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Spela - Thrive With ADHD Summit

https://www.altheaacademy.com/

What is it?

At the Thrive With ADHD Summit 2025, we're rewriting the narrative around adult ADHD (for both men and women).

We're bringing together 40+ world-class experts who understand that ADHD isn't a disorder to fix…

It's a different operating system that requires different strategies to prosper…

Strategies that work with your unique brain wiring and empower you to turn ADHD into your greatest advantage.

Free online event

they released a certain number of videos per day

if you pay you get ongoing access to them (and transcripts etc)

Day 5 - Building the Life They Said You Couldn't

ADHD and Attachment: Why You Keep Sabotaging Love (And How to Stop)
- Dr. Judy Ho, Triple Board-Certified Neuropsychologist & National Institute of Mental Health Awardee
  - attachment theory
  - ACT? ACT for ADHD is an approach that uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help individuals manage ADHD by focusing on psychological flexibility.
How ADHD Brains Can Turn Crushing Boredom Into the Engine of Wild Success
- Nik Hobrecker, Founder of 'ADHD Vision' & One of the Internet’s Leading ADHD Voices With 50+ Million Views
  - Nice Model?
  - https://www.adhdvision.com/
  - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEulxZh2dXaSu20Veil7-ZQ
  - Have a menu of options in every domain
  - body double
  - do as group
  - distract, play music when doing boring
  - introduce external pressure not your own due date
  - novelty not the answer - boring life, routine, decisions use dopamine, within structure chase novelty
Why ADHD Entrepreneurs Walk Away From “Safe” Jobs and Never Look Back Again
- Patrick Casale, AuDHD Mental Health & Addiction Therapist, Host of 2 Top Podcasts With Millions of Listeners
  - i.e. workplaces don't accommodate, be your own boss
  - https://www.divergentpod.com/
When Your ADHD Means You’re Always Ten Minutes Late And Ten Steps Ahead
- Dr. Samantha Hiew, Founder of 'ADHD Girls' & Multi-Award-Winning Advocate With a PhD in Medical Sciences
  - similar same to prior?
  - https://adhdgirls.co.uk/about-us/
ADHD and Yoga: Why Stillness Feels Like Torture (And How to Start Anyway)
- Sarah Platt-Finger, Director of 'Chopra Yoga' Recognized Globally as an Extraordinary Teacher by Deepak Chopra
  - normal yoga stuff, repetition, breathing, connection, change things to curiosity
The Two Devastating Paths An Understimulated Brain Takes To Feel Something Anything At All
- Dr. Trish Leigh, Double-PhD Cognitive Neuroscientist & Brain Health Coach Specializing in Addiction
  - she is arguing people are being overdiagnosed
  - she seem to think it's caused by screentime during development
  - neurodevelopmental disorder - proper
  - regulated vs not - THEN organic or not
  - pornography vs cocaine
  - do a 30 day detox from screens
  - dopamine stacking - do what you love, date night, reset pleasure pathways, want oxytocian and seretonin and lower dopamine levels
  - be intentional not habit or drawn to do screen time
  - pleasure pain paradox - hate job all week, bing fun all weekend - bad loop
  - purpose and passion
  - unwire (break compulsion), rewire (create the life you want to live), hardwire (stress management, avoid loop)
When ADHD Turns Restless Energy Into Brilliant Ideas That Die In Notebooks
- Jesse J. Anderson, Viral ADHD Educator With a Global Audience Across Instagram & YT Reaching Millions
  - https://www.extrafocus.com/
  - https://www.extrafocusbook.com/
  - eat the ice cream first, get inertia, then eat the frog is easier
  - optimization and efficiency is fun - overall the task can take longer
  - body doubling
  - timer to pull you out of hyper focus when you start tasks
  - https://www.wavepal.app/
ADHD + Autism: When Your Brain Pulls in Two Directions
- Megan Griffith, AuDHD Life Coach & Founder of 'Neurocuriosity Club' Supporting Adults for a Decade
  - no take aways....
Everyone Warns About Side Effects But Nobody Talks About the Side Effects of No Treatment
- Dr. Sulman Aziz Mirza, 3x Board Certified Psychiatrist With Expertise in Child, Adolescent Psychiatry & Addictions
  - when used by those with the issue, they are not bad (drugs)