Utopia with ADHD Girls

Evelyn Polk Green, MSEd, is a past president of both ADDA, the Attention Deficit Disorder Association and CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder).  Evelyn is an adult with ADHD and the mother of two adult sons, Perry and Robert, both of whom also have ADHD.   Active in ADHD and mental health advocacy for more than 25 years, Evelyn has served as a leader representi...

Gwen has over 15 years experience in healthcare to include time as a bedside nurse, nursing leader, clinical value analysis director, and adjunct professor. She has 2 masters degrees in healthcare leadership. She was diagnosed with ADHD at age 33 and has dedicated her time since diagnosis to educating herself about her neurodiversity, advocating and sharing information about ADHD to reduce the sti...

Dr Wiley attended medical school at the University of Alabama School of Medicine and completed his residency at the University of Alabama School of Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Alabama.  He is board certified in Paediatrics. Dr Wiley practiced general paediatrics at Dothan Paediatric Clinic in Dothan AL for almost 20 years before moving to Mobile in 2008 and founding Focus - http://ww...

This episode with Samantha Hiew, PhD , Founder and Director of ADHD Girls was featured on the #creatingfutures podcast episode Salt, a global, award-winning digital recruitment agency, connecting people and businesses within Consulting, Creative, HR, Marketing, Sales, and Technology.  Sam is an accomplished speaker, consultant and soon-to-be author on the subject of neurodivergence, advo...

Rachel Grant-Waters is an openly neurodivergent Teaching Assistant who has worked in SEN education for over 5 years. Diagnosed with Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and Dyscalculia as a child, she was diagnosed with ADHD in her 30s. Rachel actively uses her first hand experience as a neurodivergent learner to support the students she works with while advocating for awareness, understanding and better support o...

Karime “KK” Harris is a Business Psychologist and Executive Coach Director at Talking Talent. She is inspirational, motivational, energetic and leads with empathy. KK’s coaching experience has been in both the public and private sector, combined with her knowledge of psychology, has enabled her to have a deeper understanding of the complexity of people, which enables her to help her clients perfor...

For many young people with #ADHD , it's hard to feel understood by parents or guardians. As Jhillika Kumar shares in this interview, thinking outside the box can go a long way in supporting those with ADHD. Jhillika Kumar is a 23-year-old social impact entrepreneur, Diversity & Inclusion community builder, and Grace Hopper Celebration keynote speaker, as a person with ADHD herself, and advocat...

When Sydney Dodini started noticing her ADHD symptoms as a young adult, she attributed them to lifestyle changes and a difficult course-load rather than a potential neurodevelopmental condition. As Sydney explains in this interview, the path toward diagnosis can be tricky. Avoiding the "stigma of self-diagnosis" while adapting to life changes like a new university can change the way we see our str...

When Sydney Dodini was diagnosed with ADHD at age 19, she didn’t just gain new ways of improving her focus at university. With the help of her father, Dr. Aaron Dodini, and objective ADHD testing with QbTest, Sydney was also able to better understand her perfectionist tendencies, her struggles with anxiety, and the way neurodivergence can affect our daily lived experience. The ADHD diagnosis chang...

Do you know what Stress does to a Neurodivergent's brain and body? Why are we so susceptible to #burnout? What can we do about it?  This is an absolute GIFT from the Utopia campaign to all the high achieving NDs who are on a perpetual hamster wheel.  Bernadette Dancy PhD (Health coach) and me discussed why stress shows up so much in a neurodivergent's life and the ensuing burnout, gender...

Ruth-Ellen spoke about raising her child on the autism spectrum as a neurodivergent herself, being dyslexic, dyspraxic, autistic, and having ADHD.  We discussed a broad range of topics from the perspective of Ruth-Ellen on being a divorcee & single parent raising a neurodivergent child, as well as her journey to becoming a meditation teacher, hypnotherapist, EFT practitioner which has hel...

Cecilia Fang talks about her upbringing and cross cultural perspective of neurodivergence, having moved from China to New Zealand at the age of 8. She touched on the Asian culture’s expectation on humility, a strong emphasis on education, and getting a good job, and how this led her to do her best to live up to that expectation. She was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 26 during the pandemic. Her...

A quick intro from Samantha Hiew, Director of ADHD Girls, about what you can expect from our podcast!