AvyHD Podcast

When basic self-care tasks like washing or brushing your hair feel overwhelming, society is quick to label it a character flaw: lazy, dirty, or careless. But what if the problem isn't you? What if the environment was built against you? In this episode, I sit down with JoaNay "Nay" Turner, a 3rd-generation hair stylist with 17 years of experience, Registered Behavioral Technician, and...

Ever wonder why standard advice tells you to chase the high of finishing a goal, but your brain gets all its excitement before you even start? Join me for an insightful chat with Huw Williams - logistics entrepreneur, published author, and creator of the upcoming Best You Blueprint app - as we break down why traditional productivity tools fail neurodivergent minds and how building flexible, person...

If you've bought every planner on the market and still wonder why you can't stay consistent, this conversation is for you. In this episode, I sit down with former physical therapist turned ADHD coach, Dr. Anna Burns, to discuss honoring your neurodivergent brain instead of fighting it. 3 Key Takeaways: Frame Diagnosis as Data: An ADHD diagnosis isn't an excuse; it's a key to unders...

That gross, fake feeling you get from modern marketing advice isn't a flaw in you—it's a flaw in advice that was built for someone else's brain. Hey Squirrels! In this episode, I'm joined by Liza Sivek (Strategic Marketing Manager, founder of Inbound-Hound Creative Agency, and host of Marketing Maven Mama ), who was diagnosed with ADHD in her 40s after two decades in the marketing...

What if the biggest thing holding your business back isn't a lack of ideas, but having too many GOOD ones? In this live strategy session, I work with Eric Chessen, founder of Autism Fitness, to dissect his business, filter out the noise, and land on a singular focus for his next 90 days. 3 Key Takeaways: Filter Before You Build: Spreading yourself across multiple good ideas drains your capacit...

When you point out the problem inside a corporate system, you become the problem. Hey Squirrels! In this episode, I sit down with product strategist turned career strategist Audra Blake Talamantes to expose the truth about corporate loyalty and break down how to reclaim your power at work. If you’ve ever felt burned out, targeted for speaking up, or crushed by toxic corporate dynamics, this episod...

Building a business with an ADHD brain often feels like driving a high-performance sports car with bicycle brakes. I know I have endless strategic vision, rapid problem-solving, and non-stop idea generation, but translating that momentum into consistent execution without burning out? That’s where the real friction sits. In this episode, I pull back the curtain and let you listen in on my live cogn...

There’s a unique kind of tired that comes from working twice as hard just to keep up, constantly apologizing, and wondering: "What is wrong with me?" In EP 79, I am joined by Braden Young, an ADHD life coach and co-host of the DaddyHD podcast. Diagnosed at 35, Braden shares his journey of navigating a world that labeled him "highly intelligent" while his executive dysfunction w...

Ever feel like your entire life is a perfectly orchestrated performance, and if you drop just one ball, the whole thing will come crashing down? In this episode, I sit down with counselor Leah Walter to unpack the invisible weight carried by high-achieving, corporate, and often neurodivergent women. Leah introduces a powerful concept called upward mobility loneliness—the distinct isolation felt by...

A child who's shut down isn't being difficult. They've decided the room isn't safe to try in. Bright, capable neurodivergent kids quietly check out of school every day—and it almost never gets read as what it really is. In this episode, I sit down with educator and author Victoria Bagnall to unpack why trust erodes, how to spot it before a kid disappears entirely, and what it actua...

The tools didn't stop working. They were never built for your brain in the first place. You've tried every planner, every app, every system — and they all work beautifully for about two weeks. In this episode, I sit down with neurodivergent coach Ania Hulsman to explain why that happens, why it was never a discipline problem, and the difference between a strategy that demands you show up t...

You’re not white-knuckling it because you’re not good enough. You’re running a neurotypical operating system on a neurodivergent brain. In this episode, I sit down with Steve August — ADHD business coach and founder of the ADHD Entrepreneur Accelerator — who built a multimillion-dollar software company and took it to exit before he ever knew he had ADHD.We get into the hidden energetic tax of ADHD...

What if the burnout you’re carrying right now didn't start last year, or even five years ago? What if it started when you were four years old? In this episode of AvyHD, I connect with Kassandra Clemens, Founder and Executive Director of Heal Your Confidence . Kassandra shares her profound personal and professional insights on late-identified neurodivergence (ADHD, autism, dyspraxia, and dyslexia)...

When a child constantly walks on their toes, standard medicine forces their heels down with restrictive splints or expensive surgery. But for a huge cohort of neurodivergent and non-verbal children, this restriction fails. In this episode, pediatric physiotherapist Nicki Allen turns the traditional approach on its head. Instead of treating the body like it’s broken, she asked a better question: Wh...

"Someone told you a story about yourself. The mold was broken. Not you." — Avy Stephanie Watterson is an editor, author, sensitivity reader, biracial adoptee, and writer with dyslexia. If those things sound like contradictions, that's exactly why she's on the show. In this conversation, we get into the orange in a row of apples, what disability actually means when you stop using it as a synonym fo...

“The term of being too much or being a lot — that framework is dangerous.”You’ve been handed that story your whole life. Too much. Too intense. Too scattered. And somewhere along the way, you started to believe it. In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Dante Assad Williams — founder of NeuroBaddie™ — to pull apart the specific ways neurodivergent women get told to shrink, why they keep ending up in...

Ever find yourself rested on Monday but "wiped out by Wednesday" anyway? If that sounds familiar, you don't have a time management problem—you have a boundary infrastructure problem. In this episode, Avy explains why "unstructured access" to your time and energy is the silent killer of founder creativity. Learn how neurodivergent leaders can stop fighting their natural wiring and start designing a...

What if your 'ADHD symptoms' are actually your brain struggling to process white light or background noise? In this episode, I sit down with Jacki Edry to discuss the neurological processing issues that mimic or complicate ADHD and Autism. Jacki shares her harrowing and enlightening journey of recovering from brain surgery, which gave her a firsthand look at sensory overload—not as a professional,...

“I tried delegating, and it didn't work.” If you’ve said this, you’ve likely concluded that you’re just too controlling or that no one can do the job as well as you can. Today, I’m calling "squirrel" on that. Your delegation didn't fail because of trust; it failed because three specific structural conditions were never in place before the handoff happened. For ADHD founders, building infrastructur...

"I don't even work that many hours, so why am I exhausted all the time?" If you’ve said this, you aren't lazy or failing—you’re likely experiencing boundary leaks. For the ADHD founder, burnout isn't usually caused by the volume of work, but by the constant, low-grade demands on your attention and emotional energy. Join me as I break down the 5 quiet leaks—from unlimited access to emotional labor—...

Are you tired of being told you "just need to be more consistent"? 🙄 In this episode of AVHD, Avy sits down with Diann Wingert to deconstruct the shame surrounding the "other C-word": Consistency. Diann explains that ADHD entrepreneurs aren't broken; we just often lack the right conditions to sustain our brilliance. We discuss:• Why "it depends" is the answer to every ADHD question.• The "Soulmat...

Ever feel like you’re working twice as hard just to look "normal"? This week, Ginny Evans Pollard joins me to talk about the high cost of masking and the reality of leading as a queer, neurodivergent professional. We discuss why "boring" systems can actually be a form of self-care, how to handle the "shame spiral" of negative feedback, and the 4-step framework for successful workplace adjustments....

“If you don't see yourself, you internalize a quiet message that your experience doesn’t matter.”Dalisse Sequeiros joins me to talk about her book series, Loving Pieces Books, which serves as a mirror for autistic kids and a window for everyone else. We get real about the "hidden disability" of low-support needs, the exhaustion of masking, and how to use stories as tools for connection rather than...

"The sooner you can stop giving a f*ck, the better off you'll be." I sit down with Gareth Humphreys (NHS Blood and Transplant) to map out the reality of navigating a professional career with dyslexia. Gareth shares raw stories from his time as a teacher and police analyst, including the moment he decided to stop hiding his diagnosis and start advocating for systemic change. We explore why "systems...

We’ve been taught that resilience means bouncing back quickly. Reset. Push harder. Get your momentum back. But what if that mindset is the exact reason burnout keeps repeating? In this episode of the AvyHD Podcast, we talk about what burnout actually is — not just exhaustion, but a nervous system response to prolonged demand without protection. When your system collapses, trying to restart at full...