Where’s the Village At?

Teachers have our kids seven to eight hours a day—so emotional regulation isn’t “extra,” it’s the foundation. In this episode, I’m sitting in my apartment in New York, on a Sunday when everything hit at once. After a call from my best friend about a recent suicide, I tell the truth about what I’ve seen from inside the classroom—and what I’ve lived through as a woman who spent years masking, surviv...

Are you a woman with ADHD — or a mom, teacher, or daughter who’s realized something never added up in how women are diagnosed and treated? In this episode, I open up about my decision to step forward and volunteer for an ADHD clinical trial — and the fear, frustration, and purpose that come with it. From my years as a teacher who missed the signs in girls, to discovering that women still aren’t re...

Our system is not trained to see neurodivergent girls. We need to come together and push for change, remember it takes a village. Parents ask what your schools are doing to train the teachers. Ask your doctor where you can sign-up to get into a study. Take the time because our daughters are going to suffer just like we did, and are! Next episode dives into signs they are discovering in girls and w...

On the night her daughter moves out, Susan faces the quiet—and the crash. In this raw chapter, she walks us through the grief that rewired her brain: losing her mother, losing her son, and the unraveling that followed. This isn’t just a podcast about ADHD—it’s a memoir in real time. If you’ve ever masked your pain or felt invisible inside your own life, this one’s for you. Content: grief, loss, tr...

In this episode, I open up about a moment I’ll never forget—the week before Homecoming, when my son asked me to show up, and I just… couldn’t. What followed was a spiral of anxiety, self-blame, and silence that I’ve carried for far too long. I read from my personal journals, reflect on what it means to feel like you’re failing your own kids, and talk about the emotional toll that undiagnosed ADHD...

Where’s the Village At? is a raw, honest, and deeply personal podcast created by longtime educator and mother Susan Hedge. After decades in the classroom—and a lifetime of being overlooked as a girl with undiagnosed ADHD—Susan is building the village she and so many others never had. Each episode peels back the layers of what’s really happening in our schools, our homes, and our mental health syst...