Episode 80 with Dr. Loucresie Rupert. "Psychiatry doesn’t offer a lot of training in treating ADHD in adults and that’s a real deficit. Neurodevelopment disorders don’t just go away when we turn 18." Dr. Rupert is a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist who specializes in neurodiversity, children with trauma, children in foster care or who have been adopted, and adults with developmental disabilities. She’s also an activist and co-founder of Physician Women SOAR (Support, Organize, Advocate,...
Apr 11, 2022•48 min•Ep. 80
Episode 79 with Casey-Lee Flood. "I did 5,000 things today, but I still feel inadequate because I have 10,000 things left to do." Casey-Lee is a Registered Nurse and a Holistic Health and Wellness Nurse Coach. Her company @nourishthenurturer supports other neurodivergent nurses and caregivers with their sustainable self-care. If you work in healthcare or if you’re in a caretaking profession, you do not want to miss this episode. We talk all about burnout in its many forms, as well as why so many...
Apr 04, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 79
Episode 78 with Alisha Mays. "When I talk, my mind can be in 80 different places. Sometimes my brain just stops paying attention to what my mouth is saying." Alisha Mays is a PhD student in cultural anthropology at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. Alisha dropped out of high school, and went from getting her GED to getting her PhD. She is a first-generation college student, and she has devoted herself to studying systems of poverty and inequality in Kentucky, particularly as it relates to...
Mar 28, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 78
Episode 77 with Chelsea Uithoven. "We have this on/off switch. We can be so insanely competent when that switch is on. But when the switch is off, it’s like, ‘Uh uh, no.’" Chelsea is the founder of Part Time Wellness, the digital wellness resource for women with ADHD. Her goal is to share a more lighthearted approach to wellness and help women with ADHD see wellness as a tool to help them live a more joyful, fulfilling life — not just another “have to” guilting them from their never-ending To Do...
Mar 21, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 77
Episode 76 with Dr. Sharon Saline. "We all have different brains and we should honor neurodiversity in the same way we honor gender diversity or racial diversity or religious diversity." Dr. Saline is a clinical psychologist and author of the award-winning book, What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew: Working Together to Empower Kids for Success in School and Life. She lectures and facilitates workshops internationally on topics such as understanding ADHD, executive functioning, anxiety, motivatio...
Mar 14, 2022•46 min•Ep. 76
Episode 75 with Dr. Raafia Muhammad. "Now that more women are getting diagnosed, they’re able to talk about their experiences with each other and put their voices out there." Dr. Muhammad is the Clinical Division Chief at ADHD Online. She joined the company when they were first starting up back in August of 2020, and she focuses on individualized care of her online patients and believes that ADHD can become a patient’s asset rather than a deficit when properly understood and treated. Dr. Muhamma...
Mar 07, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 75
Episode 74 with Erica Saum. "My latest hyperfixation is candle-making. But before that, it was playing the ukulele. I learned it in a week and was like, I’m done." Erica is a teacher based in Nashville, Tenn. She considers herself a witch woman filled with love, warmth, and a love for personal growth. She is a writer for her own ADHD blog, called Unseen ADHD, she’s a photographer with her business Lavender and Lynne Portraiture, and a candlemaker for her witchy business. Erica was diagnosed with...
Feb 28, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 74
Episode 73 with Cate Osborn (aka Catieosaurus) "Neurodivergent people are told over and over again that they’re too much, or too loud, or that they need to be a certain way that they just fundamentally are not." Cate (aka Catieosaurus) is a certified sex educator and full-time content creator known for her frank conversations about living life with ADHD, depression, and chronic pain — all while sporting a fabulous array of eyewear. She currently has about 2 million combined social media follower...
Feb 21, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 73
Episode 72 with Elaine Taylor-Klaus. "When kids are diagnosed with ADHD, there’s an underlying belief that you just need to discipline them better. That stigma doesn’t exist with other learning disabilities." Author, parent educator & certified coach, Elaine is the co-creator of ImpactParents and the Sanity School® behavior therapy training program. She is also the author of “The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids with ADHD, Anxiety and More.” Elaine provides training, coaching, and sup...
Feb 14, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 72
Episode 71 with Sivan Hong. "After my diagnosis, I felt anger and sadness and joy all at the same time because it explained so very much." Sivan’s career spans over two decades in several industries and professions, including holding esteemed positions as a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business and former partner at The Bridgespan Group. Sivan lives in Connecticut with her husband and their two neurodiverse sons, and is the author and illustrator of the Super Fun Day Books,...
Feb 07, 2022•58 min•Ep. 71
Episode 70 with Dr. Emily Anhalt. "The message we’re given is that we shouldn’t get support until we’re falling apart. That’s like waiting until you have heart disease to start doing cardio." Dr. Anhalt is a psychoanalytic psychologist, emotional fitness consultant, and the co-founder of Coa , an online gym for mental health. Emily was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 7, and her doctoral dissertation (inspired by her own life) was on ADHD and success beyond medication. We talk all about how an ...
Jan 31, 2022•53 min•Ep. 70
Episode 69 with Julia Edwards. "Even if I’m by myself, I can't relax because the guilt creeps in. ADHD comes with a very lovely side of guilt and shame." Julia is a therapist and certified ADHD-Clinical Services Provider who was diagnosed with ADHD in college after immigrating to the US from El Salvador. As a specialist who also has this diagnosis, she uniquely understands the innumerable ways that this neuro-developmental condition can impact every area of a person’s life as well as those aroun...
Jan 24, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 69
Episode 68 with Alex Gilbert. "The most important thing, whether you’re officially diagnosed or not, is advocating for yourself." Alex was diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD at the age of 8. She also knew by the age of 16 that she wanted to go into business for herself and help others who might have been struggling with learning disabilities and/or ADHD. After spending years working in leadership development, she has finally pursued her dream and now runs a consulting and coaching business that he...
Jan 17, 2022•55 min•Ep. 68
Episode 67 with Carrington Bruton "I’m always pursuing something. I’m never chill. For someone who is inattentive, my brain is hyperactive." Carrington is an actress, best known for her breakout role as ‘Jill’, on the show ‘Empire’. She is also an influencer, a published author, and the CEO of Temple Face & Body , a clean luxury skincare brand. Carrington was diagnosed with ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder back in October 2020 after a SPECT (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography) brain...
Jan 10, 2022•53 min•Ep. 67
Episode 66 with Karis Knight "I now realize why we’re all such great problem solvers — it's because we can’t stop thinking about the problem until it’s solved." Karis Yves Knight is a visual artist based in Scotland. Her ongoing project called “The V.O.W (The Voice of Women)” came about in an effort to showcase how diverse and multifaceted we are as women. She interviews and gets to know her subjects and encourages them to offer their unique perspectives and life experiences, and then she also p...
Jan 03, 2022•54 min•Ep. 66
Episode 65 with Dr. Sam Hiew "Growing up in an Asian country, we didn’t talk about mental health. If you’re struggling, you need to suck it up and get over it." Dr. Hiew is the Director of ADHD Girls in the UK, and has an extensive background in communications and cancer research. Raised in Malaysia, she won the Malaysian Prime Minister’s scholarship to study her postgraduate degree in the UK, where she now resides. Having worked in 16 different business sectors over the years, she spent the las...
Dec 20, 2021•59 min•Ep. 65
Episode 64 with Raegan Cotton "Even after I was diagnosed, I still had so much doubt. I wondered if I was just using ADHD as an excuse to make myself feel better." Raegan is 25 years old and lives in Denver. She works for the political advocacy non-profit New Era Colorado. Raegan reached out to me because she is a listener of the podcast, but noted that a lot of my guests are in their 30s or older and she felt she could offer an interesting perspective on what it’s like to be facing ADHD in earl...
Dec 13, 2021•53 min•Ep. 64
Episode 63 with Sari Solden. "A neurodiverse brain isn’t something to be fixed. Only dogs and furniture get fixed." If you had asked me when I first started this podcast who my dream guest would be, I would have said today's guest: psychotherapist, author and researcher Sari Solden. When she wrote Women and Attention Deficit Disorder back in the mid-90s, she was one of the first to look at how neurodiversity appears differently in women than in men and why that is. Now 30 years later, Sari conti...
Dec 06, 2021•55 min•Ep. 63
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 is also an academic with over seven years of experience working in adult education. She has studied in various field...
Nov 29, 2021•47 min•Ep. 62
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 of debt without the shame and judgment of traditional finance professionals. Sam & I talk all about the vari...
Nov 22, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 61
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 business owners who struggle with planning their online content. Janet & I talk about entrepreneurship and othe...
Nov 15, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 60
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 about her diagnosis as a child and how her parents kept it a secret from her until she had a meltdown in medic...
Nov 08, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 59
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 of having ADHD during a pandemic. Her most recent book is "Mothers & Murders: A True Story of Love, Lies, Obsess...
Nov 01, 2021•41 min•Ep. 58
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 ending mental health stigma. We talk all about how to know whether it’s ADHD or something else entirely, as well as some of t...
Oct 25, 2021•55 min•Ep. 57
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 a Division 1 basketball player in college — and looking back she feels like athletics and an active lifestyl...
Oct 18, 2021•59 min•Ep. 56
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 teaching and science, she breaks down a lot of obtuse concepts in relatable, humorous and easy to digest YouTube v...
Oct 11, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 55
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 private practice (Wise Heart Nutrition), and also runs an online group program to support ADHDers in navigating ...
Oct 04, 2021•57 min•Ep. 54
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 about spontaneity and wanderlust, as well as visual memory vs remembering names or tasks, emotional intensity, mental ri...
Sep 27, 2021•55 min•Ep. 53
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 will be guest starring on NBC’s FBI’s Most Wanted and Amazon’s Dead Ringers with Rachel Weisz. She also has a...
Sep 20, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 52
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 are associated with ADHD in women. We talk all about introversion and the emotional intensity of the creativ...
Sep 13, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 51
