The Clarity Project is a personal project about navigating life through personal stories, neurodivergent experiences, and honest conversations. Through reflections on ADHD, productivity, emotions, and growth, this show offers insight you can feel—and maybe even use to better understand yourself.
A therapist and ADHD coach discusses the similarities and differences between therapy and coaching with host Lisa Orbé-Austin, exploring which approach best facilitates growth, healing, and self-understanding in this interview.
21 Aug 2025
My Wife Put A Restraining Order On Me
Host Dr. John Smith interviews guest Mark Johnson about navigating relationship conflict and healing after a restraining order, exploring Integrated Attachment Theory.
24 Jul 2025
Greyhounds and Emotional Intelligence
The host explores greyhound lives, dating apps, modern relationships, and emotional intelligence, discussing connection in its various forms in an interview.
16 Jul 2025
Forgetting How To Cook
The host discusses experiencing moments of forgetting basic tasks like cooking, explores the connection to ADHD, and discovers new frameworks for understanding brain function.
9 Jul 2025
Things I Didn't Realize Were ADHD
The host explores overlooked aspects of ADHD, such as body doubling, exercise's regulatory effects, and the spotlight effect, offering listeners relatable "aha" moments.
26 Jun 2025
From Nerding out to Dreaming Big
Host discusses passions like Star Wars and photography, while also exploring ambitious goals for the podcast, emphasizing the value of organic connection and shared experiences.
18 Jun 2025
Looking Back to Move Forward
The host reflects on the first ten episodes of The Clarity Project, identifying patterns and growth through honest reflections and personal conversations.
11 Jun 2025
Glow-Ups, Gut Health, and Growing Up
The host interviews his cousin about his weight loss journey, exploring the mental aspects of change, gut health, and how childhood dreams influence adult life, revealing the importance of internal transformation.
4 Jun 2025
The Paces of the Day
The host reflects on the varying rhythms of daily life, exploring the energizing fast pace, the contemplative slow pace, and the unsettling neutral pace.
1 Jun 2025
Learning ADHD From the Inside and Out
Host interviews a family friend about her experiences navigating ADHD personally, parenting children with ADHD, and managing others with it.
28 May 2025
Delusion. Denial. Repeat
Host Lisa Orbé-Austin explores the concept of denial, from lighthearted examples to its more serious manifestations in the context of ADHD, emphasizing the importance of honesty.
15 May 2025
Clarity is a Slow Conversation
Sometimes clarity doesn’t come in the moment—it shows up slowly, through trusted conversations and messy notebook pages. In this solo episode, I open up about how talking to people I trust has helped me untangle thoughts I didn’t know I was holding, and how writing things down gives shape to emotions I struggle to name. It’s not about having the answers, but about creating space for your own truth to surface. If you’ve ever felt like your thoughts were stuck in your head, swirling with no exi...
7 May 2025
Ep. 5 The Jigsaw Pieces of Life
I unpack the pressure to "have it all figured out" by a certain age—and why that timeline doesn’t work for everyone. Whether it's finishing school, building a career, maintaining relationships, or chasing personal goals, the truth is: people move at different paces, and that doesn’t make anyone less worthy or behind. Especially for those of us with ADHD, neurodivergence, or unique life circumstances, progress isn’t linear—it’s messy, unpredictable, and deeply personal. I share some of my own ...
30 Apr 2025
Things that shouldn't be this hard, but are
You know those everyday tasks that seem simple for everyone else—but feel like climbing a mountain for you? That’s what we’re getting into today. I’m joined by a friend of mine, someone who’s high-energy, social, and very different from me in how she moves through the world. Together, we explore the invisible difficulty behind things like laundry, habits, making plans, or showing up to a group hangout when your brain is already running on empty. We talk about how executive dysfunction and soc...
23 Apr 2025
Why I Get So Much Done... And Then Nothing At All
In this solo episode, I get real about the everyday struggle of being productive with an ADHD brain. From task paralysis to time blindness, I unpack why simple things feel so hard—and share personal stories, mindset shifts, and tools that have actually helped me move forward. If you've ever felt stuck, unmotivated, or ashamed for not "doing enough," this one's for you.
16 Apr 2025
Friendship that holds space - A decade with ADHD in the mix
Why is it so hard to maintain friendships when you have ADHD? In this episode of The Clarity Project, I sit down with one of my closest friends of over 10 years to talk honestly about the challenges, misunderstandings, and moments of growth we've experienced in our friendship. We dive into rejection sensitivity, inconsistent communication, emotional overwhelm, and how ADHD impacts relationships in ways people often don’t see. But we also talk about what’s helped us stay connected—and ho...
9 Apr 2025
Organizing my Life (Or at least trying to)
In this first episode, I dive into Clutter and Organization as Spring Cleaners start to make their rounds around the clutter space. From the physical, mental and everything in between, I try to showcase my journey with clutter while suffering from ADHD. I try to bring in contexts that work in all scenarios, ADHD or not, to hopefully provide some useful insights and resources and new ways of thinking into tackling a cluttered and disorganized life.
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