Why Simple Tasks Feel So Exhausting With ADHD (with Jenna Free)
You've tried the calendars, the timers, the hacks. They work for two weeks and then stop. Jenna Free says that's not a discipline problem. It's a regulation problem.
Jenna is a counselor for ADHD with ADHD, author of The Simple Guide to ADHD Regulation, and has worked in-depth with over 1,000 people through her ADHD Regulation Method. Her position is direct: dysregulation is not a fixed trait of the ADHD brain. It is a learned response to a lifetime of friction. And it is the reason every other system eventually fails.
We cover her three-level regulation framework, why she skips meditation and breathing exercises entirely, how dysregulated beliefs quietly block delegation and visibility in your business, and what physical signs most ADHD business owners have normalized as just a Tuesday.
What We Cover
- Why regulation has to come before any other system or tool
- The three levels Jenna works on: nervous system, thoughts and beliefs, behavior
- Why negative self-talk and urgency feel like they work, and what they actually cost you
- How dysregulation shows up as delegation avoidance and RSD in business
- The first practical step to start noticing and interrupting dysregulation today
Connect With Jenna Free
Book Title: THE SIMPLE GUIDE TO ADHD REGULATION: The Secret to Finding Balance, Getting Things Done, and Enjoying
Social Media Links & Show Notes:
- TikTok: @adhdwithjennafree ; www.tiktok.com/@adhdwithjennafree
- Instagram: @adhdwithjennafree ; www.instagram.com/adhdwithjennafree
- Podcast: ADHD with Jenna Free; https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/adhd-with-jenna-free/id1801356817
- Website: https://www.adhdwithjennafree.com/
Here is the link for the free PDF I mentioned www.adhdwithjennafree.com/adhdguide
About ADHD founders for ADHD founders.
Interesting in working together? You can click here to receive a free bottleneck audio session and learn more about what we do. https://www.unconventionalorganisation.com/unstuckaudiosession
Diagnosed with ADHD at the start of her PhD, Skye Waterson spent years researching what actually works and writing about it for thousands of founders. The pattern she kept finding: ADHD business owners don't have a focus problem, they have an operations problem, because the whole business runs through their own head. Now she and her husband, former programmer Robert Waterson, work as fractional COOs for those founders. They find the bottleneck, hire the fix, and build the system that holds.
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You've tried the calendars, the timers, the hacks. They work for two weeks and then stop. Jenna Free says that's not a discipline problem. It's a regulation problem.
Jenna is a counselor for ADHD with ADHD, author of The Simple Guide to ADHD Regulation, and has worked in-depth with over 1,000 people through her ADHD Regulation Method. Her position is direct: dysregulation is not a fixed trait of the ADHD brain. It is a learned response to a lifetime of friction. And it is the reason every other system eventually fails.
We cover her three-level regulation framework, why she skips meditation and breathing exercises entirely, how dysregulated beliefs quietly block delegation and visibility in your business, and what physical signs most ADHD business owners have normalized as just a Tuesday.
What We Cover
- Why regulation has to come before any other system or tool
- The three levels Jenna works on: nervous system, thoughts and beliefs, behavior
- Why negative self-talk and urgency feel like they work, and what they actually cost you
- How dysregulation shows up as delegation avoidance and RSD in business
- The first practical step to start noticing and interrupting dysregulation today
Connect With Jenna Free
Book Title: THE SIMPLE GUIDE TO ADHD REGULATION: The Secret to Finding Balance, Getting Things Done, and Enjoying
Social Media Links & Show Notes:
- TikTok: @adhdwithjennafree ; www.tiktok.com/@adhdwithjennafree
- Instagram: @adhdwithjennafree ; www.instagram.com/adhdwithjennafree
- Podcast: ADHD with Jenna Free; https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/adhd-with-jenna-free/id1801356817
- Website: https://www.adhdwithjennafree.com/
Here is the link for the free PDF I mentioned www.adhdwithjennafree.com/adhdguide
About ADHD founders for ADHD founders.
Interesting in working together? You can click here to receive a free bottleneck audio session and learn more about what we do. https://www.unconventionalorganisation.com/unstuckaudiosession
Diagnosed with ADHD at the start of her PhD, Skye Waterson spent years researching what actually works and writing about it for thousands of founders. The pattern she kept finding: ADHD business owners don't have a focus problem, they have an operations problem, because the whole business runs through their own head. Now she and her husband, former programmer Robert Waterson, work as fractional COOs for those founders. They find the bottleneck, hire the fix, and build the system that holds.
Subscribe to our Newsletter - https://unconventionalorganization.substack.com/
Follow us on Instagram - @unconventionalorganisation
Visit our website - https://www.unconventionalorganisation.com/
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