Acceptance and Creativity

ADHD girl talks to Sharlene, a successful bussiness woman who is neurospicy and shares her inspiring journey of overcoming personal challenges by shifting her mindset. 

ADHD girl talks to a successful songwriter about how the highs and lows of a career in the music industry can be better suited to ADHD, and why acceptance is directly linked to creativity. 

ADHD Girl talks to a woman recently diagnosed with ADHD, Autism and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder to discover if there is a link between ADHD and trauma, more importantly how they influence each other. 

Here ADHD Girl talks to a parent who's raised five neurodivergent children and has first experience of the transistion between primary school and high school. The gap between these two settings is challenging for even neurotypical children to manage, but in this episode the parent and ADHD girl talk about how in most cases, for neurodivergent children, it's left to parents to bridge that massive gap.     

Join ADHD Girl in a more personal conversation with her auntie who suspects she also has ADHD. Together they talk childhoods, attitudes towards ADHD and hormones.

ADHD Girl talks to a NHS therapist to see if therapy is well suited to ADHD and how it's changed over the years to become more inclusive.  Below is a leaflet with further information, kindly provided by the NHS (full version available at:- https://adhdandme.org/nhs-talking-therapies/  There is also a website link:- https://www.talkingtherapies.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/neurodivergent-people/   

ADHD Girl discusses what AuDHD looks like on a day to day with a parent who has had to fight for her son since he started primary school to get the support he needs. 

In this episode ADHD girl chats to Claire about her experience of getting a private diagnosis of ADHD, while looking at the dynamics of getting an assessment via the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK. 

The ADHD CAREER COACH IS BACK! We welcome back the expertise and knowledge of Shell Mendelson, who works with neurodivergent people to help themselves in the workplace. This time we're talking about the DEI retraction, how employers can work with you; not against you and also what equality means in real practical terms. 

In this episode, ADHD girl delves into the biology of ADHD with a scientist. Looking at things such as how DNA can have an impact, why the food we eat can play a factor and why ADHD impacts everyone differently.