E. 322: Rebecca Tolbert on Working With Your ADHD Brain, Not Against It.

Written By Pia Silva
E. 322 Rebecca Tolbert on Working With Your ADHD Brain, Not Against It.

If you know you’re capable of great work but still struggle to start tasks, stay organized, or follow through consistently, it can be easy to wonder what’s wrong with you.

For people with ADHD, that gap between potential and output can create years of shame and self-criticism. Rebecca Tolbert explains why ADHD is better understood as a dysregulation of executive functioning and why it can look completely different from one person to the next.

In this conversation, we talk about working with your brain instead of constantly fighting it. Rebecca shares her SEMPRE framework, the role sleep, nutrition, movement, connection, and enjoyment play in executive functioning, and why she prefers systems and environmental changes over relying on habits or willpower.

We also dig into the resistance many people with ADHD feel when someone tells them what to do, how childhood experiences can turn everyday business demands into emotional flashbacks, and why entrepreneurship can bring these challenges to the surface.

Rebecca Tolbert is an ADHD coach and licensed therapist who helps people understand their brains, work through emotional and practical obstacles, and create systems that make their lives easier. She brings together her professional training and her own lived experience with ADHD to help her clients move forward with more clarity and self-compassion.

Rebecca’s perspective matters because the goal isn’t to force yourself to function like someone else. It’s to understand how your brain works, stop treating your challenges like personal failures, and build a business and life that actually support you.

Find this episode for free on your favorite podcast player.

Tune into this episode to hear:

  • Why the name ADHD fails to capture how differently the condition can affect people

  • How the gap between your potential and your output can create shame, anxiety, and depressive symptoms

  • Rebecca’s SEMPRE framework for supporting your executive functioning

  • Why simple environmental changes can work better than relying on habits or willpower

  • How resistance to demands can be connected to years of being misunderstood or shamed

  • Why emotional regulation is especially important for entrepreneurs navigating rejection and difficult tasks

  • The difference between ADHD coaching and therapy and how to know what kind of support you need

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