ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast

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...

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 medi...

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 di...

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...

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...

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...

"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...

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 AD...

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...

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...

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 ne...

"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 the...

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 diff...

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 strengt...

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,...

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...

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...

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. 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 fo...

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 Prac...

"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...

Drumroll... it's a first on the podcast - we have a male guest! In this week's episode, Kate chats with Joseph Pack , who is on a mission to help people manage their ADHD without medication (if that's the choice you've made)and instead can use natural techniques such as cold exposure, breathwork, yoga, meditation to help put us back in touch with nature and ground us. You can connect with Jos...

Welcome back to the new series of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast! This week’s guest is Grace Timothy , a writer previously of Vogue and Glamour, and the author of Lost in Motherhood . Grace was diagnosed with ADHD in 2021 and since then has launched the Is It My ADHD podcast to explore the lived experience of ADHD with a variety of guests. During this episode of the podcast, Kate and Grace spo...

Re-framing ADHD and taking a more strength-based approach. In this first solo episode back, Kate shares a snippet from one of her online workshops. This particular workshop focused on Kate's week-long course with Dr Ned Hallowell, a renowned author and psychiatris t specialising in ADHD. His books, such as Driven to Distraction and ADHD 2.0, have led to new learnings and perspective shifts in ADHD...

"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, navigat...

"Embracing and working with our strengths teaches us to thrive with ADHD." Speaking about an autism or ADHD diagnosis within the workplace can feel daunting, exposing and scary. However, when we advocate for ourselves within our work setting, we are enabling the support, care and accommodations we deserve. Working with - and no longer - against our brains means we can excel more in our careers wit...