Chaos & Caffeine - ADHD Parenting Podcast

Join Our Patreon and Find All of Our Faves!   Are you constantly overwhelmed, overstimulated, and wondering why you're losing your patience with your ADHD child—even when you're trying your absolute best? In this powerful episode of Chaos & Caffeine, ADHD coach and nervous system expert Jenna Free joins Danielle Kelly for a conversation every ADHD parent needs to hear. But here'...

Join Our Patreon and Find All of Our Faves!   Screens are not going anywhere. And for ADHD and neurodivergent kids, the digital world can become everything all at once — dopamine, connection, escape, stimulation, regulation, friendship, entertainment, and sometimes the biggest source of conflict inside the home. In this powerful finale episode of the Chaos & Caffeine screens campaign, Danielle...

Join Our Patreon and Find All of Our Faves!   Are screens destroying our ADHD kids’ attention spans… or are they becoming the only place our kids feel regulated, successful, stimulated, and understood? In this powerful episode of Chaos & Caffeine, Danielle Kelly sits down with ADHD coach and GrowNOW ADHD founder to unpack the REAL relationship between ADHD, dopamine, executive functioning, emo...

Join Our Patreon and Find All of Our Faves!   If you’ve ever wondered whether screens are helping your ADHD child regulate… or completely hijacking their brain, this episode is for you. This week on Chaos & Caffeine, Danielle sits down with clinical psychologist Dr. Randy Kulman — founder of LearningWorks for Kids and creator of Digitally Nutritious — for one of the most nuanced conversations...

Are all screens bad for ADHD kids? Or are we finally asking the wrong question? Join Our Patreon and Find All of Our Faves!   In this episode of Chaos & Caffeine , Danielle sits down with Josh Davidson, creator of, to talk about intentional screen time, ADHD brains, creativity, executive function, and why some digital experiences affect neurodivergent kids VERY differently than others. Because...

Join Our Patreon and Find All of Our Faves!   Are screens helping ADHD kids regulate… or making emotional regulation even harder? In this brutally honest episode of Chaos & Caffeine , Danielle Kelly sits down with Dr. Rebecca Fontanetta of The Neuropsychlopedia for a real-world conversation about screen time, ADHD kids, emotional regulation, dopamine, meltdowns, and the parenting expectations...

Join Our Patreon and Find All of Our Faves!   If you’ve ever handed your kid a phone during a meltdown just to survive the moment… this episode is for you. Because what if that “quick fix” is actually doing something deeper to your child’s emotional development? In this powerful and honest conversation, I sit down with Jenny Radesky , developmental behavioral pediatrician and leading expert on kid...

Join Our Patreon and Find All of Our Faves! If you’ve ever wondered whether screens are helping your ADHD child… or quietly making everything harder — this episode is your wake-up call (in the best way). Today on Chaos & Caffeine , I’m joined by Dr. Michael Rich — pediatrician, researcher, and founder of the Digital Wellness Lab at Boston Children's Hospital — also known as The Mediatrici...

Join Our Patreon and Find All of Our Faves!   If your ADHD kid turns into a completely different human after screens… you’re not imagining it—and you’re not alone. In this episode of Chaos & Caffeine , I’m joined by Dr. Sajita Setia , physician and mental health expert, to break down what’s actually happening in your child’s brain when it comes to screen time. We’re talking about the dopamine...

Join Our Patreon and Find All of Our Faves! Are screens actually rewiring your child’s brain… or are we just being dramatic? In this episode of Chaos & Caffeine , I sit down with Dr. Jane Shawcroft to break down what research actually says about screen time, social media, and kids — especially for children with ADHD. Because here’s the reality no one is saying loud enough:  ADHD brains are alr...

Join Our Patreon and Find All of Our Faves!   If screen time feels like it has a stronger grip on your child than you do… this episode is going to change the way you see everything. Today on Chaos & Caffeine , I’m sitting down with clinical psychologist and globally recognized expert Dr. Jody Carrington to break down what’s actually happening in ADHD brains when it comes to screens, emotional...

Join Our Patreon and Find All of Our Faves! Screens aren’t the enemy. But they are replacing something our ADHD kids desperately need: real-world skill practice. In this powerful kickoff episode of the Chaos & Caffeine Screens Campaign , Danielle sits down with internationally recognized social-cognitive specialist Michelle Garcia Winner , founder of Social Thinking and one of the leading expe...

Join Our Patreon and Find All of Our Faves!   If asking your ADHD child to turn off screens feels like lighting a match near a gasoline can… you’re not imagining it. For many neurodivergent kids, screen time isn’t just entertainment. It’s a dopamine firehose , which means stopping can trigger emotional explosions, power struggles, and daily family conflict. And if you’ve ever wondered… • Why scree...

Join Our Patreon and Find All of Our Faves! Screens aren’t the enemy. But they are replacing something our ADHD kids desperately need: real-world skill practice. In this powerful kickoff episode of the Chaos & Caffeine Screens Campaign , Danielle sits down with internationally recognized social-cognitive specialist Michelle Garcia Winner , founder of Social Thinking and one of the leading expe...

Join Our Patreon and Find All of Our Faves!   After 12 weeks of expert interviews, real-life experiments, and “oh wow… I’ve been doing that wrong” moments, this is the episode where it all comes together. In this raw, unfiltered finale of the New Year, Less Chaos series, I’m breaking down the most powerful ADHD parenting lessons that actually stuck — the ones that changed how I show up for my kid...

Join Our Patreon and Find All of Our Faves! What does it really mean to parent the child you have — especially when that child has ADHD, big emotions, intense behaviors, or doesn’t fit the traditional parenting playbook? In this powerful and honest conversation, I sit down with Dr. Kristen Cook , physician, psychiatrist, author, and mental health expert, to talk about what ADHD parents actually ne...

Join Our Newsletter and Find All of Our Faves! Motherhood changed you. ADHD amplified it. In this powerful episode of Chaos & Caffeine , I sit down with Sami Garrett , founder of Good Enough Matrescence , to unpack the identity shift no one prepared us for: matrescence. If you’re an ADHD mom who feels overwhelmed, overstimulated, emotionally reactive, burned out, or quietly grieving who you us...

Join Our Newsletter and Find All of Our Faves! What if ADHD symptoms aren’t just behavioral… but biological? In this powerful episode of Chaos & Caffeine , Danielle sits down with integrative family physician Dr. Mary Lou Hulseman , founder of All Aboard Integrative Medicine, to talk about what so many ADHD parents are never told: 👉 Could gut health impact focus?  👉 Does inflammation affect...

Join Our Newsletter and Find All of Our Faves! ADHD parenting is hard. But what if it’s not just about behavior charts, consistency, or “trying harder”? What if it’s about nervous systems? In this episode of Chaos & Caffeine, I sit down with Dr. Marivi Acuna (Dr. Ivi), a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in ADHD, trauma-informed care, Brainspotting, CBT, DBT, and culturally responsiv...

Join Our Newsletter and Find All of Our Faves! Advocating for an ADHD child in the school system can feel like a full-time job—one with confusing acronyms, shifting expectations, and power dynamics that leave parents exhausted and second-guessing themselves. In this episode of Chaos & Caffeine , part of our New Year, Less Chaos series, I’m joined by Natalie McCabe , an educational advocate wit...

If you’re an ADHD parent who feels constantly overwhelmed — even on days when “nothing big” happens — this episode is for you. In this New Year, Less Chaos conversation, Danielle sits down with Amy Briggs , a speech-language pathologist turned tech founder, to talk about the invisible weight parents carry every single day: the mental load. Amy shares what she saw firsthand while working with famil...

Join Our Newsletter and Find All of Our Faves! Ever notice how your ADHD kid can’t start homework alone—but magically focuses the second you sit nearby? Or how you suddenly become productive when someone else is in the room? That’s not coincidence. That’s body doubling —and it’s one of the most powerful (and misunderstood) tools for ADHD brains. In this episode of Chaos & Caffeine , I’m joined...

Join Our Newsletter and Find All of Our Faves! What if medication wasn’t the first step—but one of many options? In this episode of Chaos & Caffeine , I’m joined by Dr. Amber Brooks , a pediatric functional medicine expert who helps families understand what’s really happening beneath their child’s ADHD symptoms. We talk about why so many parents hesitate to start medication, what steps familie...

Join Our Newsletter and Find All of Our Faves!   What happens when your child is diagnosed with ADHD… and suddenly everything about your own life starts making sense? In this episode of Chaos & Caffeine , I’m joined by Tracy Otsuka , ADHD coach, podcast host, and fellow late-diagnosed ADHD mom, for a conversation that so many parents don’t even realize they’re about to have. We talk about: Dis...

Join Our Newsletter and Find All of Our Faves! What if the missing piece in ADHD parenting isn’t more structure, stricter consequences, or better behavior charts—but permission ? In this powerful, grounding conversation, I’m joined by ADHD-informed parent coach and educator Dana Crews to talk about what it really means to see ADHD in full permission —for our kids and ourselves. Inspired by Dana’s...