Neurodivergent Narratives Podcast

This episode is an intro to white supremacy culture. A very, very, light intro because as the weeks go on and into each characteristic I explore, I’ll learn more and unpack more of what the might be like for us ADHDers to manage these beliefs and ideas that have been programmed in us. This episode defines the term and talks a bit about some initial thoughts I have about how this culture impacts ou...

This week’s episode is a little different than others I’ve done, but I think it’s still a good one. It’s an introduction to intersectionality because I think that it’s important to understand when we’re talking about our unique experiences with ADHD. Quite often ADHD symptoms and presentations don’t consider the intersecting identities that determine what oppressions our ADHD brains must manage an...

This week is on self compassion and self kindness, something that I’ve realised is essential to our growth into becoming the people that we want to be, but we don’t really talk a lot about it. We do tend to talk a lot on how awful it feels to be criticised though, often because we’re ruminating on things and talking crap to ourselves the whole time.  I’m learning that in order to try new things, s...

I think this episode is might be especially helpful for the more recently diagnosed ADHDers (or maybe those folx who are just starting to do some work around their feeling about their ADHD or think they may have ADHD). This week I talk about our feelings about difference and how they can impact the ways we show up for ourselves in our lives. This is something that I’m getting to understand more ab...

Criticism plays such a huge role in our lives and it impacts so much of how we see ourselves. We’ve been hearing how we mess up, are too much, or not enough for so long that oftentimes when we hear anything critical it automatically becomes something that we take on to mean something about ourselves and our worth. It’s no wonder that to avoid it we end up looking to other people in order to learn...

Pausing is one of those things I didn’t realise was such a big deal until I was diagnosed and realised it was one of those things people knew what to do. Yes, I’ve experienced a lot of great stuff in the past because of my undiagnosed ADHD due to my impulsivity, but I’ve also messed up a fair bit too because of my inability to always pause. This has impacted all areas of my life and it’s not somet...

We put meanings on everything, especially with our ADHD brains that go straight to avoiding and protecting ourselves when it comes to any criticisms. Our whole lives have been about being told all that we can’t do, or be. We’re sensitive creatures who typically tend to think we’re always wrong so to protect ourselves we try really hard to make sure we’re OK with people. But our sensitivity can mak...

I think we grow up learning not to trust ourselves, ignoring what we feel is right for us because of all the ways we’re told by the people closest to us and the rest of society what we need to learn to change and correct. The criticism feels like so much and it’s so hard to navigate with our emotions, so we learn to stop listening to ourselves and do what others want in the hopes that they will be...

I wasn’t one for sitting with emotions. My life tends to go so fast that this was a practice that I couldn’t see the benefit in. I was pretty wrong about that. Being able to listen to my emotions and see how they come up for me in my body has been life changing in many ways. Understanding what triggers me, while noting the feelings and reactions that come up, has given me a lot more power to choos...

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We are raised to think of all the things we’re not. As ADHDers we hear 20000 more negative comments than our neurotypical peers as children (probably more if we’re farther from societal ideals). We grow up hiding symptoms, apologising for ourselves and enduring school and other systems that don’t work with our differences in mind (including our intersectional identities!). We grow up with a damage...

I have always believed that if I could make a list of all the reasons why I was grateful, then I could just manifest all kinds of self love, money and other things I didn’t have in my life. Then eventually, they would show up in my life and I could truly live like I was grateful. But it's much bigger than that and when done properly and consistently, it really can make a difference. I can tel...

When you grow up with undiagnosed ADHD there are so many stories that impact how you feel about yourself, the way you show up in the world and the way your presentations are viewed by others.  Just because I had an ADHD diagnosis, didn’t mean that those narratives stopped playing, or that I could really show up in the ways I wanted to in my life. I tried to look for others like me so I could learn...

The relief of knowing what is going on in your head after an ADHD (or perhaps any neurodivergent) diagnosis, is quickly overtaken by a journey, to know and understand who you are, and what still need to be unravelled, unlearned or accepted in order to create a life that truly works for you. A life where you can give yourself permission to be exactly as you are and feel comfortable in using what yo...