ADHD Budgeting: Less Guilt & More Choices featuring Kristin McGlothlin | S2 E17
Sep 29
This episode is about reframing budgeting for ADHD brains so it feels less like punishment and more like a plan. Caleb Bogia-Curles, Jake Brown, and budget coach Kristin McGlothlin talk through shame, cash flow, business finances, and how the right system can reduce stress instead of adding to it. Kristin shares how she helps clients replace avoidance with active tracking, clearer decisions, and enough structure to create more freedom.
In this episode:
Caleb, Jake, and Kristin talk about:
1. Budgeting can create freedom—not restriction
Caleb, Jake, and Kristin discuss how a budget can help people spend intentionally on what matters, without the same uncertainty or guilt.
2. Shorter tracking loops can reduce money stress
Kristin emphasizes tracking spending more actively, so people can see what’s happening and respond before avoidance and shame build up.
3. Financial systems should fit the person—and separate business from personal money
They explore adapting money-management strategies to ADHD needs and keeping business and personal finances distinct for greater clarity.
A line that stuck with us:
“Budgeting is simply telling your money where to go.”
About Our Guest:
Kristin McGlothlin is a budget coach, specializing in assisting people with ADHD. She is a YNAB Certified Coach and an Accredited Financial Counselor. Learn more and connect at: https://www.fiscal-bliss.com/aboutme
Resources & links mentioned:
- Ready to do some foundational work for your business? Setup a time to talk with Caleb here: https://calendly.com/caleb-focusedfounderswealthplanning/exploratory-call
- https://www.focusedfounderswealthplanning.com/process
- https://airballoonadvisory.com/
- https://airballoonadvisory.com/brainfrictionscore/
Connect with us:
Jake Brown is a fractional revenue executive and business coach who works with business owners and founders on marketing, sales, and growth. He has ADHD. He runs a business. He's figured out a lot of this the hard way — and talks about it openly.
- Jake on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/airballoon
Caleb Bogia-Curles is a Certified Financial Planner who works with ADHD entrepreneurs. He has ADHD. He runs a business. He built his entire practice around the gap between standard financial advice and the way ADHD brains actually work.
About the show:
Doing Business with ADHD is for the late-diagnosed, the self-diagnosed, and the "I've always been this way but nobody ever called it anything" crowd — business owners and founders who are finally starting to understand why the standard playbook never quite worked for them.
Hosts Jake Brown and Caleb Bogia-Curles both have ADHD and both run businesses. Their conversations are honest, a little rambly, occasionally chase a squirrel or two — and somehow still land on real, practical advice about getting clients, getting paid, managing money, and building something sustainable.
The rules weren't written for your brain. Let's change the rules.
