Backpacking Through ADHD

Backpacking Through ADHD šŸŽ’ Adventures with ADHD
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Backpacking Through ADHD is more than a podcastā€”itā€™s a community for parents, caregivers, and anyone navigating the unique journey of ADHD. Here, we share stories, strategies, and expert advice to help you tackle the peaks, valleys, and unexpected turns of ADHD parenting. Whether youā€™re just starting or well into your journey, our episodes provide practical tools, heartfelt stories, and camaraderi

e to help make the path a little easier. Join us as we explore the wilderness of ADHD together, building resilience and finding joy in every step of the adventure.

08/23/2026

What if the things filling our homes are also quietly filling our minds? In this second episode of the Becoming Lighter series, Treenah Kight, founder of Live Energized, shares what has changed since her family committed to letting go of twenty-five percent of their belongings by the end of the year...

šŸšØ ADHD FRIENDS: DO NOT READ THIS POST AND DECIDE TO DECLUTTER YOUR ENTIRE HOUSE TONIGHT. šŸ˜‚You know who you are.Instead, ...
08/22/2026

šŸšØ ADHD FRIENDS: DO NOT READ THIS POST AND DECIDE TO DECLUTTER YOUR ENTIRE HOUSE TONIGHT. šŸ˜‚

You know who you are.

Instead, letā€™s do this the ADHD-friendly way:

ā±ļø Set a timer for 15 minutes.

Pick ONE thing.

Not the kitchen ā†’ one drawer.

Not your closet ā†’ one category of clothing.

Not the basement ā†’ one bin.

Make three piles:

KEEP.
DONATE.
TRASH.

And when that timer goes off?

STOP.

Because weā€™re practicing completionā€”not chasing perfection.

Completion creates momentum.

Overwhelm creates avoidance.

One drawer. One shelf. One bag. One decision your future self doesnā€™t have to make again.

Thatā€™s how weā€™re becoming lighter. āš”ļø

Save this one for the next time your ADHD brain suddenly decides at 9:47 p.m. that tonight is DEFINITELY the night to reorganize the entire house. šŸ˜œ

You were not made to carry it all.And lately, Iā€™ve been wondering how much of what exhausts us was never actually ours t...
08/21/2026

You were not made to carry it all.

And lately, Iā€™ve been wondering how much of what exhausts us was never actually ours to carry in the first place.

The stuff.

The schedules.

The guilt.

The ā€œjust in case.ā€

The pressure to have the right outfit, the right house, the right things for every occasion.

We live in a world constantly whispering:

More. More. More.

But God gave us discernment.

We are allowed to say no.

We are allowed to borrow.

We are allowed to wear it again.

We are allowed to shop our own homes.

We are allowed to release what no longer serves the season we are entering.

And we are allowed to create homesā€”and livesā€”that give us room to hear Him more clearly.

Maybe becoming lighter isnā€™t about becoming less.

Maybe itā€™s about making room to become more of who God created you to be. šŸ¤

šŸŽ§ Becoming Lighter, Episode 2 drops August 23 on Backpacking Through ADHD.

Clutter Quietly Fills Your MindClutter isnā€™t just what fills your home.It quietly fills your mind.And if you have ADHD, ...
08/20/2026

Clutter Quietly Fills Your Mind

Clutter isnā€™t just what fills your home.

It quietly fills your mind.

And if you have ADHD, you probably know exactly what I mean.

For a long time, I thought I needed:

A better planner.
Better time management.
More discipline.
Another organization system.

What I actually needed?

Fewer open tabs.

Every unfinished project, overflowing drawer, pile waiting to be donated and item I planned to sell was another tiny thing asking my brain to remember it existed.

Reducing what competes for your attention isnā€™t just about having a pretty house.

For an ADHD brain, it can be an accommodation.

You arenā€™t trying to fix yourself.

Youā€™re creating an environment that better supports the brain God gave you. šŸ¤

That has become one of the biggest lessons of our 25% challenge.

šŸŽ§ Iā€™m diving deeper into it in Episode 2 of Becoming Lighter, dropping August 23 on Backpacking Through ADHD.

What if the clutter you see isnā€™t the only clutter youā€™re carrying?The donation bag by the door.The clothes you keep mea...
08/20/2026

What if the clutter you see isnā€™t the only clutter youā€™re carrying?

The donation bag by the door.

The clothes you keep meaning to sell.

The junk drawer youā€™ve been avoiding.

The Amazon return riding around in your backseat. šŸ˜¬

The project you bought ALLLL the supplies forā€¦and then completely lost interest in.

Even when you arenā€™t actively dealing with those things, your ADHD brain may still be holding onto them.

In Episode 2 of Becoming Lighter, weā€™re talking about what happened when my family decided to let go of 25% of our belongingsā€”and why this experiment has turned into a much bigger lesson about ADHD, faith, family and stewardship.

Because maybe we donā€™t need another organization system.

Maybe we need fewer things that require organizing.

šŸŽ§ Backpacking Through ADHD: Becoming Lighter, Episode 2 drops August 23.

Send this to the friend whose brain currently has 47 tabs open. šŸ˜œ

Iā€™m not trying to become a minimalist. Iā€™m trying to become lighter.Earlier this year, my family committed to letting go...
08/19/2026

Iā€™m not trying to become a minimalist.

Iā€™m trying to become lighter.

Earlier this year, my family committed to letting go of 25% of our belongings before the end of 2026 and somewhere along the way, I realized this was about so much more than our stuff.

Because everything we own asks something from us.

Put me away.
Wash me.
Organize me.
Sell me.
Fix me.
Remember where you put me. šŸ˜µā€šŸ’«

And for an ADHD brain? Those little demands can become a LOT of open tabs.

Iā€™m starting to believe God didnā€™t put this challenge on my heart because He wants me to have an emptier house.

I think He wants me to have more room for what matters.

More peace. More creativity. More connection. More availability.

The goal isnā€™t to own less.

Itā€™s to carry less. šŸŽ’

šŸŽ§ Iā€™m talking all about it in Episode 2 of my Becoming Lighter series on Backpacking Through ADHD with

08/09/2026

Becoming Together: Preparing for a New Beginning New beginnings can be exciting, scary, and overwhelmingā€”sometimes all at once. As we close our five-part Becoming Together series, we're stepping back from the back-to-school logistics to look at something bigger: how we prepare our ADHD kids for al...

This Week's Family LessonInstead of asking..."How was school?"Try asking:ā€¢ What are you excited about right now?ā€¢ What's...
08/07/2026

This Week's Family Lesson
Instead of asking...
"How was school?"
Try asking:
ā€¢ What are you excited about right now?
ā€¢ What's making you a little nervous?
Then answer those same questions yourself.
Our kids don't need parents who have all the answers.
They need parents who show them that courage is something we all practice

From my journal...I realized something while writing this episode.None of these conversations were ever really about sch...
08/05/2026

From my journal...
I realized something while writing this episode.
None of these conversations were ever really about school.
They were about becoming.
Every new beginning teaches our children something about who they are.
And every new beginning teaches us something about the parents we're becoming.
Sometimes I think we're growing right alongside them.

Every new beginning asks us to take a step before we can see the whole trail.This weekend, we're wrapping up our five-pa...
08/03/2026

Every new beginning asks us to take a step before we can see the whole trail.
This weekend, we're wrapping up our five-part Becoming Together series with a conversation that's about so much more than back-to-school.
It's about preparing our kidsā€”and ourselvesā€”for every new beginning life brings.
I hope you'll join me this weekend.

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