ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast

ADHD, Love and Intimacy: Understanding Neurodivergent Relationship Needs

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:15:00 -0000

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Whether you've been with your partner for years or you're navigating dating after a late diagnosis, ADHD changes how we love, connect and show up in relationships, and this episode is entirely about that.

Welcome to this week's summer compilation episode. Rather than a single conversation, I've pulled together some of the most resonant clips from three different episodes on ADHD, love, intimacy and relationships, because I wanted to bring all of this into one place for you.

We begin with Lisa Rabinowitz, couples counsellor, certified Gottman and PACT therapist and author of Why Won't You Stop Interrupting Me? Lisa talks about how blame rarely helps either partner, why neurodivergence is often present on both sides of a relationship, and how working as a team rather than against each other can genuinely turn things around.

Then we hear from Sara-Louise Ackrill and Bontle Senne, AuDHD therapists, writers, and advocates and co-authors of The ND Lovers Club. They talk about psychological safety, masking in relationships, self-disclosure, and why understanding yourself is always the foundation before you can truly connect with someone else.

And we close with Dr Angela Wright, a trauma-trained clinical sexologist, sex medicine practitioner and menopause clinician, who talks honestly about how hormones, the nervous system and ADHD all intersect when it comes to desire, intimacy and what changes in midlife.

In this episode, we cover:

Why neurodivergence is often present in both partners, even when only one has a diagnosis
How to move from blame to teamwork in a neurodiverse relationship
Lisa's concept of the "talk nook" and why having a dedicated space for connection matters
Why psychological safety is the foundation of intimacy for neurodivergent people
How masking and people pleasing quietly erode intimacy over time
What self-disclosure in relationships and dating really looks like for ND women
Why so many neurodivergent women are reconsidering traditional relationship structures
How hormones and perimenopause affect desire, arousal and connection
Why the ADHD brain's need for novelty and dopamine can complicate long term relationships
How the nervous system underpins sexual arousal, and why feeling safe comes first

Timestamps:

00:00 - Welcome and introduction to this week's compilation episode
03:30 - Lisa Rabinowitz: why both partners are often neurodivergent
05:47 - Moving from blame to understanding in a neurodiverse relationship
08:00 - How couples come back from the brink with awareness and teamwork
10:15 - The three legged race: working toward the finish line together
14:48 - Focusing on strengths and creating the talk nook
16:29 - Sara-Louise Ackrill and Bontle Senne: psychological safety in relationships
20:53 - Why masking is survival, not a quirky personality trait
23:27 - Self-disclosure: what to share, when and why
28:27 - How perimenopause and diagnosis collide in midlife relationships
33:04 - Celebrating the traits neurodivergent women bring to relationships
34:33 - Dr Angela Wright: dopamine, novelty and desire in long term relationships
37:00 - How hormones affect arousal and what changes in perimenopause
41:22 - The nervous system, safety and why emergency mode kills desire

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website here.
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Get my book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit (also available in ebook and audiobook) here
Join the More Yourself membership community here
Visit Lisa's website: counselorforcouples.com
Connect with Lisa on Instagram: @rabinowitzcounseling
Get Lisa's book: Why Won't You Stop Interrupting Me? Simple Solutions for ADHD Couples
Visit Sara-Louise and Bontle's website: builttodiverge.com
Get their book: The ND Lovers Club: How Neurodivergent Women Lust, Like and Love
Visit Dr Angela Wright's website: spicedpearhealth.co.uk

Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach, author and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed women with ADHD find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity, and clarity.

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What I Wish I'd Known Earlier About ADHD, Burnout and Saying No

Sun, 26 Jul 2026 23:15:00 -0000

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What if the conversation you needed to hear wasn't one Kate was leading, but one where she was being asked the questions for a change?

Welcome back to a More Yourself Monday episode. This week I'm sharing a conversation I had as a guest on the Limited Time Only podcast, hosted by Esther Stanford and Susie Riddell. It's a beautifully produced show that feels like a proper chin wag over a cup of tea, and I had such a good time talking to them.

In this conversation, we go into some topics that don't always get as much space on the main podcast: what my life looked like before diagnosis, the shame that came with finally getting those answers, and the very real experience of sensory overload and limited social batteries. We also talk about how burnout can creep in quietly rather than arriving all at once, how hormones and perimenopause can amplify everything, and why decompression and downtime aren't luxuries; they're necessities.

I hope you find it as useful and validating to listen to as I found it to record.

In this episode, we cover:

What Kate's life looked like before her ADHD diagnosis at 40, and how her daughter's struggles during the pandemic finally connected the dots
Why the initial reaction to diagnosis is so often shame rather than relief, and how that shifts over time
Sensory sensitivities, limited social batteries and why understanding these is so freeing
Why ADHD and trauma are deeply interlinked, but trauma does not cause ADHD
How fluctuating hormones and perimenopause amplify ADHD traits, and why this hits neurodivergent women harder
What ADHD burnout actually looks and feels like when it builds slowly rather than arriving all at once
Knowing which "season" you're in and why that matters before making any big decisions
Why decompression time is non-negotiable, not a nice-to-have
Simple daily practices: movement, outdoor time and breathwork to regulate your nervous system
Learning to say no, protect your bandwidth and stop performing for everyone else

Timestamps:

00:00 - Welcome to this More Yourself episode
01:00 - Introducing the Limited Time Only podcast and what this conversation covers
02:58 - Kate's story: life before diagnosis and how her daughter's struggles led to both of their assessments
07:34 - Why girls with ADHD get missed, and the epidemic myth
08:50 - The shame that comes with diagnosis, and navigating it publicly
10:33 - Labels, autism, and finding language that doesn't hold us back
15:02 - Sensory sensitivities, limited social batteries and permission to protect your energy
18:27 - The parent experience: protecting yourself when you're already pouring into everyone else
23:14 - Hormones, perimenopause and why ADHD traits can feel amplified in midlife
28:57 - Gabor Maté, trauma and ADHD: why Kate disagrees with the causation theory
34:56 - Burnout, boundaries and knowing your bandwidth
40:42 - The empowerment of finally knowing your limits
49:50 - How to recognise which season you're in
52:33 - What ADHD burnout really looks like when it creeps in slowly
55:22 - Simple practices: movement, breathwork and giving yourself buffers

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website here.
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Get my book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit (also available in ebook and audiobook) here
Join the More Yourself membership community here
Listen to the Limited Time Only podcast on Spotify here and Apple here
Follow Limited Time Only on Instagram: @limitedtimeonlypodcast

Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed women with ADHD find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity, and clarity.

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How and WHY a Doctor Missed Her Daughter's ADHD

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 23:15:00 -0000

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If you've ever wondered why it took so long to get answers, for yourself or for your daughter, this episode is going to feel very familiar.

On this week's episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I'm joined by Dr Olivia Kessel, a former medical doctor who graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and began her career in the trauma unit at Johannesburg General Hospital.

Olivia is now the host of the SEND Parenting Podcast and has spoken at the UK House of Lords on patient-centred care, appeared on BBC Radio and BBC Sounds, and addressed healthcare professionals and policy leaders on neurodiversity. She is also the mother of Alexandra, fourteen, who has mild cerebral palsy, dyslexia and ADHD, and the author of Beyond the Label: Empowering Parents of ADHD Girls.

In this episode, Olivia shares the remarkable and deeply personal journey that took her from practising medicine across three continents to founding the SEND Parenting community, after years of not recognising ADHD in her own daughter despite her medical background. We talk about why girls are still being diagnosed four to five years later than boys, how emotional dysregulation, masking and internalised struggles are so often missed, and what parents can actually do when they find themselves navigating a system that wasn't built for their child.

In this episode, we cover:

Why girls with ADHD are still being diagnosed four to five years later than boys, and what needs to change
How ADHD can present in girls as anxiety, people pleasing and internalised struggle rather than hyperactivity
Why 52% of people with dyslexia also have ADHD, and why the two should never be looked at in isolation
The emotional dysregulation that doesn't appear in the DSM diagnostic criteria, and why that matters
Why Olivia, as a doctor, still missed her daughter's ADHD for years
How the EHCP process almost broke her, and why it shouldn't be this hard for any family
The four wheels that need to be running for an ADHD brain to thrive: medication, nutrition, sleep and school support
Why early screening for neurodivergence in schools would benefit every child, not just those who are neurodivergent
How Olivia's daughter Alexandra went from chaos to making cottage pie by herself after finally getting the right support
What parents can bring to their GP to start asking the right questions

Discover other ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast parenting-related episodes here.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Welcome, and introducing Dr Olivia Kessel

01:44 - Olivia's career: from South Africa to Swaziland to the UK

08:55 - The EHCP process, and why it almost broke her

10:16 - How a former medical doctor missed her daughter's ADHD diagnosis

12:19 - Why girls are diagnosed so much later than boys

14:19 - How ADHD presents differently in girls: internalisation, anxiety and masking

16:27 - Dyslexia, ADHD and autism: why they rarely travel alone

18:17 - Sleep, emotional regulation and the things the DSM leaves out

22:06 - What changes when families finally understand their child's diagnosis

24:34 - Parenting with a neuroaffirming lens: Kate's own experience

27:06 - How Alexandra has grown in her own self-awareness at fourteen

30:26 - Why so many neurodivergent people were always there, just hiding

34:27 - Screens, social media and navigating this as an ADHD parent

40:19 - Why schools should teach every child as if they were neurodivergent

43:30 - Olivia's book Beyond the Label, her podcast and her ADHD mum community

45:33 - Why patients are currently leading the doctors on neurodiversity

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website here.
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Visit Olivia's website: sendparenting.com
Connect with Olivia on Instagram: @drolivia.sendparenting
Listen to Olivia's podcast: SEND Parenting Podcast
Get Olivia's book: Beyond the Label: Empowering Parents of ADHD Girls

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The Hidden Connections Between ADHD, Hypermobility and EDS: When Your Body Has Been Trying to Tell You Something

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:15:00 -0000

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If you've been told your pain is growing pains, anxiety or just something you need to live with, this episode might be the beginning of finally understanding what's actually been going on in your body.

On this week's episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I'm joined by Alexandra Orfanides, a London-based hypermobility specialist osteopath and founder of Hypermobility HQ.

Alexandra hosts the Help! I'm Hypermobile podcast and is the author of the book of the same name. She believes that "incurable" does not mean "untreatable," and she's on a mission to help the hypermobile community feel seen, supported, and informed.

In this episode, Alex and I talk about the significant overlap between hypermobility and neurodivergence, why so many women spend decades being dismissed or misdiagnosed, and what it actually means to understand your body through this lens. We also get into the difference between osteopathy and physiotherapy, how to recognise signs of hypermobility in children, and why self-treatment strategies are such a crucial part of managing a connective tissue condition day-to-day.

In this episode, we cover:

What hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and hypermobility spectrum disorder actually are, and why the terminology matters
Why growing pains are not a real diagnosis, and what to look for in children instead
The strong correlation between hypermobility, ADHD and neurodivergence
How conditions like endometriosis, PCOS and dysmenorrhea overlap with hEDS and HSD
Why gastrointestinal issues in children should never just be dismissed as IBS
The difference between osteopathy and physiotherapy, and how to find the right practitioner
How chronic pain, headaches and migraines can be connected to hypermobile connective tissue
Why rhythmic movement, including swimming and dancing, can be so regulating for hypermobile and neurodivergent bodies
The importance of self-treatment strategies for people who can't always access clinic appointments
Why a diagnosis is a privilege, and how Help! I'm Hypermobile was written to reach the people who couldn't afford one

Timestamps:

00:00 - Welcome, and introducing Alexandra Orfanides

01:40 - Alex's personal story: growing up with undiagnosed pain

05:52 - From English literature to osteopathy

09:45 - Why hypermobility patients kept finding their way to Alex's clinic

11:46 - The overlap between hypermobility, ADHD and neurodivergence

14:12 - Osteopathy vs physiotherapy: what's the difference?

17:36 - Terminology: hEDS, HSD, condition vs disorder

20:30 - What patients are coming in knowing, and what they're not

23:57 - Signs to look for in children: growing pains, gut issues and more

28:15 - Endometriosis, PCOS and hormonal conditions in hypermobile bodies

30:39 - Migraines, headaches and the connection to the neck and connective tissue

36:32 - The gatekeeping problem and self-treatment strategies

39:24 - Working as a team with your patients

43:35 - Why Alex wrote Help! I'm Hypermobile

45:42 - How to work with Alex and what to expect

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Visit Alexandra's website: hypermobilityhq.com
Connect with Alexandra on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and Pinterest: @hypermobilityhq
Listen to Alex's podcast: Help! I'm Hypermobile
Get Alex's book: Help! I'm Hypermobile: Your How-To Guide for hEDS, HSD, and Life in a Hypermobile Body
Research: Gynaecological conditions in hEDS and HSD (Daylor et al., 2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14165636
Research: Defining growing pains — a scoping review (O'Keeffe et al., 2022): https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2021-052578

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Feeling Overwhelmed and Overactivated? ADHD Regulation Strategies for a Busy Summer

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:00:00 -0000

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Now that summer is upon us, it can be both a vibrant and overwhelming time, and can often feel like riding a rollercoaster for your nervous system when you are ADHD or neurodivergent.

This season brings a whirlwind of social engagements and activities that ramp up our energy and excitement. But for many of us, this relentless pace leads to overwhelm and burnout if we don't balance that activation with necessary moments of calm. In this episode, we delve into understanding our nervous systems and recognising when we're becoming overactivated.

Activation itself isn't the problem; joy, excitement, creativity, travel, and meaningful work can all be activating. But staying in this energy for weeks can lead to reactivity, snapping, disturbed sleep, and emotional exhaustion. Kate shares her tips for bringing balance into daily life through micro mindful moments, rather than waiting for burnout to force you to slow down.

You'll hear how you can proactively weave grounding practices into your routine, whether it's a few minutes of breathwork, a walk in nature, or simply pausing to check in with yourself.

In this episode, we cover:

How summer's whirlwind of social activities can feel exciting but overwhelming, especially for those of us with ADHD
Why understanding the difference between nervous system activation and regulation is key to managing our responses during busy times
Daily moments of regulation aren't luxuries, but necessary maintenance for our well-being
How grounding activities like yoga, breathwork, or time in nature help us recharge and prevent burnout
Why listening to our bodies is vital, and how ignoring signs of fatigue often leads to burnout
How to find a rhythm between activation and regulation, rather than staying in a constant state of high energy or anxiety

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Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to women diagnosed late in life with ADHD. Get lifetime access here!

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website here
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Grab your copy of my book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit here

Kate Moryoussef is an author, podcaster and women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed women with ADHD find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity, and clarity.

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"Why Can't I Remember Anything?" Understanding ADHD, Working Memory & Mental Load

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:15:00 -0000

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I'm sure you relate to recalling an entire conversation from months ago or even song lyrics from the 80s, but forgetting why you walked into a room thirty seconds ago?

On this week's episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I'm joined by Dr Sarah Rudebeck, a clinical psychologist with a PhD in memory from the University of Oxford.

Sarah specialises in working memory and executive function difficulties in adults, and is the co-founder of Recallify, an AI companion for memory support. She works clinically in the NHS, with a particular interest in bridging the gap between what research tells us about memory and what people are actually offered in terms of help.

In this episode, we talk about the difference between memories that are simply hard to retrieve under pressure and genuine working memory difficulties, why so many ADHD adults share a similar cognitive profile of strong intellectual ability alongside weaker working memory and attention, and why working memory cannot be trained like a muscle, no matter how many crosswords or brain games we try. We also get into the practical side, from school admin and parenting reminders to household overwhelm and overbuying, and how Sarah's own frustration with the gap between research and everyday support led her to co-found Recallify.

In this episode, we cover:

The difference between memories that are "in there" and memories you can retrieve under pressure
What working memory actually is, and how it differs from attention, executive function and long-term memory
The common ADHD cognitive profile: strong intellectual ability alongside weaker working memory and processing speed
What happens during a neuropsychological assessment, and what it reveals about your own pattern of strengths and difficulties
Why working memory cannot be trained like a muscle, and what the research on brain training actually shows
How hormonal changes in midlife can affect word retrieval and confidence
Where working memory difficulties show up day to day, from school admin to household overwhelm
Why so many of us overbuy and overcompensate rather than under-organise
Sarah's own experience of dyslexia and learning to lean on her strengths
How Recallify came about, and how its brain dump and task features work

Timestamps:

00:00 - Welcome, and introducing Dr Sarah Rudebeck
01:23 - Sarah's background and her work in the NHS
02:43 - Why memory can feel reliable in conversation but fail under pressure
05:50 - What working memory actually is
08:36 - What happens during a neuropsychological assessment
12:21 - How working memory difficulties show up in children at school
14:41 - Why working memory cannot be trained like a muscle
19:44 - Everyday examples: parenting, school admin and household overwhelm
24:38 - Why so many of us overbuy rather than under-organise
29:31 - Using your strengths to work around your weaknesses
32:01 - How the gap in NHS support led Sarah to create Recallify
46:33 - Sarah's free trial offer for listeners

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Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Visit Recallify's website: recallify.ai
Connect with Recallify on Instagram: instagram.com/recallify.ai, Facebook and LinkedIn
Email Sarah's team for a free one-month trial of Recallify; each voucher is unique so you'll need to get in touch directly: info@recallify.ai

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Breaking the Cycle of 'Emotionally Immature' Parenting: Healing Insights from a Psychotherapist

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:15:00 -0000

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Some of the deepest childhood wounds don't come from parents who shouted or hurt us. Sometimes they come from parents who simply never had the tools to truly see us.

On this week's episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I'm joined by Sian Crossley, a London-trained psychotherapist, author and the founder of Break the Cycle Coaching.

With a background in both private practice and the NHS, Sian specialises in helping adults understand and heal from the lasting impact of emotionally immature parenting. Through her writing, courses and online community, she helps thoughtful, self-aware people untangle patterns like people pleasing, self-doubt and over-responsibility, so they can build healthier boundaries and more authentic relationships. She's the author of How to Heal from Emotionally Immature Parents, and now lives in Malaysia with her two young children, working with clients and audiences around the world.

In this episode, Sian and I talk about what emotionally immature parenting actually looks like, even in a childhood where all the practical boxes were ticked. We explore why feeling unseen can leave a lasting impact, how undiagnosed neurodivergence in a parent's generation often went unnamed and unsupported, and why grief and acceptance matter more than forgiveness when it comes to healing. Sian also shares the foundations of emotionally mature parenting, and how small, consistent changes, like simply asking a child how they feel, can start to break old patterns without anyone needing to be perfect.

In this episode, we cover:

What emotionally immature parenting really looks like, even in a "good enough" childhood
The difference between big T and little T trauma
How undiagnosed neurodivergence in parents shapes the way love and connection are shown
Parentification, and what it means when a child becomes their parent's emotional support
Why grief and acceptance matter more than forgiveness when healing childhood trauma
The "and, not but" technique for holding two truths about a parent at once
Why childhood memories can feel fragmented after emotional neglect
Breaking generational cycles without overcorrecting as a parent
The four foundations of emotionally mature parenting: regulation, self-awareness, empathy and boundaries
Why asking a child how something made them feel can change everything

Timestamps:

00:00 - Welcome, and introducing Sian Crossley and her book
02:40 - What emotionally immature parenting actually looks like
05:03 - Why feeling unseen can matter more than what was provided practically
06:15 - Parentification and becoming a parent's emotional support
07:51 - Kate's own story: a late ADHD diagnosis and family patterns
11:34 - Where healing actually begins
14:48 - Why too much empathy for parents can get in the way of healing
17:16 - Breaking the cycle without overcorrecting as a parent
22:41 - Why fragmented childhood memories are so common
25:23 - Grief, acceptance and why forgiveness isn't the goal
34:03 - The "and, not but" technique for holding two truths
39:05 - The four foundations of emotionally mature parenting
45:04 - How to work with Sian

🌟 The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Audio Experience is here!

My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Audio Experience, you'll find:

Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

Understand yourself more deeply, feel less alone, and finally access the expert knowledge you deserve because every woman with ADHD deserves access to the knowledge, expertise and understanding that for too long hasn't been available to us.

To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Visit Sian's website: breakthecyclecoaching.co.uk
Connect with Sian on Instagram: @sianmorgancrossley
Check out Sian's book, How to Heal from Emotionally Immature Parents
Start a free trial of Sian's membership here

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Finding Calm: A Guide to Emotional Regulation at Home

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 23:15:00 -0000

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This week's episode:

If you've ever wanted to scream into a pillow, shake out your whole body, or hide in the car just to feel something move through you, you are not broken. You are just finally listening to what your nervous system has been asking for all along.

On this week's episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I'm sharing a workshop I ran inside the More Yourself membership, where we go a little deeper into topics like this together, alongside guest experts and ongoing connection with other neurodivergent women.

This episode is all about regulation, both ours and our children's, and why the small, consistent tweaks matter so much more than any big overhaul. We talk about identifying what's quietly dysregulating us before we even notice it, why co-regulating with our kids starts with regulating ourselves first, and why so many of us, especially as women, were never taught how to safely let emotion move through our bodies. I share some of the somatic tools I lean on, including EFT, and a few honest, real-life examples of what this can look like in practice.

In this episode, we cover:

Why self regulation always comes before co-regulating your children
How to identify your own dysregulation triggers, from sleep and hydration to screen time
Why small, consistent tweaks matter more than big overhauls
How to talk to your child about big emotions once things have calmed down
The hidden impact of constant phone notifications and micro-interruptions on your nervous system
Why so many women have been conditioned to suppress their voice and emotions
Using EFT and tapping as a release tool for emotional dysregulation
Somatic ways to release stuck emotion, including shaking, dancing, singing and screaming
Why giving your child a safe space to release big feelings matters
The importance of self compassion and validating your own experience

Timestamps:

00:00 - Welcome, and introducing this week's More Yourself workshop episode
00:33 - What this episode covers: dysregulation, family dynamics and emotional release
02:21 - Today's episode begins
02:23 - Why regulating yourself comes first
03:30 - Working backwards to identify your own dysregulation triggers
04:30 - Co-regulating with your child once things have calmed down
05:30 - The impact of constant phone notifications on the nervous system
06:30 - Why women have been conditioned to suppress emotion
08:00 - Giving your child a safe space to release big feelings
09:30 - EFT, tapping and other somatic release tools
12:45 - Closing thoughts and where to find more support

🌟 The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Audio Experience is here!

My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Audio Experience, you'll find:

Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website here
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Grab your copy of my book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit here

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Fighting for an Autism Diagnosis: What the System Still Gets Wrong About AuDHD Women with Dr Samantha Hiew

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:15:00 -0000

🌟 Kate's opening a small number of 1-2-1 sessions, a chance to bring whatever's on your mind and get some focused time together. Book your session here.

This week's episode: When we finally receive a diagnosis, it can feel like the missing piece. But for so many AuDHD women, it's only the beginning of a much longer journey — one that takes us back through everything we thought we knew about ourselves.

This week on The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I'm welcoming back Dr Samantha Hiew, AuDHDer, scientist, and founder of ADHD Girls. Diagnosed with ADHD at 40, Sam has since received a working autism diagnosis after a seven-month struggle with clinicians who focused on developmental delays and trauma, rather than listening to her experiences.

Since we last spoke, Sam has launched a major lived experience survey, and the findings are both validating and hard to sit with. This is a rich and honest conversation about what it really means to be a neurodivergent woman navigating identity, relationships, midlife, and a healthcare system that still doesn't fully see us.

In this episode, we explore:

Sam's seven-month fight for an autism diagnosis and what it reveals about how the system fails women
What a lived experience survey of 400+ AuDHD women found about masking, identity and emotional safety
Why AuDHD women are predisposed to abandon themselves and how masking becomes survival
Relational trauma, sexual trauma, and patterns of conditioning in neurodivergent women
Perimenopause, unmasking, and what the hormonal shift reveals
Rebuilding self-trust and building community after a lifetime of masking as an AuDHD woman
The seasons of womanhood framework and how perimenopause represents autumn
The neuroscience of RSD and the salience network in ADHD and autism
Why psychiatry prescribes without brain scans, genetic testing, or hormonal context and the harm this causes
Self-advocacy tool for ND women navigating healthcare systems
Sam's AuDHD women's advanced practitioner programme

Listen to our previous episodes with Samantha below:

Episode 28: Advocating For Your Neurodiversity In The Workplace with Samantha Hiew

Episode 108: The Intersection Between ADHD and Autism with Dr Samantha Hiew

Support and information on topics raised in today's episode:

Refuge website and support link

Women's Aid Website

The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!

My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Visit Samantha's website (samanthahiew.com) or connect with Samantha on LinkedIn
Samantha's AuDHD women's advanced practitioner programme
Samantha's self-advocacy tool for ND women navigating healthcare systems
Master's Event: Transform Trauma Oxford

Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity and clarity.

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ADHD Sleep Expert: How to Work With Your Neurodivergent Nocturnal Patterns

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:15:00 -0000

🌟 Kate's opening a small number of 1-2-1 sessions, a chance to bring whatever's on your mind and get some focused time together. Book your session here.

This week's episode: How often do you feel completely exhausted all day, yet when you get yourself to bed early, your brain switches on, and you're unable to sleep?

You do everything you're told to: no screens, no caffeine, a cool dark room, yet your brain is still filled with thoughts, to-do lists and the things you said 5 years ago.

But the reality is, for ADHD brains, sleep isn't a habit problem... It's a neurological problem. And the standard advice around skeeo hygiene and behaviour was never built with us in mind.

This week on The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I'm joined by ADHD sleep expert, Heather Darwall-Smith, a psychotherapist specialising in sleep, with a particular focus on adults with ADHD.

Heather was herself diagnosed with ADHD late in life, and that lived experience sits alongside her clinical expertise in everything she does. Her new book, The ADHD Sleep Book: A Compassionate Guide for the Wired and Overtired Brain, is the first book dedicated specifically to ADHD and sleep.

In this episode, we explore:

Why 75% of people with ADHD experience chronic sleep problems
Chronotypes, body clocks, and ADHD sleep disorders explained
Heather's late ADHD diagnosis: from panic attacks and bipolar misdiagnosis to clarity
How the ADHD stress response causes hyperarousal and disrupted sleep at night
ADHD medication timing and sleep: why getting both right is so complex
How family sleep beliefs and intergenerational patterns affect ADHD rest
Phone addiction, sleep, and navigating different sleep needs as a couple
The hidden link between ADHD, binge eating, and sleep apnea
Why perfectionism and insomnia feed each other in the ADHD brain
Hormones, perimenopause, and ADHD, sleep, and when to get your bloods checked

Heather brings a unique blend of neuroscience, psychology, personal experience and genuine compassion to a topic that so many of us have struggled with in silence. If you have ever felt like you're the only one who can't sleep or just need to try harder, this episode is for you.

The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!

My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to women diagnosed late. Get lifetime access here!

Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

Understand yourself more deeply, feel less alone, and finally access the expert knowledge you deserve. Because every woman with ADHD deserves access to the knowledge, expertise and understanding that for too long simply hasn't been available to us.

To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Visit Heather's website: heatherdarwallsmith.com or adhdsleepclub.com
Connect with Heather on Instagram @thesleeppsychotherapist and @adhdsleepclub
Check out Heather's book, The ADHD Sleep Book

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Sustainable ADHD Success: Creating an Aligned Career According to your Energy and Natural Rhythms

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 23:15:00 -0000

Building a business with an ADHD brain can feel less like following a carefully laid plan and more like learning to work with ever-changing waves of energy, focus, and creativity. How do you create something sustainable for you, and what are the best foundations to start from?

This episode is part of a workshop I delivered called Just Because You Can Solve It Doesn't Mean You Should. It's a gentle but powerful reframe for ADHD women building businesses who want to work with their nervous system rather than constantly pushing against it.

You'll discover why trying to force consistency, productivity, and motivation every day may be working against you, and how understanding your natural energy patterns can help you build a business that feels more sustainable and supportive.

This episode explores:

Why coming to understand that ADHD energy is not linear can help you embrace fluctuations in your productivity and creativity.
How hormonal cycles greatly influence your motivation and energy levels, which is important to recognise in business.
Why you should practice self-compassion on low-energy days and reframe motivation
Listening to your nervous system as crucial burnout prevention method to maintaining a sustainable pace of business.

By the end of the episode, you'll have simple reminders to help you tune into your nervous system, make decisions from a place of self-awareness, and build a business that supports your wellbeing as much as your success.

If you've ever felt like you're constantly trying to keep up, this conversation offers a different approach to honour your unique rhythms and helps you create success that feels true to you.

The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!

My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

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From Debt to Financial Peace: An ADHD Woman's Story of Money, Spending and Self-Trust

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 23:15:00 -0000

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Does thinking about money make something in your body tighten? Your chest pound and throat close?

Maybe you avoid opening your banking app for weeks. Maybe you know something needs to change but every system you've tried has lasted about three days. Maybe you've spent money you didn't mean to spend, not because you're irresponsible, but because in that moment it was the only thing that made you feel okay.

You are not bad with money.

You just haven't had a system built for your brain.

This week on The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast I'm joined by Esther Bangura, neurodivergent financial educator, ADHD and money coach, and host of the Neurodivergent Money Management podcast . After years of debt, stress spending, and burnout, Esther paid off £18,000 and bought her own home. Instead of following conventional financial advice, she used systems that actually worked with her ADHD brain; and now she helps other high-earning neurodivergent women do the same.

For so many of us, spending isn't really about the thing we're buying, it's about control, relief, and finding calm for a nervous system caught in overwhelm.

In this episode, we explore:

Esther's realisation of her spending habits and gaining a sense of control
Why her own ADHD diagnosis transformed the way she supports her clients
Why the same money systems doesn't work for everyone, and how to find what actually works for you
How to understand your spending patterns and energy levels and use that data to build a strategy that sticks
How burnout and financial stress affected Esther's fertility and her experience of miscarriage
What needs to change in financial education for neurodivergent people
Practical tips for ADHD business owners managing their finances

This episode is for every woman who has ever felt shame around money or avoided the conversation because it felt too exposing. Esther brings warmth, honesty and genuine practical wisdom to a topic that our community doesn't talk about anywhere near enough.

Financial peace is possible for our brains and this episode shows you what that can look like.

Support and information on topics raised in today's episode:

The Miscarriage Association Website

The Miscarriage Association helpline and support services

StepChange Debt Charity

Timestamps:

00:01 - Introduction to ADHD Women's Wellbeing
01:12 - Navigating Financial Challenges as a Neurodivergent Individual
10:59 - Understanding ADHD and Financial Management
21:41 - Exploring Financial Challenges of Neurodivergent Women
35:13 - Navigating Transitions: Understanding Yourself and Your Finances
40:06 - Navigating Burnout and Self-Employment
44:42 - Navigating Neurodivergent Business Strategies

This week’s episode is sponsored by Understood.org, the leading nonprofit dedicated to empowering the millions of people with learning and thinking differences, like ADHD and dyslexia. Their podcast, AHA Aha! Shared candid stories about ADHD realisations, including the unexpected, emotional and even funny ways ADHD symptoms can surface!

The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!

My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

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Latest Research on Hormonal ADHD Women's Health from Dr Lotta Borg Skogland

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:15:00 -0000

How many times have you walked into a doctor's appointment knowing something is wrong, and walked out feeling dismissed, unheard, or handed an explanation that just doesn't fit?

For women with ADHD, the intersection of hormones and neurodivergence has been one of medicine's most neglected areas. Not because it isn't important, but because for too long, women have been considered too complex, too variable, too messy to study properly. And the cost of that has been devastating.

This week on The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I'm welcoming back Dr Lotta Borg Skoglund, a psychiatrist, researcher, and Associate Professor at Uppsala University in Sweden. Lotta has spent years investigating how hormonal fluctuations shape ADHD across women's entire reproductive lives — and her new book, Female Hormones and ADHD: The Impact on Brain and Body, is out in the UK on 4th June.

What Lotta shares in this episode is not just fascinating; it is information that women deserve to have, and that could genuinely change their long-term health.

In this episode, we explore:

Why women have historically been excluded from research, and what that has cost us clinically
Lotta's new research on ADHD medication during pregnancy, lactation, and across the menstrual cycle
Why neurodivergent women may experience perimenopause symptoms earlier, and why this so often goes unrecognised
The critical window of opportunity for hormone therapy
Why a hormonal assessment should come before receiving ADHD medication
The link between postmenopausal oestrogen loss and heart attacks in women
The connections between ADHD and endometriosis, PCOS, burnout, pain and sick leave
Why every doctor (regardless of specialism) needs to be asking about hormones
How we can use the predictable hormonal risk windows across a woman's reproductive life to support her
Testosterone, perimenopause, and what the research does and doesn't yet tell us
How Lotta's new book can help you advocate for yourself in the doctor's office

This episode is for every woman who has ever felt that her hormonal health and her neurodivergence were being treated as two completely separate problems by two completely separate systems.

Lotta's work is quietly changing what is possible for us, and this conversation is essential listening.

You can also listen to our previous conversations with Lotta here:

E120 Connecting Hormones and Psychiatry to help more ADHD women

E174: Breaking down ADHD Neuroscience, Menstrual Cycles, Hormones and Anxiety

This week’s episode is sponsored by Understood.org, the leading nonprofit dedicated to empowering the millions of people with learning and thinking differences, like ADHD and dyslexia.

If you’re parenting a neurodivergent child, I’d recommend listening to their podcast, Everybody Gets a Juicebox, as it’s full of relatable stories and practical tools to help your family thrive while protecting your own wellbeing, too!

The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!

My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Visit Lotta's website (lottaborgskoglund.com) for more information

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Why Everyday Tasks Feel Overwhelming with ADHD - ADHD Aha! Takeover Episode

Sun, 31 May 2026 23:15:00 -0000

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Have you ever stood in your own kitchen, holding a perfectly ordinary object (like a wooden spoon), and completely frozen? Not because anything dramatic happened, but because your brain just couldn't work out what to do next.

In this week's episode of ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I have something a little different for you! It’s called ADHD Aha!, by Understood.org, and shares real, relatable stories from people with ADHD, about how their symptoms impact their lives.

In this episode, Laura is joined by Terry Matlen, a psychotherapist, ADHD coach, and one of the true pioneers in understanding ADHD in women. Terry has spent over 25 years helping women make sense of a brain the world never quite designed for them. And in this conversation, she is refreshingly honest about her own brain in ways I think a lot of us will relate to.

In this episode, we explore:

The moment a wooden spoon became the symbol of a lifetime of undiagnosed ADHD
Why shame is so deeply woven into the female ADHD experience, and how understanding changes everything
How ADHD symptoms can be mistaken for anxiety, depression, or personality disorders
The particular challenges of mothering with ADHD — especially when your children have it too
Why asking for help isn't a weakness
Creative ways to access support even when money is tight
How to gently shift your expectations of yourself without giving up on the things that matter

If you've ever wondered why life feels inexplicably harder for you than it seems to for everyone else, I hope this conversation feels like finally coming home.

Timestamps:

00:16 - About our Partner ADHD Aha!
01:39 - Understanding ADHD Through Personal Stories
10:18 - Understanding Overwhelm and Executive Functioning
17:02 - Understanding the Impact of ADHD Diagnosis
22:10 - Understanding ADHD and Women
27:56 - Moments of Reflection and Connection

This week’s episode is sponsored by Understood.org, the leading nonprofit dedicated to empowering the millions of people with learning and thinking differences, like ADHD and dyslexia. Their podcast, AHA Aha! Shared candid stories about ADHD realisations, including the unexpected, emotional and even funny ways ADHD symptoms can surface!

The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!

My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why High-Achieving ADHD Women Keep Burning Out: a Regenerative Conversation with Pippa Grange

Wed, 27 May 2026 23:15:00 -0000

Have you spent years pushing through, overriding what your body is telling you, performing at full capacity, and wondering why you keep burning out?

For so many women with ADHD, the drive to do more, prove more, and be more is relentless. We have the passion, the ambition, the energy. But when that inner motor collides with a nervous system that desperately needs rest and renewal, something eventually gives way.

This week on The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast I'm joined by Dr Pippa Grange, a doctor of performance psychology, culture coach, author, and the psychologist behind England's renaissance World Cup campaign of 2018. You may also know of Pippa Grange through her portrayal in the recent Dear England, played excellently by Jodie Whittaker!

Pippa has spent 25 years working with elite athletes, teams, and leaders across sport and industry, and her new book, Life Reclaimed: Find Freedom from Chronic Overperformance, is the culmination of everything she has learned, including from her own experience of burnout.

Pippa's framework for what she calls regenerative performance feels like it was made for our community, and it challenges everything we've been taught about what it means to be "successful".

In this episode, we explore:

Why chronic overperformance is so prevalent in neurodivergent people and what keeps us stuck in it
The ecological lens Pippa uses to understand performance and why nature is the master teacher
How elite sport prioritises not just performance, but also rest and renewal to optimise output and prevent burnout
The power of honesty to reduce masking and burnout
The four principles of regenerative performance and listening to your needs
Moving off autopilot and learning to check in with your nervous system by asking what it needs, rather than pushing through
Why diversifying your modes and speeds is especially powerful for ADHD brains
Why pulling back is not a failing, it's a smart performance strategy
What Pippa learned from her own burnout and how she works differently now
Three types of honesty and the subtle ways we are unfaithful to ourselves without realising
Why "wholebeing" matters more than wellbeing

Pippa brings a rare combination of elite performance experience and genuine human warmth to this conversation. For those of us with restless minds and high ambitions who keep burning out despite doing everything right, this episode offers a completely different way of thinking about what sustainable success can look like.

The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!

My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

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The Gentle Power of Herbal Medicine for ADHD Women: Natural Ways to Support Sleep, Focus and Hormonal Health

Wed, 20 May 2026 23:15:00 -0000

After diagnosis, we often become experts in our own brains. We learn about the hormones, read all the books, listen to all the podcasts, explore the different strategies and systems, and build our own scaffolding to support our ADHD. But sometimes, even when we're doing all the right things, something still feels missing.

Plants have been supporting human health for thousands of years. But could they support your ADHD brain, too?

This week on The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I'm joined by Ellen Rowland, a Medical Herbalist and Aromatherapist who works 1:1 with neurodivergent people.

Ellen isn't here to replace anything that's already working for you. Instead, she uses evidence-based plant medicines, diet and lifestyle changes to regulate your nervous system, support focus, balance energy, address hormonal, gut or other health issues, and ease emotional overwhelm, in a way that feels safe and sustainable.

In this episode, we explore:

Ellen's personal journey, what led her to herbal medicine, and what it actually is
The cultural history of plant-based medicine in Central America
How modern-day life demands, such as high expectations, family demands, and constant task-switching, contribute to overwhelm in ADHD
Small things you can weave into your day alongside herbal medicine as a scaffold for support
Why people come to Ellen, what she can help with, and how she works collaboratively alongside GPs
How to start supporting yourself without access to a medical herbalist, including German and Roman chamomile
Herbs for calming down in the evening, and herbs for when you need to wake up and focus
How essential oils and aromatherapy work, and the remarkable healing power of scent

Ellen brings a whole-person, neurodivergent-informed approach to this conversation. For those of us who feel like we're still missing something despite doing all the "right" things, this episode offers a gentle and genuinely interesting new layer of support.

Resources mentioned

The Healing Power of Scent - a beginner's guide to essential oils
Herbal Reality - evidence-based information about herbal medicine
Find Ellen & her products: Amber Luna Shop - use code WOMENSWELL10 for 10% off products and your first appointment with Ellen

This week’s episode is sponsored by Understood.org, the leading nonprofit dedicated to empowering the millions of people with learning and thinking differences, like ADHD and dyslexia. If you’re parenting a neurodivergent child, I’d recommend listening to their podcast, Everybody Gets a Juicebox, as it’s full of relatable stories and practical tools to help your family thrive while protecting your own wellbeing, too!

The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!

My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Perimenopause and ADHD Connection That Could Change Everything

Sun, 17 May 2026 23:15:00 -0000

Get the full Live Event Audio Experience recording here

Have you reached perimenopausal age and started to notice that the scaffolding and coping mechanisms you may have used for so long are not working as they used to?

If you're confused about hormones and keep hearing lots of different information on social media, this week's More Yourself episode is for you.

In this clip from our first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event, Adele Wimsett, whose groundbreaking Perfect Storm study explores the intersection of perimenopause and ADHD, cuts through the noise with clarity, warmth and real practical insight.

So many of us don't realise the science behind why our coping mechanisms stop working during perimenopause. We think it's an "us" problem. Adele is here to gently talk us through the complex relationship between hormones and ADHD in a genuinely eye-opening way!

In this episode, we explore:

What hormones actually are and what they do in your body
How hormones change throughout your cycle and the impact this has on ADHD
Why misinformation around progesterone exists and what Adele's study "The Perfect Storm" teaches us about ADHD and perimenopause
Why tracking your hormones can be a game-changer for ADHD
Why old coping mechanisms stop working when women reach perimenopause
The power of advocating for women's health and personalised treatment If you've ever felt like your body is working against you, this conversation might be the one that finally makes it make sense.

Timestamps:

00:18 - Health Information and Personalisation
00:56 - Hormones and ADHD: The Link and Its Implications
05:16 - Perimenopause and ADHD
06:21 - Hormones and Their Impact on ADHD Women
07:23 - Hormonal Cycles and ADHD
10:34 - Hormonal Balance: The Role of Progesterone

This session offers something that good therapy often takes years to uncover — and Hannah delivers it with so much warmth, humour and clarity that you'll want to listen twice.

The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!

My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Visit Adele's website to find her Free Progesterone E-book and The Perfect Storm Study

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Healing Your Money Trauma: Why Finances Feel So Overwhelming with ADHD

Wed, 13 May 2026 23:15:00 -0000

Did you grow up feeling like you were “bad with money” before you ever understood your ADHD?

What if the overspending, the avoidance, the paralysis, the guilt are actually your nervous system doing exactly what it learned to do in response to fear, long before you ever had a bank account of your own?

This week on The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I'm joined by Catherine Morgan, a global speaker, author, and founder of The Money Panel®.

Catherine spent 17 years as a financial adviser, so she knows the technical side of money inside out. But over time, she kept noticing the same thing: people would get the "right" advice but not be able to act on it.

Catherine recognised that something else was getting in the way, which is what her work is all about now. She founded The Money Panel®, wrote the international bestseller It's Not About the Money, and has built a whole framework around the idea that our money patterns don't live in our spreadsheets... They live in our bodies.

In this episode, we explore:

Why money feels like a difficult conversation, and what it's really about
How fight, flight, freeze and fawn responses show up in our financial lives
The concept of "money as energy"
Why separating our self-worth from our net worth is the first real step
Why women tend to carry money stories differently than men and what that costs us
How financial stress shows up physically in the body, and how to work with it somatically
Why 2026 feels like a closing door, and 2027 a new one opening
How AI is reshaping careers and identity, and how to use it to spot the money patterns you're living inside
How EFT can help release fear-based money patterns that are stored in the body
What it looks like to move beyond healing into becoming a true money visionary

Catherine brings a rare combination of financial expertise, deep psychological understanding, and lived experience to this conversation. For those of us whose relationship with money has always felt bigger, heavier, and more personal than it should, this episode offers something genuinely different to the standard budgeting apps and hacks that just don't work.

Join Catherine live in May

If this episode resonated, Catherine is hosting a free two-part live experience on 14th and 18th May to help you release a fear-based money pattern from your body and build your Personal Money Map.

Find out more about The Great Release here.

Join the waitlist for Wealth Resonance, an 8-week live, multidimensional pathway beyond the money mindset to deep financial transformation, integrating mind, body, and nervous system to embody wealth from the inside out.

Help & resources for topics mentioned in today's episode:

Refuge - help with financial abuse

Connect with Catherine via:

The Money Panel Website: www.themoneypanel.co.uk
Catherine's website: www.catherinemorgan.com
You can also access Catherine's free four-part Somatic Journey to Release the Pattern that Pushes Money Away. Use the code WEALTH to access for free.

The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!

My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

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The Messy Reality of Parenting Neurodivergent Kids - 'Everyone Gets A Juice Box' Takeover

Sun, 10 May 2026 23:15:00 -0000

Have you ever looked back at the parent you were before you understood your child's neurodivergence and felt a quiet, heavy wave of regret? Not because you were a bad parent, but because you just didn't have the information you needed yet.

In this week's episode of the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, we’re doing something a little different! I want to share an episode of another podcast (from Understood.org) with you called Everyone Gets a Juice Box, and I want to share it with you as I know so many of you not only have ADHD, but are also raising kids who are neurodivergent.

In this episode, Jessica is joined by Dion Chavis. A few years ago, Dion's son was diagnosed with autism, his teenage daughter received an ADHD diagnosis, and shortly after, in his early 40s, Dion was diagnosed with ADHD himself. Instead of looking away, he looked back with honesty, compassion, and a willingness to do things differently.

In this episode, we explore:

Why a late diagnosis so often sends us back through our children's childhoods and why that grief is valid
The difference between parenting from selfishness and parenting from selflessness, and how awareness changes everything
Why social connection matters just as much as academic achievement for neurodivergent children
How Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria shows up in ADHD teenagers and what it looks like in friendships
The power of openly normalising conversations about diagnosis, medication and therapy within your family
Why giving your child grace starts with giving yourself grace first
How fathers of neurodivergent children are finding each other — and why that community changes everything

If you've ever whispered "I should have known better" to yourself, I hope this conversation reminds you that you were doing the best you could, with what you had, in the moment you were in. And that is enough.

This week’s episode is sponsored by Understood.org, the leading nonprofit dedicated to empowering the millions of people with learning and thinking differences, like ADHD and dyslexia. If you’re parenting a neurodivergent child, I’d recommend listening to their podcast, Everybody Gets a Juicebox, as it’s full of relatable stories and practical tools to help your family thrive while protecting your own wellbeing, too!

The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!

My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

Join the More Yourself Community - the doors are now open!

More Yourself is a compassionate space for late-diagnosed ADHD women to connect, reflect, learn and come home to who they really are. Sign up here!

Inside the More Yourself Membership, you’ll be able to:

Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

To join for £26 a month, click here. To join for £286 for a year (a whole month free!), click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

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Were You ‘Too Much’ — Or Just Misunderstood? ADHD, Trauma & Finding Your True Self

Wed, 06 May 2026 23:15:00 -0000

What if the labels you’ve carried throughout your life didn't have to define your story?

In this week’s episode of the ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, I’m joined by Miranda Arieh, a multi-award-winning motivational speaker, mental health educator, and transformation coach. Miranda is the founder of the pioneering HEROES Programme and an advocate for changing how we view mental health, neurodiversity and emotional regulation.

Miranda uses her lived experience to fuel her passion for helping others make lasting transformations to their lives by learning how to effectively work with all our human experiences of emotional suffering.

This conversation is an invitation to look back at your past through a lens of neurodivergence—not to find "fault," but to find the compassion and forgiveness needed to move forward.

In this episode, we explore:

How turning anger into passion can shift the narrative around emotional dysregulation and neurodivergence.
What "trauma-informed care" actually looks like in practice and why it’s vital for the ND community.
Miranda’s perspective on how high-masking ADHD and autism intersect with complex childhood trauma.
Why Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) feels different in a neurodivergent nervous system and why "not everyone feels it" the same way.
The cost of masking for safety, the pain of forgetting your true self, and the beauty of rediscovery.
Learning the importance of coregulating with ourselves to find internal stability.
How a formal diagnosis can be the "missing piece" that provides clarity and self-acceptance.
The SAVE Method - a practical strategy for regulating emotions and practising effective self-advocacy.
How to create healthy boundaries and space for the right people without abandoning yourself in the process.

This episode is a vital reminder that your emotional experiences are valid, and by understanding the "why" behind your brain and your history, lasting transformation becomes possible.

Timestamps

02:15 - Exploring Trauma and Neurodivergence
15:00 - Understanding Rejection Sensitivity in Neurodivergence
33:37 - The Journey to Authenticity
40:53 - Navigating Relationships with Others and Self
44:36 - Introduction to the SAVE Method

The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!

My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

Join the More Yourself Community - the doors are now open!

More Yourself is a compassionate space for late-diagnosed ADHD women to connect, reflect, learn and come home to who they really are. Sign up here!

Inside the More Yourself Membership, you’ll be able to:

Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

To join for £26 a month, click here. To join for £286 for a year (a whole month free!), click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Visit Miranda's website (www.mirandaarieh.co.uk) or find her on social media @mirandaarieh.
Miranda runs a free monthly webinar teaching the HEROES Approach to trauma recovery and guiding listeners through the SAVE Method. Sign up for the mailing list and webinar here.

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Medical Gaslighting, Women’s Health & ADHD: Why So Many of Us Are Dismissed

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:15:00 -0000

What happens when you’re both a doctor… and the patient who isn’t being listened to?

In this episode of ADHD Women’s Wellbeing, I’m joined by Dr Liz Murray, a doctor, activist, artist, and founder of Mortal + Strong. After 15 years navigating chronic illness, including lupus, endometriosis, and miscarriage, Liz shares what it’s like to experience the healthcare system from both sides.

This conversation is about what often gets missed, female health symptoms that are normalised, the moments of dismissal that stay with you, and why for many neurodivergent women, why navigating healthcare can feel overwhelming, invalidating, and exhausting.

In this episode, we explore:

Liz's journey of living with lupus, endometriosis, and miscarriage
Liz's experience of navigating the healthcare system as both doctor and patient
The impact of normalising heavy and painful periods on delayed endometriosis and fibroids diagnoses
The gaps in menstrual health education and what doctors aren’t taught to look for
The reality of medical gatekeeping and the “micro-traumas” of feeling dismissed
Why GPs are under pressure to know everything, and how that impacts patient care
The challenge for women with ADHD may experience in communicating symptoms in short appointments
How ADHD can make women more sensitive to hormonal changes
Practical advice for appointments to communicate more effectively
The importance of self-advocacy in medical settings
Why a holistic approach to women’s health matters (including diet, emotional wellbeing and lifestyle)
How we can better support the next generation to advocate for their health

This episode is both validating and practical, offering insight, language, and tools to help you feel more confident advocating for your health.

Timestamps:

00:01 - Introduction to ADHD Women's Wellbeing
07:41 - Navigating the Challenges of Endometriosis
14:11 - Understanding Women's Health: The Overlap of Hormones and Neurodiversity
23:21 - Navigating Hormonal Health: The Patient's Perspective
37:47 - Addressing the Rift in Doctor-Patient Relationships
40:03 - Understanding Endometriosis and Women's Health
49:17 - Managing Health Holistically: The Interconnection of Conditions

Support and information on topics raised in today's episode:

The Miscarriage Association Website

The Miscarriage Association helpline and support services

Endometriosis UK Support Network

The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!

My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

Join the More Yourself Community - the doors are now open!

More Yourself is a compassionate space for late-diagnosed ADHD women to connect, reflect, learn and come home to who they really are. Sign up here!

Inside the More Yourself Membership, you’ll be able to:

Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

To join for £26 a month, click here. To join for £286 for a year (a whole month free!), click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
You can connect with Liz via her website (www.drlizmurray.com) or Instagram (@drlizmurray)

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You Have the Diagnosis, Now What? Making Sense of ADHD and Moving Forward

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 23:15:00 -0000

If you’ve ever received an ADHD diagnosis and thought… okay, this explains so much, but now what? Then this week’s More Yourself episode is for you.

In this clip from our first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event, Kate shares her “post-diagnosis gentle growth formula”, a way of making sense of everything you’ve learned about yourself, and how to begin moving forward with it.

From awareness and authenticity to boundaries, burnout and self-trust, she explores what it can look like to build a life that actually works with your brain.

In this episode, we explore:

Why an ADHD diagnosis can be the start of healing, not just understanding
How to manage ADHD after diagnosis using Kate's gentle growth formula
Letting go of ADHD masking and reconnecting with who you really are
Reframing ADHD as an attention difference, not a deficit
The link between undiagnosed ADHD, burnout and low self-worth
Why self-trust and self-leadership matter after an ADHD diagnosis
How to identify and break ADHD patterns that keep you stuck
The importance of the ADHD community, connection and support

If you’ve spent years feeling like you’re getting it wrong, this episode offers a hopeful, compassionate reframe. Not to fix yourself, but to understand yourself, and step into a version of life that feels more aligned, more sustainable, and more yourself.

The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!

My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

Join the More Yourself Community - the doors are now open!

More Yourself is a compassionate space for late-diagnosed ADHD women to connect, reflect, learn and come home to who they really are. Sign up here!

Inside the More Yourself Membership, you’ll be able to:

Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

To join for £26 a month, click here. To join for £286 for a year (a whole month free!), click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

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ADHD Isn’t Laziness: Understanding Neurodivergence at Work, in Parenting & Within Yourself with Kristen Pressner

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 23:15:00 -0000

For so many women, ADHD has been misunderstood for decades — often internalised as laziness, failure, or not trying hard enough.

But what if that story was never true to begin with?

In this week’s episode of the ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, I’m joined by Kristen Pressner, Global Head of People & Culture, TEDx speaker, and passionate advocate for neurodiversity for a conversation on ADHD, leadership, parenting, and why understanding your brain can change how you live, work, and relate to yourself.

Kristen brings both professional insight and deeply personal experience to this conversation, sharing what it’s been like raising four neurodivergent children while navigating a high-powered career, and how this journey has reshaped the way she understands ADHD, both at home and in the workplace.

This is a conversation that gently challenges some of the narratives many of us have grown up with, particularly the idea that ADHD is about laziness or lack of discipline, and instead invites us to explore what might be possible when we approach ourselves (and others) with more curiosity, compassion, and understanding.

In this episode, we explore:

Kristen's experience of supporting her family through their neurodivergence diagnosis
The different emotions that can come with an ADHD diagnosis
Why understanding the biology of ADHD can help us work with our brains
The impact of undiagnosed neurodivergence on mental health and relationships
Why so many people may not recognise themselves in traditional narratives
How creating non-judgmental environments can reduce shame in those with ADHD
How to feel safe to survive, which allows you to thrive
Why knowing your needs can be tricky, and how to gently explore this
Practical ways workplaces and managers can support neurodivergent employees with meaningful, individualised accommodations
How Kristen has brought her lived experience into her leadership work to support others more effectively
The concept of a “brain friend” and how having someone alongside you can make navigating life with ADHD feel less overwhelming
How tools like AI can support neurodivergent people to process thoughts, communicate needs, and better understand themselves

This episode is a reminder that there is nothing “wrong” with your brain, and that with the right support, understanding, and space to explore what actually works for you, things can begin to feel a little more possible.

Timestamps:

00:01 - Introduction to ADHD Women's Wellbeing
00:48 - Kristen's Family's Journey of Neurodivergence
12:30 - Navigating Neurodivergence in Family Dynamics
29:40 - Navigating Neurodivergence in Parenting
37:51 - Understanding Neurodivergence and Its Impact on Relationships

The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!

My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

Join the More Yourself Community - the doors are now open!

More Yourself is a compassionate space for late-diagnosed ADHD women to connect, reflect, learn and come home to who they really are. Sign up here!

Inside the More Yourself Membership, you’ll be able to:

Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

To join for £26 a month, click here. To join for £286 for a year (a whole month free!), click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
You can connect with Kristen via her website, LinkedIn (Kristen Pressner), Instagram (@kristen_pressner), Facebook (Kristen Pressner), X (@kpressner) or TikTok (@kristenpressner).

This week’s episode is sponsored by Understood.org, the leading nonprofit dedicated to empowering the millions of people with learning and thinking differences, like ADHD and dyslexia. If you’re parenting a neurodivergent child, I’d recommend listening to their podcast, Everybody Gets a Juicebox, as it’s full of relatable stories and practical tools to help your family thrive while protecting your own wellbeing, too!

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Dyslexia, ADHD & Why Life Feels Harder Than It Should (Even When You’re Capable)

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:15:00 -0000

What if the reason life feels harder than it “should” isn’t a personal failing… but something that’s been missed all along?

In this eye-opening episode, Dr Jacob Santhouse reveals how dyslexia goes far beyond reading and writing, and why so many women with ADHD may be living with an undetected piece of their story.

If I asked you to describe dyslexia, what would you say? Letters, reading and numbers? You're not alone, but this week on the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Dr Jacob Santhouse is here to show us just how much more there is to the story.

Dyslexia touches learning, self-esteem, executive functioning, and the exhausting daily admin of simply getting through life, and often goes hand in hand with ADHD, creating a unique and complex set of challenges for those navigating life with both.

Dr Jacob Santhouse is a dyslexic counsellor and coach, who supports dyslexic individuals in developing self-esteem, understanding their brains, and figuring out how to navigate life more effectively. So, if you've ever wondered why life feels so much harder than it seems to for everyone else, this episode might just give you the answer you have been waiting for.

In this episode, we explore:

The misunderstandings behind dyslexia and how it impacts more than reading and writing
What a late dyslexia diagnosis can mean for adults
How understanding dyslexia helps you to work strategically, instead of against yourself
How dyslexia and ADHD often coexist, and how to begin to untangle the two
The truth about colour overlays and why they are so often incorrectly associated with dyslexia
The impact of dyslexia on automaticity, working memory and executive functioning
How masking shows up in dyslexia and promotes avoidant behaviours
The lesser-known ways dyslexia can present that even healthcare professionals need to know
Tips to support long-term memory and how teachers can encourage real, lasting learning
Jacob's advice for anyone who is currently wondering whether dyslexia might be part of their story

Through this conversation, Jacob's knowledge and awareness will help you develop strategies and a deeper understanding of your experiences, and potentially provide the missing puzzle piece you've been looking for.

Timestamps:

00:01 - Introduction to ADHD Women's Wellbeing
02:42 - Understanding Dyslexia Beyond Reading and Writing
11:25 - Understanding Dyslexia and ADHD
28:19 - The Intersection of Dyslexia and Gender: Challenges Faced by Women
35:14 - Exploring the Nuances of Dyslexia
39:21 - Understanding Neurodivergence

The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!

My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

Join the More Yourself Community - the doors are now open!

More Yourself is a compassionate space for late-diagnosed ADHD women to connect, reflect, learn and come home to who they really are. Sign up here!

Inside the More Yourself Membership, you’ll be able to:

Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

To join for £26 a month, click here. To join for £286 for a year (a whole month free!), click here.

We’ll also be walking through The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Toolkit together, exploring nervous system regulation, burnout recovery, RSD, joy, hormones, and self-trust, so the book comes alive in a supportive community setting.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Connect with Jacob on Instagram (@drjacobsanthouse), TikTok (@drjacobsanthouse) or visit his website for coaching(bluejcoaching.com) or counseling (olivecounseling.com)

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The Neuroscience Behind Why Your ADHD Brain Won't Switch Off

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:15:00 -0000

If you have ever started a task with the best intentions, yet 4 hours later your sat doing something completely different wondering how you got there... this week's More Yourself episode is for you.

In this clip from our first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event, clinical psychologist and ADHD expert Dr Hannah Cullen talks us through the Default Mode Network, how it is impacted in those of us with ADHD, and the tools we can use to support our brains!

If you're normally scared by the term neuroscience, this episode offers a warm, funny and brilliantly clear perspective on information that could really help you to make sense of a brain you may have spent a lifetime fighting against.

In this episode, we explore:

What the Default Mode Network actually is and why understanding it is so crucial for managing ADHD symptoms
Why do so many of us start tasks and struggle to finish them, and what this has to do with working memory
How Dr Hannah brings the DMN to life by demonstrating in real time just how hard it is for our brains to stay focused
Pacing techniques that can genuinely reduce burnout and help with task completion
The power of microstarts and real examples of how they can help you finally begin
How outsourcing tasks and body doubling can ease overwhelm and boost productivity
Simple systems like planners and diaries can make daily life feel more manageable
Why ADHD shows up differently in women, including the impact on stress, anxiety, depression and self-esteem

This session offers something that good therapy often takes years to uncover — and Hannah delivers it with so much warmth, humour and clarity that you'll want to listen twice.

The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!

My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

To get lifetime access for £44, click here for lifetime access.

Join the More Yourself Community - the doors are now open!

More Yourself is a compassionate space for late-diagnosed ADHD women to connect, reflect, learn and come home to who they really are. Sign up here!

Inside the More Yourself Membership, you’ll be able to:

Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

To join for £26 a month, click here. To join for £286 for a year (a whole month free!), click here.

Today's episode sponsors:

If you’re looking to deepen your understanding and create meaningful change in the ADHD community, today’s podcast sponsor is for you! The Neurodiversity Training Academy is on a mission to empower professionals who help clients wear their ADHD with pride.

You can download the brochure or book a call here:

https://neurodiversitytrainingacademy.com/pod/

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

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How I Cope with Grief and ADHD: Emotional Insights on Bereavement and Neurodivergence

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:15:00 -0000

This conversation is a powerful reminder of the strength found in vulnerability and the importance of community during the grieving process.

In this week's episode of the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate is joined by Alex Spencer for a deeply moving conversation regarding her experience of grief and ADHD, following the death of her beloved son, Declan, in 2023.

Alex is a holistic therapist, bereavement coach-in-training, and host of The Functioning Griefster podcast. Alex was diagnosed with ADHD later in life, after years of being labelled “ditzy,” “stupid,” or “the class clown” at school due to undiagnosed ADHD and dyslexia. Alex now uses her lived experience to speak openly about neurodiversity, grief, and resilience and has channelled her energy into creating a safe space for honest conversations about loss, mental health, and carrying on while still carrying grief.

This conversation is a powerful reminder of the strength found in vulnerability and the importance of community during the grieving process.

In this episode, we explore:

Alex's experience of ADHD, including misunderstanding as a child
How being Declan's Mum changed Alex's mindset and understanding of neurodivergence
Why Alex never related to her ADHD diagnosis until one TV programme changed everything
How being Declan's Mum supported Alex's ADHD without her even knowing it at the time
Alex's fierce sense of right and wrong and her love for Declan drove her to advocate for his needs
The impact of grief and losing Declan on Alex's day-to-day life, ADHD and career
How Alex is finding her place in the world again and using her voice to make Declan proud
The role of RSD in ADHD and the desire to help others instead of self
More information regarding Alex's podcast,
Why creative outlets like Alex's podcast, The Functioning Griefster, can be so powerful when navigating loss and ADHD

Timestamps:

00:01 - Introduction to ADHD Women's Wellbeing
01:46 - Navigating Grief and ADHD
12:15 - The Impact of Acceptance on ADHD and Parenting
18:25 - The Impact of Advocacy and Exhaustion
21:59 - Personal Reflections on Navigating Grief and ADHD
29:40 - Finding Purpose Again During Grief
39:59 - Regaining Structure in Grief
45:23 - Exploring Grief and Connection

The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!

My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

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You Don’t Have to Fight Alone: Navigating SEN Support for Your Neurodiverse Child

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:15:00 -0000

You Don’t Have to Fight Alone: The Truth About SEN Support (and Your Rights as a Parent)

I keep hearing the same thing from parents lately: “I feel like I have to become an expert overnight… just to get my child the support they need.”

And honestly? They’re not wrong.

This week on the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate is joined by Rebecca Gray, a SEN advocate and parent who has lived every step of the journey she now helps others navigate.

This episode covers something so many parents of neurodiverse children desperately need: a clear, compassionate guide to understanding the SEN system, knowing your rights, and learning how to fight for the support your child is legally entitled to, without feeling like you have to do it all alone.

Rebecca speaks openly about her own experience advocating for her children within a complex and often challenging education system. Her approach is grounded, warm, and a reminder that knowledge is power, and that parents deserve to feel equipped, not exhausted.

In this episode, we explore:

What a SEN advocate is and their role in securing educational provisions for children
Rebecca's experience of becoming a qualified SEN advocate and how SEN law became her special interest
EHCPs explained: what they are, what they should contain, and why they are legally binding documents
How having a SEN advocate in your corner can transform your experience of the system
The challenges and overwhelm that families face in securing support
Why the burden of advocacy so often fall on parents
How SOS!SEN supports securing the right educational provision for children
What good specialist school provision looks like for children with ADHD and autism
Why the school system needs and reform and what we can do
The difference between home education and EOTIS (Education Otherwise Than In a School)
The various options for children who cannot thrive in a traditional school setting

For so many parents of neurodiverse children, the system doesn't just feel difficult, it feels like the world is fighting against you. Rebecca's experience and expertise offer real clarity, practical tools, and a compassionate reminder that you don't have to navigate this alone.

Timestamps:

00:42 - Introduction to Today's Episode
02:14 - Understanding the SEN Advocacy Journey
11:22 - The Impact of the Education System on Children Today
23:03 - Advocating for Change: The Impact of Effective Support
37:51 - Challenges in Special Education: A Call for Change
41:34 - Navigating Dyslexia Support in Education

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Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

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Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

To join for £26 a month, click here. To join for £286 for a year (a whole month free!), click here.

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Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
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Purpose Expert: How to Ditch the Grand Plan and Embrace Your Season of Life with ADHD

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 23:15:00 -0000

If the word "purpose" has ever felt overwhelming, out of reach, or simply not built for the way your brain works, this week's More Yourself episode is for you.

In this clip from our first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing live event, Purpose Expert, Author and Accredited Coach Hannah Miller strips purpose back to something personal, practical, and actually possible, without the overwhelm and panic!

Whether you're newly diagnosed, recently self-identifying, or simply in a season of life that is making you feel more unsure than excited, Hannah's framework will meet you exactly where you are.

In this episode, we explore:

Why purpose has nothing to do with job titles or grand ambitions, and what it's actually about instead

The concept of being 'directionally correct' and why moving toward the right thing matters more than having it all figured out

Why knowing where you are right now is the essential first step before any meaningful direction can be found

The four seasons of life and how identifying your current season shapes what's possible for you moving forward

How the traits ADHD women have long seen as flaws are often their most powerful and underused strengths

The difference between good tired and bad tired, and how to use this recognition to find your purpose

It's okay to take information from all different areas as long as you're using it to go in the right direction

This is just a taste of what was captured on the day. The full audio experience goes so much deeper into helping you piece all this information about your hormones, brain, identity and purpose together! You deserve to have it all in one place. Now you do.

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My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

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Join the More Yourself Community - the doors are now open!

More Yourself is a compassionate space for late-diagnosed ADHD women to connect, reflect, learn and come home to who they really are. Sign up here!

Inside the More Yourself Membership, you’ll be able to:

Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

To join for £26 a month, click here. To join for £286 for a year (a whole month free!), click here.

Today's episode sponsors:

You can download the brochure or book a call here:

https://neurodiversitytrainingacademy.com/pod/

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

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Releasing the Shame of Your Past: Somatic Therapy for ADHD and Trauma Recovery

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 23:15:00 -0000

This week on the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate is joined by Jennifer McKenzie, a somatic trauma therapist and holistic educator.

This week's episode covers something we haven't explored before: the impact of trauma, abuse, addiction and neurodivergence on the body resulting from years of masking, not fitting in, surviving and never quite feeling safe enough to stop.

Jennifer speaks openly about her trauma and surviving homelessness, addiction, domestic abuse, and rape, raising four children whilst living with chronic pain and disability, and receiving her AuDHD diagnosis later in life. Jennifer's approach to healing is unapologetic and rebellious, reminding us that recovery and self-improvement are possible for everyone, no matter where they start.

In this episode, we explore:

Jennifer's personal story, the labels she received growing up, and how her lived experience shaped her path and her purpose
How alcohol and substance use became a way of masking, functioning, and navigating a world that wasn't built for Jennifer
Why AuDHD women can be particularly vulnerable to risk-taking behaviours, manipulation, and abusive relationships
The impact of ADHD and autism on female relationships and the ongoing struggle for authentic connection
How trauma and pain live in the body, from posture and digestive issues to emotional weight and chronic pain
The role of fascia as the body's second nervous system, how it stores trauma, and its links to conditions like EDS
The power of movement and somatic therapy in nervous system regulation and genuine, embodied healing

For so many neurodivergent women, the trauma and pain they carry aren't just emotional. It lives in the body, in the nervous system. Jennifer's perspective offers real tools and a deeply compassionate belief that healing is always possible.

The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!

My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

Join the More Yourself Community - the doors are now open!

More Yourself is a compassionate space for late-diagnosed ADHD women to connect, reflect, learn and come home to who they really are. Sign up here!

Inside the More Yourself Membership, you’ll be able to:

Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

To join for £26 a month, click here. To join for £286 for a year (a whole month free!), click here.

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If perimenopause has felt like the lid has come off your ADHD traits, today's podcast sponsor is for you. Adele Wimsett is a Women's Health Practitioner specialising in ADHD and perimenopause, helping women understand what's actually driving their anxiety, overwhelm, brain fog and burnout through a hormone-literate, nervous-system-led lens. Most women are managing symptoms without ever being told the hormonal piece, but having the correct knowledge and support around this can change everything.

Visit Adele's website for free resources or to book a clinic appointment: www.harmoniseyou.co.uk

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
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Download Jennifer's E-book for tips to connect more to yourself, your emotions, and heal mind, body, and soul.

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Libido, Hormones and ADHD: What Every Woman NEEDS to Know

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 23:15:00 -0000

This week on the podcast, we're talking about something that so many women quietly experience but that very few of us actually talk about...

Sex... Perimenopause...Libido... Desire...Orgasms... How our attraction changes as our hormonal levels shift. It's a big topic and one to listen to in a safe space away from small ears!

So many women notice changes in their libido, attraction, intimacy or sexual confidence during perimenopause and menopause. For late-diagnosed neurodivergent women, these understanding shifts can feel even more confusing as hormones, attention, the nervous system and relationships all intersect.

In this episode of the ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, Kate is joined by Dr Angela Wright, a trauma-trained clinical sexologist, sex medicine practitioner and menopause clinician with a specialist interest in the overlaps between trauma, ADHD, PMDD and menopause.

Together we explore the often unspoken intersection between hormones, menopause, libido and sexual wellbeing, particularly for neurodivergent women. Many women notice shifts in their bodies, desire, or relationships during perimenopause and menopause, yet these changes are rarely explained in a way that helps them understand what’s really happening.

This conversation opens up space to talk honestly about the changes women may experience during this stage of life, and how understanding the relationship between hormones, the nervous system and ADHD can help make sense of shifts in intimacy, attraction and connection.

In this episode, we explore:

How hormonal changes during perimenopause can impact libido and sexual desire
Why techniques or dynamics that once worked sexually may change as hormones shift
The connection between ADHD, novelty and desire in long-term relationships
How hormones, the nervous system and attention interact to shape sexual experience
Why some people experience a loss of interest in sex during midlife
How orgasms can support relaxation, tension release and hormone regulation
The importance of communication in relationships, including using “I” statements to express needs
How treatments such as vaginal oestrogen and hormonal support can help during perimenopause
The impact of progesterone and testosterone

This episode offers reassurance, insight, and practical language for women navigating changes in their bodies and relationships, helping to reduce the confusion and isolation that can accompany these experiences.

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Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
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Moving Past Guilt and Embracing Your ADHD Growth Journey

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 23:15:00 -0000

In this week's More Yourself episode, we explore the connection between personal growth, guilt, and the nervous system and the impact this interaction can have.

Many women carry guilt quietly in their bodies. It can show up as chronic illness, pain, and other physical sensations. Over time, these emotions can settle into the nervous system and begin shaping how safe or unsafe change feels.

In this clip from a recent More Yourself episode, we explore how learning to notice the physical sensations in our bodies can help us understand what we’re holding onto, and where growth might be trying to emerge.

In this episode, we explore:

Why growth and change can feel activating for the nervous system
How guilt can show up physically in the body
The emotional weight many women carry without realising
How guilt can quietly influence our decisions
Why being a woman can add extra layers of expectation and pressure
How to recognise the blocks that can appear when we start thinking about change
How recognising sensations in the body can help release stuck emotions
Creating space for new intentions, possibilities and directions

This episode is a reminder that sometimes growth doesn't come from pushing yourself harder, but by gently noticing what your body has been trying to tell you all along.

Why not start by asking yourself this question: If guilt wasn’t leading the way, what might growth feel like instead?

Timestamps:

00:10 - Exploring Growth and Change
03:31 - Understanding Guilt and Growth
07:44 - The Impact of Guilt on Decision Making
11:57 - Releasing Emotional Blockages
14:39 - Exploring Self-Sabotage and Personal Growth

Want to go deeper?

This episode is taken from a recent monthly More Yourself live, where we explore these themes together in real time, alongside a community of women who understand ADHD and the complexity that comes with it.

If this conversation resonates and you’d like more gentle, nervous-system-safe spaces for reflection, learning and support, we’d love to welcome you into the More Yourself community.

Inside the More Yourself Membership, you’ll be able to:

Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

To join for £26 a month, click here. To join for £286 for a year (a whole month free!), click here.

Today's episode sponsors:

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Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
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Movement, Mental Health, and Community: Why it works for ADHD Women

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 23:15:00 -0000

In this episode of the ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, Kate is joined by Ella Jack, founder of She Moves Community, a growing community that brings women together through movement in nature.

Ella shares how the idea began during a difficult period with her mental health. As a 23-year-old navigating ADHD and early adulthood, Ella started hiking to support her mental health after beginning therapy. This quickly grew into something much bigger and created a supportive space where women can connect, move their bodies and spend time outdoors together.

Together, Kate and Ella explore the powerful impact of movement, routine, nature and community, and why these elements can be particularly supportive for women with ADHD.

Key Takeaways

Ella’s experience of ADHD and mental health in early adulthood
Starting Girls That Hike and overcoming fears about launching something new
How movement in nature can significantly support mental wellbeing
The role of routine and regular physical activity for ADHD regulation
Why community and shared experiences help women feel less alone
The challenges of making new friends as an adult woman
How group activities can foster authentic connection and belonging
Being okay with adapting, change and growth
Turning personal struggles into purpose and community impact

This conversation is such an inspiring reminder that sometimes the ideas born from our hardest moments can grow into something that supports many others, too.

Timestamps:

00:01 - Introduction to Ella's Personal Experience
07:16 - The Birth of She Moves, Movement and Mental Health
10:21 - The Beginning of Change
21:41 - The Importance of Community and Connection
28:40 - Starting the She Moves Community

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Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
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Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

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Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Contact Ella via Instagram (@shemoves.community)

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Creating Calm ADHD Spaces: How Design Can be Both Thoughtful & Neuroaffirming

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 23:15:00 -0000

In this episode of the ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, Kate is joined by Dr Kati Peditto, Founding Researcher at the Built Experience Lab and a leading voice in neuroaffirming design - an approach that centres lived experience and views neurodivergence as an identity to be supported, not a problem to be solved.

As an Autistic woman with ADHD, Kati brings both lived experience and research insight to a conversation many late-diagnosed women will recognise, the quiet, everyday ways our environments can either support our nervous systems or leave us feeling overwhelmed, exhausted and “too much”.

Together, they explore the hidden impacts of our built environments and the origins of common design practices, as well as the design assumptions made and their contribution to stress, burnout, and self-doubt for neurodivergent women.

This episode offers validation, language and practical ways to think differently about your environment and your needs.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available. Grab your copy here!

In this episode, we explore:

What neuroaffirming design is and the assumptions built into most spaces
The difference between neuroinclusive and neuroaffirming
Why standard accessibility checklists often miss neurodivergent needs
Common sensory challenges: fluorescent lighting, noise, acoustics, open-plan offices, and lack of windows
How open-plan design and modern workplaces impact attention, energy and regulation
Why sensory rooms can become a tick-box rather than true inclusion
The importance of choice, control and agency based on your sensory profile
What neuroaffirming workplaces and schools could look like in practice
The role managers and leaders play in creating supportive environments
Understanding cognitive accessibility and how to audit your space
Moving beyond one-size-fits-all design to support individual needs

Kati is currently writing a book that explores how the hidden curriculum of our built environments impacts neurodivergent individuals and how spaces can be designed to foster true flourishing. Find out more information via her website www.katipeditto.com

Timestamps:

00:01 - Introduction to the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast
07:23 - Understanding Neuroaffirming Design
19:01 - The Evolution of Workspaces
23:59 - The Impact of Environment on Wellbeing
37:38 - Cognitive Accessibility and Design

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Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
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Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

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Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Contact Kati through her website
Connect with Kati on LinkedIn (Kati Peditto PhD) or on Instagram (@pedittophd)

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Your Invisible Blocks to Growth with ADHD: Naming Them to Tame Them

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 23:15:00 -0000

When you hear the word growth, what happens in your body?

For many ADHD women, growth has become tied to pressure. Doing more, achieving more, and constantly pushing forward, even when your nervous system is already stretched.

In this episode, we explore how to reframe growth so it feels gentle, aligned and sustainable, not driven by urgency, but guided by self-trust. By relearning growth, we start to understand it's not about doing more, it’s about reconnecting with a part of you that feels fluid, authentic and open to possibility.

This conversation comes from a recent More Yourself live, where we explored what growth can look like beyond productivity, career or external expectations, and how to define expansion in a way that actually works for your brain and your life.

In this episode, we explore

Why traditional ideas of growth can feel pressurising, especially for ADHD minds
The impact of constant expectations on your nervous system
Reframing growth as expansion into authenticity, ease and possibility
The invisible blocks that can limit your potential, including fear, self-doubt and internalised beliefs
What the word "change" brings up for you, and the worries or resistance that may sit underneath
How breath and body awareness can support decision-making and help you tune into your desires
What could growth look like if it didn't mean doing more
Reflecting on what you may be holding onto out of habit, pressure or expectation
Learning what you might be ready to let go of

Want to go deeper?

This episode is taken from recent monthly More Yourself live, where we explore these themes together in real time, alongside a community of women who understand ADHD and the complexity that comes with it.

If this conversation resonates and you’d like more gentle, nervous-system-safe spaces for reflection, learning and support, we’d love to welcome you into the More Yourself community.

Inside the More Yourself Membership, you’ll be able to:

Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

To join for £26 a month, click here. To join for £286 for a year (a whole month free!), click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

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A Neuro-Affirming Approach to Divorce and Family Law with Hannah Saxe

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 23:15:00 -0000

In this episode of the ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, I'm joined by Hannah Saxe, a Legal Director specialising in family law and a recognised expert in modern family arrangements, including divorce, financial settlements, child arrangements, cohabitation agreements, and LGBTQ+ family services such as surrogacy, donor conception and co-parenting.

Alongside her professional expertise, Hannah brings lived experience as a late-diagnosed AuDHD woman and mum to two neurodivergent boys. This dual perspective shapes her compassionate, practical approach to supporting families through some of life’s most complex transitions.

If you’re currently going through a separation, supporting someone who is, or simply want to feel more informed and prepared, this episode offers reassurance, insight and practical guidance to help you feel less alone and more empowered.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

In this episode, we explore:

Hannah’s journey to a late AuDHD diagnosis and how this shapes the way she supports clients
Why neurodivergent individuals are often overrepresented in family and justice proceedings
The new guidance from the Family Justice Council and how it aims to improve support for neurodivergent families
The common barriers which ADHD and autistic women may face when navigating legal processes
What reasonable adjustments are, your right to ask for them
The power of understanding your neurodivergence to help with self-advocacy in the legal system
The move to non-fault divorce and what this means in practice
The emotional and practical impact of separation on children
Neurodivergent-friendly alternatives to court, including mediation and arbitration
How written communication and parenting apps can reduce overwhelm in co-parenting
The importance of building your support “tribe”, including legal, financial, emotional and practical support

Timestamps:

01:03 - Navigating Neurodiversity in Family Law
09:37 - Understanding Neurodivergence in Relationships
17:03 - Navigating Divorce and Neurodiversity
26:23 - Navigating Emotional Turmoil in Legal Processes
30:29 - Navigating Neurodiversity in Family Law
36:52 - Navigating Relationship Breakdowns
42:32 - Transitioning to New Resources

Join the More Yourself Community - the doors are now open!

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Inside the More Yourself Membership, you’ll be able to:

Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

To join for £26 a month, click here. To join for £286 for a year (a whole month free!), click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Contact Hannah through Brabner's website
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Why Can’t I Just Start?! ADHD, Motivation & Movement with Sonia Ponzo

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 23:15:00 -0000

In this week's episode ofThe ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, I’m joined by psychologist, researcher, and founder of Outset Wellness, Sonia Ponzo, for an insightful conversation surrounding motivation and ADHD.

Sonia has over a decade of experience at the intersection of behaviour change and mental health, and is passionate about creating body-first, science-backed tools that support real change for neurodivergent people.

Together, we explore the deep-rooted struggles so many of us with ADHD face when it comes to starting, sustaining, and trusting ourselves, especially as entrepreneurs. But when we find something that truly lights us up, everything shifts. It’s not that we’re broken; we just thrive differently and finding our thing can transform not only how we work but also how we treat ourselves along the way.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

Key Takeaways:

How ADHD presents differently between women and the urgency of nuance in recognising this
The emotional and physical cost of burnout for high-achieving ADHDers
Why starting tasks can feel impossible for those with ADHD
How poor interoception can cause ADHD paralysis due to a lack of awareness
The missing conversation regarding invisible energy drains how to rebuild self-trust
The role of movement as a gentle way to reconnect to your body and build momentum
The shift from “all or nothing” to “everything counts” in creating sustainable movement habits
Reframing exercise as intuitive movement instead of punishment or pressure
Why increased awareness isn’t enough without accessible, real-life support and action
How Outset Wellness helps neurodivergent minds create habits that feel safe and sustainable

Whether you’ve felt stuck in cycles of burnout, confusion, inconsistency, or self-blame, this conversation will gently remind you that you’re not broken, and that your body might just hold more answers than you think.

Timestamps:

00:01 - Introduction to ADHD Women's Wellbeing
08:31 - Understanding ADHD and Burnout
11:56 - Understanding Interoception and ADHD
16:16 - The Support Outset Provideds
29:10 - Finding Balance: Personal Reflections on Burnout and Self-Care
38:57 - Finding Balance in Busy Lives

Join the More Yourself Community - the doors are now open!

More Yourself is a compassionate space for late-diagnosed ADHD women to connect, reflect, and come home to who they really are. Sign up here!

Inside the More Yourself Membership, you’ll be able to:

Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

To join for £26 a month, click here. To join for £286 for a year (a whole month free!), click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Visit the Outset Wellness website or connect with Sonia on LinkedIn
Access 20% off Outset Wellness services for 3 months using the code NE20

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Kate's Mindfulness Tips for an ADHD Busy Brain

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 23:15:00 -0000

In this week’s More Yourself episode, I’m sharing something that’s felt really present for me lately, inspired by an email I received from Dr Megan Anna Neff: the challenge of engaging in mindfulness on the go with a brain that can't slow down.

We’re often told about the benefits of mindfulness, but for those of us with ADHD, being still, clearing our minds, and “just breathing” can feel almost impossible. And instead of feeling calm, we’re left feeling like we’ve failed at yet another task that we've set out for ourselves.

So in this episode, I wanted to share a different perspective. Rather than trying to force our brains to use techniques that don't align with our brains, we can take time to explore mindfulness and find tools that are softer, more compassionate, and made for ADHD brains.

Inside the episode, I explore:

Why traditional mindfulness can feel inaccessible for ADHD and what to try instead
How overthinking, anxiety, judgment and rumination pull us out of being present
The power of validating your emotions instead of trying to ignore or quiet them
Tools for grounding in overwhelming moments without forcing yourself to be still
How to name, accept, and respond to what your nervous system is truly asking for

This conversation is here to remind you that mindfulness doesn’t have to look like silence or stillness. It can be a gentle walk, a sensory moment with essential oils, a few deep breaths in between tasks, or even just noticing how you’re feeling, with kindness.

Timestamps:

00:30 - Mindfulness for ADHD
01:02 - Understanding Mindfulness in Neurodivergent Minds
07:22 - Recognising Overwhelm and Taking a Pause
11:41 - Grounding Techniques for Anxiety
14:08 - Reimagining Mindfulness Practices
17:09 - Mindfulness and Self-Compassion

Join the More Yourself Community - the doors are now open!

More Yourself is a compassionate space for late-diagnosed ADHD women to connect, reflect, and come home to who they really are. Sign up here!

Inside the More Yourself Membership, you’ll be able to:

Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

To join for £26 a month, click here. To join for £286 for a year (a whole month free!), click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Listen to my episode with Dr Lidia Zylowska mentioned

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How To Support and Empower an ADHD Child to Succeed

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:15:00 -0000

In this week's episode ofThe ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, I’m joined by Susana Gonzalez, a qualified neurodiversity educator, teacher, speaker and founder of ND Bright Brains, who brings both lived experience and professional insight to how we approach education for neurodivergent children and teens. Susana is passionate about creating neuro-affirming learning environments that empower young people, rather than shame or punish them.

This episode is a must-listen for parents, teachers, SEN professionals or anyone who wants to advocate for and support ND learners with more compassion and understanding.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

Key Takeaways:

Why we need to understand behaviour as communication, not a choice, for neurodivergent students
How schools can support ND learners with realistic, low-cost changes
The impact of executive function and sensory overwhelm in ND children
Why punishment and “discipline systems” often do more harm than good
Helping children understand their own neurobiology to build confidence
What flexible, strengths-based learning actually looks like in real classrooms
How to reframe exam revision for neurodivergent students
The role of metacognition in long-term self-awareness and academic success
What teachers need to know about ADHD, dyslexia, OCD and giftedness
Creating neuro-affirming environments at home and in school
How to empower ND children to ask for what they need without fear

Timestamps:

03:41 – The Importance of Flexibility in Schools
11:20 – Compassion vs. Punishment for Executive Dysfunction
14:45 – Understanding Neuroplasticity and Skill Development
29:25 – Revision Techniques for ND Learners
32:40 – Metacognition and Reflective Learning
35:53 – Increasing Self-Awareness for ADHD Children
39:46 – Developing Self-Trust, Empowerment and Self-Advocacy

Together, by making flexible, realistic changes to support neurodivergent learners and help them to understand their behaviour through a neurodiversity lens for long-term confidence and success.

Join the More Yourself Community - the doors are now open!

More Yourself is a compassionate space for late-diagnosed ADHD women to connect, reflect, and come home to who they really are. Sign up here!

Inside the More Yourself Membership, you’ll be able to:

Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

To join for £26 a month, click here. To join for £286 for a year (a whole month free!), click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Visit ND Bright Brains website: www.ndbrightbrains.com/

Today's episode sponsors: The ADHD Weasel

The ADHD Weasel is a weekly email delivering support straight to your inbox for just $10/month at adhdweasel.com.

Join 20,000+ adults with ADHD who’ve finally found strategies that actually work, written by people who actually get ADHD.

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Self-Advocacy During The ADHD Assessment Process: What You Need to Know

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 23:15:00 -0000

Getting an ADHD diagnosis isn’t always a straightforward path, and for many, it can feel confusing, overwhelming, or simply out of reach.

In this week's episode of The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, I’m joined by Vicki George, specialist nurse and founder of The ADHD Nurse, who’s working to make ADHD assessments more accessible, inclusive and compassionate, especially for women and adolescents.

This is a practical, myth‑busting and empowering episode for anyone who feels stuck or confused by the ADHD assessment process, is unsure who can assess them or whether their past diagnosis was thorough enough, feels uncomfortable being asked to involve family, is exploring non‑medication approaches, or is navigating perimenopause and wondering how hormonal changes affect ADHD and treatment.

Grab the last few tickets to our first LIVE ADHD Women's Wellbeing Event!

Click here to book your ticket for a full day of community, connection, awareness and growth.

Key Takeaways:

Why psychiatrists aren't the only professionals who can assess and diagnose ADHD
What it means to be an “appropriately trained” ADHD assessor under NICE guidelines
Why the current system can feel inconsistent or subjective
The need for neurodevelopmental assessments, not just standalone ADHD or autism
How ADHD assessments should ideally be carried out using tools like the DIVA
Why family input is requested in assessments, despite sometimes complicating the process
A deeper look at the role of hormones in ADHD, especially for women in midlife
Clarifying the confusion around medication and how it needs to consider hormonal shifts
Exploring non-medication pathways (e.g. nutrition, mindfulness, exercise, nervous system support)
How stigma and misunderstanding still shape people’s experience of diagnosis and treatment

Timestamps:

04:30 - Navigating ADHD Assessments: Evolving Perspectives
17:56 - Understanding ADHD Diagnosis and Stigma
22:54 - Navigating ADHD Diagnosis and Advocacy
25:29 - Exploring Hormonal Interventions for ADHD in Women
36:56 - The Beginning of a New Understanding

Today's episode sponsors: The ADHD Weasel

The ADHD Weasel is a weekly email delivering support straight to your inbox for just $10/month at adhdweasel.com.

Join 20,000+ adults with ADHD who’ve finally found strategies that actually work, written by people who actually get ADHD.

ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event

We're excited to offer you a full day of real-life connection, calm, and community for women diagnosed late in life who are ready to feel understood, supported, and seen.

Kate will be joined by two ADHD expert guest speakers, Hannah Miller and Dr Hannah Cullen!

You can expect:

Honest, thoughtful, informative conversations
Connection with like-minded, late-diagnosed ADHD women
Information on hormones, energy levels and nervous system regulation
A space to come back to yourself, with women who truly get it

Event details: Friday, March 6th 2026, 10:00 am – 3:30 pm in Wilmslow (near Manchester).

Book your ticket or find out more information here!

Join the More Yourself Community

More Yourself is a compassionate space for late-diagnosed ADHD women to connect, reflect, and come home to who they really are. Sign up here!

Inside the More Yourself Membership, you’ll be able to:

Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

To join for £26 a month, click here. To join for £286 for a year (a whole month free!), click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Buy a copy of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Visit Vicky's website: www.theadhdnurse.co.uk
Follow Vicky on Instagram @adhdnurse.uk

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Making Sense of Executive Functions for ADHD Women with Belinda Edington

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 23:15:00 -0000

In this week's More Yourself episode, I wanted to share a snippet from a recent guest workshop in the More Yourself Community.

In this clip, Belinda Edington, executive functioning coach and director of MindSpark CIC, joined the More Yourself Community to offer a gentle yet powerful reframing of what executive functioning really is and what it means for women with ADHD.

If you’ve ever wondered why things that seem simple for others, like starting tasks, managing time, or staying focused, feel impossibly hard, this session brings clarity, compassion, and hope.

Belinda breaks down the science behind executive functioning and helps us move away from shame or self-blame towards understanding and support.

In this clip, we explore:

How executive function skills show up in everyday life
The difference between knowing what to do and being able to do it
The connection between ADHD, emotional regulation, memory and motivation
Why struggles with focus, planning or impulsivity are not personal failings
The role of compassion and scaffolding in building executive functioning skills

Timestamps:

05:46– What is Executive Functioning?
07:03 – Metacognition and Memory Explained
13:00 – Time Blindness
16:18 – ADHD and Misdiagnosis
17:00 – Reframing Laziness
17:55 – Neuroplasticity and Building New Skills
18:35 – Tools to Support Executive Function

This is a reminder that your challenges are not about willpower; they’re about brain function. And the more we understand, the more we can begin to support ourselves in ways that actually work.

If this snippet resonated, you can watch the full session and join future workshops inside the More Yourself community. Sign up here.

Tickets to our first LIVE ADHD Women's Wellbeing Event are ON SALE!

We're excited to offer you a full day of real-life connection, calm, and community for women diagnosed late in life who are ready to feel understood, supported, and seen.

Kate will be joined by two ADHD expert guest speakers, Hannah Miller and Dr Hannah Cullen!

You can expect:

Honest, thoughtful, informative conversations
Connection with like-minded, late-diagnosed ADHD women
Information on hormones, energy levels and nervous system regulation
A space to come back to yourself, with women who truly get it

Event details: Friday March 6th 2026, 10:00am – 15:30pm in Wilmslow (near Manchester).

Book your ticket or find out more information here!

Join the More Yourself Community - the doors are now open!

More Yourself is a compassionate space for late-diagnosed ADHD women to connect, reflect, and come home to who they really are. Sign up here!

Inside the More Yourself Membership, you’ll be able to:

Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

To join for £26 a month, click here. To join for £286 for a year (a whole month free!), click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

Today's episode sponsors:

This episode is sponsored by NeuroNatal, a social enterprise offering sensory-safe and ADHD-friendly pregnancy and postnatal support for neurodivergent women.

Founded by an ADHD midwife, NeuroNatal provides free classes, resources, and sensory tools designed for the way your brain works, along with specialist training for perinatal professionals.

Visit neuronatal.org to download free resources, join the mailing list, or share with a midwife or mental health team who needs to know this support exists.

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Peaceful Parenting for PDA Kids: Compassionate Strategies That Help Them Thrive

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 23:15:00 -0000

Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), pervasive drive for autonomy, is a deeply misunderstood and often overlooked profile within the neurodivergent spectrum. For many families, living with PDA can feel confusing, isolating, and emotionally overwhelming, especially when traditional parenting approaches seem to make things harder, not easier.

In this powerful episode, I’m joined by Dr. Casey Ehrlich, a researcher, coach, and mother to two PDA children, who brings both personal insight and professional expertise to help us reframe what’s really going on beneath the behaviours.

If you’ve ever been told your child is “oppositional” or “defiant,” or your child resists even basic everyday requests, from brushing their teeth to getting dressed, or you're exhausted from trying to get it “right,” and you’re starting to question the very foundations of what parenting is “supposed” to look like...

This conversation is for you.

With the right support and education, children with PDA can thrive. And as parents, we can begin to feel more resourced, more connected, and far less alone in supporting our kids.

Tickets to our first LIVE ADHD Women's Wellbeing Event are ON SALE!

Click here to book your ticket for a full day of community, connection, awareness and growth.

Key Takeaways:

Why Casey prefers the term "pervasive drive for autonomy"
How PDA can override even basic needs like eating, hygiene and safety
Why traditional parenting approaches often backfire and what to try instead
The four observable PDA traits: survival drive for autonomy, equalising, masking, and need for undivided attention
How PDA differs from Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
What nervous system dysregulation looks like in PDA children and how to support it
The emotional toll on parents and how to care for yourself too
How animals can support emotional regulation for PDA kids
What PDA can look like in adulthood (and why it's often misread as narcissism or avoidance)

Timestamps

07:01: A Deep Dive into Pervasive Drive for Autonomy
12:22: Understanding Oppositional Defiance and PDA
18:13: The Journey of Parenting Neurodivergent Children
23:34: A Paradigm Shift to Parenting PDA Kids
26:51: Understanding PDA and Burnout
35:57: Nervous System Activation in Parenting and Adult Life
41:21: The Impact of PDA on Relationships
47:54: Navigating Parental Challenges

Tickets to our first LIVE ADHD Women's Wellbeing Event are ON SALE!

We're so excited to be offering you a full day of real-life connection, calm, and community for late-diagnosed women ready to feel understood, supported, and seen.

Kate will be joined by two ADHD expert guest speakers, Hannah Miller and Dr Hannah Cullen!

You can expect:

Honest, thoughtful, informative conversations
Connection with like-minded, late-diagnosed ADHD women
Information on hormones, energy levels and nervous system regulation
A space to come back to yourself, with women who truly get it

Event details: Friday, March 6th 2026, 10:00 am – 3:30 pm in Wilmslow (near Manchester).

Book your ticket or find out more information here!

Join the More Yourself Community - the doors are now open!

More Yourself is a compassionate space for late-diagnosed ADHD women to connect, reflect, and come home to who they really are. Sign up here!

Inside the More Yourself Membership, you’ll be able to:

Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

To join for £26 a month, click here. To join for £286 for a year (a whole month free!), click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Buy a copy of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Visit Casey's website: www.atpeaceparents.com

Today's episode sponsors: The ADHD Weasel

The ADHD Weasel is a weekly email delivering support straight to your inbox for just $10/month at adhdweasel.com.

Join 20,000+ adults with ADHD who’ve finally found strategies that actually work, written by people who actually get ADHD.

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Purpose Without the ADHD Pressure with Hannah Miller

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 23:15:00 -0000

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by the idea of “finding your purpose, make some time for a walk or coffee and get your headphones in!

In this week's episode of The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, I’m joined by the wonderful Hannah Miller: author of The Purpose Pursuit™ book, speaker, accredited coach, and founder of Sidekick, an organisation built to help people understand their strengths and pursue purpose in a grounded, authentic way.

Together, we explore what purpose really means: tuning into the moments that make you feel alive, aligned, and like yourself again, rather than chasing a perfect life plan or making pressure-filled decisions

Whether you’ve just been diagnosed or are in a season of reinvention, Hannah’s insights offer a compassionate and practical guide for uncovering what matters to you, and how to move forward with clarity and self-trust.

Tickets to our first LIVE ADHD Women's Wellbeing Event are now available!

Click here to book your ticket for a full day of community, connection, awareness and growth.

Key Takeaways:

Why purpose doesn’t have to be big or overwhelmin but can live in everyday moments
How The Purpose Pursuit can help you reconnect with your strengths, values, and priorities
Recognising and gently shifting limiting beliefs, excuses, and self-sabotage
ADHD, perfectionism, and why burnout happens even when we love what we do
Simple tools to identify your natural strengths and reframe your challenges
How seeing yourself through others’ eyes can support personal growth
Why joy, flow, and energy are important clues to a more meaningful life
Helping women and girls move away from perfectionism and fear of mistakes
Understanding the difference between good, bad, and wise decisions
Navigating seasons of change in your career, identity, or direction
Why asking “What’s next?” is more freeing than needing all the answers

Timestamps:

04:41 - Navigating Purpose: A Journey of Self-Discovery
18:10 - Harnessing Strengths for Growth
29:54 - Understanding Purpose and Perfectionism
38:50 - Decision Making and Wisdom

Tickets to our first ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event are ON SALE!

We're so excited to be offering you a full day of real-life connection, calm, and community for late-diagnosed women ready to feel understood, supported, and seen.

Kate will be joined by two ADHD expert guest speakers, Hannah Miller (this week's podcast guest!!) and Dr Hannah Cullen!

You can expect:

Honest, thoughtful, informative conversations
Connection with like-minded, late-diagnosed ADHD women
Information on hormones, energy levels and nervous system regulation
A space to come back to yourself, with women who truly get it

Event details: Friday, March 6th 2026, 10:00 am – 3:30 pm in Wilmslow (near Manchester).

Book your ticket or find out more information here!

Join the More Yourself Community

More Yourself is a compassionate space for late-diagnosed ADHD women to connect, reflect, and come home to who they really are. Sign up here!

Inside the More Yourself Membership, you’ll be able to:

Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

To join for £26 a month, click here. To join for £286 for a year (a whole month free!), click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Buy a copy of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit [here].
Visit Sidekick's website: https://www.hellosidekick.co
Pre-order Hannah's book, The Purpose Pursuit™
Listen to The Purpose Pursuit podcast

Today's episode sponsors:

You can download the brochure or book a call here:

https://neurodiversitytrainingacademy.com/pod/

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Making Inner Peace Your 2026 Priority and Finding Your Flow

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 23:15:00 -0000

For our first More Yourself episode of the year, I wanted to share with you the quiet but powerful commitment I have made to myself to prioritise my inner peace above everything else this year.

In this episode, I reflect on the pull I felt to be productive and perform in 2025, and how this year I am choosing to follow invitations that are aligned with my values, that encourage a state of flow, and to step into the version of me which feels most true.

This year, I am hopeful that more of us will begin to drop the mask, give ourselves permission to follow what lights us up and to reclaim peace as a daily, radical act of self-trust.

In this episode, I explore:

How I’m actively prioritising inner peace, and what that looks like in practice
Why I’ve stopped making decisions that go against my nervous system
What flow means to me, and how the podcast became a surprising example of it
The power of doing more of what feels effortless, energising and easeful
Why this year isn’t about fixing or achieving, but about remembering what brings us alive
How ADHD awareness continues to evolve and the links to hormones, inflammation, pain, anxiety, addiction and more

I hope this episode helps you to reflect on what brings you peace and a sense of flow, so that you can move through this year with more softness, more honesty, and more joy?

Tickets to our first LIVE ADHD Women's Wellbeing Event are ON SALE!

We're so excited to be offering you a full day of real-life connection, calm, and community for late-diagnosed women ready to feel understood, supported, and seen.

Kate will be joined by two ADHD expert guest speakers, Hannah Miller (this weeks podcast guest!!) and Dr Hannah Cullen!

You can expect:

Honest, thoughtful, informative conversations
Connection with like-minded, late-diagnosed ADHD women
Information on hormones, energy levels and nervous system regulation
A space to come back to yourself, with women who truly get it

Event details: Friday March 6th 2026, 10:00am – 15:30pm in Wilmslow (near Manchester).

Book your ticket or find out more information here!

Join the More Yourself Community - the doors are now open!

More Yourself is a compassionate space for late-diagnosed ADHD women to connect, reflect, and come home to who they really are. Sign up here!

Inside the More Yourself Membership, you’ll be able to:

Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

To join for £26 a month, click here. To join for £286 for a year (a whole month free!), click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

Today's episode sponsors:

You can download the brochure or book a call here:

https://neurodiversitytrainingacademy.com/pod/

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When Overwhelm Takes Over: Navigating ADHD Hormonal Fluctuations and Emotional Regulation with Dr Judith Mohring

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 23:15:00 -0000

In this week’s episode of The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, Kate is joined by Dr Judith Mohring, an internationally respected consultant organisational psychiatrist, coach, therapist and trainer with over 25 years’ experience working across clinical, leadership and organisational settings.

Judith brings a deeply compassionate and clinically grounded perspective to understanding ADHD in women, particularly through the lens of hormones, emotional regulation, stress and life stages.

Drawing on her work training clinicians, leaders and organisations, and her passion for psychoeducation, this conversation gently challenges the idea that ADHD is static or one-size-fits-all.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

Key Takeaways:

What it really means for neurodivergence to be diverse
The role hormonal changes (including perimenopause, PMDD and postmenopause depression) play in emotional overwhelm for women
The impact of falling progesterone during perimenopause on ADHD symptoms, anxiety and emotional regulation
Why emotional regulation can feel more difficult during periods of stress, ageing or major life transitions
The value of ADHD psychoeducation and neurodiversity education in helping women understand their brains and advocate for mental health support
How greater understanding of neurobiology can reshape the way we approach self-care
The practical role of DBT for ADHD, including mindfulness and emotion regulation tools, in everyday life
How building an ecosystem of ADHD lifestyle tools (including mindfulness, sleep, movement and community) can support long-term wellbeing
Why raising ADHD awareness and education is essential for compassionate, effective care

This is a validating and empowering episode that invites you to see your ADHD not as something to fix, but as something to understand — with flexibility, curiosity, and kindness.

Timestamps:

10:33: Empowering Women with ADHD: Advocacy and Support
14:40: Understanding ADHD and Emotional Regulation
23:08: The Ecosystem of Neurodiversity
28:03: Transitioning from Medication to Holistic Wellbeing
35:44: The Power of Journaling and Externalising Thoughts

Join the More Yourself Community - the doors are now open!

More Yourself is a compassionate space for late-diagnosed ADHD women to connect, reflect, and come home to who they really are. Sign up here!

Inside the More Yourself Membership, you’ll be able to:

Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

To join for £26 a month, click here. To join for £286 for a year (a whole month free!), click here.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Visit ADHD Ed's website - https://www.adhded.co.uk

Today's episode sponsors:

You can download the brochure or book a call here:

https://neurodiversitytrainingacademy.com/pod/

Today’s podcast is also sponsored by therapist Laura Mannucci, who provides neurodiversity-affirming therapy.

Laura is offering ADHD Women’s Wellbeing listeners 4 therapy sessions for the price of 2 for new clients (that’s 50% off!)

To access this offer, use the code KATE when booking.

Learn more about Laura’s work and book a call here:

https://www.lauramannucci.com/

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How to Use AI for an Easier ADHD Life with Amanda Perry

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 23:15:00 -0000

In this week's wisdom episode of The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, we welcome ADHD business mentor Amanda Perry to explore returning to work and life with more ease after the holidays. As a late-diagnosed midlife woman herself, Amanda shares how her ADHD diagnosis reshaped her business, inviting us to embrace supportive tools like AI without losing our unique strengths and messaging.

We discuss practical ways AI can support tasks that require executive function, such as breaking down overwhelming tasks and automating routines, so we can focus on what we love. This conversation honours the shift from "work harder" to "work smarter," helping us reduce burnout and nurture balance in our working life.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

Key Takeaways:

How Amanda's ADHD diagnosis shifted how she runs her business
The power of using AI to automate tasks that drain our energy
How tools like projects and tasks in ChatGPT can support daily workflow and planning
Understanding how AI can complement your strengths and overcome your challenges for the best assistance
Intentional use of AI to break down ideas, clarify your ideas, prevent burnout, and organise your time
Shifting away from a 'work harder' mindset to a more efficient workflow through smarter shortcuts

The key message of this episode is that AI is a tool which can complement your creativity, but isn't a replacement for it. Explore how AI can be your supportive business partner to start the year with more ease, self-compassion, and smarter systems.

Timestamps:

00:34 - Understanding ADHD and Its Impact on Business
04:05 - Leveraging AI for Neurodivergent Entrepreneurs
08:19 - Navigating Productivity Cycles
09:44 - Navigating Perimenopause and Professional Life
16:15 - Leveraging Ideas for Organisation and Planning
18:24 - The Impact of Shortcuts: AI and Modern Living

The More Yourself Community doors are now open!

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ADHD and Anxiety: Understanding the Overlap and How We Can Help Ourselves

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this wisdom episode of The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, we’re revisiting one of our top episodes of 2025 with clinical psychologist, Dr Russell Ramsay.

Together, we explore the powerful link between ADHD and anxiety, and why so many women experience both. This conversation offers a validating look at how ADHD’s constant uncertainty can fuel anxious thoughts, self-doubt and overthinking, and why there is nothing “wrong” with you for feeling this way.

We unpack how anxiety can act as an alarm system, what it might be trying to signal based on past experiences, and how tools like CBT, emotional labelling and distanced self-talk can help you move through anxious moments with more clarity and self-compassion.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

Key Takeaways:

Why anxiety and ADHD are so often intertwined stemming from a fear of uncertainty
An explanation of why stimulants (for some people) can lower anxiety by improving focus and reducing mental chaos
Understanding what your anxiety is trying to protect you from and how to build self-confidence
Where RSD and social anxiety come from and why it they can feel more intense for ADHD women
Seeing anxiety as an alarm system rather than a personal failing to support more confident choices
How tolerating discomfort can help you get started with anxiety-provoking tasks
Simple tools like emotional labelling and distance self-talk to calm your inner chatter and reduce catastrophic thinking

Timestamps:

00:06 - Reflecting on Previous Episodes
01:55 - Understanding the Connection Between ADHD and Anxiety
08:48 - Understanding Anxiety and Emotions
12:06 - Managing Anxiety and Emotional Awareness
14:38 - Understanding Distanced Self Talk

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Redefining Rest and Rebuilding Your Self-Trust After a Late-in Life ADHD Diagnosis

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this wisdom episode of The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, we’re revisiting one of this year’s most listened-to conversations with ADHD coach Meredith Carder, all about redefining what rest really looks like for our ADHD brains.

The holiday season can feel especially intense and overwhelming, so this Christmas Day replay is a gentle reminder that you’re allowed to slow down, honour your needs, and choose rest that actually works for you.

Together, we explore why traditional ideas of “rest” often don’t work for ADHD women and how you can start redefining recovery, energy, and self-care in ways that feel more authentic and sustainable.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

Key Takeaways:

What rest can look like for ADHD beyond just lying on the sofa
Different types of rest including mental rest, active rest, and energising activities that help you reset rather than shut down
How to experiment with what truly recharges you instead of defaulting to what you think you “should” be doing
Why building confidence and self-trust is essential so you can give yourself permission to rest differently and honour your own rhythms
The role of self-compassion in navigating low days, burnout, and motivation dips without spiralling into shame or self-criticism
Challenging societal expectations about productivity, careers, and “how life should look”
Honouring your needs to live in a way that genuinely supports their wellbeing
The impact of common ADHD co-occurring conditions (like anxiety and depression)
How releasing shame and judgement around your needs, work, and pace can create more space for your full potential to emerge

Timestamps:

00:08 - Acknowledging Challenges During Festive Seasons
00:57 - The Importance of Rest for ADHD Brains
04:50 - Redefining Rest for ADHD
08:10 - Trusting Ourselves and Challenging Norms
09:59 - Building Self-Trust in ADHD Recovery
12:36 - Navigating Career Challenges with ADHD

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Holistic Tools for ADHD Self-Regulation, Distress Tolerance & Mood with Vanessa Gorelkin

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this insightful and empowering episode, I’m joined by Vanessa Gorelkin, an occupational therapist who brings a deeply compassionate and practical perspective to supporting ADHD, especially when it comes to emotional regulation, energy management, and creating environments that help us thrive.

Together, we explore how occupational therapy (OT) can be a game-changer for adults with ADHD to help us understand our sensory needs, emotional responses, and daily rhythms. We also explore Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Internal Family Systems (IFS), two powerful frameworks that offer tools for navigating emotional ups and downs with more ease and self-compassion.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

Key Takeaways:

What occupational therapy can look like for adults with ADHD
How DBT techniques like emotional regulation and distress tolerance can help ADHD
The importance of workplace accommodations for neurodivergent individuals
Energy management and the mental health impact of overcompensating for sensory challenges
How to identify your optimal conditions to avoid overstimulation and burnout
The role of the sensitive nervous system and being stuck in a high-cortisol state
Using the diving reflex to regulate your internal state (yes to sighing, cold water, and essential oils!)
Why timing matters when it comes to meditation and rest
How Internal Family Systems (IFS) helps us understand our behaviours and emotional triggers
Why a holistic approach is essential in ADHD therapy and wellbeing

Whether you're managing anxiety, experiencing burnout, or looking for practical, holistic strategies to support your nervous system, this episode is packed with supportive takeaways for you to try!

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Unpacking the Complexities of ADHD, Stress, Pain and Hypermobility with Nick Potter

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this week’s episode of The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, we’re joined by Nick Potter, consultant osteopath and head of health and wellbeing at Brevan Howard Asset Management.

Nick brings a fresh perspective on what’s really going on in our bodies, especially for neurodivergent women navigating stress, sensory overload, pain, and misdiagnosis.

We talk about how the brain processes pain, why hypermobility might be affecting your nervous system more than you think, and the powerful link between chronic conditions like fatigue, fibromyalgia, migraines, and hormonal symptoms and ADHD.

Key takeaways:

What proprioception is and why ADHD women need to understand it
The science behind pain perception and why your brain might interpret things as worse than they are
How hypermobility and collagen differences affect proprioception (a unspoken 6th sense)
Why neurodivergent women experience more chronic fatigue, pain, and hormonal symptoms
The emotional relief and reduced pain that come with a proper diagnosis
The body budget theory: how burnout happens when your energy runs low, and what to do about it
How childhood stress and trauma can change the way your nervous system responds to the world
Using HRV (heart rate variability) as a signal for stress, illness or burnout
The additional stress women go through from having an additional hormone (the womb), and its impact on health
The importance of using anxiety and fear as a signal, not something to ignore
Simple, free tools to support your nervous system, such as resistance training, breathwork, and rest

This is an empowering and validating episode which explains why your body feels like it's constantly in overdrive and help you connect the dots between your body and brain in a whole new way.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

Timestamps:

08:16: Understanding Pain and Neurodivergence
11:13: Understanding Hypermobility and the Brain
18:22: Understanding Burnout and Chronic Stress
26:45: Understanding Women's Health and Sensitivity
36:06: Starting the Day Right: Awakening the Body and Mind
38:26: The Importance of Movement in Cultural Practices

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Reframing our Inner ADHD Dialogue: Moving From Criticism to Compassion

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this week's More Yourself episode of The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, Kate explores one of the biggest and most powerful shifts that happens after a late ADHD diagnosis: learning to trust yourself again.

This clip from the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Summer series workshop, Boosting your Self-Belief and Self-Trust after a late-in-life ADHD Diagnosis, is all about rebuilding self-belief, understanding your inner dialogue, and shifting the unhelpful stories we’ve been telling ourselves, often our whole lives.

Many women diagnosed later in life carry years of internalised shame, people-pleasing, perfectionism, and chronic self-doubt. In this episode, we explore how to recognise and rewire limiting beliefs that have become your reality for so long, but may not actually be true.

This conversation will help you embrace life with self-compassion, clarity, and trust in who you are, what you believe, and how you want to navigate your life.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

Key Takeaways:

Learning how to recognise, rewire, release, and rebuild beliefs to develop stronger self-trust after an ADHD diagnosis
How what we believe often shapes how we see ourselves and our reality
Understanding how internal criticism and old thought patterns influence our choices, confidence, and emotional wellbeing
The power of self-trust and how to reconnect with your inner voice, which knows who you truly are
Using affirmations and mantras to gently shift how you speak to yourself, moving from self-doubt to self-support
Understanding how you want to show up, speak to yourself, and regulate your emotions with compassion and clarity
Why self-acceptance starts with awareness to make space for growth
How to reframe limiting beliefs to move towards healing and self-confidence

Timestamps:

04:47: Understanding Beliefs and Self-Trust
07:40: Understanding Our Beliefs and Their Impact
11:06: Trusting Your Inner Voice
16:53: Embracing Self-Trust

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Creating Mindful ADHD Tech Habits for a Calmer Life

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 23:15:00 -0000

You might have heard of the term "digital wellness", and for those of us with ADHD it's way more than just a buzzword - it's a necessity! That's why this week's episode of The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, we're unpacking how we can support our neurodivergent brains that are wired for stimulation!

In this episode, we’re joined by Laura Willis, a digital wellness coach, speaker, and advocate! Her work focuses on helping individuals and families take back control of their screen time through mindfulness, boundaries, and education to step away from social media and reclaim mental clarity

We explore the addictive nature of phones and why constant digital use can impact our focus. Laura offers practical, actionable tools to manage screen time, reduce stress, and foster healthier digital habits, for both adults and kids.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

Key Takeaways:

What is digital wellness, and why it matters, especially for ADHD brains
Laura's journey away from social media and how it impacted her mental health
The role of schools and parents in guiding healthy screen use.
The HARMONY acronym for building better digital habits
How to foster a family culture of open conversations around tech.
Recognising our own phone use behaviour to model to kids
Setting boundaries like screen-free times to support attention and reduce stress
Using tools like pen and paper to boost memory and avoid digital distractions.
Exploring digital presentism and taking personal responsibility for tech use
The impact of digital culture on high-stress professions like law and finance.

From parenting tips to workplace boundaries, this conversation is packed with insight, warmth, and encouragement for anyone seeking more presence and peace in a tech-saturated world.

Timestamps:

02:29: The Journey to Digital Wellness
07:18: Navigating Technology and Mental Health
15:29: Starting the Conversation with Children about Technology
19:10: Navigating Technology and Relationships
24:56: Finding Digital Harmony and Balance in Parenting and Technology
33:38: The Importance of Screen-Free Breaks
36:28: Reclaiming Our Digital Independence
41:47: The Impact of Digital Wellbeing on Professional Life

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Advocating for Your ADHD Hormonal Health: What Women Need to Know with Dr Helen Wall

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this week’s episode of The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, we’re exploring the complex and often overlooked intersection of ADHD, hormones, and women’s mental health, particularly during pivotal life transitions like perimenopause.

I’m joined by Dr. Helen Wall, a GP and registered menopause specialist with the British Menopause Society. Helen is also a resident GP on BBC Breakfast, a columnist for Woman magazine, and public health clinical director in Greater Manchester. She therefore brings both clinical expertise and real-world empathy to bridge the gap between professional healthcare and accessible, compassionate advice to ensure women feel heard, understood, and properly supported.

We explore why so many women feel dismissed or misdiagnosed when seeking help for emotional and physical symptoms related to hormone fluctuations, and touch on everything from progesterone sensitivity and HRT, to advocating for yourself at the GP, and the growing need for women’s health education that takes neurodiversity seriously.

I discuss the crossover of ADHD and hormones in my new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, which is now available. Grab your copy here!

Key Takeaways:

Why so many women with ADHD report mental health declines during perimenopause, including PMDD, anxiety, and mood disorders.
The connection between hormonal sensitivity and neurodivergence, and why it's often overlooked by mainstream medicine.
How stereotypes and stigma contribute to late ADHD diagnosis in women, especially in midlife.
The shift in how menopause is being discussed and treated post-COVID.
The dangers of a "one-size-fits-all" approach to HRT and why personalised prescriptions matter.
Why clinicians must join the dots between long-term anxiety and depression and undiagnosed ADHD or hormonal issues.
The growing importance of patient-led care and better GP education around menopause and neurodiversity.
How to advocate for yourself at the doctor’s office when your concerns have been dismissed.

Timestamps:

01:50 – ADHD & Hormonal Concerns
04:00 – Perimenopause & Mental Health
06:10 – Misconceptions About ADHD Hormones
10:06 – ADHD in Women: The Hidden Struggles
16:19 – Personalised HRT & Progesterone Sensitivity
25:12 – Women’s Health Advocacy in Practice
31:21 – Self-Advocacy for Better Treatment

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Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity and clarity.

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Navigating Winter with ADHD: Tips for Seasonal Affective Disorder

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 23:15:00 -0000

Have you been struggling to get out of bed lately, stick to your routines or noticed a shift in your mood as the days have got shorter? If your answer is yes, this episode is for you!

In this More Yourself episode, we revisit a clip from my recent workshop about Resting Through the Seasons. We discussed the impact of natural light and seasonal shifts on sleep, circadian rhythm and emotional regulation for women with ADHD. As well as exploring the small changes you can make to have a big impact.

This isn’t about quick wins or productivity hacks. It’s about understanding your body, honouring your needs, and finding rhythms that feel good to you.

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Key Takeaways:

How seasonal changes impact sleep, mood, and energy, especially for women with ADHD
Why morning light is a natural “medicine” that helps regulate melatonin, mood, and motivation
The role of circadian rhythms and how to work with your internal clock, not against it
Why ADHD night owls may struggle more during seasonal shifts
The influence of hormones (e.g. HRT and progesterone) on sleep quality and emotional regulation
Tips for creating calming, gentle rituals and a sleep-friendly bedroom environment
Why acknowledging the impact of seasonal change (without blame) is key to self-compassion

Timestamps:

00:00: Understanding Seasonal Changes and Sleep Quality
00:26: Understanding ADHD and Circadian Rhythms
07:23: The Importance of Morning Light for ADHD Management
12:07: The Importance of Evening Routines for Rest and Recovery
15:52: Understanding Hormonal Influences on Sleep

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Female Friendships and ADHD: How to Find Your Tribe and Build Meaningful Neurodivergent Connections

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this week’s episode of The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, we’re exploring the emotional complexities of female friendship through the lens of ADHD!

I'm joined by Dr. Gilly Kahn, a clinical psychologist and author of Allow Me to Interrupt: A Psychologist Reveals the Emotional Truth Behind Women's ADHD, to explore how emotional dysregulation, Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD), and masking impact our ability to form and maintain healthy social connections, but also help us develop the deepest and most supportive friendships.

We discuss why friendships can feel overwhelming, how the fear of being left out (or left behind) can trigger deep emotional responses, and how self-awareness and communication can help us nurture more authentic relationships.

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Key Takeaways:

How emotional dysregulation and rejection sensitivity (RSD) can impact female friendships, often leading to misunderstandings and emotional overwhelm.
Why ADHD women often prefer direct, meaningful communication.
How small talk or indirect social norms can feel confusing or exhausting.
The common experience of feeling excluded or disconnected in group friendships, especially during times of emotional sensitivity.
The pressure to mask or people-please in social settings, and the toll that takes on mental wellbeing.
The power of gently “filtering” through friendships to focus on quality over quantity.
Why FOMO, birthday anxiety, and fear of people not showing up are amplified for women with ADHD.
How to honour your social battery by setting boundaries and creating space to recharge.
Building self-awareness around your social patterns can help reduce RSD triggers and protect your emotional energy.
The impact of finding your “tribe” in friendships where you can be fully yourself, without masking or performing.

Timestamps:

00:01: Introduction to ADHD Women's Wellbeing
12:12: Navigating Female Friendships and ADHD
22:44: Understanding Social Dynamics in Women's Friendships
25:45: Navigating Social Expectations and Personal Reflections
40:00: Understanding Neurodivergence and Authenticity

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Same Diagnosis, Different Journeys with You’re Wrong About ADHD's Sam Pittis & Katie Breathwick

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this week’s episode of The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, we’re exploring the emotional, relational, and creative realities of living with ADHD, both before and after diagnosis.

I'm joined by Sam Pittis and Katie Breathwick, Classic FM broadcasters and hosts of You’re Wrong About ADHD. Sam and Katie share their very different personal journeys with ADHD, showing that everyone experiences ADHD differently. They also discuss how it’s shaped everything from relationships to their professional lives in broadcasting and beyond.

We talk about the power and impact of late diagnosis, the emotional shifts that follow, and how understanding ADHD has helped them create stronger relationship, with others and themselves. They also reflect on the unique ways ADHD shows up in creativity, especially in fast-paced careers like media and music.

Key Takeaways:

Katie's journey of receiving an ADHD diagnosis, from relief and understanding to grief and anger, and how it brought parts of her personality to life.
Sam’s experience of undiagnosed ADHD, including school struggles, sensory overload, and not fitting typical ADHD stereotypes due to overcompensation.
How masking and structure delayed Sam’s diagnosis, until routines broke down after becoming a parent.
The importance of acceptance, awareness, and open conversations after diagnosis.
How different treatment approaches shaped Katie and Sam’s post-diagnosis experiences in distinct ways.
Learning to balance stimulation and rest to avoid burnout or emotional dysregulation from boredom by developing personal coping mechanisms.
The way partners can blend their strengths and skills to support each other through ADHD challenges.
Why broadcasting is a supportive career for ADHD by offering connection, stimulation, quick thinking, and dopamine boosts.
The crash that follows hyperfocus or overworking due to intense energy output.
Noticing signs of ADHD in famous creatives like Mozart, and what that reveals about neurodiversity across history.

Timestamps:

01:31 – How Sam and Katie Met
04:33 – Katie’s ADHD Diagnosis
06:16 – Sam’s ADHD Story
10:53 – Reaching Acceptance
13:38 – Katie’s Post-Diagnosis Learnings
19:42 – A Call for Cultural Change
25:36 – ADHD’s Impact on Relationships
29:22 – ADHD & Creative Careers
39:43 – ADHD in the Workplace
42:41 – Neurodiversity in Music

This conversation is a reminder that awareness, acceptance, and the right support can transform how we live, work, and connect, with our partners, our passions, and our own neurodivergent minds.

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How Do We Release Our Internal ADHD Pressure and Expectations?

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this episode of More Yourself, I'm sharing a clip from a recent SEED Talk I presented back in July, focusing on how we can work with our uniquely wonderful ADHD brains, rather than against them.

Understanding our ADHD brain is a key element of healing, but we don't have to face this as though it is something new. We have always been neurodivergent, but we may not have had the language or awareness to understand it before.

The modern world asks us to constantly perform, engage in challenging environments and overcompensate to fit in, but this can be exhausting. When we begin to find self-compassion, honour our unique experiences, we can tune into our bodies and take small, intentional steps toward self-care, self-regulation, and authenticity. In turn, self-trust releases the need for external validation and reclaims a life that feels more aligned, more spacious, and more true to who we are.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

What I discuss:

Some of the deepest pressures we carry come from within, shaped by internalised expectations and perfectionism.
How to better understand your personal bandwidth by noticing the people, environments, and choices that either energise or deplete you.
How to break intergenerational cycles of burnout, overwhelm and people pleasing through creating a supportive environment.
Understanding your priorities and asking yourself what you want to let go of.
How creativity, breathwork, and other self-regulation tools can gently support you through anxiety and depression.
The healing power of self-advocacy, and what can happen when you give yourself full permission to rest, take up space, and just be.

Timestamps:

00:05 - The Recognition of Neurodiversity
01:51 - Understanding Our Neurodivergent Experiences
06:10 - Understanding Burnout and Setting Boundaries
09:09 - Embracing Change and Letting Go
14:12 - The Importance of Self-Regulation and Asking for Help
15:19 - The Power of Self-Acceptance and Permission

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Links and Resources:

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Burnout, Boundaries and Bandwidth: ADHD-Informed Decision Making and Self-Trust with Anna Mathur

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this week’s episode of The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, Anna Mathur—BACP-accredited psychotherapist and Sunday Times bestselling author, shares her personal and professional insight into how ADHD awareness can transform our approach to life!

Through honest reflections and expert insight, we unpack the grief that can come with a late ADHD diagnosis, the challenges of building self-trust, creating new boundaries and learning what our bandwidth feels like and how burnout can stem from years of masking and overfunctioning.

Together, we share empowering strategies to help listeners move from all-or-nothing thinking to making sustainable, compassionate choices, rooted in self-awareness and nervous system care.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

What You’ll Learn:

Why ADHD can make decision-making so overwhelming, and how to rebuild self-trust
The grief and confusion that can follow a late ADHD diagnosis
How burnout shows up in ADHD women and why it’s often overlooked
The tension between the ADHD brain’s creativity and our nervous system’s need for calm
Shifting from “all or nothing” to making better, kinder choices for yourself
How to tune into your body’s signals when making decisions
Communicating your needs and letting go of people-pleasing
Using tools like a “Good Decision Diary” to grow confidence and clarity
The power of creative outlets and self-care practices like gardening

Timestamps:

03:00 – Understanding ADHD: Personal Journeys and Insights
10:34 – Navigating the Grief of ADHD Realisation
17:01 – The Hidden Cost of Overfunctioning & Burnout
25:24 – Living with an ADHD Brain: Exhaustion & Self-Doubt
31:26 – Tuning Into Our Body’s Wisdom for Better Decisions
35:24 – Prioritising Self-Care and Communicating Needs
44:22 – Creative Outlets and Rebuilding Self-Trust

Whether you're just beginning to explore ADHD or deep in your healing journey, this conversation is a reminder that you’re not alone, and that self-care isn’t selfish, it’s essential.

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Links and Resources:

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Visit Anna's website or connect with her on Instagram @annamathur
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The Truth About ADHD Productivity Hacks with Ari Tuckman

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this week’s episode of The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, we're unpacking the emotional and relational challenges many ADHD women face, especially when it comes to productivity, partnership dynamics, and understanding how ADHD shapes our daily lives.

I'm joined by Ari Tuckman, a leading psychologist, sex therapist, ADHD specialist and author of The ADHD Productivity Manual. Ari takes a realistic, compassionate approach to managing ADHD by helping individuals and couples find what truly works for them, rather than quick-fix, unhelpful ADHD hacks.

We discuss how recognising and understanding ADHD can transform both productivity and personal connection, from romantic relationships to how we respect ourselves. Ari shares powerful tools from his latest book, The ADHD Productivity Manual, and offers practical guidance for living with more clarity, communication, and compassion.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

Key Takeaways:

How couples can navigate ADHD together and build stronger, more understanding relationships.
The turning point in a relationship when ADHD becomes a lens for explanation, not blame.
The impact of a non-ADHD partner empowering their partner, while the ADHD partner takes active responsibility.
The truth about "productivity hacks": why they often fall short, and what really helps in daily life.
Exploring the ADHD-autism crossover and what it means to be AuDHD.
What to do when your partner isn’t interested or supportive of your diagnosis.
Why having an ADHD-affirming therapist can be transformative for both individuals and couples.
The role of compassion, empathy, and humour in navigating ADHD.

Whether you're newly diagnosed, supporting a loved one with ADHD, or simply curious about how to better support your ADHD day-to-day life, this episode offers validation, clarity, and actionable advice.

Timestamps:

05:27 - Understanding ADHD's Impact on Relationships
08:14 - ADHD as an Explanation vs an Excuse
11:53 - Shared Productivity in Couples
17:48 - Tools for Creating a Calmer Life
21:24 - Understand What ADHD Means to You
27:00 - Advice for Disengaged Partners During ADHD Diagnosis
30:03 - The Benefits of Working with a Neuroaffirming Therapist
33:19 - The Intention Behind Ari's New Book

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Creating Meaningful Connections: How ADHD Awareness Can Transform Your Life

Sun, 26 Oct 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this episode of More Yourself, I wanted to share a clip from a recent ADHD Women's Wellbeing live session that explored the concept of generativity versus stagnation —a theme that is very prevalent among late-diagnosed ADHD women.

This concept, rooted in Erik Erikson’s psychosocial development theory, invites us to reflect on how we create meaning and contribute to our own lives and to others as we move through the different stages of adulthood. For those of us who received a diagnosis later in life, this understanding can be transformative. It reminds us that our diagnosis isn’t the end, it’s the beginning of a new chapter.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

What I discuss:

Erikson’s 8 stages of psychosocial development viewed through a neurodivergent lens.
The impact of unconscious masking on ADHD traits and energy levels.
The concept of generativity vs. stagnation for late-diagnosed ADHD women.
Seeing a late diagnosis as a new chapter for authenticity and evolution.
The role of meaningful connection in women's reconnection with their identity post-diagnosis.
The power of embracing change in midlife and beyond.

Timestamps

00:33 – Understanding ADHD and Psychosocial Development
03:30 – Overview of Erikson’s 8 Stages of Psychosocial Development
05:26 – Life Stages Through a Neurodivergent Lens
07:17 – Generativity vs. Stagnation Explained
07:54 – Generativity as a New Chapter of Potential
09:40 – Embracing Change and Authenticity
12:16 – Closing Reflections and Personal Growth

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How To Improve Your ADHD Lifestyle Without Pressure OR Guilt

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this week’s episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, we're unpacking the emotional and practical challenges many ADHD women face, from struggling to plan meals to dealing with shame around eating habits, and how to begin healing with grace and self-compassion.

I'm joined by Dr. Helen Lawal, an NHS doctor, nutritionist, and neurodivergent health coach with over 15 years of experience in women’s health, nutrition, and neurodiversity. Helen takes a neuroaffirming, compassionate approach to simplify nutrition and help ADHD women work with their brains, not against them. Helen's private practice supports late-diagnosed ADHD women who feel out of control with food, helping them reduce cravings, emotional eating, and lose weight without diets, shame, or overwhelm.

From executive function challenges around cooking to the emotional rollercoaster of bingeing and restricting, we dive deep into the real-life struggles and strategies that support your day-to-day life and healing after a late diagnosis.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

What You'll Learn:

Understanding our ADHD traits and how this can help with eating behaviours
How to start your nutritional healing journey after an ADHD diagnosis with tools like food diaries
What a "balanced diet" really looks like beyond social media
Why counting calories, restricting sugar and weighing yourself actually makes eating healthier harder
Tips to simplify meal planning, add in protein and fibre and reduce restriction
The importance of incorporating joyful movement that energises rather than drains you
A reality check on GLP-1 medications, including muscle loss, withdrawal, and the need for long-term support
Common co-occurring conditions with ADHD/AuDHD and how they influence nutrition and wellbeing
How to find trusted, evidence-based health advice that supports neurodivergent needs
Creating a supportive community helps alleviate the feelings of isolation and provides shared experiences

Timestamps:

03:38 - Understanding Helen's Personal Journey of ADHD and Nutrition
11:02 - Understanding the Cycle of Disordered Eating
14:52 - Embracing Simplicity in Nutrition
21:06 - Building Trust with Food By Letting Go of Restrictions
26:28 - The Importance of Holistic Health in Nutrition
31:51 - Neurodivergent Traits and Their Impact on Nutrition
36:59 - Introduction to ADHD Support Resources

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Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Connect with Helen on Instagram: @drhelenlawal

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Leaning Into Self-Trust: A More Yourself Episode

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this episode of More Yourself, we’re diving into one of the most powerful (and sometimes uncomfortable) tools in the ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Toolkit, developing self-trust.

We’ll explore how so many of us late-diagnosed ADHD women have been conditioned to doubt ourselves, to mask, and to override our inner knowing. But what happens when we start listening to our bodies, following our curiosity, and letting go of the need to get it all “right”?

This conversation is about experimenting without pressure, embracing the lessons in things not going to plan, and gently tuning in to your own guidance. It's about creating a life that works for you, not what the world expects.

So here’s your invitation: What would it feel like to trust yourself... even just a little more?

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

What I discuss:

Thriving with ADHD by embracing your ADHD, not performing or masking.
Leaning into self-trust (despite fear) to build clarity, confidence, and resilience.
The role of playful trial-and-error to learn without the pressure to be perfect.
Using failures to learn, grow and discover new information.
Using somatic tools and breathwork to regulate and reconnect.
What setting unapologetic boundaries looks like.
Taking small steps and recognising how your body responds.

Timestamps:

01:19 – Embracing Authenticity
03:37 – Book Excerpt (Chapter 7, pg. 131 – Self-Trust)
06:50 – Flexing the Self-Trust Muscle
08:04 – Leaning into Discomfort and Unmasking
09:26 – Cultivating a Growth Mindset
09:56 – Exploring Post-Traumatic Growth
13:34 – Trusting Yourself and Inner Guidance

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ADHD, the Criminal Justice System and Compassionate Rehabilitation with Sarah Templeton

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this week’s episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, we’re shining a light on the critical but often ignored intersection between ADHD and the criminal justice system.

I’m joined by Sarah Templeton, CEO of ADHD Liberty, counsellor, author of The Prison Counsellor, and tireless campaigner for ADHD awareness in prisons, probation, and homelessness services. Sarah shares how her powerful personal and professional journey of late diagnosed ADHD has led her to dedicate her work to supporting those misunderstood, misdiagnosed, and mistreated by a system that labels ADHD traits as “bad” behaviour rather than unmet needs.

With a fierce belief in rehabilitation, Sarah discusses common ADHD traits that can trigger "bad behaviour", practical ways ADHD can be managed behind bars without medication, and how improved understanding of ADHD can transform self-esteem, life outcomes, and even steer individuals from criminality to entrepreneurship.

Her work is paving the way for a world where ADHD isn’t punished but supported, and where young people are guided away from the school-to-prison pipeline.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

What You'll Learn:

Why society must stop labelling ADHD as “naughty” and start supporting it as a neurological condition
Why ADHD traits like impulsivity and boundary-pushing are often misread as “bad behaviour”
How poor self-esteem and shame in undiagnosed ADHD can drive offending
Sarah's work to create ADHD awareness videos in prisons
How parenting can be the turning point between criminality and creativity
The urgent need for ADHD screening in schools, prisons, probation, addiction and homelessness services
What managing ADHD without medication or exercise looks like in prison (e.g. breathwork, mindset strategies)
The role of ADHD awareness in rehabilitation
The importance of research into ADHD and criminality, and the transformational effects of diagnosis and rehabilitation

Understanding ADHD as a condition rather than a moral failing can significantly enhance self-esteem and promote recovery for those affected, as well as improve the criminal justice system. To help the School-to-Prison Pipeline, click here.

Timestamps:

07:30 - Understanding ADHD in the Criminal Justice System
12:34 - The Transformative Power of Awareness and Self-Understanding
15:42 - Addressing ADHD in Prisons: The Need for Specialised Support
25:01 - Understanding ADHD in the Criminal Justice System
26:10 - Changes Required in the Education System Regarding ADHD
28:19- Understanding ADHD in Rehabilitation
36:04 - Raising ADHD Awareness in Prisons

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Building an Authentic Life After ADHD Diagnosis: A More Yourself Episode

Sun, 12 Oct 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this episode of More Yourself, we're opening up The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and flicking to Chapter 7 to build a life that works for you.

This conversation is rooted in the idea that your ADHD isn’t something to fix, it’s something to understand, embrace, and honour. We explore what happens when we release the guilt, shame, and constant striving, and instead begin to create a compassionate blueprint that supports who we truly are.

This episode is a gentle invitation to ask: What am I ready to let go of? What boundaries do I need to protect my energy? And most importantly, what kind of life do I want to build, just for me?

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

What I discuss:

How guilt, shame, and masking can disconnect us from our true ADHD selves.
Why living in survival mode keeps us stuck, and how to recognise it
How to create an ADHD-informed, compassionate blueprint for life.
What you’re no longer willing to accept, and the unapologetic boundaries you’re ready to set.
Letting go of the pressure to do more and finding energy in simplicity and self-trust.
How somatic tools like breath work can support nervous system regulation and reconnection.
Why building a life that works for you starts with embracing, not hiding, your neurodivergence.

Timestamps:

01:33 - Building a Life that Works for You
05:22 - Beginning a New Chapter by Embracing Change and Awareness
14:06 - Tuning Into Our Inner Wisdom
16:10 - Building a Supportive Community for Women

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We’ll also be walking through The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Toolkit together, exploring nervous system regulation, burnout recovery, RSD, joy, hormones, and self-trust, bringing the book to life in a supportive community setting.

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
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Neurodivergent Families: Reparenting Yourself While Parenting Your Children

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this week’s episode of The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, we’re exploring the complexities of parenting as a neurodivergent individual and how our own lived experiences can shape the way we support our neurodivergent children, helping to foster more resilience, compassion, and understanding.

I’m joined by Holly Blanc Moses, a therapist and parent coach with over 23 years of experience supporting neurodivergent families. Holly shares her personal and professional insights into emotional regulation, reparenting, and how self-advocacy can transform both our parenting and our wellbeing. Together, we unpack how breaking generational patterns and modelling self-compassion can foster resilience in both parents and children.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available. Grab your copy here!

What You’ll Learn:

How understanding our own ADHD helps our children
The challenges neurodivergent parents face when raising neurodivergent children
How emotional regulation helps both parents and children navigate stress
What reparenting involves and how it can break harmful generational cycles
How to release the “shoulds” of parenthood and define parenting on your terms
Ways to nurture grit, resilience, and self-advocacy in your children
The importance of modelling self-advocacy and asking for support

Timestamps:

02:33 – Holly’s lived experience of having neurodivergent children
05:16 – Challenges and insights to parenting neurodivergent children
08:55 – Recovering from generational trauma and undiagnosed neurodivergence
10:34 – Parental pressure and emotional regulation
16:14 – Reparenting and developing self-compassion
24:10 – Modelling resilience and fostering independence
25:00 – Encouraging self-advocacy in children as a parent

This episode is about giving yourself permission to slow down and parent in a way that honours both your needs and your child’s. If anything, let it be a reminder that if what you are doing works for your family, that is enough, no matter what anyone else says.

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Links and Resources:

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Visit Holly's website or connect with her on Instagram @hollyblancmoses

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Finding More Presence, Not Perfection: A More Yourself Episode

Sun, 05 Oct 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this episode of More Yourself, I’m inviting you to pause and come back to the present moment.

We explore what happens when you’re stuck in the cycle of feeling not enough, constantly doing, comparing, and striving, until it becomes clear you can’t keep living this way. It’s about recognising when you’ve reached your limit, and trusting that you can sit in the silence.

Inspired by the book Present Over Perfect, this episode is a gentle reminder that you don’t have to prove yourself through productivity. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is stop, get quiet, and come home to yourself.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available. Grab your copy here!

What I Discuss:

How emotional roller coasters and dysregulation show up for ADHD women.
Why stillness can feel so uncomfortable yet is so powerful for change.
The grounding power of books to bring us back to the present moment during times of overwhelm.
Letting go of the pressure to be more, do more, or prove yourself and finding safety in simply being.
Reaching a tipping point and realising you can’t keep doing life the same way anymore.
Moving away from external validation and hustle culture, and reconnecting with what feels authentic.
How slowing down, decluttering (even your books), and tuning in can lead to powerful self-awareness and change.

Timestamps:

02:55 - Embracing Your Authentic Self through Books
04:17 - Emotional Dysregulation and Finding Stillness
06:14 - Shauna Niequist's Book Excerpt
09:18 - Reconnecting on The Journey to Self-Awareness
10:20 - Creating Your Authentic Space with More Yourself

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Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
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Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

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Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Book mentioned: Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living by Shauna Niequist

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Nervous System Regulation Help For ADHD Overwhelm and Burnout

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this week’s episode of The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, we’re diving into the world of somatic ADHD coaching, and why connecting with your nervous system might be the missing link in managing burnout, chronic stress, and overwhelm.

I’m joined by Jenny Adams, a somatic ADHD coach who helps women understand the mind-body connection and develop nervous system regulation and calming strategies that feel safe, sustainable, and uniquely aligned to them. Together, we explore how tuning into your body’s signals can help you set better boundaries, honour your energy, and stop pushing through at the expense of your wellbeing.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available. Grab your copy here!

What You’ll Learn:

What somatic coaching involves and how it supports nervous system healing
Why safety and regulation are deeply personal and essential for thriving with ADHD
How nervous system dysregulation contributes to chronic stress and burnout
The effects of masking and overachieving, and why authenticity matters
How to assess and reduce your allostatic load (the cumulative stress on your system)
How a business or career “audit” can help you find your true focus
Practical tips for entrepreneurs and corporate professionals to set boundaries, ask for support, and honour their limits

Timestamps:

05:21 – Understanding somatic ADHD coaching
09:25 – The role of nervous system safety in everyday life
12:15 – How chronic conditions are linked to stress and dysregulation
14:30 – Burnout and chronic stress explained through a somatic lens
23:10 – Entrepreneur advice: knowing your limits and doing what works
25:45 – How to do a self-led business audit
29:13 – Somatic support in the corporate world
33:40 – Finding balance amidst overload
36:40 – Empowering decisions through body awareness

This episode is about giving yourself permission to slow down and soothe your ADHD nervous system by recognising your limits and learning how to create systems that support you in your business and your life based on what really matters.

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Learn from guest experts and practical tools
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Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Connect with Jenny on Instagram @jennyadamscoach or her website

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How to feel fulfilled and NOT overfilled: A More Yourself episode

Sun, 28 Sep 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this episode of More Yourself, I invite you to explore what it means to stop masking, reconnect with your true self, and release the things that are no longer serving you.

We’ll discuss how living in protection mode can lead to burnout, how to start stripping things back with compassion, and why creating space is the first step toward genuine clarity. As the seasons changed and we move away from summer, this is your invitation to do less and be more.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available. Grab your copy here!

What You'll Learn:

The role of reconnection to self in unmasking.
How to identify what you’re ready to let go of, including thoughts, habits, or expectations.
What it means to live in protection mode and how to begin softening out of it.
How to prevent burnout by stripping things back and honouring your limits.
Why doing less can actually create more clarity, spaciousness, and self-trust.
How to integrate what you’ve learned from the changing seasons to move forward with intention.

Timestamps:

03:13 - Honouring the changing seasons to embrace minimalism and simplicity
05:16 - Recognising personal energy drainers and personal fulfilment
07:55- How to create space for growth
12:51 - Information about More Yourself

This episode is here to help you honour the changes around you and make space for what matters whilst letting go of what’s no longer serving you. If you’re craving support, clarity, and connection, the More Yourself membership is ready for you.

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Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

To join for £26 a month, click here. To join for £286 for a year (a whole month free!), click here.

Links and Resources:

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Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
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Release Your Money Shame by an ADHD Money Expert

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 23:15:00 -0000

When it comes to managing finances with ADHD, it’s rarely just about numbers or spreadsheets; it’s about breaking things down and finding what works for you. We know that money is a sensitive topic, but throw ADHD in the mix, and you'll find this conversation incredibly validating and hopefully very helpful!

In this week’s episode of the ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, I’m joined by Tina Mathams, ADHD money coach and author of ADHD Money. Together, we explore how ADHD impacts our relationship with finances and why traditional advice often falls short.

Tina shares practical, compassionate strategies to help you manage impulsive spending, understand your money story, and create habits that truly work for your brain. Whether money feels overwhelming or confusing, this episode will help you feel more empowered and less alone.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

What You'll Learn:

Why money can feel so emotionally overwhelming for women with ADHD
How your nervous system is linked to financial stress and decision-making
Tina’s perspective on trial-and-error budgeting
Simple tools to reduce impulsive spending
How to talk to accountants or financial advisors about your ADHD needs
Why self-compassion and money affirmations can rewire unhelpful beliefs
How to start shifting from shame to empowerment in your financial life
Apps to help with financing, budgeting and accounting with ADHD

Timestamps:

02:45 – What inspired Tina to write ADHD Money
04:26 – The nervous system, ADHD, and money overwhelm
07:57 - ADHD traits that complicate money management
11:32 – Navigating finances through an ADHD lens
15:05 – What to be mindful of when managing money
26:03 – Reframing money as a tool for empowerment
32:56 – Strategies to manage impulsive spending with ADHD

Whether you're working on impulsive spending, emotional budgeting, or simply trying to feel more in control of your finances, this episode will leave you feeling informed, empowered, and more hopeful about what’s possible.

Join the More Yourself Community - the doors are now open!

More Yourself is a compassionate space for late-diagnosed ADHD women to connect, reflect, and come home to who they really are. Sign up here!

Inside the More Yourself Membership, you’ll be able to:

Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

To join for £26 a month, click here. To join for £286 for a year (a whole month free!), click here.

Links and Resources:

Join my new ADHD community-first membership, More Yourself, which is live! Sign up [here].
Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Check out Tina's Instagram @theadhdaccountant.

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How to Respond, Not React: A More Yourself episode

Sun, 21 Sep 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this episode of More Yourself, we explore my 'APBR Method': a simple four-step approach to help you respond to life with awareness and intention. For ADHD women navigating overwhelm, anxiety, or emotional reactivity, this method offers a way to ground yourself in the present and choose how you want to show up.

We’ll discuss creating space between your triggers and your response, learning to breathe through discomfort, and releasing old patterns that no longer serve you. With compassion for your past self and clarity about who you're becoming, this is your invitation to move forward with more ease and self-trust.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

What You'll Learn:

What is my APBR Method: Awareness, Pause, Breathe, Release/Respond.
Why self-awareness is the first step toward meaningful change.
How to pause and respond with intention in stressful situations.
Breathing and grounding techniques for emotional regulation and clarity.
How to release old patterns and step out of the default mode network.
Finding “glimmers” — small moments of joy, safety, and presence.
How community and connection support your growth and authenticity.

Timestamps:

03:42 - Introducing the APBR Method
03:56 - Soothe Your Anxiety
07:46 - The Importance of Pausing for Perspective
11:11 - Embracing Groundedness in Chaotic Times
14:54 - The Journey to a New Version of Ourselves

This episode is here to help you slow down, tune in, and respond from a place of intention, not survival. If you’re ready to go deeper and grow in community, The More Yourself membership is here.

Join the More Yourself Community - the doors are now open!

More Yourself is a compassionate space for late-diagnosed ADHD women to connect, reflect, and come home to who they really are.

Inside the More Yourself Membership, you’ll be able to:

Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

Launch Details:

Early Bird Discount: 16th–23rd September — only £18/month Join now!

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

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THE Natural Remedies for ADHD from a Holistic Pharmacist

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 23:15:00 -0000

When it comes to managing ADHD, especially for women balancing hormones, emotions, and daily demands, there’s never a one-size-fits-all answer.

In this week’s episode of the ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, I’m joined by Kevin Leivers, founder of The Naked Pharmacy, to explore how natural remedies can sit alongside food, medication, and therapy to create a truly personalised wellbeing toolkit.

This episode is here to help you learn more about supplements and diet as part of your ADHD care, and how you can make empowered choices that align with your lifestyle and values. Kevin shares his belief that natural remedies and conventional medicine can (and should) work together, in ways that are tailored to your needs.

With over 35 years of experience across both conventional and natural medicine, Kevin offers practical insights, science-backed advice, and deeply compassionate support for women looking to feel more balanced, calm, and in control of their health.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

What You'll Learn:

Kevin’s journey from traditional pharmacy into natural health, and why he started The Naked Pharmacy
How diet and food quality affect ADHD symptoms and emotional wellbeing
The role of holistic support in ADHD care and building your own personalised toolkit
How The Naked Pharmacy offers pharmacist-backed support for supplement use
Understanding the connection between ADHD, hormones, and emotional health
How natural supplements like magnesium and saffron (Saffrosun) can support mood, sleep, and anxiety
The importance of choosing high-quality supplements
The difference between synthetic and natural options
How nutrients like copper and zinc impact the nervous system and mental health
Why personalised, cost-effective, and consistent care is key to long-term wellbeing

Timestamps:

02:40 – Kevin’s journey into pharmacy and natural health
10:44 – The impact of diet on ADHD symptoms
12:01 – Providing a holistic ADHD support toolkit
13:27 – How The Naked Pharmacy offers expert pharmacist support
21:32 – Understanding the link between ADHD and hormonal health
27:42 – The importance of natural supplements like magnesium and saffron
35:44 – Personalising your supplements and monitoring results
40:50 – Empowering health choices and making support consistent and affordable

Whether you're new to supplements or want to better understand how they support ADHD symptoms, this episode will give you clarity, confidence, and options.

Join the More Yourself Community

More Yourself is a compassionate space for late-diagnosed ADHD women to connect, reflect, and come home to who they really are. Join here!

Inside the More Yourself Membership, you’ll be able to:

Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

Launch Details:

Early Bird Discount: 16th–23rd September — only £18/month [Join the Waitlist Here]

Links and Resources:

Join my new ADHD community-first membership, More Yourself, launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers until 23rd September [here].
Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

Visit www.thenakedpharmacy.com or reach out to pharmacist@thenakedpharmacy.com with any questions.

Use code KATEADHD at checkout for 10% off your first one-time order or a massive 35% off your first subscription order!*

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More Yourself: Understanding Your Stress Response and Healing Your ADHD Nervous System

Sun, 14 Sep 2025 23:15:00 -0000

Welcome back to More Yourself, a space to explore authenticity, connection, and what it really means to live in alignment with who you are.

In this episode, we’re diving deep into the role your nervous system plays in your mental health, your energy, and your ability to feel safe being your full self. Together, we’ll explore what it looks like to move from dysregulation into groundedness, and how learning to understand your body’s stress responses can be the beginning of real healing.

What You'll Learn:

Why your nervous system is the foundation of your mental and emotional health.
The connection between ADHD, chronic stress, and cycles of burnout.
How to start identifying your unique triggers, from people-pleasing to masking.
What it means to “soften” and create small moments of safety in your body.
The impact of cortisol and stress on your physical wellbeing.
Simple ways to begin regulating your ADHD nervous system daily.
How self-compassion becomes a radical act of healing and trust.

This episode is your permission to slow down, go inward, and come home to yourself, one grounded moment at a time, because when you start to honour your own needs and desires, things can begin to shift.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction to More Yourself
01:29 - Exploring the Nervous System
05:24 - Understanding the Impact of Stress on Health
09:39 - The Journey to Self-Understanding
10:24 - Finding Self-Compassion and Trusting Yourself
13:35 - Embracing New Experiences and Self-Compassion

And if this resonates, the More Yourself membership is here to support your ongoing journey, helping you build a relationship with yourself that’s rooted in authenticity, compassion, and clarity.

Join the More Yourself Community - Starting in October!

More Yourself is a compassionate space for late-diagnosed ADHD women to connect, reflect, and come home to who they really are.

Inside the More Yourself Membership, you’ll be able to:

Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

Launch Details:

Free Live Session: 16th September [Sign up here]
Early Bird Discount: 16th–23rd September — only £18/month [Join the Waitlist Here]

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled women newly diagnosed with ADHD find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity, and clarity.

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How to Integrate Low Demand Parenting with Jessie S Hewitson

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 23:15:00 -0000

Maybe you don't need to keep pushing for "socially-acceptable parenting", maybe you need strategies that work for you and your children, too!

In this week’s episode of the ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, I speak with award-winning journalist at The i Paper, Director of NeuroUniverse and author of How to Raise a Happy ADHD Child and How to Raise a Happy Autistic Child, Jessie Hewitson, about the emotional realities and practical tools of raising neurodivergent children.

As a parent of neurodivergent children herself, Jessie opens up about how receiving ADHD and autism diagnoses, for herself and her children, completely shifted her understanding of parenting, identity, and support. From school struggles to executive functioning, PDA, and low-demand parenting, we explore how embracing neurodivergence can transform the home environment.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

What You'll Learn:

The overlap between ADHD and autism, and how understanding both can change everything
How to advocate for your child’s needs in school and beyond
Why validating your child’s emotions is key to their self-esteem and regulation
How executive functioning is so individual, and how to support it at home
The role of dopamine in ADHD and how this affects parenting
What PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) is and how it relates to autism
How low-demand parenting and NVR (Non-Violent Resistance) approaches support neurodivergent children
The challenges of being a neurodivergent parent raising neurodivergent kids,
Jessie's advice to protect your own wellbeing
How to stop prioritising “what’s socially acceptable” and focus instead on your child’s self-worth

Timestamps:

2:06 – Jessie’s personal experience with ADHD, autism and parenting
3:51 – How the media portrays autism and why this matters
12:38 – Practical changes to help children feel happy and safe
13:56 – How to get the right support at school
20:41 – What it’s like to be a neurodivergent parent of ND children
22:11 – Understanding PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance)
23:32 – Navigating parenting challenges with PDA
31:20 – How NVR can support low-demand parenting
34:44 – Honesty about parenting challenges and neurodivergence
37:54 – How to look after yourself as a parent and advocate

This powerful and deeply validating conversation is for any parent navigating the highs and lows of neurodivergent family life, offering compassion, clarity, and actionable insight.

Links and Resources:

Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership, More Yourself, launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Connect with Jessie via Instagram.

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'More Yourself' - Embrace Your Authenticity While Navigating Life with ADHD

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 23:15:00 -0000

Welcome to the very first episode of our brand-new podcast segment: More Yourself. A space to explore authenticity, connection, and what it really means to live in alignment with who you are.

In this episode, I share what “being more yourself” means to me, what you can expect from these episodes, as well as sharing more details about my brand new More Yourself membership.

This is your invitation to start peeling back the layers to uncover your truest self. From dropping the mask to learning to ask for what you need, honour your boundaries, and navigate the discomfort that comes with real growth, we'll explore what being more yourself means uniquely to you.

These episodes and the membership are here to give you an anchor to return to yourself, and I can’t wait to have you on this journey with me.

What You'll Learn:

The More Yourself series will include weekly episodes on Mondays, designed as mini coaching sessions, featuring questions and advice.
What “being more yourself” means as an ADHD woman such as authenticity, sensory needs, relationships, and nervous system patterns.
Future topics that Kate will explore in the More Yourself series including setting boundaries, mindfulness, understanding your ADHD and how to decide who you want to be moving forward.
Introducing the More Yourself Membership and how this community has been created for you to come home to yourself.

Timestamps:

00:07 - Introduction to More Yourself Podcast Episodes
03:56 - The Journey to Authenticity
06:55 - Exploring Self-Discovery and Change
10:12 - Finding Inner Peace and Mindfulness
12:15 - Introducing More Yourself: A New Community for Women
16:12 - Embracing the Real You: A Journey into ADHD Awareness

Join the More Yourself Community - Coming October, free live workshop on 16th September!

More Yourself is a compassionate space for late-diagnosed ADHD women to connect, reflect, and come home to who they really are.

Inside the More Yourself Membership, you’ll be able to:

Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

Launch Details:

Free Live Session: 16th September [Sign up here]
Early Bird Discount: 16th–23rd September — only £18/month [Join the Waitlist Here]

Links and Resources:

Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

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Building Your Community and Authenticity in ADHD Life

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 23:15:00 -0000

What if embracing your ADHD could be the key to finally feeling at peace with yourself?

On this week's Summer ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit Episode, I talk to world-renowned ADHD psychotherapist Sari Solden about the journey from self-doubt and masking to deep self-acceptance and confidence. With over 35 years of experience helping adults with ADHD, Sari shares her deep wisdom on navigating identity, self-acceptance, and the unique challenges faced by women with ADHD.

Whether you’re newly diagnosed or years into your ADHD journey, this conversation will give you practical tools and the hope that you can create a life that works beautifully with your brain.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

In this episode, you’ll learn:

The common misconceptions about ADHD in women
The role of identity and self-acceptance in managing ADHD
How to understand and embrace ADHD as part of your identity
How to overcome shame, self-doubt and societal pressures
Ways to balance protection and connection in your relationships
Navigate ADHD and live a more fulfilled life using Sari’s three-stage framework
How to communicate your needs to others in a way that feels comfortable
Cultural expectations of different genders and the impact this has on executive functioning

Timestamps:

04:06 - Exploring ADHD Identity and Acceptance
07:42 - Starting the Journey of Acceptance
12:48 - Navigating the Identity Crisis in ADHD Awareness
19:54 - Navigating the Challenges of ADHD
22:53 - Understanding Gender Expectations and ADHD

Whether you’re at the start of your ADHD journey or working on deeper self-acceptance, this episode offers tools, validation, and encouragement to live a more confident, authentic life.

Links and Resources:

Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership, More Yourself, launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Connect with Sari via her website or find her on Instagram.

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Mindful Mood, Gut and Nutrition Tips for ADHD

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 08:00:00 -0000

Your gut health could be shaping your mood, focus, and emotions more than you think.

On this week's Summer ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit Episode, we dive into the fascinating gut-brain connection with IBS specialist, Cara Wheatley-McGrain, to talk about the small, everyday changes that can transform your mood, focus, and emotional wellbeing.

This episode is packed with insights on the gut-microbiome and practical strategies to help you eat in a way that nourishes both your brain and your gut, with tips on the three stars of the show: fibre, prebiotics and probiotics.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

What You’ll Learn:

How what you eat impacts your gut, mood and overall health
The link between gut health, immune system, stress, and anxiety
How processed foods and additives affect the microbiome
The role of fibre and fermented foods in reducing stress
Why inflammation and malabsorption matter for ADHD
Simple strategies to improve your gut health
The role of prebiotics and probiotics, and where to find them
How to make small, sustainable changes to protect your gut

Timestamps

02:00 – The Role of Nutrition in Brain and Gut Health
03:30 – Understanding the Gut Microbiome
05:16 – ADHD Bloods: Ferritin, Iron, and Absorption
08:30 – Tracking Symptoms and Responses to Food
11:55 – Healthy Gut Microbiome and Serotonin
17:49 – Modern Diets vs Evolutionary Gut Needs
18:29 – Eating Tips to Optimise Your Gut Microbiome
21:27 – The Role of Prebiotics and Probiotics in Gut Health

Stress can have a huge impact on your gut microbiome, so while it’s brilliant to eat in ways that support your gut, your diet doesn't need to be "perfect"! It’s about finding what works for you and your lifestyle so your body and mind can thrive.

Links and Resources:

Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Connect with Cara via her website or find her on Instagram.

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The Gut-Brain Connection: Mindful Mood & Nutrition Tips for ADHD

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 08:00:00 -0000

Your gut health could be shaping your mood, focus, and emotions more than you think.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

What You’ll Learn:

How what you eat impacts your gut, mood and overall health
The link between gut health, immune system, stress, and anxiety
How processed foods and additives affect the microbiome
The role of fibre and fermented foods in reducing stress
Why inflammation and malabsorption matter for ADHD
Simple strategies to improve your gut health
The role of prebiotics and probiotics, and where to find them
How to make small, sustainable changes to protect your gut

Timestamps

02:00 – The Role of Nutrition in Brain and Gut Health
03:30 – Understanding the Gut Microbiome
05:16 – ADHD Bloods: Ferritin, Iron, and Absorption
08:30 – Tracking Symptoms and Responses to Food
11:55 – Healthy Gut Microbiome and Serotonin
17:49 – Modern Diets vs Evolutionary Gut Needs
18:29 – Eating Tips to Optimise Your Gut Microbiome
21:27 – The Role of Prebiotics and Probiotics in Gut Health

Links and Resources:

Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Connect with Cara via her website or find her on Instagram.

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Proprioception and Emotion Regulation: The Latest ADHD Research

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this week's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Wisdom episode, we revisit eye-opening insights from Dr Jessica Eccles, a Clinical Senior Lecturer at Brighton and Sussex Medical School in the Department of Neuroscience.

This conversation explores the fascinating connection between the brain and body in neurodivergent women. We talk about the links between ADHD, autism, hypermobility, fatigue, long COVID, and emotional regulation, and how these can impact our mental and physical health in ways that often go unseen or misunderstood.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

What You'll Learn:

The link between neurodivergence, hypermobility and long COVID.
How dysautonomia connects ADHD to chronic fatigue and physical symptoms.
The impact of proprioception issues and hypermobility on emotional regulation.
Research exploring emotional regulation difficulties in ADHD and autism.
The role of RSD in neurodivergent experiences of rejection and overwhelm.
Research looking at the link between childhood neurodivergence, trauma and adult fatigue.
The importance of early advocacy for neurodivergent children in schools and healthcare.

Takeaways:

01:32 - Hypermobility, Long COVID and Neurodivergence
02:15 - Abnormalities in the Autonomic Nervous System and Neurodivergence
03:24 - EUPD, ADHD and Autism Research
04:21 - Propioception, Emotion Regulation, Hypermobility and Neurodivergent Traits
08:00 - Hypermobility, Pain and Fatigue in Neurodivergent People
09:43 - Supporting and Advocating for Neurodivergent Children
15:19 - Advocating for Resources and Support

If you’ve ever wondered how ADHD shows up in your body, or why you feel so exhausted despite resting, this conversation will give you insight, validation, and clarity into issues you may have never considered connected.

Links and Resources:

Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
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Sensory Tools for Better Intimacy in ADHD Relationships

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 23:15:00 -0000

Have you ever wondered how ADHD can impact sexuality, intimacy, and relationships?

On this week's Summer ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit Episode, accredited therapist and sexual advisor Debbie Amichai joins me to explore the impact of ADHD on sex life, emotional connection, and desire.

We talk about the difference between how ADHD can influence your sexual drive, how to quiet the busy ADHD brain, and why sensory tools can transform your intimate moments.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

What You’ll Learn:

How ADHD affects sexuality, desire, and relationships
The difference between active and passive ADHD and its effect on sex life
Why emotional safety and recognising self-criticism can support intimacy
The pressures of modern life and how they impact finding time for sex
The challenge of going to bed due to ADHD autonomy
The difference in how men and women get turned on
Techniques to quiet the ADHD brain, including using sensory tools to enhance relaxation, quiet the brain and provide a deeper connection
How societal pressures and Hollywood perceptions of sex impact intimacy and sexual enjoyment

Timestamps:

01:44 – Women’s Sexuality and ADHD
02:28 – How Self-Criticism Impacts Your Sex Life
10:18 – The Challenge of Going to Bed
13:36 – Common Misunderstandings About Women’s Sexuality
14:47 – Tips to Pause a Busy ADHD Brain for Intimacy
17:59 – Using Your Senses to Deepen Connection
19:57 – The Role of Mindfulness in ADHD Relationships

If you’ve ever wondered why intimacy feels challenging, why your brain won’t switch off during sex, or how emotional safety shapes your sexual relationships, this conversation is packed with practical tips and real talk.

Links and Resources:

Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Connect with Elizabeth via her website or find her on Instagram.

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RSD, ADHD Relationships and Love: Embracing Novelty & More Self Kindness

Sun, 17 Aug 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this week’s episode of the ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Wisdom podcast, I revisit a powerful conversation with Moe Ari Brown, a licensed marriage and family therapist, Hinge’s love and connection expert, and board member of the It Gets Better Project. Moe brings their depth of clinical insight and lived experience to help us unpack the realities of ADHD and modern dating.

Together, we explore what it really means to date with ADHD, from emotional regulation and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) to managing the overwhelm of dating apps and embracing self-love.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

What You'll Learn:

How understanding Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) can improve emotional connection and communication in ADHD relationships.
The power of check-ins during dates can support emotional regulation, reduce overwhelm, and build mutual understanding.
How to create a strong foundation for navigating the intensity of dating with ADHD using self-love and affirmations.
Why novelty and excitement are essential for maintaining engagement and interest in ADHD relationships.
How to navigate common patterns in ADHD dating such as love bombing, self-sabotage, and all-or-nothing thinking.
How complementary personality differences of ADHD and autism can bring balance and growth to neurodiverse relationships.
Using a strength-based approach to dating empowers you to lead with your self-awareness, values, and unique traits.
Using self-awareness to recognise your needs, manage triggers, and show up authentically in relationships.

Timestamps

01:29 – The Intensity Of Dating With ADHD And RSD
02:07 – Why Quality Over Quantity Reduces Dating Overwhelm
03:10 – Recognising Rejection Sensitivity In Relationships
04:36 – Practising Self-Love And Using Affirmations
07:44 – Embracing Novelty In ADHD Relationships
11:30 – How ADHD And Autism Can Complement Each Other In Relationships
15:06 – Building Compassion And Awareness In Neurodivergent Partnerships

Whether you're navigating dating for the first time post-diagnosis, feeling burnt out from the swipe culture, or trying to deepen an existing connection, this episode offers practical tools, emotional clarity, and real hope for you and your future connections.

Links and Resources:

Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership, More Yourself, launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

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How to Advocate For Your Hormonal Health and Improve ADHD Support

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 23:15:00 -0000

On this week's Summer ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit Episode, Kate is joined by Elizabeth (Lizzy) Swan, a teacher, coach, and education consultant with over 20 years of experience in neurodiversity and SEND education. As a former headteacher and qualified SENDCo, Lizzy now supports children and families navigating neurodivergence, specialising in ADHD, autism, executive functioning, and emotional wellbeing.

In this conversation, Lizzy shares her journey with undiagnosed ADHD and how it shaped her experiences with PMDD, perinatal depression, and mood dysregulation. We explore the emotional toll of feeling out of control, and how understanding the link between hormones and ADHD can lead to better support, self-advocacy, and wellbeing, for ourselves and the next generation.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

What You'll Learn:

The link between ADHD in women, migraines, sleep issues, and risky behaviours
How PMDD and hormone fluctuations (such as progesterone and oestrogen shifts) intensify ADHD symptoms
The impact of premenstrual mood changes on emotional dysregulation
The importance of finding the right ADHD medication, titration, and exploring HRT for hormonal balance
How supportive GPs and tailored treatment plans can transform care for women with ADHD
Research connecting ADHD to perinatal or postnatal depression, including third-trimester anxiety
Tools for managing ADHD and hormones, such as mood tracking apps, dietary changes, and working with specialists to reduce shame and increase support
The power of self-belief, education, and trial and error are key to ADHD wellbeing

Timestamps:

1:50 – Lizzie’s Personal Experience of Hormonal Changes and ADHD
4:58 – The Emotional Impact of Living With PMDD
6:32 – Understanding Hormone Fluctuations Across the Menstrual Cycle
8:00 – How to Get Better Medical Support for ADHD and Hormonal Health
9:19 – ADHD Medications and Hormonal Considerations
12:37 – Using HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) to Support ADHD Symptoms
13:34 – Research Exploring ADHD and Perinatal/Postnatal Depression
17:45 – Tips for Managing Hormonal ADHD Symptoms

If you’ve ever felt lost in your cycle, dismissed by professionals, or unsure how to support yourself or your daughter, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.

Links and Resources:

Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get your exclusive founding member offer [here].
Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Connect with Elizabeth via her website or find her on Instagram.

Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach, author and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity and clarity.

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A Ground-Breaking Understanding on ADHD, Hypermobility and the Mind-Body Connection

Sun, 10 Aug 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this week's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Wisdom episode, we revisit a ground-breaking conversation with Dr. James Kustow. Dr. Kustow is a highly regarded expert in adult ADHD, author, Director of Education at UKAAN and the winner of the ‘Genius Award’ at the 2021 Celebrating Neurodiversity Awards run by Genius Within.

In this episode, Dr. Kustow shares how ADHD is more than just a brain-based condition and explains how physical health conditions such as chronic pain, gut issues, and hypermobility are all linked to ADHD through inflammation and autoimmune conditions.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

What You'll Learn:

How the structure of Western medicine is neglecting ADHD patients with unexplained physical symptoms
How integrating physical and mental health approaches can lead to more complete, compassionate ADHD care
The overlooked physical health issues often linked to ADHD, including chronic pain, fatigue, immune challenges, and gut problems
How hypermobility and connective tissue disorders like EDS (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome) are commonly seen in ADHD
The relationship between collagen deficiency, gut health, and mental health symptoms in ADHD women
What the somatic super syndrome model reveals about inflammation, blood flow to the brain, and mental health
How dysautonomia and conditions like POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome) affect mood, sleep, anxiety, and cognitive function
The role of inflammatory mediators in ADHD and why they're crucial to understanding chronic conditions like fibromyalgia and autoimmune issues

Timestamps:

1:16 – The Structure of the Western Medical Setup and Its Gaps in ADHD Care
2:50 – How Dr. Kustow's Personal Experience Shaped His Holistic Approach to ADHD
4:12 – Common Patterns in Physical Health Issues Among ADHD Patients
6:48 – The Link Between Connective Tissue Issues and ADHD
8:38 – Inflammatory Mediators and Their Role in ADHD’s Physical Presentation
9:23 – Understanding the Somatic Super Syndrome Model
11:45 – Dysautonomia and How It Impacts ADHD Symptoms
14:00 – EDS and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder in the ADHD Population

If you’ve ever felt like you can't join up the physical conditions you're navigating, this episode is for you. ADHD affects the whole body, not just the brain, and understanding that opens the door to more effective and compassionate support.

Links and Resources:

Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

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Transforming ADHD Challenges into Strengths Using Positive Psychology

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 23:15:00 -0000

Welcome to the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Summer Series, where we're revisiting inspirational conversations from the subscription Toolkit Series.

On this week's Summer Toolkit episode, Kate is joined by Katherine Tiddy, a positive psychology practitioner, coach and founder of the Work Happy Project. Katherine shares how focusing on your strengths can lead to growth, resilience, and lasting wellbeing, especially for women with ADHD. From burnout to flourishing, she offers practical insights and empowering tools to help you reconnect with what lights you up and move forward with purpose.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

What You'll Learn:

How positive psychology helps you move from surviving to truly flourishing
Ways to heal and grow after trauma using strengths and evidence-based tools
Why recognising and using your unique strengths is key for ADHD women
How to overcome strengths blindness and notice what lights you up
Tools for managing negativity bias and shifting unhelpful thought patterns
How to build your personal wellbeing toolkit using strategies such as journaling, mindfulness, and body doubling to support your unique mind
How trial, error, and failure can help you find your flow
The link between fear and excitement, and the role of the prefrontal cortex
How to break challenges into small steps to feel hopeful and in control

Timestamps:

02:42 - Introduction to Positive Psychology and ADHD
07:40 - Understanding Strengths and Personal Growth
09:40 - Understanding the Negativity Bias
12:00 - Tools and Strategies for Managing Negative Thoughts
15:07 - Navigating Positive Psychology Tools
23:41 - Understanding ADHD and Energy Management

Links and Resources:

Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Find out more about Katherine via her website and take her FREE online strength assessment here!

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Overcoming Fear: How to Trust Your Intuitive ADHD Nudges and Take ALIGNED Action

Sun, 03 Aug 2025 23:15:00 -0000

Change doesn't require perfection, and you don’t need to have it all figured out. You just need to have the courage to trust yourself. By tuning in and taking aligned action, you’re already moving toward a more authentic, fulfilling life, ADHD n'all! You’re more capable, intuitive, and brave than you’ve been led to believe, and this is your invitation to trust that fully.

In this week's ADHD Women's Wellbeing 'Wisdom' episode, Kate is joined by Caroline Britton, a gifted energy worker, mentor and guide, frequently described by those who work with her as a "magic maker." Her innate gifts to be able to unlock people's connection, potential, and power have transformed thousands of lives.

We dive into how to trust your intuition, move through fear, and navigate change with clarity. If you’re feeling stuck or craving more alignment, this conversation will help you reconnect with your inner guidance and take empowered steps forward.

Get a copy of my new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit here

What you’ll learn:

What intuition is, and how to recognise the internal nudges guiding you
How to tune into your body’s signals and know when something is “off”
Why shifting from external validation to inner truth is scary but empowering
What fear is trying to protect you from, and how to stop it from dictating your life
How to identify what you’re truly afraid of (uncertainty, control, or change itself)
Why it’s important to reflect on your core values and whether your life aligns with them
How to notice what lights you up, and use that clarity to guide your next steps
Practical steps to break change into aligned, manageable actions
The power of nervous system regulation and somatic tools for navigating change
Why you are braver and capable than you think—and how to build deep self-trust

Timestamps:

02:15 - Understanding the Nudge: Navigating Intuition and Fear
07:42 - The Nature of Change and Transformation
10:43 - Listening, Observing and Gaining Clarity of Your Life and Values
13:01 - Navigating Change and Overcoming Fear
17:28 - Overcoming Fear and Embracing Authenticity

Links and Resources:

Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching this autumn. Get your exclusive founding offer [here].
Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach, author, podcaster and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity and clarity.

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ADHD, Chronic Illness and Long Covid: Understanding the Intersection and the Road to Recovery

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 23:15:00 -0000

Are you one of the many late-diagnosed neurodivergent people who have struggled with your health since contracting Covid several years ago?

In this insightful episode of the ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, Kate is joined by Claire Twomey, founder of Ireland’s first ADHD Coaching Collective, ADHD Connections.

Claire is as an Advanced ADHD Coach, a passionate neurodiversity advocate, and an international speaker and facilitator. Late diagnosed herself, Claire brings both deep personal insight and professional expertise to her work by supporting professionals, creatives, and organisations to understand ADHD through a strengths-based, neuroaffirming lens.

In our conversation, Claire shares her lived experience of navigating ADHD alongside Long Covid, opening up about the layered complexity of co-occurring conditions and the vital role of self-advocacy, medical validation, and holistic support.

My book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is OUT NOW!

What You’ll Learn:

How Claire’s Long COVID journey impacted her ADHD and what she’s learned through recovery
The link between ADHD and co-occurring conditions such as chronic fatigue, histamine intolerance, hormonal imbalances, POTS, migraines, and more
The emotional toll a late ADHD diagnosis can provoke
The importance of sleep, pacing, and energy management, especially for those managing chronic illness
How Claire uses a neuroaffirming coaching approach to support women to thrive
The role of acupuncture, nutrition, and LDN (Low Dose Naltrexone) in Claire's healing journey
Why seeking second opinions and trusting your body’s signals is a radical act of self-care
The importance of building awareness and advocacy, not just for ourselves, but for the next generation

This episode is an empowering reminder that while ADHD can bring challenges, it can also reveal strengths, resilience, and a deep capacity for self-awareness. Claire’s story encourages all of us to slow down, tune in, and seek the support we truly deserve.

Timestamps:

01:57 - Understanding Long Covid and Its Impacts
13:08 - The Impact of Neurodivergence on Long Covid Experiences
17:41 - Understanding Long Covid Symptoms and Healing
29:44 - Navigating the Impact of Chronic Illness on Daily Life
34:17 - The Impact of Chronic Illness on Daily Life

Whether you’re navigating burnout, RSD, anxiety, hormonal shifts, or just trying to understand yourself better, this episode offers a glimpse into the support, compassion and gentle guidance that the book brings to life.

Links and Resources:

Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
Find my popular ADHD webinars and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Connect with Claire via her website www.adhdconnections.ie or on Instagram. @adhd_connections
Find Claire's free ADHD resource for practical tools, worksheets and ADHD-friendly resources
You can read the paper Claire mentioned regarding accupunture and Long COVID [here]

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Cultivating Creativity, Joy and Fulfillment: A Unique ADHD Journey

Sun, 27 Jul 2025 23:15:00 -0000

This week’s Wisdom Episode is inspired by Chapters 8 and 9 on harnessing more creativity, joy and fulfilment while on this journey of healing and authenticity through our newly discovered ADHD lens, of The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Toolkit (available now!).

I explore how boosting creativity, leaning into joy, and finding fulfilment are vital for our emotional wellbeing as well as how they can become powerful tools for self-discovery, regulation, and resilience.

I'm joined by Andrea McDowell, an RHS medal-winning gardener, who shares her story of going from gardening novice to award-winner by following joy, curiosity, and small steps of brave action and the brilliant Jude Schweppe, creative mentor and wellbeing coach, to explore the power of creativity and finding the thing that brings you joy.

What You'll Learn:

The power of focusing on joy, creativity, and purpose, especially for those with ADHD
Why ADHD brains thrive when it’s fuelled by passion, hyperfocus, and imagination
The power of community and shared passions in building confidence and resilience
Overcoming creative resistance, fear of failure, and the need for things to be “significant”
How to break down big visions into small, achievable steps
Trusting your intuition and allowing curiosity to guide your next steps
The role of creative expression in self-care and healing
The link between calming your nervous system and unlocking your creativity

Timestamps:

02:07 - Andrea's Journey to Becoming a Flower Farmer
04:20 - How Andrea Started Her New Venture in Gardening
09:36 - Andrea's Perseverance to the Chelsea Flower Show
14:37 - The Power of Taking the First Step
17:06 - The Importance of Creativity in Daily Life

This conversation is a powerful reminder that fulfilment doesn’t come from doing more... it comes from tuning in, following what lights you up, and giving yourself permission to create for the joy of it.

If you took one small step today towards your goal... imagine what you could have achieved this time next year...

Links and Resources:

Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
Find my popular ADHD webinars and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

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Empowering Women with ADHD: Tools and Strategies for Better Wellbeing

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this bonus solo episode, Kate explores the often-overlooked challenges women face when living with undiagnosed or late-diagnosed ADHD.

Drawing from her personal journey and professional insights, she delves into the impact of hormonal fluctuations, emotional regulation, burnout, and the many overlapping conditions that complicate ADHD, which are all discussed in Kate's new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit.

Kate shares gentle, empowering guidance on building self-awareness, spotting patterns like RSD and people-pleasing, and understanding how ADHD shows up in the body, offering real-life strategies to support your wellbeing, one compassionate step at a time.

My book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is OUT NOW AND AVAILABLE TO ORDER!

Key Takeaways:

Why ADHD is often misunderstood and underdiagnosed in women
How hormonal shifts impact mood, RSD, and emotional regulation
The link between ADHD, anxiety, depression, and chronic stress
What RSD is and how it affects relationships and self-worth
The role of medication, hormones, and holistic tools in ADHD care
How gut health and nutrition are influenced by stress and executive function
The impact of generational patterns and how to start breaking them
Why self-compassion is essential for long-term wellbeing
How to build awareness and create a life that feels good for you

Timestamps:

02:22 - Understanding ADHD in Women
05:37 - How Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria in ADHD Can Present
08:34 - Evaluating the Use of Medication for ADHD
11:24 - The Connection Between Gut Health and Emotional Wellbeing
15:03 - Exploring the Link Between Hormones and ADHD in Women
16:54 - Recognising the Impact of ADHD on Women's Hormonal Health

Links and Resources:

Order my book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit
Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
Find my popular ADHD webinars and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

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How Interoception Affects Women with ADHD: Understanding Body Awareness

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this week’s episode, we’re diving into a fascinating and often overlooked area of ADHD: interoception. This is our ability to sense and interpret internal bodily signals like hunger, heartbeat, or emotional shifts. Understanding interoception is key to emotional regulation, self-awareness, and reconnecting with our bodies, especially for women with ADHD.

I’m joined by Caroline Williams, a science journalist and author, whose new book, Inner Sense, brings the emerging science of interoception to a mainstream audience. Caroline has written for The Times, The Telegraph, and The Guardian, and is a former feature editor at New Scientist. She’s also the author of Override and Move!, the latter named a New Scientist Book of the Year.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is OUT NOW!

What You'll Learn:

What interoception is, and how it differs from exteroception and proprioception
Why those with ADHD often struggle to regulate internal signals
How tuning into bodily cues helps with decision-making, intuition, and reducing stress
Caroline’s motivation for writing her book
The role of the vagus nerve in interoception
How affective touch (like gentle stroking) supports calming and connection
How hypermobility may impact interoception and sensory regulation
Why ADHD brains and bodies can respond more strongly to stress, and how this links to RSD (Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria)
How to find compassion for your needs and gently support yourself through dysregulation
The emerging conversation around GLP-1 medications, fullness, and potential ADHD applications
Tools to strengthen interoception: body scans, exercise awareness, reminder apps, floatation tanks, and more.

Timestamps:

02:41 - Understanding The Science Behind Interoception
10:19 - Exploring Interoception and Its Impact on Mental Health
14:07 - The Importance of Interoception in Therapy
24:26 - Understanding The Difference Interoception Can Make
26:50 - Understanding Heart Sensitivity and Anxiety
34:33 - The Role of Interoception and Appetite Regulation
39:22 - The Impact of Interoception on Body Awareness
46:36 - The Power of Compassion when Navigating Neurodivergence

Whether you’re newly diagnosed or deep into your ADHD journey, this episode offers empowering insights into how listening to your body can become a powerful part of your emotional wellbeing.

Links and Resources:

Order my book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit
Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
Find my popular ADHD webinars and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Follow Caroline on Instagram: @carolinewilliams_science

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Breaking Generational Patterns: ADHD in Family Dynamics

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this week’s 'Wisdom' episode, we explore the emotional complexity of how ADHD manifests in various nuanced ways in our relationships and family life, and importantly, how we can improve and live better lives with this understanding.

In Chapter 7 of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, I've written about building a life that works for you, and focusing on the things which make you feel more grounded, fulfilled, authentic and purposeful, leading to us feeling happier and more regulated in our realtionships. On today's episode, we revisit poignant conversations with relationship and family dynamic experts Melissa Orlov, a renowned marriage consultant and author and Tamara Rosier, an ADHD coach and author.

🌟 My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is out now to order here🌟

What You'll Learn:

The ADHD brain's need for dopamine and how this need for reward can strain relationships
How genetics and early attachment shape emotional patterns and coping strategies
How non-ADHD partners can build awareness and avoid walking on eggshells
The importance of taking responsibility by owning emotional reactions, learning to self-soothe, and making amends
Why self-management tools like mindfulness, movement, communication cues, and therapy help rebuild trust and connection
The power of co-regulation: being the steady, calm presence that helps others feel safe
Tamara’s pool analogy to explain your responsibility in managing emotions
The emotional dynamic of overfunctioning and underfunctioning in ADHD

Timestamps:

04:02 - Navigating Relationships with ADHD
10:08 - Understanding ADHD and Emotional Regulation
11:35 - The Power of Co-regulation for Supporting Relationships
16:43 - Taking Responsibility for Emotions and Personal Growth
20:13 - Understanding Emotional Responsibility in Relationships

This episode offers deep insight into what’s really happening beneath the surface in ADHD-affected relationships, along with the hope, responsibility, and practical tools needed to move forward with self-responsibility, greater awareness, compassion, and emotional balance. By taking responsibility for our emotional responses and learning to communicate more effectively, we can create more compassionate and understanding family environments.

Links and Resources:

Missed our ADHD Women’s Summer Series? Get the Perfectionism and Procrastination workshop [here].
Order my book: The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit [here].
Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September [here].
Find my popular ADHD webinars and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

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Embracing Your Authentic Self and Harnessing Your True Potential with the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 23:15:00 -0000

My book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is OUT NOW!!!

This bonus episode is a heartfelt reflection from me, Kate, as I celebrate the launch of my new book, 'The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit.'

I dive into how this book and the podcast work hand-in-hand to provide a toolkit of practical strategies for women navigating life after an ADHD diagnosis.

Over the past few years, I've transformed from a person overwhelmed by my symptoms to someone who embraces self-compassion and awareness, and I want to share that journey with you.

I hope it serves as a friendly guide, encouraging you to recognise your unique strengths while also addressing the challenges we face along the way.

I explain how the book is...

A deeply personal and practical guide to navigating life post-diagnosis, with tools for healing, self-awareness and growth.
Built from lived experience, coaching and therapeutic training, and years of podcast wisdom, the book offers a compassionate toolkit and roadmap to support you day by day.
Designed to be dipped in and out of, wherever you find yourself emotionally, hormonally or energetically.
An invitation to embrace your authentic selves, honour your energy, and meet yourself with compassion through the ups and downs.
Chapters include: soothing anxiety, understanding RSD, regulating your nervous system, understanding hormones, preventing burnout, building a life that works for you, boosting creativity, leaning into joy, simplifying life, and breaking generational patterns that no longer serve you.
A compassionate companion, a scaffolding, a hand to hold, and a reminder that you’re not alone in this.

Timestamps:

00:12 - Reflections on the ADHD Women's Well-Being Toolkit
03:49 - Understanding ADHD: A Journey of Awareness and Tools
05:15 - Understanding Our Anxiety and Learning to Soothe It
08:45 - Embracing Change and Simplification
12:10 - Embracing Authenticity and Self-Discovery

Links and Resources:

Order my book, The ADHD Womens' Wellbeing Toolkit
Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
Find my popular ADHD webinars and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

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Why You Feel More Exhausted Than Ever: The Weight of Expectation and Pressure We Feel as ADHD Women

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 23:15:00 -0000

My book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is OUT!

You're not alone in sensing the overwhelming pressures women face today, especially those of us navigating the complexities of ADHD and perimenopause. In today's episode, both Adele Wimsett and I are feeling the weight of societal expectations and the exhaustion that comes with trying to balance it all. To celebrate the release of my new book, today's episode features a powerful discussion with my friend Adele Wimsett, exploring why so many women feel exhausted, overwhelmed, and disconnected from themselves.

While the feminist movement opened important doors, it also encouraged many of us to succeed within systems built by and for men. Systems which are shaped by patriarchal values that don’t consider the cyclical nature of women’s bodies. The pressure to constantly do, achieve, and keep up has left many of us burnt out, especially those navigating ADHD and the hormonal shifts of perimenopause.

Adele is a Women’s Hormone Health Practitioner who specialises in the powerful link between ADHD and hormonal health. Adele has dedicated her work to helping women and girls reconnect with their cycles and honour their rhythms, blending science with holistic tools to support women from menarche to menopause.

What You'll Learn:

The impact of societal pressures on women leading to deep exhaustion and overwhelm.
The impact of the feminist movement, the shift to more masculine characteristics and the pressure to ignore our cyclical nature.
How historic patriarchal structures have evolved into the modern exhaustion we see today in women.
The lack of support in modern work structures for women’s health, especially during hormonal changes like perimenopause.
Capitalism's reliance on women’s insecurities and how to break free to find your inner calm.
Progesterone's role in calming our nervous system, the treatments available and natural ways to support it.
The role of stress management and caring for your adrenals to support wellbeing.
Understanding what fulfils you, and what can be stripped back to find clarity.
How to set compassionate boundaries, protect your energy, and gently prevent burnout.

Timestamps:

02:14 - Why You're Feeling the Weight of the World's Expectations
15:31 - Acknowledging the Female Mental Load of Family Life and Work
20:17 - Navigating the Challenges of Perimenopause
27:29 - Exploring Hormonal Health Solutions
35:05 - Setting Boundaries to Protect Your Energy in Perimenopause

Links and Resources:

Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers here.
Discover my popular ADHD webinars and resources on my website here.
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Contact Adele via her website.
Download our free workshop on ADHD and progesterone here

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Understand Your Perfectionism-Burnout Connection To Create a More Balanced Life

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this week’s 'Wisdom' episode, we explore the connection between ADHD, perfectionism, and burnout, and how these patterns often shape our daily lives without us realising.

I've also written about this deeply personal topic in Chapter 6 (Prevent Burnout) of my upcoming new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit. On today's episode, we revisit conversations with Natalie Englander, an accredited senior CBT therapist and Michaela Thomas, a Clinical Psychologist, coach and author.

From procrastination and people-pleasing to self-criticism and the pressure to keep going, we unpack the emotional toll perfectionism can take. We also discuss practical tools like mindfulness and how reframing perfectionism with curiosity and compassion can help us work with our brains, not against them.

🌟 My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is available to preorder here🌟

What You’ll Learn:

What perfectionism can look like in ADHD women - including procrastination, overthinking, people pleasing, self-criticism and imposter syndrome
The strong link between self-worth, achievement and burnout, and why this dynamic is so common in neurodivergent minds
How to reframe perfectionism so it becomes something you work with, rather than constantly fighting against
Why ADHD brains are more likely to fall into the boom and bust cycle, and how it can lead to burnout
Understanding the ADHD brain’s dopamine response and why pushing through isn’t always the answer
The reasons ADHD makes us more vulnerable to burnout, and how we can start making small, protective changes
How to use mindfulness and thought-challenging tools to quiet your inner critic and reduce feelings of shame
The power of self-compassion in making sense of your ADHD and building sustainable, supportive habits that actually work for you

Timestamps:

05:30 - Understanding Perfectionism and ADHD
07:37 - Considering the Root of Perfectionism in ADHD
14:56 - Using Mindfulness and Thought Checking as a Tool for Perfectionism
16:40 - Introduction to Michaela Thomas
17:33 - Discussing the Boom or Bust Cycle
20:42 - Navigating Burnout and Self-Care
27:31 - Finding Compassion for Understanding and Taking Action with ADHD

If you’re facing common ADHD challenges like perfectionism, imposter syndrome, people pleasing and procrastination, please know you're not alone. If you'd like to learn more about how to navigate burnout, you can watch Kate's latest workshop [here].

Links and Resources:

Missed our ADHD Women’s Summer Series? Get the Perfectionism and Procrastination workshop [here].
Preorder my book: The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit [here].
Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September [here].
Find my popular ADHD webinars and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

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Bonus Episode: My ADHD in Women Insights with Alex Partridge on the ADHD Chatter Podcast

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 23:15:00 -0000

Preorder my book: The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit here.

This special bonus episode features an insightful conversation between Kate and Alex Partridge, host of the ADHD Chatter Podcast. Originally recorded for Alex’s show, this episode delves into the realities of being a woman with ADHD, the emotional toll it can take, and how Kate’s new book, The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Toolkit, was born out of her personal and professional experiences as an ADHD wellbeing coach.

Alex founded 2 social media giants, UNILAD and LADBible, aged just 21 and was then diagnosed with ADHD at 34. Since then, he has become a powerful advocate for neurodiversity online, reminding us all that we're not broken; we're different and have always been enough.

Key Takeaways:

Why understanding ADHD is crucial for women and girls to dismantle shame and stigma
How ADHD impacts women’s mental and physical health, often in overlooked ways
The emotional toll of being misunderstood, judged, or feeling like you don’t fit in
Common ADHD struggles like overwhelm, anxiety, people-pleasing, and a harsh inner critic
How ADHD shows up uniquely for women, especially across life stages and hormonal changes
The importance of neuro-affirming support, creating a sense of safety, and building self-trust
The power of boundaries, self-awareness, and community for women with ADHD
Kate's heartfelt advice for her younger self and women recently diagnosed with ADHD

This episode is a powerful reminder that awareness, compassion, and connection can transform the ADHD journey for women, helping them to feel seen, supported, and empowered to thrive.

Links and Resources:

Missed our ADHD Women’s Summer Series? Get the workshops on demand [here].
Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
Find my popular ADHD webinars and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

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Why Cycle Tracking for ADHD Women is Essential!

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 23:15:00 -0000

Cycle tracking isn't a fad or something you can only do if you menstruate. Rooted in ancient wisdom, modern science, and female empowerment, understanding your cycles is key to helping you channel and nurture your energy, enhance your strengths, honour your needs and boost emotional well-being.

Many of us are navigating the complex interplay between our hormonal cycles and ADHD, and this conversation aims to shed light on how cycle tracking can help us reconnect with our bodies. We’ll explore how hormonal fluctuations impact our well-being and the importance of recognising these changes, not just as symptoms to endure, but as valuable insights into our overall health.

In this episode of the ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, Kate is joined by Laura Federico and Morgan Miller, co-authors of The Cycle Book. Together, they offer practical insights, personal stories, and expert guidance on how understanding your hormonal cycle can transform your wellbeing.

Laura, a certified sex and couples therapist, and Morgan, a seasoned midwife and reproductive care advocate, share their unique perspectives on navigating hormonal health through PMDD, endometriosis, postnatal depression, and beyond.

Preorder my book: The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit here.

What You'll Learn:

The power of cycle tracking as a tool for self-understanding, self-advocacy, and healing
Why no two cycles are the same, and how learning your hormonal patterns is essential
The emotional and physical realities of conditions like PMDD, endometriosis, and postnatal depression (especially in neurodivergent women)
How to begin advocating for yourself in a medical system that often overlooks women's hormonal health
What to do when you’re not getting the support you need from healthcare providers, and how to persist without burning out
Why it’s vital to start these conversations young, empowering girls to understand and trust their bodies
The value of community, curiosity, and consistency in your hormone health journey

This episode is a compassionate call to action: your body is not a mystery, it’s a source of wisdom. With the right tools and support, every woman can learn to track, understand, and advocate for her hormonal wellbeing.

You can connect with Laura and Morgan via their Instagram page (@thecyclebook).

Timestamps:

06:20 - Understanding Hormonal Cycles and Neurodivergence
10:40 - Understanding Hormonal Fluctuations and Neurodivergence
19:24 - Understanding Cycle Tracking and Its Impact on Wellbeing
32:33 - Exploring Hormonal Impacts on Mental Health
40:50 - Navigating the Healthcare System: Advocacy and Challenges

Links and Resources:

Missed our ADHD Women’s Summer Series? Get the workshops on demand [here].
Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership, launching in September [here].
Find my popular ADHD webinars and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

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Confused about Your Hormones? This is Your Expert Advice on ADHD, Cycles and Menopause

Sun, 06 Jul 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this week’s 'Wisdom' episode, we explore Chapter 5 (Live in Sync With your Hormones) of my upcoming new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, focusing on the often-overlooked hormonal factors (particularly progesterone) that can influence ADHD symptoms, especially during our menstrual cycles, perimenopause and menopause.

In this conversation, we revisit Kate's chats with Dr. Emma Ping, a menopause specialist, and Adele Wimsett, a women’s health practitioner and author. Together, they unpack how hormones like progesterone, oestrogen, and testosterone interact with the ADHD brain, and why understanding this link is crucial for women’s wellbeing.

🌟 My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is available to preorder here🌟

What You’ll Learn:

Why perimenopause can amplify ADHD symptoms, and how to spot the signs.
The role of progesterone acts as a mood stabiliser, the impact of reduced levels during perimenopause, and why it’s often misunderstood in women’s health.
How to distinguish between ADHD symptoms and hormone-related changes to get the right support.
How HRT, including oestrogen, progesterone, and testosterone, can support cognitive and emotional wellbeing.
The difference between synthetic progestins and body-identical progesterone, and why it matters.
Why perimenopause can be the “perfect storm” for late-diagnosed ADHDers, and what needs to change in medical care.
The empowering role of symptom tracking and cyclical awareness to support ADHD traits and emotional regulation.

Timestamps:

03:19 - The important Intersection of ADHD and Menopause

4:19 - Exploring HRT for ADHD Women

19:26 - How Hormonal Changes Can Impact Your ADHD

22:24 - Understanding Estrogen Dominance and Its Effects

28:31 - The Ripple Effect: Creating Change for ADHD Women

Whether you’re navigating brain fog, mood swings, or anxiety, this episode offers clarity on what’s happening in your body and what support truly works. If you'd like to learn more about hormones and ADHD, you can watch Kate's latest webinar [here].

Links and Resources:

Missed our ADHD Women’s Summer Series? Get the workshops on demand [here].
Next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop: A bonus Q&A to ask me anything about ADHD and my new book! - July 8th 24th @1.30pm. Book [here].
Preorder my book: The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit [here].
Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
Find my popular ADHD webinars and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Follow me on Instagram: @kate_moryoussef

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Creating Abundance: How to Thrive with ADHD and Live Authentically

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 23:15:00 -0000

What if everything you’re seeking: peace, purpose, connection, has been inside you all along, and it's not that you need to try hard... but soften into who you already are?

In this soulful episode, I sit down with Cathy Heller, a renowned teacher, top podcaster and bestselling author. She hosts one of the top spiritual podcasts, Abundant Ever After, and she’s the author of the USA Today bestselling book, Abundant Ever After: Tools for Creating a Life of Prosperity and Ease.

Join us for a spiritually grounded conversation about what it means to come home to yourself and how everything begins to fall into alignment when you do. We talk about the cost of hiding who we are, and how real healing begins when we honour our true desires. This episode is a reminder that when you show up as yourself, the universe meets you there, because who you are is the magic.

Preorder my book: The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit here.

What you'll learn in this episode:

How burnout can come from disconnecting from your true self.
How ADHD women can thrive when they stop masking and start honouring their true rhythm.
Why spiritual fulfilment often begins with asking: What do I truly desire, and is that desire aligned with my values?
How creativity, softness, and self-connection can support healing, especially for neurodivergent minds.
That your worth isn’t based on what you do, but on who you are and how you love.
How our inner resources, empathy, insight, love, are what truly connect us.
How to let go of urgency and honour your soul to let life come to you.
Why being yourself is the most powerful way to connect with others and with life itself.

This conversation is a powerful reminder that everything you're looking for begins with being who you already are.

You can connect with Cathy via her Instagram page (@cathy.heller).

Timestamps:

02:48 - Cathy's Journey to Self-Acceptance: Understanding Neurodivergence and Personal Power
15:16 - The Power of Desire: Understanding What We Truly Want
22:42 - Breaking Down Belief Systems
30:13 - Embracing Creativity and Letting Go

Links and Resources:

Missed our ADHD Women’s Summer Series? Get the workshops on demand [here].
Next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop: A bonus Q&A to ask me anything about ADHD and my new book! - July 8th 24th @1.30pm. Book [here].
Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
Find my popular ADHD webinars and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

Links referenced in this episode:

ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit

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The Links Between Our Nervous System, Trauma and ADHD Hormonal Sensitivity

Sun, 29 Jun 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this week’s wisdom episode, we explore Chapter 4 (Regulate Your Nervous System) of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and dive into the essential connection between our nervous system, hormonal health, and trauma-informed healing.

We reflect on our conversations with Allegra Foxlie (a trauma and hormone specialist, podcast host, embodiment expert, and author of HTR: The Hormone Tension Release) and Paula Rarick (an advocate for hormonal sensitivity and brain-body integration) to explore how nervous system regulation can be the foundation for sustainable wellbeing.

What You'll Learn:

Why the nervous system is key to hormonal and emotional regulation, especially for ADHDers.
How trauma and early stress dysregulate the nervous and endocrine systems, leading to autoimmune conditions.
How nervous system patterns shape hormonal responses, epigenetics, and long-term resilience.
Practical tools like breathwork, vagus nerve activation, and habit shifts to support daily regulation.
Why cortisol can feel addictive, and why calm may feel unfamiliar or unsafe for some.
The value of combining talk therapy and body-based practices for deep healing.
How ADHD, autism, BPD, and hormonal sensitivity share common nervous system traits.

🌟 My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is available to preorder here 🌟

Timestamps:

00:26 - Introducing the ADHD Nervous System

03:36 - Exploring how early life Trauma impacts the Nervous System

10:14 - Learning Healing Techniques for Trauma

19:42 - The Nervous System's Vital Role in Hormonal Sensitivity

22:59 - Looking at the Nervous System in a new way

If you're curious about how your nervous system might be shaping your emotions, hormones, and daily wellbeing, you can also watch Kate's recent webinar on this topic for even more tools and guidance [here].

Links and Resources:

Missed our ADHD Women’s Summer Series? Get the workshops on demand [here].
Next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop: A bonus Q&A to ask me anything about ADHD and my new book! - July 8th 24th @1.30pm. Book [here].
Preorder my book: The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit [here].
Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
Find my popular ADHD webinars and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Follow me on Instagram: @kate_moryoussef

Links referenced in this episode:

ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit

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Sex, Love and Intimacy as Neurodivergent Women with Sara-Louise Ackrill & Bontle Senne

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 23:15:00 -0000

🌟 My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is available to preorder here 🌟

Do you notice yourself falling into patterns of people pleasing, masking, putting our partner’s needs first when it comes to sexual desires, sensory needs, intimacy, and relationships?

In this episode, I sit down with AuDHD authors and advocates Bontle Senne and Sara-Louise Ackrill for a validating, honest, and deeply important discussion about what it means to connect with others when you’re still learning to connect with yourself.

Whether you're exploring sex and relationships post-diagnosis or simply trying to better understand yourself, this episode is a reminder that you're allowed to have preferences, want to explore, and believe that your needs and desires are every bit as valid as anyone else’s.

What You'll Learn:

How masking, people pleasing, and putting your needs last can quietly erode intimacy.
Why it’s valid and vital to talk about what feels good, what doesn’t, and what you need when it comes to sex.
The impact of sensory sensitivity on sex, and how to advocate for your body and boundaries.
What psychological safety in a relationship really means for neurodivergent people.
When it's time to walk away from a relationship that doesn't understand or honour your neurodivergence.
The incredible traits of empathy, excitement, passion, amongst others, that we bring to relationships and why that deserves to be recognised and celebrated
How self-discovery, including late diagnosis and life transitions like menopause, can shape your romantic life
Tools for building mutual understanding, honest communication, and a relationship that helps both people grow.

You can connect with Sara-Louise and Bonne via their websites below and find their book, ND lovers [here].

Sara-Louise's website [here]
Bonne's website [here]

Links and Resources:

Missed our ADHD Women’s Summer Series? Get the workshops on demand [here].
Next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop: A bonus Q&A to ask me anything about ADHD and my new book! - July 8th 24th @1.30pm. Book [here].
Preorder my book: The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit [here].
Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
Find my popular ADHD webinars and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Follow me on Instagram: @kate_moryoussef

Links referenced in this episode:

ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit

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Taming Your RSD: Soothing Strategies for a Calmer Mind

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 23:15:00 -0000

🌟 My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is available to preorder here 🌟

In this week’s wisdom episode, we explore Chapter 3 (Understanding Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria) of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit to discover how we can work with our minds, rather than against them, using empowerment, self-compassion, and practical ADHD tools for emotional regulation.

If you feel things deeply, struggle with managing anxiety, or find it hard to let go of perceived criticism, this conversation with Grace (a late-diagnosed ADHDer, writer, educator, and certified breathwork teacher) and Kristen (an ADHD coach, expert, and podcast host diagnosed at 21) offers clarity and comfort to navigate RSD.

What You'll Learn:

What "clickbait thoughts" are, and why recognising familiar thought patterns can help us manage rejection sensitivity.
How emotional habits and brain feedback loops influence our reactions, especially in high-stress or vulnerable moments.
The impact of hormones, lack of sleep, and nutrition on our emotional regulation and thought processes.
How curiosity and self-compassion can interrupt RSD thoughts to reframe negative thinking.
The importance of creating safe internal spaces and seeing RSD as a lifelong partner we can learn to live with.
Why acknowledging perfectionism and self-doubt is key to healing, and how to develop healthier coping strategies.
How journaling helps ADHDers clarify feelings, spot mental habits, and navigate anxiety with more awareness.

If you're looking for more insight on how to navigate RSD, check out Kate's recent webinar here to help you understand, manage, and ease the pain of RSD.

Links and Resources:

Missed our ADHD Women’s Summer Series? Get the workshops on demand [here].
Next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop: “Creating More Compassionate and Calmer ADHD Families, Parenting and Relationships” – June 24th @1.30pm. Book [here].
Preorder my book: The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit [here].
Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
Find my popular ADHD webinars and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Follow me on Instagram: @kate_moryoussef

Links referenced in this episode:

ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit

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A Burnout Guide for ADHD Women

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 23:15:00 -0000

🌟 My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is available to preorder here 🌟

In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Claire Plumbly, a clinical psychologist specialising in trauma, early life stress, and burnout. Claire is the director of Good Therapy Ltd and the author of Burnout: How to Manage Your Nervous System Before It Manages You, recently released in the US as The Trauma of Burnout.

We explore the often-misunderstood nature of burnout, particularly among neurodivergent women, many of whom unknowingly operate in a chronic state of “high-functioning burnout.”

Claire brings her deep understanding of trauma-informed care and the autonomic nervous system to offer fresh perspectives on managing burnout, with practical tips and compassionate insights tailored for those with ADHD, autism, or high emotional sensitivity.

What You'll Learn:

What high-functioning burnout looks like and why it often goes unnoticed in ADHD women
The role of your nervous system in managing stress and preventing burnout
How early-life trauma can influence burnout cycles later in life
The role of the autonomic nervous system and vagus nerve in emotional regulation
How to spot the early signs of burnout before it becomes overwhelming
Why identifying internal pressures and unrealistic “shoulds” can help shift your mindset
How to create daily habits that regulate your nervous system without overhauling your life
The impact of a supportive community in to healing burnout (and how to find your people)
The power of self-awareness to restore balance and tune in to what you really need

Timestamps:

02:00 - Understanding burnout: The impact on the nervous system
13:31 - Understanding trauma and ADHD
20:53 - Navigating burnout: Understanding external pressures
25:34 - Finding balance: The impact of work on personal connections
35:27 - Navigating self-awareness and burnout
40:12 - Exploring somatic therapy and ADHD

Links and Resources:

Missed our ADHD Women’s Summer Series? Get the workshops on demand [here].
Next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop: “Creating More Compassionate and Calmer ADHD Families, Parenting and Relationships” – June 24th @1.30pm. Book [here].
Preorder my book: The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit [here].
Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
Find my popular ADHD webinars and resources on her website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Follow me on Instagram: @kate_moryoussef
Connect with Claire on Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn | TikTok, visit her Website or buy her Burnout Book

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Soothe Your ADHD Anxiety with Tools That Actually Work

Sun, 15 Jun 2025 23:15:00 -0000

🌟 My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is available to preorder here 🌟

In this week’s wisdom episode, we dive into Chapter 2 (Soothe Your Anxiety) of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and explore what it takes to understand and manage anxiety through an ADHD lens.

Kate is joined by Joshua Fletcher, a psychotherapist, bestselling author, and former anxiety sufferer, who brings a refreshingly honest and grounded take on psychoeducation, fixation, and how our brains respond to stress.

We’re also joined by Pearl Lopian, EFT Master Trainer and Kate’s mentor, to explore the power of tapping for soothing the nervous system. With over 15 years of experience, Pearl helps us understand how Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) can interrupt shame, guilt, and rumination, offering genuine relief for the neurodivergent mind.

What You’ll Learn:

Why psychoeducation is one of Josh’s go-to ADHD tools for managing anxiety.
How recognising fixation patterns helped Josh manage anxiety and overthinking.
What the amygdala does in moments of stress, and its impact on neurodivergent anxiety.
How the “stress jug” metaphor makes stress easier to understand and manage.
What EFT tapping is, and how it helps to break the brain-body anxiety loop
How tapping supports anxiety relief by reducing guilt, shame, and emotional overload.
Pearl’s simple, calming approach to using EFT in daily self-care.
Why validating your anxiety is essential for effective coping.
How small daily practices, like breathwork and movement, support mental health for women with ADHD.

Timestamps:

00:26 - Exploring anxiety and ADHD strategies
01:06 - Anxiety in neurodivergent individuals
12:55 - "The Stress Jug" - A therapeutic approach
17:22 - Emotional Freedom Techniques
24:13 - The power of tapping

If you're intrigued about using EFT for ADHD traits such as RSD, overwhelm, anxiety, self-doubt, stepping into your potential or overthinking, Kate has free tap-along videos here and resources on her website here. Kate also wrote an article on ADHD and EFT for ADDitude, have a read here.

Links and Resources:

Missed our ADHD Women’s Summer Series? Get the workshops on demand [here].
Next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop: “Creating More Compassionate and Calmer ADHD Families, Parenting and Relationships” – June 24th @1.30pm. Book [here].
Preorder my book: The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit [here].
Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
Find my popular ADHD webinars and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Follow me on Instagram: @kate_moryoussef

Links referenced in this episode:

ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit

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Compassionate and Neuro-affirmative Parenting Tips with Justine Graham

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 23:15:00 -0000

🌟 My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is available to preorder here 🌟

What does it look like to parent neurodivergent children while navigating your own ADHD? In this episode, I sit down with ADHD coach and mum Justine Graham, who brings both lived experience and professional insight to this powerful conversation.

Justine shares how being diagnosed with ADHD after becoming a parent changed her life, and how it shaped her mission to support families to feel understood and regulated in a more compassionate, strengths-based way. We talk about the pressure parents feel, the importance of emotional regulation, and why movement matters more than you think.

Whether you’re raising neurodivergent kids or figuring out your own ADHD path, this episode offers validation, tools, and a big dose of encouragement.

What You’ll Learn:

What a neuroaffirmative parenting approach looks like in real life
Why supporting a child with emotional regulation, rather than inflicting discipline, can build a stronger connection
How movement can be a game-changer for focus and nervous system regulation
The importance of understanding a child's skill gap vs bad behaviour
How to support your child without accidentally molly-coddling them
How to recognise internalised "shoulds" and change the narrative to support your children
How to manage external pressure and parent in a way that truly supports your child
Real-life strategies to empower your neurodivergent child (and yourself)

Timestamps:

02:36 – Understanding neuroaffirmative parenting

13:57 – The importance of movement in education

14:33 – Understanding neurodivergence in parenting

22:54 – Understanding skills gaps in parenting neurodivergent children

34:25 – Understanding ADHD in parenting

39:56 – Introducing the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit

Links and Resources:

Connect with Justine via her website
Missed our ADHD Women’s Summer Series? Get the workshops on demand [here].
Next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop: “Creating More Compassionate and Calmer ADHD Families, Parenting and Relationships” – June 24th @1.30pm. Book [here].
Preorder my book: The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit [here].
Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
Find my popular ADHD webinars and resources on her website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Follow me on Instagram: @kate_moryoussef

Exclusive Offer for Listeners:

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Building your ADHD Scaffolding and Rediscovering Your Authenticity

Sun, 08 Jun 2025 23:30:00 -0000

🌟 My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is available to preorder here 🌟

In this soulful and insightful episode, we dive into Chapter 1 of Kate's book and reflect on what it truly means to reconnect with who we are, after an ADHD diagnosis. We're joined by the inspiring Angela Raspass, a self-leadership coach, author, speaker, and podcaster, who shares her powerful journey of being diagnosed with ADHD at age 53.

Whether you’re navigating your own late ADHD diagnosis, craving more meaning in midlife, or simply looking for small ways to feel more grounded, this episode offers you permission to slow down, reflect, and reconnect.

What You’ll Learn:

Angela’s ADHD diagnosis at 53 and how it reshaped her self-understanding and business
The emotional phases of diagnosis: from shock to acceptance
Managing impulsivity, building new boundaries, and finding clarity through reflection
Real-world strategies for balancing work, life, and mental wellness
Why small habits and strong relationships are key to lasting change
The power of a late diagnosis and understanding your strengths, developing emotional regulation and vitality

Timestamps:

01:29 – Awakening Self-Awareness: The Journey Begins

07:04 – The Journey to Acceptance: Diagnosing ADHD

09:42 – The Impact of Medication on ADHD

16:29 – Embracing Self-Leadership: A Journey of Discovery

20:12 – The Importance of Self-Acceptance

Kate also shares a snippet from the first chapter of her new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, inviting you to awaken who you uniquely are.

Links and Resources:

Connect with Angela via Instagram, @angelaraspass.
Missed our ADHD Women’s Summer Series? Get the workshops on demand [here].
Next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop: “Creating ADHD Routines & Structures” – June 10th @1.30pm. Book [here].
Preorder my book: The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit [here].
Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
Find my popular ADHD webinars and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Follow me on Instagram: @kate_moryoussef

Links referenced in this episode:

ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit

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ADHD in Sport: Strategies for Success with Dr Josephine Perry

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 23:15:00 -0000

🌟 My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is available to preorder here 🌟

If you (or a child) love sport but struggle with pressure, perfectionism, RSD and other ADHD traits, this episode is full of research-led and professional insights and support from Dr Josephine Perry, a Sport Psychologist and author of ADHD in Sport: Strategies for Success. Dr Perry works with high-achieving, often perfectionistic athletes (many of whom are neurodivergent) to manage performance anxiety and thrive in competitive environments.

What You’ll Learn:

Why ADHD is more common in competitive athletes – and how we can help them thrive
The double-edged sword of sport for ADHD brains: emotional regulation vs. pressure and burnout
How ADHD traits show up differently in girls and women in sport – and why they’re often missed
The importance of sleep, recovery, and nutrition for ADHD athletes
How hormonal cycles, RED-s, and appetite suppression from ADHD medication can affect female athletes
The emotional impact of rejection sensitivity, performance feedback, and team dynamics
Why communication between coach and athlete is everything – including tips like a “communication passport”
Practical tools to support hypermobility and sensory needs in sport
How to approach training with self-compassion, not comparison

Whether you’re a coach, teacher, parent, or athlete, you’ll walk away with compassionate, practical tools to help ADHD athletes succeed – and feel understood.

Timestamps:

02:41 – ADHD and performance anxiety in sport
12:32 – Why we need to talk more about ADHD in athletes
25:35 – Strategies to support ADHD athletes on and off the field
29:06 – Nutrition and sleep: what makes the biggest difference
36:41 – Hypermobility and sensory issues in sport
41:32 – Hormones, cycles, and female athletes with ADHD

Connect with Dr Perry via her website, performanceinmind.co.uk or on Instagram, @josephineperry76.

Links and Resources:

Connect with Dr Josephine Perry via her website performanceinmind.co.uk or Instagram @josephineperry76
Missed our ADHD Women’s Summer Series? Get the workshops on demand [here].
Next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop: “Creating ADHD Routines & Structures” – June 10th @1.30pm. Book [here].
Preorder my book: The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit [here].
Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
Find my popular ADHD webinars and resources on her website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Follow me on Instagram: @kate_moryoussef

Exclusive Offer for Listeners:

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Discover natural, evidence-based supplements formulated by expert pharmacists to support your health and wellbeing.

Visit www.thenakedpharmacy.com or reach out to pharmacist@thenakedpharmacy.com with any questions.

Use code KATEADHD at checkout for:

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A massive 35% off your first subscription order!*

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Simple Practices for ADHD Wellbeing and Calm with Joseph Pack

Sun, 01 Jun 2025 23:15:00 -0000

🌟 My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is available to preorder here 🌟

This week on the ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, I’m joined by Joseph Pack, founder of Drug Free ADHD, for an inspiring conversation on how to manage ADHD beyond medication, with practical tools you can start using right away.

We dive into meditation practices specifically designed for ADHD brains, no long silences or pressure to “clear your mind.” Joseph shares how mantras, breathwork, and short daily rituals can make a big difference in focus, mental clarity, and emotional wellbeing.

Whether you're looking to add something new to your ADHD toolkit or find that medication isn’t the full solution for you, this episode is packed with encouraging, real-life strategies.

What You’ll Learn:

Why mindfulness and meditation can support ADHD beyond medication
Simple, ADHD-friendly meditation techniques you can actually stick to
The power of mantras to stay focused and reduce mental clutter
How to build a morning routine that supports your brain (without the overwhelm)
Why small, consistent practices can lead to lasting change
The best positioning for meditation to open your heart to change

Timestamps:

00:30 – What is ADHD-friendly meditation?
02:00 – Techniques that work for busy, distracted minds
05:22 – The power of mantras for focus
07:05 – Learning to detach from mental chatter
10:18 – Building a better morning routine
12:15 – How cold showers and breathwork support mental clarity

If you’ve ever felt like traditional meditation isn’t made for your brain, this episode will show you a new, ADHD-friendly way forward.

You can connect with Joseph here on LinkedIn or at www.josephpack.com or sign up for his newsletter here.

Links and Resources:

Book on to the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop about Creating ADHD 'Routines' and 'Structures' - Stability in Choppy Waters! Click here to book.

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Neurodivergent Hormonal Sensitivity: How Understanding Your Genetics, Trauma, and ADHD Can Help You Heal with Paula Rastrick

Wed, 28 May 2025 23:15:00 -0000

This week on the ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, I’m joined by Paula Rastrick, EMDR therapist, psychological trauma specialist, and author of the upcoming book Sensitive Women: A Trauma-Informed, Neurodiverse Approach to Hormonal Sensitivity.

Together, we explore how hormonal sensitivity, trauma, and neurodivergence are deeply connected and how understanding this can help you better regulate your nervous system and emotional responses.

From perimenopause to past trauma, Paula shares empowering insights into how women can reclaim their wellbeing by honouring their unique physiology and lived experiences. Whether you’re neurodivergent, highly sensitive, or navigating hormonal changes, this episode offers practical tools and a compassionate perspective.

What You’ll Learn:

How genetics, trauma, and environment shape your neurodivergent experience
Why nervous system dysregulation shows up as anxiety, fear, and hypervigilance
Why cortisol can feel addictive and keep you stuck in cycles of hyperarousal
How hormonal shifts like PMDD affect stress tolerance and emotional regulation
How trauma can be processed without words through body-based methods like EMDR
Why removing people and environments that dysregulate you supports healing
How taking responsibility for your reactions helps you reclaim your power
Why not absorbing other people’s emotions protects your nervous system
How prioritising space, freedom, and flexibility supports long-term wellbeing
Simple morning habits that lower cortisol and help regulate your day

Timestamps:

02:00 – ADHD, hormones, trauma and your nervous system
23:12 – Hormonal changes and their emotional impact
32:46 – What happens when we suppress emotions
36:42 – Mindfulness and nervous system balance for healing

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by emotional ups and downs or struggled to feel calm in your body, this episode will give you the validation and gentle strategies you’ve been looking for.

You can connect with Paula via her website, www.thebrainbodymethod.com or Instagram @mrspaularastrick

Links and Resources:

Book on to the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop about Creating ADHD 'Routines' and 'Structures' - Stability in Choppy Waters! Click here to book.

Catch all the previous ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Workshop Series workshops here. Available to buy now as on-demand.

If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!

Launching September! Tired of ADHD support that doesn’t get you? My new compassionate, community-first membership ditches the overwhelm by providing support aligned with YOU! Join the waitlist now for an exclusive founding member offer!

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Healing ADHD Trauma Through Gentle Somatic Movement with Manuela Mitevova

Sun, 25 May 2025 23:15:00 -0000

🌟 My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is available to preorder here 🌟

In this week's Wisdom Episode, we’re exploring the powerful connection between trauma and the body, and how gentle movement can help us release what’s been stuck for years.

I’m joined by Manuela Mitevova, a somatic movement teacher who specialises in helping women release trapped emotional energy through simple, restorative movement practices.

Whether you’re dealing with chronic pain, anxiety, insomnia, or emotional overwhelm, this episode offers a gentle invitation to reconnect with your body and begin healing, one breath and one movement at a time.

What You’ll Learn:

Why trauma is often stored in large muscle groups built for fight and flight, e.g. the hips, core, back, and pelvis
How the core holds emotional energy due to vital organs and energy pathways (meridians)
How somatic movements (like pelvic tilts and neck rolls) can support emotional release
Why chronic pain may be linked to unresolved trauma held in the body
How to begin with safe, small, simple movements to avoid burnout and maintain consistency
Why self-acceptance, awareness, and patience are key

Understanding that healing takes time, but gentle opens the door to long-term wellbeing

Timestamps:

01:57 – How trauma shows up in the body
05:20 – Understanding the body’s physical response to emotional stress
08:00 – Getting started with somatic movement
11:19 – Why gentleness is key in healing
11:49 – Creating accessible movement rituals at home

This episode is a must-listen if you’ve ever felt emotionally ‘stuck’ in your body or want a more holistic way to heal and support your nervous system.

Connect with Manuela Mitevova via her website, https://www.manuelamitevova.com/ or on Instagram, @manumitevova

Links and Resources:

Book on to the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop about Creating ADHD 'Routines' and 'Structures' - Stability in Choppy Waters! Click here to book.

Catch all the previous ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Workshop Series workshops here. Available to buy now as on-demand.

If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!

Find all of Kate's popular online workshops and free resources here, including ADHD nervous System and Poly Vagal workshops here: https://www.adhdwomenswellbeing.co.uk/regulate-adhd-nervous-system

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The Power of Early ADHD Screening and Diagnosis in Girls with Cynthia Hammer

Wed, 21 May 2025 23:15:00 -0000

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This week, I’m joined by Cynthia Hammer, author, advocate, and founder of the Inattentive ADHD Coalition. Diagnosed with ADHD at 49, Cynthia shares her powerful story of living undiagnosed for decades and how that experience inspired her mission to raise awareness, especially for girls who are so often overlooked.

We explore the emotional and practical effects of late diagnosis, why inattentive ADHD remains under-recognised, and how early intervention can make a lasting difference. Cynthia’s journey is both inspiring and validating, especially for those questioning whether ADHD has shaped their own path.

Tune in to learn why early recognition matters and how it could change lives, starting with the next generation of girls.

What You’ll Learn

✨ Why ADHD in girls is still frequently missed or misdiagnosed due to masking and societal expectations

✨ The emotional toll of undiagnosed ADHD and misunderstanding of inattentive ADHD

✨ The role of early diagnosis for ADHD girls and screening for the whole family

✨ Signs teachers and parents can look for to diagnose ADHD

✨ How to shift from shame and negative self-talk to self-compassion and understanding

✨ Cynthia Hammer’s personal journey with adult diagnosis and her advocacy through the Inattentive ADHD Coalition and FINDtheADHDgirls project

✨ The evolution of ADHD awareness and what the future of diagnosis and support might look like

✨ The power of community and advocacy to empower women in the next generation navigating ADHD

Timestamps

05:33 – Getting diagnosed at 49: Cynthia’s ADHD story

09:39 – Why girls are so often missed in school systems

16:33 – The impact of misdiagnosis and gender bias

22:31 – From self-criticism to self-acceptance: Cynthia’s mindset shift

28:13 – ADHD and family dynamics

31:10 – The need for better ADHD screening and early support

Find out more about Cynthia and her work via her website, www.iadhd.org or via Instagram.

Links and Resources:

⭐ Missed the first 5 ADHD Women's Wellbeing Summer Series Workshops? You can get them all on demand now. Click here to purchase.

⭐ Book on the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop all about 'Creating ADHD 'Routines' and 'Structures' ' on June 10th @1.30pm! Click here to book.

⭐ If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!

⭐ Launching September! Tired of ADHD support that doesn’t get you? My new compassionate, community-first membership ditches the overwhelm by providing support aligned with YOU! Join the waitlist now for an exclusive founding member offer!

Find all of Kate's popular online workshops and free resources here

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How Our Gut-Brain Health Affects ADHD and How to Calm Inflammation

Sun, 18 May 2025 23:15:00 -0000

🌟 My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is available to preorder here 🌟

In this week's wisdom episode, I chat with Josh Dech, a holistic nutritionist and physician’s consultant, about the often-overlooked link between gut health and ADHD.

Josh shares his personal journey with ADHD and severe gut issues, and how healing his digestive system transformed not only his physical health, but also his focus, energy, and emotional wellbeing. With over 300 cases of Crohn’s and Colitis reversed under his belt, Josh brings a refreshing and hopeful perspective to ADHD management through lifestyle changes.

This episode is packed with practical tips and thought-provoking insights that empower you to take control of your gut - and in turn, your brain.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ How the gut-brain connection works through the vagus nerve and it's role in ADHD

✨ The role of the gut microbiome in focus, mood, and brain inflammation

✨ Josh’s personal and family experience with gut issues and understanding his body supported his healing

✨ The need for quicker research dissemination and the power of medicine and social media

✨ How current research on gut health is becoming mainstream through medicine and social media

✨ Practical tips to reduce brain inflammation, including sleep, stress management, routine, and exercise

Timestamps:

01:53 – What is the gut-brain connection?

07:05 – Josh’s journey of healing gut issues and ADHD

11:51 – How your gut impacts brain chemistry

14:34 - Understanding Sleep and Health Management

Tune in now if you’re curious about natural, practical ways to support your ADHD through gut health and daily wellbeing practices.

Find out more about Josh and his work via his website, gutsolution.ca or via Instagram.

Links and Resources:

⭐ Book on to the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop about RSD (Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria) Click here to book.

⭐ Perfectionism, Pressure, Procrastination, Productivity, and all the ADHD Ps in between! Workshop available to buy now on-demand. Click here to purchase.

⭐ If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!

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Takeaways:

Understanding the connection between gut health and ADHD can significantly impact symptom management.
Managing gut health is crucial for ADHD individuals, as it can directly influence brain function.
Simple lifestyle choices, like regular sleep schedules and dietary adjustments, can improve ADHD symptoms.
The influence of environmental factors on neurodivergence emphasizes the importance of mindful living.
Emphasizing a holistic approach to health can empower individuals with ADHD to reclaim their wellbeing.
Awareness of the gut-brain connection is vital for addressing ADHD and overall mental health.

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Building Bridges: Tips for Better ADHD Connection and Relationships with Lisa Rabinowitz

Wed, 14 May 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this week’s episode of The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, I’m joined by couples counsellor and author Lisa Rabinowitz to discuss what really happens when ADHD shows up in a relationship and how to evolve and grow through it together.

Whether you have ADHD, your partner does, or you’re both neurodivergent, this conversation offers real-life tools and insights to help you feel more connected, understood, and supported.

Lisa, author of Why Won’t You Stop Interrupting Me?, shares how ADHD can create challenges with communication, emotional regulation, and reactivity, and how couples can move from blame to teamwork.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ Why ADHD can make communication harder and how to reduce misinterpretation and reactivity

✨ How understanding both partners’ neurodivergence creates more compassion and connection

✨ What a “talk nook” is, and why creating space for safe conversations can transform your relationship

✨ How to use tools like timers, summaries, fidget toys, ChatGPT, and bullet points to support better discussions

✨ Why self-awareness and emotional responsibility matter for both partners

✨ How to move from blame to teamwork, and what it means to approach your relationship like a “3-legged race”

✨ The role of Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) in relationships and how to navigate needs for independence

✨ Why having a shared goal and taking small steps forward together builds empowerment and trust

✨ How to start using your ADHD diagnosis as a tool for deeper understanding

✨ Encouraging, science-backed advice from Lisa’s work with couples navigating ADHD challenges

Timestamps:

🕒 00:59 – Understanding Neurodivergence in Relationships

🕒 14:51 – The Importance of Self-Responsibility in Relationships

🕒 17:32 – Navigating Neurodivergence in Relationships

🕒 23:36 – Understanding Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)

🕒 30:03 – Exploring Different Communication Styles

You’ll walk away with encouragement, clarity, and small steps that make a big difference, whether you’re navigating frustration, wanting to reconnect, or just looking to understand each other better.

To find out more about Lisa Rabinowitz and the work she does check out her website, counselorforcouples.com or connect with her on Instagram (@rabinowitzcounseling).

You can find out more about her book, Why Won't You Stop Interrupting Me? here

Links and Resources:

⭐ Boosting your Self-Belief and Self-Trust after a late-in-life ADHD diagnosis is available to buy now on-demand - Click here to purchase.

⭐ Book on to the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop all about Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria - Click here to book.

⭐ If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!

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ADHD Lifestyle, Purpose & Non-Medication Paths with Dr. Asad Raffi

Sun, 11 May 2025 23:15:00 -0000

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In this insightful and final episode of Ask The Psych, I’m joined by Dr. Asad Rafi to explore the evolving understanding of ADHD, from the limitations of diagnosis to building a life that supports long-term wellbeing.

We dive into how ADHD can impact health span and life span, and why recognising and working with your brain can lead to a more fulfilling, sustainable life. From navigating career choices to avoiding burnout, this episode is all about shifting from deficit thinking to a strengths-based, brain-first approach.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ The challenges of getting an ADHD diagnosis, and what to do if it isn’t accessible

✨ How to manage ADHD when medication isn’t an option

✨ The potential (and limits) of neurofeedback and brain imaging

✨ How unsupported ADHD can reduce life span — and what to do about it

✨ How understanding your brain and shaping your lifestyle to fit with it supports ADHD wellbeing and growth

✨ Finding fulfilment in your career by following strengths and passions

✨ How to ensure your self-worth isn’t tied to your job and how to prevent burnout with self-care

This episode is a powerful reminder that ADHD isn’t just something to manage, it’s something you can work with to live a longer, healthier, more meaningful life.

Timestamps:

🕒 02:55 – Can neurofeedback help with ADHD?

🕒 04:02 – The science behind neuroimaging and ADHD

🕒 08:33 – What it means to find purpose with ADHD

🕒 10:21 – Career shifts and self-understanding

🕒 11:56 – Managing ADHD through daily awareness

Whether you're newly diagnosed, waiting for assessment, or navigating ADHD without medication, this episode offers empowering, realistic advice to help you work with your brain, not against it.

Listen now to reframe your understanding of ADHD and discover how small mindset shifts can lead to big transformations.

Links & Resources:

⭐ Boosting your Self-Belief and Self-Trust after a late-in-life ADHD diagnosis Workshop available to buy now on demand. Click here to purchase.

⭐ Book on the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop all about 'What is Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria? How do we understand and recognise it, and how do we live well with it?' on May 20th @1.30pm! Click here to book.

⭐ If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!

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How 8 Minutes of Mindfulness a Day Can Rewire Your ADHD Brain with Kelly Smith

Wed, 07 May 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this episode, Kate is joined by Kelly Smith, an ADHD advocate, meditation teacher, and founder of Yoga For You, to explore how meditation and mindfulness can become powerful tools for those with ADHD.

With a background in neuroscience and personal experience with ADHD, Kelly shares how short, daily practices like breathwork, grounding, journaling, and visualisation can help calm the nervous system, regulate emotions, and improve focus.

Together, we bust the myth may meditation myths and explore how just 8–12 minutes of intentionality each day can rewire the brain to reduce overstimulation, increase dopamine and GABA, calm the amygdala, and strengthen the prefrontal cortex.

Whether you're overstimulated, overwhelmed, or just unsure where to start, this conversation offers practical ways to make meditation work for your ADHD brain and your unique lifestyle.

What You’ll Learn In This Episode:

✨ The power of short, consistent meditation sessions, especially for ADHD brains

✨ The neuroscience of mindfulness: how dopamine, GABA, the amygdala, and prefrontal cortex are involved in focus, anxiety reduction, and emotional regulation

✨ How meditation helps reduce overstimulation and supports executive function

✨ The difference between intentional introspection and overthinking

✨ How grounding practices like prayer, journaling, or breathwork can build intentionality and future visioning

✨ How to find a meditation style that suits your ADHD brain e.g. visualisation, body awareness, or focused breathing

✨ Why visualising your “ideal self” can lead to subtle but powerful life changes

✨ How meditation strengthens memory, emotional control, and clarity by rewiring the brain over time

✨ Why mindfulness needs to be personal and consistent, not perfect

Timestamps:

🕒 00:48 – Kelly’s ADHD diagnosis and discovering meditation

🕒 13:36 – What meditation does to the brain

🕒 23:23 – Managing overstimulation in parenting

🕒 31:48 – Building an intentional life with ADHD

🕒 34:30 – Meditation styles that support neurodivergent minds

If you’ve ever felt too busy, distracted or overwhelmed to meditate, this episode will show you a new way. Learn how just a few mindful minutes each day can help you feel calmer, more in control, and more connected to the version of yourself you’re working toward becoming.

Find out more about Kelly and the work she does here, www.yogaforyouonline.com or find her on Instagram @yogaforyouonline.

Links and Resources:

⭐ Boosting your Self-Belief and Self-Trust after a late-in-life ADHD diagnosis is available to buy now on-demand - Click here to purchase.

⭐ Book on to the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop all about Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria - Click here to book.

⭐ If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!

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IMPORTANT ADHD Hormonal Information from Professor Sandra Kooij

Sun, 04 May 2025 23:15:00 -0000

🌟 My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is available to preorder here 🌟

This week, I revisit a conversation with Professor Sandra Kooij, one of the world’s leading researchers in adult ADHD, women's health, and hormones and a pioneer in understanding how ADHD manifests differently in women.

We discuss the powerful and often-overlooked link between hormones and ADHD symptoms, especially the role of oestrogen and dopamine throughout a woman’s life.

Professor Kooij shares her groundbreaking research and clinical experience, highlighting how hormonal fluctuations, such as those around menstruation, postpartum and menopause, can intensify ADHD symptoms and impact daily life, mental health, and emotional regulation.

You’ll also learn about new treatment approaches that combine hormonal and ADHD medication support and why a more collaborative, hormone-informed approach to ADHD care is so urgently needed.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ How hormonal changes such as PMS, postpartum, and menopause can intensify ADHD symptoms in women

✨ The link between oestrogen and dopamine, and its effect on ADHD brain function and focus

✨ Why women with ADHD may be more likely to experience earlier menopause

✨ The associated health risks, including cardiovascular issues, in women with ADHD

✨ How stimulant medications, SSRIs, and hormonal support may need adjusting during the menstrual cycle and menopausal phases

✨ What to ask your doctor about managing ADHD through hormonal transitions

✨ Why lifestyle changes may not be enough, and what comprehensive treatment can involve

✨ The urgent need for more research into the ADHD-hormone connection in women’s health

Timestamps

🕒 01:49 – Oestrogen and dopamine: the ADHD connection

🕒 07:02 – PMDD, ADHD and evolving treatment options

🕒 10:17 – Early menopause and ADHD

🕒 14:50 – The H3 Network: uniting psychiatry, cardiology & gynaecology

This is a must-listen episode for any woman navigating ADHD alongside hormonal shifts. Whether you're dealing with PMS, perimenopause, or postpartum challenges, or simply trying to understand your symptoms better, this episode is packed with science-backed insights and compassionate advice.

You can find out more about all the work that Sandra does here.

Links and Resources:

⭐ Boosting Hormonal and Perimenopausal Wellbeing alongside ADHD Workshop with Adele Wimsett available to buy now on-demand - Click here to purchase.

⭐ Book on the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop - Click here to book.

⭐ If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!

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Exploring Trauma and ADHD with Dr Kara Davey

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:15:00 -0000

This week, Kate is joined by Dr. Kara Davey, Senior Clinical Psychologist, trauma specialist, and adult ADHD expert. Dr. Davey shares both personal and professional insights into how unresolved trauma can amplify ADHD symptoms, especially in women, and why understanding this connection is vital for healing and long-term wellbeing.

Dr. Davey discusses her own ADHD diagnosis following a stillbirth, which deeply shaped her clinical perspective. Together, we explore how trauma, especially “small t” traumas like chronic stress or emotional invalidation, can go unrecognised but significantly impact mental health and functioning.

Throughout the episode, Dr. Davey emphasises the need for trauma-informed, ADHD-aware care and the benefits of therapies like EMDR and somatic work in processing trauma.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✨ How trauma (both “big T” and “small t”) can worsen ADHD symptoms in women

✨ The emotional toll of undiagnosed ADHD and its link to complex PTSD (cPTSD)

✨ Delayed ADHD diagnosis in women, often triggered by grief or life stressors

✨ The generational impact of undiagnosed ADHD in families

✨ Why validating emotional and relational trauma is key for ADHD support

✨ How therapies like EMDR and somatic work can help process trauma

✨ The importance of ADHD-aware, trauma-informed therapy

✨ Why remote therapy offers accessible, ADHD-friendly mental health care

Timestamps:

🕒 00:09 – Exploring Trauma and ADHD

🕒 06:10 – Understanding the intersection of ADHD and Trauma

🕒 11:25 – Recognising the impact of emotional and interpersonal trauma

🕒 20:42 – Trauma treatment options: EMDR and beyond

🕒 30:53 – ADHD-friendly therapy approaches

🕒 36:43 – The power of remote therapy for neurodivergent clients

Learn more about Dr Kara Davey's ADHD work here.

Links and Resources:

⭐ Boosting Hormonal and Perimenopausal Wellbeing alongside ADHD Workshop with Adele Wimsett is available to buy now on-demand - Click here to purchase.

⭐ Book on the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop - Click here to book.

⭐ If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!

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What’s Really Behind Our ADHD Cognitive Struggles?

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 23:15:00 -0000

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In this week’s episode, we shift the focus from labels to brain health. Dr. Asad Rafi, psychiatrist and ADHD specialist, joins me to answer a listener’s powerful question about recognising ADHD at 60 — and whether it’s ADHD or natural cognitive ageing.

You’ll also hear from Lucinda Miller. As clinical lead of the NatureDoc team, with over 25 years of experience as a naturopath and qualifications in Functional Medicine, Lucinda's book, Brain Brilliance, was published in August 2024. She discusses the significance of understanding how hormonal changes impact mental health and brain health.

Together, we explore how age, hormones, and life experiences can impact our brain health, cognitive function, and why it’s not always a straightforward ADHD diagnosis.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ Why thinking about brain health, not just ADHD, is key to managing symptoms effectively

✨ The difference between having features of ADHD and symptoms

✨ How menopause and hormonal shifts can mimic or unmask ADHD

✨ Why context and impact of ADHD symptoms throughout your life matter more than diagnosis checklists

✨ How to tell the difference between ADHD and natural cognitive changes

✨ Why brain fog isn’t always ADHD, and why it matters to know the difference

✨The specifics when it comes to nutrient levels like Iron and Zinc

✨ How your brain chemicals affect your mental clarity

✨ Eating to support your brain health and function

Dr. Rafi offers a thoughtful, holistic approach to late-life neurodivergence, helping us ask: Has it always been there, or is something else going on?

If you’re navigating hormonal changes, questioning your focus, or wondering if ADHD fits, this episode offers clarity, compassion, and a brain-first perspective.

Timestamps:

🕒 01:41 – A listener’s story: Recognising ADHD at 60

🕒 02:44 – Reframing ADHD through brain health

🕒 05:07 – Symptoms vs. features: what to look for

🕒 06:58 – Hormonal changes and ADHD

🕒 07:43 – Brain fog and cognitive shifts during menopause

🕒 08:51 - Understanding Dopamine ADHD and the Dietary Interplay

🕒 15:13 - Iron Needs for Women, Absorption and ADHD

Listen now and discover how understanding your brain better can be the first step to feeling like yourself again.

Links & Resources:

⭐ Boosting Hormonal and Perimenopausal Wellbeing alongside ADHD Workshop available to buy now on demand. Click here to purchase.

⭐ Book on the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop all about 'Boosting your Self-Belief and Self-Trust after a late-in-life ADHD diagnosis' on May 6th @1.30pm! Click here to book.

⭐ If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!

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Understand and Heal Your Emotional Eating: Insights for Neurodivergent Women

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 23:15:00 -0000

🌟 My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is available to preorder here 🌟

This week, I’m joined by nutritionist and eating behaviour coach Marcelle Rose to explore the often-overlooked connection between emotional eating and neurodivergence.

If you’ve ever struggled with binge eating, food restriction or chaotic eating patterns, especially alongside ADHD or autism, you are not alone. We talk about why these behaviours are so common in the ADHD community, the impact of shame and generational messaging around food, and how traits like perfectionism, RSD and impaired interoception can make eating feel extra hard.

Marcelle shares practical, compassionate tools to help you feel more connected to your body, understand your hunger signals, and heal your relationship with food, without restriction or guilt.

Whether you're newly diagnosed or have long suspected your ADHD or neurodivergence influences your eating habits, this episode will leave you feeling seen, supported and more empowered to heal your relationship with food.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ Why ADHD and autism can increase the likelihood of emotional and binge eating

✨ The difference between disordered eating, emotional eating, binge eating, restrictive eating and clinical eating disorders

✨ How shame, diet culture and generational beliefs about weight impact your relationship with food

✨ Why neurodivergent women often struggle with hunger cues and interoception – and how to start reconnecting

✨ How RSD, perfectionism and comparison can feed into disordered eating

✨ What recovery really looks like (and why it’s different for everyone)

✨ The role of hormones, the menstrual cycle and sleep in your eating behaviours

✨ Gentle, realistic strategies to feel more calm, consistent and confident with food

Timestamps:

🕒 07:27 – What binge & disordered eating can look like

🕒 15:40 – The emotional root of chaotic eating

🕒 21:39 – Healing, body image, and self-compassion

🕒 25:40 – Listening to your body’s hunger signals

🕒 35:16 – Why neurodivergent brains need a gentler approach

Marcelle’s book The Binge Freedom Method: 4 Pillars to Beating Emotional Eating for Good is available here. You can also connect with her community via The Food Freedom Collective on Facebook.

Links and Resources:

⭐ Boosting Your ADHD Hormonal and Perimenopausal Wellbeing Workshop with Adele Wimsett is available to buy now on-demand - Click here to purchase.

⭐ Book on the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop - Click here to book.

⭐ If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!

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ADHD, Autism & Harnessing Our Unique Neurodiversity at Work with Rachel Morgan-Trimmer

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 23:15:00 -0000

In this week’s episode, Kate speaks with Rachel Morgan-Trimmer, a neurodiversity consultant, TEDx speaker, and author of How to Be Autistic: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed. Together they explore the complex intersection of ADHD and autism, and what it means to truly support neurodivergent people at work and beyond.

Rachel shares her journey of late diagnosis, burnout, and self-discovery, and unpacks the lesser-known ways mental and physical health can be affected when ADHD and autism go unsupported. They dive deep into the power of language, the harm of assumptions, and how workplaces can move from just “awareness” to real, sustainable inclusion through low-cost, high-impact interventions.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ Why the overlap between ADHD and autism can feel confusing — especially for women

✨ How internalised stigma, shame, and burnout can show up at work

✨ What sustainable, inclusive systems for neurodiveristy look like in the workplace

✨ How to support neurodivergent employees and be a better manager

✨ The role of passion, purpose, and flexibility in helping neurodivergent employees thrive

✨ Why workplace inclusion must centre both health and performance

✨ Why neurodiversity training is more in demand than ever

✨ How changing the narrative from “not enough” to “full of potential” helps productivity and outcomes

✨ Rachel’s personal experience riding the wave of ADHD and autism — and how she empowers others to be their authentic selves

Timestamps:

🕒 01:11 – How ADHD and autism overlap

🕒 12:25 – The rise of neurodiversity awareness at work

🕒 14:30 – What inclusive workplaces can look like

🕒 24:40 – How neurodivergent traits show up in everyday life

🕒 28:40 – Rethinking productivity with ADHD

🕒 36:28 – Navigating neurodivergence as a woman

🕒 40:08 – Why support is key to thriving

This episode is for anyone who’s felt misunderstood at work, questioned how their brain “should” operate, or wants to help build a more inclusive workplace for their employees. When we reframe neurodivergence as a difference, not a deficit, everyone benefits.

Find out more about Rachel and her work via her website, askfirebird.com or on LinkedIn. Buy Rachel's book here.

Links and Resources:

⭐ Perfectionism, Pressure, Procrastination, Productivity, and all the ADHD Ps in between! Workshop available to buy now on-demand. Click here to purchase.

⭐ Book on the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop all about 'Boosting Hormonal and Perimenopausal Wellbeing alongside ADHD' on April 22nd @1.30pm! Click here to book.

⭐ If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!

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Not a School Skiver: Unmasking ADHD, Autism & OCD in Girls with Emily Katy

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 23:15:00 -0000

🌟 My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is available to preorder here 🌟

In this inspiring episode, I speak with Emily Katy, author, advocate, and neurodivergent changemaker, about her powerful journey with late-diagnosed autism, ADHD, and OCD. At just 22, Emily is using her voice to spotlight the urgent need for better understanding and support for neurodivergent girls, particularly in education.

We explore how Emily’s struggles with school attendance, mental health, and being misunderstood led to her writing Girl Unmasked: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life. Her story is a call to action for educators, parents, and mental health professionals to rethink how we support young neurodivergent women.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ How stereotypes influence undiagnosed ADHD, autism, and OCD in girls

✨ The power of Emily's diagnosis in understanding lifelong struggles

✨ Why Emily started the ‘Not a School Skiver’ campaign to challenge harmful assumptions about school avoidance

✨ The link between neurodivergence, school attendance difficulties, and severe emotional distress

✨ How schools and the government must do better to support neurodivergent children

✨ Practical adjustments to help neurodivergent students struggling in mainstream education

✨ Why recognising undiagnosed neurodivergence is critical in mental health services

✨ How self-acceptance and diagnosis changed Emily’s life — and inspired her to write a book to help others

Timestamps:

🕒 01:56 – Emily’s diagnosis journey

🕒 04:50 – The daily challenges of living with ADHD and autism

🕒 07:11 – Why school refusal is often misunderstood

🕒 10:20 – The failures of the education system for neurodivergent students

🕒 12:01 – Why recognising neurodivergence is key in mental health

Listen now for a deeply honest, eye-opening conversation that will leave you feeling informed, moved, and motivated to spark change.

Learn more about Emily here

Read Emily's Letter to the government here

Links & Resources:

⭐ Perfectionism, Pressure, Procrastination, Productivity, and all the ADHD Ps in between! Workshop available to buy now on demand. Click here to purchase.

⭐ Book on the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop all about 'Boosting ADHD Hormonal and Perimenopausal Wellbeing' on April 22nd @1.30pm! Click here to book.

⭐ If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!

⭐ Launching September! Tired of ADHD support that doesn’t get you? My new compassionate, community-first membership ditches the overwhelm by providing support aligned with YOU! Join the waitlist now for an exclusive founding member offer!

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Navigating the Neurodivergent Landscape: What Every Parent and Educator Should Know

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 23:15:00 -0000

🌟 My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is available to preorder here 🌟

Navigating the latest neurodivergent assessments, diagnoses, treatment, and support is an ever-changing landscape, which can feel overwhelming to keep up with. So I'm delighted to welcome Dr Daniel Weisberg, a highly specialised clinical psychologist and founder of CAYP Psychology, a UK-wide psychological healthcare service, to help us better understand what we can be doing TODAY to help and support both ourselves and our children. Dr Weisberg leads a growing team of nearly 90 clinicians across 35 UK-wide clinics, supporting young people in navigating emotional, social, and neurological challenges.

With a deep background in paediatric neuropsychology and years of NHS experience, Dr Weisberg brings practical, compassionate wisdom to this conversation. We speak about the importance of building supportive environments, developing emotional resilience, and fostering connection and communication, especially for children and young people with ADHD or other neurodivergent needs.

Whether you’re a parent, caregiver, educator, or simply navigating ADHD yourself, this episode will help you reflect, process, and move forward with a better understanding of your own neurodiverse patterns and traits, as well as those of the loved ones around you.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ How teachers can recognise and gently support ADHD in the classroom

✨ The emotional toll of undiagnosed ADHD and autism on self-esteem and behaviour

✨ What to look for at different ages and when to explore a diagnosis

✨ Supporting kids through anxiety, overwhelm, and big feelings

✨ Why early school environments matter and how play supports emotional wellbeing

✨ The power of child-led play for confidence, safety, and resilience

✨ Finding small moments of connection, even on the busiest days

✨ Creating calm, supportive spaces at home and school

✨ Self-care and compassion that feels real, and doable, for your family

You can find out more about the work he does via his website, or Instagram (@cayp.psychology).

Links & Resources:

⭐ Perfectionism, Pressure, Procrastination, Productivity, and all the ADHD Ps in between! Workshop available to buy now on demand. Click here to purchase.

⭐ Book on the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop all about 'Boosting ADHD Hormonal and Perimenopausal Wellbeing' on April 22nd @1.30pm! Click here to book.

⭐ If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!

⭐ Launching September! Tired of ADHD support that doesn’t get you? My new compassionate, community-first membership ditches the overwhelm by providing support aligned with YOU! Join the waitlist now for an exclusive founding member offer!

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The ADHD/Anxiety Connection: How to Find Daily Calm with Dr. Russell Ramsey

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 23:15:00 -0000

🌟My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is available to preorder here🌟

ADHD and anxiety often go hand in hand, creating a cycle of self-doubt, overwhelm, and emotional exhaustion. In this episode, Dr. Russell Ramsay, a clinical psychologist and leading expert in adult ADHD, joins me to unpack the deep connection between ADHD and anxiety—and how to break free from the cycle.

With over two decades of research and clinical practice, Dr Ramsay shares practical tools, mindset shifts, and strategies to help women with ADHD reduce anxiety, improve self-trust, and navigate daily challenges with confidence.

The discussion also touches on the emotional regulation difficulties that accompany ADHD, as many people struggle with a history of negative self-talk and external criticism. By reframing these experiences and focusing on practical tools, we aim to empower listeners to take control of their anxiety and ADHD, embracing their unique journeys with understanding and resilience.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ How ADHD fuels anxiety (and how to stop the cycle)

✨ Why neurodivergent women struggle with self-doubt post-diagnosis

✨ Practical ways to manage ADHD-related anxiety with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

✨ How to personalise treatment approaches based on your unique neurodivergent experience

✨ Exploring neuro-affirming anti-anxiety techniques and the importance of finding what works for you

✨ How ADHD anxiety manifests in relationships, and what to do about it

Timestamps:

🕒 02:06 - The link between ADHD and anxiety

🕒 11:37 - How anxiety and emotions interact

🕒 23:19 - The power of self-talk in managing anxiety

🕒 32:42 - ADHD, anxiety, and relationships

🕒 39:25 - How ADHD affects women differently

🕒 45:00 - Practical strategies for managing ADHD as a woman

This episode is full of actionable insights and self-compassionate strategies to help you feel more in control of your mind and emotions. Whether you've struggled with racing thoughts, decision paralysis, or chronic self-doubt, this episode is for you.

If you’re exhausted by the continual burnout and want to embrace your ADHD in a way that supports your well-being, this episode is packed with valuable insights and practical strategies to help you move forward with more ease.

Connect with Dr. Ramsay via his website or buy his book here!

Links & Resources:

⭐ Perfectionism, Pressure, Procrastination, Productivity, and all the ADHD Ps in between! workshop available to buy now on-demand. Click here to purchase.

⭐ Book on the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshops all about 'Boosting Hormonal and Perimenopausal Wellbeing alongside ADHD' on April 22nd. Click here to book.

⭐ If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!

⭐ LAUNCHING THIS SEPTEMBER! Struggling to find ADHD support that FEELS aligned and truly understands YOU—without the monthly overwhelm of a traditional online membership? Join the waitlist for my new compassionate, community-focused, and accessible ADHD membership and get access to an exclusive founding members offer.

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Takeaways:

Understanding the connection between ADHD and anxiety is crucial for managing both effectively.
Women with ADHD often struggle with self-doubt and mistrust, especially post-diagnosis.
Neuro-affirming Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers practical strategies to address ADHD-related challenges.
Personalising treatment plans is essential, as each person's experience with ADHD differs significantly.
Anxiety can manifest in various ways, making it vital to recognize and address underlying causes.
Awareness of ADHD can empower us to embrace their unique strengths and coping strategies.

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Self-Compassion and ADHD: How to Break the Cycle of Drama

Sun, 30 Mar 2025 23:15:00 -0000

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is available to order here.

On this week's ADHD Women's Wellbeing 'Wisdom' episode, we revisit an interview I did with Dr. Miguel Toribio-Mateas, a clinical neuroscientist and nutrition researcher, to explore how food choices, stress management, and gut health influence executive function, sensory processing, and ADHD tendencies.

As someone who personally navigates life with ADHD and autism, Dr. Miguel brings both scientific expertise and lived experience to the conversation, sharing practical, compassionate strategies to help you support your brain through nutrition.

Throughout this conversation, we shared anecdotes from various projects, illustrating how different approaches can lead to unique outcomes. By collaborating with others and sharing ideas, we can enhance our creative process and produce assets that resonate with audiences on a deeper level.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ How gut health directly impacts ADHD symptoms like focus, mood, and emotional regulation

✨ The link between self-compassion and gut health (yes, being kinder to yourself can improve digestion!)

To discover more about his transformative work and offerings, visit drmiguelmateas.com or connect with him on Instagram (@drmiguelmateas).

Ready to swap burnout and overwhelm for balance and ease this spring? Join me for breakthrough ADHD Wellbeing Workshops and step into more compassionate self-acceptance.

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Takeaways:

We discussed the importance of being adaptable in our ever-changing world, especially in business.
Communication is key; we emphasized how clear dialogue can prevent misunderstandings.
Setting realistic goals helps us stay focused and makes it easier to track our progress.
We explored various strategies for time management that can boost productivity effectively.
Building a supportive network is crucial; we shared tips on how to connect with others.
Embracing failure as a learning opportunity can lead to greater long-term success.

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How Somatic Experiencing Helps with Chronic Pain and ADHD

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 23:15:00 -0000

🌟 My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is available to order here 🌟

ADHD isn’t just about focus and forgetfulness, it’s a whole-body experience.

Many women with ADHD also struggle with chronic pain, tension, migraines and hypermobility, yet these physical symptoms are rarely linked to ADHD in traditional treatments.

In this episode, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner Susanna Elias shares her personal journey of overcoming 24 years of chronic back pain and explains how trauma, stress, and emotional dysregulation can become “stuck” in the body.

She introduces Somatic Experiencing (SE) as a powerful approach to help neurodivergent people reconnect with their bodies, regulate their nervous systems, and find relief from long-standing physical discomfort.

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by your emotions or disconnected from your body, this episode will give you practical tools to understand the mind-body connection, regulate your nervous system and create a sense of balance and ease.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ How ADHD and trauma can manifest as physical symptoms such as chronic pain and hypermobility.

✨ Why traditional treatments often overlook the body’s role in ADHD.

✨ How Somatic Experiencing (SE) helps process and release stored stress and trauma.

✨ The link between emotional dysregulation and physical discomfort in ADHD.

✨ The role of co-regulation & self-regulation in managing stress and sensory overload.

✨ Regulating the nervous system is crucial for managing ADHD symptoms and overall wellbeing.

✨ Emotional experiences can lead to physical symptoms, highlighting the mind-body connection in health.

Timestamps:

🕒 01:06 – What is Somatic Experiencing? How it helps ADHD & trauma

🕒 08:18 – The surprising link between ADHD, hypermobility, and chronic pain

🕒 16:00 – How unprocessed trauma can create dysregulation in the nervous system

🕒 24:08 – The role of mind-body healing in ADHD

🕒 31:00 – Understanding how emotions impact physical health

🕒 36:04 – How co-regulation & self-regulation help with ADHD symptoms

Connect with Susanne via her website or Instagram, @susannaeliasbodymind

Links & Resources:

🌸 If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!❗

🌸 Join me for a series of breakthrough ADHD Wellbeing Workshops this spring/summer

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Ready For The Roadmap to Finally Thrive WITH Your ADHD?

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 23:15:00 -0000

✨ PRE-ORDER MY NEW BOOK, THE ADHD WOMEN'S WELLBEING TOOLKIT HERE! ✨

Today’s episode is about something very special: the launch of my new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit! Whether you’re newly diagnosed or have been navigating ADHD for years, this book is designed to support you in understanding your ADHD and, more importantly, in building a life that feels calmer, more fulfilling, and aligned with your unique needs.

I didn’t just want to write another book about ADHD. I wanted to create a COMPASSIONATE yet practical resource filled with tools, insights, and strategies to help you feel seen, validated, and supported in your journey. ADHD affects so many areas of life, and this toolkit is here to help you navigate those challenges with more confidence and ease.

Joining me for this conversation is fellow podcaster Hannah Hickinbotham, host of The Full of Beans Podcast, who understands the neurodivergent experience firsthand. We’ll discuss the purpose behind this book, why it’s such an essential resource for women with ADHD, and how pre-orders play a massive role in making it widely available.

Get ready for an engaging discussion that highlights the journey of writing this book and the hope it brings to many.

We dive deep into:

✨ The importance of understanding ADHD in women and the unique challenges they face throughout different hormonal stages of life.

✨ How The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Toolkit is designed to support women at any point in their ADHD journey, providing practical advice and tools to help them navigate life with more ease.

✨ How to use the book as a resource to gain holistic, actionable guidance, offering strategies to cultivate joy, fulfilment, wellbeing and calmness while managing the everyday realities of ADHD.

✨ How the book serves as a valuable resource not only for individuals with ADHD but also for their loved ones, helping to foster better compassion, validation, understanding and support within families.

Timestamps

🕒 01:00: Introducing the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit

🕒 10:18: Navigating ADHD as a journey of understanding and acceptance

🕒 19:20: The process of writing with ADHD

🕒 23:32: Navigating the challenges of writing and ADHD such as hyperfocus, imposter syndrome and more!

🕒 28:25: Finding support and accessibility in ADHD

🕒 38:31: The journey to understanding ADHD

📖 Pre-order The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Toolkit now and be part of this journey with me HERE!

Links & Resources:

❗If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!❗

🌸 Join me for a series of breakthrough ADHD Wellbeing Workshops and step into more understanding, self-advocacy, self-empowerment and self-acceptance to swap burnout and overwhelm for balance and ease this spring 🌸

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How I Wrote My Book with ADHD: This One's For You!

Sun, 16 Mar 2025 23:15:00 -0000

PRE-ORDER MY NEW BOOK, THE ADHD WOMEN'S WELLBEING TOOLKIT HERE!

✨ BIG NEWS! ✨ I’ve written a book, and you’re the first to hear about it!

The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit has been in the making for a long time, and I’m so excited to share it with you, FINALLY! After working with and speaking to so many women with ADHD, through coaching, the podcast, this community and my own journey, I knew there was a need for a resource that goes beyond just managing ADHD.

I wanted to create something that helps women truly thrive and live authentic and good lives with ADHD rather than just cope with it. The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit book brings together everything I’ve learned from practical tools, mindset shifts, and holistic wellbeing strategies to help you embrace your unique brain, reduce overwhelm, and live with more confidence and ease.

ADHD affects and impacts every part of life, from emotions, relationships, and careers to health, self-trust, hormones, and everyday routines. I know how frustrating it can be when the typical advice doesn’t work for you, which is why this toolkit is all about finding what does. It’s a guide to understanding yourself, building supportive habits, and creating a life that aligns with your needs rather than forcing yourself into a one-size-fits-all approach.

Key Takeaways:

💡 How The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Toolkit is designed to help women shift from just managing ADHD to thriving with it.

💡 How the book offers practical strategies to reduce overwhelm, boost self-trust, and create an ADHD-friendly lifestyle.

💡 Tools included in the book for emotional wellbeing, self-compassion, and breaking free from burnout.

💡 Emphasising the role of self-acceptance and understanding your neurobiology helps reframe ADHD as a strength rather than a limitation.

💡 How my journey writing this book was filled with challenges and lessons in self-trust, community, and asking for help.

💡 How pre-ordering The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Toolkit will help to ensure it reaches local bookshops and gets into the hands of the women who need it most.

Pre-order The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Toolkit now and be part of this journey with me!

Links & Resources:

🌸 If you love the podcast but want further ADHD Women's Wellbeing support, join me for a series of breakthrough ADHD Wellbeing Workshops and step into more understanding, self-advocacy, self-empowerment and self-acceptance to swap burnout and overwhelm for balance and ease this spring 🌸

❗Get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!❗

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Creating Your Unique ADHD Productivity/Rest Balance with Grace Koelma

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 23:15:00 -0000

How do you balance productivity, rest, growth and self-compassion with ADHD?

In this episode, I’m joined by Grace Koelma, ADHD advocate, writer, and creator of the Future ADHD digital planner, which has helped over 80,000 neurodivergent individuals better organise their lives.

Diagnosed with ADHD in her early 30s, Grace knows firsthand the frustrations of traditional productivity tools and has built a career around helping ADHDers work with—not against—their brains. Together, we discuss the significance of rest, its different forms, and how understanding our unique needs can empower us to lead more fulfilling lives.

We dive deep into:

✨ Why traditional productivity hacks don’t work for ADHD brains (and what does!)

✨ The power of personalised planning tools and how they can help reduce stress

✨ Why rest isn’t just about sleep and understanding the 10 types of rest ADHDers need

✨ What ‘clickbait thoughts’ are and how to stop them from hijacking your mindset

✨ How to break free from shame and embrace a neurodivergent-friendly way of working

Timestamps:

🕒 03:42 - Breaking the cycle of shame & ADHD productivity struggles

🕒 09:20 - The link between neurodivergent creativity & productivity

🕒 21:07 - Understanding the role of rest in ADHD & why we need more than just sleep

🕒 25:20 - The 10 types of rest ADHDers need for better mental wellbeing

🕒 32:47 - ‘Clickbait thoughts’ relating to RSD and how to manage them

🕒 43:11 - How ADHD affects learning & education

If you’ve ever felt like you’re failing at productivity or constantly swinging between burnout and hyper-focus, this conversation will leave you feeling empowered, understood, and equipped with practical strategies.

If you’re tired of fighting burnout and want to embrace your ADHD in a way that supports your well-being, this episode is packed with valuable insights and practical strategies to help you move forward with more ease.

Ready to swap burnout and overwhelm for balance and ease this spring? Join me for a series of breakthrough ADHD Wellbeing Workshops and step into more understanding, self-advocacy, self-empowerment and self-acceptance!

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Takeaways:

Understanding ADHD can empower women to embrace their unique brains and lessen feelings of shame.
Creating personalized productivity tools is crucial for ADHD individuals, allowing flexibility and self-acceptance.
The importance of rest varies for neurodivergent individuals, with multiple forms of rest being necessary.
Emotional and cognitive rest are vital for balancing the extremes of hyper-focus and burnout in ADHD.
Late diagnosis can lead to shame, but psychoeducation can help individuals reclaim their self-worth and capabilities.
Planning resources designed specifically for ADHD brains can help bridge the gap in traditional productivity methods.

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The Power of Progesterone for ADHD Hormonal Balance: Insights from a New Study

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 23:15:00 -0000

Progesterone is a hormone that isn't discussed enough, and when it is, it's usually with negative connotations of intolerance.

It's essential we learn more about how hormonal shifts impact our ADHD, especially during perimenopause. This week, I’m joined by Adele Wimsett, a Women’s Hormone Health Practitioner, to explore the powerful link between ADHD and hormone fluctuations—and why understanding the role of progesterone is key to feeling more rested, calmer and less anxious.

Adele has dedicated her career to educating women and girls on harnessing the power of their cyclical nature. As a specialist in ADHD and hormonal health, she blends science and holistic approaches to help women navigate everything from menarche to menopause with more balance and ease.

We discuss a fascinating qualitative study that Adele conducted, where she tracked hormone levels and ADHD symptoms in a group of perimenopausal women. We discuss the often-overlooked role of progesterone and how its decline during perimenopause can lead to intensified ADHD symptoms including anxiety, overwhelm, poor sleep and low mood.

In this episode, Adele also shares her groundbreaking research, tracking hormone levels and ADHD symptoms in perimenopausal women, uncovering how declining progesterone, estrogen dominance, and hormonal imbalances can intensify ADHD traits.

If you’ve felt like your ADHD symptoms have worsened during perimenopause or struggled to get the proper hormonal support, this episode offers you insights, education, and empowering solutions to help you reclaim your ADHD wellbeing.

This episode is a call to action for you to advocate for your health, understand your body better, and seek out resources to help you manage your unique symptoms. The conversation also touches on the societal stigma surrounding women's health issues and the urgent need for a shift in how medical professionals approach hormonal health in women, particularly those who are neurodivergent.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ How hormonal changes in perimenopause can impact ADHD symptoms

✨ Why progesterone plays a crucial role in ADHD hormone health, mood regulation and emotional stability

✨ The connection between estrogen dominance and ADHD symptoms in women

✨ Why histamine flare-ups are common in ADHD perimenopause

✨ Why so many women struggle to get appropriate hormonal health support

✨ The urgent need for more research into the intersection of ADHD and women’s health

✨ How finding the right hormonal balance can help women regain better energy, clarity, and confidence

✨ How to support our adrenals, stress levels and hormone health

Timestamps:

🕒 02:15 - How hormonal changes in perimenopause affect ADHD

🕒 19:50 - The role of progesterone in mood & emotional regulation

🕒 29:33 - The link between oestrogen dominance & ADHD symptoms

🕒 34:45 - Why hormonal balance is key for women’s wellbeing

🕒 40:09 - How awareness can empower women with ADHD

🕒 43:16 - The importance of boundaries for neurodivergent women

If you’re tired of pushing through burnout and want to embrace your ADHD in a way that supports your wellbeing, with valuable insights and practical strategies to help you move forward with more ease, join me for a season of empowering ADHD Women's Wellbeing Workshops.

From nervous system regulation to fulfilment, hormonal health, and creating more compassionate relationships, select the sessions that resonate with you, or buy the all-access pass to join them all and attend a bonus Ask Me Anything Q&A in July! All details can be found here.

Reminders, recordings and reflections will be available!

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Anchoring Your ADHD Creativity Alongside Imposter Syndrome with Louise Gooding

Sun, 02 Mar 2025 23:15:00 -0000

On this week's ADHD Women's Wellbeing 'Wisdom' episode, we revisit part of our conversation with proud ADHDer, neurodiversity advocate and author Louise Gooding.

Louise has written three books that celebrate neurodiversity and help children understand their wonderfully wired brains, including:

In this inspiring conversation, Louise shares how her late ADHD diagnosis unlocked her creativity and passion for storytelling, leading her to publish three books in just a few years. She opens up about the challenges of navigating an undiagnosed childhood, struggling within traditional education, and finally finding validation in her neurodivergence.

Here's What You'll Learn on This Week's Wisdom Episode:

✨ How Louise's ADHD diagnosis has opened up doors to creativity and given her permission to go back into education and write her books.

✨ Managing rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD) and imposter syndrome as an author.

✨ The importance of writing books about neurodiversity, especially from a lived experience perspective.

✨ Finding your passion and using energy to feel good about yourself instead of bringing yourself down.

Ready to swap burnout and overwhelm for balance and ease this spring? Join me for a season of ADHD Women's Wellbeing Workshops - a series of empowering workshops to activate your ADHD life, improve your wellbeing and harness your potential!

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Redefining Rest: What Recovery Looks Like for ADHD Minds

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 23:15:00 -0000

Do you constantly overcompensate, push yourself to exhaustion, and struggle to slow down? If so, this episode is for you.

This week, I’m joined by Meredith Carder, ADHD coach and author of It All Makes Sense Now, to discuss why so many women with ADHD fall into patterns of burnout, perfectionism, and self-doubt—and, more importantly, how to break free.

Meredith shares her personal ADHD journey, how she rebuilt self-trust after years of masking, and why redefining rest is essential for managing ADHD effectively. If you’ve ever felt like you’re constantly doing too much yet never doing enough, this conversation will help you reframe your mindset, embrace your neurodivergent brain, and find self-compassion along the way.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ Why women with ADHD often overcompensate and experience burnout

✨ How to redefine rest so it actually works for your ADHD brain

✨ The importance of self-trust and self-compassion in managing ADHD symptoms

✨ How ADHD impacts career paths and the need to create a work-life balance that supports your wellbeing

✨ Why early diagnosis and education can empower individuals with ADHD in both personal and professional life

Timestamps:

🕒 09:40 - Understanding ADHD and productivity

🕒 19:17 - Redefining rest for ADHD

🕒 24:11 - Rebuilding self-trust in neurodivergent Individuals

🕒 26:49 - Understanding ADHD and its impact on career paths

🕒 37:25 - Embracing ADHD awareness and acceptance

If you’re tired of pushing through burnout and want to embrace your ADHD in a way that supports your wellbeing, this episode is packed with valuable insights and practical strategies to help you move forward with more ease.

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Your Brain—and Family!—Aren't Broken: Dr. Tamara Rosier on Supporting Neurodivergent Families

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 23:15:00 -0000

How does ADHD impact family dynamics, emotional regulation, and communication? In this episode, Dr. Tamara Rosier, ADHD expert, coach, and author of You, Me, and Our ADHD Family, shares practical strategies for fostering healthier relationships in neurodivergent households.

Through her extensive experience working with ADHD individuals and families, Dr. Rosier provides insights on emotional regulation, personal responsibility, and creating a supportive home environment - helping you navigate ADHD challenges with more awareness and harmony.

What You’ll Learn in this ADHD Women's Wellbeing Episode:

✨ Why emotional dysregulation is a major challenge in ADHD families - and how to manage it

✨ The importance of the ‘window of tolerance’ in regulating emotions during stressful moments

✨ How ADHD affects independence, responsibilities, and family dynamics

✨ The role of self-awareness and personal responsibility in creating healthier interactions

✨ Practical strategies to support neurodivergent family members while maintaining balance

Timestamps:

10:30: Understanding the window of tolerance in ADHD families
19:31: The Pool Metaphor: Navigating emotions and responsibility
27:31: Understanding over and under-functioning in relationships
36:59: Navigating new beginnings: A parent's journey to letting go
45:56: Creating chosen families and healing wounds

Find out more about Tamara's work via her website, adhdcenterofwestmichigan.com or via her Instagram, @dr.tamararosier.

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Takeaways:

Understanding ADHD in women is crucial as it helps them embrace their unique brains and capabilities.
That emotional dysregulation is a common issue in ADHD families that can disrupt harmony and relationships.
How the concept of the 'window of tolerance' is essential for managing emotional responses effectively in ADHD situations.
Creating a supportive environment for neurodivergent family members can help them learn to manage their own challenges better.
Taking responsibility for one's emotional state is vital for maintaining healthy family dynamics during challenging times.
How ADHD individuals may mature at a different rate, affecting their independence and responsibilities.

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Wisdom Episode: Strategies for ADHD Emotional Balance and Regulation

Sun, 16 Feb 2025 23:15:00 -0000

On this week's ADHD Women's Wellbeing 'Wisdom' episode, we revisit a clip from the incredible episode with Dr Tamara Rosier, the author of one of my favourite ADHD books, Your Brain's Not Broken.

Tamara has been a college administrator, a professor, a leadership consultant, a high school teacher, a national public speaker, and an ADHD coach. Through those adventures, Dr Rosier has developed valuable insight into ADHD and how it affects one’s life.

As founder of the ADHD Center of West Michigan, she helps individuals, parents, and families develop an understanding and learn practical skills to live with ADHD effectively. Her book, Your Brain’s Not Broken, provides strategies for navigating the powerful big emotional aspect of ADHD healthily.

Tamara shares her experiences as a parent and ADHD coach, highlighting that emotional regulation isn’t just about anger; it’s about navigating the intense feelings that can arise in various situations. Join us as we unpack practical strategies for recognizing and managing these emotions, making our week ahead a little smoother.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ How our big emotions, embarrassment, and shame impact emotional regulation.

✨ Practical strategies to regulate overwhelming emotions.

✨ The role of the prefrontal cortex—your brain’s "butler"—in calming and sequencing thoughts.

🧠 Plus, we also listen to another clip from our Ask The Psych feature. 🧠

If you’ve ever wondered, “Do I have ADHD, autism, OCD… or all three?” this episode is for you! Together with Dr Asad Raffi, we unpack the nuances of neurodivergent traits and why individualised, informed assessments matter—especially when outdated diagnostic systems like the DSM-5 and ICD-11 can make the process even more confusing.

In this clip, you'll learn about:

✨ The challenges of distinguishing between these conditions.

✨ The high rates of comorbidity and how overlapping traits can make diagnosis tricky.

✨ The difference between hyperfocus vs. hyperfixation and why these traits often blur the lines between conditions.

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Takeaways:

Emotional regulation is a significant challenge for individuals with ADHD, affecting daily interactions.
Tamara Rosier's insights highlight the emotional depth of ADHD beyond just focus and organization.
Creating supportive routines can greatly benefit ADHD individuals and their families in managing challenges.
Understanding the overlap between ADHD and other conditions like autism is crucial for better support.
Big emotions in ADHD can be overwhelming, leading to exhaustion and requiring effective coping strategies.
The metaphor of the 'butler' in the brain illustrates how ADHD affects emotional regulation and attention.

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Boosting ADHD Brain Health with Neurofeedback

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 23:15:00 -0000

Could brain health training be the key to improving focus, emotional regulation, and overall wellbeing?

In this episode, I’m joined by Natalie Baker, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Certified Neurofeedback Trainer, to explore how neurofeedback transforms ADHD management without medication.

With over 25 years of experience, Natalie explains how this non-invasive technique helps retrain the brain, breaking maladaptive patterns and promoting greater calm, focus, and resilience. We also discuss how integrating neurofeedback with lifestyle changes, mindfulness, and nutrition can amplify its effects on long-term mental wellness.

We’ll explore how neurofeedback works to help regulate brain function, particularly for women with ADHD who often juggle multiple roles and face unique challenges. Natalie explains the process in a straightforward way, highlighting how this brain training can lead to a calmer, more focused life. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by the complexities of ADHD or are curious about alternatives to medication, this episode might just be what you need to hear.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ How neurofeedback works and why it’s a powerful tool for ADHD health management

✨ The link between hypervigilance, trauma, emotional regulation, and brain training

✨ Why training as a family can improve communication and support

✨ The long-term benefits of neurofeedback and its potential for dementia prevention

✨ How neurofeedback fits into a holistic approach to ADHD and mental health

✨ How rewiring our brain helps release grief, stuck emotions and trauma

Timestamps:

🔹 10:20 – Understanding neurofeedback and how it works

🔹 13:07 – The connection between hypervigilance and neurofeedback

🔹 27:42 – The emotional journey of brain training

🔹 31:24 – Using neurofeedback to manage ADHD

🔹 44:03 – Neurofeedback and dementia prevention: A new frontier

If you’re curious about alternatives to medication or looking for a science-backed way to support ADHD, this episode will open your eyes to the power of neurofeedback in transforming brain health.

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NEW Research: Hypermobility, Anxiety, Long Covid and Neurodivergence with Dr Jessica Eccles

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 23:15:00 -0000

Dr. Jessica Eccles is back and joins me to further explore and update us on the fascinating link between joint hypermobility, neurodivergence, and emotional regulation.

Dr. Eccles shares insights from her groundbreaking research, revealing how ADHD and autism are often connected to proprioception challenges, autonomic nervous system differences, and physical symptoms like pain, anxiety, and fatigue.

This conversation sheds light on why neurodivergent individuals may experience long COVID differently, the role of proprioception in emotional regulation, and why advocacy in healthcare and education is essential for better support.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ The surprising link between ADHD, autism, and joint hypermobility

✨ How proprioception impacts emotional regulation and daily functioning

✨ Why neurodivergent individuals may experience long COVID more intensely

✨ The importance of advocacy for children and adults in medical, educational, and workplace settings

✨ Practical strategies to support emotional and physical wellbeing

✨ The connection between neurodivergence and chronic pain, fatigue, and inflammation

✨ How hypermobility affects both physical and mental health

✨ The importance of early support to prevent long-term challenges for neurodivergent individuals

Timestamps:

02:15 - Exploring the Links Between Neurodivergence and Long Covid
11:51 - Supporting Neurodivergent Children: A Call to Action
17:32 - Understanding Hypermobility and Its Impacts
21:32 - The Complex Interplay of Neurodivergence and Hypermobile Conditions
29:27 - Understanding Neurodivergence and Body Connection
33:02 - Exploring Sensory Regulation in Neurodivergent Populations

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Hypermobility, EDS and ADHD: Navigating Symptoms and Solutions

Sun, 02 Feb 2025 23:15:00 -0000

Welcome back to a newly relaunched ADHD Women's Wisdom episode! These are snippets from previous guests, bringing back their wisdom from the conversation so you can re-process their fascinating insights and essential knowledge to empower you with more awareness and support.

If you've had ongoing and unexplained chronic pain, fatigue, gut issues, dizziness, anxiety, dislocations, sprains or aching joints, you may be interested in this week's episode discussing the intersection of Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes, Hypermobility and neurodivergence.

This week’s Wisdom guest is Dr Jessica Eccles, a Clinical Senior Lecturer at Brighton and Sussex Medical School in the Department of Neuroscience. Her research is on brain-body interactions, particularly related to joint hypermobility. She is an adult liaison psychiatrist and consultant in the Sussex Neurodevelopmental Service and co-lead of their Neurodivergent Brain Body Clinic.

Dr. Eccles highlights the prevalence of hypermobility and its association with various symptoms, including chronic pain and fatigue, which can significantly impact individuals’ quality of life. Furthermore, she emphasizes the importance of understanding these interconnections, particularly as they relate to neurodivergent individuals who may experience compounded difficulties.

On today's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate Moryoussef and Dr Jessica Eccles talk about:

The intricate relationship between neurodivergence and hypermobility.
The complexities surrounding hypermobility, including its diagnosis and associated symptoms.
Resources that can facilitate understanding and management of hypermobility symptoms.
The prevalence of hypermobility in neurodivergent populations emphasises the need for further research.
Individuals with hypermobility may experience a spectrum of symptoms requiring tailored management strategies.
Advocating for increased awareness and education among healthcare providers regarding hypermobility and its implications.
What is Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS)
The symptoms, challenges and advantages of hypermobility
The link between (H)EDS, hypermobility and ADHD/neurodivergence
Side effects of hypermobility
The interlinks of hypermobility and neurodivergence
Hormones, EDS and hypermobility frequency in women and how it presents differently in men
Fibromyalgia, hypermobility and ADHD connections

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Intuitive ADHD Eating for Everyday Life with Rebecca King

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 23:15:00 -0000

Eating well with ADHD is an essential part of our well-being and thriving alongside this tricky neurobiological condition. However, the challenges of dopamine, mood and energy fluctuations, executive functioning difficulties, cravings and sensory needs, nutrition can be a complex part of our lifestyle.

In this episode, I'm delighted to welcome author, registered dietitian and ADHD nutritionist Rebecca King to explore the unique connection between ADHD and intuitive eating habits. Rebecca shares her personal journey with disordered eating and offers practical advice for overcoming common food challenges faced by people with ADHD.

What You’ll Learn in this Episode:

✨ How to intuitively eat alongside ADHD medication

✨ Why ADHD and sensory needs impact our food choices and meal planning

✨ The importance of intuitive eating and reconnecting with hunger cues

✨ Intuitive eating alongside our menstrual cycles

✨ How to help ourselves with ADHD and disordered eating

✨ Simple strategies to make meal prep easier and less overwhelming

✨ Different types of convenience foods to ease nutritious cooking

✨ How to manage healthy ADHD eating habits alongside decision fatigue and exhaustion

✨ The role of self-compassion in building a positive relationship with food

Timestamps:

02:00 - Understanding ADHD and Nutrition
12:45 - Understanding Eating Patterns and ADHD
18:41 - Navigating Food Choices and Cycles
29:20 - Meal Prep Strategies for ADHD
34:06 - Navigating Meal Planning with Different Sensory Preferences
35:45 - Nutritional Strategies for Busy Lives

Becca’s insights resonate deeply, providing a roadmap for those of us seeking to reclaim control over their eating habits and cultivate a more fulfilling relationship with food. If you’ve ever struggled with food decisions, emotional eating, or meal prep due to ADHD, this episode will leave you feeling knowledgeable, empowered, and supported with actionable strategies to nurture your body and mind.

You can connect with Rebecca via her Instagram, @adhd.nutritionist.

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ADHD Dating and Creating Lasting Connections with Relationship Expert, Moe Ari Brown

Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:15:00 -0000

Dating with ADHD can bring its own set of challenges, but it also offers unique strengths.

In this week’s episode, I speak with licensed marriage and family therapist Moe Arie Brown, Hinge's love and connection expert, to unpack the intersection of ADHD and modern dating. Moe also serves as a diversity & equity consultant and on the board of directors for It Gets Better Project, a non-profit organisation dedicated to uplifting and connecting LGBTQIA+ youth around the globe.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ Why dating apps can feel overwhelming for individuals with ADHD.

✨ Practical strategies for communicating more effectively and reducing dating anxiety.

✨ How to embrace your ADHD traits as strengths while understanding the impact of RSD on building meaningful connections.

✨ How an all-or-nothing mindset can lead to intense emotions followed by boredom and how to navigate these feelings effectively.

✨ Insights from Hinge's Love and ADHD Date Report on neurodivergent dating experiences.

✨ The importance of self-awareness, boundary-setting, and authenticity in dating.

If you’ve ever felt drained by small talk or struggled with the fast-paced nature of online dating, this episode is packed with practical tips and advice. Learn how understanding your ADHD can help you navigate the dating world with confidence and compassion, leading to deeper connections and more fulfilling relationships.

My key takeaway was that with our ADHD awareness, communicating our needs clearly can significantly enhance our dating and relationship experiences.

Timestamps:

02:59 - Challenges of neurodivergent dating
09:15 - Navigating relationships with ADHD awareness
21:46 - Understanding neurodivergent relationships
28:24 - Navigating neurodivergence in dating

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Important Toolkit Announcement - Please Listen!

Sun, 19 Jan 2025 22:45:00 -0000

In this special episode, I reflect on the journey of The Toolkit Podcast as it comes to an end. While this decision wasn’t easy, it stems from a deep desire to make valuable content on ADHD Women’s Wellbeing more inclusive and accessible to everyone.

Tune in to hear more about:

✨ Why I decided to transition from The Toolkit Podcast.

✨ The new Wisdom Episodes format and how it will provide accessible, guest-driven insights.

✨ What’s next for the podcast, with shorter episodes on Mondays and long-form episodes continuing on Thursdays.

✨ What to expect if you're a Toolkit subscriber.

Timestamps:

01:45 - Reflecting on the journey of The Toolkit Podcast
03:43 - Introduction to The Wisdom Episodes
04:04 - Looking forward to what's next

Join Us in This New Chapter!

Stay tuned for The Wisdom Episodes and continue growing with us every Monday and Thursday. Thank you for being part of this journey—we couldn’t have done it without you!

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Sleep Solutions and Circadian Secrets for ADHD Wellbeing with Lynne Peeples

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 23:15:00 -0000

This week, I dive into the fascinating link between ADHD and sleep with science journalist Lynne Peeples, author of The Inner Clock. Together, we explore how ADHD affects circadian rhythms, why so many with ADHD identify as night owls, and how societal expectations around sleep cycles often clash with ADHD traits.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ Why 78% of individuals with ADHD identify as night owls and how genetics play a role.

✨ How modern lifestyle factors like artificial light and irregular meal times disrupt sleep.

✨ Practical small adjustments to your routine—like reducing evening light and keeping consistent meal times—can improve sleep hygiene.

✨ Understanding your natural sleep patterns is key to better managing ADHD symptoms.

✨ The unique sleep challenges faced by women with ADHD, especially during hormonal changes.

During this conversation, we explore practical strategies to improve sleep quality, such as adjusting meal times and optimising light exposure throughout the day. The episode also highlights the importance of understanding our unique sleep patterns and the impact of hormonal changes, especially in women, as they navigate their own wellness journeys.

Timestamps:

01:55 - Exploring the connection between ADHD and sleep patterns
12:49 - Finding balance in daily life with ADHD
13:54 - The impact of meal timing on health
23:20 - Cultural perspectives on circadian rhythms
28:05 - The impact of light on mood and behaviour
33:03 - The impact of modern life on circadian rhythms
39:21 - Understanding Melatonin and sleep regulation

If you’ve ever struggled with sleep as an adult with ADHD or want practical advice to improve your rest, this episode is packed with actionable insights and empowering knowledge to help you feel more in tune with your body and mind.

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Beyond Your Brain - Exploring The ADHD Body-Mind Connections with Dr James Kustow

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 23:15:00 -0000

If you have suffered from ongoing pain, hormonal issues, fatigue or immune system challenges for most of your life alongside your long undiagnosed ADHD, today's FASCINATING episode is a MUST listen with leading Consultant Psychiatrist Dr James Kustow.

Kate and Dr. James Kustow, highly regarded expert in adult ADHD, explore the fascinating connection between ADHD, hypermobility, and many different physical health conditions.

Dr. Kustow sheds light on how ADHD is more than a neurodevelopmental condition, often accompanied by physical symptoms like chronic pain and immune dysfunction.

Dr Kustow is also a member of UKAAN's Executive Board (UKAAN is the main professional organisation for Adult ADHD in the UK). He is UKAAN’s Director of Education and was instrumental in developing the national training programme for psychiatrists.

He is the author of a new bestselling book on adult ADHD, ‘How to Thrive with Adult ADHD – 7 Pillars for Focus, productivity and Balance’, published by Penguin in October 2024.

He is a recognised national and international speaker on adult ADHD, and the winner of the ‘Genius Award’ at the 2021 Celebrating Neurodiversity Awards (run by the social enterprise group, Genius Within) for the ground-breaking ‘Lifeskills’ adult ADHD group programme he established in the NHS about 5 years ago.

During this ground-breaking episode, Dr. Kustow introduces us to his innovative approach to mental health care, which integrates traditional psychiatric methods with body-oriented therapies. He underscores the importance of treating the brain and the entire body, advocating for lifestyle changes encompassing nutrition, exercise, and emotional regulation techniques. By drawing attention to the role of inflammation and the autonomic nervous system in mental health, he challenges conventional notions about ADHD, urging a more inclusive understanding that recognises the complexity of these disorders.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ The link between ADHD and hypermobility affects nearly 50% of individuals with ADHD and often manifests as a cluster of symptoms.

✨ How hormonal fluctuations and misdiagnoses uniquely impact women with ADHD

✨ Chronic inflammation may play a significant role in ADHD and related conditions

✨ Why a holistic approach, including lifestyle changes and self-care, is vital for managing symptoms

✨ Insights from Dr. Kustow’s 3S model, which connects physical and mental health for better well-being

Timestamps:

13:10 - Exploring the connection between ADHD and physical health
18:12 - Understanding dysautonomia and mental health
25:18 - Understanding ADHD: A new perspective on diagnosis and hormonal influence
34:54 - Understanding the 3S model: The somatic super syndrome
52:21 - The crisis of medical understanding
54:33 - The intersection of mind and body in healthcare

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Hormonal Balance and ADHD Myths Debunked: A Conversation with a TOP ADHD Psychiatrist

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 23:15:00 -0000

This special Ask the Psych episode of The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast dives into how hormonal changes – particularly during puberty – impact ADHD symptoms in girls and young women.

You’ll discover how estrogen and progesterone fluctuations impact mood, focus and behaviour, and gain practical advice to help manage critical transitions, such as the move to secondary school and beyond.

You’ll learn…

✨ How hormonal changes during puberty exacerbate ADHD symptoms.

✨ How tracking your menstrual cycle helps tailor ADHD treatment plans.

✨ The importance of nurturing school environments for girls with ADHD.

✨ Hormonal treatments and their role in managing ADHD.

✨ Practical strategies to build resilience during life transitions.

Takeaways:

Hormonal fluctuations, especially during puberty and perimenopause, significantly impact ADHD symptoms in women.
Understanding the relationship between estrogen and dopamine is crucial for managing ADHD effectively.
Individual experiences with hormonal treatments, such as the Mirena coil, can vary greatly among women.
Tracking menstrual cycles and ADHD symptoms can lead to better management strategies and treatment adjustments.
Early puberty appears to affect girls' brain development and mental health, necessitating careful observation.
Contraceptive decisions should be made with an understanding of their potential effects on ADHD symptoms.

Timestamps

08.19 Understanding hormonal influence on ADHD symptoms
13.13 - Understanding ADHD Beyond Stereotypes
21.05 - Navigating ADHD in Academic Settings
23.34 -The importance of addressing childhood adversity

Whether you’re a parent, educator or someone navigating ADHD during life’s big transitions, the practical advice in this episode will help you manage ADHD throughout your cycle.

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Beyond Medication: ADHD Wellbeing and Lifestyle Insights from a TOP Psychiatrist

Wed, 25 Dec 2024 23:15:00 -0000

This special Ask the Psych episode of The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast with Dr Asad Raffi, explores the brain health and unique hormonal challenges women face with ADHD – particularly during perimenopause and menopause.

We discuss how undiagnosed ADHD can lead to years of frustration and overwhelm that’s often compounded by societal pressures and a lack of awareness in healthcare.

In today's episode, you’ll learn…

✨ How hormonal changes during menopause intensify ADHD symptoms.

✨ The impact of going through life with undiagnosed ADHD.

✨ Using sleep, nutrition and exercise to manage ADHD holistically.

✨ How self-awareness can help you navigate ADHD more effectively.

✨ The importance of tailored strategies – not just medication – to manage ADHD.

Takeaways:

ADHD management requires a holistic approach that includes lifestyle changes, medication, and self-awareness.
Understanding the impact of sleep quality is crucial for those diagnosed with ADHD.
Many women discover their ADHD late in life, often after decades of misdiagnosis.
Lifestyle factors such as nutrition, exercise, and sleep can significantly influence ADHD symptoms.
Self-esteem and confidence issues are common among those with ADHD due to societal pressures and criticisms.
It is essential to seek credible information and expert advice when managing ADHD.

Timestamps

02:01 - Navigating ADHD Awareness and Menopause
10:46 - Understanding ADHD: A Holistic Approach
13:06 - Using lifestyle changes to manage ADHD
18:00 - Navigating ADHD and Self-Esteem
21:24 - Potential for Misdiagnosis

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Navigating Perfectionism with ADHD

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Perfectionism can significantly impact women with ADHD, often serving as both a coping mechanism and a source of shame. In today's ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast episode, I speak with Natalie Englander, an accredited senior CBT therapist, about the complexities of perfectionism and its connection to ADHD. Natalie shares her journey of discovering her own ADHD diagnosis at 33 and how her perfectionist tendencies influenced her professional focus.

We explore the negative effects of perfectionism, including anxiety and self-criticism, while also discussing how to harness its positive aspects. With practical strategies and a compassionate approach, this episode offers valuable insights for anyone looking to understand and manage their perfectionism more compassionately.

Natalie combines her professional experience with her lived experience of ADHD to help women navigate the complexities of perfectionism, self-criticism, and mental health.

In this episode, you’ll learn…

✨ How ADHD and perfectionism intersect – particularly for women

✨ The emotional toll of perfectionism: anxiety, depression and self-criticism

✨ Why perfectionism develops – and how it can become a coping mechanism

✨ Practical ways to manage perfectionism

✨How to harness the positive aspects of perfectionism

Timestamps

09.40: The impact of perfectionism on childhood experiences
11.43: The connection between ADHD and motherhood
24.57: How perfectionism intersects with ADHD
31.40: Understanding perfectionism and imposter syndrome
40.29: Navigating perfectionism and self-compassion

If you’ve ever struggled with perfectionism or wondered about its connection to ADHD, this insightful episode will help you embrace self-acceptance and self-compassion - and celebrate life's imperfections.

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How Medical Cannabis Could Transform ADHD Treatment: Insights from Dr. Niraj Singh

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Did you know that medical cannabis could have therapeutic and anti-inflammatory benefits for people with ADHD?

In this week’s thought-provoking episode, consultant psychiatrist Dr Niraj Singh, a Consultant Psychiatrist specialising in Neurodevelopmental Psychiatry, joins me to explore its potential to ease anxiety, mood swings and sleeping issues as an alternative or alongside ADHD medication.

With over 20 years of experience as a clinician, Dr Singh has treated thousands of adults with neurodivergence and mental health challenges.

In this week's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, we discuss:

How the endocannabinoid system regulates both health and ADHD
The therapeutic benefits of medical cannabis for women with ADHD
Why some patients self-medicate with cannabis – and the risks involved
Cannabis as a medicinal plant throughout history
How medical cannabis can complement or replace stimulant medication
The challenges of accessing medical cannabis in the UK

Takeaways:

The endocannabinoid system is crucial in regulating our overall health and well-being.
Medical cannabis can serve as a holistic treatment option for women diagnosed with ADHD.
Self-medication with cannabis is common among individuals with ADHD, autism, and anxiety disorders.
Cannabis has historically been used as a medicinal plant for various health conditions.
Patients may find that medical cannabis can complement or even replace traditional stimulant medications.
The integration of medical cannabis into treatment plans can enhance lifestyle changes for better health.

Timestamps

02.07: How medical cannabis works for ADHD

12.17: Cannabis as a tool for mental health care

16.40: The future of cannabis in medicine

19.32: How medical cannabis is prescribed

28.00: The impact of lifestyle and social connection

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From Diagnosis to Empowerment: Creating Community and Connection for Women with ADHD

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 23:15:00 -0000

I get asked all the time if we're ever too old for an ADHD diagnosis. I always reply the same: of course not. No one is ever too old to finally lean into their most authentic version of themselves. I discuss this with Terry Matlen, an internationally recognised expert on ADHD in women with over 25 years of experience as a psychotherapist, author, and coach.

Terry’s expertise and personal insights offer practical advice and hope for women navigating ADHD, no matter their stage of life. This conversation reminds us that it’s never too late to reclaim our narrative and lead a fulfilling life.

Author of The Queen of Distraction and Survival Tips for Women with ADHD, Terry runs ADDconsults.com, a global resource supporting women with ADHD and empowers women with ADHD to navigate life’s challenges and thrive.

Terry has kindly shared a bonus resource exclusive to all podcast listeners. Click here to access it: https://addconsults.com/bonus-for-km-podcast/

Together, we explore the unique experiences of women with ADHD and how societal changes have shaped the journey to diagnosis and treatment.

On this episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, we discuss:

How ADHD in women has been historically misunderstood and overlooked
The critical role of community support and online forums for women with ADHD
How hormone fluctuations during life stages like motherhood and menopause impact ADHD symptoms
Practical coping strategies for managing the emotional toll of ADHD
Women with ADHD often face societal stigma and self-doubt, impacting their self-esteem and well-being.
The ADHD community has evolved significantly over the past 25 years, largely due to increased awareness.
Hormonal changes during menopause can exacerbate ADHD symptoms, necessitating tailored treatment approaches.
Coaching and community support are essential for women navigating the challenges of ADHD.
Late diagnosis can provide a new perspective, allowing women to reclaim their potential and happiness.
Self-care strategies are crucial for women with ADHD, especially when managing co-existing conditions.

Takeaways:

ADHD in women has often gone undiagnosed, leading to feelings of isolation.
Social media and community spaces provide vital support for women with ADHD.
Hormone changes can exacerbate ADHD symptoms, highlighting the need for tailored strategies.
Knowledge and connection are key to managing ADHD and thriving.

Timestamps:

09:51 - Understanding ADHD: A historical perspective
16:58 - Celebrating women with ADHD
20:00 - Understanding the impact of ADHD on women's lives
31:42 - Introduction to the Queen of Distraction
34:12 - Understanding ADHD: A New Perspective

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Breaking Cultural Stigmas: ADHD in the Black Community

Wed, 27 Nov 2024 23:15:00 -0000

This week, I’m joined by the inspiring Abigail Agyei-Jones, MBE, a neurodiversity advocate, policy advisor, and champion of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Abigail has over a decade of experience working with marginalized and underrepresented groups, including in top government roles.

Named one of the Top 50 Influential Neurodivergent Women of 2022, Abigail’s work focuses on intersectionality, amplifying the voices of Black women, and breaking down barriers in education, healthcare, and workplaces. As someone with ADHD and dyspraxia, she draws from her personal journey to push for systemic change and more inclusive spaces.

In this episode, we explore the unique challenges faced by neurodivergent women, especially within the Black community, and how societal expectations, cultural stigmas, and systemic barriers lead to late diagnoses and misdiagnoses.

Abigail shares her personal story of navigating a late ADHD diagnosis, overcoming internalized ableism, and becoming an advocate for representation and equity.

In this episode we talk about:

Abigail sheds light on the specific struggles women with ADHD face in education and workplace settings.
She opens up about her late diagnosis and the internalized ableism she had to unlearn.
Learn why creating neuro-inclusive environments that embrace diverse learning and working styles is essential for success.
Discover how cultural stigmas and societal expectations disproportionately impact Black women with ADHD.
Advocacy for neurodiversity within marginalized communities is vital to reducing stigma and fostering awareness.
Abigail emphasizes the power of community support groups and resources for navigating ADHD and intersectional identities.

Chapters:

04:31 - Navigating neurodiversity in education

14:22 - The impact of adultification on black youth

22:10 - Healthcare disparities and advocacy for change

28:34 - Cultural expectations and mental health in black communities

35:20 - Embracing neurodivergence with self-compassion

This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in building inclusive communities and breaking down societal taboos about neurodiversity. Abigail’s insights offer hope, practical advice, and a call to action for fostering a world where everyone can thrive.

You can connect with Abigail via her Instagram. Watch her TedX talk on ADHD in Black Women.

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ADHD... Without Medication, With Joseph Pack

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 23:15:00 -0000

If you'd love to manage your ADHD using routine, resilience and mindfulness instead of medication, this episode is for you.

This week's guest is ADHD advocate and powerhouse entrepreneur Joseph Pack, whose journey from leaving school with no qualifications to founding a successful marketing agency with clients such as Patagonia, Adidas and the NHS is truly inspiring.

After severe burnout and a life-changing ADHD diagnosis, Joseph went on to co-own a fintech startup and establish drugfreeADHD.org, where he shares practical tools to empower people with ADHD.

This unmissable episode is packed with real-life advice on managing ADHD, as Joseph discusses using lifestyle changes and structured routines to transition from chaotic, impulsive days to a balanced, fulfilled life.

We delve into strategies for overcoming impulsivity, self-criticism and comparisonitis, and highlight the impact of awareness, acceptance and community on your ADHD journey.

Get ready for actionable insights you can apply to your life right away!

You'll learn:

How a morning routine – think cold showers and meditation – can help you manage your ADHD.
How cold exposure helps to build resilience and the ability to take on daily challenges.
The power of meditation and mantras for awareness and impulsivity management.
The importance of starting small when it comes to creating a successful routine.
How understanding ADHD helps you take control and make empowered life choices.
The strength that comes with finding self-acceptance and compassion.

Timestamps

04:27: Building a morning routine for ADHD management
10:20: Meditation techniques for ADHD
19:15: Laying the foundations for change
23:28: The journey to acceptance of ADHD
28:25: Embracing antifragility
33:37: Cultivating awareness

Tune in for practical strategies and insights to support you on your ADHD journey!

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Takeaways:

A morning routine can significantly impact your day by establishing healthy habits.
Cold water exposure builds resilience and prepares you for challenges throughout the day.
Meditation is essential for developing awareness and managing impulsivity in ADHD.
Using a mantra during meditation helps to quiet the mind and focus attention.
It's crucial to start small when building a new routine to ensure consistency and success.
Understanding ADHD allows individuals to take control of their lives and make empowering choices.

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Why we MUST prioritise our own ADHD self-regulation

Sat, 16 Nov 2024 23:15:00 -0000

In this bonus episode, Kate discusses the critical importance of emotional regulation for ADHD and how understanding your nervous system and the concept of co-regulation can impact the quality of your relationships, both with yourself and others.

Learn why 'Emotional Freedom Technique' (tapping) could be the tool you need for better emotional regulation. You'll also hear from Pearl Lopian an experienced EFT practitioner. Pearl recounts her initial encounters with EFT and its transformative effects on her clients, underscoring the technique's ability to facilitate profound emotional releases and shifts in perspective.

Join Kate in this episode to gain a sense of hope and empowerment, learn how to control your emotions, and cultivate a supportive environment for yourself and your loved ones.

Click here to find out more about Reclaim Your Calm

Check out Kate's many resources on her website and free ADHD EFT resources:

Introduction to EFT https://adhd-womens-wellbeing.mykajabi.com/intro-eft-adhd

Tap N' Talk Technique: https://adhd-womens-wellbeing.mykajabi.com/tap-n-talk

Calming Tapping Technique: https://adhd-womens-wellbeing.mykajabi.com/calming-tapping

And read her ADDitude article on how EFT can help calm the ADHD brain and nervous system

Chapters:

00:42 - Understanding Emotional Regulation in ADHD
10:27 - Reclaim Your Calm: A New Approach to ADHD and Emotional Regulation
14:33 - Introduction to Tapping and Emotional Regulation
22:36 - Introduction to EFT and Its Benefits
28:01 - Understanding the Mind-Body Connection in Emotional Healing
37:00 - Understanding Trauma and Tapping
41:24 - Exploring Surrogate Tapping
48:56 - Healing the Inner Child

Takeaways:

Understanding co-regulation is crucial for creating safe and connected relationships in our lives.
Emotional regulation techniques like EFT tapping can significantly improve our ability to manage ADHD symptoms.
Recognizing and addressing generational trauma can empower us to heal and thrive with ADHD.
Tapping can help rewire our emotional responses, allowing for greater self-compassion and acceptance.
Using EFT, we can release stuck energy and emotions that have been held in our bodies.
The workshop 'Reclaim your Calm' aims to teach practical techniques for emotional regulation.

Links referenced in this episode:

adhdwomenswellbeing.co.uk
Pearl Lopian - https://www.efttappinginstitute.com/

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ADHD Winter Wellness: Self-Care Tips for Comfort and Connection

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 23:15:00 -0000

As winter approaches, it can be tough to stay energised, motivated and joyful.

This week, I sit down with Suzy Reading for a powerful conversation on winter self-care – especially for women with ADHD.

Suzy Reading is a psychologist, coach, author, mother of two and self-care expert. Driven by her own life experiences, she specialises in helping people manage their stress levels, emotions and energy to build resilience during challenging times.

Suzy's journey began when motherhood and her father's terminal illness combined to spark a passion for self-care that she now shares with her clients.

In this comforting episode, Suzy reminds us that winter can be a time of renewal if we approach it with intention.

She shares expert insights on managing seasonal shifts, combating isolation and Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), and finding gentle ways to stay energised through winter’s challenges.

Together, we explore the importance of prioritising ourselves, challenging societal pressures, and fostering a mindset of self-compassion.

By the end of this episode, you’ll have the tools you need to reclaim winter as a season of growth and empowerment – no matter what life throws your way.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

Why winter brings a desire to hibernate, and how we can harness that instinct without losing momentum.
Practical ways to boost your energy and mood during darker months.
Tips to create comforting, uplifting home rituals to lift your spirits.
How to redefine winter as a season for self-care, reflection and self-compassion.

Suzy is a member of the editorial board of Motherdom Magazine, psychology expert for Neom Organics, and co-founder of the Nourish app.

She's written many books on self-care, including The Self-Care Revolution, Stand Tall Like a Mountain and her latest release, Self-Care for Winter.

Timestamps

04:05: Understanding winter's impact on mental health

08:20: Simple self-care rituals to boost your mood

13:45: Staying connected and combatting isolation

18:30: Embracing rest without stagnation

24:50: Self-advocacy and challenging societal norms

30:15: Redefining winter as a time for growth

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The MOST Essential Nutrients for Reclaiming Your Brain Brilliance with Lucinda Miller

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Are you ready to explore practical, neurodivergent food additions, dietary strategies and simple recipes that can empower you to take control of your health?

This week's guest is Lucinda Miller. As clinical lead of the NatureDoc team, with over 25 years of experience as a naturopath and qualifications in Functional Medicine, Lucinda's book Brain Brilliance was published in August 2024. She is the mum of three and lives in Wiltshire, UK.

She is an ADHDer herself and in this podcast, she shares how she has helped herself, her family and thousands of others through the nutritional know how to become the best version of themselves with better mental stamina, clarity, and focus. She also discusses the significance of understanding how hormonal changes impact mental health, particularly for women navigating perimenopause.

During this episode, Kate and Lucinda talk about:

Making holistic changes to your health via the minerals in your meals
Improving your sleep through your food
Helping your neurodivergent kids feel more regulated
The specifics when it comes to nutrient levels like Iron and Zinc
How your brain chemicals affect your mental clarity
Eating to support your brain health and function

Timestamps

04:00 - Understanding ADHD in Women and Hormonal Changes
05:24 - The Importance of Nutrition for ADHD Management
14:36 - Discussion on Key Nutrients: Iron, Zinc, and GABA
22:51 - The Role of Saffron in Managing ADHD Symptoms
31:24 - Practical Tips for Improving Diet and Wellbeing

You can find out more about Lucinda via her website, https://naturedoc.com/ or on Instagram. Her Brain Brilliance book is available here: https://geni.us/brainbrilliance

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Self-regulation Tools for ADHD Disordered Eating

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Disordered eating is sadly a common co-occurring symptom of ADHD. Many of us have gone through decades of not understanding why we have battled with these challenges, and then after we receive a late-in-life ADHD diagnosis, we're able to understand why it presented itself. This is a powerful conversation that focuses on how emotional regulation plays a vital part in preventing and treating eating disorders.

This week's guest is Thomas Midgley, a behavioural and cognitive psychotherapist (CBT) and dietitian specialising in eating disorders.

Having worked in the field for more than 18 years, Thomas has a deep understanding of the delicate balance between body image, emotional health and the challenges neurodivergent people face when it comes to disordered eating.

Kate and Thomas spoke about:

Disordered eating vs eating disorders: why these important distinctions matter – especially for anyone with ADHD or autism.
Emotional regulation in recovery: how emotional regulation plays a vital part in preventing and treating eating disorders.
Compassionate therapy: how DBT and compassion-focused therapy support emotional wellbeing and recovery.
Parenting and emotional resilience: how parents can balance validation and resilience when raising neurodivergent children.
Neurodivergence and eating disorders: the connection between ADHD and autism and the increased risk of eating disorders.
Compassion in treatment: How compassionate, non-judgmental therapy helps us understand and manage our emotions effectively.

Timestamps:

The difference between disordered eating and eating disorders (2:08)
Neurodivergence and eating disorders (4:51)
The importance of Emotional Regulation in understanding and treating eating disorders (7:12)
Balancing validation and building resilience in parenting (22:59)
The Role of Compassion in treatment (30:14)

Connect with Thomas via his website, thebodyimagetreatmentclinic.co.uk

Resources Mentioned

If you or someone you know is struggling with eating disorders and wants neuro inclusive support, start with these websites:

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Kate Moryoussef is a women’s ADHD Lifestyle & Wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity, and clarity.

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Healing Your ADHD Mind and Body Through Somatic Movement

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 23:15:00 -0000

This week’s episode with movement and embodiment expert Manuela Mitevova focuses on the power of somatic movement in releasing emotions and healing trauma – particularly in women with ADHD.

Manuela teaches people to release trauma and rid themselves of mystery pains and unprocessed emotions in the process.

In this deep conversation, Manuela shares her journey to discovering the profound impact of gentle movement on emotional wellbeing.

Togetheron the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, we talk about:

Somatic movement for emotional release: how gentle movements such as neck rolls and pelvic tilts can release stored trauma.
Polyvagal theory: understanding the body's survival response, and how core, back and pelvic muscles help with emotional regulation.
Practical movement tips: how simple movements such as neck rolls and pelvic tilts can release tension in the body.
Emotional dysregulation and perfectionism: how somatic movement helps to manage emotions, particularly in ADHD women.
Children and emotions: how encouraging children to express their emotions through movement prevents long-term emotional issues.

I loved this empowering chat with Manuela and loved her recommendation to start gently and listen to your body compassionately – without the pressure of perfectionism.

Connect with Manuela Mitevova on Instagram, discover her free somatic movement resources on YouTube or explore the Hips Like Honey course.

Timestamps

The role of polyvagal theory and somatic movement [08:20]

Gentle movement practices for emotional release [13:23]

Addressing emotional dysregulation and perfectionism [20:11]

Specific movement practices for different emotions [23:30]

The importance of somatic practices for children [31:23]

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The Power of ADHD Self-Trust: Navigating Change with Caroline Britton

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 23:15:00 -0000

In this powerful episode I interview intuitive coach – and dear friend – Caroline Britton to explore how women with ADHD can navigate life-changing transitions with ease and self-compassion.

Caroline is a gifted energy worker, mentor and guide and is frequently described as a magic maker by those who work with her. Her innate gift for unlocking connection, power and potential has transformed the lives of thousands of people around the world.

In this exclusive episode, she shares her experience of leaving the corporate world and navigating divorce, emphasising how tuning in to your body and intuition is vital when facing change and uncertainty.

Together, we talk about:

Understanding intuition and its role in navigating change.
Overcoming fear and uncertainty by taking small, actionable steps towards your dream life without being driven by fear.
Challenging societal expectations that can hold you back, and learning to trust your inner voice and unique journey.
The importance of self-compassion: setting boundaries and trusting the continuous journey of self-discovery.

Whether you're newly diagnosed with ADHD or need help to navigate change, this episode offers practical insights and encouragement to help you trust your inner guidance and embrace transformation.

Connect with Caroline Britton on Instagram: @carolinebrittoncoaching or visit her website www.caroline-britton.com

Timestamps:

Understanding intuition and nudges (02:42)
Navigating fear and uncertainty (07:46)
Taking action and overcoming fear (13:54)
The role of self-talk and self-compassion(17:01)
The importance of boundaries and self-care (21:43)
The continuous journey of self-discovery (28:18)

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Unlocking Your ADHD: Strategies for Effortless Productivity

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Traditional productivity metrics often do not apply to those with ADHD. We need to advocate for a redefinition of success that aligns with our personal strengths and unique workflows. From leveraging technology to simplifying organization to embracing alternative productivity methods, this episode shares practical strategies you can incorporate into your daily lives.

This week, I speak to Skye Waterson, a former adult education, psychology, sociology, and public health academic who is now the founder of the Unconventional Organisation.

Skye was diagnosed with ADHD at the start of her doctorate. Since then, she has researched and disseminated ADHD studies, focusing on supporting others with strengths-based, neurodiverse-friendly tools and systems.

Skye Waterson's journey from academia to entrepreneurship is a testament to the power of understanding our neurodiversity. Diagnosed with ADHD during her PhD, Skye faced the daunting task of reconciling her academic ambitions with the realities of her ADHD, leading her to develop a coaching business dedicated to helping others navigate similar challenges.

The episode dives deep into the intricacies of ADHD, particularly how it manifests differently in women and how societal expectations can lead to feelings of inadequacy and burnout. Skye emphasizes the importance of creating a supportive environment where women can thrive by utilizing tools that cater to their neurodiverse brains.

The conversation underscores the need for greater awareness and acceptance of ADHD, particularly in professional settings, as well as the potential for neurodivergent individuals to excel when given the right tools and support.

During this episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, we talk about:

Skye Waterson discusses her journey of discovering ADHD during her PhD, highlighting the challenges she faced.
Understanding our unique ADHD brains can empower us to embrace different productivity methods.
The importance of creating effortlessly balanced days where productivity feels natural and fluid.
Self-belief can be a significant barrier for ADHD individuals when pursuing new projects.
Using tools like AI can simplify executive functioning, helping to manage ADHD tasks effectively.
Recognizing past achievements helps build confidence for future endeavours and goal-setting.

Timestamps:

[02:22] Discovering ADHD in Academia
[07:35] Understanding ADHD and Productivity
[13:57] The Importance of Self-Belief
[28:03] Navigating Career Changes Post-Diagnosis
[39:41] Additional Resources

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The MOST Up-to-Date ADHD & Women's Health Research with Professor Sandra Kooij

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 23:15:00 -0000

This week's guest is the esteemed Professor Sandra Kooij, a pioneer in adult ADHD research and professor of psychiatry at the Dutch Expertise Center for Adult ADHD. Since 1995, Professor Kooij has been at the forefront of groundbreaking studies, particularly focusing on ADHD in adults and women.

Together, we delve into the evolving understanding of ADHD, particularly in women, and how hormonal changes throughout life stages—puberty, pregnancy, and menopause—impact ADHD symptoms. Professor Kooij shares insights on the connection between ADHD, hormone fluctuations, cardiovascular health, and immune function. Sandra also offers practical advice on managing ADHD through medication, lifestyle, and hormonal treatments, providing women with more tools to improve their well-being.

On today's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Sandra speak about:

Where her interest in adult ADHD came from
Sandra's groundbreaking research
ADHD and developing knowledge of the hormone connection
The potential connection between COVID and ADHD
Leading findings in adult ADHD research
Perimenopause and ADHD
Women with ADHD and their cardiovascular health
Sandra's world-leading research on ADHD and dementia

Timestamps:

[03:12] How ADHD in adults was first recognized in the 1990s
[10:34] ADHD and the connection to hormone fluctuations in women
[18:55] The role of estrogen and dopamine in ADHD symptom management
[25:40] PMDD, postnatal depression, and early menopause in women with ADHD
[32:15] Cardiovascular and immune health concerns for women with ADHD
[40:48] The risk of dementia and cognitive decline in older adults with ADHD
[48:30] The impact of long COVID on ADHD and immune function

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Drained and Depleted: Harness your ADHD to FUEL rather than deplete you

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Do you feel depleted and drained of energy by your executive functioning, working memory, emotions and other challenging ADHD-related traits? Are you desperate for expert advice on how to finally feel energised, self-compassionate and in flow with your ADHD?

If so, you're going to want to hear today's episode! This week's guest is Cameron Gott PCC, an award-winning ADHD coach specialising in working with leaders and high-achievers. He is passionate about helping individuals with ADHD implement change and create a positive impact in the world. Cam has been training and mentoring ADHD coaches since 2006 and has taught at more ADHD coach training programs than any other coach and is currently a senior trainer at Coach Approach Training.

On today's episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Cameron spoke about:

Understanding ADHD is just the first step - implementing change and managing ADHD is an ongoing process.
How coaching can help individuals with ADHD set goals, improve performance, and enhance overall well-being.
How women with ADHD face unique challenges, including societal pressures and the need to balance multiple roles and responsibilities.
How ADHD can be both a superpower and a significant challenge - finding ways to harness its benefits while managing its drawbacks is crucial.
Strategies like identifying energy drainers, managing expectations, and finding a supportive and challenging environment can help individuals with ADHD thrive.
Self-advocacy, seeking resources and support, and finding meaning in one's work are important for individuals with ADHD.

Interview timestamps

Understanding ADHD is just the first step - implementing change and managing ADHD is an ongoing process. [02:00]

Coaching can help individuals with ADHD set goals, improve performance, and enhance overall well-being. [06:00]

Women with ADHD face unique challenges, including societal pressures and the need to balance multiple roles and responsibilities. [15:00]

Strategies like identifying energy drainers, managing expectations, and finding a supportive and challenging environment can help individuals with ADHD thrive. [27:00]

You can connect with Cameron via his website, www.camerongott.com, Instagram or LinkedIn. Click here to read Cameron's suggestions for how to find the perfect ADHD Coach for you.

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From Diagnosis to Empowerment: Thriving with ADHD

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 23:15:00 -0000

This bonus episode of the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast introduces the new subscription podcast called "The Toolkit," aimed at providing accessible resources and support for women navigating ADHD. Host Kate Moore Youssef passionately discusses the challenges many face in seeking help, particularly due to overwhelming waiting lists and limited access to qualified professionals. She emphasizes the importance of education and self-advocacy, sharing insights from her own experiences and the positive feedback from her audience. The episode features snippets from past coaching sessions and expert interviews, highlighting practical strategies for managing ADHD and promoting well-being. Listeners are encouraged to explore the Toolkit, which offers a wealth of content designed to empower and support women on their ADHD journeys.

This week, I'm bringing you a special bonus 'Toolkit Taster' episode so you can experience some of the amazing content I share each week on my new subscription podcast, The Toolkit.

This bonus episode allows you to dip your toe in and see if it is a resource that will support you.

In this taster episode, you will hear nuggets of gold from:

Me! In a short coaching clip, I talk about the importance of shifting into a more positive mindset and looking outside of just medication as the only solution to help us with our ADHD diagnosis.
Lizzie Swan - an outstanding neurodiversity expert who also has a lot of personal experience with her ADHD and hormones. She shares some incredible tips on how to start becoming more aware of the impact of your hormones and the effect they have on your ADHD.
Katherine Tiddy is a positive psychology expert who helps people feel aligned in their careers and lives to ensure that they are fulfilled in the work that they do. She speaks specifically about post-traumatic growth and the feelings that we face initially post-diagnosis, plus her top tip for dealing with it.
Shell Mendelson is an ADHD career specialist who helps people with ADHD find a career that works for them. She discusses some of the ways that ADHD can bring up career challenges and how to navigate them and find joy in a career that aligns with your values and passions.

The Toolkit is all about giving you the resources, support, help and guidance you deserve at my most accessible price ever! Get access to your 14-day free trial here.

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ADHD Decision Paralysis: Finding Calm in Chaos

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Making decisions, finding clarity and leaning into our inner voice or intuition don't come easy for those of us with ADHD, who have historically leaned into our busy minds for all the answers.

I'm sure you'll agree that this is an exhausting way to live. I hope that this week's episode will help you move from your thinking brain to a place of calm and groundedness.

My guest is a good friend of mine, Diann Wingert, who appeared on the podcast a few years ago. I'm so happy to have her back, as her wisdom is just the best!

Diann's passion is helping ambitious outliers build profitable, sought-after businesses based on their brilliance. She has extensive experience working with neurodivergent individuals, especially those who are gifted, ADHD, or both. On the personal side, Diann loves dark fiction, strong coffee, and laughing out loud. She is also a Peloton enthusiast, a practicing Buddhist, and the host of the ADHD-ish podcast.

On today's episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Diann talk about:

Using MIndfulness as a tool for ADHD
Creating space for your intuition as an entrepreneur
When therapy is the tool you need and when it's coaching
Overstimulation of decision-making with ADHD
Feeling stuck and needing clarity
Procrastination and ADHD
Creating space to tune in
The truths around women and entrepreneurship
The power of coaching
Where you might be overcommitting and why
Consciously disconnecting from Tech as a business owner

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NEW SERIES! The Power of Psychoeducation: The Key to Understanding Anxiety and ADHD

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Welcome back to a brand-new series of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast!

This week's guest is Joshua Fletcher (@anxietyjosh), a psychotherapist and author specialising in anxiety.

A former sufferer, Josh uses his platforms and books to provide psychoeducation about anxiety to those who need it. His latest book, And How Does That Make You Feel?, has sold over 12K copies since its release and is an audible bestseller.

On today's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Josh speak about:

Josh's disassociation, anxiety and panic disorder
The power of psychoeducation to help people with anxiety, neurodiversity and mental health issues
Understanding the role of cortisol and anxiety
Practical and personalised ways to help our anxiety
The anxiety/stress jug - talking about the overwhelming emotions of life
Externalising our thoughts to help release anxiety
Emotional conservatism, removing shame, asking for help and creating awareness of how our brain works
Josh's autism diagnosis and how it shows up in daily life
Josh's book, And How Does That Make You Feel?,

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For all the late-diagnosed ADHD women who deserve more - this is for you!

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 08:00:00 -0000

I'm excited to announce some big news I've been waiting to share... Introducing my low-cost subscription option on the ADHD Women's Wellbeing podcast, The Toolkit!

For the price of a posh coffee once a month, you can access my entire back catalogue of workshops, webinars, and conversations, which have only been available to people who have been part of my membership, The Collective, and paid workshops. Not only this, but I'll be uploading BRAND-NEW workshop-style episodes, plus an INCREDIBLE Ask The Pysch feature coming soon with a world-renowned ADHD psychiatrist.

My aim with The Toolkit is to ensure that women who have waited or waiting for far too long to understand their neurodivergence can finally have access to the most up-to-date ADHD women's wellbeing information - even more than they're getting on the podcast - and honest, day-to-day practical guidance and support to help them thrive and live better with ADHD. On The Toolkit, we'll be discussing vital and life-changing ADHD topics such as:

Burnout
Hormones
Perimenopause
Supplements
Lifestyle
Movement
Sleep
Careers
Energy
The Nervous System
Finding more calm and regulation
Anxiety
Parenting
Spirituality
Creativity

And so much more!

I'm genuinely excited and hope you guys come along for the journey!

So, if this sounds good to you and then maybe the cost of resources has prohibited you, I hope you'll consider joining my subscription. Every Sunday, I'll upload a new workshop to help you progress, thrive, and finally enjoy life with ADHD. As these episodes will have never been put on the podcast before, you will get direct access to the vault accumulated over the past four years since working with ADHD. You'll also get exclusive access to brand new content and Toolkit SUBSCIBER-only events and offers!

I will ensure that you receive all the best information I have in my back catalogue and that you feel you are progressing each time you listen to one of the workshops.

In today's episode, I also offer a short clip from Sunday's brand-new episode with Elizabeth Swan, a neurodiversity expert, coach and speaker. In this clip, we talk about perinatal health, perimenopause, HRT, and anxiety alongside ADHD.

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ADHD and Work: How to Thrive

Sat, 31 Aug 2024 23:15:00 -0000

On today's ADHD Women's Wellbeing 'Wisdom' we have Leanne Maskell. Leanne is an ADHD coach, author, and activist, having presented to the World Health Organization on improving global access to support for ADHD.

Previously working in mental health and disability law, Leanne set up ADHD Works to empower as many people as possible to learn how to make ADHD work for them through books, courses, talks, and coaching.

During today's conversation, Kate and Leanne talk about

Advocating for adjustments in the workplace
Masking ADHD in the workplace
Talking about your ADHD diagnosis at work
Reasonable diversity adjustments, training and policies in the workplace
Corporate neurodiversity
Celebrating achievements alongside RSD
Knowing our rights within the workplace
Burnout and our ADHD brains
Advocacy and our sense of social justice

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Breaking down ADHD Neuroscience, Menstrual Cycles, Hormones and Anxiety

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Neuroscience explains so much about our ADHD brain and the many traits, tendencies, and behaviours that come along for the ride. The more we understand our beautiful yet complex neurobiology, the more empowered we are to make sustainable and manageable changes to better enhance our lives.

So, I'm delighted to welcome this week's guest, Nicole Vignola, a neuroscientist, author, consultant, and brain performance coach, to the podcast.

Nicole's first book, Rewire: Your Neurotoolkit for Everyday Life is available now.

On today's episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Nicola speak about:

The science behind meditation
The brain's negativity bias
The function of the brain's 'DMN' AND 'TPN'
How self-interruptions affect our daily life
The power of meditation for emotional regulation
Nicole's tips for feeling more calm and positive
Feeling more self-aligned
The damaging effects of your phone and social media
Ways to be more mindful of your phone usage
Understanding dopamine better
The life-changing benefits of a healthier sleep routine
How hydrating first thing can be essential for the ADHD brain
How visualising works in the brain and how it can improve our habits
Aphantasia and learning how to visualise

You can find out more about Nicole via her website, www.nicolesneuroscience.com.

My other guest on today's ADHD Women's Wellbeing episode is Dr Lotta Borg Skoglund. We are at the cusp of new understandings about combining medical disciplines so we can understand ADHD in girls and women better through the lens of both menstrual cycles, hormones and psychiatry. This is for the lost generation of women who never got answers and for the future generations of girls who deserve better medical knowledge and research.

Lotta is an associate professor in psychiatry at the Department of Women and Children's Health at Uppsala University and an affiliated researcher at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at Karolinska Institutet. She is the author of six popular science books on ADHD and addiction, and her book ADHD Girls to Women - Getting on the Radar has been translated into several European languages, English and Korean.

On this episode of the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Dr Lotta Skoglund and Kate spoke about:

Feeling abandoned by healthcare professionals after an ADHD diagnosis
Why healthcare professionals should be working together to help patients
How an understanding of ADHD can change your health outcomes
Building autonomy to feel more empowered with our ADHD
Improving female-based medical research and ADHD
The importance of talking about your experiences with hormones to help others
Precision and patient-led medicine
Connecting Hormones and Psychiatry to help more ADHD women
Why fluctuating hormones and cycles need to be part of the bigger health picture
Getting to know your unique hormone cycle traits
How you can create a personalised health journal

You can learn more about Lotta's work via her website, www.borgskoglund.com and Letterlife.

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From an EXPERT Holistic Pharmacist: THE BEST Supplements to take to help ADHD

Sat, 24 Aug 2024 23:15:00 -0000

This week’s ADHD Women's Wellbeing 'Wisdom' guest is Kelly Rompel.

Kelly is a pharmacist, author, and Functional Medicine and Epigenetic Consultant. She is the author of “Don’t Tell Me To Relax”, host of the Rebel Whitecoat Podcast, and founder of Wildroots Wellness.

Kelly's holistic approach combines her knowledge of pharmacy and science with her love for functional medicine, epigenetics, and energy healing.

During this week's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Wisdom episode, Kate and Kelly speak about:

How epigenetics can play into your ADHD
Genetic testing and ADHD
Foods and supplements you can incorporate to manage ADHD
Supplements to help ADHD and Anxiety
Blood sugar level management
Helping our anxiety through diet change and lifestyle
Increasing GABA and serotonin levels
The BEST supplements for ADHD
Taking a holistic and well-rounded approach to your health
How Kelly came to learn about epigenetics

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ADHD Sugar Addiction and a GP's UNIQUE guidance on ADHD

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Dopamine sensitivity and sugar addiction are familiar traits of ADHD. Perhaps using sugar to self-medicate, re-energise, or dopamine-seek may be a pattern you relate to?

If so, you'll want to listen to this week's episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing, with guest Dr. Nicole Avena, a research neuroscientist and nutrition, diet, and addiction expert. Her research focuses on nutrition during early life and pregnancy and women’s health. She has done groundbreaking work developing models to characterize food addiction and the dangers of excess sugar intake.

Dr Avena's latest book, Sugarless, covers the latest science on sugar addiction and how to overcome it. On this episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Dr Avena and Kate talk about:

The link between sugar addiction and dopamine-seeking brains
The effects of dopamine released by sugar consumption on the brain
How sugar affects your body and your health
Parenting and teaching our kids nutritional choices and consuming processed sugar
Having a susceptible dopamine system
Our busy society doesn't lend itself to healthy eating

You hear me talking about an integrative and more holistic healthcare approach a lot on the Podcast, so I'm delighted to welcome Dr Gemma Newman (The Plant Power Doctor), a best-selling author, podcast host, and GP who embraces this approach with her patients.

Although Gemma is a medical GP, she's also interested in holistic health, plant-based nutrition, and lifestyle medicine.

Gemma's second book, Get Well, Stay Well: The Six Healing Health Habits Everyone Should Know , combines medicine, psychology, and nutrition. It provides simple, actionable tips and a unique wellness template to help you transform your life.

On this episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Gemma and Kate speak about:

The role of functional medicine and ADHD
How to talk to your GP regarding an ADHD diagnosis
Self-compassion as a neurodivergent person
Gemma's journey to spiritual practice, holistic and functional health
Emotional Freedom Technique or Tapping and the many benefits for ADHD
How does our emotional and spiritual wellbeing impact our physical health

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Understanding Our Unique ADHD Traits and Symptoms

Sat, 17 Aug 2024 23:15:00 -0000

ADHD can bring many opposing challenges and connotations and can feel like heavy energy to deal with. Yet, through gentle curiosity, we can find new options to reprogram our thinking and switch our emotional energy to create a happier, calmer and more fulfilling family life.

Despite the challenges, we can focus on what we're proud of, which lift us up. As parents, we can create more internal strength and greatness—life can be easier than we believe.

This week’s ADHD Women's Wellbeing Wisdom Podcast guest is Avigail Gimpel, a mum of six, a special education teacher, and a college lecturer. Avigail also supports adults with ADHD in identifying the root causes of their symptoms and shares the tools you need to journey joyfully toward your goals. Her new book, Hyper Healing, Show Me the Science: Making Sense of Your Child's ADHD Diagnosis, is now out.

During today's episode, Kate and Avigail speak about:

Self-belief, getting unstuck and reinforcing old stories
Creating new habits
Positive messaging for both ADHD children and adults
Epigenetics, trauma and how that impacts our ADHD
How instant gratification personality plays into ADHD
Lesser known explanations neurological explanations for what is and isn't ADHD
Why brain scans don't always work for the ADHD brain
External environmental factors of ADHD
Self-empowering ourselves and our kids to help them thrive with ADHD
The effect of negative messaging in childhood and the power of a compliment
Breaking generational cycles and habits and then forgiving ourselves for being human

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Unlocking New Beliefs and Tuning Into Our Intuitive ADHD Energy

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 23:15:00 -0000

This week's 'mashup' summer episode features two incredible intuitive and energy specialists helping (plenty of neurodivergent) people embrace new mindset beliefs and release old stories.

First is Catherine Morgan, a multi-award-winning qualified Financial Adviser, Certified Financial Coach, Financial Abuse Specialist ®, Inherited family trauma healer, and financial therapist who specialises in helping women feel more deserving of holding money through somatic, therapeutic, and practical tools.

And then we have Caroline Britton. Have you ever had someone come into your life and help you make life-changing shifts? Someone who's helped you reveal your most authentic self while guiding you through shedding old beliefs, energies, thoughts and stories that have kept you stuck for decades?

I'm lucky to say I have, and she is today's guest. Caroline is a powerful Intuitive Coach and an expert in waking up leaders, entrepreneurs, and public figures to live a life of freedom, purpose, and joy. She specialises in being an agent of change for people ready to transform their lives. Her innate gifts to unlock people's connection, potential, and power have transformed thousands of lives.

On this episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Caroline chat about:

Finding your inner power
Trusting and using your intuition
The importance of tapping into your inner voice for clarity and guidance
Creating space and silence to access the guidance
Connecting back in and listening in for inner wisdom
Mechanisms for creating more energetic shifts and discovering what it is you desire
Locking in new beliefs and connecting to a new identity

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Better ADHD Awareness in the Workplace with Hester Grainger

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 23:15:00 -0000

This is one to share with your team, office, employers or employees!

On this short podcast episode of ADHD Women's Wellbeing Wisdom, I talk to Hester Grainger, a neurodiversity consultant, co-founder of Perfectly Autistic and Perfectly ADHD, a radio presenter and former TV presenter diagnosed with ADHD in her forties, about changing the way we look at neurodivergence in the workplace, raising awareness of what neurodiversity looks like in the office and showing up to help more people feel supported at work. We also discuss ways employees can feel seen and heard at work and break down stigmas to help create more awareness and education.

Together with her husband Kelly, who is autistic and has ADHD, they run their neurodiversity consultancy, which works with organisations to raise awareness and acceptance of neurodiversity in the workplace and works with parents and education settings around autism and ADHD.

Hester is also mum to her two children, who are autistic and have ADHD.

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How to Thrive at Work with Rachel Harris & Jodie Hill

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 23:15:00 -0000

I bring back two fantastic guests in today's episode: Rachel Harris and Jodie Hill. Both are trailblazing women in their respective industries, paving the way for more neurodivergent women to ask for what they need and create strong scaffolding to support them from burnout while also satiating their inner drive, ambition and big dreams.

We discuss recognizing and harnessing our ADHD preferences in our careers so we can bring our A-game to our purpose-driven careers without feeling exhausted and depleted by our brains.

Both Rachel and Jodie are inspiring female entrepreneurs, teaching us to harness our authentic selves to succeed in our careers alongside our ADHD.

Firstly, who knew talking about financial wellbeing and accounting could be this fascinating and inspiring? When you hear this episode, you'll see why I'm so giddy about it!

This week's first guest on The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast is Rachel Harris. Rachel is disrupting what it means to be an accountant, a business owner and an employer in 2023. She is a TEDx speaker, content creator, author, business owner and, most importantly... an accountant! She is passionate about free financial education for everyone.

During this week's podcast episode, we spoke about:

Rachel being profoundly deaf and how she became so successful despite this challenge
Communication preferences in business
Financial fears
Asking clients what they need
Breaking down barriers of fear
The trauma of not understanding money or accounts
Asking for help without shame

Rachel has also generously shared two free resources with the listeners—her 'Accounting 101' video, which you can access here, and her 'Financial Wellbeing' video, which you can watch now by clicking here.

Running a business your way after an ADHD diagnosis...

I'm excited to introduce another true trailblazer in the law industry, an inspiring D&I advocate, mentor and successful businesswoman, Jodie Hill. Following her breakdown (which she now refers to as her breakthrough!), Jodie decided to set up her unique employment law firm, Thrive Law, where her values around mental health and diversity & inclusion would be the foundations of the firm and are embodied in everything she does.

Jodie is passionate about creating an environment where both she and her team can Thrive. Her mission is to educate and empower employers to create their own thriving cultures. You can buy Jodie's Thriving at Life journal here.

During this episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Jodie chat about:

How Jodie's burnout and breakdown manifested and why she set up her own law firm which prioritised people's wellbeing
Prioritising prevention of mental breakdown and burnout in big corporates
Creating new cultures to support diversity inclusion in the workplace
Opening up and talking about mental health and neurodivergent late diagnoses
Self-awareness of our energy and nervous system capacity to help our mental health
Creating space and downtime to offset our overworking and hyperfocus
Jodie's ADHD self-care and wellbeing tools
Being your authentic self in a corporate setting

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Slowing down to help prevent ADHD Burnout

Sat, 03 Aug 2024 23:15:00 -0000

On this week's ADHD Women's Wellbeing 'Wisdom' episode, we revisit a clip from the profound episode with high-performance ADHD Coach Kim Raine about finding equilibrium and balance between our restless ADHD energy, relentless drive, and burnout.

As women with ADHD, we have an abundance of ideas, but thriving in business can feel difficult if we work against ourselves. By taking time to rest and make space while being consciously aware of where our energy and creativity levels are, we can be more successful and focused in our careers alongside ADHD.

Watch the Preventing ADHD Burnout Workshop that Kate mentions in the episode here.

During this episode, Kate and Kim speak about:

How entrepreneurship and ADHD often go hand in hand
How our brains thrive when we're creating
How burnout and our ADHD nervous systems can hold us back in business
How to thrive with ADHD in business
By slowing down, we can achieve more with ADHD
Hyperfocus and 'sprinting'
Workaholism, ADHD and burnout
Finding a balance between our ambitions and our energy levels
The fear of burnout can hold us back in business
Being enough with our relentless minds
It's ok to stand still and celebrate our achievements
Being ok with what we've done that day
How 'Comparisonitis' and RSD can hold us back in the way we do business
Trusting how we work even though it looks different to others
Tailor-making a career that works for our creativity, cycles and energy

Kate Moryoussef is a women’s ADHD Lifestyle & Wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner helping overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly-diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity and clarity.

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ADHD Purpose & Gut Health with Kat Brown & Dr Rachel Gow

Wed, 31 Jul 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Newly diagnosed or looking for support while awaiting an ADHD diagnosis and desperate for more guidance?? If so, look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources here.

On this new Summer ADHD WW mash-up episode, we have Kat Brown, a freelance journalist and commentator whose work on ADHD, mental health stigma, and other social and art commentary has appeared in national titles, including The Telegraph, Grazia, "Woman’s Hour," Woman’s Health, and The Times. Her new book, It's Not A Bloody Trend, a guide to living with ADHD in adulthood, is out now.

In this short clip we discuss:

Accepting you don't have to do life perfectly, but make it work for you.
Advocating for yourself and other people
Being driven by purpose and passion

Here on the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I'm passionate about bringing you the conversations that improve health, wellbeing and quality of life after a late-in-life ADHD diagnosis.

In the second clip on today's episode, we discuss the latest findings in epigenetics, neuroscience and nutrition with Dr Rachel V. Gow, PhD, nutritional Neuroscientist, Neuropsychologist and Neurodevelopmental specialist with expertise in various mental health conditions and associative learning and behaviour differences.

In addition, Dr. Gow is also a registered nutritionist, has published 22 peer-reviewed book chapters and scientific papers. She has extensive knowledge of neurodiverse learning and behavioural differences and the effects of dopamine-enhancing brain‐selective nutrients. Her book - “Smart Foods for ADHD and Brain Health” - is available on Amazon.

In this episode of the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Rachel spoke about:

The connection between diet and ADHD symptoms and behaviour
The impacts of ultra-processed food on the ADHD brain and gut
The effects of dietary sugar on the brain
Addiction, dopamine and the ADHD brain
Cooking whole foods and involving your children
New findings that suggest Epigenetics play a role in ADHD
Using lifestyle to support our epigenetics
Implementing nutritional changes for an ADHD family
Making changes in our lifestyle and nutrition to celebrate

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'Healthier Cooking Options for the ADHD Brain' with Aleta Storch - Revisit

Sun, 28 Jul 2024 07:45:00 -0000

Navigating healthy eating, food and nutrition alongside ADHD is a big topic. For this week’s guest, Aleta Storch -an 'anti-diet' dietitian, therapist, and certified Body Trust® Provider - this is her expertise.

Welcome to a recap episode of ADHD Women's Wellbeing Wisdom! You can check out some of Kate's workshops and free resources here.

Today, we hear from Aleta Storch, who specialises in providing anti-diet, values-centred, body liberation work with people who have a history of disordered eating, autoimmune conditions, and ADHD. She supports ADHDers in navigating food and eating difficulties and in developing intuitive eating skills to nourish both the body and the brain.

During this short ADHD Women's Wellbeing Wisdom episode, Kate and Aleta speak about:

Being creative with food and keeping it simple with our nutrition
Using convenient food and making it all easier with pre-prepared food.
Removing shame about how we cook and eat
Making food choices that work for me
Self-compassion and how we show up with our lifestyle choices
Finding freedom in doing things our way
Changing the script, doing things small every day

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Summer Surrendering and Healing: Solo Episode

Wed, 24 Jul 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Today, I bring you a deeply personal message through a solo episode.

As I take a break from releasing new content for a few weeks while I have some time off over the summer, this episode is an invitation to surrender and notice, without judgment, where you are right now, where you've been for the past few months, and what you're crying out for as we move towards the last few months of 2024.

In this message, I discuss whether, despite the chaotic external climate, we are able to try to slow down, remove pressure, and release some of the heavy burdens we are all carrying within us. I ask you what it is you need to calm and regulate your ADHD nervous system.

"What if I choose to let go, trust and believe that things can get better?"

I also get curious about leaning into positivity and gratitude in the morning and allowing ourselves time to disconnect and reflect on what we're feeling and desiring for the future.

This is my battle cry to all my ADHD community: we are deserving and worthy of abundance, success and rest! As well as time out to recharge, renourish and rejuvenate.

Sending much love and speak very soon!

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How to Understand Your Partner's ADHD and Support Them to Thrive

Sun, 21 Jul 2024 09:30:00 -0000

Have you recently been diagnosed with ADHD and would like your partner to understand more about the condition and support you on this new path?

If so, today's guest, Ryan Ridgway, a motivational speaker, trainer and member of Hummingbird, talks about his partner's recent ADHD diagnosis and how it affects their relationship and family life. This is the conversation to share if you'd like your partner to understand the daily impact of ADHD and how to help each other through those more difficult days.

During this episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Ryan speak about:

Helping your partner through a diagnosis
How to be supportive of a loved one with ADHD
ADHD misdiagnoses and lack of awareness
The stigma of ADHD in mental health
Ryan's mental health journey and how he deals with his OCD
Being part of a neurodiverse couple
How to help an ADHD partner
Combining holistic tools with medication
Being misunderstood before a diagnosis
Reaching a place of presence with ADHD

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Supporting ADHD Parents to Help Both Ourselves AND Our Children

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Navigating the ADHD diagnostic pathways while being neurodivergent is not easy. It can be incredibly challenging when we're also doing this to support and advocate for our children. Understanding our stories and beliefs about how ADHD has shown up for ourselves allows us to recognise the power of advocating for new stories to show up for the next generation.

This week's guest, Dr Tom Nicholson, lectures at Northumbria University and is a Neurodiversity and mental Health Specialist who has delivered hundreds of speaking events and guest lectures on ADHD, Mental Health, Neurodiversity, and Neuroinclusion.

On this episode of the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Dr Tom Nicholson speak about:

The Stories we are told as we grow up that have become beliefs
Tom's support from his mother's advocacy
Tom's experience in education and the attitudes toward ADHD in the 90s
The different archetypes of ADHD mothers
Needing more awareness and advocating and less overhyped celebration of ADHD
Empowering Parents with the best way to help their ADHD children
The positive power of teaching
How to interact with the educational system with ADHD
Being High-achieving and being 2E alongside ADHD and Autism
Burnout alongside neurodivergence
Navigating a neurodivergence diagnosis within the healthcare system

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Empowering Advice from an ADHD Psychiatrist: Medication, RSD and Getting a Diagnosis

Sun, 14 Jul 2024 08:00:00 -0000

This week's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Wisdom comes from Dr Helen Read, who offers empowering guidance on medication, menstrual cycles, getting a diagnosis, and RSD.

Or perhaps you've been nervous about taking ADHD medication? Has it felt scary to start a medication regime due to the stigma behind stimulant meds?

Or perhaps medication hasn't worked for you in the past and you're now worried about how to manage medication that works for you at different times of the month?

If so, we hope to answer some of these questions and empower you with some personalised tools that work for you.

Dr Helen Read on The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast is an experienced Consultant Psychiatrist with 30 years of experience in NHS. She has many years of experience with neurodiversity, both in ADHD / ADD and ASD, and their many comorbidities.

Dr Read has a special interest in rejection sensitivity dysphoria (RSD) and other emotional issues that are often part of these conditions.

Dr Read also has ADHD herself, as do her children. Her advice, support and experience with parents are first-hand, reflecting the often difficult family journey she has taken, with many difficulties and many successes along the way. Dr Read's lived experience with ADHD means her treatment plans are incredibly personalised.

Dr Read's private practice, ADHD Consultancy, specialises in neurodiversity.

Dr Helen and Kate spoke about

Removing medication stigma
How ADHD medication can help
How to use and tweak medication to work for you
The ADHD diagnosis process
Helen's journey to work in ADHD
The power of being seen by an ADHD specialist
ADHD and RSD
Building new structures and scaffolding to help our new ADHD diagnosis
Feeling autonomous in our ADHD outcomes
The change that is needed in the diagnostic process
The harm the BBC Panorama Documentary did
How medication could make your life easier

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Writing Books with Late-Diagnosed ADHD: The Non-Conventional Way!

Wed, 10 Jul 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Writing highly acclaimed books for a living is no mean feat, but when you drop ADHD into the mix, it's something even more impressive.

On today's episode, I talk to Kate Spencer, the best-selling author of In a New York Minute, The Dead Moms Club and her recently released novel, One Last Summer. We discuss the specific challenges ADHD provides when being an author and specifically discuss the notion of internal pressure, self-esteem, procrastination and judging our own productivity.

Kate's work has been published by The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, Esquire, InStyle, Cosmopolitan, Buzzfeed, and numerous other places. Previously, she was a senior editor and producer at VH1 and co-host of the popular podcast, Forever35. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two daughters.

On this episode of the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Kate discuss:

Switching between tasks and adjusting to ADHD
Managing your internal pressure and workload
Being creative and writing with ADHD
Finding your unique methods of productivity
Realising your high expectations of yourself
Normalising ADHD procrastination
Journeying with ADHD medication

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The ' Power Pauses' That Can IMPROVE Your ADHD, Brain Health and Your Life!

Sat, 06 Jul 2024 23:15:00 -0000

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Is our ADHD 'hackable'? Can we create new ways of thinking and being to make living with ADHD easier? We get curious about these topics in this week's episode, with guest, Alex Campbell, an ADHD specialist, psychotherapist and coach.

Alex dedicates his life to helping others understand and thrive with neurodiversity. His portfolio career spans film & television, international business development and non-profit operations.

During today's episode, Alex and Kate talk about:

Reframing our old ADHD stories and beliefs
Seeing the genius in our old workarounds and scaffolding
Leaning into our 'new' strengths
Making life work better for us on our terms
What is "working memory"
Sprinting marathons and ADHD burnout
The ADHD Working Memory
How we respond to our wins
Using self-compassion every day
The benefits of working with an ADHD coach
Thriving with our speedy brains and using our working memory in a way that works for us
Taking a compassionate, systematic pause

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Dyslexia and ADHD - The ALMIGHTY Connection!

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 23:15:00 -0000

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Did you know that many people who have been diagnosed with dyslexia, even in childhood, may also be living with undiagnosed ADHD? ADHD and dyslexia are distinct conditions that frequently overlap, confusing the nature of these two conditions. It is (very cautiously) estimated that 30% of those with dyslexia have coexisting ADHD. Neurodiversity experts now believe that neurodivergence NEVER travels alone, meaning that there will always be at least another coexisting condition.

So, if you have an ADHD diagnosis, there's a high chance of another overlapping neurodiversity, such as dyslexia, autism, dyscalculia and vice versa. ADHD doesn't cause dyslexia; it's simply a co-existing trait. Likewise, if you have a dyslexia diagnosis, get curious about whether ADHD may also be in the mix, especially if you have suffered from other issues such as overthinking, anxiety, RSD or PMDD.

This week's guest is Natalie Brooks, founder of Dyslexia in Adults, a company that aims to help ambitious dyslexic adults thrive in the workplace.

On this episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Natalie speak about:

Natalie's experience of growing up with dyslexia
Natalie's dyslexia and undiagnosed ADHD journey
The interplay of ADHD and Dyslexia
Looking at the intersectionality of neurodiversity
Taking a more holistic approach to diagnosis
How dyslexia shows up for different people
What you can ask for at work when you have dyslexia
Dealing with other people's expectations of you when you are Dyslexic
Natalie's dyslexic role models

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ADHD Addictive Behaviours, Compulsive Eating and Obesity

Sun, 30 Jun 2024 10:55:00 -0000

Today’s guest is Toni Russo, a specialist nurse with 20+ years of practice in obesity management. Toni was diagnosed with ADHD a year ago and is now passionate about creating more awareness around ADHD and obesity.

In this week's ADHD Women's Wellbeing episode, Toni and Kate speak about:

Toni's ADHD diagnosis story
How Toni's has tweaked her life since her ADHD diagnosis
The ADHD support group and connection Toni has found helpful
Why there could be a link between undiagnosed ADHD, the compulsion/addictive tendencies and obesity
The power of simple ADHD screening in different medical areas
Unhelpful comments from medical professionals and how to deal with them
How medical professionals can help their ADHD patients

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What you Need Know About the ADHD Gut-Brain Connection

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Despite many of us feeling challenged by undiagnosed ADHD for most of our lives, there is also a way to thrive alongside our ADHD. On today's episode, I talk to Dr Miguel Toribio-Mateas, known affectionately as "The Creative Scientist," a distinguished clinical neuroscientist and nutrition researcher in the UK.

His expertise centres on the intricate gut-brain connection, drawing on a rich, real-world scientific foundation rather than purely academic pursuits. Dr. Miguel's academic journey includes degrees in Nutritional Medicine and Clinical Neuroscience, culminating in a Doctorate focused on Mental Health and the Gut Microbiome.

Navigating life with ADHD and autism, Dr Miguel possesses a deep, personal understanding of the specific dietary needs of neurodivergent individuals. He emphasises the critical role of dietary choices in enhancing executive functioning, sensory processing, and emotional regulation.

His philosophy is captured in his words: “By understanding and addressing the nuanced relationships between what we eat and how our brains operate, we empower ourselves to make choices that not only nourish our bodies but also support our neurodivergent minds in navigating daily tasks and interactions more smoothly.”

On today's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Dr Miguel and Kate spoke about:

Miguel's journey to his ADHD diagnosis
Bringing a more feminine softer energy to science
The relationship between the gut and the Brain
ADHD and disordered eating
ADHD tendencies toward extreme behaviour
Having self-compassion around your diet and what you eat
How self-compassion can actually help your gut health
Identifying sources of rejection sensitivity dysphoria

Dr Miguel offers personalized clinical consultations and has crafted a comprehensive course titled "Thrive with ADHD," available at drmiguelmateas.com/thrive-with-adhd-course. To discover more about his transformative work and offerings, visit drmiguelmateas.com or connect with him through social media for further insights.

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Fun, Failures and F**k Ups - Do what you LOVE and want to WORK hard for with Andrea McDowell

Sun, 23 Jun 2024 08:00:00 -0000

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When we finally understand how our ADHD can help us to succeed, we can lean into it. But it can feel so challenging when we're in the dark and have no idea why we keep hitting the same obstacles.

We discuss this on today's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast with guest Andrea McDowell, who also says it sometimes involves winging it and pivoting, even when we're terrified we may fail. Andrea believes in saying yes, winging it and finding the team to help!

After closing her original business, Andrea poured her heart and soul into her garden to support her mental well-being and give her something to focus on during this time. This eventually became her next venture, Dahlia Beach—a Plant Your Own Flower Garden based in Oxfordshire.

During today's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast episode, I chat with the inspiring Andrea all about:

Being a multi-passionate ADHD entrepreneur
Seeing gaps in the market
Owning our failures, why we shouldn't be afraid to fail and accepting the mistakes we make
Following our dreams with ADHD and harnessing our ADHD traits
Being a maverick and staying true to our convictions
Using hyper-focus to flourish and being brave in our choices
Discovering ADHD and Perimenopause
Using HRT to help her perimenopause symptoms
Admin breakdowns in business and finding people to help fill the gaps
Creating an ADHD-friendly business

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The POWERFUL technique that CHANGED my life AND helped my ADHD!

Wed, 19 Jun 2024 23:15:00 -0000

As many of you who have followed me for a while will know, EFT or tapping is something I talk about a lot!

I began my training in 2019 and continue to use tapping on myself, my kids and many of my clients most weeks. I have combined EFT in many of my workshops, and I love making tapping as accessible as possible for all of my community.

I'm always blown away by the results and how effective a short amount of tapping can be. And on this week's episode, I have Pearl Lopian, a Psychotherapist, EFT Master Trainer and Practitioner with over fifteen years of experience. Pearl is also my teacher and mentor and is a true expert in this field. Early on, I noticed how powerful using tapping can be for the ADHD brain and nervous system and I'm delighted to bring this powerful conversation to the podcast.

If you're intrigued about using EFT for ADHD traits such as RSD, overwhelm, anxiety, self-doubt, stepping into your potential or overthinking, Kate has free tap-along videos here and lots of resources on her website here. Kate also wrote an article on ADHD and EFT for ADDitude, have a read here.

Tapping is also wonderful for children and very safe.

On this episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Pearl speak about:

What Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is
How you can utilise EFT in your daily life
Using EFT to help your ADHD children and loved ones
Calming the ADHD nervous system using tapping
Releasing trauma using tapping
Using EFT to aid your healing inner child work
How EFT can help your relationships

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How to Live a Well Lived Life with Dr Gladys McGarey

Sun, 16 Jun 2024 10:15:00 -0000

It's not often you get to seek the wisdom of a 102-year-old, but when it's a neurodivergent doctor and life coach, you know you're in for a profound conversation. She tells me her secrets to a fulfilled life of gratitude, acceptance and authenticity.

I was absolutely honoured to speak with the inspiring and fascinating Dr Gladys McGarey, who was 102 years old at the time of her new book’s publication. I read her wonderful book, A Well-Lived Life, and loved every page and the spiritual wisdom she shared—I had many epiphanies after each chapter.

After spotting the signs of a neurodivergent brain—she shares her dyslexia, learning, and education journey—I knew I had to reach out to her team and ask her to join the podcast!

During our conversation, Dr Gladys shared her story of being held back in her early years of education due to undiagnosed dyslexia and how, through her different learning styles and curiosity, she is now recognised as a pioneer of the allopathic and holistic medical movements and a founding diplomat of the American Board of Holistic Medicine.

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Retraining our Brains to Thrive: Chronic Conditions, Pain, Trauma and ADHD

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 23:15:00 -0000

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This week's guest is Ashok Gupta, who has dedicated his life and career to supporting people through chronic illness and trauma and helping them achieve their potential.

Ashok suffered from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome around 25 years ago when he was studying at Cambridge University. Through neurological research, he managed to get himself 100% better. He then set up a clinic to treat others and published the well-known neuroplasticity “limbic retraining” recovery program and app known as the Gupta Program in 2007.

He has published several medical papers, including randomized controlled trials on Long Covid, ME/CFS, and fibromyalgia, showing that the treatment is effective, and he is continually researching these conditions

On this week's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Ashok and Kate speak about:

Ashok's Chronic Fatigue story and recovery
Aspects of your surroundings that can affect chronic diseases
The importance of calming the nervous system
The body's fear response system
How your early childhood experiences or trauma can impact your fear response
Nature vs nurture on the brains development
Neuroplasticity and retraining our brains to thrive
How your fear and threat response could interplay with ADHD
Ashok's program to work on your neuroplasticity

I speak about my conversation with Dr Jessica Eccles on this episode; here is the link if you'd like to listen back.

Here is the ADHD Nervous System Regulation Series I mentioned in the episode

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Are you ready to make small shifts to create BIG changes?!

Sat, 08 Jun 2024 23:15:00 -0000

If you don't know already, i'm so passionate about lifting up, empowering, supporting, guiding and cheerleading ADHD women and today, I share with you some passionate motivation for you if you're having a trickier time.

Are you sick of talking about changing your life yet not doing anything about it?
Perhaps you're in a constant state of overwhelm and don't know where to begin?
Maybe you've been recently diagnosed with ADHD and know this could be the beginning of writing a new chapter in your life?
Are you ready to make some significant life changes?

If you're saying YES, this excerpt from my Tapping into Your ADHD Gold could be precisely what you need!

If you enjoy this short episode, you can purchase the complete 'Tapping into Your ADHD Gold' masterclass here.

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Stepping into our desires feels scary, especially when navigating a new understanding of brains. I hope this snippet from my 'Tapping into Your ADHD Gold' workshop may help you move from fear and frustration to freedom and flourishing.

During today's episode, I talk about:

Unpacking the nervous system and fear
Feelings of fear of the body
Blocking success
Scarcity mentality
How our brain keeps us safe by not stepping into our desires/service
How we hold ourselves back
Reframing what we want to offer
Making money while being in our purpose
Protecting ourselves from old stories and beliefs
Cracking ourselves open, feeling fear and stepping out of our comfort zone
Failure and using it as our lesson
Resilience

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The Spiritual Technology and Wisdom to Transform Lives

Wed, 05 Jun 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Today, I'm sharing a very personal passion and deeply spiritual interest of mine, Kabbalah. I have been studying this transformational spiritual technology and wisdom on and off for over ten years but only recently have dedicated many hours to learning more to help me feel more at peace and purposeful in my life. It has also helped me with countless tools and practices to self-regulate, calm and profoundly accept myself while offering me different perspectives to feel more at peace with where I am right now. I use these shifts in my relationships and friendships, my business, my coaching clients and throughout daily my existence. To say it's been a life-changing shift is an understatement!

And this week's guest is David Ghiyam, one of the teachers at the Kabbalah Centre and someone I have learnt a lot from. He has given over 20,000 hours of personal, spiritual, and entrepreneurial coaching and 1000 seminars utilizing the universal wisdom of Kabbalah. His passion is to bring value wherever he can to help others achieve a fulfilling life. He gave a MasterClass encompassing those teachings at www.KabbalahOne.com.

David also hosts one of the world's top spiritual podcasts, Weekly Energy Boost, with over 2M downloads. David brought his experiences through helping others to co-found MaryRuth's () with his wife MaryRuth, a category leader in vegan liquid vitamins and gummies and a trusted brand among millions of parents for kids' health nationwide.

On today's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and David speak about:

What Kabbalah is and how we can use it's tool in our daily life
How to use the Kabbalah practices as a neurodivergent person
Creating more clarity, certainty and self-compassion in our daily lives
How to take the pressure off yourself and self-regulate
Elevating and expanding our consciousness and creating more positive energy
Learning to welcome and appreciate the difficulties in your life
Re-framing anxiety in your life
How to let go of heavy energy such as guilt and shame
Tackling our limiting belief systems about your life
Understanding our different life challenges to help us transform, repair and grow

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The TOP 5 Supplements to Take for ADHD

Sat, 01 Jun 2024 23:15:00 -0000

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Are you curious about the best supplements for ADHD? If so, this week's episode will interest you!

This week’s guest is Kelly Rompel. Kelly is a pharmacist, author, and Functional Medicine and Epigenetic Consultant. She is the author of “Don’t Tell Me To Relax”, host of the Rebel Whitecoat Podcast, and founder of Wildroots Wellness.

Kelly's holistic approach combines her knowledge of pharmacy and science with her love for functional medicine, epigenetics, and energy healing.

During this week's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Wisdom episode, Kate and Kelly speak about:

How epigenetics can play into your ADHD
Genetic testing and ADHD
Foods and supplements you can incorporate to manage ADHD
Blood sugar level management
Helping our anxiety through diet change and lifestyle
Increasing GABA and serotonin levels
The BEST supplements for ADHD
Taking a holistic and well-rounded approach to your health
How Kelly came to learn about epigenetics

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From Addiction and Impulsivity to Becoming an ADHD Movement Mentor!

Wed, 29 May 2024 23:15:00 -0000

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This week, we have Rosie Turner, founder of ADHD Untangled, on the podcast, and she tells me her story, which combines addiction, impulsivity, and restlessness, to becoming a yoga instructor, lover of exercise and now a certified ADHD coach.

Rosie's journey into ADHD coaching is deeply personal. Following her late ADHD diagnosis, she embarked on a path of self-discovery, having grappled with chaos, addiction, burnout and mental health struggles.

Rosie’s big U-turn came after life-altering events led her to run the London Marathon in honour of a friend who she lost due to mental health struggles.

Rosie’s ADHD diagnosis gave her an understanding of why she was unable to find her place in the world. From then on, she made a promise to herself to spend the rest of her life doing everything she could to support those with ADHD to turn their own story of struggle into a story of strength.

On today's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Rosie speak about:

Rosie's chaotic life before her ADHD diagnosis
How Rosie started her yoga journey
Rosie's journey to enjoying running and movement and how this began to change her life
The deep connection between exercise and meditation to calming her ADHD
Rosie's addictive patterns, including how this impacted her exercise routine
How to maintain novelty and motivation with exercise and movement
Changing up our routines to help create motivation
Understanding and being aware of our individual brains
The shame we hold and letting it go to move forward with more balance and self-acceptance
Having a deeper why for having a healthier routine to combat the challenging days
Rosie's new ADHD coaching practice

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Finding ADHD Movement that Works For You

Fri, 24 May 2024 08:00:00 -0000

“We can learn so much from the movement we choose...it's really just a journey."

In this week’s episode, my guest is Karen Broda, a fitness and mindset coach who shows you "how" to enjoy movement alongside your ADHD, while uncovering the self-sabotaging beliefs that keep you stuck in the same negative cycle—without any results. Discover how to create an ADHD structure and a system to implement daily movement that feels fun and accessible without the dread!

On today's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, we talked about:

Understanding how movement can help settle an ADHD brain
Stepping out of the shoulds with regards to exercise and finding the thing that works for you
The blocks that prevent us from enjoying exercise
ADHD-friendly movement
Structure and ADHD
Having fun and finding the type of movement that works for you
The foundations of a good movement practice
Finding your joy in movement
Going back to what FEELS good

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Practicing Low-Demand Parenting with ADHD

Wed, 22 May 2024 23:15:00 -0000

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Ever since reading about the concept of 'low-demand parenting,' which is helping many neurodivergent parents regulate their neurodivergent kids, I've been desperate to talk about this on the podcast. It was a revelation to learn that there is an actual practice where we can intentionally drop the external pressures and societal conditioning and intuitively parent our children according to their needs, energy, and nervous systems.

I'm delighted to welcome this week's guest, Amanda Diekman, an autistic adult, parent coach, and author in the neurodiversity space. We discuss dropping demands, restoring calm, and finding connections with our children.

Amanda became a leading voice in the movement for low-demand parenting practices with her book Low Demand Parenting, published in July 2023. She lives with her husband and three neurodivergent children in an intentional community in Durham, NC.

On today's episode of the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Amanda and Kate spoke about:

Amanda's son's autism diagnosis journey
What it means to be a 'low-demand parent'
Re-defining how you want to parent
Abeism - what does this look like
Letting go of parenting demands, habits or standards that aren't benefiting you
Releasing all the expectations, pressures, shoulds and conditioning to help create a calmer environment for our family
Things you can drop or change to make parenting easier for you
Making communication safe for your autistic or neurodivergent child
What it means to 'un-school'
Dealing with systems and schools as a neurodivergent parent
Asking for accommodations for you and your children

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How To Ask For Help At Work and Reduce Burnout with Leanne Maskell

Sat, 18 May 2024 23:15:00 -0000

If you're currently feeling overwhelmed and burnt out, join me for a new live workshop on Friday, 24th May, at 1 p.m. All details are here.

On today's ADHD Women's Wellbeing 'Wisdom' we have the incredible Leanne Maskell. Leanne is an ADHD coach, author, and activist, having presented to the World Health Organization on improving global access to support for ADHD.

Previously working in mental health and disability law, Leanne set up ADHD Works to empower as many people as possible to learn how to make ADHD work for them through courses, talks, and coaching. After being diagnosed with ADHD aged 25, Leanne published three books, including ‘ADHD: an A to Z’.

During today's conversation, Kate and Leanne talk about

Advocating for adjustments in the workplace
Masking ADHD in the workplace
Talking about your ADHD diagnosis at work
Reasonable diversity adjustments, training and policies in the workplace
Corporate neurodiversity
Celebrating achievements alongside RSD
Knowing our rights within the workplace
Leanne's books, coaching and courses
Burnout and our ADHD brains
Advocacy and our sense of social justice
How Leanne changed her relationship with social media
The power of ADHD coaching

Also my new four-part workshop series, Regulating Your ADHD Nervous System, is available here.

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ADHD Parenting Rage and Emotional Dysregulation

Wed, 15 May 2024 23:15:00 -0000

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No matter how much you love your children, any parent will admit that you have had a moment (or several!) of 'mom rage', and if this is you, I hope this conversation will help you release some of the shame you may feel. Not only do we focus on this, but we also discuss the compassion we need to show ourselves and discuss all the many moving parts of losing our sh*t as parents, including emotional dysregulation, overwhelm, resentment, society and perimenopause. I hope you find this conversation inclusive, helpful, healing, funny and relatable. And listen out for the very last few minutes, where we address some key practical tools to helping anyone out who feels this emotional dysregulation most days.

This week's guest is Minna Dubin, the author of MOM RAGE: The Everyday Crisis of Modern Motherhood (Seal Press).

Her writing has been featured in the New York Times, The Sunday Times Magazine, Oprah Daily, Salon, Parents, Romper, and elsewhere. As a leading feminist voice on 'Mom Rage', Minna has appeared on MSNBC, Good Morning America, The Tamron Hall Show, The BBC Woman’s Hour, and NPR. She lives in Berkeley with her husband, two kids, and no pets because enough is enough.

On this episode of the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Minna and Kate speak about:

The mental load of being a parent
Allowing yourself to feel your anger
Processing anger in a positive way
Parenting overwhelm
Shame about our emotional dysregulation
Conforming to social expectations
Working hard to keep regulated
The build-up of anger and resentment
Creating a support system for yourself
Letting go of martyrdom and allowing in self-compassion
Asking for help with parental tasks
Parenting neurodivergent children and the complexities
Being an adult without talking about kids

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The Cerebellum and ADHD - what we need to know!

Sun, 12 May 2024 08:00:00 -0000

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Did you know that we can create new neural pathways using neuroplasticity by activating a part of the brain called the cerebellum? Enhancing this part of our brain - over the pre-frontal cortex - can ease and lessen our ADHD symptoms and create a more effortless daily life.

This week's guest is Wynford Dore, an entrepreneur on a mission to change the lives of one million children. Wynford is the founder of Zing Brain Development programmes, and for the last twenty years, He has focused on changing the world, one brain at a time. He's funded many research projects and now works with the leading academics to determine the best solutions that successfully accelerate and develop learning in the brain—which finds our hidden potential and increases mental capacity…. including creating greater, stronger emotional regulation.

During today's episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Wynford talked about:

What is the cerebellum and why is it so important to neurodivergence
How can we stimulate and activate the cerebellum
Stepping out of our thinking brain, the pre-frontal cortex and executive thinking and using the cerebellum more
What we need to know about the cerebellum and ADHD
New ways of learning for neurodivergent brains
Creating new neural pathways and plasticity to enhance the cerebellum
Wynford's Zing programme to help people activate their cerebellum
Activities and ways to help activate the cerebellum

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Healing Money Trauma and Becoming Financially Resilient

Wed, 08 May 2024 23:15:00 -0000

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Healing from financial abuse or trauma can feel scary. Our nervous system may have been used to being hypervigilant and disempowered around money due to generational trauma and not understanding our neurodivergence. Many of us don't understand the energy of money, and so much shame can be attached to our sense of self, self-worth and our unconscious relationship to money.

This week's episode features the incredible Catherine Morgan, a multi-award-winning qualified Financial Adviser, Certified Financial Coach, Financial Abuse Specialist ®, Inherited family trauma healer, and financial therapist who specialises in helping women feel more deserving of holding money through somatic, therapeutic, and practical tools. Catherine is on a mission to reduce financial anxiety and increase financial empowerment & resilience for 1 million people worldwide.

In this episode of the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Catherine and Kate speak about:

The connection between your nervous system and your wealth
Why practising gratitude can increase your ability to hold money
How to explore your past family trauma around money
Letting go of old beliefs you have about your ability to make money
Catherine's mission is to empower women to hold and attract wealth
How Catherine came to her diagnosis of ADHD
Understanding our financial core beliefs and healing for the next generation
Using somatic practices to heal from financial trauma
Her inspiring journey to want to help women with their finances
What financial control and abuse can look like

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Creating a FUN and fulfilling ADHD career - yes, it is possible!

Sun, 05 May 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Looking for a fulfilling and fun career that doesn't lead to burnout and boredom, with full awareness of your ADHD? Amanda Perry is the person to listen to and this clip is as wise as they get!

As many of us know, overworking and not prioritising our mental health can be a trait many of us relate to - this may have been a pattern your undiagnosed self fell into for many years.

We discuss this with guest Amanda Perry, a serial entrepreneur and ADHD advocate. Following her diagnosis in 2020, she realized she had built a prison instead of a business, so she set about creating a life that worked WITH her brain instead of against it. She now helps other founders create their own version of success, balancing the value of time, energy, and money.

In today's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Amanda talked about:

Getting clear on your values so you can create a career that includes them
Deciding how you want your work to make you feel
Non-negotiable values for our ADHD careers
Having fun, creating systems and making money!
Amanda's journey in business being undiagnosed ADHD
Creating ADHD-friendly systems to make life easier
Having the courage to change and pivot in business
Upper limiting ourselves as self-protection
Putting our nervous system first
Having autonomy over your mental health

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Rewiring Our ADHD Brains to Form Healthier and Sustainable Habits

Wed, 01 May 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Neuroscience has become a recent fascination of mine as it explains so much about our ADHD brain and the many traits, tendencies, and behaviours that come along for the ride. The more we understand our beautiful yet complex neurobiology, the more empowered we are to make sustainable and manageable changes to better enhance our lives.

So, I'm delighted to welcome this week's guest, Nicole Vignola, a neuroscientist, author, consultant, and brain performance coach, to the podcast.

Nicole's first book, Rewire: Your Neurotoolkit for Everyday Life, will be published in May 2024. Pre-orders are available now.

On today's episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Nicola speak about:

The science behind meditation
The brain's negativity bias
The function of the brain's 'DMN' AND 'TPN'
How self-interruptions affect our daily life
The power of meditation for emotional regulation
Nicole's tips for feeling more calm and positive
Feeling more self-aligned
The damaging effects of your phone and social media
Ways to be more mindful of your phone usage
Understanding dopamine better
The life-changing benefits of a healthier sleep routine
How hydrating first thing can be essential for the ADHD brain
How visualising works in the brain and how it can improve our habits
Aphantasia and learning how to visualise

You can find out more about Nicole via her website, www.nicolesneuroscience.com.

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Dr Ned Hallowell's personal advice on ADHD worrying and catastrophizing

Sat, 27 Apr 2024 23:15:00 -0000

When ADHD world expert, Dr Ned Hallowell told me he also constantly worries and catastrophises, I breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm not alone," I thought, listening intently to how he combats his incessant ADHD imagination!

On today's short episode, I'm delighted to welcome back the incredible ADHD world expert Dr Edward Hallowell, a board-certified child and adult psychiatrist, to the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast for our second episode together.

Not only is Dr Ned an ADHD leader, but he's also a diagnosed patient, and he has dedicated his whole career to empowering and supporting people with ADHD. He's passionate about helping neurodivergent patients thrive and develop in life with new awareness, tools and strategies. He has written a new book, ADHD Explained, which can be bought here.

He has spent the past four decades helping thousands of adults and children live happy and productive lives through his strength-based approach to neurodiversity and has ADHD and dyslexia.

During this ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast episode, Kate and Dr Hallowell speak about:

Dr Ned's newest book - ADHD Explained
The Default Mode Network, ADHD and learning to switch channels
The TPN and creativity
Holding our attention well enough to hold the TPN
Working around worry, Dr Hallowell's tips for ADHD overthinking
Why you might be prone to ADHD worrying and catastrophising - the ADHD imagination
The effects of ADHD symptoms on your nervous system
Hypervigilance, Burnout and ADHD
Glimmers and Touchstones to help us live with more inner peace
The future of ADHD

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Healing from Emotional Abuse and Narcissism with Katie McKenna and Helen Villiers

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Today's conversation features the incredibly insightful and informative Katie McKenna and Helen Villers. In this episode, we are talking about the impact of growing up with emotionally abusive or narcissistic parents, understanding this through the lens of neurodivergence and healing from this behaviour so we can finally break systemic generational patterns.

Helen Villiers, LLB, PG Cert, PG Dip, MA, is a psychotherapist with a master's degree in Working Therapeutically with Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents. Helen works with clients recovering from narcissistic abuse; she also specialises in autism and ADHD and is a couples counsellor, too.

Katie McKenna, BA, MIACP is an accredited psychotherapist who specialises in parentification and emotional abuse. Katie educates adults on how their childhood relationships are impacting their current relationships. She helps them recognise and heal from the lifelong impacts of dysfunctional family dynamics through the psychotherapy process.

Together, they co-host the successful podcast 'In Sight', and they have just brought out their brand new book, You’re Not the Problem: The Impact of Narcissism and Emotional Abuse and How to Heal.

On the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, with Kate, they talk about:

Understanding the definition of Narcissistic Personality Disorder - NPD
Defining terms, such as 'Narcissist' and 'Parentification'
The impact of growing up with an emotionally abusive parent
How a narcissistic parent behaves and the traits of a narcissist
How to set your own boundaries in relationships
Recognising what are neurodivergent traits and what could've been narcissism
Validating your trauma and feelings toward a narcissistic parent
Emotional responsibility, motivational empathy and feeling more empowered
Healing ourselves from emotional abuse
Releasing resentment towards an emotionally abusive family member
How we gaslight ourselves to think their behaviour is justifiable
Breaking the generational cycle of trauma and doing the work so as not to pass on the abusive behaviour
Taking responsibility for traumatised, abusive and narcissistic behaviour
Hypervigilance and being an empath
Understanding 'weaponised ignorance'
Understanding infantilization and enmeshment

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Tracking your unique cycles and hormonal rhythms to manage your ADHD

Sat, 20 Apr 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Have you noticed how your ADHD ebbs and flows, impacting your mood and energy during did phases of your month?

This conversation will empower you to understand why and, importantly, how you can help yourself and feel more in control of both your ADHD and hormones.

This week’s Kate chats with Adele Wimsett, a Women's Health Practitioner & Cyclical Living Expert diagnosed with combined type ADHD.

Having co-authored the book Essential Feminine Wisdom, she is passionate about educating women & girls on how to harness the power of their cyclical nature. Adele bridges the woo & the science, supporting women to balance their hormones naturally and is passionate about speaking on all things menstrual education!

During this episode, Kate and Adele spoke about:

How the female ADHD brain is affected by hormones
The different stages of our cycle and the feelings and emotions that often arise on different days
How to advocate for yourself with ADHD and hormone support
Why tracking your cycle is important
How working with the moon can help create more awareness in the cycle
How can we look after ourselves in the different cyclic phases to help our ADHD
Ovulation and ADHD
Progesterone sensitivity
Recognising all the unknown with hormones and ADHD
What perimenopause does to women with ADHD
HRT, menopause and ADHD - what we need to know and the powerful changes HRT
Memory and ADHD traits that flare up during our hormonal changes
Essential oils to work with your cycle

You can connect with Adele via her website harmoniseyou.co.uk or on Instagram, @harmoniseyou.

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Understanding Sugar Addiction, Dopamine-Sensitivity and ADHD

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 07:30:00 -0000

Dopamine sensitivity and sugar addiction are familiar traits of ADHD. Perhaps using sugar to self-medicate, re-energise, or dopamine-seek may be a pattern you relate to?

If so, you're going to want to listen to this week's episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing, with guest Dr. Nicole Avena, an Associate Professor of Neuroscience at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, and a Visiting Professor of Health Psychology at Princeton University.

Nicole is a research neuroscientist and nutrition, diet, and addiction expert. Her research focuses on nutrition during early life and pregnancy and women’s health. She has done groundbreaking work developing models to characterize food addiction and the dangers of excess sugar intake.

Dr Avena's latest book, Sugarless, covers the latest science on sugar addiction and how to overcome it. She has the #2 most watched TED-ED Health talk, How Sugar Affects Your Brain, with over 17 million views and counting.

On this episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Dr Avena and Kate talk about:

The link between sugar addiction and dopamine-seeking brains
The effects of dopamine released by sugar consumption on the brain
Why you might find it challenging to cut out sugar
How processed sugar affects ADHD children
How sugar affects your body and your health
Parenting and teaching our kids nutritional choices and consuming processed sugar
Having a susceptible dopamine system
Managing a sugar addiction, binges and regaining control
Our busy society doesn't lend itself to healthy eating
ADHD and female social expectations
Implementing small incremental changes to help reduce sugar addiction
Showing ourselves compassion when consuming sugar
Understanding sugar addiction compared to other addictions
Learning to bring in more balance when consuming sugary foods

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Instilling your expansive boundaries to prevent burnout

Sun, 14 Apr 2024 08:00:00 -0000

“Boundaries are expansive...build in that pause before you say the knee-jerk yes.”

This week’s episode features Nancy Levin, a Master Coach, podcast host, and bestselling author of several books. Formerly the event director at Hay House for over a decade, Nancy is the founder of Levin Life Coach Academy, which offers in-depth coaching, training, and certification programs designed to support students in making themselves a priority by setting boundaries that stick.

Nancy is the self-proclaimed boundary queen. On the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast today, Kate and Nancy talked about:

Taking micro-actions to prevent overwhelm
Notice when you're saying a knee-jerk 'yes'
Perfectionism and external-validation
Over-achieving and over-compensating as ADHD women
Dissolving our inside-judgement
Imposter syndrome and devaluing ourselves
People pleasing and putting people on a pedestal
How combining all of this with overachieving, ambition and drive can lead to exhaustion & burnout

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Visualising a better ADHD future using Positive Psychology

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Feeling more empowered by understanding how to harness our brains to visualise a calmer and more fulfilled future is possible, and we discuss all of this and much more with my guest, Ruth Kudzi.

Ruth is a coach, psychologist, and trainer with nearly 30 years of experience studying Psychology. She's fascinated by how Positive Psychology tools can help us feel better and enhance our well-being. Ruth's an ICF master-certified coach, best-selling author, leading podcaster, and international speaker focusing on well-being and coaching.

On this episode of the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Ruth speak about:

The concept of 'self-coaching' and how it can help you to make incremental changes
Positive Psychology, what it is and how it can help you ADHD brain
ADHD pre-disposition to anxiety and how to improve negative thought patterns
ADHD post-diagnosis grief
Relating to your family after a diagnosis
The power of visualisation and imagining your 'future self' to improve your current situation
ADHD catastrophising and using positive psychology to help calm our brains
ADHD and dopamine addictions
Using different ways of visualisation to create a better future
Finding meaning and purpose and why it might not be your career
Ruth's tips for burnout

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Building resiliency, facing fear and learning how to fail with Diann Wingert

Sun, 07 Apr 2024 08:00:00 -0000

"The only way to be resilient is to fail."

Welcome to an episode of ADHD Women's Wellbeing Wisdom. This week’s guest is Diann Wingert, a psychotherapist and business mindset coach who helps entrepreneurial women unlock their brilliance and create a profitable, sought-after business in their zone of genius. She is an expert in the intersection of feminism, ADHD, and entrepreneurship.

In this short episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Diann and I talked about:

How Diann has a no-nonsense, no-BS approach, which is fantastic for ADHD women.
Being yourself in business and entrepreneurialism
Her confident communication methods
Trauma, ADHD and Resiliency
Building resiliency through being authentic and often failing
What are upper limit issues, and how do they impact us facing fear and moving forward?
The importance of resilience as solopreneurs
Being direct
How rejection sensitivity dysphoria (RSD) shows up and how we can help ourselves
Menopause and its impact on our confidence and resilience
Living well with ADHD - living our purpose as entrepreneurs
Confident communication, being direct, efficient and not wasting time with ADHD
What fear teaches us
Changing our negative stories and mindset and reframing our struggles
Learning what our blind spots are and how to move past them
Boundaries and self-acceptance, the skills we have and the blind spots we may have.

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Embracing a more integrated, holistic and spiritual approach to ADHD

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 23:15:00 -0000

An integrative and more holistic healthcare approach is something you hear me talking about a lot on the Podcast. You've probably heard how passionate I am about helping people with ADHD weave more lifestyle-orientated practices alongside Western healthcare in their daily routine, and I'm delighted to welcome someone who embraces this approach with her patients, Dr Gemma Newman (The Plant Power Doctor), a best-selling author, podcast host, and GP.

Although Gemma is a medical GP, she's also interested in holistic health, plant-based nutrition, and lifestyle medicine. In her practice, she has come to understand that body, mind, and soul are not separate and that only by addressing the root causes of stress and disconnection can we truly heal from the inside out. She is a founding member and ambassador for Plant-Based Health Professionals UK and a member of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine.

Gemma's second book, Get Well, Stay Well: The Six Healing Health Habits Everyone Should Know (Ebury, 2024), combines medicine, psychology, and nutrition. It provides simple, actionable tips and a unique wellness template to help you transform your life.

On this episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Gemma and Kate speak about:

Gemma's GLOVES framework for holistic and lifestyle wellbeing
The role of functional medicine and ADHD
How to talk to your GP regarding an ADHD diagnosis
Self-compassion as a neurodivergent person
Gemma's journey to spiritual practice, holistic and functional health
Emotional Freedom Technique or Tapping and the many benefits for ADHD
The benefits of plant-focused eating
Knowing the areas of health that will help YOU the most
How does our emotional and spiritual wellbeing impact our physical health

You can find out more about Gemma on her website, gemmanewman.com.

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Being OK with being a 'disrupter' with Nicole Goodman

Sat, 30 Mar 2024 23:00:00 -0000

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Going against the grain of negativity, sometimes when everyone else is complaining, we feel like we should be too. On today's mini-'wisdom' episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, hear from my previous guest, Nicole Goodman, co-host of the Self-Care Club Podcast, who tries to break down this mindset and own when actually you feel pretty great!

Nicole and I discuss the importance of having confidence in ourselves as women, our innate knowledge, intuition, and power, and how we can lean into all of them and own what we want in our lives. We also discuss choosing and allowing ourselves to lean into looking after ourselves.

Ambitions manifest differently for everyone, and in this podcast series, Kate will hear about the different journeys and challenges her guests have faced while balancing their well-being and spiritual aspirations, career goals, family lives, and often-forgotten self-care.

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Living with Autism and ADHD with Emily Katy

Wed, 27 Mar 2024 23:15:00 -0000

This week, we have the incredible Emily Katy on the podcast. Emily is an autistic 22-year-old with ADHD and OCD, an author and blogger, and a Trustee for the charity ‘Autistic Girls Network’. Her first book ‘Girl Unmasked: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life’ is out on March 28th.

Kate and Emily speak about:

The struggle of being autistic and ADHD in the school system
Autism stigmas and stereotypes
Finding helpful accommodations in school
Emily's 'Not a School Skiver' Campaign
Finding a better way to care for neurodivergent children in education
PDA - a desire for autonomy
Emily's journey to being diagnosed with ADHD
Emily's mental health struggles
How anxiety and OCD cycles show up for Emily
What medication has worked for Emily
Phobias and anxiety
The interplay and ebbs and flows of Autism and ADHD

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Organising and Decluttering for our ADHD Brains

Sat, 23 Mar 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Spring cleaning energy is upon us, and I have been tackling some cleaning and clearing this weekend. For this reason, I wanted to share a snippet of my conversation with professional organiser, entrepreneur, and author Vicky Silverthorn. Vicky started her business, You Need A Vicky, over 12 years ago, back in the days when people hadn't heard of this job role.

If a messy, disorganised environment makes you feel anxious, or perhaps decluttering and having minimal clutter helps you feel internally calmer, or maybe you're desperate to clear out but unsure where to begin - this episode is for you!

During this episode, Kate and Vicky speak about:

OCD and ADHD
Vicky's burnout story and understanding how her ADHD has presented
Reframing simplicity and productivity with an ADHD slant
The impact of decluttering on our mental health
Separating sentimentality and clutter
Creative, simple, sustainable systems to stay organised
Easy ways to start decluttering and organising for an ADHD brain
Getting the motivation to de-clutter
Why an ADHD brain benefits from clean and tidy environments

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The Powerful Connection Between Migraines and ADHD

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Migraines and ADHD are something I hear about a lot in my ADHD female community. I also relate to this from a personal perspective with one of my ADHD daughters suffering from migraines, as well as quite a few friends. Migraines can be a lifelong debilitating condition alongside the many other symptoms that come with them.

Today's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast episode explores the very powerful connection between migraines and neurodivergence in women with my guest, Diane Ducarme, the contemporary master of migraine investigation. Her unique approach combines the ancient wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine with cutting-edge technology to unearth the intricate root causes of migraines weaving on top of genetics. Diane’s relentless inquisitive mind for highly complex problems is what allows her to deliver life-transforming results, which is the fuel to her energy.

What sets Diane apart is her emphasis on the power of functional foods. Unlike conventional approaches focusing on eliminating foods, Diane adds new elements to the equation. Her dedication to unravelling the mysteries of migraines has inspired a podcast, "Migraine Heroes," and her company, Nectar Health, is at the forefront of this remarkable journey towards migraine relief and wellness.

On this episode, Kate and Diane speak about:

A digestive superfood that could help your migraines
The vagus nerve and the connection to migraines
Why migraines could be related to your ADHD
How your digestive system can hold the keys to health
The connection between your brain function and your food
The profound wisdom of Chinese traditional medicine
How Hormonal shifts affect your gut and brain
Having period cycles that can actually feel good
The effects of endometriosis on the digestive system
What chinese traditional medicine can teach you about ADHD

Find out more about Diane and her work on her website www.mynectarhealth.com

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Talking to your family after an ADHD diagnosis

Sun, 17 Mar 2024 08:00:00 -0000

Undiagnosed ADHD, at best, can be a life-long nuisance and energy-sapper, but at worst, it can trigger the worst of mental health issues, including suicide ideation.

Unfortunately, this week's guest, Priyanka Patel, a pharmacist and who was diagnosed with ADHD at 27, knows this all too well.

She was diagnosed with depression in 2020 and, despite her efforts to try and get an ADHD assessment, was not listened to by her GP. Priyanka was then put on a variety of medications, which led to a significant decline in her mental health.

Since finally getting her ADHD diagnosis, Priyanka's life has transformed, and now she is on a mission to ensure no other woman has to go through what she did.

During this week's episode, Kate and Priyanka talk about:

Priyanka's mental health and diagnosis story
How Priyanka's family dealt with her diagnosis
Focussing on all our negatives instead of our strengths
The stigma of mental health, ADHD and medication in Indian culture
How to approach medication for your situation
Cultural views of neurodiversity
How ADHD Medication works in your system
Tips to help feel better while taking medication
Subtle ways our ADHD symptoms creep up
Accommodations we can choose to help ourselves
Priyanka's work to improve NHS GPs' knowledge of ADHD symptoms in women
Increasing awareness and screening of ADHD in GPs

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Financial Wellbeing for the ADHD Brain

Wed, 13 Mar 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Who knew talking about financial wellbeing and accounting could be this fascinating and inspiring? When you hear this episode, you'll see why I'm so giddy about it!

My guest this week on The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast is Rachel Harris. Rachel is disrupting what it means to be an accountant, a business owner and an employer in 2023. She is a TEDx speaker, content creator, author, business owner and, most importantly... an accountant! She is passionate about free financial education for everyone.

During this week's podcast episode, Kate and Rachel spoke about:

Rachel being profoundly deaf and how she became so successful despite this challenge
Communication preferences in business
Financial fears
Asking clients what they need
Breaking down barriers of fear
The trauma of not understanding money or accounts
Asking for help without shame
Financial wellbeing routines
Upper limiting ourselves with ADHD
Removing judgment and harnessing our differences to create evolution and change
Leaning into our strengths and embracing new industries
Updating the maths education and careers advice, especially for neurodivergent brains

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Empowering Ourselves Beyond our ADHD

Sat, 09 Mar 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Despite the challenges, we can focus on the things we're proud of, which lift us up. We can create more internal strength and greatness as parents—life can be easier than we believe.

This week’s ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast guest is Avigail Gimpel, a mum of six, a special education teacher, and a college lecturer. Avigail also supports adults with ADHD in identifying the root causes of their symptoms and shares the tools you need to journey joyfully toward your goals. Her new book, Hyper Healing, Show Me the Science: Making Sense of Your Child's ADHD Diagnosis, is now out.

During today's episode, Kate and Avigail speak about:

Self-belief, getting unstuck and reinforcing old stories
Creating new habits
Positive messaging for both ADHD children and adults
Epigenetics, trauma and how that impacts our ADHD
How instant gratification personality plays into ADHD
Lesser known explanations neurological explanations for what is and isn't ADHD
Why brain scans don't always work for the ADHD brain
External environmental factors of ADHD
Self-empowering ourselves and our kids to help them thrive with ADHD
The effect of negative messaging in childhood and the power of a compliment
Breaking generational cycles and habits and then forgiving ourselves for being human

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The power of hope after an ADHD diagnosis with Gail Muller

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 23:15:00 -0000

The word 'hope' to so many of us can feel ambiguous and distant and yet in this conversation, my guest Gail Muller, a Cornish adventurer, author, speaker, and coach, breaks down the power of hope through a late in life ADHD diagnosis. This is a riveting conversation where we learn that we can always choose hope from the depths of life's challenges.

Gail has spent twenty years in education: teaching, leading, and consulting globally, helping raise aspirations and encouraging life-long learning for all. She passionately advocates for the belief that our broken bits can also be superpowers. Recently diagnosed with ADHD, she also struggled for fifteen years with debilitating chronic pain.

In 2019, after considerable physical rehabilitation, she walked the Appalachian Trail in the USA, later writing a bestselling book about the experience called Unlost. Gail advocates for living a life that’s courageous and true to oneself. She runs popular online courses and residential retreats in Cornwall and gives talks and workshops worldwide, encouraging people to dig into their creativity, build resilience, and grow in confidence.

On this episode of the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Gail talk about:

Gail's chronic pain journey
Hope and acceptance can exist together
How to use hope in life and how Gail teaches it to her students
ADHD and the connection between chronic pain, hypermobility, inflammation
Unexplained answers, pain and neurodivergence
Hope as an energy
Becoming empowered with more answers to thrive with ADHD
How to stop fighting against ourselves
Hopeful attitude switch
Gail's ADHD diagnosis validation and understanding
Gail's post-diagnosis crash
Generational healing and processing after a diagnosis

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Grounding and regulating your ADHD nervous system with Lisa Ryan

Sat, 02 Mar 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Do you feel your nervous system is constantly heightened and dysregulated? Perhaps the feeling of hypervigilance, anxiety, and not being able to settle? This is a prevalent theme I hear from many of us with ADHD - myself included.

If so, Kate's new four-part workshop series, Regulating Your ADHD Nervous System, is available here.

In this week’s shorter ADHD Women's Wellbeing Wisdom episode, I chat with Lisa Ryan, an experienced trauma-informed physiotherapist and somatic therapy practitioner. Lisa supports individuals (many with ADHD) who experience persistent (chronic) pain and health issues such as fibromyalgia, long COVID, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), unexplained physical symptoms, burnout, tension headaches/migraines, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and many more. Lisa’s mission is simple - to help people find freedom from pain and troublesome symptoms, live well and thrive.

During today's podcast episode, Lisa and I talk about:

ADHD masking and its impact on the nervous system
Creating more safety in our body
How to move trauma through your body
How our busy society and little downtime contribute to a heightened nervous system
Why chronic pain, CFS and fibromyalgia is connected to high levels of stress and trauma in our nervous system
Incorporating fun movement, nature, grounding and joy to settle and nurture the nervous system
Self-holding, self-soothing and using different parts of our body to calm and regulate
The basic needs of the nervous system and how to meet them
ADHD and Hypervigilance

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The latest ADHD findings in epigenetics, neuroscience and nutrition with Dr Rachel Gow

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Here on the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I'm passionate about bringing you the conversations that improve well-being and quality of life after a late-in-life ADHD diagnosis.

Today, we have another show-stopper of an episode! In today's discussion, we discuss the latest findings in epigenetics, neuroscience and nutrition with Dr Rachel V. Gow, PhD, nutritional Neuroscientist, Neuropsychologist and Neurodevelopmental specialist with expertise in various mental health conditions and associative learning and behaviour differences. In addition, Dr. Gow is

Dr Gow, also a registered nutritionist, has published 22 peer-reviewed book chapters and scientific papers. She has extensive knowledge of neurodiverse learning and behavioural differences and the effects of dopamine-enhancing brain‐selective nutrients. Her book - “Smart Foods for ADHD and Brain Health” - is available on Amazon.

In this episode of the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Rachel spoke about:

Rachael's upbringing and how she became a young mum
Being an ambitious, single parent
Battling the stigma of ADHD in the school system 20+ years ago
Raising a neurodivergent child as a young mother in the 90s
What Rachael learnt about food and the link to her son's behaviour
Why Dr Gow wanted to study nutrition and neuroscience
The connection between diet and ADHD symptoms and behaviour
The impacts of ultra-processed food on the ADHD brain and gut
The effects of dietary sugar on the brain
Addiction, dopamine and the ADHD brain
Cooking whole foods and involving your children
New findings that suggest Epigenetics play a role in ADHD
Using lifestyle to support our epigenetics
Implementing nutritional changes for an ADHD family
Making changes in our lifestyle and nutrition to celebrate

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Imposter Syndrome, dopamine-seeking and ADHD with Jay Emme

Sat, 24 Feb 2024 23:15:00 -0000

"People with ADHD don't want to be slowed down by the dots"

Joining Kate on today's episode is ADHD life coach, mentor, consultant and professional cellist, Jay Emme. Listen to the full episode her:

During this episode, hear Kate and Jay talk about:

ADHD, creativity and having lots of interests
How music and ADHD work together
How particular sounds are more intriguing to the neurodiverse brain
Growing up un-diagnosed
Managing our nervous system and learning how to use our ADHD brains for positivity
Trying to relax and do "nothing" with ADHD
Not allowing ADHD to define your life
Rethinking our thinking
Being black and having ADHD
The mental health challenges that come with ADHD
Undoing stereotypes, stigmas and historic beliefs that can hold women back
Our love of music and ADHD

Jay is helping ADHD creatives & entrepreneurs smash goals and LIVE LIFE! Through her coaching work, she is aiming to empower her clients to know that ADHD doesn't have to define your life and that you CAN be confident, do amazing things and appreciate your own awesomeness.

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And you can connect with her via her website

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Connecting Hormones and Psychiatry to help more ADHD women with Dr Lotta Borg Skoglund

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Welcome to a new episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast! Have a look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources here. Check out all the ADHD Hormone Series Workshops here.

This is one of the most inspiring and empowering episodes I've recorded. We are at the cusp of new understandings about combining medical disciplines so we can understand ADHD in girls and women better through the lens of both hormones and psychiatry. This is for the lost generation of women who never got answers and for the future generations of girls who deserve better medical knowledge and research.

This week's guest is Dr Lotta Borg Skoglund. Lotta is an associate professor in psychiatry at the Department of Women and Children's Health at Uppsala University and an affiliated researcher at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at Karolinska Institutet. Her scientific work and research target the intersection of ADHD and comorbidity conditions (substance use disorders, personality disorders and mood disorders) as well as gender discrepancies and hormonal factors associated with neurodiversity and ADHD. She is the author of six popular science books on ADHD and addiction, and her book ADHD Girls to Women - Getting on the Radar has been translated into several European languages, English and Korean.

On this episode of the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Dr Lotta Skoglund and Kate spoke about:

Dr Lotta's ADHD diagnosis
ADHD purpose
The Seven ADHD lifestyle factors we need to think about daily
The Letterlife app initiative and research
Feeling abandoned by healthcare professionals after an ADHD diagnosis
Why healthcare professionals should be working together to help patients
How an understanding of ADHD can change your health outcomes
Building autonomy to feel more empowered with our ADHD
Improving female-based medical research and ADHD
The importance of talking about your experiences with hormones to help others
Precision and patient-led medicine
Connecting Hormones and Psychiatry to help more ADHD women
Why fluctuating hormones and cycles need to be part of the bigger health picture
Getting to know your unique hormone cycle traits
How you can create a personalised health journal

You can learn more about Lotta's work via her website, www.borgskoglund.com and Letterlife.

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Asking for ADHD Adaptations with Hester Grainger

Sat, 17 Feb 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Welcome to a new episode of ADHD Women's Wellbeing Wisdom! Have a look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources here.

On this short podcast episode of ADHD Women's Wellbeing Wisdom, I talk to Hester Grainger, a neurodiversity consultant, co-founder of Perfectly Autistic and Perfectly ADHD, a radio presenter and former TV presenter diagnosed with ADHD in her forties, about changing the way we look at neurodivergence in the workplace, raising awareness of what neurodiversity looks like in the office and showing up to help more people feel supported at work. We also discuss ways that employees can feel seen and heard at work and break down stigmas to help create more awareness and education.

Hester is also mum to her two children, who are autistic and have ADHD.

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Channeling our ADHD Creativity and Energy into Purpose

Wed, 14 Feb 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Are you newly diagnosed with ADHD and looking for more support? Or are you currently awaiting an ADHD diagnosis and desperate for more guidance?? If so, look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources here.

This week, proud ADHDer and neurodiversity advocate Louise Gooding joins us on The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast.

Louise is the author of three braintastic children's nonfiction books: Just Like Me: 40 Neurologically and Physically Diverse People Who Broke Stereotypes; The Memory Book, a reassuring story about understanding dementia; and recently released and best-selling Wonderfully Wired Brains, an introduction to the world of neurodiversity.

Louise has worked with children from 5 to 16 and has got them thinking about their own wonderfully wired brains. She speaks openly about her own experiences as a neurodiverse child and adult and how her experiences have shaped who she is today.

On this week's episode, Kate and Louise spoke about:

Realising your dreams in unconventional ways
Louise's journey to becoming a children's author
Creating characters that ADHD children can relate to
Creating understanding about Nuerodiverdence through books
Finding validation
Struggling with the school system being undiagnosed
Not being deterred by conventional ways of learning
Accepting how your brain works to achieve what you want
Having someone to bounce our ideas and reflect our emotions to

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Food, nutrition and cooking ADHD-style with Aleta Storch

Sat, 10 Feb 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Welcome to a new episode of ADHD Women's Wellbeing Wisdom! Have a look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources here.

Today, we hear from Aleta Storch, who specialises in providing anti-diet, values-centred, body liberation work with people who have a history of disordered eating, autoimmune conditions, and/or ADHD.

Aleta currently works with individual clients in her virtual private practice. She supports ADHDers in navigating food and eating difficulties and in developing intuitive eating skills in order to nourish both the body and the brain.

During this short ADHD Women's Wellbeing Wisdom episode, Kate and Aleta speak about:

Being creative with food and keeping it simple with our nutrition
Using convenient food and making it all easier with pre-prepared food.
Removing shame about how we cook and eat
Making food choices that work for me
Self-compassion and how we show up with our lifestyle choices
Finding freedom in doing things our way
Changing the script, doing things small every day
IBS and ADHD
Reconnecting to our bodies

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Why ADHD is NOT a Bloody Trend with Kat Brown

Wed, 07 Feb 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Have you had enough of people saying that 'everyone seems to have ADHD nowadays'? Or 'doesn't everyone have a little bit of ADHD'? Or the infamous 'it's just really on-trend to have ADHD at the moment' - take a breath and get ready to listen to why ADHD is most certainly NOT a trend!

This week's podcast guest is Kat Brown, a freelance journalist and commentator whose work on ADHD, mental health stigma, and other social and art commentary has appeared in national titles, including The Telegraph, Grazia, "Woman’s Hour", Woman’s Health and The Times. Her new book, It's Not A Bloody Trend, a guide to living with ADHD in adulthood, is out now.

Newly diagnosed or looking for support while awaiting an ADHD diagnosis and desperate for more guidance?? If so, look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources here.

On this week's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kat and Kate talk about:

Why ADHD is NOT a trend
The effect of the media on society's opinion of ADHD
Battling stigma in the media and society
Advocating for yourself in the medical system
Kat's book
How neurodivergence was dealt with in history
ADHD medication complexities
Accepting you don't have to do life perfectly, but make it work for you.
Advocating for yourself and other people
Being driven by purpose and passion

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Learning how to slow down to prevent ADHD Burnout - ADHD Women's Wellbeing Wisdom

Sun, 04 Feb 2024 14:30:00 -0000

This week, we are revisiting a clip from the profound episode with high-performance ADHD Coach Kim Raine about finding a balance between our restless energy, relentless drive and hitting burnout. Kim is also the author of Square Pegs - A Book Of Self-Discovery For Women With ADHD.

Watch the Preventing ADHD Burnout Workshop that Kate mentions in the episode here.

During this episode, Kate and Kim speak about:

How entrepreneurship and ADHD often go hand in hand
How our brains thrive when we're creating
How burnout and our ADHD nervous systems can hold us back in business
How to thrive with ADHD in business
By slowing down, we can achieve more with ADHD
Hyperfocus and 'sprinting'
Workaholism, ADHD and burnout
Finding a balance between our ambitions and our energy levels
The fear of burnout can hold us back in business
Being enough with our relentless minds
It's ok to stand still and celebrate our achievements
Being ok with what we've done that day
How 'Comparisonitis' and RSD can hold us back in the way we do business
Trusting how we work even though it looks different to others
Tailor-making a career that works for our creativity, cycles and energy

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Neurodivergent Pregnancy, Childbirth and Postnatal Support

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:30:00 -0000

Anxiety during pregnancy and after childbirth can be very normal for all people, yet when we are neurodivergent, this time can be even more challenging. Support during and after pregnancy is vital to help neurodivergent mothers feel less alone. This week's guest is Victoria White, a birth and postnatal doula who supports families through pregnancy, birth and beyond, bringing hope, compassion and more understanding to this situation.

Victoria White is also one of the contributors to The ADHD Hormone Series, which focuses on hormones and neurodivergent women.

She believes birthing people have the right to a positive birth and postnatal experience and that this can be achieved with the help of consistent and compassionate support. She is also a trained Traumatic Birth Recovery 3 Step Rewind Practitioner and Perinatal Emotional Health and Wellbeing Practitioner. She is the mum of two girls, one of whom is autistic, and is passionate about improving support for neurodivergent people perinatally.

In this episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Victoria talk about:

The role of a doula at birth and pre-birth
How to find support around your birth
The role hormones play in your birth and postnatal time
Knowing your choices going into birth
Making more informed choices
Coping with being undiagnosed when pregnant
Navigating anxiety around birth and postnatal life
Allowing for differences in your neurodivergent baby's development
The positives of neurodivergence and pregnancy

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ADHD-Friendly Mindfulness (yes, it's possible!) with Dr Lidia Zylowska MD

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Using mindfulness to help our ADHD shouldn't work but actually, it can be the perfect antidote to our restless, reactive brains - as long as we're open to being more present and self-compassionate.

Kate’s guest this week is Dr Lidia Zylowska MD, an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and is an internationally recognised expert in adult ADHD and mindfulness-based therapies. Her research pioneered the application of mindfulness in ADHD, helped co-found the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center and has been featured in ADDitude Magazine, Time Magazine, Boston Globe and New York Times.

Dr Zylowska is also an author of two books, The Mindfulness Prescription for Adult ADHD and Mindfulness for Adult ADHD - A Clinician’s Guide.

During the episode, Kate and Lidia talk about:

Compassionate and non-violent communication
Managing emotional regulation using ADHD-friendly mindfulness tools
How to communicate your feelings without conflict and judgement
Mindfulness and feeling present beyond meditation
What mindfulness can look and feel like with ADHD
The benefits of regular mindfulness practise for those with ADHD
How to integrate self-compassion and mindfulness into daily practice.

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Why Coaching Works So Well for ADHD with Brooke Schnittman - re-release

Sat, 20 Jan 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Finally understanding what has been holding you back for most of your life can be a lot to process, as well as learning how to use our newly-understood brains accordingly. One of the most effective ways of harnessing our strengths and moving forwards with more intentionality and purpose is ADHD coaching.

And this week's guest is Brooke Schnittman, owner and founder of Coaching With Brooke, an ADHD and executive function coaching company for students and adults. Brooke has helped thousands of individuals with ADHD since 2006 who are meeting with chaos, frustration, and shame by providing them with the tools and accountability to focus their attention and thrive.

During this week's episode, Kate and Brooke speak about:

Waiting for a diagnosis and how to help yourself pre-diagnosis
The benefits of coaching for ADHD
How you can reach your goals
Motivating yourself to make changes in your life and next action steps
Shame around emotional dysregulation
Living inside our ADHD heads
How and why procrastination plays out with ADHD
Childhood executive functioning problem
Struggling to do tasks you don't like
Juggling our ADHD drive with motherhood
Being more intentional with our time and what we want each year for life

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Understanding RSD alongside ADHD with Marcy Caldwell

Wed, 17 Jan 2024 23:15:00 -0000

Emotional dysregulation and Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD) are two of the most challenging elements of ADHD, yet it's often not flagged up when we first learn about ADHD.

In this week's episode, Kate talks to Marcy Caldwell, a clinical psychologist and passionate ADHD advocate based in Philadelphia, PA. Marcy is the founder of ADDept.org, a blog and digital resource helping adults with ADHD create a life that works for, not against, their brains.

During today's episode, Kate and Marcy speak about:

Noticing your stress markers
Recognising how YOUR emotions work
Overstimulation and noise
Strategies to help emotional dysregulation
How emotions can derail us
How habit changes and awareness can help us with overstimulation
Using EFT tapping to help emotional dysregulation
How your emotional patterns can play out
What is RSD, and how does it show up in ADHD?
The impact RSD has on our emotions, productivity and beliefs
Tips for tracking our cycles, noticing when we're more vulnerable and regulating emotions
Honouring ourselves during our more sensitive times and carving out time on our own

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Navigating marriage and relationships alongside our ADHD - Re-release

Sat, 13 Jan 2024 23:15:00 -0000

"The ADHD brain is a reward and emotion-focused brain...and we feel this intensely, which can have a huge impact on our relationships...."

There's no doubt about it, ADHD can seriously impact our relationships. Whether it shows up with our impulsivity, memory, RSD, sensory issues or emotional regulation, having ADHD within a relationship can often feel testing and difficult. Understanding, navigating and nurturing our relationships alongside ADHD can hugely benefit both partners and family dynamics.

This week Kate chats with Melissa Orlov, the founder of ADHDmarriage.com, and author of two award-winning books on the impact of ADHD in relationships - The ADHD Effect on Marriage (2010) and The Couple's Guide to Thriving with ADHD (2014).

A marriage consultant, Melissa helps ADHD-affected couples from around the world rebalance their relationships and learn to thrive through her seminars, consulting and books. She also teaches marriage counsellors and other professionals about effective marriage therapy for couples impacted by ADHD.

Melissa is considered one of the foremost authorities on the topic of how ADHD impacts adult relationships.

During this episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Melissa talk about:

Tips to optimise your relationship with ADHD
Managing RSD in your relationship
Navigating your ADHD symptoms to benefit your relationship
Learning to interpret and manage ADHD to be a dependable partner correctly
How a non-ADHD partner can help their spouse
Nuances of how ADHD can show up in relationships
Healing together after a late in life ADHD diagnosis
How your partner can relieve some of your symptoms using verbal cues
Sharing the emotional load of ADHD
Why and how you could be overcompensating

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Regulating Our ADHD Emotions with Dr Tamara Rosier - Revisit

Wed, 10 Jan 2024 23:15:00 -0000

With ADHD, it can be difficult to regulate our big emotions and feel calm, with everyday triggers causing us to feel dysregulated. We can see this show up in young children, but it can be shameful and guilt-inducing when we're adults. This week’s guest is Dr Tamara Rosier, author of one of my favourite ADHD books, Your Brain's Not Broken.

Dr Tamara has been a college administrator, a professor, a leadership consultant, a high school teacher, a national public speaker, and an ADHD coach. Through those adventures, she has developed valuable insight into ADHD and how it affects one’s life. As founder of the ADHD Center of West Michigan, she helps individuals, parents, and families develop an understanding and learn practical skills to live with ADHD effectively. Her book Your Brain’s Not Broken provides strategies for navigating the powerful, significant emotional aspect of ADHD healthily.

During this week's episode, we spoke about

Our big emotions, being embarrassed and the shame we have around our emotional regulation.
How to regulate our overwhelming emotions
Prefrontal cortex 'butler' - how it calms and helps with sequencing
The limbic centre is our anger, frustration controller
'Living on the grid' - four quadrants, solve it grid
Burnout from constantly being in the red zone
Making intentional choices to help our health and stress management. Such as diary management, delegating our butler tasks and borrowing people’s butler (neurotypical) brains
Learning not to cram and live fueled by adrenaline and cortisol
The importance of prioritising deep cleansing sleep
Sleep is so important for our health - ADHD symptoms are exacerbated when we don't sleep enough.
Learning to relax and transition from a busy day to downtime and sleep.

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The Intersection Between ADHD and Autism with Dr Samantha Hiew - Re-release

Sat, 06 Jan 2024 23:15:00 -0000

"Embracing and working with our strengths teaches us to thrive with ADHD."

This week’s guest, Samantha Hiew, is the Director of ADHD Girls, a company founded with a social mission to empower girls and women with ADHD through effective advocacy, education and specialist insights.

With a background in healthcare communications and a PhD in Cancer Research, Samantha is passionate about helping individuals with ADHD access employment and training organisations to provide the support they need to thrive in their circumstances, thereby increasing happiness and wellbeing and improving productivity.

During this episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate Moryoussefand Samantha spoke about:

Feeling alone after an ADHD diagnosis
The power of anecdotal experiences
The benefits of being around others like you and community
Sam's autism diagnosis and her surprise
ADHD and Autism often going hand in hand
Needing to have passion and fulfilment to stave off depression
Sam's mission with ADHD diagnosis
Recognition Responsive Euphoria and what it is and looks like
Navigating ADHD and Neurodiveristy in the workplace
How employers can boost their ADHD employee's confidence
Advocating for yourself in the workplace
Embracing our strengths and interests to thrive with ADHD

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Perfectionism & ADHD: overriding our brains to reach our potential - Re-release

Wed, 03 Jan 2024 23:15:00 -0000

"Choosing between the potential of failing and maybe succeeding...or failing ahead of time by not doing it at all."

In this week’s episode, our host, Kate Moryousseftalks about how perfectionism shows up alongside ADHD with her guest, Kristen Carder, an ADHD expert and host of the I Have ADHD podcast.

During this episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Kristen talked about:

What perfectionism is
How it shows up for people with ADHD
Separating your worthiness from your performance
How shame from childhood can create perfectionism as an adult
Trauma response and perfectionism
Breaking perfectionism down to understand to override it
Fear disguised as perfectionism and how you’re ultimately protecting yourself
Awareness and using self-compassionate talk
Deciphering RSD (rejection sensitivity dysphoria) and perfectionism
Focusing on what lights you up and lowering the bar and inner expectation so we can move forwards
Rest can be the most productive thing we can do - manage our energy.

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Happy New Year

Sat, 30 Dec 2023 23:15:00 -0000

Here's to a calm and aligned 2024!

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Gaining a Deeper Understanding of Ourselves Using Human Design

Wed, 27 Dec 2023 23:15:00 -0000

When we've spent most of our life questioning, not trusting and not understanding ourselves, leaning into more spiritual or somatic tools can help activate more of our body's language and intuition to help us gain a deeper connection to who we are intrinsically alongside our ADHD/Neurodivergence.

This week’s guest is Ebonie Allard, an internationally acclaimed award-winning Master Coach. Also an Artist and a Modern Mystic, Ebonie facilitates curious, complex, creative and courageous souls in navigating the reality of being a spiritual being in a physical body. Ebonie was also recently diagnosed with both ADHD and Autism and now brings this new awareness to her teachings, especially in her Human Design work.

Check www.ebonieallard.com for her latest offerings, or connect with her via Instagram, Facebook and TikTok.

On this episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Ebonie spoke about:

Ebonie's ADHD and Autism Diagnosis
How she navigates both of these neurodivergence
Multiple Brain Technique
Understanding our body's sensations and language
The 'Pelvic Brain'
Living in our heads and self-doubt with undiagnosed ADHD
What is Human Design and what it entails
Empowering ourselves with different spiritual tools
The differences between Masculine and Feminine Energy
Inner Body wisdom
Tapping into your body's intelligence
Needing to understand ourselves
Valuing our differences, equanimity and unity

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Harnessing our ADHD Intuition and Inner Wisdom

Wed, 20 Dec 2023 23:15:00 -0000

Trusting our native intuition, learning about how our gut feelings show up, and harnessing and accessing more of it can be vital energy for those of us who are neurodivergent and often think only with our (busy!) minds.

Having such overactive brains means we can often detach from our bodies and gut or intuitive feelings and become burdened with self-doubt. By trusting in our deep intuition and inner wisdom, we can give our brains and overthinking some time out and go back within and learn to trust our body's signalling.

This week’s guest is Dr Robyn Mckay. An authority on spiritual intelligence, Robyn McKay is a top advisor to high EQ executives and leaders at Fortune 500 companies and elite-level performers in entrepreneurship, sports and entertainment.

Robyn is known as a “whole brain” coach and has a PhD in counselling psychology, where she studied diverse concepts ranging from spiritual intelligence and personal development to positive psychology and creativity. Her distinct range of tools that span from the spiritual to the scientific serves as the baseline for her unique approach to transformational leadership and innovation.

On today's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Dr Robyn spoke about:

How to be an intuitive channel
ADHD diagnosis later on in life
Why ADHD and having a deep intuition are so closely connected
Using our ADHD as a strength
Accessing your intuition and guidance
Connecting inwards and tapping into the bigger part of who we are
Why neurodiverse people are good at making decisions quickly
The intuitive skills neurodiverse people have & how to utilise them
Using our ' creative flow' to channel

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Calming and Settling our ADHD Nervous Systems

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 23:15:00 -0000

Learning to calm and regulate our nervous systems not only helps us in the moment but can also create ripple effects across generations and help create significant energetic shifts, allowing us to release old trauma and build new behavioural and thought patterns.

This week’s guest is Natalie Davis, co-creator at Heal Oxford Wellbeing - a holistic wellbeing centre in Oxford that offers progressive healing, natural medicine & integrative therapies to elevate your mind, body, & soul.

Natalie started her journey three years ago; she realised she had followed the rule book of life but felt something was missing. There, the search for more began: more laughter, more love, more connection, more truth.

You can connect with Natalie via Instagram, @thewellbeinggirl

On this episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Natalie talk about:

Looking for 'more'
How Natalie's ADHD showed up
Living with OCD alongside our ADHD
Using breath work as a tool for moving through trauma
Breath work to help with calming our ADHD nervous system
Intuition, wisdom and our deep soul revelations
Training our intuitive muscle
Co-regulation, how becoming more centred in yourself will help your family
Breaking generational patterns and creating new behaviour patterns
Honouring our values
Taking a new direction after Burnout
Stepping into spirituality after an ADHD diagnosis

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For more of this energetic work, check out Kate's 2-hour workshop - Tapping into Your ADHD Gold. to help empower you to further your truth and purpose.

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Shifting old beliefs and connecting to a new identity

Wed, 06 Dec 2023 23:15:00 -0000

Have you ever had a person who's come into your life and helped you make life-changing shifts? Someone who's helped you reveal your truest self while guiding you through shedding old beliefs, energies, thoughts and stories that have kept you stuck for decades?

I'm lucky to say I have, and she is today's guest. Caroline Britton is a powerful Intuitive Coach and an expert in waking up leaders, entrepreneurs and public figures to live a life of freedom, purpose and joy. She specialises in being an agent of change for people ready to transform their lives.

Caroline is a gifted energy worker, mentor, and guide and is frequently described as a magic maker by those who work with her. Her innate gifts to be able to unlock people's connection, potential, and power have transformed thousands of lives.

On this episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Caroline chat about:

Finding your inner power
Trusting and using your intuition
Caring for the neuro-divergent nervous system
Dealing with the fear that holds you back from your dreams
The importance of tapping into your inner voice for clarity and guidance
Creating space and silence to access the guidance
Connecting back in and listening in for inner wisdom
Mechanisms for creating more energetic shifts and discovering what it is you desire
Locking in new beliefs and connecting to a new identity
Taking responsibility, let go of old conditioning, and choose who you want to step into and embody.
The power of the words you speak to yourself
Money energy and mindset

You can connect with Caroline via her website, and on Instagram.

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Solo episode - Why I'm leaning more into my own spiritual growth

Tue, 05 Dec 2023 23:15:00 -0000

Welcome to this bonus episode of the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, where I tell you more about my spiritual journey and ADHD discovery. I share with you what has helped me over the years. I hope over the next few episodes with these fantastic guests; you'll feel more confident in leaning into your inner wisdom, intuition, and gut feelings and tapping more into your self-belief, truth and authenticity now that you have a better awareness of your ADHD.

Introducing the ADHD Energetics and Spiritual Growth Series!

Over the next few weeks, the guests you'll hear from are:

Caroline Britton - Energy healer, intuitive guide and empowerment coach
Natalie Davis - Breathwork Coach helping women to reconnect with themselves
Dr Roby Mackay - Author and burnout recovery expert
Ebonie Allard - Human design expert

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Becoming an Empowered ADHD Entrepreneur

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 23:15:00 -0000

With awareness and knowledge comes power.

It's difficult to have perspective and make change when we aren't aware of why we're behaving the way we do and understanding our self-sabotaging actions. My guest this week is now empowered by his recent ADHD diagnosis and is using his new awareness to step into his next entrepreneurial chapter and lead with more intuitiveness and self-trust.

This week's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast guest is Alex Partridge, one of the pioneers of social media content the way we know it today. At age 21, he founded UNILAD and LADBible, two of the world's most popular social news and entertainment Internet companies, with an astonishing following of 100 million people around the globe. At 34 years old, Alex was diagnosed with ADHD and has quickly become a leading voice on social media around neurodiversity. He is now the host of the epic ADHD Chatter Podcast.

In this week's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Alex Partridge talk about:

How Alex's ADHD showed up
Anxiety and internalised ADHD
Breaking the stigmas of male and female ADHD
Alex's entrepreneurial story
ADHD cycles of burnout and boom and bust
What happened when Alex sold UNILAD
Our ADHD ideas and understanding our interests and challenges
Choosing sustainable ideas that keep your interest
People pleasing and RSD, alongside being an ADHD business owner
Being aware and recognising our ADHD dysregulation and burnout in business and private life
Failing and learning fast and leading more intuitively with ADHD
ADHD hyperfocus and losing interest in projects
Building a supportive ADHD community
Reducing the shame we have held for so long

For more information on all of Kate's ADHD resources, workshops and programmes, check out her website: www.adhdwomenswellbeing.co.uk

Kate Moryoussef is a women’s ADHD Lifestyle & Wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner helping overwhelmed yet unfulfilled ADHD women find more calm, balance, health, hope, compassion, creativity and clarity.

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Processing and Healing After a Late-in-Life ADHD Diagnosis

Wed, 22 Nov 2023 23:15:00 -0000

Acceptance and self-compassion play a huge part in processing our late-in-life ADHD diagnosis.

Piecing together the various components to which we have attributed shame and judgement and reframing that through an updated neurodivergent lens does take time, healing and patience. The 'after process' of an ADHD diagnosis can bring up lots of deep-rooted and painful emotions, which can take time to acknowledge and release.

On this week’s episode of the ADHD Womens Wellbeing Podcast, we have Dr Fiona Peters, a former BBC journalist who left to pursue a PhD at the University of London between two periods of maternity leave. Dr Peters has also published an academic book and is a speaker and trainer for schools. She is touring with her talk entitled 'Perfectionism and Anxiety'. She is also a consultant for diversity, equality, and inclusion in the workplace, specialising in ADHD.

Since being diagnosed with ADHD herself, Dr Peters is using her creativity, drive and ambition to create a new online community for entrepreneurs ADHDLIFE and to grow awareness of the impact of ADHD on business and personal life, both positive and negative.

On this week's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Dr Peters speak about:

Why it's ok to not finish every project you start
How having an understanding of ADHD frames your healing
Why meditation and therapy might not be working for you
Fiona's path to her Ph.D. and why she loved following a different path
Trying a failing to fit in and doing it your way
Self-worth, self-acceptance and
Being an ADHD entrepreneur
Being a work in progress

You can connect with Dr Peters on social media via Instagram or LinkedIn.

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Breaking ADHD Perfectionism and Burnout Cycles

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 23:15:00 -0000

Perfectionism combined with ambition, control, over-achievement, restless energy, productivity-guilt and burnout are tendencies I see and hear about a lot in ADHD women. It can be exhausting living like this, and many of us struggle to break the cycle, which causes spates of burnout. However, when we create awareness around these behaviour patterns, which are often subconscious and unintentional, we can build better boundaries and gently remove the internal pressures we put on ourselves.

Today on the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I speak to Michaela Thomas, a Clinical Psychologist, coach, founder of the psychology practice The Thomas Connection and author of The Lasting Connection – develop love and compassion for yourself and your partner.

Michaela specialises in perfectionism combined with stress, anxiety, depression, productivity, procrastination, burnout and overall wellbeing.

On today's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Michaela talked about the following:

Burnout, ambition, overwhelm and not feeling good enough with neurodivergent women
Productivity, procrastination and shame
Perfectionism is a mask we use to hide
Understanding the wiring of our neurodivergent brain
The tools and strategies to help with hyperfocus and burnout
Choosing different ways to live and what's important to us in different seasons
Self-boundaries, self-compassion and seeing our limitations
Softening a 'should' to a 'could, removing self-blame
Being overwhelmed by all our ideas, pulling the reigns back
Celebrating our impulsive energy and creative imagination
Harnessing our energy with regular breaks and self-compassion
Cycle breaking from previous generations
The pressure we put on ourselves and using our intuition

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The Link Between Hypermobilty, EDS and Neurodivergence

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 23:15:00 -0000

This week’s ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast guest is Dr Jessica Eccles, a Clinical Senior Lecturer at Brighton and Sussex Medical School in the Department of Neuroscience. Her research is on brain-body interactions, particularly related to joint hypermobility. She is an adult liaison psychiatrist and consultant in the Sussex Neurodevelopmental Service and co-lead of their Neurodivergent Brain Body Clinic.

On today's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate Moryoussef and Dr Jessica Eccles talk about:

What is Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS)
The symptoms, challenges and advantages of hypermobility
The link between (H)EDS, hypermobility and ADHD/neurodivergence
Side effects of hypermobility
The interlinks of hypermobility and neurodivergence
Hormones, EDS and hypermobility frequency in women and how it presents differently in men
Fibromyalgia, hypermobility and ADHD connections
Pregnancy and hypermobility
Diagnosing neurodivergence and hypermobility
Making daily tasks and exercises more mindful to improve chronic pain
Long covid, fatigue and hypermobility
Using pilates to build a stable core to help with hypermobility
Protecting ourselves from burnout

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Additional resources to support you:

Claire Smith's book

https://gptoolkit.ehlers-danlos.org/

https://www.potsuk.org/

https://www.sedsconnective.org/

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ADHD Loud and Proud with Kara Marni

Wed, 01 Nov 2023 23:15:00 -0000

I've always been a firm believer that once we're aware of our neurodivergence, we all need to be 'Tapping into our ADHD Gold'. I even created a workshop (check it out here) specifically about this, as I believe that when we reframe our strengths and stop focussing as much on all our challenges and what we can't do, the ADHD genius is given more space to expand!

And this is what we talk about in today’s episode with my guest, Kara Marni, a rising soul and R&B vocalist who has been on a steady ascension since 2019 when she headlined the Pussy Parlure stage at Glastonbury before embarking on a sold-out UK & European tour. In this period, the singer/writer has gone on to support many notable artists, from Lewis Capaldi to Rita Ora, Raye and Ray BLK to name a few, with a string of festivals and high-profile performances to her name, including Reading & Leeds and Glastonbury.

Kara is a family girl who grew up in a house of music (& food) lovers and credits her Greek ancestry for a confident personality, big appetite and big hair. Seldom short of something to say, Kara is a self-professed chatterbox, injecting her creativity and high energy into her lyricism. A self-taught guitarist, Kara recently partnered with supporters Fender as a part of their impressive roster.

On today's ADHD women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Kara speak about:

Focusing the energy of ADHD children in school
Finding the right educational environment for ADHD
Kara's passion for music and perfroming
The joy of channelling your hyper-focus positively
Being creative over academic in the school system
Being mindful without meditation
Leaning into self-care to prevent burnout
Knowing your energy and how to work with it
Choosing to be sober with ADHD

You can find out more about Kara on Instagram, @karamarni

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ADHDAF meets The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Pod

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 23:15:00 -0000

Connection and community... it's always better together, right?

This week's guests are brilliant Laura & Dawn from the ADHD AF Podcast. Laura and Dawn moved to the same street, at the same time, at the same age, with the same undiagnosed difference. On discovering the enormous impact that ADHD has had on their lives and the horrifying number of mis and undiagnosed ADHDers like them, they partnered up to use their voices to raise awareness, break the stigma, and to share their experiences in the hope of helping others.

We decided to join together this week for a special ADHD Awareness month 'podswap'. I was also on their brilliant podcast this week - listen here.

I was delighted to finally sit down and chat with Laura and Dawn from ADHD AF Podcast, and this is what we talked about:

The "Too much" tour the ADHDAF ladies did this past summer
Trusting the serendipity of your life
Why Dawn and Laura are advocating for being "too much"
Being truthful about what is too much for you to take on
Dealing with S.A.D
Comorbidities of ADHD
Self-trust, self-doubt and ADHD
Struggling to have a "regular" job because of ADHD symptoms
Working authentically and listening to our intuition
The power of the ADHD community

You can find out more on their website, listen to their podcast ADHD As Females, or follow them on Instagram.

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ADHD Worrying and Catastrophising - Dr Ned Hallowell Exclusive

Wed, 18 Oct 2023 23:15:00 -0000

I'm delighted to welcome back the incredible ADHD world expert Dr Edward Hallowell, a board-certified child and adult psychiatrist, to the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast for our second episode together.

He has spent the past four decades helping thousands of adults and children live happy and productive lives through his strength-based approach to neurodiversity and has ADHD and dyslexia.

During this week's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast episode, Kate and Dr Hallowell speak about:

Dr Ned's newest book - ADHD Explained
The Default Mode Network, ADHD and learning to switch channels
Working around worry, Dr Hallowell's tips for ADHD overthinking
Why you might be prone to catastrophising - the ADHD imagination
The effects of ADHD symptoms on your nervous system
Burnout and ADHD
Touchstones to help us live with more inner peace
The future of ADHD

And if you'd like further support, my ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series is now available, with new resources regularly added. Learn how hormones are inextricably linked to our ADHD as women, advocate and empower yourself and your loved ones with the most up-to-date information from specialists on hormones, ADHD, cycles, women, health, nutrition, genetic testing, lifestyle, menopause and more! Click here for all the details and get access.

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Recognising our strengths and taking intentional action with ADHD

Wed, 11 Oct 2023 23:15:00 -0000

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It's never too late to learn how our strengths and unique abilities can propel us forward after an ADHD diagnosis. Understanding what makes us tick (and our blind spots) can unlock the tools and strategies to create a life that finally works for us.

This week’s guest is Angela Raspass, a Coach, Author, Speaker, and Podcaster who helps individuals and organisations unlock their next level of potential through self-leadership and strengths-based coaching.

With a background in marketing and a diploma in positive psychology, Angela empowers people to achieve their biggest goals and create a positive ripple of impact in the world. Angela’s late-in-life diagnosis at 53 gave her a new perspective. She is passionate about sharing the importance of positive psychology and strengths for women with ADHD

On today's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Angela speak about:

Angela's process of understanding her ADHD
Plugging the gaps to help ourselves
Building scaffolding to keep us healthy
What is self-leadership and how to implement it
Letting go of conditioning and leaning into flexible thinking
Emotional intelligence and emotional regulation
Intentional action, goals that feel good to us
Taking action using positive psychology
Emotional agility and literacy
Tools to figure out how you work best and what you want to achieve
How coming back to your values can aid you in work
Recognising our strengths and blind spots

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Angela is also very kindly sharing a few discounts with the podcast listeners. You can take a free Self-Leadership Assessment here. You can get $10 off of her (print) book using the code ‘wellbeingbook’ at the checkout, and you can also get a $50 discount off of her strengths profile and debrief (https://www.angelaraspass.com.au/strengths-profile/). The code to use at checkout is wellbeingstrengths

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The Connection between Obesity and ADHD

Wed, 04 Oct 2023 23:15:00 -0000

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In this week's ADHD Women's Wellbeing episode, Toni and Kate speak about:

Toni's ADHD diagnosis story
How Toni's has tweaked her life since her ADHD diagnosis
The ADHD support group and connection Toni has found helpful
Why there could be a link between undiagnosed ADHD, the compulsion/addictive tendencies and obesity
The power of simple ADHD screening in different medical areas
Unhelpful comments from medical professionals and how to deal with them
How medical professionals can help their ADHD patients

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Finally Understanding Ourselves with The Mini ADHD Coach

Wed, 27 Sep 2023 23:15:00 -0000

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Welcome back to a new series of the ADHD Women's Podcast! Today’s guest is Alice Gendron, who was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 29 and created her hugely successful online platform, The Mini ADHD Coach and a new book to navigate her diagnosis and help others to make sense of theirs, too. Alice's funny and relatable illustrations are loved worldwide with other strong language-specific Spanish, Portuguese, French and Japanese accounts.

On today's episode of the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Alice talk about:

Why you might have had lots of hobbies
The struggle of finding your passion
Feeling like an imposter when we have an ADHD diagnosis
ADHD diagnoses and awareness across non-speaking countries
Becoming a new mother with ADHD and juggling our symptoms alongside being a parent
Being diagnosed ADHD in France
Pursuing creativity as a career with ADHD

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Welcome back to a new series of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 10:30:00 -0000

Welcome back to a new series of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast!

I wanted to welcome you to a new series and reflect on the past year, helping you to see where you can be kinder to yourself and recognise all you've achieved and how to move forward into the next season with more self-compassion and awareness.

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Dr Ned Hallowell: Words of ADHD Wisdom and why we're prone to negative spiralling

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 23:15:00 -0000

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As the summer comes to a close, we wanted to share some of the incredible ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast interviews we have done over the last 12 months and bring together clips from different guests that highlight various issues we all face regarding our ADHD.

This episode includes a section of Kate's chat with Dr Hallowell last year. Kate then shares her thoughts on a previous interview with the fantastic Dr Edward Hallowell, a board-certified child and adult psychiatrist, author and world authority on ADHD.

In this episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Dr Ned Hallowell speak about:

Understanding the default mode network (DMN) and how to work with your DMN
The importance of connection for the ADHD brain
Finding 'your right difficult'
Serving your purpose, redirecting our attention, looking for stimulation
Thriving with ADHD
Why you should forgive yourself for the lack of executive function
Having a purpose that lights you up
What is your vision of greatness?
Power of Connection

If you enjoyed this clip, listen to the full episode with Dr. Hallowell here.

Kate then talks more about the power of the DMN in ADHD from the workshop she held after learning with Dr. Hallowell last summer. To listen to this entire episode, click here.

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Through the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series, we want to:

Empower you with more knowledge and awareness

Help you Advocate for yourself

Educate you and your loved ones about how to help yourself thrive and feel well.

Offer medical, holistic, mindset and lifestyle tools to improve your life after an ADHD diagnosis.

Boost your confidence to know what's right for you and trust yourself to ask for what you deserve.

Make private medical and holistic healthcare accessible to all

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Building resiliency, understanding fear and recognising our imposter syndrome with Diann Wingert and Jay Emme

Sat, 02 Sep 2023 23:00:00 -0000

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As we take a break for the summer holidays, we wanted to share some of the incredible ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast interviews we have done over the last 12 months and bring together clips from different guests that highlight various issues we all face regarding our ADHD.

This week, business mindset coach Diann Wingert and Musician and ADHD Creative Coach Jay Emme talk about the importance of communication and resiliency. Jay also speaks about her specific experience of being black with ADHD.

In this episode of the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Diann talk about:

Diann's no-nonsense, no-BS approach which is fantastic for ADHD women.
Being yourself in business and entrepreneurialism
Her confident communication methods
Trauma, ADHD and Resiliency
Building resiliency through being authentic and often failing
What are upper limit issues and how do they impact us facing fear and moving forward?
The importance of resilience as solopreneurs
How rejection sensitivity dysphoria (RSD) shows up and how we can help ourselves
Menopause and its impact on our confidence and resilience
Living well with ADHD - living our purpose as entrepreneurs
Confident communication, being direct, efficient and not wasting time with ADHD
What fear teaches us
Changing our negative stories and mindset and reframing our struggles
Learning what our blind spots are and how to move past them
Boundaries and self-acceptance, the skills we have and the blind spots we may have.

Kate and Jay then speak about:

ADHD, creativity and having lots of interests
How music and ADHD work together
How particular sounds are more intriguing to the neurodiverse brain
Growing up un-diagnosed
Managing our nervous system and learning how to use our ADHD brains for positivity
Trying to relax and do "nothing" with ADHD
Not allowing ADHD to define your life
Rethinking our thinking
Being black and having ADHD
The mental health challenges that come with ADHD
Undoing stereotypes, stigmas and historical beliefs that can hold women back
Our love of music and ADHD

And if you'd like further support, my ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series is now available, with new resources regularly added. Learn how hormones are inextricably linked to our ADHD as women, advocate and empower yourself and your loved ones with the most up-to-date information from specialists on hormones, ADHD, cycles, women, health, nutrition, genetic testing, lifestyle, menopause and more! Click here for all the details and get access.

Through the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series, we want to:

Empower you with more knowledge and awareness

Help you Advocate for yourself

Educate you and your loved ones about how to help yourself thrive and feel well.

Offer medical, holistic, mindset and lifestyle tools to improve your life after an ADHD diagnosis.

Boost your confidence to know what's right for you and trust yourself to ask for what you deserve.

Make private medical and holistic healthcare accessible to all

Have a look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources here.

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ADHD spending habits, money mindset and creating financial wellbeing with Tina Mathams and Maddy Alexander

Wed, 30 Aug 2023 23:15:00 -0000

* All information about Kate's groundbreaking ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series is available here *

This week ADHD accountant and money coach Tina Mathams and financial educator and Tik Tok influencer and founder of the Mad About Money app Maddy Alexander discuss money shame, debt, and ADHD impulsive spending.

In today's episode of the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Tina first talk about:

Re-writing your money story and letting go and understanding your family or parent's beliefs about money
Why managing and dealing with money can be more complex with ADHD
How dyscalculia can be a reason why managing money can feel so challenging
The energetics of money and abundance
Tools to help you navigate money with ease
The importance of a strong money mindset and how to grow one!
Money affirmations to help build new neural pathways

And then Kate and Maddy talk about:

How Maddy's spending addiction manifested
Dopamine seeking behaviours
Shame and guilt from spending addiction
Having a fear of dealing with money
Why it's so crucial for people with ADHD to talk about money
How Maddy dealt with her own debt
How to recognise our strengths and challenges in business
Finding support and understanding of our neurodivergence in business
Tips to reduce your spending with ADHD
What's changed in Maddy's life since her diagnosis
How Maddy manages with her dopamine cravings now

Through the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series, we want to:

Empower you with more knowledge and awareness
Help you Advocate for yourself
Educate you and your loved ones about how to help yourself thrive and feel well
Offer you medical, holistic, mindset and lifestyle tools to improve your life after an ADHD diagnosis.
Boost your confidence to know what's right for you and to trust in yourself to ask for what you deserve.
Make private medical and holistic healthcare accessible to all

Have a look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources here.

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ADHD & Disordered Eating: discovering a more intuitive way with food and nutrition with Dr Bunmi Aboaba and Aleta Storch

Sat, 26 Aug 2023 23:15:00 -0000

* All information about Kate's groundbreaking ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series is available here *

As we take a break for the summer holidays, we wanted to share some incredible interviews we have done over the last 12 months and bring together clips from guests that highlight various issues we all face regarding our ADHD. This week, Dr Bunmi Aboaba, one of the world's leading food addiction coaches and Aleta Storch, an anti-diet, intuitive eating ADHD dietician, talk about binge eating, disordered eating and how to make better nutritional choices for ourselves when we have ADHD.

In this episode, Kate and Dr Bunmi talk about:

Food addiction and disordered eating alongside ADHD and menopause.
The subconscious mind and body around food, binge eating, dopamine, depletion, unhealthy relationships with food, craving, shame, regret, guilt, self-esteem and self-compassion around food disorders.
The connection between alcohol addiction or food addiction and ADHD
The power of rituals as an anchor, using micro-moments of dopamine.
The Stop technique to help our stress response to food
The power of accountability and a buddy system
Working with and not against ourselves

Kate and Aleta also talk about:

Binge and disordered eating alongside ADHD
Why is binge eating happening with ADHD and discusses the notion of restriction and not necessarily bingeing
Dopamine seeking behaviour
Eating to prevent bingeing
Medication being an appetite suppressant
Preventing and understanding hunger with emotional dysregulation
Disembodiment and disconnection from knowing what we want
Being creative with food and keeping it simple with our nutrition
Using convenient food and making it all easier with pre-prepared food.
Removing shame about how we cook and eat
Finding freedom in doing things our way
Changing the script, doing something small every day
IBS and ADHD
Reconnecting to our bodies and checking back in.

And if you'd like further support, my ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series is now launched. Learn how hormones are inextricably linked to our ADHD as women, advocate and empower yourself and your loved ones with the most up-to-date information from specialists on hormones, ADHD, nutrition, genetic testing, lifestyle, menopause and more! Click here for all the details and get access.

Through the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series, we want to:

Empower you with more knowledge and awareness
Help you Advocate for yourself
Educate you and your loved ones about how to help yourself thrive and feel well
Offer medical, holistic, mindset and lifestyle tools to improve your life after an ADHD diagnosis.
Boost your confidence to know what's right for you and trust yourself to ask for what you deserve.
Make private medical and holistic healthcare accessible to all

Have a look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources here.

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ADHD Brain Health and using EFT/Tapping to help with neuroplasticity - Brittany Shane Hochstetler & Candace Fox

Wed, 23 Aug 2023 23:15:00 -0000

* All information about Kate's groundbreaking ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series is available here *

As we take a break for the summer holidays, we wanted to share with you some of the incredible interviews that we have done over the last 12 months and bring together clips from different guests that highlight various issues that we all face when it comes to our ADHD. This week, brain health expert Brittany Shane Hochstetler and conscious EFT practitioner and coach Candace Fox discuss the importance of brain health and neural pathways' role in ADHD.

In this episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Brittany talk about:

The role of the prefrontal cortex and amygdala on emotional dysregulation
Burnout and ADHD
Productivity guilt - never doing enough but feeling like we never get to achieve anything.
How to regulate and relax with ADHD
Empathy and the ADHD brain
High expectations and inner pressure
Being aware of our ADHD in the background to prevent the burnout cycle
Blood sugar, 'hanger' and ADHD - why we need to eat well
Interoception and ADHD - not recognising that we're hungry, thirsty or tired
Parenting kids with ADHD alongside our ADHD
The sensory side of ADHD - being a seeker or an avoider
How you can be stimulated with ADHD

Kate and Candace then talk about:

What is Emotional Freedom Technique or tapping and how does it help
Disordered eating, EFT and ADHD
Trauma and regulating our nervous system using EFT
Recognising that trauma can be stuck in our bodies and using somatic therapy and 'havening' for self-soothing
Why we believe EFT is so helpful for ADHD
Using acupressure and meridian points to calm us
How tapping can change our neural pathways
Neuroplasticity, self-regulation and coregulation
Burnout and the power of rescheduling
The future of using EFT to help ADHD

And if you'd like further support, my ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series is now launched. Learn how hormones are inextricably linked to our ADHD as women, advocate and empower yourself and your loved ones with the most up-to-date information from specialists on hormones, ADHD, nutrition, genetic testing, lifestyle, menopause and more! Click here for all the details and get access.

Through the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series, we want to:

Empower you with more knowledge and awareness
Help you Advocate for yourself
Educate you and your loved ones about how to help yourself thrive and feel well
Offer medical, holistic, mindset and lifestyle tools to improve your life after an ADHD diagnosis.
Boost your confidence to know what's right for you and trust yourself to ask for what you deserve.
Make private medical and holistic healthcare accessible to all

Have a look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources here.

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Learning how to stop, reduce burnout and celebrate our achievements - Kim Raine and Viviene Isabor

Sun, 20 Aug 2023 09:45:00 -0000

* All information about Kate's groundbreaking ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series is available here *

In today's episode, business coach for ADHD entrepreneurs Kim Raine and psychotherapist and founder of ADHD Babes, Viviene Isabor, share their take on burnout and overworking this week.

In today's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Kim Raine spoke about:

How entrepreneurship and ADHD often go hand in hand
How our brains thrive when we're creating
How burnout and our ADHD nervous systems can hold us back in business
How to thrive with ADHD in business
By slowing down, we can achieve more with ADHD
Hyperfocus and 'sprinting'
Workaholism, ADHD and burnout
Finding a balance between our ambitions and our energy levels
The fear of burnout can hold us back in business
Being enough with our relentless minds
It's ok to stand still and celebrate our achievements
Being ok with what we've done that day
How 'Comparisonitis' and RSD can hold us back in the way we do business
Trusting how we work even though it looks different to others
Tailor-making a career that works for our creativity, cycles and energy

Kate and Viviene Isabor later spoke about:

Dealing with the UK educational system as an adult with ADHD
Being ok with taking breaks to avoid burnout
Knowing your work limits
Advocating for yourself and others
Creating safe spaces for minority people with ADHD
Advocating for women of colour within the mental health and ADHD space
Understanding our family history
Vivienne's work with ADHD Babes
Accepting help with executive function
celebrating our achievements
Burnout while achieving
Creating boundaries to help prevent overwhelm
Understanding our productivity and the need to succeed
Protecting our wellbeing while we undertake big tasks
Being highly educated with ADHD
Ableism

Through the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series, we want to:

Empower you with more knowledge and awareness
Help you Advocate for yourself
Educate you and your loved ones about how to help yourself thrive and feel well
Offer medical, holistic, mindset and lifestyle tools to improve your life after an ADHD diagnosis.
Boost your confidence to know what's right for you and trust yourself to ask for what you deserve.
Make private medical and holistic healthcare accessible to all

Have a look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources here.

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Reducing our internal shame and forgiving our ADHD selves

Thu, 17 Aug 2023 06:00:00 -0000

* All information about Kate's groundbreaking ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series is available here *

Parenting kids with ADHD is difficult enough, but when we also have ADHD, it can make life more challenging and reinforce our struggles back to us two-fold.

In today's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, we discuss this with TEDX speaker Martha Bernard-Rae, a personality and values-based SEO copywriter. Watch her fantastic TEDX talk here, entitled ADHD in Girls and Women - it's worth a watch.

During this episode, Kate and Martha spoke about:

Struggling with the little things in life and re-thinking failure through an ADHD lens
The ADHD diagnostic process in Australia
Martha's TEDX talk
Why Martha describes ADHD as "death by 1000 cuts"
Someone else "scaffolding" you in life and accepting you need to share the load
Leaning into our strengths and learning how to thrive with our awareness
Forgiving ourselves and focusing on what we're doing well
Being triggered by our kids and living compassionately with our ADHD

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Through the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series, we want to:

Empower you with more knowledge and awareness
Help you Advocate for yourself
Educate you and your loved ones about how to help yourself thrive and feel well.
Offer medical, holistic, mindset and lifestyle tools to improve your life after an ADHD diagnosis.
Boost your confidence to know what's right for you and trust yourself to ask for what you deserve.
Make private medical and holistic healthcare accessible to all

Have a look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources here.

Follow the podcast on Instagram here

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Changing neurodivergent lives through education reform

Wed, 09 Aug 2023 23:15:00 -0000

Our guest today wants to reform education to support neurodiverse students better. She believes empowering individuals to learn about their unique intelligence will change their lives.

Today's guest is Simran Deol, a student at Harvard University who graduated with a Master's Degree in Human Development & Education and has spent many years working in Developmental and Educational Psychology.

Before attending Harvard, Simran was a struggling student, failing school. She barely graduated high school and was put on academic probation during undergrad. When she was 19, she was diagnosed with Specific Learning Disorder in reading, writing, math, and ADHD. After this significant life change, she understood how her brain worked and got her needed support to turn her life around.

Since then, she has been working on a series of neurodiversity awareness projects, such as creating her organization, "The Abstract Genius", speaking on podcasts and conferences and writing articles.

In today's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Simran speak about:

Struggling in the educational system
Having to work extra hard and still failing
How ADHD affects sleep, noticing and working with your sleep patterns
Medication personal choices
Trusting our intuitive instincts
The way Simran's diagnosis changed her educational experience
Healing from past "failures" once you know it's ADHD
How Simran's parents reacted to her diagnosis
How Simran wants to transform education and learning techniques
Making learning more neurodivergent friendly

* All information about Kate's groundbreaking ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series is available here *

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The ADHD and Hormonal Lightbulb Moments in Midlife

Sat, 05 Aug 2023 23:15:00 -0000

This week’s bonus episode is with Katie Taylor, founder and CEO of one of the UK's largest menopause communities, The Latte Lounge, an online platform helping women in midlife thrive at home and in the workplace. Check out The Midlife Festival here.

In this short episode, you'll hear Katie and me discuss:

How Katie's menopausal symptoms showed up
How these debilitating traits began to wreak havoc on her life
How building her menopause community, The Latte Lounge, came about
Guiding her members to learn about ADHD in menopause
Katie's recognition of binge eating and disordered eating to process trauma
Katie's awareness and learning about her possible ADHD

Through the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series, we want to:

Empower you with more knowledge and awareness
Help you Advocate for yourself
Educate you and your loved ones about how to help yourself thrive and feel well
Offer you medical, holistic, mindset and lifestyle tools to improve your life after an ADHD diagnosis
Boost your confidence to know what's right for you and to trust in yourself to ask for what you deserve
Make private medical and holistic healthcare accessible to all

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Recently diagnosed? What neurodivergent adjustments should you be asking for?

Wed, 02 Aug 2023 23:15:00 -0000

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If you've been recently diagnosed with ADHD and /or Autism, asking for reasonable adjustments at work is your right. Knowing what to ask for can feel challenging, especially if you're the first one to do so or your place of employment doesn't feel so neurodiverse-friendly yet. This week's episode hopes to offer you the insights to advocate for yourself and ask for what you need.

This week's guest is Hester Grainger, a neurodiversity consultant, co-founder of Perfectly Autistic and Perfectly ADHD, a radio presenter and former TV presenter diagnosed with ADHD in her forties.

Hester is also mum to her two children, who are autistic and have ADHD.

On today's The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Hester talk about:

Navigating ADHD and autism in your family dynamic
Being diagnosed as a parent
Homeschooling ADHD and autistic children
Reasonable adjustments in the workplace
Making allowances for all at work, not just those who ask for it
Live TV and radio offering the dopamine and adrenaline hit
Correlating high-pressure industries to undiagnosed ADHD
Gut decisions vs impulsive decisions
Speaking to your employer about ADHD
Sensory processing at work
Handling negative attitudes toward neurodiversity at work
How your workplace can be more neurodiverse friendly
How to look after our energy and be in burnout prevention mode

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Estrogen Fluctuations - ADHD & Hormone bonus episode with Dr Jeanette Wasserstein

Sat, 29 Jul 2023 23:15:00 -0000

This week’s bonus episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast is with previous guest, Dr Jeanette Wasserstein, a NYC-based clinical neuropsychologist specialising in diagnosing and treating ADHD in adults for the past 30 years.

Have a listen to this short episode and see what resonates for you and how your hormone, energy, and health challenges have shown up throughout your life.

In today's episode, we talk about:

Fluctuating estrogen in our menstrual cycle
The science of how estrogen boosts our neurotransmitters
The role of estrogen sensitivity in ADHD teens
ADHD and pregnancy, post-partum depression tends to be more common in women with ADHD
SSRIs for PMDD
HRT for ADHD peri-menopause

And if you'd like further support on this topic, my ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series is now launched! Click here to find out more and get access.

Through the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series, we want to:

Empower you with more knowledge and awareness
Help you Advocate for yourself
Educate you and your loved ones about how to help yourself thrive and feel well
Offer you medical, holistic, mindset and lifestyle tools to improve your life after an ADHD diagnosis
Boost your confidence to know what's right for you and to trust in yourself to ask for what you deserve
Make private medical and holistic healthcare accessible to all

Connect with Dr Wasserstein via her website, cnssupport.com or email her: jeanette.wasserstein@gmail.com

Read her article on ADDitude here - a brilliant resource for further information on ADHD, hormones and menopause

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Wisdom from a 102-year-old neurodivergent doctor

Wed, 26 Jul 2023 23:15:00 -0000

**All information about Kate's groundbreaking ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series is available here: www.adhdwomenswellbeing.co.uk**

It's not often you get to seek the wisdom of a 102-year-old, but when it's a still-consulting doctor and life coach, you know you're in for a profound conversation.

I was absolutely honoured to speak with the inspiring and fascinating Dr Gladys McGarey, who is 102 years old at the time of her new book’s publication. I read her wonderful book, A Well-Lived Life, and loved every page and the spiritual wisdom she shared - I had many epiphanies after each chapter.

After spotting the signs of a neurodivergent brain - she shares her dyslexia, learning and education journey - I knew I had to reach out to her team and ask her to join the podcast! This episode was recorded at 8 am Dr Gladys's time in Arizona and she was as fresh as a daisy, with all the recording tech in place.

During our conversation, Dr Gladys shares her story of having been held back in her early years of education due to undiagnosed dyslexia and how through her different way of learning and being curious, she is now recognised as a pioneer of the allopathic and holistic medical movements and a founding diplomat of the American Board of Holistic Medicine. She is also the co-founder and past president of the American Holistic Medical Association, the Academy of Parapsychology and Medicine, and the founder of The International Academy of Clinical Hypnosis. She has spoken at TEDx.

In today's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Dr Gladys discuss:

How love improves all aspects of life
What Gladys believes to be the true life force
Being a pioneer of Holistic medicine
Speaking out for what you believe in
Accepting what you can't change
Positive reinforcements in childhood
The power of being accepted
Gladys's experience of education while being undiagnosed dyslexic in a rural Indian village

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Joining the dots between ADHD and perimenopause

Sat, 22 Jul 2023 23:15:00 -0000

** All details of how to sign up for my brand-new, groundbreaking ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series are now on my website**

In today's bonus episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, we hear back from Dr Emma Ping with some highlights from our previous podcast conversation where we spoke about:

The difference and the overlap between ADHD symptoms and perimenopause
The subtle changes in our cycles and hormones
HRT trialling and how to tweak to help ADHD
Testosterone, how it helps and ADHD
Joining the dots between ADHD and perimenopause and using a symptom checker to advocate for yourself with your doctor
Looking after ourselves before we prioritise others

Have a listen to this short episode and see what resonates for you and how your hormone, energy, and health challenges have shown up with regards to your ADHD?

And if you'd like further support on this topic, my ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series is now live.

Through the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series, I want to:

Empower you with more knowledge and awareness
Help you Advocate for yourself
Educate you and your loved ones about how to help yourself thrive and feel well
Offer you medical, holistic, mindset and lifestyle tools to improve your life after an ADHD diagnosis
Boost your confidence to know what's right for you and to trust in yourself to ask for what you deserve
Make private medical and holistic healthcare accessible to all

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Big Picture ADHD Thinking: plant the seed and watch it grow

Wed, 19 Jul 2023 23:15:00 -0000

**All information about Kate's groundbreaking ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series is available here: www.adhdwomenswellbeing.co.uk**

When we finally understand how our ADHD can help us to succeed, we can lean into it. But it can feel so challenging when we're in the dark and have no idea why we keep hitting the same obstacles.

Andrea is a former TV director from London who escaped to the Oxfordshire countryside with her family in 2013 for a better life. She ran a successful wedding video company with a team of six and produced nearly 300 weddings a year until Covid hit, and she was forced to make the heartbreaking decision to close the business. To support her mental wellbeing and give her something to focus on during this time, she poured her heart and soul into her garden, which eventually became her next venture, Dahlia Beach - a Plant Your Own Flower Garden based in Oxfordshire.

During this week's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast episode, I chat with the inspiring Andrea all about:

Being a multi-passionate ADHD entrepreneur
Seeing gaps in the market
Owning our failures, why we shouldn't be afraid to fail and accepting the mistakes we make
Following our dreams with ADHD and harnessing our ADHD traits
Being a maverick and staying true to our convictions
Using hyper-focus to flourish and being brave in our choices
Perimenopause, HRT and ADHD
Admin breakdowns in business and finding people to help fill the gaps
Creating an ADHD-friendly business

**All information about Kate's groundbreaking ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series is available here: www.adhdwomenswellbeing.co.uk**

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Honouring Our Cycles with Adele Wimsett - ADHD & Hormones bonus episode

Sat, 15 Jul 2023 23:15:00 -0000

** All details of how to sign up for my brand-new, groundbreaking ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series are now on my website**

Welcome to another bonus ADHD Women's Wellbeing podcast episode focusing on ADHD and our hormones.

Today's episode features a clip from my previous guest, Adele Wimsett, who is a Women’s Hormonal Health Practitioner (she also runs an incredible workshop in my new ADHD Hormone series!). She is passionate about taking women from striving to thriving, supporting them to feel good instead of tired, overwhelmed and depleted by harnessing the power of their menstrual cycle.

Have a listen to this short episode and see what resonates for you and how your hormone, energy, and health challenges have shown up. And if you'd like further support on this topic, my ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series is now launched!

Click here to find out more and get access.

Through the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series, we want to:

Empower you with more knowledge and awareness
Help you Advocate for yourself
Educate you and your loved ones about how to help yourself thrive and feel well
Offer you medical, holistic, mindset and lifestyle tools to improve your life after an ADHD diagnosis
Boost your confidence to know what's right for you and to trust in yourself to ask for what you deserve
Make private medical and holistic healthcare accessible to all

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Building the ADHD foundations for our life and careers

Wed, 12 Jul 2023 23:15:00 -0000

** All details of how to sign up for my brand-new, groundbreaking ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series are now on my website**

As many of us know, overworking and not prioritising our mental health can be a trait many of us relate to - this may have been a pattern your undiagnosed self fell into for many years.

We discuss this with guest, Amanda Perry, a serial entrepreneur and ADHD advocate. Following her diagnosis in 2020, she realised she had built a prison instead of a business, so she set about creating a life that worked WITH her brain instead of against it. She now helps other founders create their own version of success, balancing the value of time, energy and money.

In today's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Amanda talked about:

Sadness after her ADHD diagnosis
ADHD overworking and overwhelm
Signs that your work is weighing too heavy
Getting clear on your values so you can create a career that includes them
Deciding how you want your work to make you feel
Amanda's own journey in business being undiagnosed ADHD
Creating ADHD-friendly systems to make life easier
Having the courage to change and pivot in business
Upper limiting ourselves as self-protection
Putting our nervous system first
Having autonomy over your own mental health
Letting our fear have its say
Creating an anti-hustle culture

All information about Kate's groundbreaking ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series is available here: www.adhdwomenswellbeing.co.uk

You can connect with Amanda on her website, amandaperry.co.uk and on Instagram, @amandaperry. Amanda has also created a free notion planner template to help you simplify nailing your goals. Click here to access.

Have a look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources here.

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Why you NEED to know more about ADHD and hormones

Sat, 08 Jul 2023 23:15:00 -0000

** All details of how to sign up for my brand-new, groundbreaking ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series are now on my website**

I've created this exclusive solo episode sharing my personal experience of navigating challenging hormones for most of my adult life and now being able to understand this better through the lens of my ADHD diagnosis.

Have a listen to this short episode and see what resonates for you and how your hormone, energy, and health challenges have shown up. I will be launching my ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series to my mailing list on the 13th of July, with special early bird pricing and offering a VIP live workshop. Sign up here for all the information.

Through the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series want to:

Empower you with more knowledge and awareness
Help you Advocate for yourself
Educate you and your loved ones about how to help yourself thrive and feel well
Offer you medical, holistic, mindset and lifestyle tools to improve your life after an ADHD diagnosis
Boost your confidence to know what's right for you and to trust in yourself to ask for what you deserve
Make private medical and holistic healthcare accessible to all

Head to my website for more support, resources and information.

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ADHD Medication and Treatment: demystified by a psychiatrist

Wed, 05 Jul 2023 23:15:00 -0000

** All details of how to sign up for my brand-new, groundbreaking ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series are now on my website**

Have you been nervous about taking ADHD medication? Does it feel scary to start a medication regime due to the stigma behind stimulant meds?

Or perhaps medication hasn't worked for you in the past and you're now worried about how to manage medication that works for you at different times of the month?

If so, we hope to answer some of these questions and empower you with some personalised tools that work for you.

This week's guest is Dr Helen Read on The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast is an experienced Consultant Psychiatrist with 30 years of experience in NHS. She has many years of experience with neurodiversity, both in ADHD / ADD and ASD, and their many comorbidities.

Dr Read has a special interest in rejection sensitivity dysphoria (RSD) and other emotional issues that are often part of these conditions.

Dr Read's private practice, ADHD Consultancy, specialises in neurodiversity.

Dr Helen and Kate spoke about

Removing medication stigma
How ADHD medication can help
How to use and tweak medication to work for you
The ADHD diagnosis process
Helen's journey to work in ADHD
The power of being seen by an ADHD specialist
Building new structures and scaffolding to help our new ADHD diagnosis
Feeling autonomous in our ADHD outcomes
The change that is needed in the diagnostic process
The harm the BBC Panorama Documentary did
How medication could make your life easier

To connect with Dr Read you can go to her website, www.adhdconsultancy.co.uk or connect with her on Twitter @DoctorHelenRead.

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If you find this podcast a helpful resource and you'd like to see it continue to grow with more guests, solo episodes and further information, I'd love it if you could show your appreciation via this gratitude link. As The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast is entirely self-funded and self-produced - it does take a lot of time, effort, love, hard work and money to ensure a well-edited episode comes to you every Thursday. Any support is gratefully received and goes to helping our incredible community become more supported, empowered and educated.

If you enjoy the podcast, why not join Kate's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Collective, where you can access monthly live workshops, exclusive content and new resources specifically for the membership? Click here for all details.

Kate Moryoussef is a women’s ADHD Lifestyle & Wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner helping overwhelmed yet unfulfilled ADHD women find more calm, balance, health, compassion, creativity and clarity.

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How to support your partner after an ADHD diagnosis

Wed, 28 Jun 2023 23:15:00 -0000

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Have you recently been diagnosed with ADHD and would like your partner to understand more about the condition and support you on this new path?

If so, today's guest, Ryan Ridgway, a motivational speaker, trainer and member of Hummingbird, talks about his partner's recent ADHD diagnosis and how it affects their relationship and family life. He opens up about his own mental health struggles and how this has helped him understand what she is also going through. This is the conversation to share if you'd like your partner to understand the daily impact of ADHD and how to help each other through those more difficult days.

During this week's episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Ryan speak about:

Helping your partner through a diagnosis
How to be supportive of a loved one with ADHD
ADHD misdiagnoses and lack of awareness
The stigma of ADHD in mental health
Ryan's mental health journey and how he deals with his OCD
Being part of a neurodiverse couple
How to help an ADHD partner
Combining holistic tools with medication
Being misunderstood before a diagnosis
Reaching a place of presence with ADHD

To learn more about Ryan, you can connect with him on Instagram: @voice_4_mentalhealth.

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Going Back: ADHD Women's Wellbeing Reflection Clips

Thu, 22 Jun 2023 06:40:00 -0000

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Sometimes it's good to good to go back and reflect. While recording all these episodes, I find that the guest imparts so much wisdom and help, I need to go back for a second listen. In today's episode, I want to offer you this opportunity too.

During today's episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing episode, I share with you some key insights and incredible learnings from a selection of previous guests.

You can listen back to these guest's episodes in full on the Podcast feed:

Thriving with ADHD: Wisdom from Dr Ned Hallowell
Unpacking an ADHD Diagnosis During Deep Grief with Stacey Heale
Using Our ADHD Diagnosis as a Force For Social and Medical Reform’ with Priyanka Patel
Designing a Bespoke ADHD Routine That Works For You' with Joseph Pack
Reframing Old Stories and Choosing to Thrive with ADHD with Alex Campbell
Activating The Cerebellum To Increase Our Mental Capacity with Wynford Dore
Making Life Work For You After An ADHD Diagnosis’ with Sarah Templeton

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An Ayurvedic Approach to ADHD

Wed, 14 Jun 2023 23:15:00 -0000

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Sometimes the most ancient form of nutrition, lifestyle and wellbeing has the most wisdom. And this week, we are talking about the ancient approach of Ayurvedic medicine.

This week’s guest is Lauren Currie, an Ayurveda practitioner and Iyengar yoga teacher, passionate about helping and empowering people with their health through natural, holistic solutions.

In this week's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast episode, Lauren and Kate talk about:

What Ayurveda is
How Ayurveda works with our body
What is the difference between the different Doshas
Vata Dosha energy and ADHD
Balancing our energies, seasons and cycles with ADHD
Creating more awareness to help ourselves
Using Ayurveda and holistic medicine in collaboration with Western medicine
How Ayurveda connects us with nature
An Ayurvedic approach to grounding food
The importance of sleep to help ground and calm us
How Ayurveda defines the characteristic of ADHD
Using specific food to help ADHD
Warm oil self-massage for ADHD
Ayurvedic tools to regulate the nervous system

To learn more about ADHD and Ayurveda, contact Lauren here.

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Running a business your way after an ADHD diagnosis

Wed, 07 Jun 2023 23:15:00 -0000

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Running a business your way after an ADHD diagnosis...

I'm excited to introduce this week's guest, a true trailblazer in the law industry, an inspiring D&I advocate, mentor and successful businesswoman.

This week's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast guest is Jodie Hill. Following her breakdown (which she now refers to as her breakthrough!), Jodie decided to set up her unique employment law firm, Thrive Law, where her values around mental health and diversity & inclusion would be the foundations of the firm and are embodied in everything she does.

During this episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Jodie chat about:

Jodie's mental health struggles before her ADHD diagnosis
Jodie's passion for diversity, inclusion and mental health support in the corporate setting
How Jodie's burnout and breakdown manifested and why she set up her own law firm which prioritised people's wellbeing
Prioritising prevention of mental breakdown and burnout in big corporates
Creating new cultures to support diversity inclusion in the workplace
Opening up and talking about mental health and neurodivergent late diagnoses
Self-awareness of our energy and nervous system capacity to help our mental health
Creating space and downtime to offset our overworking and hyperfocus
Jodie's ADHD self-care and wellbeing tools
Being your authentic self in a corporate setting
How Jodie studied and the challenges she faced to become a lawyer and barrister
How Jodie delegates to help her manage a busy schedule

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Discovering your aligned and purposeful ADHD career

Wed, 31 May 2023 23:15:00 -0000

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Finding a fulfilling, sustainable and purposeful career after years of burnout, self-sabotage and confusion can be challenging. Yet with the awareness of our ADHD, tweaks to our working conditions, more clarity and lots of passion, a joyful and successful career is more than possible.

This week's podcast guest is Shell Mendelson, who has helped hundreds of ADHD adults and young adults over the past 35 years find a fulfilling and sustainable career direction. Shell says that her work is synonymous with joy, and she will likely never "retire", and her aim is to make that possible for everyone. And with ADHD, we must make a choice that reflects that joyful experience for most of our work day.

In today's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Shell talk about:

The difference between Life Mission and Life Purpose
Using our body to make choices
ADHD elements we need to make our working life enjoyable
Why career enjoyment is so crucial for ADHD
Knowing what you want and need to make you successful in your career
Creating ADHD-friendly conditions and cultures
Owning what we need
How your ADHD brain engages with work
Why career dreams and purpose matter
What it looks and feels like to be powerfully involved in your career

To connect with Shell and learn more about her work, you can visit her website or connect on LinkedIn and Facebook.

If you find this podcast a helpful resource and you'd like to see it continue to grow with more guests, solo episodes and further information, I'd love it if you could show your appreciation via this gratitude link. As The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast is entirely self-funded and self-produced with some amazing editing by my editor, it takes a lot of time, effort, love, hard work and money to ensure a weekly episode comes to you every Thursday. By showing your appreciation through this link, I can continue to bring you the most up-to-date and relevant information I can. Any support is gratefully received and goes to helping our incredible community become more supported, empowered and educated.

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Using somatic therapy to ground and calm an ADHD nervous system

Wed, 24 May 2023 23:15:00 -0000

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Do you feel your nervous system is constantly heightened and dysregulated? Perhaps the feeling of hypervigilance, anxiety and not being able to settle? This is a prevalent theme I hear from many of us with ADHD - myself included.

In this week’s episode, I chat with Lisa Ryan, an experienced trauma-informed physiotherapist and somatic therapy practitioner. Lisa supports individuals (many with ADHD) who experience persistent (chronic) pain and health issues such as fibromyalgia, long COVID, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), unexplained physical symptoms, burnout, tension headaches/migraines, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and many more. Lisa’s mission is simple - to help people find freedom from pain and troublesome symptoms, live well and thrive.

During today's episode, Lisa and I talk about:

ADHD masking and its impact on the nervous system
Creating more safety in our body
How to move trauma through your body
How our busy society and little downtime contribute to a heightened nervous system
Why chronic pain, CFS and fibromyalgia is connected to high levels of stress and trauma in our nervous system
Incorporating fun movement, nature, grounding and joy to settle and nurture the nervous system
Self-holding, self-soothing and using different parts of our body to calm and regulate
The basic needs of the nervous system and how to meet them
ADHD and Hypervigilance

To connect with Lisa, head to her website, www.lisaryanphysiotherapy.com or connect on Instagram,

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All you need to know about an ADHD Assessment, Diagnosis, Medication and Titration

Sat, 20 May 2023 13:15:00 -0000

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In today's bonus episode and after the BBC's Panorama ADHD clinics programme this week, I wanted to share as much practical and up-to-date information from Vicki George, a clinical specialist nurse, independent nurse prescriber and founder of The ADHD Nurse.

Who can diagnose ADHD?
How Vicki works as an ADHD clinical and prescriber nurse
The ADHD diagnosis process and the frustration with the NHS waiting lists
What happens to us with medication and titration after an ADHD
The referral and assessment process
Gaslighting ourselves with ADHD
Fears around medication
The support we can access from the NHS and privately
Red flags to look out for if we're questioning an ADHD diagnosis.

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I liked this response from The ADHD Foundation further to the BBC documentary if you're looking for more help.

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Alcohol Dependence and ADHD

Wed, 17 May 2023 23:00:00 -0000

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ADHD and alcohol addiction...

This week’s guest is Faye Lawrence. Faye founded Untoxicated, Australia’s largest alcohol-free social community with around 10,000 members. Having been a heavy but high-functioning drinker since her teens, she wound up in inpatient detox in late 2017 after the wheels fell off. Determined not to let her sobriety ruin her social life, Untoxicated was born. Faye was recently diagnosed with ADHD (combined type) at the ripe old age of 48, and is passionate about creating awareness about the strong link between ADHD and alcohol dependence, hoping it might help reduce similar pitfalls for other women.

Faye is a TEDx speaker, co-author, has been featured widely across media and advocates to normalise living alcohol-free and reduce the stigma around addiction.

During this episode, Kate and Faye discuss:

ADHD and addiction connections
Struggling with Alcohol use
Family addiction patterns
Family compassion with the understanding of neurodiversity
ADHD screening in treatment centres
Social anxiety and drinking
The clarity post ADHD diagnosis
Why ADHD can make you more susceptible to addiction
Socialising post recovery
How Faye is finding ADHD medication
How to look at your own drinking habits

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A Functional Medicine approach to ADHD

Wed, 10 May 2023 23:15:00 -0000

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This week's guest is Momina Salim, a certified Pediatric Functional Medicine Health Coach who supports frustrated parents of children diagnosed or suspected ADHD in addressing underlying root causes to improve their lifestyle, nutrition and health.

How Momina's poor health led her to functional medicine
What functional medicine is
How functional medicine can help with ADHD
How to create nutrient-dense meals
Easy ways to make healthier food choices that are ADHD and child-friendly
Recognising the difficulty meeting your nutrition needs with ADHD
How to organise a meal plan for your family

https://the-adhd-womens-wellbe.captivate.fm/support

Find out more about Momina's program, Overcoming ADHD Naturally, here. Click here to access Momina's copy of TOP 5 WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR CHILD’S HYPERACTIVITY IN A WEEK

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ADHD advocacy and making change while protecting our mental health

Wed, 03 May 2023 23:15:00 -0000

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We begin a new season of the podcast with the incredible Leanne Maskell. Leanne is an ADHD coach, author, and activist, having presented to the World Health Organization on improving global access to support for ADHD.

During today's conversation, Kate and Leanne talk about

Advocating for adjustments in the workplace
Masking ADHD in the workplace
Talking about your ADHD diagnosis at work
Reasonable diversity adjustments, training and policies in the workplace
Corporate neurodiversity
Celebrating achievements alongside RSD
Knowing our rights within the workplace
Leanne's books, coaching and courses
Burnout and our ADHD brains
Advocacy and our sense of social justice
How Leanne changed her relationship with social media
The power of ADHD coaching

https://the-adhd-womens-wellbe.captivate.fm/support

Kate Moryoussef is a women’s ADHD Lifestyle & Wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner helping overwhelmed yet unfulfilled ADHD women find more calm, balance, energy, health, compassion, creativity and clarity in their lives.

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My ADHD insights on prioritising time out, rest and our hormones for better mental wellbeing

Tue, 02 May 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Welcome back to a new series of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast.

In this intro solo episode before the official start of the series on Thursday, I wanted to share my insights from taking some time out.

With ADHD, we can find it difficult to stop, slow down, pause, rest and breathe.

Very often, we only stop when an external factor stops us. Maybe that’s an injury, illness, ill family member, work crisis or even a pandemic!

Our ADHD nervous system has been fine-tuned to keep running on high alert, despite feeling fraught and exhausted most of the time.

But with awareness of ADHD comes power. Power to prevent. Power to see what we haven’t been able to understand before. Burnout cycles we thought were because we couldn’t keep up. Always more to do, be, produce, create and show. Never enough. Never on top of things. I must keep doing more. And then what? We break down, we collapse and we burn out and we’re no good to anyone. And then the cycle of shame happens.

I took a break and for the first time, I didn’t feel guilty. I knew I deserved this break. I was worthy of relaxing and restoring. I knew that this was in the best interest of everyone around me, including my clients, family and friends. It was needed and it was wonderful. I felt rejuvenated and re-energised—no guilt or fear of judgement.

In this solo episode (guest episode returning on Thursday) I talk about how to find a break if you can’t escape for a few days. I call them micro pauses that we can all do and become more intentional about every day. I am actively retraining myself to find more time to breathe, pause and recalibrate every day so I can show up for my family and my work - both of which are hugely important to me. Not only this, but also for my mental health, mood regulation, anxiety, nervous system and physical health (my back). I’m finally ready to prioritise this and invite you to do the same.

I also talk about ADHD, women's health and hormones and will be talking about this more in the next few months. Watch this space for a new project that I'm working on.

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Choosing to reframe our ADHD traits and challenges - solo episode

Wed, 12 Apr 2023 23:15:00 -0000

We can spend so much time focusing on our weaknesses yet by reframing our ADHD challenges and characteristics, we get to see how many unique strengths we have. Watch out and be prepared to be inspired - our brains are brilliant!

I hope this second excerpt snippet from my recent 'Tapping into Your ADHD Gold' workshop may help you move from fear to freedom.

During today's episode, I talk about:

We're not in the dark and can be resourceful
Resilience
Processing our diagnosis and choosing to rewrite our stories
Using our expansive energy in an aligned way
Using our feminine power to make inner and outer change
Celebrating a non-linear process
Choosing passion, ease, joy, uniqueness, curiosity, simplicity
Connecting with like-minded people
Do things your own way to make things work
Leading your own way and celebrating your uniqueness
Being intentional with our authenticity, integrity and life purpose
Success comes from authentic alignment with our everyday choices.

If you'd like to buy the full 'Tapping into Your ADHD Gold' workshop, you can purchase it here.

And if you're interested in joining my new six-month ADHD Spirtualpreneur Space, beginning at the start of May, click here.

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'Tapping into Your ADHD Gold' bitesize episode

Wed, 05 Apr 2023 23:15:00 -0000

Are you sick of talking about changing your life yet not actually doing anything about it? Perhaps you're in a constant state of overwhelm and you don't know where to begin? Maybe you've been recently diagnosed with ADHD and know this could be the beginning of writing a new chapter in your life? Are you ready to make some significant life changes? If so, this excerpt from my recent workshop could be exactly what you need!

Stepping into our desires is scary, especially when navigating a new understanding of brains. I hope this 15 min snippet from my recent 'Tapping into Your ADHD Gold' workshop may help you move from fear and frustration to freedom and flourishing.

During today's episode, I talk about:

Unpacking the nervous system and fear
Feelings of fear of the body
Blocking success
Scarcity mentality
How our brain keeps us safe by not stepping into our desires/service
How we hold ourselves back
Reframing what we want to offer
Making money while being in our purpose
Protecting ourselves from old stories and beliefs
Cracking ourselves open, feeling fear and stepping out of our comfort zone
Failure and using it as our lesson
Resilience

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Unpacking an ADHD diagnosis during deep grief

Wed, 29 Mar 2023 23:15:00 -0000

Digesting a late-in-life ADHD diagnosis can feel overwhelming and sad, yet this week's guest was also processing grief after losing her husband.

Today's guest is Stacey Heale, a freelance writer, soon-to-be author, academic and curator who explores the topic of grief and how we deal with it. Stacey had a late-stage ADHD diagnosis at 42, just after her husband died, and was in deep grief.

During this week's conversation, Stacey and Kate talk about:

Stacey's story about losing her late husband to bowel cancer
Dealing with grief
Stacey's ADHD realisation whilst deep in grief
Stacey's ADHD diagnosis process
Unpacking life after an ADHD diagnosis while grieving
Putting the pieces together post-diagnosis
The reality of marriage and the loss of a partner
Dealing all the admin post-death with ADHD
Stacey's new book - all that we don't talk about

Big thanks to our new sponsor, The Herbtender. To order a free trial of The Herbtender products, here are the links:

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If you or someone close to you is struggling with their mental health and would like to seek some help, please do contact the following helplines and charities;

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Mind

CALM - 0800 58 58 58

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Activating the cerebellum to increase our mental capacity

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 23:15:00 -0000

Did you know that we can create new neural pathways using neuroplasticity by activating a part of the brain called the cerebellum? By enhancing this part of our brain - over the pre-frontal cortex - we can ease and lessen our ADHD symptoms and create a more effortless daily life.

This week's guest is Wynford Dore, an entrepreneur on a mission to change the lives of one million children. Wynford is the founder of Zing Brain Development programmes, the owner of Arnold Lodge School and also formed Educational Development International plc.

For the last 20 years Wynford has focused on changing the world, one brain at a time. He's funded many research projects and now works with the leading academics to determine the best solutions that successfully accelerate and develop learning in the brain - which finds our hidden potential and increases mental capacity…. including creating greater, stronger emotional regulation.

During today's conversation, Kate and Wynford talked about:

Wynford's personal story about his daughter
What is the cerebellum and why is it so important to neurodivergence
How can we stimulate and activate the cerebellum
Stepping out of our thinking brain, the pre-frontal cortex and executive thinking and using the cerebellum more
Creating new neural pathways and plasticity to enhance the cerebellum
Wynford's Zing programme to help people activate their cerebellum
Activities and ways to help activate the cerebellum

You can find Wynford on Instagram at @zingperformance and access his FREE anxiety resources here or take the ADHD assessment here.

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CALM - 0800 58 58 58

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Protecting ourselves from overwhelm and burnout

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 23:15:00 -0000

With ADHD, we often direct our self-worth into our productivity and achievements, which can contribute to cycles of burnout and chronic overwhelm. Combine this with a passion for activism and a drive to make a change, and we can feel our wellbeing and mental health take a nose dive.

This week's guest is Vivienne Isebor - a Clinical Associate in Psychology working for the NHS with individuals with Complex Emotion Needs in East London.

She is also the Founder of ADHD Babes - the first support group for Black Women and Black Non-binary people with ADHD, where she is the Director of Community Outreach and Wellbeing.

Besides working in mental health, Vivienne is a performing artist and organises events and creative workshops with a special focus on Black British history.

During this week's conversation, Kate and Vivienne talked about:

Dealing with the UK educational system as an adult with ADHD
Being ok with taking breaks to avoid burnout
Knowing your work limits
Advocating for yourself and others
Creating safe spaces for minority people with ADHD
Advocating for women of colour within the mental health and ADHD space
Understanding our family history
Vivienne's work with ADHD Babes
Accepting help with executive function
celebrating our achievements
Burnout while achieving
Creating boundaries to help prevent overwhelm
Understanding our productivity and the need to succeed
Protecting our wellbeing while we undertake big tasks
Being highly educated with ADHD
Ableism

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Navigating matrescence with ADHD

Wed, 08 Mar 2023 23:15:00 -0000

Matrescence may be a terminology you're not too familiar with, but if you're a mother, you'll fully understand its meaning.

Today's guest is Gemma Mercer, a transformation coach for mothers and Matrescence Educator. Gemma coaches women individually and in the workplace, helping them merge their ambitions, roles and responsibilities when juggling family life.

She believes becoming a mother doesn’t mean we need to lose our self and she supports women to ditch the should-do’s, regain control, rediscover their self-identity and redefine what they want from life… now that they are also Mum.

During today's conversation, Gemma and Kate talk about:

What "Matrescence" means
Gemma's ADHD journey
Working in a patriarchal environment
The idea of "having it all" as a mother
Reasons you might not be coping with everything motherhood brings
Trauma and ADHD
Seeing our ADHD traits in our kids
How motherhood changes you/your career
Navigating new careers in matrescence
Getting to know ourselves after having a baby
The challenges of being an ADHD mother
Motherhood and workplace burnout
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

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Reframing old stories and choosing to thrive with ADHD

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 23:15:00 -0000

Alex dedicates his life to helping others understand and thrive with neurodiversity. His portfolio career spans film & television, international business development and non-profit operations.

During today's episode, Alex and Kate talk about:

Being one of the first kids diagnosed in the '90s
Reframing our old ADHD stories and beliefs
Seeing the genius in our old workarounds and scaffolding
Leaning into our 'new' strengths
Making life work better for us on our terms
What is "working memory"
How ADHD affects your working memory
How to make hyperfocus work for you
Sprinting marathons and ADHD burnout
How we respond to our wins
Using self-compassion every day
The benefits of working with an ADHD coach
Thriving with our speedy brains and using our working memory in a way that works for us
Taking a compassionate, systematic pause

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Understanding our genes to support our ADHD

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 23:15:00 -0000

Are you curious about your genes and how they interplay with your ADHD? If so, this week's episode is going to be of interest!

This week’s guest is Kelly Rompel. Kelly is a pharmacist, author, and Functional Medicine and Epigenetic Consultant. She is the author of, “Don’t Tell Me To Relax”, host of the Rebel Whitecoat Podcast, and founder of Wildroots Wellness.

Kelly's holistic approach combines pharmacy and science knowledge with her love for functional medicine, epigenetics, and energy healing.

During this week's episode, Kate and Kelly speak about:

How epigenetics can play into your ADHD
Genetic testing and ADHD
Functional lab results that correlate with ADHD
Foods and supplements you can incorporate to manage ADHD
The food and toxins we need to be aware of to support ourselves
Cleaner living to help detox our bodies
Fussy eating and ADHD
Blood sugar level management
Helping our anxiety through diet change and lifestyle
Increasing GABA and serotonin levels
Top supplements for ADHD
Taking a holistic and well-rounded approach to your health
How Kelly came to learn about epigenetics

Kelly mentions these two offers in the podcast:

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2. “Beyond Dopamine” Masterclass for Boosting Mood, Focus, and Energy Naturally FREE with coupon code ADHD: https://www.wildrootsgenetics.com/offers/TzJWoGQZ

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Is social anxiety a big part of your ADHD?

Wed, 15 Feb 2023 23:15:00 -0000

Social anxiety can be a prevalent part of ADHD, yet we often don't understand or spot how it shows up. By seeing and validating it for what it is, we can help ourselves with more awareness and discover empowering everyday tools.

This week’s guest is Mita Mistry, a columnist, mindfulness-based cognitive therapist, acupuncturist and author. Her book How to Understand and Deal with Social Anxiety is aimed at raising awareness and helping people deal with social anxiety.

During this episode, Kate and Mita spoke about:

Recognising social anxiety and how it may show up for you
The psychical reactions to social anxiety
How social anxiety manifests with ADHD
How to overcome social anxiety by breaking down the thoughts behind it
Using CBT to help anxiety
What trauma can look like with ADHD
Tips to deal with social situations
The trauma of the waiting and process of an ADHD diagnosis
Normalising socialising in our different ways
Creating more authentic connections

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Getting curious about functional mushrooms and ADHD

Wed, 08 Feb 2023 23:15:00 -0000

Welcome back to a brand new series!!

Today's episode is with the Mushroom brothers, Andrew and Simon Salter and founders of Dirtea, which makes the purest and most potent functional mushroom extract powders.

After experiencing burnout and seeing friends losing sleep and falling into depression, they started to delve into integrated medicines and specifically ancestral practices that involved medicinal mushrooms (not magic!), which completely shifted their bodies, career and life purpose.

During today's podcast episode, Kate and the Mushroom brothers talked about:

The ancient healing properties of fungi
Benefits of functional mushroom
Mushrooms' calming effects on the mind
How mushrooms can help different ADHD traits
Improving focus and cognition with Lions mane
Reishi being the calming mushroom
The Entrepreneurial traits of ADHD
The benefits of mushroom coffee over regular caffeine coffee
Planning mushrooms around hormonal cycles
How mushrooms have changed Simon and Andy’s lives
Using mushrooms to regulate yourself through the day

To find out more about Dirtea head to their website, www.dirteaworld.com, and you can find them on Instagram and Facebook as well.

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Golden ADHD takeaways from learning with Dr Ned Hallowell

Wed, 04 Jan 2023 23:15:00 -0000

In today's episode, Kate shares a workshop which covers some of Dr Hallowell's most tangible advice from a week-long course back in August.

Topics that are covered in the episode include:

Stimulating the Cerebellum and how enhancing our balance can help ADHD - zingperformance.com
Choosing our cheerleaders and curating an environment that works for us.
Connecting with likeminded people and being discerning with our lifestyle
Never worrying alone and reducing the internalising
Connection and understanding are pivotal for ADHD
Our curiosity, resilience and tenacity
Finding your "right difficult"
How to push yourself in the right way
Reframing how we look at ourselves so we can harness our strengths
Our tendency to go inwards
The importance of Dr Hallowell's insights re the TPN (task-positive network) and DMN (default mode network) in ADHD
How EFT directly impacts and re-moulds our DMN

To learn more about Dr Hallowell, head to his website drhallowell.com.

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Reducing our reactivity and self-regulating our ADHD emotions

Wed, 28 Dec 2022 23:15:00 -0000

Today's compilation episode focuses on the challenges and practical solutions to help manage our ADHD emotional dysregulation. These mini excerpts from some of my favourite episodes, focussing on our ADHD big emotions, will hopefully serve as a reminder as we move into another year, this time with more awareness. I hope this episode also nudges you to bring more forgiveness and mindfulness to your daily life in order to calm your nervous system, build your resilience and feel more present.

The clips include:

Lidia Zylowska - talking about mindfulness, self-regulation and compassionate communication. Reducing reactivity, how to start a difficult conversation. Being non-judgmental in a conflict.

Merriam Saunders - talking about curating a morning routine, reacting to our kids, modelling to your children how to emotionally regulate, noticing the feelings in our body, and balancing our nervous system.

Tamara Rosier - talking about understanding how to access our 'emotional butler' to calm down. Reaching for more acceptance and recognition of emotional dysregulation with ADHD. Taking time to make energetic buffers and check back in to ensure we're not in a constant frenzy.

Melissa Orlov -talking about how RSD shows up in our daily life, being aware of our intense emotional regulation and sending ourselves compassion to help our relationships. Breaking generational patterns and using more awareness to break cycles. Reward-focussed brain feeling pain easily. Emotional management and quick rage ramp-up tips.

Marcy Caldwell - talking about being derailed by our emotions. Emotional check-ins, small daily tools to help ourselves. How to ease the overwhelm and emotional dysregulation and reactivity - buffer to shed the overstimulation.

Grace Timothy - talking about editing life to help the demands of life, having the awareness to help push forwards with ADHD. Guilt and being cautious - limiting our potential due to burnout and overwhelm and reframing how to do life at different times of our life.

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Moving from ADHD overwhelm to more inner calm

Wed, 21 Dec 2022 23:15:00 -0000

In today's episode, I share with you a short excerpt from a video I recorded about recognising our overwhelm during the holidays, where I guide you to:

Empower you to access your inner resources and guidance
Notice your emotional regulation, anxiety, fear, worry
Try some EFT/tapping to acknowledge how you're feeling and send yourself some self-compassion and forgiveness
Welcome in some new mindset reframes and shifts

I also share with you the launch of my new private podcast: Calmer Days.

Here's the link to tap along to the video

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Seeking Calmer Days Ahead

Wed, 14 Dec 2022 23:15:00 -0000

In today's solo episode, you'll hear an exert from my new Calmer Days private podcast so you can get a feel for what I share with you in this new series.

Emotional Regulation is an element of ADHD that many of us with ADHD struggle to manage. Learning new ways to self-regulate and ground ourselves when life feels overwhelming and overstimulating can be one of the most powerful ways of helping our ADHD brains.

In this solo episode, I explain why I've chosen to focus on emotional regulation and the importance of empowering ourselves with new tools to help strengthen our emotional resilience and resources.

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Kate Moryoussef is a women’s ADHD Lifestyle & Wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner helping overwhelmed yet unfulfilled (many with ADHD like her) women find more calm, balance, health, compassion, creativity and clarity in their lives.

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Thriving with ADHD: wisdom from Dr Ned Hallowell

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 23:15:00 -0000

"Distractions are our explorations, and some of them are wonderful." Dr Ned Hallowell

This week’s guest is Dr Edward Hallowell, is a board-certified child and adult psychiatrist and world authority on ADHD. He is the founder of The Hallowell ADHD Centers in Boston MetroWest, New York City, San Francisco, Palo Alto and Seattle. Dr Hallowell is a New York Times bestselling author and has written 20 books on multiple psychological topics, including the groundbreaking Distraction series, which began with Driven to Distraction, co-authored with Dr John Ratey in 1994, and sparked a revolution in the understanding of ADHD.

He has spent the past four decades helping thousands of adults and children live happy and productive lives through his strength-based approach to neurodiversity and has ADHD and dyslexia himself.

During this week's episode, Kate and Dr Hallowell speak about:

How Ned came to be diagnosed
VAST rename to Variable Attention Stimulus Trait
Understanding the default mode network (DMN) and how to work with your DMN
The importance of connection for the ADHD brain
Finding 'your right difficult'
Does it matter, does it serve our mission?
Looking for stimulation
Why you should forgive yourself for the lack of executive function
Having a purpose that lights you up
What is your vision of greatness?
ADHD reframes and understanding our traits in a more positive way

Here's a link to Kate's new EFT and Tapping workshop for ADHD Overwhelm on 9th December at 2 pm

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The power of coaching to move forwards with ADHD

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 23:15:00 -0000

During this week's episode, Kate and Brooke speak about:

Waiting for a diagnosis and how to help yourself pre-diagnosis
The benefits of coaching for ADHD
How you can reach your goals
Motivating yourself to make changes in your life and next action steps
Shame around emotional dysregulation
Living inside our ADHD heads
How and why procrastination plays out with ADHD
Childhood executive functioning problem
Struggling to do tasks you don't like
Juggling our ADHD drive with motherhood
Being more intentional with our time and what we want each year for life

Here's a link to Kate's new EFT and Tapping workshop for ADHD Overwhelm on 9th December at 2 pm

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ADHD and spending addiction patterns

Wed, 23 Nov 2022 23:15:00 -0000

Our powerful dopamine-seeking behaviour can lead us down some very dark roads, but having the awareness and some nurturing accountability can help us channel our hyperfocuses in a healthy way.

This week’s guest is money-saving specialist, Maddy Alexander-Grout and recently diagnosed ADHD mum of two. Her main passion is helping people save money, find discounts, and guide people to find support for their ADHD in the workplace.

During this week's episode, Kate and Maddy speak about:

How Maddy's spending addiction manifested
Dopamine seeking behaviours
Shame and guilt from spending addiction
Having a fear of dealing with money
Why it's so important for people with ADHD to talk about money
How Maddy dealt with her own debt
How to recognise our strengths and challenges in business
Finding support and understanding of our neurodivergence in business
Tips to reduce your spending with ADHD
What's changed in Maddy's life since her diagnosis
How Maddy manages with her dopamine cravings now

You can connect with Maddy via her website, myviprewards.co.uk, Tik Tok, and Instagram.

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Using our ADHD diagnosis as a force for social and medical reform

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 23:15:00 -0000

Undiagnosed ADHD, at best, can be a life-long nuisance and energy-sapper, but at worst, it can trigger the worst of mental health issues, including suicide ideation.

Unfortunately, this week's guest, Priyanka Patel, a pharmacist based in Manchester and who was recently diagnosed with ADHD at 27, knows this all too well.

She was diagnosed with depression in 2020 and, despite her efforts to try and get an ADHD assessment, was not listened to by her GP. Priyanka was then put on a variety of medications which led to a significant decline in her mental health.

Since finally getting her ADHD diagnosis, Priyanka's life has transformed, and now she is on a mission to ensure no other woman has to go through what she did.

During this week's episode, Kate and Priyanka talk about:

Priyanka's mental health and diagnosis story
How Priyanka's family dealt with her diagnosis
Focussing on all our negatives instead of our strengths
The stigma of mental health, ADHD and medication in Indian culture
How to approach medication for your situation
Cultural views of neurodiversity
How ADHD Medication works in your system
Tips to help feel better while taking medication
Subtle ways our ADHD symptoms creep up
Accommodations we can choose to help ourselves
Priyanka's work to improve NHS GPs' knowledge of ADHD symptoms in women
Increasing awareness and screening of ADHD in GPs

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Newly diagnosed with ADHD? Here's what you need to hear...

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 23:15:00 -0000

Creating a community and supporting women through their ADHD journeys is what Kate and her guest, Patricia Sung, have in common - among lots of ADHD commonalities!

Patricia Sung helps mothers with ADHD get their crap together one step at a time and feel confident running their family life. Her top-ranked podcast, Motherhood in ADHD, is a lighthouse for women with ADHD, reminding us that we are never alone in our struggles. You can connect with Patricia at motherhoodinadhd.com and sign up for a class at bit.ly/adhdmama.

During today's episode, Kate and Patricia speak about:

Running before we can walk after a diagnosis
Taking time to sit with your diagnosis before starting "the work"
Processing our diagnosis, recognising the grief, the regrets and emotional response
The struggle with our sensory input and emotional regulation
Separating from the anger and understanding that we can do things differently
The valley of disappointment - going through the discomfort to get through the other side
Highlighting the "out of the box" thinking that is common with ADHD
Finding your tribe after a diagnosis
Empathy and ADHD and absorbing people's energy
Inner restlessness and feeling fulfilled in motherhood
Checking in with our daily emotions and understanding what we need
The need for spirituality and soul activation
Unapologetically leaning towards more self-care so we can be the best version of ourselves
Learning to trust ourselves after years of negative conditioning

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Making life work for you after an ADHD diagnosis

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 23:15:00 -0000

"Don't try to fit into the world; make the world fit into you."

This week’s guest is Sarah Templeton, author of the hit book ‘How NOT to Murder Your ADHD Kid – Instead Learn to be Your Child’s Own ADHD Coach’ released in 2021. She realised the key to stopping ADHD adolescents from becoming homeless, unemployed, on drugs and in prison was to educate the parents. If parents could recognise their kids getting into these sorts of issues very early on and change their child’s life path by pursuing an early diagnosis, medication and managing their ADHD properly from the start, the result would mean the prisons, homeless hostels and rehabs would NOT be packed to the rafters with ADHD.

Sarah is a vocal advocate for change and believes The ADHD Act is long overdue. She is on the APPG for ADHD at the Houses of Parliament and has vowed to be the voice for the tens of thousands of young offenders and adult offenders with undiagnosed ADHD – who cannot get their voices heard within the prison system. Yet without the correct ADHD diagnosis and medication, their life is destined to be one spent persistently in and out of prison.

During this episode, Kate and Sarah speak about:

ADHD within the prison system
Harnessing ADHD to re-focus your life
Why you may not recognize your amazing skills and abilities with ADHD
Women coping with an ADHD diagnosis
The relief after getting a diagnosis
The price of ignoring our ADHD
Criticism and the impact that has on us historically
Leaning into our strengths and listening to the positives
Making the world work for you
The pressure on un-diagnosed ADHD women to cope
Using your dopamine-seeking ADHD brain for good
Sarah's plans for the ADHD Act in the prison system and police

You can connect with Sarah via her websites www.sarahtempleton.org.uk and www.headstuffadhdtherapy.co.uk.

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Finding balance between our relentless business drive and hitting burnout

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 23:15:00 -0000

By taking time to rest and make space, while being consciously aware of where our energy and creativity levels are, we can be more successful and focused in our careers alongside ADHD.

If you've felt like you've been going around in circles in your career - or maybe in life? - this is an episode to listen to.

As women with ADHD, we have an abundance of ideas, but thriving in business can feel difficult if we work against ourselves.

This week’s guest, Kim Raine, is a high-performance ADHD Coach, the author of Square Pegs - A Book Of Self Discovery For Women With ADHD and the founder of ADHD Brains In Business, a vibrant community of high flyers ready to lean into and celebrate their neurodiversity.

During this week's episode, Kate and Kim speak about:

How entrepreneurship and ADHD often go hand in hand
How our brains thrive when we're creating
How burnout and our ADHD nervous systems can hold us back in business
How to thrive with ADHD in business
By slowing down, we can achieve more with ADHD
Hyperfocus and 'sprinting'
Workaholism, ADHD and burnout
Finding a balance between our ambitions and our energy levels
The fear of burnout can hold us back in business
Being enough with our relentless minds
It's ok to stand still and celebrate our achievements
Being ok with what we've done that day
How 'Comparisonitis' and RSD can hold us back in the way we do business
Trusting how we work even though it looks different to others
Tailor-making a career that works for our creativity, cycles and energy

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Reprogramming our mindset to enjoy a more rewarding life

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 23:15:00 -0000

ADHD can bring many opposing challenges and connotations and can feel like heavy energy to deal with. Yet through gentle curiosity, we can find new options to reprogram our thinking and switch our emotional energy to create a happier, calmer and more fulfilling family life.

Despite the challenges, we can focus on the things that we're proud of and which lift us. We can create more internal strength and greatness as parents - life can be easier than we believe.

This week’s guest is a mum of six and special education teacher and college lecturer, Avigail Gimpel. Avigail has taught children of all ages in New York, Jerusalem, and Moscow and now teaches at Hertzog Teachers College. Avigail also supports adults with ADHD in identifying the root causes of their symptoms and shares the tools you need to journey joyfully toward your goals. Her new book, Hyper Healing, Show me the Science: Making sense of your Child's ADHD Diagnosis, is out today.

During today's episode, Kate and Avigail speak about:

Self-belief, getting unstuck and reinforcing old stories
Creating new habits
Positive messaging for both ADHD children and adults
Epigenetics, trauma and how that impacts our ADHD
How instant gratification personality plays into ADHD
Lesser known explanations neurological explanations for what is and isn't ADHD
Why brain scans don't always work for the ADHD brain
Self-empowering ourselves and our kids to help them thrive with ADHD
The effect of negative messaging in childhood and the power of a compliment
Breaking generational cycles and habits and then forgiving ourselves for being human

You can connect with Avigail via her website and her social media channels - Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube.

Kate's recorded workshop on ADHD Burnout (as well as other resources) is now available to buy here.

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Organising your external environment for more internal peace

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 23:15:00 -0000

Does a messy, disorganised environment make you feel anxious? Perhaps decluttering and having a minimal clutter helps you feel internally calmer? Or maybe you're desperate to for this but just unsure where to begin?!

If that's the case, you'll love this week’s guest, professional organiser, entrepreneur and author Vicky Silverthorn. Vicky started her business, You Need A Vicky, over 12 years ago, back in the days when people hadn't heard of this job role. She is an adopted mum of one and lives in Richmond, Surrey.

During this episode, Kate and Vicky speak about:

OCD and ADHD
Vicky's burnout story and understanding how her ADHD has presented
Reframing simplicity and productivity with an ADHD slant
Why Vicky needed a practical hands-on career before she even knew she had ADHD
The impact of decluttering on our mental health
Separating sentimentality and clutter
Creative simple, sustainable systems to stay organised
Easy ways to start decluttering and organising for an ADHD brain
Getting the motivation to de-clutter
How Vicky dealt with her emotions post-ADHD diagnosis
Why an ADHD brain benefits from clean and tidy environments
What Vicky has learnt about herself since her diagnosis
How we intuitively learn how to look after our mental health

You can connect with Vicky on her website, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.

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ADHD diagnoses in midlife - joining the dots and finally getting answers

Sat, 08 Oct 2022 23:15:00 -0000

Has it taken you until midlife to finally understand who you are and what your brain is about? The increased awareness of ADHD in women, especially later in life, has finally given women the answers to life-long questions and allowed for the self-acceptance and compassion they've searched for all their lives.

This week’s bonus episode is with Katie Taylor, founder and CEO of The Latte Lounge, an online platform helping women in midlife thrive at home and in the workplace.

Katie created The Latte Lounge in 2016 after suffering for four years from misdiagnosed symptoms of perimenopause. Her community now supports more than 50,000 women with evidence-based information about women’s health, backed by a medical advisory team. It is a confidential space for midlife women to connect online and gain access and signposting to various health and wellbeing experts.

During this episode, Kate and Katie talk about:

Katie's perimenopause story and diagnosis
Empowering women with more menopause awareness
ADHD and menopause
How ADHD can show up during menopause - and how to decipher between the two
Binge eating, imposter syndrome, burnout and trauma alongside ADHD
How ADHD traits/symptoms showed up during Katie's life
Starting to recognise the signs of ADHD in midlife
Katie's Midlife Festival

Here's a link to the Latte Lounge Facebook private group.

To get your FREE ticket to her upcoming Midlife Festival, click here.

To buy tickets for Kate's new October 12th workshop on 'ADHD Burnout', click here.

Here's a link to Kate's new Tap 'n Talk Technique free download, as well as her other resources to help manage ADHD-related emotional dysregulation and RSD.

If you enjoy the podcast, why not join Kate's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Collective, where you get access to monthly live workshops, exclusive audio content and new resources specifically for the membership? I'd love to see you in this amazing, like-minded community! Click here for all details.

Have a look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources here.

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www.coachingbykate.me.uk

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Understanding the ADHD brain with a brain health expert

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 23:15:00 -0000

This week’s guest is Brittany Shane Hochstetler. Avidly passionate about anything related to psychology, the brain, and overall mental health, Brittany’s passion for helping others with ADHD took off when her son was diagnosed with ADHD, as well as recognising that she also struggled to understand why she felt she had it much harder than others when she was growing up.

Brittany has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Indiana University East, a Master of Arts in Positive Psychology from Indiana Wesleyan University and received her certification in Professional Brain Health from Amen Clinics; she now devotes her time to learning more about the ADHD brain to support others going through the same thing.

During the episode, Kate and Brittany speak about:

The role of the prefrontal cortex and amygdala on emotional dysregulation
Burnout and ADHD
Productivity guilt - never doing enough but feeling like we never get to achieve anything.
How to switch off with ADHD
Empathy and the ADHD brain
High expectations and inner pressure
Being aware of our ADHD in the background to prevent the burnout cycle
Blood sugar, 'hanger' and ADHD - why we need to eat well
Interoception and ADHD - not recognising that we're hungry, thirsty or tired
Parenting kids with ADHD alongside our ADHD
The sensory side of ADHD - being a seeker or an avoider
How you can be stimulated with ADHD

To buy tickets for Kate's new October 12th workshop on 'ADHD Burnout', click here.

Here's a link to Kate's new Tap 'n Talk Technique free download, as well as her other resources to help manage ADHD-related emotional dysregulation and RSD.

If you enjoy the podcast, why not join Kate's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Collective, where you get access to monthly live workshops, exclusive audio content and new resources specifically for the membership? I'd love to see you in this amazing, like-minded community! Click here for all details.

Have a look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources here.

Follow the podcast on Instagram here

Follow Kate on Instagram here

Have a read of Kate’s articles in ADDitude magazine here

www.coachingbykate.me.uk

You can connect with Brittany via her Instagram account, @adhdbrainhealth. She also has a free gift for all the listeners of the podcast, a list of FAQ’s about brain health and ADHD, which you can access here.

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Reducing our stressors to help emotional dysregulation and RSD

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 23:15:00 -0000

Emotional dysregulation and RSD are two of the most challenging elements of ADHD, yet it's often not flagged up when we first learn about ADHD.

During today's episode, Kate and Marcy speak about:

Noticing your stress markers
Recognising how YOUR emotions work
Overstimulation and noise
Strategies to help emotional dysregulation
How emotions can derail us
How habit changes and awareness can help us with overstimulation
Using EFT tapping to help emotional dysregulation
How your emotional patterns can play out
What is RSD, and how does it show up in ADHD?
The impact RSD has on our emotions, productivity and beliefs
Tips for tracking our cycles, noticing when we're more vulnerable and regulating emotions
Honouring ourselves during our more sensitive times and carving out time on our own

Here's a link to Kate's Tap 'n Talk Technique she mentions in the podcast, as well as her other resources to help manage ADHD-related emotional dysregulation and RSD by using EFT/Tapping.

To buy tickets for Kate's new October 12th workshop on 'ADHD Burnout', click here.

If you enjoy the podcast, why not join Kate's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Collective, where you get access to monthly live workshops, exclusive audio content and new resources specifically for the membership? I'd love to see you in this amazing, like-minded community! Click here for all details.

Have a look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources here.

Follow the podcast on Instagram here

Follow Kate on Instagram here

Have a read of Kate’s articles in ADDitude magazine here

www.adhdwomenswellbeing.co.uk

You can connect with Marcy on social media via Instagram @addept_org, or her Facebook community, ADDept ADHD Community.

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How hormones can directly impact our ADHD

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 23:15:00 -0000

Have you noticed how your ADHD can ebb and flow throughout the month depending on where you are in your cycle, impacting your mood, focus, sleep and energy?

Today's conversation will empower you to understand why and, importantly, how you can help yourself and feel more in control of both your ADHD and hormones throughout the month.

This week’s Kate chats with Adele Wimsett, a Women's Health Practitioner & Cyclical Living Expert diagnosed with combined type ADHD.

During this episode, Kate and Adele speak about:

How the female ADHD brain is affected by hormones
The different stages of our cycle and the feelings and emotions that often arise on different days
How to advocate for yourself with ADHD and hormone support
Why tracking your cycle is important
How working with the moon can help create more awareness in the cycle
How can we look after ourselves in the different cyclic phases to help our ADHD
Ovulation and ADHD
Progesterone sensitivity
Recognising all the unknowns regarding hormones and ADHD
HRT, peri-menopause and ADHD - what we need to know
Memory and ADHD traits that flare up during our hormonal changes
Essential oils to work with your cycle

If you enjoy the podcast, why not join Kate's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Collective, where you get access to monthly live workshops, exclusive audio content and new resources specifically for the membership? I'd love to see you in this amazing, like-minded community! Click here for all details.

To buy tickets for Kate's new October 12th workshop on 'ADHD Burnout', click here.

Have a look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources here.

Follow the podcast on Instagram here

Follow Kate on Instagram here

Have a read of Kate’s articles in ADDitude magazine here

www.adhdwomenswellbeing.co.uk

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Embracing our more authentic selves after an ADHD diagnosis

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 23:15:00 -0000

"You have to have a fulfilling life and learn to be more authentic instead of pretending, trying to please everyone and being embarrassed."

This week, Kate talks with esteemed psychotherapist Sari Solden. Sari has been a pioneer in counselling women and men with the strengths and struggles of ADHD for over thirty years.

She is also the author of three popular and groundbreaking books on the subject. These include Women with Attention Deficit Disorder, Journeys Through ADDulthood, and a Radical Guide for Women with ADHD, which she co-authored.

Sari's areas of specialisation include the emotional consequences of women’s executive function challenges, inattentive ADHD, and the healing process for adults who grew up with undiagnosed ADHD. Sari currently focuses on supporting and mentoring neurodiverse women mental health professionals.

During the episode, Kate and Sari spoke about:

Taking on subliminal “she” messages that affect your view of yourself.
Busting myths about how ADHD presents in women
How to deal with compounding ADHD co-morbidities
Unravelling and rediscovering yourself after an ADHD diagnosis
Becoming our more authentic selves after a diagnosis
Claiming space and trusting your voice after a diagnosis
The complex layers that come with ADHD
Shame behind the unknown of undiagnosed ADHD
The generational and gender role shifts that are changing how women see their neurodiversity
Creating systems to help our ADHD brains and bringing in more radical acceptance
Choosing how you want to show up, not being defined by our neurodiversity and recognising your core self
The power of our ADHD awareness to better deal with it day to day

You can connect with Sari and download her audio books via her website, www.sarisolden.com and on Facebook.

To buy tickets for Kate's new October workshop on 'ADHD Burnout', click here.