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Your ADHD Besties53. ADHD & social media addiction: Why it FEELS IMPOSSIBLE to stop doomscrollingHiiii besties!Today on the podcast we are discussing ADHD and social media/phone addiction. We share our theory as to why ADHDers often find their communities online, why we get stuck in dopamine DOOM SCROLL loops. We talk about how we are attempting to create digital boundaries for ourselves (while still being kind to our ADHD brains) and what might help us to get a bit more of our time back from Marky Mark Zuck and his sneaky ways. 🫠 Ireggy Seggy (tiiiimeeee): We almost reignite top sheet-gate as we ask each other the...
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Your ADHD Besties52. Social anxiety? How to STOP spiralling & communicate your ADHD needs 🤐After 3 months off, we’re BACK bestie babes - and WE MISSED YOU!!!! And for the first time ever, you can watch Your ADHD Besties on YOUTUBE! You guys asked, so we finally obliged. 💜 (we’re not nervous, YOU are 🫣) This week on the pod we discuss a bombardment of things... what we've been up to on our break, Grace’s official AuDHD diagnosis, as well as how we manage meltdowns in social situations, the internal stress dialogue and lack of emotional regulation that comes with being a late-diagnosed neurodivergent woman. 🤌 RECS: Tara’s rec - an e...
2025-08-141h 08Your ADHD BestiesWE'VE MISSED YOUUU 😭 (back on August 14th!!)We're back (SOON!) bestie babes! We're just quickly popping into your feed to remind you that the PODCAST WILL BE BACK on the 14th of August!! AND to update on some CUTE things 👀 we've been working on while we've been on a break...🥑 Get our brand new ADHD Snack Hacker HERE 🌈 Join our Patreon live calls and get extra weekly 'More ADHD Besties' episodes!LOVE YOUUUUU 4EVZG & T xxx----------------------------🦋 WANT MORE ADHD BESTIES? JOIN OUR PATRE0N COMMUNITY for subscriber-only episodes every week, bestie chat groups, live...
2025-07-3107 minYour ADHD Besties51. The ADHD achievement hangover 🎉😵 when the celebration doesn’t hit like it shouldHello, 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*This is the last ep of Season 1 before we're on a much-needed break until August, but JOIN US OVER ON PATREON, where we'll be dropping weekly eps on a Monday. 💖💌 This week’s dilemma: A divine listener just submitted a huge research paper after years of work — but instead of pride, they’re spiralling into s...
2025-05-151h 22Your ADHD Besties50. *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...
2025-05-0848 minYour ADHD Besties49. *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...
2025-05-0151 minYour ADHD Besties48. 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...
2025-04-241h 18Your ADHD Besties47. 🏝️ Your ADHD Island ft. Emma (@emmasmindovermatter) 🌈 🍄 A psychedelic toadstool paradiseADHD 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...
2025-04-1744 minYour ADHD Besties46. "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....
2025-04-101h 03Your ADHD Besties45. 🥊 Fighting for Understanding: Navigating ADHD in Family RelationshipsHiiiii 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...
2025-04-031h 22Your ADHD Besties44. 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...
2025-03-271h 07Your ADHD Besties43. ADHD & Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD): What it feels like and how to manage itHello 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...
2025-03-201h 21Your ADHD Besties42. 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...
2025-03-131h 14Your ADHD Besties41. "Tell me why I BINGE EAT even when I'm happy" 🍫🙃 ADHD, impulsive eating & sensory needsHi 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:
2025-03-061h 07Your 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...
2025-03-0104 minYour ADHD Besties40. "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 –...
2025-02-271h 05Your ADHD Besties39. 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...
2025-02-201h 01Your ADHD Besties38. How to navigate ADHD & AuDHD meltdowns and shutdowns: tips for you and your loved onesOh 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...
2025-02-131h 04Your ADHD Besties37. ADHD & clothing: simplifying your wardrobe to reduce decision fatigueHi 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...
2025-02-0659 minYour ADHD Besties36. 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...
2025-01-301h 09Your ADHD Besties35. 💔 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...
2024-12-1250 minYour ADHD BestiesA 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...
2024-12-1008 minYour ADHD Besties34. Are ADHD supplements a SCAM? Dietitian Tara breaks down the science & mythsHello 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...
2024-12-051h 10Your ADHD Besties33. 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...
2024-11-281h 03Your ADHD Besties32. De-cluttering, medication and the ADHD tipping pointHeyy 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...
2024-11-211h 09Your ADHD Besties32. Decluttering, travel etc. EXTENDED CUTThis 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...
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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...
2024-11-2008 minYour ADHD Besties31. Rapid fire ADHD dilemmas!! ❤️🔥 Alarm fatigue, meds, demand avoidance & diagnosis doubtHellooooo 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...
2024-11-131h 03Your ADHD Besties30. 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...
2024-11-061h 00Your ADHD Besties29. "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...
2024-10-3037 minYour ADHD Besties28. HOW TO: fall in love with your STIMS, manage sensory clashes & reframe ADHD inconsistencyADHD 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...
2024-10-241h 12Your ADHD Besties27. "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...
2024-10-1052 minYour ADHD Besties26. "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...
2024-10-0248 minYour ADHD Besties25. 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...
2024-09-2557 minYour ADHD Besties24. "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...
2024-09-181h 02Your ADHD Besties23. "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...
2024-09-1158 minYour 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...
2024-09-0603 minYour ADHD Besties22. 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...
2024-09-0442 minYour ADHD Besties21. "I can't stand by and watch": ADHD, unfairness & justice sensitivityHi 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...
2024-08-281h 08Your ADHD Besties20. 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...
2024-08-221h 28Your ADHD Besties19. 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...
2024-08-1442 minYour ADHD Besties18. Impulse borrowing, exercise & 😂 ADHD Reddit rantsHi 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...
2024-08-0757 minYour ADHD BestiesMINI-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...
2024-08-0532 minYour ADHD Besties17. ADHD stigma, when to advocate, and why re-parenting yourself helpsHiii 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...
2024-08-0156 minYour ADHD Besties16. AuDHD, meltdowns & workplace accommodations (autism + ADHD) with Olivia @neurodiversingHiiii 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...
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Your ADHD BestiesMINI-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...
2024-07-1747 min
Your ADHD BestiesMINI-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...
2024-07-1038 minYour ADHD Besties15. What to do when you're stuck DOOM SCROLLINGHiii ADHD cuties tuning in from what is now 104 countries! 🤯😘On today's show:• Grace has 3 very important updates that she's bursting to tell us• Are we still in burnout? What's been helping us climb out of it?? Has Tara got a refund for her marathon registration yet? (The answer won’t surprise you) What change-room moment saw Grace making an ‘ADHD math' speech to convince her husband? And WHAT did Tara snatch out of Grace's box? THESE ARE THE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS WE NEED ANSWERS TO. • Dilemma #1 - An adorable anonymous listener asks for...
2024-07-031h 12Your ADHD Besties14. WE'RE IN ADHD BURNOUT 🫠 (and here's what helps!)Hiiiiii fave babes! ✨In today's episode we're in ADHD burnout mode but that's okayyy!• We ‘AB-SOLUTELY’ discuss how Tara’s inability to feel time had her believing she could go from running 0km to 42km in the space of 3 months 😮💨 and Grace shares her obsession with Love Island/reality TV in general and why it's a balm for her soul.• Divergent Dilemma - We half answer two gorgeous listener’s questions about managing the work life balance as ADHDers, as well as what ADHD burnout feels like, and celebrating the inconsistency of ADHD energy. • In th...
2024-06-261h 04Your ADHD Besties13. ADHD: periods, hormones & PMDDHellooo dopamine-deficient dream boats 🛥️❤️🔥In today's episode:• We share our thought provoking (see: unhinged) ADHD thoughts of the week. Open-plan homes; beautiful? Sure! But are they practical for our over-stimulated brains? Eyelid skin; Does it have a neck-skin-level of significance?• Divergent Dilemma #1 - We discuss dyscalculia, a stand-alone neurotype which commonly occurs alongside ADHD. Tara shares her experience, the shame that she is letting go of and the concept of having a blank “brain paper” when it comes to math, numbers and her struggles with flight times, calendars, time zones etc.• Divergent Dilemm...
2024-06-191h 06Your ADHD Besties12. Skin picking, nail biting 💅 and AuDHD friendshipsHiii adorable ADHD brains In today's episode:• We share our most ADHD moment of the week (Grace is still stressing about hers!)• Divergent Dilemma #1 - a listener shares that she's embarrassed about her skin picking and feels she needs to hide her hands from her colleagues. We discuss why skin picking and nail biting is an ADHD 'stim', and is very NORMAL and nothing to be ashamed about. Plus we give our tips on how to look after your nails, seek medical help to prevent things getting worse, and be kinder to your gorge...
2024-06-1248 minYour ADHD Besties11. OUR ADHD STORIES: perfectionism meets hot mess, diagnosed twice in 10 yearsHellloooo gorgeous ADHD besties! On today's show:• Listener question: Tara and Grace share their ADHD late-diagnosis stories. They explain how they first learned about ADHD, why Tara got diagnosed twice almost a decade apart, stimulant meds and struggling with low self-esteem. • Dilemma: A cute listener shares that she regrets not taking her ADHD diagnosis more seriously in her 20s. She asks how to move past self-shaming and be kinder to herself. • Ireggy Seggy with a Guestie: Grace's hubby Eric is here with a tongue-in-cheek quiz to determine once and for all "who is...
2024-06-051h 03Your ADHD Besties10. "Does my hairdresser HATE me?" 💇♀️ and why ADHDers can struggle with anxietyHiii besties! ✨On today's show:• Divergent dilemma #1 - Lilian asks if she should find a new hairstylist because she's got ADHD-related RSD (rejection sensitive dysphoria). Dw, we've got you covered bby!• Divergent dilemm #2 - A newly-diagnosed ADHDer is asking about hyperactivity, stimming and rumination. BABEEE you're asking the right girls! We're stimming QUEENS 👑 and ruminate like it's a competitive sport. 🤾 We talk about the neuroscience of ADHD brains, emotion wheels and how getting specific about our stressors can help break rumination cycles. We also share why anxiety medication has been life-changing for us.
2024-05-3057 minYour ADHD Besties9. BONUS minisode!! Why ADHDers avoid meditation - try this instead! ✨🧘♂️Hiiiii ADHD besties! ✨On today's minisode:We talk for way too many minutes about Weetbix (sorry!)• Divergent dilemma - A cute listener asks 'my therapist suggested I do meditation while I wait for a diagnosis and access to ADHD medication but I find it impossible'. Grace (who is a qualified breathwork and nervous system educator) explains why meditation is hard for our brains and how to make it ADHD friendly.We also talk about our favourite disco fish and how cute and special she is. 🪩🐠We love you and your sexy...
2024-05-2721 minYour ADHD Besties8. "ADHD medication DESTROYS my appetite and I forget to eat. Any TIPS?" 🍽️🙃Heyyyyy ADHD bestie babes! ✨On today's show:• Grace shares a drama from her week about how ADHD meds have led to appetite suppression/meal skipping, and how a perfect storm last Friday ended up with a little trip to the hospital. 🫠🏥 (A reminder for this segment, that we're not doctors and seek professional help if you need.)• Divergent dilemma - Grace asks Tara for help with the executive functioning of feeding herself, because it is a STRUGG-LE. 😩 We discuss the ADHD tendency towards a dopamine-seeking relationship with food, how to deal with appetite suppression and...
2024-05-2351 minYour ADHD Besties7. BONUS minisode!! TASK-AVOIDANCE with Alice Gendron from The Mini ADHD Coach ✨Hi hiiii friends! We're back with a SURPRISE bonus minisode today because we couldn't get enough of last week's bestie GUESTIE Alice Gendron and her to-die-for French accent 😍 Alice Gendron is a diagnosed ADHDer, author and founder of The Mini ADHD Coach @the_mini_adhd_coach (with an audience of over a million across her multiple platforms). We recorded 3 dilemmas when we chatted with Alice, but only aired two last week because we wanted to serve this dilemma up as a little surprise for you to enjoy mid-week. (If you haven't listened to Ep 6 with...
2024-05-2013 minYour ADHD Besties6. Hyperfixation meals, overspending and UGLY FORKS with Guestie: The Mini ADHD CoachHiii ADHD besties! On today's show, we have our very first ADHD GUESTIE 🥳 the wonderful Alice Gendron. Alice is a diagnosed ADHDer, author and founder of The Mini ADHD Coach @the_mini_adhd_coach (with an audience of over a million across her multiple platforms).Alice has been such a huge supporter of the podcast since we launched 😍 and joins us all the way from France to help answer some dilemmas and play a round of our all-time-fave Ireggy Seggy: 'choose your torture'. You're going to fall in LOVE with Alice just as much as we did...
2024-05-1657 minYour ADHD Besties5. "Am I a fraud for saying I have ADHD without a diagnosis?"Hey ADHD best frandzz ✨ On today's show: • We talk about how auditory stimulation can help keep us regulated - Grace made a 'brain massage" 💆🏻♀️🎶 playlist that we can all use to calm our overloaded-but-cute nerves: https://spoti.fi/3Uv0wrb• Tara recommends the 'Women and ADHD' podcast with Katy Weber. Here's the link to her ADHD and food episode: https://bit.ly/44xYefo • Grace recommends a surprising dishwasher hack (??) and the book 'No Bad Parts' by Richard Schwartz and talks about how it helped her understand herself better as a woman with ADHD: No Bad Parts book...
2024-05-0951 minYour ADHD Besties4. "Why does my ADHD make me binge eat?"Hey hey ADHD besties! ✨On today's show:• We discuss alexithymia in ADHD and how difficult it can be to recognise our emotions 🤷♀️ as well as Grace’s experience with starting ADHD medication in the last few weeks.• We recommend a brow tint that lasts three days 💁♀️ and ASMR music that will soothe that lil’ dopamine deficient noggin. 🧠 • Dilemma #1 - A spicy question to start us off this week, an anonymous cutie asks us why we think ADHDers might be more likely to be in toxic relationships/attract walking red flags 🚩 and how dopamine plays a role.
2024-05-021h 00Your ADHD Besties3. ADHD & friendships: what is rejection sensitivity dysphoria (RSD) and why does it HURT?Hellooo besties! ✨On today's show:• We're overwhelmed at how amazing the response has been to our first 2 eps!!! 😭 THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone who's reviewed and rated the podcast, we're obsessed with you guys ❤️🔥• We recommend our fave TV shows this week (and worry about what happens if AI is better at being a human than us?? 🤖)• Dilemma #1 - A 27yo listener living at home is struggling with her parent's approach to her ADHD and wondering how to advocate for herself.• Dilemma #2 - We answer a question about RSD (rejection sensitive dysph...
2024-04-2541 minYour ADHD Besties2. "My boyfriend doesn't believe I have ADHD"Heyyy ADHD besties! 🫠👯On today's show;• We discuss our obsession with god-tier frozen Indian food and why Depop is lifeee.• Answer a dilemma that navigates the minefield of RSD and what to do when friends don't respond to texts • Our second dilemm is super serious in nature... we look at why clicking pens is akin to torture and ask the all-important question: should she steal the pen? (vote in our Insta poll!)• Dilemma no. 3 - "my boyfriend doesn't believe I have ADHD" 🥸 *cue boo from the crowd* - we discuss how A...
2024-04-1952 minYour ADHD Besties1. "ADHD perfectionism is ruining my life!" 🫠Hey ADHD besties! On today's show; • We hack ADHD sleep & eating with our recommendations• Answer a dilemma about a tricky living situation and why the ADHD ability to quickly get out of a bad mood makes us superior housemates• Our second dilemma is juicy AF, we look at ADHD perfectionism, imposter syndrome and rejection sensitivity dysphoria (RSD) in our jobs (and why selling boudoir photography to your uncle Jeff is never a good idea.)• Ireggy Seggy: Most importantly, in our ireggy seggy we discuss the horrors of ADHD sen...
2024-04-1846 min
The ADHD LoungeADHD & disordered eating (Part 2)Episode 4: ADHD & disordered eating (Part 2)
Welcome to The ADHD Lounge podcast! Whether you're someone with ADHD or a learning disability, or just curious to learn more, come hang out with us in the Lounge! We’re your hosts, Katy Weber & Alex Gilbert.
In this episode, we talk about our own personal experiences with food, disordered eating, diet culture, and intuitive eating as two women with ADHD.
Resources:Katy's book: Worth It: A Journey to Food & Body Freedom: Six Essential Steps to Ditching the Diets & Nourishing Your Body From the Inside Out
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2023-09-2644 min
Women & ADHDTara Breuso: Binge eating, snack hacking & common struggles with foodEpisode 144 with Tara Breuso.“ADHDers have such intense empathy. When I was 10, if I saw another child upset at a party, I would zero in on them and want to make them feel better.”Tara is a registered dietitian and certified intuitive eating counselor based in Australia. She runs an online private practice working with ADHD clients, helping them to gain clarity around eating and to stop dieting and binge eating for good. As an ADHDer herself, she understands that food, eating, and weight can be a turbulent experience for people living with ADHD. Her pass...
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