Reclaiming Your Capacity with Meredith Carder

About this episode

William Curb interviews ADHD coach Meredith Carder about bridging professional goals and executive dysfunction.

Hey Team! Today I'm talking with Meredith Carder, author of It All Makes Sense Now . Meredith is an ADHD coach and the creator behind the popular Instagram account @hummingbird_adhd, where she focuses on neuro-affirming strategies for adults. With a background in psychology and an MBA, she brings a unique perspective on how we can bridge the gap between our high-level professional goals and the executive dysfunction that often gets in the way. I got to meet Meredith at the 2025 ADHD Conference in Kansas City and then got to hang out with her again recently at NeuroDiversion in Austin. She's a ton of fun to talk with and while this episode had a few hurdles to get over in terms of actually recording it, was a ton of fun. In our conversation today, we get into the concept of "Ambition vs. Capacity," that frustrating space where our big ideas don't quite match what we are actually capable of doing in the moment. We talk about why we feel so much shame over "adulting" tasks like laundry and dishes, and how changing our mental models of what an "adult" looks like can free up bandwidth for things that actually matter. We also get into Meredith's specific systems for planning her week…

People in this episode

Host: William Curb

Guest: Meredith Carder

Topics covered

• ADHD coaching
• executive dysfunction
• ambition vs capacity
• adulting tasks
• neuro-affirming strategies
• planning systems

Keywords

• ADHD
• coaching
• executive dysfunction
• planning
• adulting
• mental models
• capacity
• ambition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Instagram

Books & works: It All Makes Sense Now

Places: Kansas City, Austin

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