Women & ADHD

Episode 62 with Skye Rapson "Families are often like, 'Oh, that’s normal. That’s just a family trait.' But maybe that family trait is actually ADHD." Skye lives is Auckland, NZ, where she is an ADHD coach and the founder of Unconventional Organisation, a growing network of coaches who provide individual and group coaching for adults with ADHD or executive function challenges. Skye...

Episode 61 with Samantha A. "I'd been labeled as lazy, underachieving and disorganized my entire life." Sam is a personal finance professional with a twist — she has borderline personality disorder & ADHD, and also has degrees in finance and risk management.  Sam uses her knowledge and experience to help fellow neurodivergent people learn how to manage their money, save and get out...

Episode 60 with Janet Murray "I've always struggled to switch off. I find weekends and holidays really hard." Janet is one of the UK’s leading content marketing experts. She’s also a public speaker and host of the Courageous Content podcast and creator of the Courageous Content desk planner and she runs an annual content planning event as well as an ongoing accountability group for bus...

Episode 59 with Dr. Sasha Hamdani "I feel like half of what I do is clean up messes from other physicians who have misdiagnosed their patients." Dr. Hamdani is a Board Certified psychiatrist and ADHD specialist. In addition to her private practice, she had a robust social media following across multiple platforms where she provides accessible and accurate information about ADHD.  We talk a...

Episode 58 with Katherine Ellison "I try to talk openly about my mistakes and humiliating moments in order to normalize them and make them less shameful." Katherine is a Pultizer prize-winning journalist, author and public speaker.  She's written or co-written several books about ADHD, and is a regular contributor to ADDitude magazine. She also recently gave a  Ted Talk  on the gifts o...

Episode 57 with Gloria Joy Sherrod "People look at me and think, 'You’re so calm.' And I’m like, 'It’s chaos in here.'" Gloria is a licensed professional counselor who works with children, adolescents, and adults. In addition to her counseling work, she also provides ADHD coaching services.  Gloria is passionate about advocating for equity in education, access to care, and...

Episode 56 with Amy Brown "I have trouble remembering what I’ve read. I have to read the same paragraph over and over. It drives me nuts." Amy is a Director of Outbound Transportation for Dollar Tree, where she’s responsible for shipping the company’s merchandise from their distribution centers to the company’s stores.  Amy & I talk about her experience with sports growing up — she was...

Episode 55 with Sydni Rubio. "My hyperactivity manifests as really aggressive driving, as well as impatience and impulsivity." Sydni is the creator and founder of What in the ADHD? She started the brand in January 2021 with the simple hope of sharing accessible ADHD information with others and the science behind *why* we have certain traits and behaviors. With a strong background in teachi...

Episode 54 with Aleta Storch. "Details? Not great. But I'm fantastic at the big picture stuff." Aleta is an anti-diet dietitian, therapist, and Certified Body Trust Provider.  She specializes in providing anti-diet, values-centered, body liberation work with folks that have disordered eating/a history of dieting, and/or ADHD. Aleta currently works with individual clients in her virtual...

Episode 53 with Holly Slater. "I'm the kind of person who always wants to have deep, meaningful conversations — I've realized not everyone wants to do that." Originally from the UK and now living in Sydney, Holly is a freelance copywriter and craft beer aficionado, as well as a vocal advocate for supporting women in the craft beer industry and changing stereotypes. We talk all abou...

Episode 52 with Emily Donahoe. "I’m one of those people for whom Ritalin is like putting on a pair of glasses." Emily is an accomplished actor, writer and producer. She has performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and at regional theaters around the country. She won an Obie Award, she’s a recipient of the Helen Hayes Award, and was a Beinecke Fellow at the Yale School of Drama.  This fall she...

Episode 51 with Tessa MacKay. "People with any kind of neurodivergence can just feel it in each other. It’s like sparks happen." Tessa MacKay paints contemporary realism and large-scale hyperrealism portraiture and is based in Perth, Western Australia.  Despite being diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD from an early age, she only recently started to embrace and work on the kind of quirks that...

Episode 50 with Lafaya Mitchell. "We have traits, not symptoms. This isn't an illness — it’s not like diabetes." Lafaya is a licensed therapist with more than 20 years of experience working closely with families overwhelmed with socially, emotionally, and or behaviorally challenged children, and offering effective strategies and healing those relationships. She is also the author of Th...

Episode 49 with Denise Brodey. "Looking back, I realize I just never had the right words to explain what was going on with me." Denise is a senior contributor at Forbes, focused on the role of invisible disabilities in the workplace. Her candid, deep dives into new research, ability to decode medical jargon and her personal style of storytelling have won her the respect of CEOs, lawmakers,...

Episode 48 with Patty DeDurr "Creativity is such a large aspect of ADHD. I think it’s important to hone that as much as you can." Patty is a neurodivergent author and advocate who educates and provides educational information and resources for individuals looking for guidance on an engaging platform. She lives in Iowa and is the founder of Sensing Greatness, and has also been a physical th...

Episode 47 with Ellie Hopley "We have to go above and beyond just to do the simplest task, and I feel like people just don’t understand that." Ellie is the artist and mastermind behind the successful print and merchandise company  Shuturp . Ellie & I talk all about her previous diagnoses of generalized anxiety disorder and borderline personality disorder before she was eventually diagn...

Episode 46 with Emily Olsen. "There were those days where I'd black out a little and get everything done on my to-do list, and then wonder, Am I manic?" Emily is a digital broadcast journalist for Global News in Saskatchewan. She has spent a lot of her career connecting with people and facilitating others to share their stories …and is finally settling into the task of telling her own....

Episode 45 with Dusty Chipura. "I definitely feel like I’ve never read the instructions to life." Dusty is an AACC certified ADHD Coach who lives in Abbotsford, BC, and she coaches people from all walks of life with ADHD, and specializes in coaching pregnant people with ADHD. Dusty’s interest in supporting people with ADHD during pregnancy began when she realized there were little to no re...

Episode 44 with Julie Uhernik. "I've spent so many years researching what is wrong with me — I call it 'me-search.'" Julie is an insurance agent who was diagnosed during the pandemic after an abrupt pivot in her career path left her feeling out-of-sorts.  She is a self-proclaimed clumsy, spontaneous, child-like lover of life - who is still trying to understand how a late diagno...

Episode 43 with Nicole DeMasi. "I woke up one morning and I was so frustrated with myself. I googled 'Why can't I concentrate?' and ADHD popped up. I read an article and I just burst into tears." Nicole DeMasi, MS, RDN, CDCES, is a registered dietitian & certified diabetes educator who provides 1:1 nutrition coaching to help people with ADHD stop dieting, stop binge eating...

Episode 42 with Inger Shaye Colzie. "Your struggle is your struggle. It's real and it's valid. Sometimes you can get it all done, and sometimes you can’t make dinner." Inger Shaye is an ADHD coach and psychotherapist specializing in making a difference for Black woman executives and entrepreneurs with ADHD. She has successfully run her practice, Alchemy Coaching & Counseling, a...

Episode 41 with Liz Westinghouse. "I equate my brain with being a train station. Some people have 1 or 2 tracks, where I have 30 different trains coming and going." Liz and I have been friends for nearly 10 years, and after I (accidentally) came out about my diagnosis on Facebook, I quickly discovered she, too, had ADHD. According to Liz, she fits the ADHD personality type to a T. After gr...

Episode 40 with Lindsay Fleming. "When I come up with an idea, I don’t think twice — then suddenly I’ve got a whole business plan." Lindsay is a Licensed Professional Counsellor who owns her own private practice in Chicago.  If you’ve ever fallen down any ADHD rabbit holes on TikTok, then you’ve probably come across Lindsay on your For You Page. Lindsay’s videos de-stigmatize ADHD, anxiety...

Episode 39 with Danielle Meitiv. "I have all these great ideas. I can see the end point so clearly, but the path to get there is a dark forest and I have no idea what steps to take." Danielle Meitiv is a scientist, health coach, and a mom with Hashimoto’s and ADHD. After 20 years working on climate science and policy and nearly 30 years with Hashimoto’s, she decided to change careers. Now...

Episode 38 with Nelly Lin & Juno Lee. "If I'm interested in something, I become the 'go to' expert on that topic within a week or two." — Nelly "My family thought I was the one with no issues, but it's because I spent so much of my childhood hiding my struggles." — Juno This is the first time I interview two women at once, but it felt fitting since they are the...