The AuDHD Psych Podcast

Send us Fan Mail   🎙️ Episode 26: Understanding Neurodivergence - More Than Diagnosis "I can be autistic without autism spectrum disorder, in the same way that I can have legs without being broken." Summary: In this episode of The AuDHD Psych Podcast, clinical psychologist and AuDHDer Aaron Howearth takes on a question sparked by a challenge on social media: can you identify as autistic...

Send us Fan Mail  🎙️ Episode 25: AuDHD Experience - Neurodiversity-Affirming Practice "Neurodiversity-affirming practice" is now on almost every clinician's website here in Australia and around the world — but what does it actually mean, and what should it look like in the room? In this episode, Aaron Howearth (Clinical Psychologist) unpacks affirming practice not as a marketing lab...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Episode 24: AuDHD Experience - Late Diagnosis and Identity Reconstruction "After a lifetime of feeling wrong, broken, like a weirdo, along comes late diagnosis — but that's the doorway, not the destination." In this episode of AuDHD Psych, Aaron explores late diagnosis and identity reconstruction for autistic, ADHD and AuDHD people — why so many of us are found s...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙 Episode 23: AuDHD Experience - Joy, Strengths and Quality of Life "Strengths-based framings sit alongside, not instead of, our support needs — so keep both ideas in mind." In this episode of AuDHD Psych, Aaron explores joy, strengths, and quality of life for AuDHDers — moving past both the deficit-and-disorder framing and the neurodivergent-superpower narrative to find...

Send us Fan Mail ⚠️ Content note: This episode discusses suicide and suicidal thoughts directly and at length. It is general education, not personal advice. If this feels like a lot, please pause and reach out to a support service (Australian helplines listed at the end). Episode 22: AuDHD Experience – Suicidality & Protective Factors In this episode of the AuDHD Psych Podcast, clinical psycho...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 21 – Trauma, PTSD & Systems Harm What if you're not "too much," "too complex," or "treatment resistant"? What if the very systems designed to help neurodivergent people are inadvertently causing harm instead? In this episode, Aaron explores the deep intersection between neurodivergence and trauma — and why so many AuDHDers, autistic f...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 20: AuDHD Explained — Misdiagnosis, BPD & Mental Health in Late-Diagnosed Adults In this episode of the AuDHD Psych Podcast, clinical psychologist Aaron Howearth and co-host Dan unpack why mental health diagnosis is so complex for AuDHDers, and why so many of us collect a stack of labels — depression, generalised anxiety, borderline personality disorder, bipolar, treat...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 19: AuDHD Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts – Cognitive Differences, Energy Economy & Late Diagnosis In this episode of the AuDHD Psych Podcast, clinical psychologist Aaron Howearth and co-host Dan explore why AuDHD isn't simply Autism plus ADHD, but a distinct presentation with its own cognitive, emotional, and behavioural fingerprint. Drawing on clinical work, l...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Episode 18: Understanding AuDHD in the Real World - Time Blindness, Planning & Task Initiation In this episode of the AuDHD Psych Podcast, clinical psychologist Aaron Howearth and co‑host Dan explore why getting started on “simple” tasks can feel impossibly hard for AuDHD brains, even when the motivation and desire are absolutely there. Drawing on clinical work and lived ex...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Episode 17: Understanding AuDHD in the Real World - Sensory Processing and Overwhelm in ADHD, Autism & AuDHD Episode Summary In this episode of The AuDHD Psych Podcast, Aaron Howearth explores how sensory profiles shape daily life for autistic, ADHD, and AuDHD individuals. Why does a flickering light, a chatty colleague, or a tag in your shirt seem to "set you off&quot...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Episode 16: AuDHD in the Real World - Masking, Burnout & Unmasking Episode Summary In this episode of the AuDHD Psych Podcast, Aaron Howearth unpacks masking and camouflaging as neurodivergent survival strategies. He explains how autistic and ADHD people learn conscious and unconscious ways of “passing” as typical, such as practised eye contact, softened honesty, and script...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Episode 15: Rejection Sensitivity & Dysphoria in ADHD, Autism & AuDHD Episode Summary In this episode of The AuDHD Psych Podcast, Aaron Howearth explores rejection sensitivity, emotional intensity, and rejection sensitive dysphoria through a neurodiversity-affirming lens. He explains why some autistic, ADHD, and AuDHD people experience emotions as suddenly overwhelming,...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Episode 14: AuDHD in the Real World – School, Work, Relationships and Burnout Episode Summary In this episode of The AuDHD Psych Podcast, clinical psychologist Aaron Howearth moves from talking about AuDHD traits in theory to how they actually show up across school, work, relationships, and daily life. He explores what school can look like for autistic, ADHD, and AuDHD kids beh...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Episode 13: Understanding AuDHD – Executive Functioning and Daily Life (Part 2) Episode Summary In this episode of The AuDHD Psych Podcast, clinical psychologist Aaron Howearth moves from explaining executive functioning to exploring practical ways autistic, ADHD, and AuDHD people can work with their brains in daily life. He looks at how differences in working memory, processin...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Episode 13: Executive Functioning in Daily Life: ADHD, Autism & AuDHD Episode Summary In this episode of The AuDHD Psych Podcast, Aaron Howearth explores how executive functioning shapes everyday life for autistic, ADHD, and AuDHD individuals. Why do tasks that “should” be simple – studying, working, organising the day, or following through on plans – so often feel overwhel...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Episode 11: Q&A Part 2 Episode Summary In this episode of The AuDHD Psych Podcast, Aaron Howearth continues the community Q&A, responding to several commonly asked questions about neurodivergent experiences and expanding on themes raised in previous episodes. The conversation covers topics including perimenopause and menopause in neurodivergent people, the relationship...

Send us Fan Mail “When I'm surrounded by people like me, I don't feel disordered. I feel understood.” 🎙️ Ep 10: Your Questions Answered – Diagnosis, Self-ID & “Different, Not Defective” Episode Summary In this Q&A episode of the AuDHD Psych Podcast, Aaron responds to questions and comments from the community about autism, ADHD, diagnosis, and what it really means to be “different...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Episode 9: Understanding AuDHD: Late Diagnosis and Diagnostic Levels  Episode Summary In this episode of The AuDHD Psych Podcast, Aaron Howearth explores one of the most common and emotionally loaded experiences in the neurodivergent community: late diagnosis. Why are so many autistic and ADHD individuals missed in childhood? Why do diagnoses often come after years, or even dec...

Send us Fan Mail “If the rule doesn’t make sense, it has no value to me.” 🎙️ Ep 8: Labels, their Utility & Lack Thereof   Episode Summary In this episode of the AuDHD Psych Podcast , Aaron and Uma explore the intersection between gender diversity and neurodiversity , unpacking how autistic and neurodivergent ways of thinking can shape experiences of gender, identity, and self-understanding. Aa...

Send us Fan Mail “The same traits that create difficulty can also be the ones that help us thrive.” 🎙️ Episode 7: Understanding The Neurodiversity Affirming Paradigm - Building Balanced Beliefs Episode Summary Welcome to Episode 8 of The AuDHD Psych Podcast — hosted by Aaron Howearth, a clinical psychologist and proudly AuDHD human. In this solo episode, Aaron explores the neurodiversity-affirming...

Send us Fan Mail “The new year doesn’t need to fix you — you were already doing your best.” In this reflective New Year’s themed episode of AuDHD Psych, Aaron and Uma explore the quiet space between years — a time often filled with pressure to reset, improve, and reinvent. Through a neurodivergent lens, they unpack why traditional New Year’s resolutions can feel overwhelming or harmful for autisti...

Send us Fan Mail “The absence of a reminder doesn’t mean the love isn’t there.”  In this festive episode of AuDHD Psych , Aaron and Uma explore how the holiday season can uniquely impact neurodivergent folk. While celebrations are often framed as joyful and meaningful, they can also bring sensory overload, disrupted routines, social pressure, emotional fatigue, and heightened expectations. Drawing...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙 Episode 4: Understanding AuDHD: Traits, Truths, & Lived Experience  “When I’m told I’m lazy or unmotivated, I start to believe it — and that belief becomes part of who I think I am.” In this episode of AuDHD Psych , Aaron and Uma explore what AuDHD can look like beyond stereotypes and diagnostic labels. Aaron shares his lived experience as an AuDHD clinical psychologist, unp...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙Episode 3: Understanding ADHD: Traits, Truths & Lived Experience “You’re not inherently broken. Your characteristics aren’t disordered — they just don’t always match what the environment demands.” Summary: In this episode, Aaron  takes a deep dive into ADHD through a neurodiversity-affirming lens. He explores what ADHD actually looks like in daily life, why inattentive and in...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙 Episode 2: Understanding Autism: Traits, Truths, and Lived Experience " When viewed through the lens of difference, rather than disorder, we often find that it's expectations that warrant changing, not humans." Summary: In this episode of the AuDHD Psych podcast, Aaron Howearth, a clinical psychologist, discusses the diagnosis of autism, its characteristics, and s...