What Your Overwhelmed Brain Wants You to Know About Managing Chaos | S1 E14
Aug 4
Struggling with days when everything feels off and executive functions are on vacation? In this episode, Jake and Caleb share personal stories, practical tools, and mindset shifts to help you manage burnout, boost productivity, and find grace during chaotic times.
Main Topics:
- Common experiences of overwhelm and executive function fatigue
- How to recognize when you're bottoming out and strategies for jump-starting your day
- The value of the "one song" rule to overcome task inertia
- Body doubling and co-working as motivation tools
- The dopamine menu concept for immediate focus boosts
- Handling unpredictability: weather changes, kids, and schedule disruptions
- Prioritizing self-regulation over constant productivity
- The power of asking for help and setting realistic expectations
- Personal anecdotes about outdoor walks, water, and music for mental resets
- Neurodivergence insights: movement, risk, and sensory preferences
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.
Meet the Hosts
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.
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