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Your ADHD Besties
51. The ADHD achievement hangover 🎉😵 when the celebration doesn’t hit like it should
Hello, stunning tiny little ND brains! 🫠✨This week we are getting raw and realz 👀 (yes, even more than usual)! We discuss burn out, Tara had a great LUHK-SA and Grace has been the mayor of phlegmville while turning 36 "yay!" *said phlegmilly*💌 In this week’s dilemma a divine listener, who just submitted a research paper after years of hard work struggles to actually celebrate. Instead of feeling proud, their mind spirals with self-doubt, perfectionism, and the pressure of what’s next. We discuss:Why it’s hard to feel happy after a big win...
2025-05-15
1h 22
Your ADHD Besties
50. *SPECIAL* "HELP! I CAN'T DO LONG DISTANCE FRIENDSHIP" - Why ADHD turns us into chronic ghosters 🫣👻
Hi Bestiessss – It’s another SPECIAL throwback episode from the early days of our PATRE0N!This episode is juicy AF and is packed with friendship dilemmas and vulnerable conversations about ADHD that we know so many of you will relate to.First up, we answer a Patreon listener question: Grace shares a bit about her AuDHD diagnosis journey (and what that’s looked like over time). Tara talks through her own exploration of neurodiversity and why she feels she sits more in the ADHD-only camp.DIVERGENT DILEMMAS:💌 “My friend needs time to dec...
2025-05-08
48 min
Your ADHD Besties
49. *SPECIAL* Inside the ACTUAL process of an ADHD diagnosis: Grace's audio diary (from the VAULT!)
Hiii neurodivergent dreamboats 💖We have a special treat for you today - a full episode straight from our Patreon vault... if you've ever wondered what an ADHD diagnosis is like, or if you're going through the process yourself right now, this ep is for you!A year ago our little Gracie-babe went to see a psychiatrist to get diagnosed with ADHD. She'd been diagnosed 18 months before by a psychologist, but she needed to get re-diagnosed with a psychiatrist to get meds. Because the appointment was in the city (a 3 hr drive away) Tara body...
2025-05-01
50 min
Your ADHD Besties
48. Listen to our first ever ✨ LIVE PODCAST EVENT ✨ for ADHD women 🎉💃
Hiiiiiiii ADHD bestie BABES! Today we're sharing the recording of our VERY FIRST live podcast event (a few weeks ago) where we celebrated the launch of Grace’s book The ADHD Focus Friend... AND reaching the amazing podcast milestone of 250K downloads! We had such a wonderful time meeting some of our gorgeous listeners in person and we can’t wait to meet more of you in the near future!We discuss Grace’s book The ADHD Focus Friend and why it's different to traditional productivity tools because it's designed for inconsistency, demand avoidance and messine...
2025-04-24
1h 18
Your ADHD Besties
47. 🏝️ Your ADHD Island ft. Emma (@emmasmindovermatter) 🌈 🍄 A psychedelic toadstool paradise
ADHD BABES! YOU ASKED, AND SO (AFTER 8 MONTHS, WHOOPS! 😬) YOUR ADHD ISLAND IS BACK! 🏝️And who better to kick off our episode with, than the incredible and hilarious Emma from @emmasmindovermatter!Emma’s island is an experience like no other… a maximalist pastel paradise where we promise you’ll never get overstimulated, and there’s no such thing as OVERSHARING (because it’s just called sharing, okay??) This island features psychedelic toads, astrologically relevant dolphins and robots that handle ALL your boring admin tasks. A DREAM.If you’re as obsessed as we are w...
2025-04-17
44 min
Your ADHD Besties
46. "I LOSE MY GRIP ON REALITY!" 🫨 ADHD, PMDD, mood-swings & hormones (feat. Emma from @emmasmindovermatter)
Hello tiniest ADHD babies 💁♀️WE ARE OFFICIALLY BACKKKK TO OUR LIVE WEEKLY EPS!! (Grace has been away on holiday for 3 weeks and Tara has been a shell of a human without her, obvs) This week we're bringing you an interview with content creator and AuDHD advocate Emma Llewellyn (@emmasmindovermatter) all about PMDD - which is pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder. This topic is one that we get asked about often, so we wanted to do a deep dive with Emma, who raises awareness about PMDD frequently on her Instagram, and is always so real, raw and honest....
2025-04-10
1h 03
Your ADHD Besties
45. 🥊 Fighting for Understanding: Navigating ADHD in Family Relationships
Hiiiii ADHD bestiesssss we’re back with another symposium on why-ADHD-can-suck-but-it’s-also-going-to-be-okay-we-promise!This time we’re diving into the complexity of family relationships with ADHD and covering the best dilemmas from the last 40+ episodes on dynamics with parents, parents-in-law, partners etc *Dun dun duuun!*Dilemma 1 - Holly sends a voice message dilemma on sharing her diagnosis from family and friends and facing stigma and gaslighting. We discuss: ADHD's frequency and intensityThe invisible nature of ADHDCommon misconceptions and how to address themThe energy drain of ADHD advocacy—when and how to engageDilemma 2...
2025-04-03
1h 22
Your ADHD Besties
44. ADHD & Friendships: “Why am I so bad at keeping friends?!”
Hi besties! On the pod today:Our Second Official ADHD Besties Symposium is here and this time we're looking at ADHD and Friendships. Why? Because when you have ADHD they can be hard bby. ---🦋 JOIN OUR PATREON COMMUNITY for extra subscriber-only episodes every week and the BEST community ever!!---We have curated THE BEST 🤌 dilemmas on friendships from our very handsome (flicks hair into quiff) back catalogue and put them together for you to share with the people around you so that they understand your Gorgeous...
2025-03-27
1h 07
Your ADHD Besties
43. ADHD & Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD): What it feels like and how to manage it
Hello tiny little ADHD besties, this episode is the official symposium on Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (see: don't RSD), that we have curated from our stunning back catalogue and put together for you to share with people that you might have RSD'd on or around or near so that they understand what it is and why it's the yuck.🦋 JOIN OUR PATREON COMMUNITY for extra subscriber-only episodes every week and the BEST community ever!!On the pod this week we answer a series of dilemmas specific to ADHD including;💌 “why does there have to be so mu...
2025-03-20
1h 21
Your ADHD Besties
42. ADHD & feeling BEHIND IN LIFE with finances, home-ownership, relationships & career 💸🏠💍
Hello stunning little neurodivergent brains On the pod this week Grace is guilt peeing and panic flushing... meanwhile Tara is finally not bogarting the eventful weeks, and ALSO she does like musicals and needs everyone to know it.🦋 JOIN OUR PATREON COMMUNITY for extra subscriber-only episodes every week and the BEST community ever!!💌 Dilem lem lem: “I feel like due to being ADHD, I’m behind in life and not achieving milestones other people are. Have you girls ever felt like this? Will I ever catch up?”We discuss: ADHDers/neurodi...
2025-03-13
1h 14
Your ADHD Besties
41. "Tell me why I BINGE EAT even when I'm happy" 🍫🙃 ADHD, impulsive eating & sensory needs
Hi tiny little ADHD babes,In today’s episode, Grace is forcing Tara to do her recommendation in a Kiwi accent even though she's in the throes of PMDD (cute). We discuss important subjects: like “what ARE the cakes in men’s urinals made out of?” and "public proposals, sweet or stressful?". Meanwhile, Grace shares an inattentive moment that she's still spiralling about (spoiler: her leather couch is NOT okay 🫠)💌 DIVERGENT DILEMMA: “I get why my ADHD makes me binge eat when I’m sad, but why do I binge eat even when I'm HAPPY?!"We discuss:
2025-03-06
1h 07
Your ADHD Besties
📣 We're doing our very first LIVE besties event!! (in Australia)
Besties, we're popping into your feed with a special announcement, and if you're a Western Australian local, you do NOT want to miss this event!We're doing our very first LIVE ADHD Besties event to celebrate the launch of Grace's amazing book The ADHD Focus Friend 🎉📕. The event will be held down in Margaret River at the arts centre - the HEART on the 13th March. The deets:ADHD, LATE-DIAGNOSIS & WOMEN: book launch and Q&ADate: March 13thVenue: The HEART (arts centre) Margaret River, Western...
2025-03-01
03 min
Your ADHD Besties
40. "Help! My mum is going to tell the psychiatrist that I DON'T have ADHD!"
Hellloooo besties In today's ep Grace is doing unimportant author-y things like promoting her chart topping book while Tara is doing genuinely important things like avoiding washing her colander.Tara gives insight into why ADHD medication is very personal and specific to each person and why it's a journey not a destination for her.💌 DIVERGENT DILEMMA: “My mum doesn't believe I have ADHD and she has to fill out my ADHD assessment form for my psychiatrist"We cover:Generational ADHD Gaps – why older generations dismiss neurodivergence.ADHD Stigma & Myths –...
2025-02-27
1h 05
Your ADHD Besties
39. When ADHD makes you feel like you're ⚠️ TOO MUCH ⚠️ (Masking & RSD)
Hi bestiessssOn todays episode, Tara’s out of meltdown and is a bit more organised* *she’s doing HIGHLY profound things like sewing pants and brandishing bobbins with Chloe Wilder (Listen to Chloe’s ADHD island here),Meanwhile Grace is taking her journals on a little beach trip (don’t worry she asked them first) in her bid to stay unperceived and allowing herself to be indulgent about meeting her needs.🫣 RSD corner: Tara completely messed up on the style episode “Alice Bornstein” is actually called ALLISON Bornstein (click here to see her Insta...
2025-02-20
1h 01
Your ADHD Besties
38. How to navigate ADHD & AuDHD meltdowns and shutdowns: tips for you and your loved ones
Oh HIII, bestie babes!In today's episode, we're ADHD-ing all over each other, and Tara is sick of people feeling bad about oversharing. Oversharing is the new sharing. Okay??? Good.💌 DILEMMA OF THE WEEK:Nick asks: "I don't understand the difference between ADHD / AuDHD meltdowns and shutdowns! Can you explain?"We’re recording this episode just an hour after Tara had an ADHD meltdown—because she wants to show you what an ADHD meltdown actually looks like.Have you ever felt extremely disconnected, flighty, unfocused, anxious, or struggled to spea...
2025-02-13
1h 04
Your ADHD Besties
37. ADHD & clothing: simplifying your wardrobe to reduce decision fatigue
Hi bestiesssssThis week Tara will apparently do anything for a Dorset accent and Grace is asking for advice on whether she needs new beauty products, however the only answer she will accept is a resounding and supportive yes. We have a lot of fun introducing our new segment 🫠 RSD corner 🫠 where an RSD shared is an RSD halved.A lovely listener sent us an email with some recommendations including: The Samsung digital door lockOur ADHD emoji texting codeWe discuss ADHD stimming (self stimulatory behaviour), self soothing with AD...
2025-02-06
59 min
Your ADHD Besties
36. New Year, same ADHD?! 🫣 How to set goals that actually feel good 🤌
WE ARE BACK, BABY! 🎉✨🫠 And we've missed you all! 💖We’re kicking things off after Chinese New Year, and in 2025, we’re bringing you a brand new segment you never knew you needed—teaching you *how* to RSD (wait, what?! Don’t worry, all will be revealed).✨ RECS:Tara: Double cleansing skincare routine 🫧Grace: @gaiamusiccollective on Instagram 🎶💌 DILEMMA OF THE WEEK:Tahlia asks: How do I make New Year’s resolutions ADHD-friendly? She loves that fresh start feeling but hates her inconsistency! We cover:✔️ Making resoluti...
2025-01-30
1h 09
Your ADHD Besties
35. 💔 Feeling under-appreciated in friendships: RSD & boundaries
🎄 HAPPY DECEMBER BEAUTIFUL ADHD BESTIES!Our gorgeous listener from the UK opens the episode for us and we're taking wrong exits and accidentally lying at the drive through.A big thank you to everyone who tagged us in your Spotify wrapped 🥹❤️DILEMMA: “I feel under appreciated in my friendship and I can’t stop the RSD”We discuss:Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) in friendships and how it affects our relationships.How self-trust in ADHD can be challenging but is key to managing emotional responses.The difficulty of letting go of RSD comple...
2024-12-12
50 min
Your ADHD Besties
A little update and a sneak peek... 👀
Hiii neurodivergent dreamboats! We are popping in with a little update on all the goodies we've been stashing in our Patreon lately because you do NOT want to be missing this... ❤️🔥 This week in our Patreon-only episode we are bringing you a never-before-heard chat we recorded in the weeks BEFORE we started our podcast... all about Grace's experience being diagnosed and starting medication.In this episode (initially recorded 9 months ago):Grace shares her raw emotions the night before her ADHD diagnosis, audio-journal styleStraight after the appointment, in our hotel room, Tara & Grac...
2024-12-10
07 min
Your ADHD Besties
34. Are ADHD supplements a SCAM? Dietitian Tara breaks down the science & myths
Hello ADHD babes! 🥳✨This week on Your ADHD Besties:Grace had a truly chaotic week, managing to both ponk her car and her brows (in unrelated news, Tara was Grace's brow technician but is she getting fired?). Important babes!🦋 DON'T MISS OUR LIVE Q&A CALL ON PATREON TOMORROW!! We'll deep dive all your questions on supplements, don't miss the call - SIGN UP HERE! DIVERGENT DILEMMA:Registere...
2024-12-05
1h 10
Your ADHD Besties
33. Is procrastination a DIRTY WORD for ADHDers?
Hello, stunning ND brains! Ready to join us for some juicy ADHD dilem lems while sipping your metaphorical (or literal) white wine in the sun?In this week's dilemma, a newly diagnosed ADHD mum asks for help. She's trying to build her dream Etsy shop but keeps getting sucked into hyperfixation rabbit holes on her computer (cute), and is feeling frustrated at her lack of productivity. Sound familiar?We discuss:Unconscious Scrolling: It’s not laziness; it’s unmet needs tapping us on the shoulder. 👀Dysregulation 101: Why we’re stuck in the ri...
2024-11-28
1h 03
Your ADHD Besties
32. De-cluttering, medication and the ADHD tipping point
Heyy besties!✨BIG NEWS!! WE LAUNCHED OUR PATREON SUBSCRIPTION CONTENT THIS WEEK! ✨ Thurs eps not enough? Join our Patreon community! You'll get BONUS subscriber-only episodes every week, bestie chat groups, live Q&As, downloadables and more.Sooo many of you have already signed up... our little happy hearts are split in two with love! 🥹In this week's episode...DILEMM #1 - Medication, diagnosis and self compassion!We discuss: ADHD medication, diagnosis, neurotypes, tipping points, and the importance of tackling life admin before panic or burnout.DILEM...
2024-11-21
1h 09
Your ADHD Besties
32. Decluttering, travel etc. EXTENDED CUT
This week on the show:Grace is dropping makeup and Coke cansTara is sleeping/spooning a basket of washingAnd the numbers are melting on our brain calendars (which were never any good anyway)You guys have been asking, and waiting patiently, and WE HAVE NEWS! WE LAUNCHED OUR PATREON SUBSCRIPTION CONTENT THIS WEEK!Grace has 40 screenshots compared to Tara’s 5000Grace is reading and whiffing books from the 1940sIn a po...
2024-11-20
1h 14
Your ADHD Besties
👀 SNEAK PEEK: Subscriber-only episode ft. Grace's journey with AuDHD
🥳 OMG IT’S HERE! 🥳 You guys have been asking for more of us in your ears every week 🙈 so we’ve finally launched our Patreon community! (Yes, it’s very cool and yes you DEFINITELY want to be part of it 😎)JOIN THE ADHD BESTIES PATREON HERE!If you love this show, and want to support us in doing the podcast long-term, consider joining our Patreon community! 💜💜💜 Thank you to everyone who has already joined, we see you!If you thought the Thurs podcast was good, prepare yo...
2024-11-20
07 min
Your ADHD Besties
31. Rapid fire ADHD dilemmas!! ❤️🔥 Alarm fatigue, meds, demand avoidance & diagnosis doubt
Hellooooo dopamine-deprived babeeeeesIn today’s episode: We're recording from our new studio and we're very excited and so are the drunk rascals below us on the street!Tara admits to reading the end of books before she finishes them (only sometimes!) and hating hairdresser scalp massages - forward your hate mail to @adhdbestiespodcast on instagram, she is expecting it.Today we're doing a RAPID FIRE DILEMMA ROUND ❤️🔥(see: slightly faster than we normally answer dilemmas and not at all rapid)• Divergent Dilemma #1 – I hate having my feet touched!- W...
2024-11-13
1h 03
Your ADHD Besties
30. ADHD & ANXIETY: Tara's story of motherhood, postpartum anxiety & depression 💜
Hi besties, we have something a little bit different for you this week!First up, we're struggggling to do admin tasks, but on the plus side we were so bored at the bank that we used the hand sanitiser 200 times so our hands are super dry 🫠In this raw and honest episode of Your ADHD Besties, Tara opens up about her personal journey with anxiety and how it intersects with her ADHD. She dives deep into the complexities of living with anxiety from childhood all the way through her postnatal experience, where she also faced pos...
2024-11-06
1h 00
Your ADHD Besties
29. "What part of my PERSONALITY is ME, and what part is my ADHD?!" 🤔
Hi gorgeous besties! In today’s episode: Tara's suitcase game is stronggg, Grace is always real but is getting realllly real about her ADHD.DIVERGENT DILEMMA:A beautiful trans listener asks "I was wondering if being assigned female at birth is one of the reasons why I was diagnosed late? And if you think that transgender men usually have female ADHD?" We discuss ADHD intersectionality, the interplay between nature and nurtureWhether there any biological underpinnings of ADHD in women?Whether certain ADHD traits are more likely to appear in AFAB peopl...
2024-10-30
37 min
Your ADHD Besties
28. HOW TO: fall in love with your STIMS, manage sensory clashes & reframe ADHD inconsistency
ADHD BABESSSS! We’re back for Season 2! In today’s episode Tara is joining us from East Java 🌺, while poor Grace is joining us from germ-ville 🤧.Grace makes a retraction and apology about her pronunciation of the word Appalachian 🏔️ and promises not to RSD (see: she will RSD about it forever).Dilemma 1: "How do I find a hobby I like and actually stick with it?"We discuss letting go of the idea of having to ‘achieve’ hobbies and see them through to completion and that hobbies are often for regulation itself, rather than...
2024-10-24
1h 12
Your ADHD Besties
27. "My ADHD makes me feel so broken and I can't stop negative thinking!" 😭
Hi ADHD besties! This is our LAST episode of SEASON 1! After this ep, we are taking a teeny tiny break and will be back with our usual episode the Thursday after next... PLUS we have some very exciting news! 👀This week we're overstimulated by kids parties and raising boys (boy parents will agree that it's a never ending bucks party!) 🙃Dilemma:A gorgeous neurotypical listener asks how he can support his ADHD girlfriend, especially with her negative self talk and internalised ableism. 👩❤️👨We discuss:- How cycles of negative self talk are conditioned in c...
2024-10-10
52 min
Your ADHD Besties
26. "I constantly interrupt people and I feel terrible about myself"
Oh hiiii, ADHD Bestie babes! 🌟This week, Grace (almost) becomes the neighborhood hero by saving the day from controlled burn-offs, while Tara triumphs over PMDD for the first time since she was 13.Dilemma: Our gorgeous Kiwi listener is feeling serious RSD when it comes to interrupting people during conversations. We discuss why ADHDers do this and how to see this trait from different perspectives, including how to own it and advocate for your ADHD brain as a way to open up conversations and express empathy for someone.Ireggy Seggy: 🐷 PIG in the middle (A.K.A...
2024-10-02
48 min
Your ADHD Besties
25. Navigating workplace conflict with ADHD 🌶️ 🤐
Hi very beautiful neurodivergent brains!This week, we’re watering our fake plants and celebrating our birthdays like the indulgent little princes we are!Dilemma 1: Our lovely listener Kerri feels like she comes across as intimidating, and it’s triggering her RSD. We chat about advocating for ADHD in the workplace and embracing your unique intensity while also showing your softer side. Remember, two things can be true: you can be passionate and intense and also a kind/gentle person!Dilemma 2: A cute little Bimbo Marshall comes out...
2024-09-25
57 min
Your ADHD Besties
24. "Help! Is it my ADHD or am I just bad at sleep?!" 😴
Hi beautiful ADHD babes!On today's show:- Grace tries relaxed parenting but gets piggy-bocked in the face, and Tara is forced to admit her STEM job from when she was 14 years old. • Divergent Dilemma - A gorgeous listener called Ashara asks whether late night productivity and sleep issues are linked to ADHD. Ooooofff, this is a biiig question!We asked our audience whether they were night owls or early birds (worms?) and the results were (not very) surprising.We talk about why the late night hours are so a...
2024-09-18
1h 02
Your ADHD Besties
23. "Why do birthdays cause so much RSD for ADHDers?" 🥳🧐
BONJOUR cutest babes tuning in from what is now 126 countries! 🤯😘On today's show:- Tara makes a quick note about ADHD and hyper-empathy and then two seconds later laughs at Grace for getting rejected from the Reject Shop. - We talk about the amazing PMDD discussion we had on our Instagram last week, with some really helpful examples of what PMDD might feel like, check out instagram for info about PMDD management and personal stories!This week's DIVERGENT DILEMM:• Are birthdays just an ADHD nightmare that are bound to end i...
2024-09-11
58 min
Your ADHD Besties
🤯 100K downloads?!! Come & celebrate with us on IG live!
BABESSSS! YOU DID IT! We just reached A HUNDRED THOUSAND downloads in 4 months for this podcast!!! Whaaat 🤯🤯😭😭 We're in disbelief and so so grateful to all of you.Thank you so so much to everyone who has listened and sent us messages and love! It means more to us than you know ❤️🥹We are going to do an 💃🏼 INSTAGRAM LIVE 💃🏼 livestream this weekend (6/7th September 2024) to celebrate. And we’d LOVE you to come hang with us 😍 Click here to convert to your timezone, or see our list below.Bring your Ireggy Seggy 'would you rather' questions, diverge...
2024-09-06
03 min
Your ADHD Besties
22. Motherhood rage and dysregulation with Jenna Free (ADHD coach & therapist)
Hi hiii ADHD loves!In today's episode we have another bestie guestie on the podcast, Jenna Free - ADHD coach and therapist (who you may know as @adhdwithjennafree on Instagram or TikTok). We chat through two dilemmas with Jenna:• Dilemma #1 - A cute listener called Em asks: "I told my partner that I have ADHD and struggle a lot with 'time blindness'. While he acknowledged I may have ADHD and wanted to support me, he said this trait was simply “poor time management skills” and encouraged me to learn to do better. How do I ex...
2024-09-04
42 min
Your ADHD Besties
21. "I can't stand by and watch": ADHD, unfairness & justice sensitivity
Hi cutest babes, In this week's episode, Tara has been stealthily avoiding sleep by hyperfixating on iPhone automations and she is now Elon Musk 😎. Or is she just in denial that she's Siri's bitch now? 🤖 Grace is ripping clocks off the wall in rage as per uge. So a fairly stock standard week here at ‘Your ADHD besties’ HQ (the garage). THIS WEEK'S DILEMMA:We take a deep dive into the biiiig topic of justice sensitivity: why some of us can have full body reactions to inequity. We explain:WTAF justice sensitivity is, and why ADHD...
2024-08-28
1h 08
Your ADHD Besties
20. ADHD: Weight & Eating (Part 2) & Bridezillas 🧟♀️
Hi our fave ADHD dream boats! We finally got this bad boy uploaded 8 hours late 💅In today’s chunkyyy episode: Grace says "broccol-eye" 🥦, and "dingle dangle" in the space of 5 minutes (we're so sorry guys) aaaand Tara tells us a story from her bridezilla days. 🧟♀️For our divergent dilemms, we are continuing on from last week, and talking all things ADHD weight and food 🥑🍔🍰 Tara answers ALL your questions about eating & ADHD, including:• how to simplify veggie preparation and reduce the executive functioning overwhelm with Tara's simple 'whole veggie' rule• how to make sure you ge...
2024-08-22
1h 28
Your ADHD Besties
19. ADHD: Weight & Eating (Part 1)
Hi bestie babessss! In today's episode:• Grace can’t buy steak, we talk about we need to take a break from acrylics, and how this is hard for our dermatillomania (skin picking).• Divergent Dilemma #1 - we answer Jemima's question about ADHD and eating, she struggles with binge eating and feeling self-conscious about her weight. We discuss weight stigma, separating self worth and weight, weight-science -using more clear measures of health. We also touch on restriction mentality and how this can so easily lead to binge eating in women with ADHD.IREGGY SEGGY:• W...
2024-08-14
42 min
Your ADHD Besties
18. Impulse borrowing, exercise & 😂 ADHD Reddit rants
Hi bestiesss! In today's episode:• Grace has ADHD amnesia, and we're normalising second takes at things because we aren’t always prepared for what our mouths are going to say in social interactions. • Divergent Dilemma #1 - we answer a gorgeous listener question about motivating yourself for exercise when you have ADHD. We talk about the negative stigmas around the word exercise, why exercise often induces demand avoidance and how to find joyful movement, and immediate, non-appearance-based motivators for movement.• Divergent Dilemma #2 - We discuss time management with ADHD, how people with ADHD usual...
2024-08-07
57 min
Your ADHD Besties
MINI-SERIES 🏝️ Your ADHD Island: with Chloe Wilder - "Genus Muppetus"
Aaaaloha faves! Today we're delighted to bring you another episode of our miniseries 'Your ADHD Island' ✨Your ADHD Island is a NEW series where our guests are asked to dream up their perfect, ADHD-friendly island paradise free from the burdens of this neuro-normative world. 🏝️We ask guests a series of very scientific and important questions like:-‘what food magically grows on trees all over your island?'-’what accent does everyone have?’-and ‘what comfort show do the cinemas play on repeat 24/7?'This week's guest is none other t...
2024-08-05
32 min
Your ADHD Besties
17. ADHD stigma, when to advocate, and why re-parenting yourself helps
Hiii cutest ADHD loves!In today's episode:• We talk about the highs of kid-free holidays with friends and the lows of losing your 🧳 on the trip home (💌 don't forget to send Tara your triumphant stories of lost things you found months/years later - DM us on IG @adhdbestiespodcast!) • Divergent Dilemma #1 - we answer a cute voice message from Holly asking how to advocate for herself after a recent ADHD diagnosis. Our discussion brings up some important questions: When people say ADHD is just laziness, how should we respond? What if advocating feels exhausting...
2024-08-01
56 min
Your ADHD Besties
16. AuDHD, meltdowns & workplace accommodations (autism + ADHD) with Olivia @neurodiversing
Hiiii best besties!!On today's show, we have another amazing GUESTIE 😍 the gorgeous Olivia from @neurodiversing on Instagram and TikTok. Olivia joins us all the way from the UK to help answer some dilemmas about AuDHD (co-existing Autism & ADHD presentations) and play an old fave Ireggy Seggy with us. • Dilemma #1 - "How do you distinguish your autistic traits from your ADHD traits and what was your diagnosis journey like? An autism assessment is so expensive, is it worth it?"• Dilemma #2 - "I have AuDHD and I’m struggling so much in my...
2024-07-24
1h 12
Your ADHD Besties
MINI-SERIES 🏝️ Your ADHD Island: with Tara Breuso - "Low hanging Nashi pears & wombat energy"
Aaaaloha faves! Today we're delighted to bring you another episode of our bonus series 'Your ADHD Island' ✨Your ADHD Island is a NEW series where our guests are asked to dream up their perfect, ADHD-friendly island paradise free from the burdens of this neuro-normative world. 😍 🏖️We ask guests a series of very scientific and important questions like:-‘what food magically grows on trees all over your island?'-’what accent does everyone have?’-and ‘what comfort show do the cinemas play on repeat 24/7?'This week's myster...
2024-07-17
47 min
Your ADHD Besties
MINI-SERIES 🏝️ Your ADHD Island: with Grace Koelma - "Aurora Graciealis"
ALOHA BESTIES & WELCOME TO 'YOUR ADHD ISLAND' 😍 Our ✨ new series ✨ where our guests are asked to design their ideal, neuroaffirming island happy place.We ask them a series of very scientific and important questions like:-‘what animals are native to and roam freely on your island?’ -’the museum on the island has 3 exhibits that represent your life’s major hyperfixations, what are they?’-and ‘what 3 things are BANNED from your island?’Pack your bags because this week we are visiting the very special island of the one and only, in...
2024-07-10
38 min