The AuDHD Psych Podcast

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Episode 9: Understanding AuDHD: Late Diagnosis and Diagnostic Levels  Episode Summary In this episode of The AuDHD Psych Podcast, Aaron Howearth explores one of the most common and emotionally loaded experiences in the neurodivergent community: late diagnosis. Why are so many autistic and ADHD individuals missed in childhood? Why do diagnoses often come after years, or even dec...

Send us Fan Mail “If the rule doesn’t make sense, it has no value to me.” 🎙️ Ep 8: Labels, their Utility & Lack Thereof   Episode Summary In this episode of the AuDHD Psych Podcast , Aaron and Uma explore the intersection between gender diversity and neurodiversity , unpacking how autistic and neurodivergent ways of thinking can shape experiences of gender, identity, and self-understanding. Aa...

Send us Fan Mail “The same traits that create difficulty can also be the ones that help us thrive.” 🎙️ Episode 7: Understanding The Neurodiversity Affirming Paradigm - Building Balanced Beliefs Episode Summary Welcome to Episode 8 of The AuDHD Psych Podcast — hosted by Aaron Howearth, a clinical psychologist and proudly AuDHD human. In this solo episode, Aaron explores the neurodiversity-affirming...

Send us Fan Mail “The new year doesn’t need to fix you — you were already doing your best.” In this reflective New Year’s themed episode of AuDHD Psych, Aaron and Uma explore the quiet space between years — a time often filled with pressure to reset, improve, and reinvent. Through a neurodivergent lens, they unpack why traditional New Year’s resolutions can feel overwhelming or harmful for autisti...

Send us Fan Mail “The absence of a reminder doesn’t mean the love isn’t there.”  In this festive episode of AuDHD Psych , Aaron and Uma explore how the holiday season can uniquely impact neurodivergent folk. While celebrations are often framed as joyful and meaningful, they can also bring sensory overload, disrupted routines, social pressure, emotional fatigue, and heightened expectations. Drawing...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙 Episode 4: Understanding AuDHD: Traits, Truths, & Lived Experience  “When I’m told I’m lazy or unmotivated, I start to believe it — and that belief becomes part of who I think I am.” In this episode of AuDHD Psych , Aaron and Uma explore what AuDHD can look like beyond stereotypes and diagnostic labels. Aaron shares his lived experience as an AuDHD clinical psychologist, unp...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙Episode 3: Understanding ADHD: Traits, Truths & Lived Experience “You’re not inherently broken. Your characteristics aren’t disordered — they just don’t always match what the environment demands.” Summary: In this episode, Aaron  takes a deep dive into ADHD through a neurodiversity-affirming lens. He explores what ADHD actually looks like in daily life, why inattentive and in...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙 Episode 2: Understanding Autism: Traits, Truths, and Lived Experience " When viewed through the lens of difference, rather than disorder, we often find that it's expectations that warrant changing, not humans." Summary: In this episode of the AuDHD Psych podcast, Aaron Howearth, a clinical psychologist, discusses the diagnosis of autism, its characteristics, and s...

Send us Fan Mail When viewed through the lens of difference, rather than disorder, we often find that it's expectations that warrant changing, not humans. 🎙️ Episode 1: Understanding AuDHD - Lived Experience, Clinical Insight, Different-not-Defective. Episode Summary Welcome to the first episode of The AuDHD Psych Podcast — hosted by Aaron Howearth , a clinical psychologist , queer , non-bina...