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The ADHD Skills Lab

by Skye Waterson

Things are starting to fall through the cracks. Not because you're not trying, but because the systems everyone recommends weren't built for a brain like yours. The ADHD Skills Lab is for business owners with ADHD whose responsibilities have grown past simple solutions. Each week, Skye Waterson and guests share research-backed strategies and real-world systems to help you reduce the chaos, make consistent progress, and stop reinventing the wheel every time life gets complex. No "just use a planner." No productivity hacks that last a week. Just honest, practical support from someone who has spent years researching, testing, and refining what actually works for adult ADHD. Skye is the founder of Unconventional Organisation, a former academic diagnosed with ADHD during her PhD, and the author of over 50 articles read by more than 250,000 people worldwide. She has worked with senior leaders, business owners, academics, and professionals navigating ADHD in high-responsibility roles, and was invited to share her research with both the Australian and New Zealand Government.  🤝 In partnership with Understood.org: https://u.org/4boG8QW 🌐 https://www.unconventionalorganisation.com/ 📲 https://www.instagram.com/theadhdskillslabpodcast/

Latest episodes

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ADHD Impulse Control Is About Friction, Not Trying Harder

With ADHD, "just wait until later" can feel impossible. Buy it now. Switch to the fun thing now. Say it now. And when you give in to the impulse, it's easy to blame

Oct 28
26 min

Why ADHD Makes You Overthink Every Decision

With ADHD, you can spend three days researching a $50 purchase, finally make the decision, and still wonder if you chose wrong. Meanwhile, the important stuff isn't

Oct 27
1 h 01 min

Why Pushing Through Stops Working for ADHD Adults (Dr. Tracey Marks)

If you have ADHD (and especially if you run your own business), you probably know this cycle: push hard to hit a deadline, get it done, then do the same thing next week.

Oct 26
41 min

Why a Big Audience Doesn't Buy | ADHD, Kyrus Keenan Westcott

You're posting consistently, growing your audience, and putting hours into marketing your business. People are watching, liking, and following. But they're not

Oct 21
30 min

How To Avoid Task Overwhelm With ADHD

You hired people so you wouldn't have to do everything yourself. So why are you still the one remembering every deadline, chasing every handoff, and checking whether

Oct 20
51 min

When Losing Interest Isn't Failure: ADHD and Creativity

With ADHD, creative ideas are often the easy part. Starting one is harder. So is the project you were sure about, set down just short of finished, and the shame that foll

Oct 14
28 min

Why ADHD Brains Excel at Starting Businesses (And Collapse at Scaling Them)

With ADHD, a quick client callback runs long, you lose track of time, and the work you meant to do is still sitting there. Dr. Jessica McCarthy stopped taking those calls

Oct 12
44 min

Why Your ADHD Gets Worse When You Start Managing a Team & How To Fix It

You finally hire people to get some time back. Then somehow you have even more to keep track of. What did you delegate? Is it getting done? What did you tell them was mo

Oct 7
21 min

Why ADHD Hustle Never Scales | Amy Marie Hann

You are working every spare minute, and the business still is not growing the way it should. Amy Marie Hann spent 10 years hustling in a sales business that never really

Oct 5
41 min

You Won’t Outgrow ADHD Working Memory, So Build Systems Instead

You start an email, remember a purchase, open another tab, and suddenly five tasks are each 20 percent done. For adults with ADHD, working memory problems don't nece

Sep 29
31 min

Does RSD Cause Physical Stress?

Rejection sensitive dysphoria gets talked about constantly in ADHD spaces, but there isn't much research behind it yet. In this Research Recap, Skye and Will unpack

Sep 23
11 min

Psychotherapist Shares How Smart Delegation Saves Neurodivergent Entrepreneurs

You hired help. You still find yourself taking things back on. Kara Kushnir built A Work of Heart Counseling and Wellness from a part-time practice into a fifteen-provid

Sep 21
32 min

The Truth About Masking Your ADHD & How To Fix It

ADHD treatment works. But does it keep working the same way eight years later? In this Research Recap, Skye and Will dig into the MTA study, one of the largest and most

Sep 18
24 min

ADHD and the Daily Habit That Makes Goals Inevitable

You know what you want in the future. You still can't make yourself do the boring task today. Skye and Robbie break down the goal setting system Skye actually uses,

Sep 16
22 min

The ADHD Task Manager That Actually Works (Jason Chatfield)

You know what needs doing. You have the ideas. So why is actually finishing the thing so hard? Jason Chatfield has written and drawn the syndicated comic strip Ginger Me

Sep 14
38 min

Why ADHD Business Owners Struggle With Social Media More Than Money

You built the business because you were good at the work. Nobody warned you that promoting it might be harder than doing it. New research on neurodivergent entrepreneurs

Sep 9
25 min

$17.5 Billion CEO Explains The Unfair Advantage ADHD Gives Your Business (Carlos Gutierrez)

Carlos Gutierrez spent 25 years rising from sales representative to CEO of Kellogg, then served as U.S. Commerce Secretary. He did it all without knowing he had ADHD. Wh

Sep 7
30 min

The Surprising Link Between Hay Fever & ADHD (with William Curb)

Waking up exhausted after eight hours of sleep isn't just bad luck. In this Research Recap, Skye and Will break down a meta-analysis on hay fever and ADHD, including

Sep 4
10 min

The AI Shift Every Founder Needs to Understand (Matt Verlaque)

You hit a growth ceiling and your first instinct is to change what you're doing, not fix how you're doing it. Matt Verlaque has coached founders past a million

Sep 3
37 min

How ADHD Became His Secret Weapon in Business (Tom Reber)

Tom Reber built successful businesses while privately believing he wasn't smart enough to fight for his own ideas. That belief followed him from childhood special ed

Aug 31
32 min

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Love love love this podcast. So friendly and supportive, and really great topics are covered. The time blindness one felt like it was written for me - love all the things they cover and have gained so much helpful info from this podcast. Keep up the great work!

c10h12n2o5ht · Jul 2025

If you're looking for real, practical strategies to navigate life with ADHD, The ADHD Skills Lab is a must-listen. Skye shares relatable advice and research-backed tools to help. Whether its offering practical tips to help you manage daily challenges and thrive or understanding emotional regulation. It’s like getting guidance from a friend who truly understands the ADHD experience.

Des70 · Jun 2025

I stumbled upon this podcast and I couldn’t be more thrilled! Simply listening to individuals whose mind works so similarly to my own, is truly validating and comforting. Each “new” thing I hear, is like a “click” happening in my brain. I love hearing all the different perspectives on things that I’ve struggled to put words to. It’s as if the last 35 yrs of complicated, over-processed thought patterns are clearing up, one “click” at a time. Love this! Thank you for shining light on our strange little world!

De Fever · Apr 2025

Episode 90 was my first listened-to episode and was super valuable because I’m struggling to figure out how I can climb the corporate ladder as a remote employee with ADHD. I also personally struggle with speaking in a structured manner because my thoughts just run too fast for my mouth. I’d love an episode about ADHD and tips on structured communication! And if there is already one somewhere… where?!

Abbie Falls · Apr 2025

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