Episode 20 with Maaya Hitomi. "If there is anything that defies labels more than autism, I don't know what that is." Maaya is an ADHD Coach and Academic Strategist who supports ADHD, autistic, and otherwise neurodivergent clients to build strategies for better coping. In Maaya’s coaching and consulting practice Structured Success , she builds upon her Master’s training in Psychology, her experience as a coach, and her lived experience as a neurodivergent person. Being ADHD, autistic, and dyslexi...
Mar 08, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 20
Episode 19 with Annabel Louise Walker. "I don't view it as a deficit; I view it as a difference. I believe it's difficult, but only because we live in a neurotypical world." Annabel was diagnosed with ADHD during lockdown, and since then she has made it her mission to inspire other ADHDers to see the positives of living with a ‘galaxy brain’ and to educate people about what it is like living with ADHD. She runs her own tutoring and coaching business, helping many children with ADHD and dyslexia,...
Mar 05, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 19
Episode 18 with Taucha Post. "Whenever my boss asked to see me in his office, I would think, ‘That's it. I'm done. I've been found out. Better pack up my desk.’" Taucha is a certified yoga teacher and registered speech therapist who teaches yoga to empower fellow ADHDers through breath, movement, and the occasional f-bomb. Taucha was diagnosed 3 years ago at the of 31, after listening to an episode of The Current on ADHD symptoms in women. Since then she has spent a lot of time figuring out what...
Mar 01, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 18
Episode 17 with Kate Moryoussef. “I feel less exhausted, less mentally drained, because I’m no longer constantly trying to figure out what’s wrong with me.” Kate is a UK-based wellbeing & emotional freedom coach, host of The Ambitious Mum Podcast and a mother to four kids. She’s passionate about helping people rediscover their confidence, wellbeing, creativity and clarity, while tapping into their expansive potential that may have been sat dormant for a long time. By using Emotional Freedom ...
Feb 26, 2021•59 min•Ep. 17
Episode 16 with Yakini Pierce. "I don't know if ADHD is connected to being an empath, but I just feel people. I feel their happiness, I feel their pain." Yakini is a mom with ADHD who has two children, both with ADHD. She has an MBA and degrees in engineering and mass communications, but her strong passion is advocating for parents that have children with ADHD, parents and adults in general that have ADHD through her ADHD Love platform. It was through advocating on her kids’ behalf that Yakini b...
Feb 22, 2021•47 min•Ep. 16
Episode 15 with Katy Weber. “My ADHD diagnosis has shifted how I talk to myself in such a radical way.” As you probably know by now, I was diagnosed last year at the age of 45. We go into more detail about what led to my own diagnosis, as well as some of the early signs of ADHD in my own life, including my complicated relationship with academia, my career as a newspaper journalist, my PPD and PPA after becoming a mom, my own history with yo-yo dieting and binge eating and how I started Worth It ...
Feb 19, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 15
Episode 14 with Elizabeth Brink. “It’s a lifelong process of seeing yourself in the past — even from just last week — and realizing, 'Yeah, that was the ADHD.’" Elizabeth is an ADHD coach who helps women with ADHD get unstuck. Her clients are building skills to live with less shame while managing ALL the things of life, work, and family. She’s also trained and mentored by some of the ADHD coaching greats: Nancy Ratey, Linda Roggli, and Denslow Brown. Elizabeth lives Kansas City, MO, with her hus...
Feb 15, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 14
Episode 13 with Emily Prokop. "I absolutely love my hyper focus as long as I can harness it." Emily is a speaker, author, podcaster, and journalist. She’s been podcasting since 2015 and a podcast listener even longer. She has two podcasts: The Story Behind , which was nominated for a Webby Award in 2019 and has since turned into a best-selling book , and Hate to Weight where she and her cohost discuss their weight loss journeys together. In addition to all this, Emily became a podcast editor and...
Feb 08, 2021•59 min•Ep. 13
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 closed in 2020 thanks to COVID and she pivoted to working one-on-one with clients as a master certified spr...
Feb 01, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 12
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 done this. I’ve done it.” Amanda lives with her family in Ault, CO, and she is the owner of Saint Pauli...
Jan 29, 2021•45 min•Ep. 11
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.” Bri lives in South Carolina, where she and her husband are the owners of Odin Custom Construction. She is also the cre...
Jan 25, 2021•44 min•Ep. 10
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 diagnosed a few years ago at the age 26 after a close friend of hers who has ADHD starting talking about her own experien...
Jan 18, 2021•58 min•Ep. 9
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 want to move on to another episode. Melissa is a birth and parenthood photographer who lives in Southeastern...
Jan 11, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 8
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. Tameka’s youngest daughter was diagnosed with ADHD in the 3rd grade, but it still Tameka a few more years after ...
Jan 04, 2021•58 min•Ep. 7
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 husband and their toddler in Athens. She was diagnosed with ADHD earlier this year after she started to notice ...
Dec 28, 2020•58 min•Ep. 6
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 her corporate job and became a full-time entrepreneur in November 2019, she was struggling with time managemen...
Dec 21, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 5
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-diagnosed with ADHD. She lives with her family in Phoenix, AZ, where she is the headmistress at an exclusive, experimen...
Dec 14, 2020•54 min•Ep. 4
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 and with better immune and brain health. She is passionate about helping her business partners create addition...
Dec 06, 2020•51 min•Ep. 3
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. She specializes in helping women who are struggling to feel connected, heal and come home to themselves by n...
Dec 06, 2020•52 min•Ep. 2
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. What started as a handmade business specializing in practical yet cute products for babies morphed into a ...
Dec 06, 2020•57 min•Ep. 1
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 episode transcripts can be found at www.womenandadhd.com/transcripts - - - - - Finally ... you've foun...
Nov 24, 2020•58 sec
