SUMMARY

In this episode of ADHD Peri Punks, we sit down with the brilliant Meredith Carder, ADHD coach, writer, and author of It All Makes Sense Now, to talk about how mistakes turn into momentum — and how ADHDers can grow without fixing themselves.

We refer to a SubStack article that she had just published at the time we recorded this episode called "When mistakes lead to momentum" (you can read that article here), in which she tells the story of her first experience at the Int'l ADHD Conference. Long story short, she didn't have business cards there, so she quickly designed one and went to a printer's service shop to get them printed and they handed her 8.5x11" sheets of paper instead. GIANT flimsy business cards! She had ordered incorrectly. But instead of feeling awful about it, she handed out her enormous "cards" whenever someone wanted one, and everyone had a laugh.

We talk about: ✨ How her book came to life — and what it taught her 🌎 Why the “ADHD tax” & business card "flyer" mishaps are just part of the journey 🖕 How to walk into a conference (or life) without pretending to be neurotypical 💖 Building community — online and IRL — even when it’s messy 🔥 Why perimenopause deserves its own tax jar.

If you’ve ever felt like ADHD meant you couldn’t grow, or like your story wasn’t worth sharing — this episode is for you.

✨ Learn how Meredith turned her mishaps into connection & her book 🌎 Hear how she keeps it real with 180k+ followers & a thriving Hive 🖕 Discover why gender, hormones & the “ADHD tax” deserve attention.

Don’t forget to rate us 5 stars, leave a review, follow us everywhere, and share this episode. Then go outside and shout your magic into the wind.

And if you're like "why the hell does Meredith's audio sound a bit muffled?" well, that's on Trixie, Sarah's producer/editor alter ego who, in the excitement of Meredith coming on, forgot to check mic levels, and so while we were all just cackling our asses off and having such great conversation, Meredith's audio volume was overloading. Thanks, ADHD!

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