The monotropic neurotype that is Autism + ADHD holds strengths and challenges. Typical advice often doesn't work for us. Your AuDHD host, Mattia Maurée (they/them), shares research, lived experience, and practical advice from coaching over 200 neurodivergent folks. They focus on feeling better first, before tackling the big life design questions. You're doing great, you belong here, and it's possible to feel a lot better. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ellie (32) and Paige (30) are sisters who were diagnosed late with autism and ADHD (AuDHD). However, the way it manifests in them doesn't look the same. With AuDHD only becoming an official diagnosis in 2013, the lack of research not only resulted in late diagnosis and mental health issues, but also left Ellie and Paige feeling alone and confused. This podcast is a space where Ellie and Paige share their experiences, in the hopes it will help others. It explores the vast manifestations of ne ...
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Welcome to UnShaming AuDHD - a podcast for autistic ADHDers who want to remove shame, blame, and guilt from their lives and replace them with curiosity, compassion, and joy. I'm your host, Jes Diverges, and I'm here to help you reconnect to the authentic and unapologetic version of yourself that's been hidden away by systemic, interpersonal, and intergenerational shame. My goal with each episode is that you walk away feeling at least 1% more seen, heard, valued, and loved, because you belong ...
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A podcast dedicated to late-diagnosed and self-diagnosed individuals on the autism spectrum, including those with AuDHD and other neurodivergent traits. Each episode will explore various topics that examine the experiences of individuals who have navigated life without prior awareness of their neurodivergence. Our host, Dan, offers a personal and experiential perspective, with the intention of sharing stories that may provide assistance and support to others on similar journeys.
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Focus and Chill - productivity tactics for AuDHDers and other neurodivergent folks
Jeremy Nagel and Joey K
Welcome to the Focus and Chill podcast where we discuss productivity tactics that work for AuDHDers and other neurospicy people. Every episode we interview guests with lived experience of neurodivergence who also have a solid productivity and habit game and pass the learnings on to you, our wise and benevolent audience. Podcast sponsored by https://focusbear.io
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Childhood BFFs Grace Bourey and Kristin Stanhope chat about the ridiculous, frustrating, and hilarious aspects of life with AuDHD. Through ever-changing segments, raw musical expression, and interpretive dance that you can‘t see, we‘ll take you on a journey into the beautiful, chaotic experience of having ADHD and autism. Whether you‘re AuDHD yourself, you‘re looking to better understand an AuDHDer in your life, or you just want a peek inside our weird creepy brains, come join our flock! New ...
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E17 | ADHD life tips we use, that might help you too
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35:43In this practical and personal episode, we’re diving into real-life strategies for navigating the daily chaos of living with ADHD (and autism!) but this is more focused on the ADHD side. Paige's entrepreneurial and creative brain has come up with a bunch of strategies that she's affectionately called Paige's Pointers. These tips help with everythin…
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This year I've been trying to meet my intensity needs in more "healthy" ways, while also recognizing that sometimes that doesn't feel possible. And that's okay! Love Your Brain course info & live round update Resources: Transcript Doc Email Newsletter: Nothing Wrong With Us Like Your Brain community space (Patreon) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr…
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Ep. 113: ADHD & Caffeine–A Cultural Caffeine Dependency
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1:07:12Rise and grind those half-caff coffee beans because we’re talking ADHD and caffeine and it’s all about moderation. This episode, professor Kristin is continuing her ADHD & addiction series with a big ol’ infodump about our nation’s lifeblood–caffeine. She’s getting into the science behind what caffeine is, how it works, the effects it has on the AD…
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010: Masking, Misdiagnosis, and More w/ Javelin Laurence
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48:37In this episode, Jes sits down with Javelin Laurence to explore the complexities of psychology through a neurodivergent lens. They discuss Javelin's journey of self-discovery, from early fascinations with personality tests to understanding their ADHD and autistic identity. The conversation delves into the limitations of Western psychology, the chal…
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Neurodivergent Threads: Weaving History, Communication & Growth
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1:23:08Send us a text Call to Action: Help support the podcast via Patreon. In this episode, I sit down with Lucy, a brilliant autistic young adult with a deep love of history, for a conversation that flows effortlessly—because when neurodivergent minds connect, there’s no shortage of things to talk about. We dive into storytelling and its impact on learn…
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Welcome to episode #102! We’re thrilled to be joined by Dr. Amanda Mullen today. Dr. Amanda Mullen is a clinical psychologist, business owner, and keynote speaker passionate about helping people thrive using neurodivergence-friendly strategies. As the founder of Mindwork Psychology, Mindworks Online, and Think Differently, she has over 20 years of …
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E16 | Do I really need to go on ADHD medication?
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36:42Today we dive into the world of ADHD medication and our experiences - what it is, how it works, and how it's helped us. We break down the science in (very) simple terms - even though we don't know how to say norepinephrine. We share our personal journeys with different medications, and discuss the pros, cons, and side effects we’ve experienced alon…
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97 Handling Daily Life with Vanessa Gorelkin, OT
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57:34Vanessa Gorelkin is an Occupational Therapist who often works with ND folks. She shares about compassionate approaches to daily life tasks. The main tool she shared is creating a crisis kit to use when experiencing distress in public, at work, or anywhere that you can't be fully unmasked. List of suggested items below. Crisis kit items suggested in…
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Ep. 112: A Social Embarrassment Parabola
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1:10:06Turn off the music and prepare for the emotional equivalent of an unaccompanied karaoke performance in front of strangers, because we’re diving into the topic of embarrassment and it’s sure to bring up some squirm-worthy memories. This episode, Grace is walking you through the science behind embarrassment–firsthand, secondhand, and beyond. She’s co…
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E15 | The links between substance use and neurodivergence
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43:19Content warning: The content discussed in this episode is for informational and personal storytelling purposes only. We are not medical professionals, and this should not be taken as medical or therapeutic advice. If you are struggling with substance use or addiction, please reach out to a qualified professional or a trusted support service. In thi…
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Reflecting on the interview with Anna, who shared about accommodations for her students and herself. Learning how to build our own systems/structures is often more useful than being handed a system. Because no matter how much dopamine we get initially from a new tool or system, it inevitably becomes stale. Instead of throwing the whole thing out th…
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Ep. 111: Becoming Pizza Dad with Dr. Ted McGillicuddy, Pt. 2
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1:17:46In part 2, the surgeon cap is coming off and the pizza apron is going on. This episode, Pizza Dad hopeful Ted opens up about his son’s recent ADHD diagnosis at 15. He shares his own internal journey accepting his son’s ADHD diagnosis, his concerns about stimulants and how that’s evolved over time, and the positive changes he’s seen in his son so fa…
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E14 | Autism doesn't destroy lives, but this rhetoric does
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44:31DISCLAIMER: this episode lightly mentions suicide, self harm and substance abuse. In response to recent comments made by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about autism, we dive into why this kind of rhetoric is not only harmful and dehumanising, but also rooted in outdated, ableist thinking. We break down some of the direct quotes, talk about the real-life imp…
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Welcome to Episode 101! We’re thrilled to be joined by Sharon Collon, ADHD coach, parenting expert, and founder of The Functional Family. Sharon shares her journey of creating practical ADHD strategies for individuals and families by working with—not against—the ADHD brain. JN: Can you tell us about your experience with ADHD? Married into ADHD: fel…
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95 Kind Accommodations for Students & Teachers with Anna Shaver
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52:10Anna is an educator who has developed an incredible approach with accommodations at the core (for the student AND herself!). It makes sense pedagogically, and it's working! With a core of psychological safety, students are able to explore writing and language with their own goals in mind. We've also known each other since I was 15... so we talk a b…
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Ep. 110: The Allure of Arsenic with Vascular Surgeon Dr. Ted McGillicuddy, Pt. 1
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57:19Light up your candy cigarettes and pack a lip of Big League Chew, because we’re welcoming vascular surgeon and Kristin’s former boss, Dr. Ted McGillicuddy, into the podloft to discuss the lesser-known harms of smoking. Dr. Ted shares who he is and how he got into medicine before tossing on the ol’ lab coat and teaching us about the vascular system.…
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Welcome to Episode 100! This special milestone episode is a no-guest conversation between your hosts Joey and Jeremy. After 100 episodes, they reflect on lessons learned about productivity, focus, neurodivergence, energy management, and finding joy in everyday work. JN: What has changed in your routines since starting the podcast? Joey: Shifted to …
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E13 | Why it feels like everyone is getting diagnosed
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39:38In this episode, we tackle the common misconception that “everyone is being diagnosed these days.” From ADHD to autism, it can feel like neurodivergence is suddenly everywhere—but is that really a bad thing? We unpack why diagnosis rates are rising, what’s changed in how we recognise neurodivergence (especially in adults, women, and marginalised gr…
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Coping mechanisms can be a pathologizing term. What's the difference between coping mechanisms and intensity or interests? This episode also touches back to the interview on sobriety with Amy in ep. 92. As well as this note on a positive AA experience from a listener. Resources: Transcript Doc Email Newsletter: Nothing Wrong With Us Like Your Brain…
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Welcome to Episode 99! We’re thrilled to have Annie Crow—an autistic & ADHD human rights lawyer, founder of the Neuro Access Network, and keynote speaker on neurodiversity advocacy—join us today. In this episode, Annie shares her personal journey toward embracing her neurodivergence, the challenges she’s overcome, and how she’s turned that into emp…
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Welcome to episode number 98 of the Focus and Chill podcast. We’re thrilled to be joined by Rob Edwards today. Rob is the CEO of the NEA—the Neurodiversity and Entrepreneurship Association. The NEA provides a meeting place for all those with an interest in neurodiversity and entrepreneurship, creating a safe and nurturing environment for neurodiver…
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Bagel Bite #43: A Hard-Soft Crumble-Crunch
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48:24We’re gearing up for another set of guest episodes, but in between all the intellectual conversations we wanted to take a break and get back to our nonsensical roots. This Bagel Bite, we’re kicking things off by debuting what just may be the song of the summer before getting into pet psychics, ‘Lil ‘Plishes, the tragedy of celebrity veneers, the ro…
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E12 | How do I know if I'm masking, and how do I stop?
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43:28In this episode, we explore how to start unmasking and embracing your authentic self. We break down what masking is, how to recognise when you’re doing it, and the steps you can take to slowly unmask in safe and supportive spaces. We take inspiration from Devon Price's book Unmasking Autism, and we acknowledge that unmasking is a lifelong process, …
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Welcome to episode 97 of the Focus and Chill podcast! Today’s guest is the energetic and insightful Pip Scott‑Allen, originally from Canada and now making waves in Australia. Pip’s journey into leadership and team culture began early—at just 14, he started exploring the world of team building. Since then, he’s worn many hats: outdoor educator, back…
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Welcome to episode number 96 of the Focus Chill podcast. We’re thrilled to be joined by April Lea today. April is an ADHD founder with a background in product management and software engineering. She's passionate about removing the barriers that stop neurodivergent people from building themselves meaningful and sustainable careers. April was late d…
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93 Tunnel of Focus: Monotropism, Trauma, and Thriving
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42:21Thanks Eric Tivers for interviewing me & allowing me to share the full episode here as well. His show notes: In this episode of ADHD reWired, Eric Tivers is joined by Mattia Maurée, an award-winning composer, poet, and host of the AuDHD Flourishing Podcast. Mattia shares their insights into the unique challenges faced by neurodivergent (ND) individ…
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Ep. 109: Hobby Horse Girl Energy with Kylie Low, Pt. 2
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1:03:14Saddle up and settle in for part two of our conversation with Kylie, where we’re riding the proverbial hobby horse train full steam ahead into silly segments. We share Who We Are Now before Kylie takes center stage (finally) and reveals her definitely-not-OCD-related Quirks, her hot takes on Things That Are Embarrassing for No Reason, and gets a sn…
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Welcome to episode #95! We’re thrilled to be joined by Elizabeth Kaelin today. Elizabeth Kaelin is a tech founder, award-winning commercialization mentor, and intersectionality business advocate. Her career spans healthcare, tech, venture capital, and corporate leadership, where she helps businesses scale while challenging traditional business norm…
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E11 | What is masking and how does it prevent diagnosis?
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37:30In this episode, we dive deep into masking—the conscious and unconscious ways that neurodivergent people camouflage their traits to fit into a neurotypical world. We explore what masking is, why we do it, how it impacts mental health, and the long-term cost of constantly suppressing our true selves. We also share personal experiences of masking and…
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92 Sobriety While AuDHD + Gifted with Amy Knott Parrish
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59:02Thank you to guest Amy Knott Parrish for sharing about her unusual journey with sobriety. When she realized what her future was going to look like, she... stopped drinking. Because it wasn't about the drinking, it was about the problem that the drinking was self-medicating. After nine years of continuous sobriety, her therapist insisted that she tr…
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Ep. 108: First Girl Sleeping, Last Girls Laughing with Kylie Low, Pt. 1
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1:25:59Lace up your Bean’s boots and get ready to fangirl, because we’re parting the ol’ felt curtains to welcome our close friend and New England’s favorite true crime podcaster, Kylie Low, into the pod loft. Kylie is the creator and host of the hit podcast Dark Downeast, but her talents extend far beyond her journalism skills. In Part 1, she shares how …
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Episode 61 - Neurodivergent Narratives
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1:16:21Send us a text Call to Action: Help support the podcast via Patreon. And if you are in Melbourne get your tickets for the live podcast event. Join hosts Dan Kerr and Tismo Terrasson, a social justice advocate and Disability Consultant as they dive into the world of neurodiversity, sharing personal stories, expert insights, and candid conversations.…
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E10 | PMDD, hormones & neurodivergence - what they didn’t teach us
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49:09Why did school never teach us what actually happens during the menstrual cycle?! In this episode, we break down the four phases of the menstrual cycle, what hormones are at play, and how they impact mood, energy, and brain function. We dive deep into PMDD (Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder)—what it is, why it’s often misunderstood, and how it disprop…
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91 Gifted + AuDHD: Surviving (part 2)
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1:04:20(Part 2 of 2. Part 1 here) Being AuDHD + gifted is being an outlier of outliers. I'd guess most of us feel like aliens. And even when we start to understand the shape of our experiences, it can feel overwhelming to even begin to order our understanding in a satisfying way. (Autoethnography, anyone?) Our depth and intensity needs can be quite challe…
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In a Bagel Bite that’s appropriately sized for once, we’re reading an email from a new listener that’s touched our hearts. This email has everything: autistic perseverance, AuDHD awareness, closeup magic, centaur sweaters, and a mischievous little Pizza Secret that your dogs will approve of. Plus, we get our daily bickering out of the way early wit…
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E9 | Why AuDHD feels like living with two brains
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42:42This episode touches on some of the differences between autism and ADHD and why it can be rough having both conditions in one brain. We talk about the aspects of AuDHD that can feel contradictory to live with, and further discuss how the AuDHD neurotype is a completely unique and different experience to just having one or the other. It's also Neuro…
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90 Gifted + AuDHD: Why It Matters (part 1)
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55:02Being AuDHD + gifted is being an outlier of outliers. I'd guess most of us feel like aliens. And even when we start to understand the shape of our experiences, it can feel overwhelming to even begin to order our understanding in a satisfying way. (Autoethnography, anyone?) Our depth and intensity needs can be quite challenging to meet, especially i…
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Ep. 107: Classic Twin Hijinx with Diane
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56:12This episode Grace is sitting down for an intimate one-on-one interview with her godmother, honorary aunt, and fellow Quirky Girl, Diane. They’re chatting about Diane’s unique experience growing up as an identical twin and all of the ways it shaped her childhood and sense of identity. Diane is also sharing her suspected ADHD traits, her ADHD streng…
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E8 | Finally, let's talk about AuDHD
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32:01In this episode we finally get to the whole point of this podcast - what is like to be the unique neuro-type of AuDHD? Having only been 12 years since you could diagnose autism and ADHD simultaneously, there’s not a huge amount of research on the combination. We share our perspective on our AuDHD experience, with the aim of adding to the research p…
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89 2E & ND-Affirming Education with Emily Kircher-Morris
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52:30Emily Kircher-Morris is the host of the long-running and popular podcast, The Neurodiversity Podcast. (And she interviewed me last year.) She's a compassionate, incisive, and important voice in 2e and neurodivergent-affirming education. Also a delight to talk to! Building on what we talked about, she shared some additional resource links below. Con…
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Ep. 106: ADHD & Nicotine–An Oral Habit
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1:17:31We would love to be two pigs wallowing in the mud right now, but unfortunately we’re cursed with human consciousness and with that comes the burden of knowledge. This episode Kristin is a truth-bringer as she shares her knowledge on the addictiveness of nicotine. She’s getting into the different forms of consumption and its many effects, reasons wh…
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009: Juggling Life's Balls and Befriending Inner Demons w/ Emme Kay Kennedy
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1:57:19Hello hello everyone, I have another amazing guest for you all this week. I sat down with my good friend Emme who is a performer, podcaster, writer, artist, comedienne, clown, transwoman, and lesbian - although not necessarily in that order - for a conversation all about clowning, and what it means to make fun of yourself. We also talked about hold…
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In this episode of WTF is AuDHD? we explore what Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is. We explain the three levels of autism, and touch on popular theories such as neural pruning, nervous system links and we discuss how autistic brains process differently to neurotypical people. This is from the perspective of two white cis-women born who are reasonab…
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88 Gifted Development & Positive Disintegration with Chris Wells
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58:58Dr Chris Wells speaks & teaches about positive disintegration, Dabrowski's theory that (among other things) provides an alternate explanation for some mental illness. While the theory is not entirely about giftedness, it helps many gifted people make sense of their experiences. Dr Wells also talks about their journey, which included being on disabi…
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Ep. 105: Whippit Awareness Month (WAM)
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1:16:22You know how we feel about drugs: save ‘em until you’re older. But there are some drugs to avoid no matter your age, and sneaking to the top of the list is an innocent-sounding inhalant that’s leaving a wake of nerve damage and uneaten whipped cream in its path. This episode Grace is following up on her promise to spread the bad word about whippits…
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Episode 60 - Understanding the Mask: Navigating Aggression and Anxiety with Andy Drewitt
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1:06:38Send us a text Join Dan and guest Andy Drewitt in this eye-opening podcast as they delve into the complexities of emotional masking, aggression, and anxiety. Drawing inspiration from Andy Drewitt's thought-provoking article 'How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Making Penis Ladders' as well as his upcoming exhibition 'THIS IS YOUR FAULT', we exp…
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In today’s episode, we kick things off with an open conversation about the menstrual cycle and an introduction to PMDD, as Paige shares her experience with a new medication designed to manage its symptoms. Then, we dive into ADHD—what it is, common misconceptions, and why neurodiversity plays a crucial role in the world. SOCIAL @wtfisaudhdpodcast |…
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Welcome to episode #94! We’re thrilled to be joined by Claire Thomas today. Claire Thomas is the CEO and founder of Impact Group, a fast-scaling consulting firm that went from a solo startup to a 50-person, $12 million company in just two years. A 2024 Australian Women’s Small Business Champion and finalist for CEO of the Year, Claire brings deep e…
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Welcome to episode #93! We’re thrilled to be joined by Swantje Lorrimer today. Swantje Lorrimer has built a career spanning multiple industries, including academic research, film productions (Star Wars, The Fall Guy), and ADHD coaching. After struggling to fit into traditional job structures, she embraced freelancing, creativity, and adventure as t…
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Welcome to episode #92! We’re thrilled to be joined by Jacob Kness today. Jacob Kness is a social entrepreneur and neurodivergent advocate, helping autistic job seekers find meaningful work. Diagnosed with autism, ADHD, and Tourette’s, Jacob has spent years exploring fitness, biomechanics, and biohacking as tools for mental and physical well-being.…
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