ADHD Task Switching: Why It's Hard and How to Make It Easier
You know the feeling when you're finally working, and then something requires you to stop and switch gears. And instead of just switching, your brain locks up, starts negotiating, convinces you that stopping now means losing the whole thread. So you don't stop. You go harder, longer, until you crash, and then you do nothing until the cycle starts again.
If that sounds familiar, this episode will reframe what's happening. The struggle with ADHD task switching runs deeper than skill or willpower. Your nervous system is reading an interruption as a threat, which changes what the solution looks like.
Cognitive flexibility and ADHD executive functioning are tangled up together, and that's the thing worth understanding here. The all-or-nothing thinking, the sense that if you stop you'll never start again, the belief that you have to clean the whole house or work the whole day or do nothing at all. That's dysregulation doing what dysregulation does.
Here's what we cover:
Why ADHD task switching feels so costly, and what the nervous system has to do with it
How cognitive flexibility and set shifting connect to ADHD executive functioning
The belief cycle that makes ADHD transitions harder than they need to be, and how dysregulation keeps it running
Why alternating between mental and physical tasks is a regulation strategy, not a productivity hack
The difference between mental exhaustion and physical exhaustion, and why it matters for how you recover
ADHD all-or-nothing thinking as a dysregulation symptom, and how it shows up in work, cleaning, and even rest
A practical way to slow down and observe what's happening when a transition feels impossible
What it looks like to make ADHD task switching easier without overhauling your whole system
The goal in this episode isn't to fix task switching by adding more structure around it. But to understand what's driving the struggle so the work you do actually addresses the real thing.
"You are not inherently bad at transitions. It absolutely can get better. The dysregulation is making it worse."
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ADHD with Jenna Free is a podcast for adults with ADHD who are done surviving their symptoms and ready to start thriving with ADHD without the endless tips, hacks, and workarounds that have never really fixed anything.
Hosted by Jenna Free, a Canadian Certified Counselor (CCC) and ADHD therapist, this show exists to give you a completely different way of understanding ADHD in adults and the signs of ADHD in women. Because the reason you're stuck, overwhelmed, and exhausted isn't a lack of willpower, it's that your brain is running in fight or flight. And once you understand that, everything changes.
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The unedited transcript for this episode of ADHD with Jenna
Checking in With Yourself
Jenna Free [00:00:55]: How do you feel? [00:00:57] Are you rushing right now? [00:00:59] Multitasking, quote unquote, AKA task switching? [00:01:03] Because that's not real. [00:01:05] Are you tense? [00:01:06] Are your shoulders up by your ears? [00:01:10] Let's see if we can relax those shoulders, take a deep breath and slow down. [00:01:16] That's our little regulation check in. [00:01:19] Okay. [00:01:19] I know myself in the past, and most ADHDers I talk to would say that they're bad at task switching. [00:01:26] That's a struggle for me, and it feels very true. [00:01:29] When you try to go from one thing to a next, maybe you get distracted easily. [00:01:34] It takes a lot of time.Jenna Free [00:01:36]: You have a hard time focusing on the new task or you might even have a hard time letting go of the thing you're trying to stop doing and move to something new. [00:01:45] And we really have this as a label on adhd. [00:01:48] We're bad at task switching. [00:01:50] We're bad at transitions, period. [00:01:53] That's how we are. [00:01:55] If you've been following along or if this is your first episode around here, we do not assume, we do not slap labels on our symptoms and call it a day because that has kept us stuck for so long and we want to start questioning things a little bit. [00:02:12] Is this a set trait? [00:02:14] Is this something we can work on? [00:02:16] What is causing this and what can we do about it? [00:02:19] So task switching, the formal term is cognitive flexibility or set shifting. [00:02:25] So it is a part of executive functioning, which we know with the ADHD experience.
Jenna Free [00:02:29]: That is our struggle. [00:02:32] So it makes sense that it's tied up in that part of our brain and it's put into the same group as planning, working memory, attention. [00:02:40] So what is going on when we're task switching? [00:02:42] So what is required is we need to stop one task, mentally disengage from it, and then re engage with the next task. [00:02:52] So what we can feel and see is that the brain doesn't disengage from the first task easily, especially if we're in hyper focus. [00:03:00] If we feel like if I don't get this done now, it won't get done later. [00:03:05] So then moving on to the next task doesn't only require focus on that new thing, but also a disengagement from the prior task. [00:03:13] And that's really where we can have this struggle. [00:03:16] And something I'm always going to do is think, hmm, how is this tied to dysregulation? [00:03:21] How might a nervous system in fight or flight affect this experience? [00:03:26] And what can we do to adjust it in order to make it better? [00:03:31] So what most people don't talk about is that a transition is also a change in the internal state.
Jenna Free [00:03:36]: It's really an internal process, not an external process. [00:03:41] So most of the time we're going to see the external experience of writing an email, focusing on this task, typing, and now I'm switching to cleaning the kitchen. [00:03:54] Okay, that's a physical state change. [00:03:56] That's a physical activity change, maybe a location change. [00:03:59] And that's what we see. [00:04:00] But this is also an internal state change. [00:04:03] There's focus that needs to be readjusted, perhaps dysregulation levels. [00:04:08] If you're working on a really intense task and you're kind of hyped up and then you're going to go do a calm task, that change internally can be really difficult to manage.
The Internal Side of Transitions
Jenna Free [00:04:19]: So we are going to focus on that internal part. [00:04:22] What can we do internally to make this smoother and. [00:04:27] And less taxing? [00:04:28] So we're going to start with the mental piece. [00:04:31] When I talk about regulation, yes, I'm talking about the body slowing down, taking deep breaths, all the kind of stuff that you've probably heard about. [00:04:39] But I always include thoughts and beliefs because if your nervous system is in fight or flight, we are functioning in a defensive state. [00:04:48] Your thoughts and beliefs are also going to be running in that state. [00:04:53] So how does that affect transitions? [00:04:55] So if I believe task transitions are hard or task switching is hard, then once I start a task, I don't want to stop. [00:05:05] This is very much like the belief.Jenna Free [00:05:08]: And I use the word belief not because it's not true that you're experiencing that, but because this is a flexible thing that can change. [00:05:18] You just might currently be experiencing it. [00:05:21] So if I believe, if I sit down, I won't get back up. [00:05:24] I'm gonna go hard until I can't go anymore and then sit down. [00:05:28] And then because of that, I can't get back up because I'M so exhausted and I go, see, look, it's true. [00:05:34] So then the next time I'm up doing things, I don't wanna sit down until I absolutely have to or I'm exhausted or I've done everything. [00:05:42] And that flings me into this intense cycle of I'm doing everything and doing nothing. [00:05:48] I.
Jenna Free [00:05:48]: Well, it's the same with task switching. [00:05:50] The reasoning of a dysregulated nervous system. [00:05:53] It feels logical. [00:05:55] It's not, but it feels like it. [00:05:57] So you might think, oh, I'm finally working, I should keep going and finish everything now. [00:06:03] It takes so much effort to transition into my work or to get ramped up and get into it. [00:06:09] That to task switch now feels like a waste. [00:06:12] It's going to use up my time and it's not going to be efficient.
Jenna Free [00:06:15]: So I should do all my work in one sitting maybe, and then all, say, your house tasks at the same time, or all your errands at the same time, or even all your enjoyment at the same time. [00:06:27] It might feel like if I'm working, I have to work the whole day away and if I'm out enjoying myself, I'm just going to do that the whole day. [00:06:35] There's no room for diversity, there's no room for balance and doing a little bit of this and a little bit of that. [00:06:42] So we don't take breaks and we stay one task for a very long time. [00:06:48] The problem with this is it creates a lot of imbalance. [00:06:51] If we are working intensely for a long stretch, then we hit the point of exhaustion, then we crash, then we do nothing. [00:06:58] We then get stuck in this pendulum of like, I go hard and I don't stop because that would be a bad use of my time. [00:07:06] And then once I stop, it's really hard to get back up until I get back in that cycle.
Jenna Free [00:07:12]: And the belief drives this of like, oh, I'm really bad at switching, therefore I'm going to avoid switching, therefore I'm going to kind of do things in an intense way. [00:07:21] I've heard this from someone in one of my groups, but to clean, I need to be in cleaning mode. [00:07:26] I had to say, please tell me more specifically what that means. [00:07:30] And they couldn't really tell me. [00:07:32] They just had this sensation that, like, once I'm cleaning, it's intense and I'm gonna go, and I'm gonna go hard. [00:07:38] I'm gonna do it all at once. [00:07:40] That, by definition, is dysregulation. [00:07:42] To be regulated is to find the rate or speed at which you function best, meaning Typically the middle ground, little bit of this, little bit of that functioning in a way where, yeah, I could do this again tomorrow.
Jenna Free [00:07:56]: So this is why adjusting our thinking and adjusting our patterns is so important, because we have to question, is that is it true that I'm bad at task switching or could this be intertwined in my dysregulation? [00:08:12] All right, so I do want to reframe and just take this on with a bit of curiosity. [00:08:17] Like, could this be more true than I function best? [00:08:22] You know, going hard, cleaning the whole house at once, doing all my work at once, really think in the long run, how does that work out for you? [00:08:30] Do you clean intensely one day and then like two months later the house is an absolute disaster and only then do you clean again. [00:08:36] Is that working for you? [00:08:37] Do you like that experience? [00:08:39] Same with work on, like, maybe Monday and Tuesday, you go hard, but then Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, you're essentially useless. [00:08:45] Is that working for you? [00:08:47] Is that a productive way to function for you? [00:08:50] That might sound sarcastic, but I'm actually asking for most people, we do want more balance. [00:08:57] I don't want to feel like I'm on a roller coaster ride where I'm intense or I'm way in the other direction. [00:09:05] So I'm going to posit that ADHD brains do better moving between mental and physical tasks instead of staying in one mode. [00:09:14] This is the way that we kind of sustain balance and don't totally empty our tanks and then burn out. [00:09:21] So moving between them keeps energy up, prevents exhaustion, creates variety.
Jenna Free [00:09:28]: Right. [00:09:28] This is the kind of dichotomy of the ADHD brain. [00:09:31] I don't feel like I can task switch. [00:09:33] Therefore, when I get into something, I'm going to go hard and do it for a long time. [00:09:37] While also, I like novelty, I like variety. [00:09:41] So we can see there how that might be competing. [00:09:44] So my day the other day really highlighted this for me of, wow, I really function in a different way and it really works well for me. [00:09:51] And I know we're not all exactly the same, but I think this general mentality is true for most people.
Examples of Balanced Task-Switching
Jenna Free [00:09:59]: And that is, I had a couple of calls and computer work. [00:10:02] Then I took a break and folded laundry, right? [00:10:05] Kind of more mindless, more physical task where I'm using my hands and I'm in the physical space instead of so in my head. [00:10:13] Then I went back, did a little bit more work, did some emails, and I went for a walk and I had lunch. [00:10:18] Then I recorded my podcast. [00:10:20] My instinct off the top of that day was, okay, I've Done my calls. [00:10:24] I've had some computer work. [00:10:25] Let's hammer out my podcast now. [00:10:27] Cause I'm already here, I'm already working.Jenna Free [00:10:28]: Let's get it all done at once. [00:10:30] And I could tell my mind was kind of, you know, foggy. [00:10:33] I was like, ugh, I'm feeling tired mentally. [00:10:36] So doing the podcast right now would feel forced. [00:10:40] Be like, I'm just trying to get it over with instead of it really being, oh, I'm in a good place to do it. [00:10:45] So when I took that walk, and it was probably 20 minutes, pretty short, had some food, then my brain was on a nice break. [00:10:53] I was using my body instead of my brain. [00:10:56] Then I recorded my podcast.
Jenna Free [00:10:57]: It went so much smoother. [00:10:59] It was so less exhausting than if I did it all back to back. [00:11:02] All the mental work at once. [00:11:04] So those shifts from mental to physical is the regulation. [00:11:07] It what keeps me steady. [00:11:09] And I really do find this. [00:11:11] And just check this out in the week ahead. [00:11:13] When you're feeling really exhausted, ask yourself, is this mental exhaustion or physical exhaustion? [00:11:19] For me, I get mentally exhausted way more than physically exhausted.
Jenna Free [00:11:23]: I don't have a physical job, right? [00:11:26] So to physically be exhausted would be like, maybe when I'm on vacation somewhere where you're, like, walking 20,000 steps a day. [00:11:33] I might be quite physically tired at the end of the day. [00:11:36] But for me, when I'm feeling, like, so tired, oh, oh, my gosh, I've hit a wall. [00:11:41] I could crawl under this desk and fall asleep. [00:11:44] It's almost always mental. [00:11:46] And when I know that about myself, instead of going laying down and watching tv, which in some instances, of course, is amazing, and I love it. [00:11:54] And I'm, like, so cozy. [00:11:55] I love rest.
Jenna Free [00:11:56]: I'm a big leisure person. [00:11:58] So I'm not saying that's not the answer, but a lot of times if I go and lay down, I'm not feeling better. [00:12:04] It's because, oh, I'm just mentally tired. [00:12:08] And doing a physical task really feels great and pulls me kind of back into balance. [00:12:13] And that could be, do the dishes, fold the laundry. [00:12:16] The other day, we're selling the railings on our decks. [00:12:19] We're getting a new deck. [00:12:20] And so I was like, oh, they look kind of dirty.
Jenna Free [00:12:23]: I'll go wash them up. [00:12:24] So when the person comes to see them, they look a bit nicer. [00:12:26] So I was out there listening to some music, you know, doing quite physical labor of, like, washing these big railings down. [00:12:33] I was like, I feel so much better physically and mentally after that than laying down and watching tv ironically. [00:12:42] So there's this, like, awareness of how do I function best? [00:12:45] And knowing that. [00:12:47] So that when you're feeling really drained, we don't kind of fall for the idea that, oh, I'm so tired, I need to go lay down again. [00:12:54] Sometimes that's gonna be the perfect solution for you. [00:12:58] At times it is for me, but not all the time.
Jenna Free [00:13:01]: So we want to observe. [00:13:02] Am I mentally draining myself? [00:13:04] Because I feel like when I'm in work mode, I have to stay in work mode. [00:13:08] When I'm in cleaning mode, I have to go hard. [00:13:10] That could be physically tiring. [00:13:12] Right. [00:13:12] Say you clean your whole house. [00:13:13] Takes you a few hours. [00:13:14] You're really intense.
Jenna Free [00:13:15]: You're going hard. [00:13:16] Yeah, I'm going to be physically tired after that. [00:13:18] So I might want the physical rest and maybe watch TV or whatever it is that you enjoy. [00:13:24] That is kind of the flip side. [00:13:25] If you do something very physical, having that rest and maybe doing something mental, which, you know, even listening to a podcast or watching TV requires mental capacity, that is going to allow us to stay more regulated, get more done in the long run, and have it be more pleasurable. [00:13:44] So the real cause of this transition struggle is dysregulation. [00:13:48] It is not that you do not have the capacity at all. [00:13:51] And this is one of my biggest complaints about the ADHD field.
Myths, Beliefs, and Dysregulation
Jenna Free [00:13:54]: And there's a lot of absolutes out there. [00:13:56] I just saw a video about a very reputable ADHD doctor saying ADHDers do not have internal motivation. [00:14:07] Excuse me. [00:14:08] Speak for yourself. [00:14:10] That's so rude. [00:14:12] Not because it's true and it's just mean, but I don't believe that's true. [00:14:16] We have no internal motivation, meaning you have no desires for anything, ever. [00:14:21] I do not see that as true.Jenna Free [00:14:23]: And when we're in fight or flight. [00:14:24] This is just a bit of an analogy of how we can see the task switching when we're in fight or flight. [00:14:30] Yes. [00:14:30] You are tapped into external and negative motivators. [00:14:33] I don't want to get in trouble. [00:14:35] I want to protect myself. [00:14:36] Avoiding the pain. [00:14:39] Yes.
Jenna Free [00:14:39]: When we are in that state, we are not going to have the internal motivation be very loud or accessible. [00:14:47] Well, it's the same with task switching. [00:14:49] If you are very dysregulated, therefore you are stuck in perfectionism. [00:14:55] So, you know, I feel like I can't leave this task, so that makes it hard. [00:15:00] And maybe you plan to go be somewhere and you're in the middle of writing a paper. [00:15:05] I don't know. [00:15:06] Oh, well, I'm in the middle of this. [00:15:07] I really want to finish this.
Jenna Free [00:15:09]: We feel like I'm bad at task switching. [00:15:11] I can't go meet my friend for lunch. [00:15:12] This isn't finished. [00:15:14] But that rigidity, that perfectionism, all or nothing thinking, all of that is a part of dysregulation. [00:15:21] So we really want to observe that. [00:15:22] The distractibility from one task to another is also a part of dysregulation. [00:15:28] When your nervous system is just kind of reacting to what you see and you're more reactive instead of mindful, that shows us, oh, my nervous system's at the steering wheel, not my conscious mind. [00:15:39] Which is fine, it's normal, but it's not inevitable and it can get better.
Jenna Free [00:15:44]: And then if you have a hard time ramping up to get into a task, what's that about? [00:15:49] Right? [00:15:49] So we can look at all three layers of transitioning and ask ourselves, what's going on here? [00:15:54] If I have to amp myself up and hype myself up to get work done, to me, that says I am using dysregulation to motivate, and I'm probably in an intense state which is going to have me crash around, around we go. [00:16:07] So eventually, when you do regulation work, you are going to get to a place where you can sit down and go, okay, what's the task I'm going to do first? [00:16:14] Do, do, do. [00:16:16] Check in my email. [00:16:17] Answer this email. [00:16:19] Like you can just sit down and take the action. [00:16:22] Because usually it's pull something on a screen, maybe read something clicky clacky on the keys, right? [00:16:28] The reality is never that big. [00:16:31] Usually, of course, if you bring up some wild math equation that you don't know how to do, that would be quite difficult. [00:16:38] But most tasks we do are tasks that we generally know how to do.
Jenna Free [00:16:43]: And if we're more regulated, we can be present with it and take action in this more calm, steady way as opposed to, okay, gotta get myself in a cleaning mode to clean. [00:16:53] It's like, you do know you can just grab a broom and sweep, right? [00:16:57] But I get that that does not feel accessible when we are in fight or flight. [00:17:02] So if you want to move forward and go, okay, how do I start breaking down and shifting this struggle with transitions today, Start with a belief. [00:17:10] Because if you believe you can't transition, you're going to do everything at once and you're going to prove yourself right. [00:17:15] But the opposite is also true. [00:17:17] If you practice regulation and you start believing, okay, I can absolutely go from one task to another. [00:17:26] In fact, having diversity in my day and not burning Myself out on one thing is actually going to be really beneficial. [00:17:33] Now we're kind of.
Jenna Free [00:17:34]: Okay, I'm looking for how I can do that. [00:17:37] If you believe you can't and you believe it's hard and there's nothing you can do about it, you will not see any way forward. [00:17:44] All right, so here is the practice. [00:17:46] Next time you're having trouble moving from, say, writing an email to washing the dishes, don't judge it. [00:17:52] We always want to look at our behavior and what's going on with us and what we're doing. [00:17:57] Like a scientist, my brain is the science experiment, and I'm the scientist. [00:18:01] I'm not a critic. [00:18:02] I'm observing.
Jenna Free [00:18:03]: Oh, isn't that interesting? [00:18:05] With curiosity and ask what is actually stopping me right now? [00:18:10] It's usually going to be some form of dysregulation. [00:18:13] Maybe you're in intense state and believing. [00:18:15] You know, I'm in a groove with these emails. [00:18:17] If I stop now, I won't be able to get back into it. [00:18:20] The example from email to dishes, I'm suspecting will typically be a fear of not coming back to the email. [00:18:28] Not so much like overwhelmed by the dishes. [00:18:31] But it could be. [00:18:31] It could also be, you know, I know the kitchen is such a disaster.
Jenna Free [00:18:35]: I know there's so much to do over there, so I'm kind of avoiding it. [00:18:39] And so that's making the task switch difficult. [00:18:42] So step one is always noticing it. [00:18:45] Want to build awareness. [00:18:46] Ah, I see there's some dysregulation here. [00:18:49] Step two is interrupting it, regulating and then switching. [00:18:54] So this will take a little bit of practice, and you may need to slow it way down. [00:18:58] So if, you know, okay, I'm doing some work, and then I know I'm gonna be interrupted and I need to go pick up the kids.
Jenna Free [00:19:05]: Okay, Set an alarm for, you know, 10 extra minutes to observe the transition. [00:19:11] What's stopping me? [00:19:12] What thoughts are coming up? [00:19:13] What am I feeling? [00:19:14] Cause often when we're in fight or flight, we are just so busy, so rushed, so intense that we're not reflecting, right? [00:19:21] We're not observing. [00:19:22] We're just kind of saying, I hate being interrupted, Period. [00:19:25] That's it. [00:19:27] Nothing more than that. [00:19:28] Okay, set an alarm a few minutes early and go. [00:19:31] Okay, so I'm going to put my work away and go pick up the kids. [00:19:36] What is so uncomfortable about that? [00:19:38] For me, I can almost guarantee it's gonna be some form of, you know, I just want to get this done, then it's off my plate.
Jenna Free [00:19:44]: Get this over with. [00:19:45] Energy and we really want to work on. [00:19:49] Okay. [00:19:49] It's okay for this not to be completely done. [00:19:52] Can only do one thing at a time. [00:19:54] It is safe to come back to this later and calming that system down. [00:19:57] Deep breath. [00:19:58] All right.
Jenna Free [00:19:59]: Make that transition a little smoother instead of typing till the very last second before you have to leave and then rushing out the door. [00:20:06] Of course it's difficult. [00:20:07] That's very painful. [00:20:08] If you're intense rushing, oh my God, I'm going to be late. [00:20:11] Grabbing your keys, running out the door versus okay, I don't need to hammer out work to the very last second. [00:20:18] It is safe to stop a few minutes earlier. [00:20:21] Wrap up the email you're on, press send. [00:20:24] You can support yourself in remembering what you were going to do next.
Jenna Free [00:20:28]: You might even write down like next reply to Susie, get up calmly, collect your things, walk to the car and just see how that feels and how it feels different. [00:20:38] When I am functioning in a calmer, slower, more mindful way. [00:20:42] When I transition a task, it will definitely bring up some things you weren't aware of. [00:20:48] A lot of this is subconscious, right? [00:20:50] When you slow down, you can actually hear yourself and the slowing down will calm the nervous system, which is gonna be a lot more comfortable. [00:20:58] So I'm here to say you are not inherently bad at transitions. [00:21:03] Not saying they're gonna be perfect and there's no hardship to it at all because of your adhd, but it absolutely can get better. [00:21:10] The dysregulation is making it worse. [00:21:12] We're getting stuck in that intense and nothing state.
Transition Struggles and Moving Toward Balance
Jenna Free [00:21:17]: The belief is fueling the cycle and keeping it up. [00:21:21] So balance is absolutely available. [00:21:23] The mental, the physical, being able to do little different things throughout the day, not in a chaotic, where you never finish anything way. [00:21:33] That's the dysregulated way. [00:21:35] Regulated diversity in your day is going to be mindful, it's going to be purposeful and it's going to keep you balanced and really like able to show up every day in a similar way. [00:21:47] So I'm really interested to see what you notice if you play with that. [00:21:50] This week also wanted to share a little reminder that groups will be opening again in August. [00:21:56] So next week on July 15, I am hosting a workshop on CO regulation, ADHD and relationships.
Outro and Announcements
Jenna Free [00:22:03]: So how can we be in relationships with ADHD in a calmer, more peaceful and more connected way? [00:22:10] Dysregulation creates defensiveness, impatience, stress in trying to control other people and really not being able to relax and let go. [00:22:19] That is going to be a huge part of finding more peace and being more regulated, even with a partner that maybe is dysregulated, or kids that I'm sure are dysregulated. [00:22:28] I know mine can be. [00:22:29] And how do we create more peace with that? [00:22:31] How do we become the leader of the family to be the regulated force that regulates everyone else? [00:22:38] You can get more info on that workshop in the link in the show notes. [00:22:42] I'm really excited for it. [00:22:43] I think it's such an important aspect of regulation and ADHD and having a much more connected and peaceful relationship with our loved ones. [00:22:52] So be sure to check that out and we will see you next week. [00:22:56] Bye Bye.