Dec. 11, 2025

157. Building ADHD-Friendly Routines For Focus And Calm With Dr. Brittany Bell, MD

157. Building ADHD-Friendly Routines For Focus And Calm With Dr. Brittany Bell, MD

What if your ADHD isn’t a liability at work but your sharpest edge? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Brittney Bell to unpack how women in medicine can turn neurodivergent traits into creative leadership through simple systems, self-kindness rituals, and personalized environments. We also explore psychological safety, reframing productivity, and the courage to pivot when the old rules no longer fit. Press play to learn practical moves you can use this week.

Key Takeaways To Listen For

  • Could a 60-second self-kindness ritual reset your nervous system and shape every choice after?

  • Which ADHD friendly system lets your strengths carry progress when willpower runs low?

  • When creativity is the leadership metric, how do outcomes, culture, and courage change?

  • What focus returns when you redesign your physical, digital, and meeting norms for neurodivergent brains?

  • Which single boundary turns constant pings into a deep work window you can keep?


About Britney Bell, M.D.

Dr. Brittney is a physician, researcher, and creative leadership strategist who helps women with ADHD in leadership unlock suppressed creativity as their most powerful competitive advantage. Diagnosed in her 30s while in academic medicine, she champions systems that fit neurodivergent brains, from self-kindness rituals to personalized physical, digital, and cultural environments that protect focus and wellbeing. Her work centers on psychological safety, practical structures over “work harder,” and using creativity as a leadership edge. Her mantra says it best: “Creativity is the power to imagine a better future and the courage to make it a reality.”

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