Shows
ADHDifferenceS2E27: ADHD Undiagnoses, Comorbidities & High Achievers + guest Hufsa AhmadJulie Legg speaks with Hufsa Ahmad (a licensed clinical social worker, scientist, and mental health advocate) about her journey navigating ADHD, bipolar disorder, addiction, and repeated misdiagnoses. Hufsa shares how being a high-achieving, internally motivated student meant her ADHD often went unnoticed, and how co-occurring conditions like bipolar disorder complicated her diagnosis and treatment.This is a compassionate look at what happens when neurodivergent identities are misunderstood or dismissed and how curiosity, humour, and self-compassion can become essential tools for healing and growth. Hufsa’s insights as both clinician and lived-experience advocate offer validation for an...
2025-12-2931 min
Private Pay Practitioners Premium PodcastMistakes we make in private practice w/Hufsa Ahmad, LCSWHufsa Ahmad (2x TEDx speaker, EMDR specialist, 13 years in practice) joined me to talk about the networking mistakes we ALL make in early practice - and honestly, mistakes some of us are still making.What we dug into:Why "networking for referrals" backfires every single timeNot having your pitch down (and how it makes you look inexperienced even when you're not)Dealing with therapists who don't ask about YOUR practiceWhen your own mood/symptoms mess with your networking gameThe weird irony: crushing it with...
2025-10-3044 min
Catalyst for Healing: Innovative Breakthroughs In Mental HealthDBT in Real Life: Relationships, Regulation, and Radical AcceptanceSend us a textIn this powerful and personal episode, Licensed Clinical Social Worker Hufsa Ahmad opens up about her journey into the field of therapy, shaped by her own experiences with mental health and cultural stigma. Together, we explore the transformative framework of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), its origins, and its practical applications in everyday life. Hufsa breaks down the four core components of DBT—mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness—and shares how dialectical thinking can help us hold complexity with compassion. From the pioneering work of Marsha Linehan to the technique of oppo...
2025-10-2836 min
Cultural Humility PodcastBrown Silence and Black Lives
Hufsa Ahmad, MSW, Award-Winning Mental Health Speaker & Comedianhttps://mentally-chill.com/
Hufsa and I discuss how a system of White Supremacy has upheld some Asian communities as “model minorities,” thus pitting Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) against one another. We discuss the need to be allies in our fight against oppression and discrimination in all forms, in hopes of not perpetuating systemic racism. Most importantly, we discuss the need to openly talk about Brown Silence, while acknowledging that BIPOC face different challenges and levels of racism that also needs to be addressed.
2020-08-0952 min