Reimagining Productivity with ADHD

Marla Cummins is an ADHD and executive function coach, and her show rejects the premise that productivity means cranking out more output. Her whole argument is that ADHD adults are already exhausted from trying to do everything, and the actual goal is to finish the things that matter with less drama. Episodes run around eighteen minutes on average, which feels like a deliberate choice. She gets in, makes her point, and leaves before you've had a chance to zone out. The topic list is wide but focused on execution rather than theory. How to build motivation when urgency isn't around to bail you out. How to stop overcommitting when saying yes is the path of least resistance. How to manage the emotional dysregulation that turns a small setback into a full derailment. What separates Marla from a lot of coaches in this space is her comfort with systems. She doesn't rely on willpower as a strategy, because she knows willpower is a bad bet for this population. Instead she builds scaffolding, routines, and external supports that do the remembering for you. The show has held a 5-star rating across 89 episodes, which is unusual, and the comments from listeners lean toward gratitude rather than hype. A genuinely useful resource if you're tired of being told to try harder.