Mel Robbins

And honest to God, I could not for the life of me, just like what you were talking about, Will, I couldn't make myself do it.

And worse, it's like I could hear the mouse pooping in the corner.

I could hear my stomach.

And so that mechanism that like an orchestra conductor, think about all the input of sound like an orchestra warming up.

ADHD, there's this conductor in your brain that's like tap, tap, tap, tap, tap.

Okay, let's bring it all down.

Now let's lift up the sound of the strings only.

If you don't have that little conductor in your brain, the whole world sounds like an orchestra warming up and you can't both direct your attention

in certain instances, and you can't silence other input.

And that's kind of what's happening.

Yeah, it's super fascinating, but there's lots you can do, and you don't have to do medication.

Yeah, and having some grace for yourself.

Like, it drives my husband crazy that the faucet's running or that my sink, I don't know what your guys' bathrooms look like, but my husband's sink looks like the sink at a Zen hotel.

Mine looks like you tipped over a Walgreens aisle on top of it.

Still?

Oh my God, yes.

Really?

That's awesome.

Because the mind is like this, so the order in the environment helps your mind settle.

Well, you should actually send him this episode.