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Part 2: What to do when you can't escape overstimulation. Harm reduction strategies. "I love you AND I need a break" not "I love you BUT." Why it's a privilege to be able to leave. Accessibility barriers. Don't ask "what happened?" in the moment - they can't articulate it. Also: sensory craving. Em needs the beach the way a lizard needs a hot rock. The parking lot, the beach man, the Music Pier ba...

Em and Elliott break down what overstimulation actually means (it's not just "too loud"), what it feels like, what causes it, and what stimming is. Also: why Elliott can't handle temperatures above 72 degrees, why Em wants to peel her skin off sometimes, and the echolalia that got Elliott in trouble for years. Part 1 of 2. t hecauldronpod.com @thecauldronpod Interested in a collab? Email us ! Medi...

ADHD superlatives: giving each other awards! Most forgotten passwords. Most browser tabs open simultaneously (at least 12 per window across multiple windows with groups). Best customer service mask performance. Most likely to cry at the dinner table. Also: the time Elliott threw his physics test in the trash and convinced the teacher they lost it, the time Em played Skyrim for "30 minutes," and wh...

Episode 10: Parenting Neurodivergent Kids (Part 3 of 3) Em and Elliott talk about recognizing the signs, fighting for accommodations, homeschooling disasters, and teaching their kids things they're still learning themselves. Also: why grades don't matter, why patience isn't a bottomless well, and why their 8-year-old is already worried about his future wife. Part 3 of the ADHD lifespan series. In...

This episode was supposed to be about what ADHD looks like in adulthood. It ended up being about grief, identity, bad brain weeks, and why April Fool's Day is the worst day of the year. Em and Elliott tried. They really did. But Em is in a valley week after a peak week, it's April 1st (a day she hates), and the conversation kept drifting into harder territory than they expected. What they meant to...

Em and Elliott talk about what ADHD looked like before they knew it was ADHD. The masking, the shame messaging, the cost of not knowing. And why Em finally stopped blaming her parents for things that might not have been parenting at all. This is part 1 of a 3-part series on ADHD through the lifespan: childhood, adulthood, and parenting neurodivergent kids. In this episode: The "crybaby" realizatio...

Elliott and Em rate ADHD coping mechanisms from S-tier (life-changing) to F-tier (actively made things worse). Some ratings surprised them. Some mechanisms got very personal. And Em delivered her hottest take yet about a digital bird. In this episode: The S-Tier (Life-changing): Notion (for Em) Body doubling (for Em) Medication (both) Therapy/coaching (Em) The F-Tier (Do not recommend): Physical p...

In episode 5, Em said you can't hack your way out of burnout. Today, she's talking about what actually DOES help - and why that's complicated. T This one's hard to record because Em is currently still healing from burnout. Talking about burnout while in burnout feels like trying to explain how to get out of quicksand while you're still in it. But maybe that's exactly why this conversation matters....

Episode 5: Hot Takes - Popular Productivity Advice That's Actually Hurting You Today's episode is different - no deep dives, just rapid-fire opinions on ADHD, business, and productivity. Em throws hot takes at Elliott and they discuss what's actually helpful vs. what's actively harmful for neurodivergent brains. Spoiler: Most of it is harmful. ADHD Hot Takes: Why "ADHD is a superpower" is toxic po...

"Just start." "Just do it." "Take the first step." If you have ADHD, this advice makes you want to scream. Because the problem isn't that you don't want to start - it's that you literally can't make your body do the thing. In this episode, Em and Elliott talk about the wall between thinking and doing, what's actually happening in ADHD brains when the start button won't work, and why "just start" a...

What's it actually like to be the partner watching from the other side? In this episode, Em hands the mic to Elliott to talk about what it's been like to be married to someone building a business - and someone with ADHD - from his perspective. The hard parts, the good parts, and what he wishes he'd known at the beginning. This one gets vulnerable. Em asks Elliott the questions she's maybe been afr...

Where's the line between "this system doesn't work for my brain" and "I just don't want to do hard things"? This is the question neurodivergent people ask ourselves constantly - and get it wrong in either direction and you're screwed. Think everything is enabling? Burnout. Think everything deserves permission? Nothing gets done. In this episode, Em sits down with Elliott to have an honest (and vul...

In this episode, Em and Elliott talk about the extra cost (in time, money, energy, and guilt) that neurodivergent brains pay trying to use systems designed for neurotypical people. From forgotten car registrations to unused gym memberships to the endless cycle of productivity tools that don't stick, we're breaking down why consistency doesn't mean repetition for ADHD brains. In this episode: What...