High Sensitivity, Anxiety and ADHD insightfully unpacked with Alane Freund
May 17, 2023•1 hr 22 min
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Episode description
Alane Freund is a cherished guest on the podcast and we have had many conversations, always with a unique focus through the lens of High Sensitivity. In this episode, as Alane put it best, we have come together around “ the theme of Mental Health Awareness Month. We weave in and around many topics, including ADHD and Anxiety as overlays to HSP.”
Let us know what you gain from this conversation. It’s been so nice hearing from listeners already around this topic as I have begun to share it in my stories and on social networks. We are here for you. May you feel support around normalizing these topics and gain your own insight to whatever you may be curious about, wondering about and navigating for yourself, the children and youth you are raising, and for your clients, family members and friends.
Here are links from my previous conversations with Alane.
https://juliecusmariu.com/2023/01/highly-sensitive-person/highly-sensitive-parents-a-conversation-with-alane-freund-and-julie-cusmariu/
https://juliecusmariu.com/2020/09/voices-that-create-change/alane-freund-on-being-a-highly-sensitive-person-in-uncertain-times/
https://juliecusmariu.com/2018/08/julie-in-conversation-motherhood/alane-freund/
Time stamps for the audio podcast. Show notes.
00:13:57-The conversation with Alane begins.
00:14:59- Julie shows off a touching mother’s day gift from her boys and Alane talks about her 22 year old son wishing her Happy Mother's Day.
00:21:00- What does it mean to have accommodations at school for kids with certain challenges.
00:24:45 - Through the lens of High Sensitivity and those with the trait of sensitivity: The world is designed for the majority of people (80%). How do the 20% take exams? What about multiple choice exams and self-assessments? And who's designing these assessments and curriculum anyway?
00:28:15- Alane’s hack for succeeding with self-assessments.
00:30:02- The complexity and importance of understanding neurodivergence and mental illness.
00:33:00- HSP can look like ADHD, how?
00:36:45- Anxiety, overwhelm and high sensitivity.
00:40:55- ADD and ADHD, the distinctions.
00:47:00- Misdiagnosis- Is it ADHD or HSP? How to prevent a misdiagnosis.
00:51:00- Can both HSP and ADHD be present in an individual?
00:51:40- How do we treat anxiety and ADHD?
00:53:30- The tweet that activated Julie’s biological alarm system. A post by Adam Grant.
00:54:49- #WaitUntil8th
00:58:48- One way to support mental health in your kids.
01:02:00- Executive Functioning, clarified.
01:04:10- Differentiating between high sensitivity and ADHD.
0:1:07:10- Julie speaks about her experience with anxiety, as a HSP.
01:08:10- #1 most effective treatment for anxiety, according to Alane, clinically.
01:14:10- Medication for ADHD and its effectiveness. Being curious about potential misdiagnosis for an HSP.
01:15:44- Ways to connect with Alane.
WATCH our conversation here on YOUTUBE.
https://youtu.be/NzSKQnpyp1Q
Alane Freund, MS, MA, is an International Consultant on High Sensitivity (ICHS) and family therapist who helps highly sensitive adults and youth focus on solutions through education, consultation, and speaking. She has developed numerous programs for highly sensitive people and clinicians, including her monthly workshops at Are You Highly Sensitive. She is known for her widely recognized Talk at Google, Understanding the Highly Sensitive Person. Alane Freund can be reached through her website, alanefreund.com.
Alane's talk at Google: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tKDnsns2bg
Are you Highly Sensitive? Take the self-test here.
https://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-test/
A (Canadian) Public Health Approach to Population Mental Wellness
https://tinyurl.com/4p4jvkv7
What is Mental Health? What is Mental Illness?
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/mental-health-strengthening-our-response
https://tinyurl.com/bd6pvbwy
Find Alane here: Links to events at https://www.alanefreund.com/events/ Follow Alane IG- https://www.instagram.com/areyouhighlysensitive/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzyBDAaWBU6qcI71BAR2rdg
Meet Alane Freund, LMFT, International Consultant on High Sensitivity www.alanefreund.com & www.areyouhighlysensitive.com
About Julie in Conversation Julie Cusmariu is a Certified Professional Coach, Certified Mentor Coach, Facilitator, Coach Educator, Intuitive Consultant and Podcast Host and Producer with over 16 years of experience in the field of coaching, healing, and transformation. Julie supports leaders and change makers trust their intuition, honour the wisdom of their body and use their voice for change. About Julie Cusmariu
Julie supports individuals in making better decisions, gain clarity and lead with meaning and purpose. Julie works concurrently as a media consultant for international film, TV, and podcast productions on networks such as CBC, Arte, TVO, TFO, Audible. For over 12 years Julie has been interviewing thought leaders and bestselling authors on her widely listened to podcast 'Julie in Conversation’,a podcast dedicated to individual and collective healing and change. Julie works with individuals, groups and organizations worldwide. Julie is pulled by curiosity and fuelled by passion and is both fascinated and humbled by the human experience, daily. www.JulieinConversation.com
Let us know what you gain from this conversation. It’s been so nice hearing from listeners already around this topic as I have begun to share it in my stories and on social networks. We are here for you. May you feel support around normalizing these topics and gain your own insight to whatever you may be curious about, wondering about and navigating for yourself, the children and youth you are raising, and for your clients, family members and friends.
Here are links from my previous conversations with Alane.
https://juliecusmariu.com/2023/01/highly-sensitive-person/highly-sensitive-parents-a-conversation-with-alane-freund-and-julie-cusmariu/
https://juliecusmariu.com/2020/09/voices-that-create-change/alane-freund-on-being-a-highly-sensitive-person-in-uncertain-times/
https://juliecusmariu.com/2018/08/julie-in-conversation-motherhood/alane-freund/
Time stamps for the audio podcast. Show notes.
00:13:57-The conversation with Alane begins.
00:14:59- Julie shows off a touching mother’s day gift from her boys and Alane talks about her 22 year old son wishing her Happy Mother's Day.
00:21:00- What does it mean to have accommodations at school for kids with certain challenges.
00:24:45 - Through the lens of High Sensitivity and those with the trait of sensitivity: The world is designed for the majority of people (80%). How do the 20% take exams? What about multiple choice exams and self-assessments? And who's designing these assessments and curriculum anyway?
00:28:15- Alane’s hack for succeeding with self-assessments.
00:30:02- The complexity and importance of understanding neurodivergence and mental illness.
00:33:00- HSP can look like ADHD, how?
00:36:45- Anxiety, overwhelm and high sensitivity.
00:40:55- ADD and ADHD, the distinctions.
00:47:00- Misdiagnosis- Is it ADHD or HSP? How to prevent a misdiagnosis.
00:51:00- Can both HSP and ADHD be present in an individual?
00:51:40- How do we treat anxiety and ADHD?
00:53:30- The tweet that activated Julie’s biological alarm system. A post by Adam Grant.
00:54:49- #WaitUntil8th
00:58:48- One way to support mental health in your kids.
01:02:00- Executive Functioning, clarified.
01:04:10- Differentiating between high sensitivity and ADHD.
0:1:07:10- Julie speaks about her experience with anxiety, as a HSP.
01:08:10- #1 most effective treatment for anxiety, according to Alane, clinically.
01:14:10- Medication for ADHD and its effectiveness. Being curious about potential misdiagnosis for an HSP.
01:15:44- Ways to connect with Alane.
WATCH our conversation here on YOUTUBE.
https://youtu.be/NzSKQnpyp1Q
Alane Freund, MS, MA, is an International Consultant on High Sensitivity (ICHS) and family therapist who helps highly sensitive adults and youth focus on solutions through education, consultation, and speaking. She has developed numerous programs for highly sensitive people and clinicians, including her monthly workshops at Are You Highly Sensitive. She is known for her widely recognized Talk at Google, Understanding the Highly Sensitive Person. Alane Freund can be reached through her website, alanefreund.com.
Alane's talk at Google: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tKDnsns2bg
Are you Highly Sensitive? Take the self-test here.
https://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-test/
A (Canadian) Public Health Approach to Population Mental Wellness
https://tinyurl.com/4p4jvkv7
What is Mental Health? What is Mental Illness?
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/mental-health-strengthening-our-response
https://tinyurl.com/bd6pvbwy
Find Alane here: Links to events at https://www.alanefreund.com/events/ Follow Alane IG- https://www.instagram.com/areyouhighlysensitive/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzyBDAaWBU6qcI71BAR2rdg
Meet Alane Freund, LMFT, International Consultant on High Sensitivity www.alanefreund.com & www.areyouhighlysensitive.com
About Julie in Conversation Julie Cusmariu is a Certified Professional Coach, Certified Mentor Coach, Facilitator, Coach Educator, Intuitive Consultant and Podcast Host and Producer with over 16 years of experience in the field of coaching, healing, and transformation. Julie supports leaders and change makers trust their intuition, honour the wisdom of their body and use their voice for change. About Julie Cusmariu
Julie supports individuals in making better decisions, gain clarity and lead with meaning and purpose. Julie works concurrently as a media consultant for international film, TV, and podcast productions on networks such as CBC, Arte, TVO, TFO, Audible. For over 12 years Julie has been interviewing thought leaders and bestselling authors on her widely listened to podcast 'Julie in Conversation’,a podcast dedicated to individual and collective healing and change. Julie works with individuals, groups and organizations worldwide. Julie is pulled by curiosity and fuelled by passion and is both fascinated and humbled by the human experience, daily. www.JulieinConversation.com
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