Episode 360: 5 Retreats Later - What I've Learned About ADHD Planning & Reflection

Episode 360: 5 Retreats Later - What I've Learned About ADHD Planning & Reflection

June 22, 2026 · 38 min · Episode 360

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In this episode, Paula Engebretson shares insights from her experience with quarterly personal retreats and how they can enhance ADHD planning and reflection.

👉 Download the free quarterly retreat guide here. Do you ever feel like you've been going non-stop all day, then you get to the end of it and think, "Wait, what did all that busyness add up to?" This episode is about the practice that changed that for me: the quarterly personal retreat. I've been doing it for nearly a year and a half, and in Episode 360, I share my exact process, what I've learned from five retreats, and the small tweak that made the whole thing feel worth it from start to finish. In Episode 360, You Will Discover: How to structure a quarterly personal retreat from start to finish, including the exact reflection questions I use for relationships, work, and personal life Why your retreat can be a morning at the library just as much as a weekend away, and how to define what "done" looks like for your version Why ADHD brains tend to feel like they did the retreat "wrong," and the two-sentence practice that finally fixed it What five retreats over a year and a half have taught me about big-picture planning with ADHD Work With Me: Learn more about private coaching here Join We're Busy Being Awesome (group coaching) Enroll in Overwhelm to Action - step by step course…

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