ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast

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 and who was diagnosed with ADHD at 27, knows this all too well. She was diagnosed with depression in 2020 and, despite her efforts to try and get an ADHD assessment, was n...

Who knew talking about financial wellbeing and accounting could be this fascinating and inspiring? When you hear this episode, you'll see why I'm so giddy about it! My guest this week on The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast is Rachel Harris . Rachel is disrupting what it means to be an accountant, a business owner and an employer in 2023. She is a TEDx speaker, content creator, author, business owne...

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 we're proud of, which lift us up. We can create more internal strength an...

The word 'hope' to so many of us can feel ambiguous and distant and yet in this conversation, my guest Gail Muller , a Cornish adventurer, author, speaker, and coach, breaks down the power of hope through a late in life ADHD diagnosis. This is a riveting conversation where we learn that we can always choose hope from the depths of life's challenges. Gail has spent twenty years in education: teachi...

Do you feel your nervous system is constantly heightened and dysregulated? Perhaps the feeling of hypervigilance, anxiety, and not being able to settle? This is a prevalent theme I hear from many of us with ADHD - myself included. If so, Kate's new four-part workshop series, Regulating Your ADHD Nervous System, is available here. In this week’s shorter ADHD Women's Wellbeing Wisdom episode, I chat...

Here on the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I'm passionate about bringing you the conversations that improve well-being and quality of life after a late-in-life ADHD diagnosis. Today, we have another show-stopper of an episode! In today's discussion, we discuss the latest findings in epigenetics, neuroscience and nutrition with Dr Rachel V. Gow, PhD , nutritional Neuroscientist, Neuropsychologist...

"People with ADHD don't want to be slowed down by the dots" Joining Kate on today's episode is ADHD life coach, mentor, consultant and professional cellist,  Jay Emme . Listen to the full episode her: During this episode, hear Kate and Jay talk about: ADHD, creativity and having lots of interests How music and ADHD work together How particular sounds are more intriguing to the neurodiverse br...

Welcome to a new episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast! Have a look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources here. Check out all the ADHD Hormone Series Workshops here . This is one of the most inspiring and empowering episodes I've recorded. We are at the cusp of new understandings about combining medical disciplines so we can understand ADHD in girls and women better through the le...

Welcome to a new episode of ADHD Women's Wellbeing Wisdom! Have a look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources here. On this short podcast episode of ADHD Women's Wellbeing Wisdom, I talk to Hester Grainger , a neurodiversity consultant, co-founder of Perfectly Autistic and Perfectly ADHD , a radio presenter and former TV presenter diagnosed with ADHD in her forties, about changing the way...

Are you newly diagnosed with ADHD and looking for more support? Or are you currently awaiting an ADHD diagnosis and desperate for more guidance?? If so, look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources here. This week, proud ADHDer and neurodiversity advocate Louise Gooding joins us on The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast. Louise is the author of three braintastic children's nonfiction books: J u...

Navigating healthy eating, food and nutrition alongside ADHD is a big topic. For this week’s guest, Aleta Storch -an 'anti-diet' dietitian, therapist, and certified Body Trust® Provider - this is her expertise. Welcome to a new episode of ADHD Women's Wellbeing Wisdom! Have a look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources here. Today, we hear from Aleta Storch, who specialises in providing an...

Have you had enough of people saying that 'everyone seems to have ADHD nowadays'? Or 'doesn't everyone have a little bit of ADHD'? Or the infamous 'it's just really on-trend to have ADHD at the moment' - take a breath and get ready to listen to why ADHD is most certainly NOT a trend! This week's podcast guest is Kat Brown , a freelance journalist and commentator whose work on ADHD, mental health s...

This week, we are revisiting a clip from the profound episode with high-performance ADHD Coach Kim Raine about finding a balance between our restless energy, relentless drive and hitting burnout. Kim is also the author of Square Pegs - A Book Of Self-Discovery For Women With ADHD. As women with ADHD, we have an abundance of ideas, but thriving in business can feel difficult if we work against ours...

Anxiety during pregnancy and after childbirth can be very normal for all people, yet when we are neurodivergent, this time can be even more challenging. Support during and after pregnancy is vital to help neurodivergent mothers feel less alone. This week's guest is Victoria White, a birth and postnatal doula who supports families through pregnancy, birth and beyond, bringing hope, compassion and m...

Using mindfulness to help our ADHD shouldn't work but actually, it can be the perfect antidote to our restless, reactive brains - as long as we're open to being more present and self-compassionate. Kate’s guest this week is Dr Lidia Zylowska MD , an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and is an internationally recognised expert in adult ADHD and mindfulness-...

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...

Emotional dysregulation and Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (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 wit...

"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...

With ADHD, it can be difficult to regulate our big emotions and feel calm, with everyday triggers causing us to feel dysregulated. We can see this show up in young children, but it can be shameful and guilt-inducing when we're adults. This week’s guest is Dr Tamara Rosier, author of one of my favourite ADHD books, Your Brain's Not Broken . Dr Tamara has been a college administrator, a professor, a...

"Embracing and working with our strengths teaches us to thrive with ADHD." This week’s guest, Samantha Hiew, is the Director of ADHD Girls , a company founded with a social mission to empower girls and women with ADHD through effective advocacy, education and specialist insights. With a background in healthcare communications and a PhD in Cancer Research, Samantha is passionate about helping indiv...

"Choosing between the potential of failing and maybe succeeding...or failing ahead of time by not doing it at all." In this week’s episode, our host, Kate Moryousseftalks about how perfectionism shows up alongside ADHD with her guest, Kristen Carder, an ADHD expert and host of the I Have ADHD podcast . During this episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Kristen talked about: What p...

Here's to a calm and aligned 2024! Join the waitlist for Kate's brand new 2024 'Energy and Mindset Reprogramme' here. Kate Moryoussef is a women’s ADHD Lifestyle & Wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner helping overwhelmed yet unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, health, compassion, creativity and clarity.  Have a look at some of Kate's workshops and free resource...

When we've spent most of our life questioning, not trusting and not understanding ourselves, leaning into more spiritual or somatic tools can help activate more of our body's language and intuition to help us gain a deeper connection to who we are intrinsically alongside our ADHD/Neurodivergence. This week’s guest is Ebonie Allard , an internationally acclaimed award-winning Master Coach. Also an...

Trusting our native intuition, learning about how our gut feelings show up, and harnessing and accessing more of it can be vital energy for those of us who are neurodivergent and often think only with our (busy!) minds. Having such overactive brains means we can often detach from our bodies and gut or intuitive feelings and become burdened with self-doubt. By trusting in our deep intuition and inn...

Learning to calm and regulate our nervous systems not only helps us in the moment but can also create ripple effects across generations and help create significant energetic shifts, allowing us to release old trauma and build new behavioural and thought patterns. This week’s guest is Natalie Davis, co-creator at Heal Oxford Wellbeing - a holistic wellbeing centre in Oxford that offers progressive...