Its Christmas Time!! A lovely but also very demanding and stressful time of the year - especially for people with ADHD. Why? Because we are suddenly pressured even more to perform as if we were neurotypicals and otherwise face criticism from family, ourselves or society. This episode is here to make you laugh, maybe cry, feel better, less alone, seen, heard, and also to help you navigate through this time of the year without going into a burnout spiral. In short: we want to help you feel more at ease during this time of the year by talking about personal experiences combined with research, and tips and tricks.
Timeframe:
First: Little catch up
Then: talking about experiences, symptoms, research and difficulties for ADHDers during Christmas
Finally: Advice and tips and tricks.
Content warning - this episode discusses topics that may be upsetting for some people (abuse and upsetting behaviours in relationships).
This weeks episode is Emma discussing turbulent relationships when you have ADHD, why this happens and touches on her own experiences - being vulnerable and honest!
Ep 12 is live!!! And its all about Routines - why we often fail to develop GOOD or Healthy routines - how we are often all or nothing and how that leads to having a catch 22 relationship with routines when you have ADHD. We talk about why routines are so important and great for people with ADHD and why we tend to HATE them and really struggle following them. Plus we give you tangible tips and tricks on how you can start improving your daily routines and what self care with ADHD might look like.
As for always, please give us a follow as that really helps us keep doing what we do!!
Episode 11 is live now and is part 2 of our Parenting with ADHD series!!
This time we cover the topics of Overstimulation, sleep deprivation and not meeting your own needs if you are a parent with ADHD. Because spoiler alert: These are all massive triggers for ADHD and often are the culprits behind emotional dysregulation and eventually burnout that hits us so frequently.
We talk about Self compassion if you are a mum with ADHD and cover tips, tricks and strategies that you can try if you often feel overwhelmed, dysregulated and overstimulated.
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Episodes are released every Sunday!
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Episode 10 is out now and is all about the realities of having ADHD when you are a Mum. Or more the realisation that it was undiagnosed/untreated ADHD that was a big reason for many many struggles we faced during early motherhood. But do not worry we make sure to bring in a TON of humor as well whilst keeping it as authentic, real, and UNFILTERED as always. We also talk about how friendships, rage, parenting techniques, emotional dysregulation and strategies as a parent as well as how to identify and handle common triggers. And most importantly we talk about SELF COMPASSION (Its in capital letters because self compassion is BIG and so so needed, especially if you are a neurodiverse mum because that is tough!!). We hope with this episode, you feel seen, heard and most importantly less alone and empowered to give yourself a lot of self compassion (and to ask for help).
As always, episodes will be released on SUNDAYS and we absolutely take into consideration what you vote in our polls as well. Also if you arent following us yet - please give us a follow because it really helps us to keep going!
Lots of love Cherry and Emma
Episode 9 is out and its with your favourite co-host team Cherry and Emma - totally unmasked and unfiltered.
This episode discusses signs and symptoms around masking ADHD. We talk openly about the way you might be able to spot whether you are subconsciously masking or not and we talk about the knock on effect masking has on your life and mental health.
Hopefully this episode will help you and people around you understand ADHD better and how they might be able to support you and how you might be able to support yourself. But most importantly we want you to feel at home, safe and not alone anymore with our unfiltered podcast.
Episode 8 features social media star Eric AKA @lifeactuator who has generated a combined following of over 800k across Tiktok and Instagram, raising awareness around ADHD symptoms during childhood and how they now present during adulthood, and his struggles and strategies that he uses being an entrepreneur with ADHD. Eric shares openly about his ADHD diagnosis journey and how this has impacted his mental health and friendships.
Your co-hosts Cherry (@cherry.adhd) and Emma (@mindovermatterwithemma) ask important questions and talk about their experiences openly and honestly with a dash of humour too.
And if you dont follow us yet, absolutely please hit that follow button because it helps us out A LOT (also you will be the first to listen to another episode which will be released next Sunday again!)
Episode 7 Features no other than @littlemiss_adhd_ Priya who is a Pharmacist and answers questions around ADHD in women. More specifically she explains how she got diagnosed after 2 doctors initially refused to refer her for an assessment, how women's cycles and hormones affect ADHD symptoms and your mental wellbeing and how ADHD Medication is impacted by your hormones throughout the month.
If you dont know her yet definitely check her out and give her a follow!
Our next episode will feature another very well known person with ADHD so make sure you give us a follow to support us and not miss this!
Episode 5 is a Q&A Special with Cherry where you will learn all about what ADHD Symptoms ACTUALLY look like on a daily basis, how they can show up during Childhood already, what the diagnostic criteria actually is and then what the ASRS test is. Cherry goes through diagnostic criteria and screening tool questions and clears up common misconceptions and myths around ADHD and answers the question as to why so many people suddenly seem to have got ADHD.
Episode 6 will be back with Emma and we have many many exciting episodes coming up with very well known guests!
New episodes are released every Sunday:)
Ep 4 of the ADHD unfiltered Podcast is all about ADHD tax - What it is and what helps. We talk vulnerably about our experiences and the impact it has had on our lives and we also talk about the studies and research around it. Following this, we talk about strategies that are recommended for the ADHD tax and strategies we have used successfully. Finally, we talk about your comments and messages around your experiences with the ADHD tax and strategies you have used successfully.
New episodes are released every sunday!
This second episode of the ADHD Unfiltered Podcast is all about ADHD Burnout and having ADHD Burnout as a Mum. We talk about our experiences and strategies we have successfully used with ADHD Burnout as a Mum.
Episode 3 will be about Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria and People Pleasing and will be released again next Sunday!
In this first episode of the ADHD Unfiltered Podcast with Cherry and Emma its all about our individual diagnosis experiences and how having late diagnosed ADHD has impacted our lives and parenting decisions. We also give advice around handling a late ADHD diagnosis and emotional dysregulation when parenting.
