ADHD Wise Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the ADHD Wise Podcast, Jannine explores the powerful connection between ADHD, neurodivergence, trauma, adversity and joy. Many neurodivergent people grow up knowing they are different. Misunderstood. Excluded. Misread. Corrected. Shamed. For some, those experiences become part of a wider picture of trauma, complex trauma, adverse childhood experiences, school ex...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of ADHD Wise Podcast , Jannine is joined by Louise Parker Engels from Define Fine for a powerful conversation about school attendance difficulties, neurodivergent children, parent blame, and what we really mean when schools say a child is “fine”. Together, they challenge the assumptions behind terms like EBSA and school refusal, exploring why many children are not...

Send us Fan Mail Separation and divorce are hard for anyone. But when ADHD, autism, trauma, emotional dysregulation, rejection sensitivity, executive functioning difficulties, financial overwhelm, parenting pressure and neurodivergent children are all in the mix, it can become even more complex. In this episode, Jannine is joined by Katy Harris , Founder of Mediation Matters Midlands, Family &...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the ADHD Wise Podcast , Jannine is joined by Ryan Swain for a raw, energetic and honest conversation about ADHD, misinformation, lived experience and what happens when neurodivergent people are misunderstood. Ryan has been speaking publicly about ADHD for many years, long before it became widely discussed on social media. Together, Jannine and Ryan explore the d...

Send us Fan Mail In this solo episode of ADHD Wise Podcast, Jannine explores what it can feel like to be newly diagnosed ADHD or another neurodivergent profile might explain parts of your life. Diagnosis can bring relief, but it can also bring grief: grief for what might have been different if you had known sooner, anger about what was missed, and doubt about whether the diagnosis is really “true”...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 10 of the ADHD Wise Podcast, Jannine is joined by Michaela from Spilling the Tea on Autism and ADHD for an honest, warm and powerful conversation about neurodivergent parenting, SEND, school struggles, advocacy, and what happens when parents are expected to become experts in systems they never asked to fight. Together, they reflect on the reality of raising neurodiverge...

Send us Fan Mail In this solo episode, Jannine explores time blindness across ADHD, dyscalculia and dyslexia,  and why difficulty with time is not laziness, carelessness or a moral failing. She reflects on the idea of “now” and “not now”, the difficulty many neurodivergent people experience with estimating time, reading clocks, sequencing tasks, managing transitions, and staying anchored in the da...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 8, Jannine is joined by Vicky Flood for an honest, warm and deeply relatable conversation about living with “the big three”: ADHD, autism and dyslexia. Vicky shares her experience of late diagnosis, the relief of finally understanding herself, and the grief that can come with realising how much has been misunderstood for so long. Together, Jannine and Vicky explore how...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 7, Jannine is joined by Daran, the voice behind Man on Pause , for an honest and wide-ranging conversation about ADHD, masking, men’s mental health, vulnerability, and breaking generational patterns. Daran shares why he created Man on Pause , how his ADHD and autism diagnoses have shaped his understanding of himself, and why men need safer spaces to talk about emotion,...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 6, Jannine is joined by her daughter and colleague, Becca Channon, for a personal and research-informed conversation about ADHD in women and girls. Becca shares the focus of her psychology dissertation, which explored ADHD, sex-based social expectations, and attitudes towards traditional and egalitarian roles. Together, Jannine and Becca reflect on why girls with ADHD a...

Send us Fan Mail RSD is currently one of the most talked about parts of ADHD. But what if the conversation is missing something important? In this solo episode, Jannine explores rejection sensitive dysphoria, emotional intensity, criticism, shame, boundaries, and the lifelong impact of being misunderstood. But rather than framing every painful interaction as “your RSD playing up,” she introduces a...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Jannine is joined by Nikki Masterman, CEO of Inspired Minds & Inspired HR, for a practical and honest conversation about ADHD, neurodiversity and HR. Together they explore disclosure at work, reasonable adjustments, workplace support, recruitment, performance, hybrid working, and what happens when employers get it right and when they get it wrong. This is an e...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 3: Mature Women, Neurodivergence, and the Menopause Journey In this episode, Jannine is joined by Sharon Marshall for a frank and relatable conversation about ADHD in women, neurodivergence, perimenopause, menopause, late diagnosis, masking, and what happens when the strategies that held everything together suddenly stop working. They explore workplace adversity, shifting...

Send us Fan Mail In this powerful episode, Jannine Perryman is joined by Jo Roberts, founder of the Every Child Matters campaign, for an unflinching conversation about what happens when children stop being the focus of education systems. Drawing on their shared experience as teachers, SEND advocates, and parents, Jannine and Jo explore how the original child-centred principles behind Every Child M...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the very first episode of ADHD Wise Podcast. In this opening conversation, Jannine Perryman shares the story behind ADHD Wise, her own ADHD diagnosis journey, and the family experiences that shaped the work she has been building per professional work for the past 10 years. From parenting neurodivergent children, to leaving teaching, to creating a space that bridges live...