Episodes

Reverse budgeting is the most ADHD-friendly way to down spending money into different categories. Tracking your expenses and coming to terms with where your money's going is essential in developing a better relationship with ...

ADHD money struggles often contribute to anxiety, stress, and strain in relationships. Dr. Stephanie Sarkis, a psychotherapist specializing in anxiety, gas lighting, narcissistic abuse, and ADHD, is joining us today to help u...

Whether it's missed bill payments or impulsive spending, ADHD makes managing money more challenging, which, if we're not careful, can lead to low credit scores. The good news is you can improve your credit score and keep it i...

Don't worry; the government doesn't tax people with ADHD. The term ADHD tax comes from the times we're charged extra fees and penalties because of having ADHD. Tina Mathams is The ADHD Accountant and a Money Coach specializin...

You've been working hard on your finances, but you have kids who love to spend money almost as wildly as you used to. How do we teach our children about money? Below are age-appropriate ways to raise a financially responsible...

After working hard to budget and save money the majority of the year, summer is a reward we give ourselves. Summer represents fun in the sun and vacations, spending that hard-earned money. Having ADHD can make it harder to re...

The brain of an ADHDer like me switches to the off position when we think about saving, budgeting, investing, and planning for our future. Turning our finances into a game can help. What makes you want to keep playing your fa...

ADHD makes managing money hard. It requires a lot of starts & stops, trials & failures, recovering, bouncing back, and resilience. We may intellectually understand why managing your money is essential, but when it comes to im...

Navigating Stressful Times in an ADHD Divorce Research has shown people with ADHD are twice as likely to be divorced or have more than one marriage than those without. If you have ADHD, divorce can be extra messy and emotiona...

Investing in the ADHD-Friendly Way The term ADHD-friendly means intuitive and low stress, so new investors will want to select the right investment company. After researching companies providing various automated investing se...

Successful long-term investing is not so much about the tax treatment of your account or which investments you select. Those things are important, but they pale in comparison to the most critical variable of investing. That's...

Today we are going to talk about 9 key investing principles and concepts that every beginner (or pro) investor should understand. I have been fielding more and more questions from clients about how to get started investing, a...

In this episode I talk all things lifestyle creep through the ADHD lens! Join my Facebook group! Want to work with me? Check out my ADHD Planning & Coaching service. Helping ADHD'ers unleash their financial potential through ...

It's time for a new car. Should you lease or should you buy? In this episode, I'll talk about the differences between the two options and confess my preference. I believe one option is more ADHD-friendly than the other. Outli...

In this episode, we're tackling the remaining steps in the ADHD Money Mastery Ebook. Specifically, we are talking about building out your full life happens (emergency) fund, starting to invest in a Roth or traditional IRA, pr...

You've spent six months repairing your financial situation. You are completely out of debt. But now you are tired prone to a slip-up. Your credit cards with zero balances are staring at you begging to be used. This is the mos...

This week I am switching it up and pulling out an interview I recorded many months ago for my old podcast, Invest Smarter. This was going to be my last episode for that podcast, but I instead decided I would hold onto it for...

You know that thing that happens where you need to do a big important thing, but then you do a million little not important things instead? Well, there is a word for that. Procrastivity. In today's show, I talk about what it ...

In this episode, we continue the budget conversation. Specifically, we are talking about budget killers. For ADHDers and neurotypicals alike, food, one-off purchases, and subscriptions are the most common reasons we find ours...

The main thrust of today's show is to tell you about the 50/30/20 budgeting rule. It is a rule that can help you diagnose where your most significant budgeting issues lie. That leads me to a conversation about one of the most...

Today on the show, we are talking about making more money! Now, this is not just to have more money. It is really because you've realized how important financial security and peace of mind are to you, and you have decided tha...

Today on the show, we are talking about credit cards and getting out of debt! Credit cards and ADHD should generally not be combined. I'll talk about how debt is terrible for our mental and physical health. I'll ultimately ex...

Today on the show we are taking a pause and talking about mindset. Next week we will get back into it with strategies for paying off debt! One of the most common questions and comments I have been receiving is on mindset. How...

Today during the non-financial topic, I talk about ADHD and time management. I then share how I use my external hard drive (AKA, my planner). We then get into the financial topic, the next step in our financial journey. Once ...