Women & ADHD

Episode 12 with Alejandra Kottke. “You buy all the ingredients to make spaghetti and you come home and you realize you don't have the pots and pans to make it. You need to make sure that you have the pots and pans before you can go to the grocery store and buy all the ingredients!" Alejandra lives in Northern Illinois with her husband and their 4 sons. Her brick and mortar tanning business...

Episode 11 with Amanda Pye. “With RSD, you get the sense that people are rejecting you even when they’re not. And even when there’s not really a realistic reason for you to think that, it gets put into your head. I thought everybody else was rejecting me or didn’t like me and I wasn’t important to those people. And then when I learned what RSD was, I went: Oh, no, that’s not them. They haven’t don...

Episode 10 with Bri Plyler. “On the days where I feel extra hyperactive — when it's like, super engaged — I feel like there is a swarm of bees in my body trying to get out. It's just this, like, buzzing, almost painful energy and there's really nothing that I can do to expel it. But it doesn't translate to energy to get things done. That's a completely different kind of energy....

Episode 9 with Ada Sewell. "I'm in this turbulent ocean of all of these feelings and it's like, Do I want to struggle against the waves for my whole life or do I want to learn how to surf?" Ada is a life coach who works with creatives and entrepreneurs in busting the myth that “the struggle is real,” and changing your mindset in order to lean into what challenges you. She was diagn...

Episode 8 with Melissa Helmick. "Just because it’s common for moms to struggle, doesn’t mean it’s normal." TW: Melissa and I get really vulnerable in this episode, and we discuss some pretty serious topics, including domestic violence, sexual assault, miscarriage, infertility, abortion, and PTSD. So if you’re feeling like any of those topics might be difficult to listen to, then you might...

Episode 7 with Tameka Allen. "One of the things I really want to change in the online world is to create content and courses that are conducive to both types of brains." Tameka is the CEO of Allen Digital Group, a boutique project management agency based in Houston. They partner with business owners to help them plan and launch their online courses, memberships, and coaching programs. Tame...

Episode 6 with Crystal Dionysopoulou. "I procrastinated a lot, but I didn’t mean to. It’s not that I didn’t want to do the things I needed to do, it’s that I just couldn’t." Crystal is the Creative Director and founder of Lucid Fox, a web design and development agency that specializes in building custom sites for nonprofit organizations. Crystal grew up in the US and now lives with her hus...

Episode 5 with Barbie Haven. "Your ability to set boundaries is directly tied to your alignment with your values." Barbie is an author, motivational speaker, certified life coach, Beachbody Coach, and CEO of Desired Lives where she helps career women and entrepreneurs create self-care routines that last so they have more joy, energy and success in business and in life. After Barbie left he...

Episode 4 with Angela Sulfaro-Menconi. "I wouldn’t even say I’ve 'accepted' my ADHD brain. I’ve embraced having an ADHD brain. I’ve realized that I wasn’t lazy, and I wasn’t a morally-flawed person." Angela is a trained Cultural Anthropologist with interests including Poverty and Homelessness, Gender and Sexuality, and Chicana Feminism. Angela earned her PhD in 2017 and is self-dia...

Episode 3 with Karen Miner Hurd. "If your brain is not functioning well, look to the gut. Look to the diet. Look to other things, because the brain is not a machine part all by its little own self." Karen is a 30-year network marketing professional and homeschooling mom of 5 (now adult) children. Through her WomanWize business, she teaches and trains women how to live healthier, younger an...

Episode 2 with Katie Jaeger. "I’ve had multiple coaches and asking for help has been transformational for me because I can’t do it all on my own, nor do I want to at this point. It feels good to have someone in your corner, especially after struggling in silence for many many years." Katie is a holistic health coach and yoga instructor who was diagnosed earlier this year at the age of 33....

Episode 1 with Holly Marsh. "The stereotype of ADHD is some grade school boy who is bouncing off the walls and not being able to sit still, and that’s so not the case. Your brain is just wired a little differently and there are so many facets to that, which means not everyone is cookie cutter." Holly is a maker and illustrator and has been running her business, Marshmueller, for nine years...

Welcome to the Women & ADHD podcast with Katy Weber. A diagnosis of ADHD at the age of 45 completely turned her world upside down. So she decided to start a podcast in which she simply interviews other women who, like her, were diagnosed with ADHD in adulthood. If you are a smart, creative woman who was recently diagnosed with ADHD or suspect you have ADHD, then this podcast is for you! All ep...