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Coercive Control and the ADHD/CPTSD Overlap I Christine Howe & Joy Forrest

Christine Howe — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:30:00 GMT

This episode discusses domestic abuse and coercive control in detail. Please take care while listening, and see the resources below if you need support.

Joy Forrest has been an advocate for domestic abuse survivors since 1997, founder of Called to Peace Ministries, and a survivor herself of a thirteen-year abusive marriage.

Prompted by the Netflix documentary The Death of a Pastor's Wife, Joy and Christine talk through coercive control, why marriage counselling routinely misses abuse, and the overlap between ADHD symptoms and complex PTSD, since difficulty focusing, time blindness, and memory gaps can look identical whether they come from someone's wiring or from sustained relational trauma.

Timestamps

00:00 Intro: who Joy is

02:20 Responding to the Micah Miller documentary

04:44 How abusers groom an entire community

13:25 Why marriage counseling fails in cases of abuse

16:29 Joy's own story: the man who changed after the wedding

25:46 Why Christians struggle with the idea of leaving

32:23 What complex PTSD actually looks like

36:56 The overlap between ADHD and CPTSD symptoms

44:19 Training pastors and churches: Protect the Flock

51:11 Where to find help, and Joy's closing thought on hope

Listen & connect

Joy Forrest (Called to Peace Ministries): Website · Warning Signs Quiz · Facebook · YouTube

Additional resource: Create a Personal Safety Plan (The Hotline)

Christine: Instagram · TikTok · LinkedIn

Think Time®: Website · Free Training · Instagram · YouTube · TikTok · LinkedIn

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This podcast is for educational purposes only and isn't a substitute for individualized medical, mental health, or professional care. Every brain is different, and results will vary.

The KNOWN Framework for Visibility I Christine Howe & Jamie Maglietta

Christine Howe — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:59:07 GMT

Jamie Maglietta spent years booking guests and producing segments for CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, and BET before she started teaching other people how to actually get in front of the camera themselves.

This episode is different: instead of just talking about visibility, Christine and Jamie turn it into a live coaching session, fixing Christine's own podcast setup in real time. Audio, lighting, framing, background, wardrobe, even makeup, right there as it happens.

They also get into Jamie's KNOWN framework: know your message, nurture your purpose and presence, own your story, and why leaning into breaking news relevant to your niche (what Jamie calls "news-jacking") can be one of the fastest ways to get noticed. She's candid about why paid, fake press mentions don't actually help with real producers, even though they can still help with AI search results, and where that line sits.

If you've ever felt like your message is ready but your setup isn't, this episode is basically a masterclass you get to watch happen live.

Timestamps

00:00 Intro and prayer

08:11 Who Jamie was at eight

10:43 Can you make an impact without getting on camera?

12:45 Live coaching begins: audio and framing

19:15 Building a background that reflects your authority

22:53 Lighting basics and the on-camera go-bag

31:54 How Jamie got her start at Fox

34:16 Choosing your on-camera color, and knowing your colors

40:01 Stage vs. camera wardrobe

44:13 What makes Mel Robbins work

50:48 The KNOWN framework

53:12 News-jacking: leaning into breaking news

59:00 Legitimizers, real press vs. paid press, and AI search

1:02:16 Where to find Jamie and her free Visibility Bundle

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Jamie Maglietta: Website · Free Visibility Bundle · Instagram · LinkedIn

Christine: Instagram · TikTok · LinkedIn

Think Time®: Website · Free Training · Instagram · YouTube · TikTok · LinkedIn

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Polished but Going Nowhere I Christine Howe & Zach King

Christine Howe — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:54:35 GMT

Zach King works with what he calls "stranded visionaries," leaders who can see what something could be two, five, ten years out, but struggle to get anyone else to see it too. They keep getting nods and pats on the back that fade into nothing.

Zach's own path through international missions media work, then building an online campus for a 1,500-person church during COVID, taught him this the hard way. He bought equipment alone without consulting the teammate who actually had the experience— a costly lesson in going it solo. A mentor, a retired pastor named Dave Archer, later helped him see the deeper pattern: he'd been carrying his vision completely alone, disconnected from his team and, without realizing it, from his own wife and even himself. He eventually had to admit, for the first time out loud, that he didn't actually enjoy the job he was so capable of doing.

That unraveling led to Zach's framework for leaders: build your GUILD. Grow by giving, teaching what you know. Unity, over competition. Influence, gained by shining the light on someone else. Legacy, understanding you're part of a chain, not just building alone (what he calls "founder's intent"). And Drive: moving from polished but parked to crappy and committed, because imperfect action beats perfect inaction every time.

His closing challenge: find one person a day and serve them. Turn the focus from inward (what's my vision) to outward (how can I help someone else build theirs).

Listen & connect

Zach King: LinkedIn · ZachPKing.com · Instagram

Christine: Instagram · TikTok · LinkedIn

Think Time®: Website · Free Training · Instagram · YouTube · TikTok · LinkedIn

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This podcast is for educational purposes only and isn't a substitute for individualized medical, mental health, or professional care. Every brain is different, and results will vary.

Joy Is a Performance Strategy I Christine Howe & Cindy Garrard

Christine Howe — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 21:06:08 GMT

Cindy Garrard used to earn over $800,000 a year in commission sales, one of the top producers in a male-dominated banking industry. Then she noticed something: she was running on adrenaline, and it was leaking into every part of her life.

After 18 months at the peak of her career, she made a decision most people don't, she left on top instead of waiting for burnout to force her out. A year-long transition program (connected to the same institute behind Bob Buford and Peter Drucker) helped her step into coaching, built around what she now teaches as Joy as a Performance Strategy.

She and Christine talk about the gap between how success looks from the outside and what it costs on the inside, why she chose to post an honest, unfiltered fight with her husband instead of a curated highlight reel, and the Four Hour Advantage, a monthly practice of four unplugged hours doing something you loved before the world told you who to be.

Cindy also shares her free Joy Meter, a 60-second assessment showing exactly where your joy is running low.

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

01:27 What Cindy was like at eight

06:18 Building a career in commission sales

09:58 Choosing honesty over a curated image

14:49 What was happening on the inside

17:53 Sensing the peak, and leaving on top

21:39 Finding the Halftime Institute

24:23 How a coach changed her life

27:25 The Thrive Test, choosing who you work with

33:16 The Four Hour Advantage, explained

43:27 What transformation looks like in coaching

49:08 The Joy Meter, and where to find Cindy

Listen & connect

Cindy Garrard: Make Wellness · Soul Hype Podcast

Christine: Instagram · TikTok · LinkedIn

Think Time®: Website · Free Training · Instagram · YouTube · TikTok · LinkedIn

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This podcast is for educational purposes only and isn't a substitute for individualized medical, mental health, or professional care. Every brain is different, and results will vary.

The S³ Leadership Blueprint I Christine Howe & Chad Becker

Christine Howe — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:20:43 GMT

Chad Becker is a nationally recognized sports leadership coach with 30+ years of coaching experience in Tennessee, 600+ wins, and dozens of championships.

In this episode, Chad opens with why winning a championship his first year of coaching, at just 22, was actually one of the worst things that could have happened to him.

For decades, Chad coached basketball and baseball and served as an athletic director, eventually overseeing 21 sports, 90 coaches, and 900 families. His identity became wrapped up in society's scorecard, winning, performing, being recognized for what he could do.

Then one ordinary Tuesday night changed something. A Lego castle knocked over in a dark hallway. An index card from his six-year-old daughter: How is your week going, Daddy? I haven't seen you.

That moment cracked something open.

Chad and Christine talk about what happens when success doesn't feel the way you thought it would. They unpack his S³ Leadership Blueprint (Site, Systems, Soul) and his C³ Trust Engine (Character, Competence, Connection), along with the 4 H's he uses to build real connection: History, Heartaches, Hopes, and Heroes.

If you've worked hard to get somewhere and wondered why it didn't feel the way you thought it would, this one's for you.

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

02:33 Growing up in Fort Wayne, the Little League World Series

05:26 Learning that performance is what matters most

11:08 High standards, high support, and building a champion before championships

16:31 Athletics as the greatest developer of the human spirit, taught through storytelling and mistakes

23:57 Managing 21 sports and 900 families, and what coaches said the real problem was

28:02 The Lego castle and the index card

35:50 The S cubed and C cubed frameworks

46:27 The four H's exercise

50:50 Character and fulfillment

Listen & connect

Chad Becker: Website · Instagram · LinkedIn

Christine: Instagram · TikTok · LinkedIn

Think Time®: Website · Free Training · Instagram · YouTube · TikTok · LinkedIn

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This podcast is for educational purposes only and isn't a substitute for individualized medical, mental health, or professional care. Every brain is different, and results will vary.

The Hinge Beneath High Performance | Christine Howe & Jason Alan Bohrer

Christine Howe — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:09:33 GMT

Jason Alan Bohrer used to think discipline meant more push, more willpower, more grind.

Then he left his job, started a new business with a newborn and a toddler, zero income coming in, and ended up on the couch telling his wife there was nothing more he could do. The 12 months that followed taught him something different: burnout is born of overwhelm, overwhelm is born of avoidance, and avoidance is born of dysregulation.

He and Christine talk about the difference between performance as a mask and performance as alignment, why ambition can be avoidance with better branding, and why the nervous system, not just mindset, drives how clearly we think and perform.

If you've ever looked successful on paper and felt exhausted in private, this conversation names what's underneath that gap.

Timestamps

00:00 Intro: Record everything

03:17 What Jason actually does

05:45 The 12-month odyssey and who he was at eight

09:39 Performance as armor, and ambition as avoidance

11:41 The causal chain to burnout

17:13 Misalignment in founders and executives

19:39 Not enoughness and what pressure does to the brain

22:20 Awareness, alignment, action

28:44 Measuring capacity with HRV

34:14 Hitting burnout: the trifecta

36:40 The sentence that split his life in half

39:32 What Resilient actually stands for

42:50 Three steps for this week

47:02 The 90-second reset and rapid fire round

48:36 What to know if you're exhausted in private

Listen & connect

Jason Alan Bohrer: Website · Instagram · TikTok · YouTube · LinkedIn · Facebook

Christine: Instagram · TikTok · LinkedIn

Think Time®: Website · Free Training · Instagram · YouTube · TikTok · LinkedIn

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This podcast is for educational purposes only and isn't a substitute for individualized medical, mental health, or professional care. Every brain is different, and results will vary.

Your Body Loves You I Christine Howe & Dr. Cody Golman

Christine Howe — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:46:00 GMT

Dr. Cody Golman started out as a tank commander, then spent seventeen years as a chiropractor before he noticed the same pattern everywhere: medicine treats symptoms, not causes, and the weight loss industry does the exact same thing. Now he works with women over thirty-five whose bodies stopped responding to the diets that used to work. His core idea is that most people aren't burning fat, they're burning sugar, and stress plus sugar flips your hormones out of the state your body was actually designed to run on.

He and Christine get into where this connects to ADHD (his view is that a lot of the brain fog, irritability, and hyperactivity people chase answers for traces back to blood sugar spikes, not character), why fasting and calorie-restrictive diets can backfire, and why sleep timing matters more than almost anything else in resetting hormones. Then, the conversation takes an unexpected turn: the psychological work Cody does with clients around loving the parts of themselves they've spent years criticizing, and why unloved parts of yourself tend to show up again in a partner or a kid until you actually deal with them.

Timestamps

00:00 Meet Dr. Golman

01:57 The weight loss industry's blind spot

05:15 What symptoms are trying to tell you

07:00 The ADHD and sugar connection

10:57 Fat burning, survival mode, and fasting

14:47 Sleep and hormone balance

17:49 Gut, blood sugar, and aging

22:49 The licensing effect and loving the parts you don't love

41:05 Chrononutrition, not grazing

47:27 Where to find Dr. Golman

Listen & connect

Fast 40 (free book, trainings, free call): fast40system.com

Dr. Cody Golman: YouTube · Instagram · LinkedIn · TikTok

Christine: Instagram · TikTok · LinkedIn

Think Time®: Website · Free Training · Instagram · YouTube · TikTok · LinkedIn

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This podcast is for educational purposes only and isn't a substitute for individualized medical, mental health, or professional care. Every brain is different, and results will vary.

The Corporate Strategy Behind Your Best Life I Christine Howe & Don Rauzelle

Christine Howe — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 06:19:17 GMT

Don Rauzelle used to sit in Google meetings wondering what was actually driving everyone to show up. Then he realized he was chasing the exact same thing, just from a different starting line.

Don spent years in corporate strategy roles at Google and Electronic Arts before he asked himself a question that changed everything: if money wasn't a factor, how would I actually spend my time? That question sat for years before it became The Clarifier, a free AI-powered tool that walks you through the same strategic planning process billion-dollar companies use, pointed at your own life instead of a quarterly roadmap.

He and Christine talk through what he calls "drift," the slow autopilot most of us fall into without noticing, why self-reflection is one of the most underrated leadership skills, and the moment he realized money wasn't actually going to buy him happiness. Don also shares what he's learned traveling full time (he's currently in Hanoi, about to head to the Arctic Circle in Norway), including an unexpected lesson about traffic, patience, and not needing to be first.

If you've ever felt like you're doing all the right things without knowing what you're actually building toward, this one's worth the listen.

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

02:28 Applying corporate frameworks to himself

04:53 Growing up in Charlottesville

09:34 Gifted classes and rethinking his path

14:25 The Google red badge

16:53 The seed quote and moral philosophy

21:37 Training people in strategy at Google and EA

24:00 What The Clarifier actually is

26:27 How the Clarifier works

31:11 The hundred rooms analogy

33:22 Christine's own Clarifier results

40:27 Drift caused by autopilot

45:21 The campfire Clarifier idea

47:45 Coaching options after the Clarifier

52:35 The Hanoi traffic lesson

57:23 Where to find Don

Listen & connect

Don Rauzelle: Website · The Clarifier · Instagram · Substack

Christine: Instagram · TikTok · LinkedIn

Think Time®: Website · Free Training · Instagram · YouTube · TikTok · LinkedIn

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This podcast is for educational purposes only and isn't a substitute for individualized medical, mental health, or professional care. Every brain is different, and results will vary.

I Am Exactly Where I'm Supposed to Be I Christine Howe & Mark Ruegg

Christine Howe — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:45:00 GMT

Two and a half years ago, an oncologist gave Mark Ruegg four to six months to live. Today there's no evidence of disease anywhere in his body, and his own doctor, head of oncology at Cedars-Sinai, calls it something he's never seen in his career.

Before any of that, Mark spent two decades as a professional dancer, then built a business as a Hollywood "child wrangler," the person who keeps kids calm and cooperative on set for brands like Target, Disney, and Pampers. Then came a stage IV pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma diagnosis, a rare and fast-moving cancer, and a prognosis he refused to accept once a stranger on the phone, a fellow survivor named Roger Magowitz, told him it didn't have to be true. Mark calls that call his "four-minute mile": the moment something became possible simply because someone else had already done it.

He and Christine talk through what he calls his healing recipe, seven ingredients including belief, meditation, and getting his nervous system back to a state of safety.

This one leaves you with this: what would you let yourself believe was possible, if someone showed you it already happened for them?

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

02:11 Who Mark was before

07:21 The diagnosis

09:49 First call for help

12:12 The four-minute mile

17:02 Patients, not statistics

20:14 The rare, aggressive cancer

25:13 Taking self-responsibility

27:42 Safety and healing

33:32 The healing mantra

37:19 Talk less, listen more

43:55 The scan that stunned his doctor

50:57 The night everything shifted

55:43 Facing his own fear

1:05:11 Building the community

1:09:01 Find Mark

Listen & connect

The Healing Recipe: mark-allen-ruegg-the-healing-recipe.kit.com

The Healing Recipe Community (Facebook group): facebook.com/groups/2023484345192235

Featured in Argonaut News: digitaledition.argonautnews.com

Mark Ruegg: Instagram

Christine: Instagram · TikTok · LinkedIn

Think Time®: Website · Free Training · Instagram · YouTube · TikTok · LinkedIn

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This podcast is for educational purposes only and isn't a substitute for individualized medical, mental health, or professional care. Every brain is different, and results will vary.

Emotional Real Estate I Christine Howe & Karen Conlon

Christine Howe — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:27:49 GMT

Karen Conlon spent years achieving her way through life without knowing why nothing ever felt like enough.

Karen is a licensed psychotherapist and coach who works with high-achieving professionals ready to stop over-functioning and start building real, authentic relationships.

She's the founder of Cohesive Therapy NYC and Expressive Talks Life Coaching, and hosts her own podcast, Emotionally Wealthy. She and Christine talk about what Karen calls emotional real estate: the space every person is born with to feel, that many of us were never taught how to access. They get into the difference between a high achiever and an overachiever (one plays to strength, the other runs on fear), why pausing feels like wasted time until it isn't, and the boundary Karen set with a family member that cracked something open in her that had stayed closed for years.

If you've ever asked yourself "is this laziness, or is it something else," Karen has a better question to start with: what is my gut actually telling me?

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

01:04 Welcome Karen

02:13 Fifteen years parallel

04:16 Achievement and fear

08:28 The shift inward

10:30 Having her daughter

11:30 The boundary moment

13:56 Trust your gut

18:12 Emotional real estate

21:36 Laziness or boredom

22:34 The hardest pause

29:51 When to be vulnerable

38:14 High achiever vs. overachiever

44:22 Healthy achievement today

54:01 Steps toward wealth

1:00:01 Find Karen

Listen & connect

Karen Conlon: karenconlon.com · Instagram · LinkedIn

Emotionally Wealthy Podcast: Apple Podcasts · Spotify · YouTube

Christine: Instagram · TikTok · LinkedIn

Think Time®: Website · Free Training · Instagram · YouTube · TikTok · LinkedIn

Hyperfocus & High Performance: Listen Here

This podcast is for educational purposes only and isn't a substitute for individualized medical, mental health, or professional care. Every brain is different, and results will vary.

The Opposite of Relapse Is Connection I Christine Howe & Adam Cruz

Christine Howe — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:09:30 GMT

Adam spent a decade planting churches, then a decade building tech companies, and quietly, addiction ran underneath both. He and Christine talk about busyness as a coping mechanism people wear like a badge of honor, and the moment addiction became impossible to hide once he was off the stage and had to actually face what was happening.

The real issue, Adam explains, was never the "what." His work was good work. It was the "why" underneath it: trying to earn love and prove himself worthy instead of already believing he was.

They get into the belief systems most of us are quietly running from (am I safe, am I enough, am I wanted, am I loved), the difference between "deal friends" and real friends, and why confessional, honest relationships, not willpower, are what actually protect against relapse. Adam's workbook is The Healed Hustle, and the process isn't a finish line. It's a rhythm of catching yourself and starting again.

Timestamps

00:00 Meet Adam
00:58 Church planting to tech
03:26 Hyperfocus and burnout
08:23 The Tommy Nelson story
12:36 The wrong why
16:34 Earning love vs. being loved
21:04 Identity beyond the work
25:55 Confessional living
30:19 Rhythms and relationships
31:11 The opposite of relapse
39:21 Heal your why

Listen & connect

The Healed Hustle: Free Assessment, Website

Adam Cruz: Instagram · YouTube · LinkedIn

Christine: Instagram · TikTok · LinkedIn

Think Time®: Website · Free Training · Instagram · YouTube · TikTok · LinkedIn

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This podcast is for educational purposes only and isn't a substitute for individualized medical, mental health, or professional care. Every brain is different, and results will vary.

I Was Miserable, So I Started a Happiness Company I Christine Howe & Tia Graham

Christine Howe — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:03:09 GMT

Tia is the founder of Arrive at Happy and, more recently, the Feel Good Club, a community for working moms. Before that, she was a sales and marketing director drowning in guilt after having kids, despite once being the person everyone asked, "How are you so happy?"

A coach helped her pull a buried dream back out: a happiness company. She and Christine talk about building it while working full time, why happiness science isn't about constant positivity, and the pancake morning that taught her happiness is a choice her father made on purpose.

They get into the three pillars of a happy life, "double suffering" (feeling bad about feeling bad), and what changed once Tia's daughter was diagnosed with autism.

If you've felt the pull between work and home, this sits right in that tension.

Timestamps

00:00 Meet Tia
02:41 A happiness company, buried for years
06:19 The dream as a seedling
07:34 Leaving the corporate job
08:42 The pancake morning
11:04 Happiness as a daily choice
14:12 Prioritizing her own well-being
16:14 Radical acceptance
17:38 Three pillars of a happy life
21:33 Agency over thoughts and behavior
26:22 Stress has an upside too
29:07 Double suffering
32:51 Building psychological resilience
35:07 Overcoming mom guilt
38:31 Where to find Tia

Listen & connect

Tia Graham: tiagraham.com· arriveathappy.com · Instagram · LinkedIn · YouTube

Christine: Instagram · TikTok · LinkedIn

Think Time®: Website · Free Training · Instagram · YouTube · TikTok · LinkedIn

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This podcast is for educational purposes only and isn't a substitute for individualized medical, mental health, or professional care. Every brain is different, and results will vary.

Is It Your Nervous System or Your Space? I Christine Howe & Beatrice Tokayer

Christine Howe — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:41:17 GMT

Most advice about mess assumes it's a discipline problem. Beatrice Tokayer's work starts somewhere else: your nervous system.

Beatrice is an interior designer and founder of Sensorize Your Space. She began adapting her son's environment after his ADHD, sensory processing, and dyslexia diagnoses — and found small design changes did more for his sleep and hyperactivity than she expected.

She and Christine talk through overstimulated versus understimulated brains, why clutter is rarely about being disorganized, and how a "messy zone" can protect the calm of an entire home, plus low-cost ways to think about lighting, color, and layout.

Beatrice's fix is smaller than you'd expect: one zone, ten minutes a day, everything with a home.

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

00:20 Beatrice's path in

04:00 Senses and peace

07:00 Two brain types

09:30 Clutter, not decisions

15:00 Zones for mess

20:00 Movement and outdoors

28:00 Masking as a kid

33:00 Sensory and family

40:00 Home office tips

48:00 Decluttering, not minimalism

58:00 Working with Beatrice

1:05:00 Find Beatrice

Listen & connect

Sensorize Your Space: Website · Instagram

BRT Interior Design: brtinteriordesign.com

Redesign Your Home the ADHD-Friendly Way (course): sensorize.samcart.com/products/redesign-your-home-the-adhd-friendly-way

Christine: Instagram · TikTok · LinkedIn

Think Time®: Website · Free Training · Instagram · YouTube · TikTok · LinkedIn

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This podcast is for educational purposes only and isn't a substitute for individualized medical, mental health, or professional care. Every brain is different, and results will vary.

Don’t Believe Every Thought I Christine Howe & Lucas LeFevre

Christine Howe — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:43:03 GMT

Lucas LeFevre nearly let a season of quiet discontent talk him into ending his marriage. Instead, he started writing.

Lucas founded Holy Work, a journaling practice for people who feel mentally overwhelmed, emotionally numb, or spiritually disconnected. He tells Christine the story behind it: a breaking point on a run in 2010, an unfiltered letter to his wife, and a daily writing habit that, over years, rebuilt his marriage and his sense of direction. The conversation moves through neuroplasticity, Chip Dodd's framework of eight core feelings, and why self-awareness, the single most important leadership trait, is also one of the hardest to teach.

Lucas's exercise is simple enough to try tonight: fifteen minutes, one minute of silence, ten minutes of unfiltered writing, then two questions about what you wrote. No pressure to get it right the first time.

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

00:25 Who Lucas is

04:00 The letter

07:00 Daily writing habit

11:00 Writing vs. rumination

14:00 Neuroplasticity explained

20:00 External vs. internal

22:00 Anxiety, then and now

25:00 Eight core feelings

33:00 Hardest trait to teach

40:00 Try it yourself

44:00 Find Lucas

Listen & connect

Holy Work: holywork.com

Lucas: Instagram · Holy Work Podcast on Spotify

Christine: Instagram · TikTok · LinkedIn

Think Time®: Website · Free Training · Instagram · YouTube · TikTok · LinkedIn

Hyperfocus & High Performance: Listen Here

This podcast is for educational purposes only and isn't a substitute for individualized medical, mental health, or professional care. Every brain is different, and results will vary.

Is it ADHD or Something Else? I Christine Howe & Dr. Joseph Andrews

Christine Howe — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:32:32 GMT

Not everything that looks like ADHD is ADHD. Dr. Joseph Andrews spends his career helping other clinicians tell the difference.

Dr. Andrews is a board-certified psychiatrist and the founder of Collaborating Psychiatrist, where he consults with nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other mental health providers on ADHD evaluations.

He and Christine walk through what he calls the hierarchy of the inattentive syndrome: the substances, medical causes, and psychiatric causes to rule out before landing on ADHD as the explanation. You'll hear why cannabis use is one of the most underrecognized causes of attention problems, why undiagnosed sleep apnea can look exactly like ADHD, and why getting the diagnosis wrong, especially with bipolar disorder, can make treatment worse instead of better.

Worth a full listen before your next appointment, especially if a diagnosis has never quite sat right.

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

02:00 More than a checklist

07:00 Hierarchy of causes

09:00 Cannabis and attention

11:00 Sleep apnea

14:00 Vitamins and minerals

20:00 Finding this specialty

26:00 Working with clinicians

29:00 Autism, bipolar, trauma

32:00 Missing bipolar disorder

34:00 Find Dr. Andrews

Listen & connect

Via Clinic (patient care, MD & PA): viaclinic.us

Collaborating Psychiatrist (for clinicians): collaboratingpsychiatrist.com

Christine: Instagram · TikTok · LinkedIn

Think Time®: Website · Free Training · Instagram · YouTube · TikTok · LinkedIn

Hyperfocus & High Performance: Listen Here

This podcast is for educational purposes only and isn't a substitute for individualized medical, mental health, or professional care. Every brain is different, and results will vary.

Advocating for Your ADHD Child I Christine Howe & Nicole Santiago

Christine Howe — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:49:45 GMT

Nicole Santiago has one question she asks every parent who calls her: what made you pick up the phone today?

Nicole founded Family ADDventures, working as an advocate, therapist, and coach for neurodivergent kids and families. She and Christine talk parental burnout, structure, and navigating public, private, and homeschool, plus a device that turns "get regulated" into something a nine-year-old can see.

If today's episode shone a spotlight on something you've been feeling but hadn't said out loud, that's worth sitting with.

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

02:30 The grandparent question

09:00 Parent's self-work matters

12:00 Structure reduces anxiety

15:00 Burnout and fatigue

20:00 Relationship over outcome

33:00 Seven years in

44:00 Heart-brain coherence

53:00 IEPs and advocacy

1:03:00 The 80/20 rule

1:08:00 What matters most

1:11:00 Find Nicole

Listen & connect

Family ADDventures (book a free strategy call): familyaddventures.com

Family ADDventures website

Give Grace, Reject Shame ebook by Nicole Santiago

Edumatch (school-matching tool): ignitestudentpotential.base44.app

Nicole: Instagram · Facebook · TikTok

Christine: Instagram · TikTok · LinkedIn

Think Time®: Website · Free Training · Instagram · YouTube · TikTok · LinkedIn

Hyperfocus & High Performance: Listen Here

This podcast is for educational purposes only and isn't a substitute for individualized medical, mental health, or professional care. Every brain is different, and results will vary.

Unlocking Your Potential with Clarity I Christine Howe

Christine Howe — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:45:00 GMT

Clarity, not hard work. That was the discovery Christine almost missed.

She remembers one night early in motherhood: head on the pillow, not just discouraged, defeated. She'd worked from sunrise to bedtime two days straight and still hadn't touched the things that actually mattered. The obvious conclusion, that she just wasn't a hard worker, didn't hold up. She ruled it out. What she found instead, eventually, was that hard work was never the missing ingredient: clarity was.

In this episode, Christine explains the science behind that shift: the reticular activating system, your brain's built-in filter, and why feeding it a clear image does more than any amount of grit ever could.

If you're moving fast but somehow still stuck, this is worth the full listen. The fix was never more effort. It was seeing more clearly.

Timestamps
00:00 The young mom story
02:00 Hard work wasn't it
04:00 Clarity was missing
06:08 The brain's filter
09:00 Feeding your brain images
11:50 Distractions and decision fatigue
15:00 Fog versus clarity
18:04 Where clarity leads

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Neuroplanning 101: Dream, Decide, Do, Review I Christine Howe & Bekah Bernard

Christine Howe — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:40:35 GMT

Cortisol and adrenaline were the only two ingredients Christine knew how to run on for 35 years.

In this episode, Christine and Bekah walk through the full Think Time framework: Dream, Decide, Do, Review, and why the membership calls actually start with review, not dreaming.

They talk about what stress and overwhelm look like when someone first joins, why the process is intentionally shame-free, and how the size of your planning window changes how much time you spend dreaming versus doing. It's a behind-the-scenes look at what a weekly Think Time call is actually like.

That cortisol and adrenaline cocktail is a pattern worth naming for yourself, and the fix Christine points to isn't a life overhaul, just five minutes of review before you plan anything ahead.

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

00:20 Cortisol and adrenaline

02:00 Stress when joining

06:00 Review, not dreaming

09:00 The dream phase

11:30 Decide and agency

14:00 The do phase

17:00 Bigger windows, more dreaming

19:00 Skipping the stages

21:00 What's coming next

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You Don't Need More Discipline I Christine Howe

Christine Howe — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 08:16:48 GMT

Christine still remembers the moment a graduate school professor asked her to stay after class. "Christine, why are you always late?" She didn't have an answer. She'd read every book on time management and organization. She knew what to do. She just couldn't do it, not even at her own wedding, where she showed up with wet nail polish and a latte in hand.

Traditional productivity advice assumes a straight line: wake up early, time block, force the focus. That's not how the ADHD brain works, and pushing harder was never going to be the fix. In this episode, Christine walks through the full NeuroPlanning™ framework she built instead: Love Your Design first, then Dream, Decide, Do, Review. Dream engages your brain's built-in filter, the reticular activating system. Decide is about choosing between good, better, and best, not good and bad. Do means working with your energy and rhythms instead of against them. Review is where gratitude and consistent, honest reflection build real momentum.

You don't need more discipline to make this work. You need a dream, and a structure built around how your brain actually operates.

One simple way to try it tonight: grab a sheet of paper before bed. Dream, decide, do, review. See what shifts.

Timestamps

00:00 Welcome, and the hook

01:30 Always running late

04:00 Cortisol and adrenaline

06:30 Why productivity fails ADHD

08:30 The dream comes first

11:00 Engaging your filter

13:30 Good, better, best

15:30 The do phase

18:00 Review and gratitude

20:00 Knowing vs. doing

22:00 One action step

24:00 Sign-off

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Draw Your Dreams I Christine Howe & Bekah Bernard

Christine Howe — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:11:59 GMT

Christine sits down with Bekah, who has used Think Time for almost six years and now coaches the weekly membership calls, to talk about the first layer of the Dream, Decide, Do, Review framework: drawing your dreams. It sounds simple. It also tends to meet resistance before it meets results. They talk about why putting a dream on paper, in color, works differently than just deciding to do something, what it looks like when a dream takes years to draw before it happens, and how to start when you don't yet know what you want.

A dream that's been sitting in the back of your mind for years doesn't need a plan yet, just a pencil and one honest answer to Christine's prompt: if there were no obstacles, what is wild success for you?

Timestamps

00:00 Welcome Bekah

02:14 Dream and draw

04:33 Pen to paper

06:51 Think Time Membership

09:14 The time timer

11:40 Resistance to drawing

14:05 Prescriptive, yet personal

16:16 Open-handed leadership

18:35 Helping buried dreams

20:45 What's coming next

23:12 Sign-off

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The Discovery That Changed My Life I Christine Howe

Christine Howe — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:08:43 GMT

Eleven years ago, Christine was standing in a messy garage in Dallas with three kids under four and undiagnosed ADHD.

What she did next, before organizing anything, changed the entire trajectory of her career.

Instead of diving straight into the mess, she paused and drew what she wanted the garage to look like: shelves, labeled bins, and order to the chaos. For the first time in her life, she finished a complex, multi-step project without getting pulled off course. Nothing else had changed, not her circumstances, not her brain, not her medication. Just the drawing. In this solo episode, Christine walks through why she thinks this works: images and sensory associations are the first language of the brain. It’s faster and easier to process an image, and using a pause plus creative thinking engages different and deeper circuits of the brain than using words alone, closer to the parts that actually make decisions. Christine believes that many productivity struggles may stem from misaligned planning systems rather than laziness or a lack of discipline.

This is also where NeuroPlanning™ comes from. Love Your Design, then Dream, Decide, Do, Review, built from one Saturday morning and a garage that finally made sense.

Timestamps

00:00 Welcome

02:23 Eleven years ago in Dallas

04:20 The seminary class that started it

06:40 The garage, finished at last

08:59 Free training

11:24 Visual brain

13:42 Draw, then do

16:07 Not a character flaw

18:31 Visualization research

20:51 Lean into strengths

23:14 How to draw your dreams

25:37 Think Time is born

28:00 Sign-off

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Welcome to Hyperfocus & High Performance

Christine Howe — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:51:19 GMT

If you're a brilliant, creative leader with ADHD who knows you're made for more—and you're looking for a way to unlock that potential without sacrificing your peace—this podcast is for you.

You don't need another productivity hack.

You need a holistic planning system that works with your brain instead of against it.

Hosted by Christine Howe—licensed professional counselor, creator of NeuroPlanning™, founder of Think Time®, and designer of the first Whole-Brain Neuroplanning™—this podcast helps visionary leaders harness the strengths of the ADHD mind to build extraordinary lives with peace, not pressure.

Each week, Christine combines neuroscience, psychology, leadership, creativity, and practical planning strategies through conversations with leading experts and thought-provoking solo episodes.

You'll learn how to:

Harness your hyperfocus to work for you instead of against you.
Design dream routines & rejuvenating rhythms you will love to follow.
Reduce overwhelm and mental clutter.
Increase clarity, creativity, and confidence.
Lead with greater purpose, presence, and peace.

At the heart of every episode is the NeuroPlanning™ Method:

Love Your Design.

Then: Dream. Decide. Do. Review.

This whole-brain framework helps you stop reacting to life and start creating it intentionally.

If you're ready to stop forcing yourself into systems that don't fit and start planning in the native, creative language of your brain, you're in the right place.

Discover how your goal achievement can be faster and easier as you

Take time to Think Time®.

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