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I Have ADHD Podcast348 Too Bored to Function: Why ADHD Brains Would Rather Do Anything Than Be BoredEver felt so bored you’d rather do anything — even something you’ll regret — just to avoid that restless, agitated feeling? In this episode, Dr. Marcy Caldwell breaks down why boredom feels like torture, what’s really happening in the brain and body, and why ADHDers crave stimulation (even the bad kind sometimes).We dig into:The two types of boredom — apathetic vs. agitatedWhat the “optimal stimulation zone” actually meansWhy boredom spikes stress hormones like cortisolAnd practical ways to manage boredom without blowing up your life for excitementDr. Caldwel...
2025-11-041h 01
SuccessFULL With ADHDThe ADHD Identity Model: Why Diagnosis Alone Isn’t Enough with Dr. Marcy CaldwellIn today’s episode, I’m diving into identity work with the incredible Dr. Marcy Caldwell, and I promise, this conversation will shift how you see yourself and your ADHD. We’re not just talking about symptoms or strategies—we’re unpacking the emotional and psychological process behind how we relate to our diagnosis over time. Marcy shares her groundbreaking five-stage ADHD identity model that truly spoke to me, and I know it’ll speak to you too. We talk about everything from shame and self-acceptance to the stages we cycle through post-diagnosis—and why some of us get stuck.D...
2025-07-2342 minI Have ADHD Podcast303 Boredom Feels Like PAIN?! The ADHD Brain Explained with Dr. Marcy CaldwellIn this must-listen episode, Dr. Marcy Caldwell joins us for a deep dive into the wild and sometimes frustrating world of ADHD. We’re breaking down what ADHD really is (spoiler: it’s NOT just about being distracted), why self-regulation is so tricky, and how masking can leave people feeling exhausted and unseen.Ever felt like you know what to do but just can’t seem to do it? Yep, we go there. We also tackle the unique ways ADHD shows up in women, the surprising pain of boredom, and the myths that need to be busted ASAP...
2025-02-1853 min
Neurodivergent Conversations | Autism Spectrum, ADHD, AuDHD, PDA, Emotional Regulation, Neurodivergent parentExploring Neurodivergent Relationships: Insights from Dr. Marcy CaldwellIn this episode I sit down with Marcy Caldwell, @dr.marcycaldwell to dive into the beautiful complexities of relationships when neurodivergence is part of the picture. We explore the unique strengths and challenges that neurodivergent individuals bring to relationships—whether romantic, familial, or friendships. Marcy shares her personal experiences and wisdom on how neurodivergent brains can foster deep connections, creativity, and resilience, while also navigating struggles like communication differences, emotional regulation, and misunderstandings.We discuss how these dynamics play out in various types of relationships, offering insights into embracing both the joys and the to...
2025-02-0630 min
Parenting with ImpactEpisode 192: Navigating Big Emotions with ADHD (Ours & Theirs!)One of the trickiest aspects of parenting with ADHD is that, very often, the best parenting strategies -- the ones that help our kids the most -- require calm, well-regulated parents. And that’s not always easy to accomplish when parents have their own big emotions. In this conversation, we’ll identify at least 2 of the 10 main differences in an ADHD brain that create more intense negative emotions (in kids and adults), and get guidance on 2 essential components to manage those challenges. We’ll talk about why ADHD brains feel their feelings so intensely, and how we can manage our own em...
2024-12-1134 min
Laugh Lines with Kim & Penn HoldernessADHD Is Awesome: Your Brain (Pt 1)Welcome to our 3-part ADHD Is Awesome bonus series! This podcast series is inspired by our new book ADHD Is Awesome which comes out April 30, 2024. In this series, we plan to answer three big questions: 1) what does ADHD look like, 2) how do you best partner with someone who has ADHD, and 3) what do you do with your ADHD to (mostly) thrive. This week, we have Dr. Marcy Caldwell join us who had a big hand in helping research for the book. We also have our producer, Ann Marie Taepke, gives some insight into working...
2024-04-1128 min
ADHD Women's Wellbeing PodcastUnderstanding RSD alongside ADHD with Marcy CaldwellEmotional dysregulation and Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD) are two of the most challenging elements of ADHD, yet it's often not flagged up when we first learn about ADHD. In this week's episode, Kate talks to Marcy Caldwell, a clinical psychologist and passionate ADHD advocate based in Philadelphia, PA. Marcy is the founder of ADDept.org, a blog and digital resource helping adults with ADHD create a life that works for, not against, their brains.During today's episode, Kate and Marcy speak about:Noticing your stress markersRecognising how YOUR emotions workOverstimulation and noiseStrategies to help e...
2024-01-1849 min
Out Of The Blank#1506 - Marcy M. CaldwellMarcy M. Caldwell is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in the treatment and assessment of adult ADHD. In addition to her private therapy practice, Dr. Caldwell is the director and chief psychologist at Rittenhouse Psychological Assessments, LLC as well as the senior assessment supervisor at Tuttleman Counseling Services at Temple University and Lecturing Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. She has also worked at Seabrook House, The JJ Peters Institute and Villanova University, focusing on therapy and assessment with late adolescents and adults related to topics of ADHD, learning disabilities, addiction, eating disorders and student success.
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2023-10-0457 min
Refocused, A Podcast All About ADHDUnderstanding ADHD & Anxiety – In Our LivesWe’re trying something a little different this week. We’ve just finished back-to-back episodes with Dr. Marcy Caldwell talking about ADHD & Anxiety, and we thought that it would be good to revisit some of the things in those episodes that resonated with us as neurodivergents. Joining us is Jaye Lin, an ADHD coach, educator, speaker, and podcaster based in the Seattle area. Like many of us, she too has dealt with anxiety. In fact, before her ADHD diagnosis, she was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder. Also joining the show is Phil Rodemann, the show’s Coordi...
2023-07-2437 minRefocused, A Podcast All About ADHDUnderstanding ADHD & Anxiety – In Our LivesWe're trying something a little different this week. We've just finished back-to-back episodes with Dr. Marcy Caldwell talking about ADHD & Anxiety, and we thought that it would be good to revisit some of the things in those episodes that resonated with us as neurodivergents. Joining us is Jaye Lin, an ADHD coach, educator, speaker, and podcaster based in the Seattle area. Like many of us, she too has dealt with anxiety. In fact, before her ADHD diagnosis, she was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder. Also joining the show is Phil Rodemann, the show's Coordinating Producer, who...
2023-07-2437 min
Refocused, A Podcast All About ADHDUnderstanding ADHD & Anxiety with Dr. Marcy Caldwell, Part IIToday we continue our conversation with Dr. Marcy Caldwell about ADHD and its lovely comorbidity buddy, anxiety. You will learn about what mental health providers like Marcy take into account when they’re working with a patient who has ADHD and anxiety. We’ll hear how stimulant medications fit into the equation, plus Marcy offers up a long list of coping strategies we can all add into our own lives. Marcy Caldwell, Psy.D., is the founder of ADDept.org, a blog and digital resource that promotes science-backed-but-still-approachable strategies for adults with ADHD. She is also the founder & super...
2023-07-1733 minRefocused, A Podcast All About ADHDUnderstanding ADHD & Anxiety with Dr. Marcy Caldwell, Part IIToday we continue our conversation with Dr. Marcy Caldwell about ADHD and its lovely comorbidity buddy, anxiety. You will learn about what mental health providers like Marcy take into account when they're working with a patient who has ADHD and anxiety. We'll hear how stimulant medications fit into the equation, plus Marcy offers up a long list of coping strategies we can all add into our own lives. Marcy Caldwell, Psy.D., is the founder of ADDept.org, a blog and digital resource that promotes science-backed-but-still-approachable strategies for adults with ADHD. She is also the founder & supervising psychologist o...
2023-07-1733 min
Refocused, A Podcast All About ADHDUnderstanding ADHD & Anxiety with Dr. Marcy Caldwell, Part IEpisode Title: Understanding ADHD & Anxiety with Dr. Marcy Caldwell, Part I Like Sully from the Pixar movie “Monsters, Inc”, anxiety can be the monster in the closet. What is anxiety? Maybe more importantly, how does it show up in a person’s life? Join us as clinical psychologist and ADHD advocate Dr. Marcy Caldwell talks all about anxiety and then helps explain why anxiety can be a bigger concern for a person with ADHD and the role our big feelings can play in that. Marcy Caldwell, Psy.D., is the founder of ADDep...
2023-07-1033 minRefocused, A Podcast All About ADHDUnderstanding ADHD & Anxiety with Dr. Marcy Caldwell, Part IEpisode Title: Understanding ADHD & Anxiety with Dr. Marcy Caldwell, Part I Like Sully from the Pixar movie "Monsters, Inc", anxiety can be the monster in the closet. What is anxiety? Maybe more importantly, how does it show up in a person's life? Join us as clinical psychologist and ADHD advocate Dr. Marcy Caldwell talks all about anxiety and then helps explain why anxiety can be a bigger concern for a person with ADHD and the role our big feelings can play in that. Marcy Caldwell, Psy.D., is the founder of AD...
2023-07-1033 min
ADHD reWired488 | Managing Big Emotions with Marcy Caldwell, Psy.DOn today's show, Eric is joined by Marcy Caldwell, Psy.D! Marcy is a psychologist, writer, and proud mom of 2, who has been helping adults with ADHD thrive in their work, relationships, and parenting for over 20 years. She is a passionate advocate for adults with ADHD and is dedicated to helping them create environments that unlock the unique genius of their brains! Marcy is also the founder of ADDept.org, a blog and resource for adults with ADHD, and is also the owner of Rittenhouse Psychological Services, a practice specializing in adult ADHD in the Philadelphia area. In addition, Marcy...
2023-06-2045 min
Laugh Lines with Kim & Penn HoldernessForgiveness, ADHD, & Fishbowl Brain with Dr. Marcy CaldwellIf you want a master class in forgiveness, marry someone with ADHD. While I am the queen of holding a grudge, Penn couldn’t be more opposite. On this podcast, we discuss the connection between ADHD and forgiveness with Dr. Marcy Caldwell. Her gift for metaphor is something that resonates with Penn understanding his own brain. My favorite is her explanation around the ADHD brain being like a fishbowl, as well as some of the not so great things about ADHD and toxic relationships. In the end, it's probably good that Penn and I are yings to each other's ya...
2023-02-2843 min
ADHD Women's Wellbeing PodcastReducing our reactivity and self-regulating our ADHD emotionsToday's compilation episode focuses on the challenges and practical solutions to help manage our ADHD emotional dysregulation. These mini excerpts from some of my favourite episodes, focussing on our ADHD big emotions, will hopefully serve as a reminder as we move into another year, this time with more awareness. I hope this episode also nudges you to bring more forgiveness and mindfulness to your daily life in order to calm your nervous system, build your resilience and feel more present. The clips include:Lidia Zylowska - talking about mindfulness, self-regulation and compassionate communication. Reducing reactivity, h...
2022-12-2954 min
ADHD Women's Wellbeing PodcastReducing our stressors to help emotional dysregulation and RSDEmotional dysregulation and RSD are two of the most challenging elements of ADHD, yet it's often not flagged up when we first learn about ADHD. In this week's episode, Kate talks to Marcy Caldwell, a clinical psychologist and passionate ADHD advocate based in Philadelphia, PA. Marcy is the founder of ADDept.org, a blog and digital resource helping adults with ADHD create a life that works for, not against, their brains.During today's episode, Kate and Marcy speak about:Noticing your stress markersRecognising how YOUR emotions workOverstimulation and noiseStrategies to help emotional dysregulationHow emotions c...
2022-09-2949 min
Taking Control: The ADHD PodcastNew Parent ADHD Primer with Dr. Marcy CaldwellAs our guest says it, a lot happens when you have a new creature to care for. The lessons that come when you’re facing the stressors of new parenthood might unlock some things you don’t know about yourself: ADHD.Dr. Marcy Caldwell (ADDept.org) is director and supervising psychologist at Rittenhouse Psychological Assessments and is a licensed clinical psychologist who has been specializing in the treatment and assessment of ADHD and learning disabilities for over 15 years. She joins us today to answer some of our frequent questions about parenting and ADHD, from hormonal changes to how...
2022-06-1440 min
Laugh Lines with Kim & Penn HoldernessWait, Do We All Have ADHD? with Dr. Marcy CaldwellThis week called our friend, Dr. Marcy Caldwell, to ask her the Question of the Day: How many adults, specifically women, are going undiagnosed with ADHD? As always, Dr. Caldwell had some great insight for us on what it’s like for an adult to have ADHD and why it can be so difficult to diagnose especially in adult women.We also learned that the expectations of modern life can overtax any neurotypical brain, which looks like an ADHD brain under stress. Does this mean we all have ADHD? Later on, we talk about how I lov...
2022-05-2450 min
Local Interviews & ProgramsVets Voice 2/15/22 With Special GuestsWe are joined by three female veterans: Marcy Phillipps, Tammie Harris and Jessica Caldwell, and the ladies discuss the military and obstacles from a female's perspective.
2022-02-1530 min
Overcoming Distractions-Thriving with ADHD, ADDManaging emotions when you have ADHD-strategies and tacticsHow can I manage my emotions better when I have ADHD? This is a common question as well as a struggle in individuals with ADHD. Our emotions can get the best of us in both challenging times and times of excitement. In this episode of Overcoming Distractions, Dave has a conversation with Marcy Caldwell. She is the supervising psychologist at Rittenhouse Psychological Assessments, and she has an upcoming program called Meltdown to Mastery. Marcy first discusses why those with ADHD have challenges in managing emotions of all kinds. She talked about how the ADHD brain...
2021-09-1134 min
Laugh Lines with Kim & Penn HoldernessADHD vs. Anxiety CouplesWe're back for 2021, guys! As everyone knows, Penn has ADHD. Basically it’s his superpower. My superpower? Constant worry and dread thanks to anxiety. So how can we learn to work better together being so opposite? Marcy M. Caldwell, Psy.D, a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in the treatment and assessment of adult ADHD, joins us to help tackle our different brains instead of each other. Learn more about Dr. Caldwell and her upcoming course at: https://www.addept.org/ WE WROTE A BOOK, GUYS! Get your...
2021-01-1939 min
The Next Picture Show#253: Family Feuds, Pt. 2 — The NestWriter-director Sean Durkin’s long-awaited followup to MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE, the new THE NEST casts Jude Law and Carrie Coon as an unhappily married couple in the 1980s who relocate their family to an isolated British country estate, a move that hastens the seemingly inevitable collapse of their family unit. Though the film is separated from the setting of Ang Lee’s 1970s-set THE ICE STORM by a decade and an ocean, the two films express a similar merging of period values and family values, and build to nearly identical dark-night-of-the-soul climaxes. We get into that and more as w...
2020-11-241h 08Parenting ADHD & Autism With Parenting Coach, Penny WilliamsPAP 090: How to Stop Blowing Up at Your Kids, with Marcy Caldwell, PsyDDisorganization is a common problem for kids with ADHD, and often a frustration for parents. Learn the strategies and tools to teach & support organization.
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2020-05-2900 min
Beautifully ComplexPAP 090: How to Stop Blowing Up at Your Kids, with Marcy Caldwell, PsyDWe are all guilty of it. Blowing up at our kid at one time or another is inevitable, because we parents are human and we make mistakes. Of course, we don't want to blow up at our kids, and it certainly doesn't have to be part of our everyday family lives, and it shouldn't be. In this episode of the Parenting ADHD Podcast, I'm talking to psychologist and ADHD specialist, Dr. Marcy Caldwell about the reasons we blow up at our kids with ADHD, and strategies to blow up less and how to handle it when we do blow up...
2020-05-2941 min
Taking Control: The ADHD PodcastParenting and ADHD with Dr. Marcy CaldwellParents are faced with an extraordinary set of new responsibilities under at-home directives around the country. Being able to work at home, if possible, and take on the additional roles of schedule-keepers, quarantine teachers, and more can be an incredible strain on the parent-child relationship.This week on the show, Dr. Marcy Caldwell joins Nikki and Pete to talk about the pillars of successful parenting, and how to maintain your reserves when you're feeling tested. She introduces us to the STOPP model, which is a comforting acronym for your own emotional regulation (S: Separate, T: Take a...
2020-04-2841 min
The HealthyADHD PodcastParents WITH ADHD****This podcast is reposted from October, 2019I thought we could use a change from the Corona Virus news to something relevant and important during all times.I've written about it. ADDitude Magazine has had some coverage of it. But there is not a lot of research available about how having ADHD as an adult impacts our ability to parent. When we have kids our own issues become amplified.Parents with ADHD need help with three main areas life management, emotional management, and self-care. Listen in as we discuss all three.
2020-03-3145 min