Standing up for ADHD with Kat Brown

Katie and Sam really appreciate all your messages. Sharing your ADHD story can be so important to someone else realising they're not alone.Katie and Sam look at the importance of a support network to help manage your ADHD. They also discuss how to create a non judgemental environment to support a loved one struggling with the effects of their own ADHD.This episode also covers advocating for children when you're seeking an ADHD diagnosis (sometimes you really have to push it with the Doctor and the school). Katie raises the issue of body doubling, particularly for students when it's hard to get work done.If you’ve just been diagnosed, you’re waiting for an assessment, you’re wondering whether you might have ADHD, or someone you love does, You’re Wrong About ADHD is for you.Each week, Katie and Sam explore what life with ADHD is really like, unpack the latest issues affecting ADHDers, and speak to experts who might have some of the answers.📸 Instagram: @yourewrongaboutadhd🎵 TikTok: @ywaadhd.pod▶️ YouTube: @yourewrongaboutADHDFor advertising opportunities on this show email [email protected] composed by Bella Saer and Yoad Nevobellasaer.com | yoadnevo.com

It can be really destabilising when someone you know questions or even dismisses your ADHD. Aside from being awkward and frustrating, those conversations can cause major self doubt when you've been trying so hard to manage life.In this episode, Katie and Sam speak to Kat Brown, author of It’s Not a Bloody Trend: Understanding Life as an ADHD Adult, about how to tackle those awkward conversations head on, without being confrontational (well, maybe a bit).Kat also talks about being diagnosed with ADHD as an adult and how she had to learn acceptance after a lifetime of feeling different.This is a really encouraging episode for anyone newly diagnosed or anyone starting to grow weary of the constant debates around ADHD.Send us your questions and stories:📸 Instagram: @yourewrongaboutadhd🎵 TikTok: @ywaadhd.pod▶️ YouTube: @yourewrongaboutADHDFor advertising opportunities: [email protected] composed by bellasaer.com and yoadnevo.com

In this episode Katie and Sam look at your questions and stories.Getting diagnosed with ADHD can be life changing, a chance to take control and change the habits and behaviours that have made life difficult but accepting that you have ADHD can take a long time. Realising that all the scaffolding you'd used before to just about make life work has been stripped away and now it's time to start again can be really daunting. Finding new ways to do things is a journey that includes accepting what works for you one day can change the next. Katie and Sam look at how painful and confusing that time after diagnosis can be, with questions like 'now what?' and 'who am I?' They talk about how things have changed for the better for both of them and discuss how this long journey can have a positive outcome.Send us your questions and stories:📸 Instagram: @yourewrongaboutadhd🎵 TikTok: @ywaadhd.pod▶️ YouTube: @yourewrongaboutADHDFor advertising opportunities: [email protected] composed by bellasaer.com and yoadnevo.com

In this episode Katie and Sam speak to ADHD advocate and pioneer Cynthia Hammer.Cynthia was diagnosed with Inattentive ADHD in 1992 when she was 49 years old. She thought she was the only adult in the United States who had ADHD but quickly learned she wasn't alone.Cynthia tells Katie and Sam how she managed the shame and loneliness after her diagnosis, set up her own support group and then became an advocate for people with ADHD.Cynthia also talks about Find the ADHD Girls, a project to raise awareness about the early signs of ADHD in girls.For anyone coming to terms with a diagnosis, wondering about a loved one or managing a web of ADHD in their family, this episode is full of insight from someone with years of experience.www.FINDtheADHDgirls.org/checklistwww.FINDtheADHDgirls.org/advocateshttps://FindtheADHDgirls.org/repository/ Questions, comments or ideas - find us on Instagram, Tiktok or Youtube.For advertising opportunities on this show email [email protected] composed by Bella Saer and Yoad Nevobellasaer.com | yoadnevo.com

What's it like when 85 billion people have heard your voice?Actor, writer and voiceover artist, Zöe Lister, is everywhere as the voice of Jet 2 Holidays. Her life changed forever just days after she last appeared on 'You're Wrong About ADHD.'Zöe joins Sam and Katie for a really fun chat about life with ADHD in the full glare of the public eye. From her days on Hollyoaks to hearing her voice playing off of everyone's phones in a train carriage, Zöe tells us how she manages fame, family life and the constant demands of 'creating content.'How has ADHD played a part in her success and has she learned new ways to manage her ADHD when the pressure is on?📸 Instagram: @yourewrongaboutadhd🎵 TikTok: @ywaadhd.pod▶️ YouTube: @yourewrongaboutADHDFor advertising opportunities on this show email [email protected] composed by Bella Saer and Yoad Nevobellasaer.com | yoadnevo.com

Getting a balance to life is key to managing our ADHD but so often we just want to keep going until we're worn out.In this episode Katie and Sam try to work out why they're so bad at having a rest. They discuss the dangers of getting bored and ask why they're so active at night.From Sam's mindfulness to Katie's new found power of saying 'no' to friends, they look at how they can change their habits so they can give themselves a break.Listen to our episode on ADHD and Sleep with sleep expert Dr Sophie Bostock here📸 Instagram: @yourewrongaboutadhd🎵 TikTok: @ywaadhd.pod▶️ YouTube: @yourewrongaboutADHDFor advertising opportunities on this show email [email protected] composed by Bella Saer and Yoad Nevobellasaer.com | yoadnevo.com

How often do you hear people say: 'I've probably got ADHD but it's too late to do anything about it now.' Parents and grandparents who are finding out members of their family have ADHD aren't always keen to turn the lens on themselves. It can be frightening and unsettling to think you've lived with ADHD your whole life but a diagnosis can also be life changing.In this episode, Sam and Katie speak to Gill, who was a midwife and got in touch to say she'd been diagnosed with ADHD after retirement and it's given her a new outlook on life.They discuss, what it's like coming to terms with an ADHD diagnosis later in life and how it can change how you communicate in your relationships.📸 Instagram: @yourewrongaboutadhd🎵 TikTok: @ywaadhd.pod▶️ YouTube: @yourewrongaboutADHDFor advertising opportunities on this show email [email protected] composed by Bella Saer and Yoad Nevobellasaer.com | yoadnevo.com

Some of the biggest challenges for managing ADHD are regulating our attention, emotions and impulses.In this episode, James Farrell, who runs The Natural Coaching Company, speaks to Katie and Sam about the benefits of getting outside for our mental health and wellbeing. James coaches people with ADHD through a process informed by our relationships with the natural world. Being calm and still can be a challenge when you have ADHD but the natural world can offer help in ways perhaps we don't even realise. Whether it's going for a walk, enjoying the beauty of nature or just being still, this episode looks at how these things can benefit an ADHD brain.James' ADHD Toolkit: https://naturalcoachingcompany.com/adhdtoolkit/📸 Instagram: @yourewrongaboutadhd🎵 TikTok: @ywaadhd.pod▶️ YouTube: @yourewrongaboutADHDFor advertising opportunities on this show email [email protected] composed by Bella Saer and Yoad Nevobellasaer.com | yoadnevo.com

In this episode Katie and Sam look at your ADHD stories and questions.As an ADHDer do you find yourself immediately saying no to any request only to then change your mind when you've calmed down?It can be hard getting a balance to life - not putting too much pressure on ourselves but also not making rash decisions that confuse our friends and family!Also: the fatigue that comes with ADHD (why we're always exhausted) and is doing half a task and then moving on to the next one multi tasking or forgetfulness?ADHDers often rely on stress to get things done but imagine life with triplets and a toddler like one listener who has got in touch.And: Katie and Sam look at the absurdity of ADHD - can we have a sense of humour about ourselves?Do send us your comments, ideas and questions:📸 Instagram: @yourewrongaboutadhd🎵 TikTok: @ywaadhd.pod▶️ YouTube: @yourewrongaboutADHDFor advertising opportunities on this show email [email protected] composed by Bella Saer and Yoad Nevobellasaer.com | yoadnevo.com

Celebrity Traitors is back but what's it like being in the castle with ADHD?In this episode Sam and Katie speak to James Baker, whose sense of fun and enthusiasm shone through in series 4 of The Traitors.James talks about his own ADHD diagnosis and what it was like being under pressure on a TV show that's all about keeping secrets. James talks about how he managed his ADHD while playing the game, getting to know the other contestants and dealing with the isolation.James' positive attitude to life and to his ADHD make for a really fun episode, which lifts the curtain on life in the castle.📸 Instagram: @yourewrongaboutadhd🎵 TikTok: @ywaadhd.pod▶️ YouTube: @yourewrongaboutADHDFor advertising opportunities on this show email [email protected] composed by Bella Saer and Yoad Nevobellasaer.com | yoadnevo.com