The ADHD Skills Lab

A lot of people with ADHD deal with physical symptoms they’ve never talked about - or never thought were connected.
This episode looks at what the research actually shows about ADHD and gut issues, and where the line is between association, speculation, and overreach.
ADHD usually gets framed around focus, motivation, and productivity. But growing research suggests it may also be linked to very real physical symptoms, including gut issues that many people quietly live with.
In this episode, Skye and Will break down a major research review examining the connection between ADHD and IBS - what the data shows (and what it doesn’t), and why this matters for quality of life, not just symptom labels.
No biohacks. No diet rules. Just context, clarity, and what’s worth paying attention to if you’ve ever felt like ADHD affects more than just your brain.
What we cover:
What this large ADHD + IBS study actually found (and what it didn’t)
Why IBS showed up - but other gut issues didn’t
How physical discomfort can quietly compound ADHD overwhelm
Why this research matters even if you don’t have gut issues
If you want a copy of the paper we discuss, just ask us and we will send it to you.
Want more of Will’s work? Go check out HackingYourADHD.com or subscribe to his YouTube channel
P.S. If your ADHD symptoms turn every business day into chaos—unfinished tasks piling up, revenue stuck, systems that don't stick—it's not you. It's your operating system. We help service business owners unblock their next $50-500k with simple systems that focus their brain. Watch this video to see how we do it, then take the program walkthrough.

If the word accounting makes your attention disappear, this episode is for you.
Skye sits down with Joe Dunaway - founder of Vici Financial, accountant, business owner, and ADHDer - to talk about why so many ADHD entrepreneurs avoid their numbers, and how to understand them without overcomplicating things or forcing yourself into systems you won’t maintain.
This isn’t about becoming good at accounting.
It’s about knowing enough to make decisions, reduce background stress, and stop guessing about your business.
We cover:
Why accounting causes shutdown for ADHD brains
The real cost of avoiding your numbers
The fastest way finances get messy (and how to stop it)
How to separate signal from noise in your financials
When numbers actually become useful instead of overwhelming
If you’ve been telling yourself “I’ll look at it later” — this conversation will help you finally look, without spiraling.
Connect with Joe:
https://www.vicifinance.com/
Instagram: @vicifinancial
P.S. If your ADHD symptoms turn every business day into chaos—unfinished tasks piling up, revenue stuck, systems that don't stick—it's not you. It's your operating system. We help service business owners unblock their next $50-500k with simple systems that focus their brain. Watch this video to see how we do it, then take the program walkthrough.

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Kids with ADHD are not just more likely to struggle academically. They are more visible, more misunderstood, and often less liked by peers and teachers.
In this Research Recap, Skye and Will unpack a study on ADHD, social status, and bullying, and talk honestly about what it felt like to stand out in school for reasons you did not choose.
This is not a conversation about extreme bullying or obvious cruelty. It is about the quieter experience many ADHD kids grow up with. Being noticeable. Being different. Being picked last, corrected more often, or feeling out of sync with everyone else.
If school felt harder than it should have, even when you could not explain why, this episode will likely hit close to home.
What we cover:
Why kids with ADHD are more visible in the classroom, but not for positive reasons
How peer likability and teacher relationships shape vulnerability over time
The difference between obvious bullying and subtle social exclusion
Why being “the noticeable kid” can quietly rewire how school feels emotionally
What this research helps explain for adults still unpacking their school experience
If you want a copy of the paper we discuss, just ask us and we will send it to you.
Want more of Will’s work? Go check out HackingYourADHD.com or subscribe to his YouTube channel
P.S. If your ADHD symptoms turn every business day into chaos—unfinished tasks piling up, revenue stuck, systems that don't stick—it's not you. It's your operating system. We help service business owners unblock their next $50-500k with simple systems that focus their brain. Watch this video to see how we do it, then take the program walkthrough.

Looking for the Bottleneck Reset Workshop? Click here for details:
https://unconventionalorganisation.circle.so/checkout/bottleneck-reset-workshop-wednesday-jan-21st
Growing a business is hard.
Doing it with ADHD - while raising five kids - can make you feel like your brain is actively working against you.
In this episode, Skye talks with Tiana Sutton, a fitness instructor, community builder, and mother of five, about realizing she had ADHD later in life - not through childhood struggles, but through business, memory issues, and the feeling that she couldn’t keep up with herself anymore.
They talk honestly about working memory falling apart, starting things with energy and losing momentum, learning how to sell without pressure, and what it looks like to keep showing up even when progress feels invisible.
This isn’t a success story or a hustle episode.
It’s a real conversation about understanding your brain after you’re already overwhelmed - and deciding to keep building anyway.
Connect with Tiana
Tiana is the founder and instructor at Bluebird Wellness, where she helps people reconnect with their bodies through movement, community, and care.
Website: https://www.bluebird.life
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bluebird.life/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BluebirdWellnessTexas
P.S. If your ADHD symptoms turn every business day into chaos—unfinished tasks piling up, revenue stuck, systems that don't stick—it's not you. It's your operating system. We help service business owners unblock their next $50-500k with simple systems that focus their brain. Watch this video to see how we do it, then take the program walkthrough.

Looking for the Bottleneck Reset Workshop? Click here for details:
https://unconventionalorganisation.circle.so/checkout/bottleneck-reset-workshop-wednesday-jan-21st
If you have ADHD, you probably know this pattern. You’re foggy, scattered, or stuck… until a deadline hits. Then suddenly, you’re laser-focused, productive, unstoppable. And afterwards, you’re wrecked.

In this episode, Skye and William Curb from Hacking Your ADHD unpack why hyperfocus feels like the only way to get things done, and why it quietly creates more stress, burnout, and long-term chaos than most people realize. 

Using research on university students, we explore how executive function difficulties change the way ADHD brains access focus, why more ADHD symptoms often lead to more hyperfocus (not less), and why relying on pressure is not a sustainable strategy, even if it looks productive on the surface. 

This episode is for late-diagnosed adults, professionals, and business owners with ADHD who keep asking themselves: 

“Why do I only function when everything’s urgent?” 

“And why does it always cost me afterwards?” 

What we cover:

- Why hyperfocus shows up most when things feel critical or overwhelming 
- How executive function difficulties push ADHD brains into last-minute intensity 
- The difference between intense focus and sustainable focus 
- How hyperfocus borrows energy from your future self 
- What this pattern means for productivity, stress, and burnout long-term
P.S. If your ADHD symptoms turn every business day into chaos—unfinished tasks piling up, revenue stuck, systems that don't stick—it's not you. It's your operating system. We help service business owners unblock their next $50-500k with simple systems that focus their brain. Watch this video to see how we do it, then take the program walkthrough.