Hosted by ADHD coach and meditation teacher Ying Deng, ADHD Gathering is a podcast that shines a light on the diverse and powerful stories within the ADHD community, with a special focus on BIPOC individuals. We explore how embracing strengths and practicing radical acceptance can help you work with your ADHD brain, not against it. Through authentic conversations, we aim to inspire listeners to see the possibilities within their own lives and create pathways for thriving. Tune in to hear voices that celebrate neurodiversity, challenge norms, and empower you to harness your unique potential.
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Hosted by ADHD coach and meditation teacher Ying Deng, ADHD Gathering is a podcast that shines a light on the diverse and powerful stories within the ADHD community, with a special focus on BIPOC individuals. We explore how embracing strengths and practicing radical acceptance can help you work with your ADHD brain, not against it. Through authentic conversations, we aim to inspire listeners to see the possibilities within their own lives and create pathways for thriving. Tune in to hear voices that celebrate neurodiversity, challenge norms, and empower you to harness your unique potential.
Ep2: Navigating ADHD and Creative Expression with Linda Yi
ADHD Gathering
33 minutes 20 seconds
1 year ago
Ep2: Navigating ADHD and Creative Expression with Linda Yi
In this episode of ADHD Gathering, host Ying talks with Linda Yi, a Sichuanese American artist and ADHD advocate, about her journey through creativity, identity, and mental health. Linda shares her experiences growing up in an Asian household where mental health topics were often taboo, how she unexpectedly established her PandaCub Story, and how she manages the various challenges she faces in managing her mental health and creative endeavors.
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Highlights of the episode:
Linda’s journey to her ADHD diagnosis
Her decision to pursue a career in art
Navigating ADHD within the context of the Asian American community
Using creativity as a tool for imagining possibilities, processing emotions, and healing
How Linda creates memory hooks to support herself and her ADHD brain
What care looks like for Linda now
Guest's Bio:
Linda Yi (sometimes called Panda) is a Sichuanese-American comic-artist, writer, and mental health advocate based in New York.
She is the creator of Panda Cub Stories, a weekly comic series about Chinese culture, Sichuan food, and living with ADHD. Panda Cub Stories has an engaged global audience of over 25k followers on Instagram — and has been featured in Today.com, Atlas Obscura, and Nextshark.
Yi is also the founder of Panda Cub Heritage, a membership-based online/offline community where she teaches fellow Chinese Americans how to reconnect with their roots through joyful (and sometimes easy to practice) personalized set of habits.
Linda currently lives and draws out of her Brooklyn studio, where she lives with her raccoon partner and two cats. She is hard at work on her first book: “Cook Sichuan - a comic book with recipes”, to be published winter of 2025.
Find Linda's amazing webcomics here.
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ADHD Gathering
Hosted by ADHD coach and meditation teacher Ying Deng, ADHD Gathering is a podcast that shines a light on the diverse and powerful stories within the ADHD community, with a special focus on BIPOC individuals. We explore how embracing strengths and practicing radical acceptance can help you work with your ADHD brain, not against it. Through authentic conversations, we aim to inspire listeners to see the possibilities within their own lives and create pathways for thriving. Tune in to hear voices that celebrate neurodiversity, challenge norms, and empower you to harness your unique potential.
