Holy Sh*t I Have ADHD

This week Jordan is joined by Kate Gobes, a counselor and passionate advocate for neurodivergent people. She tells her story of being diagnosed in her late 20s and the self-rediscovery that came after. Kate also talks about her work with autistic and ADHD people in individual and couples counseling, and her work in grad school developing a framework to help neurodivergent people think about their...

This week Jordan is joined by Ben Holmes of the Guiding Light Podcast. Ben tells his story of addiction and recovery, and how finding community through 12-Step groups eventually led him to a dual diagnosis of ADHD and Autism. Ben and Jordan also discuss eating disorders among men, particularly binge eating, and the kinds of supports and stigma reduction that are needed for more men to seek help. C...

This week we get deep into the weeds about the Middle East. Fair warning that it's not exactly an easy listen! Production and music by Jordan Lane. Find HSIHADAD online: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠anchor.fm/holyshitihaveadhd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/holyshitihaveadhd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HSIHADHD Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@hsihadhd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@...

Continuing a thought from a couple of episodes ago, Robbie and Jordan ask how you shake things up when your established routines and tools aren't working for you. Video version available through our  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Production and music by Jordan Lane. Find HSIHADAD online: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠anchor.fm/holyshitihaveadhd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/holyshitihaveadhd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Robbie started microdosing and Jordan has questions. Vice article: https://www.vice.com/en/article/88xeep/microdosing-psychedelics-adhd-study Frontiers in Psychiatry article: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1233585/full Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/aug/20/adhd-drugs-side-effects-prescription-stimulants James Fadiman: ht...

Inspired by some recent academic run-ins, Robbie and Jordan talk about their insecurities about post-secondary education. They also discuss Samuel Proulx's recent article "Stress: A Factor To Consider During Accessibility Research", which you can read here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/stress-testing-accessibility-samuel-proulx Robbie also mentions a piece on Perceptual Load, which...

Robbie and Jordan ring in 2024 by trying to reframe the usual "New Year, New Me" resolution talk that takes place every January. What if instead of focusing on cultivating new behaviours, we instead examine the existing ones we rarely think about? Special thanks to hart caplan of Nightingale Counselling for inspiring today's discussion. Video version available through our  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠P...

This week Robbie & Jordan welcome Elizabeth, founder of OneSpace, a Vancouver-based co-working space. We talk about ADHD needs in office environments, disruption, motivation, body doubling, and how Elizabeth discovered she had ADHD. Check out OneSpace at onespaceforall.ca Video version available through our  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Production and music by Jordan Lane. Find HSIHADAD online: ⁠...

This week Robbie & Jordan catch up & talk about retail, emotional labour, and some of the baggage that comes with the holidays. Video version available through our  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Production and music by Jordan Lane. Find HSIHADAD online: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠anchor.fm/holyshitihaveadhd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/holyshitihaveadhd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HSIHADHD Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@hsihadhd...

This week Robbie & Jordan welcome neurodivergent content creator & coach Kai Northcott to the show! Kai tells us about how their dissatisfaction with a traditional career led them on a journey to learn about how their brain works differently. Kai also tells us about the 8 Seasons model they use in their coaching and its roots in the Earth Skills community. Follow along with Kai's work...

Robbie & Jordan talk about both the narratives we make up for ourselves as ADHDers, and the fabulous imagined lives we think others are leading. Video version available through our  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Production and music by Jordan Lane. Find HSIHADAD online: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠anchor.fm/holyshitihaveadhd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/holyshitihaveadhd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HSIHADHD Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@hsihadhd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

This week we catch up and Robbie tells a story of sensory overwhelm at a recent networking event. Video version available through our  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Production and music by Jordan Lane. Find HSIHADAD online: ⁠⁠⁠⁠anchor.fm/holyshitihaveadhd⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/holyshitihaveadhd⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠HSIHADHD Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠@hsihadhd⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠@holyshitihaveadhd⁠⁠⁠⁠ Robbie:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠twitter....

This week Robbie and Jordan talk about haircuts, the latest in tipping culture, accessibility & accommodation, and trying to cultivate gratitude. Video version available through our  ⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠ . Production and music by Jordan Lane. Find HSIHADAD online: ⁠⁠⁠anchor.fm/holyshitihaveadhd⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/holyshitihaveadhd⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠HSIHADHD Facebook⁠⁠⁠ Twitter:  ⁠⁠⁠@hsihadhd⁠⁠⁠ Instagram:  ⁠⁠⁠@ho...

This week Robbie and Jordan catch up and talk about loneliness, the difficulty of socializing, and how isolation compounds itself, which turns into a discussion about juggling and prioritizing all the different aspects of being a person. Robbie talks about flying Business Class for the first time and Jordan talks about the best melon he's ever had. Check out Robbie's new website accessible...

This week Robbie and Jordan discuss Dr. Russell Barkley's lecture " The Importance of Emotion in ADHD ," advocating for including more emotional symptoms in the DSM diagnosis criteria. We unpack our own feelings about his work and springboard that into a fun discussion about Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD). Video version available through our  ⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠ . Production and music...

This week Robbie and Jordan catch up and discuss Sari Botton's article " The (Pandemic) Time Warp, " exploring our own feelings of time compression and accelerated aging in the past few years. Along the way we discuss the value of so-called "shallow" connections and the importance of building community locally and offline, in a way that's resistant to the whims of a pla...

This week Robbie and Jordan are joined by Dmitry Pushkarev, founder and CEO of Sidekick. After a career in academia at Stanford University, Dmitry left to work in Silicon Valley and has since founded and sold several companies. His latest project is Sidekick, a web browser designed to keep users focused by minimizing distractions and interruptions. Dmitry tells us about how living with ADHD has im...

This week Robbie and Jordan welcome David Levy of ADHDcounselling.uk and N20 Counselling back for a UK ADHD news roundup. A recent BBC Panorama documentary featuring reporter Rory Carson stirred up a lot of controversy and inspired a flurry of op-eds. David takes us through some of the responses from both sides of the fence as well as his own thoughts on the matter. Along the way we learn what&#39...

This episode is brought to you by Jordan and Stopped Clock Vintage . Check out stoppedclockvintage.com for 800+ pieces of vintage clothing, collectibles and more! This week Jordan sits down with Arbind Gill, a performer and pharmacist based in Calgary who was diagnosed with ADHD last year. They get into the ups and downs of adult discovery, growing up knowing you were "different," and ho...

This week Robbie and Jordan talk about the tensions and contradictions of working for yourself as an ADHD-er. Aspects of ADHD make for good leaders, founders and CEOs, but ADHD people can often be crippled by rejection-sensitive dysphoria, an inability to deal well with critical feedback, and a lack of organization which can make the ins and outs of running a business difficult. Other people belie...

This week Robbie and Jordan are joined by Carling Middlestead of the I Did Not Sign Up For This podcast. Carling shares her ADHD discovery story and we reflect on growing up undiagnosed, the tension in being true to yourself while trying to meet societal expectations, and so much more. Check out I Did Not Sign Up For This at ididnotsignupforthis.com or on Instagram , Twitter , TikTok , Facebook an...

It's a movie-length episode this week as Robbie & Jordan get deep in the weeds on Dr. Gabor Maté's live public ADHD diagnosis of Prince Harry, ADDitude Magazine's lengthy response , and Maté's follow-up op-ed from last week's Toronto Star. We also talk about the self-help industrial complex, public figures with cults of personality, and why you should never worry about bein...

This week Robbie and Jordan chat about POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome). Have you ever "stood up too fast" and felt faint or dizzy, with fuzzy vision and a rapid pulse? POTS correlates with ADHD, Autism and other neurodivergences, but the condition isn't widely known and symptoms overlap with many other conditions. Fortunately, the tests are simple, and lifestyle changes like uppin...

This week Robbie and Jordan talk about some of the difficult aspects of friendship. Why do some friendships feel one-sided? How come friendships can fade out with no real catalyst? How do you lovingly tell someone their behaviour is unacceptable? Video version available through our Patreon . Production and music by Jordan Lane. Find HSIHADAD online: anchor.fm/holyshitihaveadhd patreon.com/holyshit...

Robbie and Jordan discuss the annual tradition of New Year's Resolutions as 2022 swiftly draws to a close. Do resolutions actually help people with ADHD or is it another guilt mechanism? Do you make resolutions or intentions for the new year? Tell us about them! Video version available through our Patreon . Production and music by Jordan Lane. Find HSIHADAD online: anchor.fm/holyshitihaveadhd patr...