using movement? Well actually, turns out you can! Listen along as Skye and Sarah explain how focused movements and intentional play are a simple yet effective way to manage your ADHD. See you inside!
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Vagus Nerve Magic: How ADHD brains can find calm
What does fight or flight have to do with ADHD? Come explore the Autonomic Nervous System with Abbie and learn how these responses affect your ADHD. Plus, don’t miss the grounding strategy we practice together—it's one I’ve personally used many times since recording. See you inside!
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Delegation? In this economy?! How to Gamify with the ADHD Big Brother
What’s the deal with gamification for ADHD? Can it really help you get stuff done, or is it just another shiny strategy? Russ Jones, The ADHD Big Brother, talks about turning everyday tasks into games and how community can help. See you inside!
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Conquering Clutter with ADHD: Megs Crawford Shares Organising Tips that Work
Is it possible to declutter without losing what you value? ADHD organizing coach Megs Crawford is going to show us the way! Listen now as she shares her strategies to conquer clutter and maintain a space that works for your ADHD brain—not against it.
Host
Skye Waterson
Skye was diagnosed with ADHD as a doctoral student. After a few years of research and work with Auckland University, she left her academic career to launch Unconventional Organisation.
Now a worldwide ADHD support service, Unconventional Organisation has seven coaches and has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs, academics and professionals work with ADHD to achieve their goals through research-backed strategies
When she’s not supporting others with ADHD, Skye likes to explore her hometown of Auckland, New Zealand, with her husband and 1-year-old son.
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Co-host and Producer
Sarah Russell
Sarah was diagnosed with ADHD aged 30 when she began to seek new treatment options for her depression and anxiety.
She is now the Coaching Director at Unconventional Organisation, where she has been working for the past two years. She has a passion for understanding how people work together in groups, which led her to pursue a Bachelor's degree in Sociology. This background has provided her the opportunity to work in various roles within the public school system and the mental health field.
During her free time, Sarah cycles through hobbies like gardening, gaming, and baking while also juggling life as a mother of two children.