Description

In this episode, I open up about the real-life struggle so many of us ADHD mums face, being full of creativity, passion and purpose… but not always having the executive functioning skills to actually finish the projects we’re excited about.

I talk about my own journey of searching for kinder, more sustainable strategies to help me move from “big idea energy” to completion, without burning out or beating myself up along the way.

Some days it clicks, some days it absolutely doesn’t and honestly, that’s just life with an ADHD brain. But together, we can learn to work with our brains, not against them and celebrate every messy, colourful step in between.

✨ Takeaways 

• ADHD mums are incredibly creative, passionate, purpose-driven people.
• Our executive functioning doesn’t always keep up with our ideas and that’s okay.
• Strategies, support and self kindness can help us actually finish the work we care about.
• Some projects flow; some don’t, that’s part of being human, not a failure.
• You’re not alone in the ups and downs of getting things done with an ADHD brain.

🎙️ Sound Bites 

• “We’re bursting with creativity, it’s the finishing part that can feel like climbing Everest.”
• “It’s not a lack of passion. It’s a need for support, strategy, and kindness toward ourselves.”
• “Some days the strategies land, and some days they don’t and that’s okay.”
• “We can learn to work with our brains, not against them.”
• “Completion doesn’t have to be perfect it just has to be possible.”

📚 Chapters

00:00: Welcome to Unmasking Mum
00:28: Creativity, Executive Function, and the Art of Finishing Projects
Closing: What’s Coming Next on the Podcast