{"podcast":{"title":"ADHD Essentials","slug":"adhd-essentials-727856","podcast_index_feed_id":727856,"rss_url":"https://adhdessentials.podbean.com/feed.xml","website_url":"https://adhdessentials.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/2365587/ADHD_Podcast_Logo_3000x3000_final.jpg","author":"Brendan Mahan","episode_count":291,"summary":"In ADHD Essentials, Brendan Mahan, M.Ed., M.S. interviews parents, teachers and experts to get their views on ADHD in childhood, and how it affects families.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-12T18:18:10.085030+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/adhd-essentials-727856"},"episode":{"title":"Thoughts on ADHD & Goals for 2026","slug":"thoughts-on-adhd-goals-for-2026","published_at":"2026-01-10T22:14:48+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/adhd-essentials-727856/thoughts-on-adhd-goals-for-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/adhd-essentials-727856","url":"https://adhdessentials.podbean.com/e/thoughts-on-adhd-goals-for-2026/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/crwb5ifggwrrjp7d/ADHD_Essentials_Podcast_2026_Goals_Episode.mp3","summary":"It’s January 10th. By now, odds are you’ve already fallen down on some of your resolutions. To that end, I want to talk about two of my goals that I can almost guarantee were more delayed than yours are, and the takeaways I have from them. When my boys were born, I set a goal to earn my black belt and write a book by the time they turned five. They’re sixteen now, almost seventeen, and I finally reached both of those milestones - a mere eleven years later than I planned.Let’s unpack that.In hindsight, the black belt goal was ambitious, but realistic. The book goal was naive at best. Please indulge me for a minute while we play “Storytime with Mr. B”. I had been training in Kempo for a little less than a year when my boys were born. I don’t remember what belt I was, probably orange or green, but I went to the dojo a lot. As long as grading permitted, I was still a teacher at the time, I spent about 10 hours a week there across four days. By the time they turned four, I had earned my brown belt. And there I would stay for the next 12 years. So what happened? Around the time the boys turned four, my career as a teacher ended and I had to rebuild myself. I ended up exploring ADHD coaching and pursuing a second Masters in Counseling. At the same time, my mom fell very ill and eventually passed away. Oh, and my car burned down. It was a lot to absorb, and eventually led to me leaving the dojo because I didn’t have time for it. No regrets, though, because that road eventually led me to where I am now. And I am both better at my ADHD work than I was at teaching, and find it more fulfilling. In June of 2018, the dojo lost one of its members, and I attended the funeral. Which led me to reconnect with Master Phil, my instructor, and return my training. By the time I had knocked t…","meta_description":"It’s January 10th. By now, odds are you’ve already fallen down on some of your resolutions. To that end, I want to talk about two of my goals that I can a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":589,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/adhd-essentials-727856/episodes/thoughts-on-adhd-goals-for-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/adhd-essentials-727856/thoughts-on-adhd-goals-for-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}