Skye Rapson: What is ADHD coaching?

Episode 62 with Skye Rapson

"Families are often like, 'Oh, that’s normal. That’s just a family trait.' But maybe that family trait is actually ADHD."

Skye lives is Auckland, NZ, where she is an ADHD coach and the founder of Unconventional Organisation, a growing network of coaches who provide individual and group coaching for adults with ADHD or executive function challenges.

Skye is also an academic with over seven years of experience working in adult education. She has studied in various fields, including Psychology, Sociology, and Public Health, and is now a Doctoral Candidate in Population Health. 

Skye was diagnosed with ADHD at the start of her doctorate. Since then, she has dedicated time to researching and disseminating ADHD studies, focusing on supporting others with strengths-based, neurodiverse-friendly tools and systems. 

We talk about navigating academia and graduate work and some of those executive functioning challenges around research and learning, and Skye gets to the heart of what exactly ADHD coaching entails, as well as how to know if a) you need ADHD coaching; and b) how to know if it’s working. 

Website: Unconventional Organisation

Instagram: @unconventionalorganisation

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Samantha Absher: Money management & borderline personality disorder

Episode 61 with Samantha Absher.

"I'd been labeled as lazy, underachieving and disorganized my entire life."

Sam Absher is a personal finance professional with a twist — she has borderline personality disorder & ADHD, and also has degrees in finance and risk management. 

Sam uses her knowledge and experience to help fellow neurodivergent people learn how to manage their money, save and get out of debt without the shame and judgement of traditional finance professionals.

Sam & I talk all about the various difficulties adults with ADHD face when it comes to adulting and money management, and Sam also describes borderline personality disorder and how it differs from other common mood disorders in adults with ADHD.

She offers a ton of practical financial advice in a language we can understand. If you’ve ever struggled with budgeting and money management, you’ll definitely want to listen to this episode!

Website: Wtfisabudget.com

Tiktok: @wtf_is_a_budget

Instagram: @wtf_is_a_budget

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Janet Murray: ADHD & our insatiable appetite for planners

Episode 60 with Janet Murray

"I've always struggled to switch off. I find weekends and holidays really hard."

Janet is one of the UK’s leading content marketing experts. She’s also a public speaker and host of the Courageous Content podcast and creator of the Courageous Content desk planner and she runs an annual content planning event as well as an ongoing accountability group for business owners who struggle with planning their online content.

Janet & I talk about entrepreneurship and other careers that seem to fit the ADHD brain — Janet is not only a former teacher, she’s also a former journalist. Also, she is (in her own words) ‘one of the most disorganized people on the planet’. which makes her one of the unlikeliest people in the world to launch a desk planner, but she did and it’s amazing. 

Website: JanetMurray.co.uk

Instagram: @janmurrayuk

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Dr. Sasha Hamdani: Educating the masses & the benefits of TSM

Episode 59 with Dr. Sasha Hamdani

"I feel like half of what I do is clean up messes from other physicians who have misdiagnosed their patients."

Dr. Hamdani is a Board Certified psychiatrist and ADHD specialist. In addition to her private practice, she had a robust social media following across multiple platforms where she provides accessible and accurate information about ADHD. 

We talk about her diagnosis as a child and how her parents kept it a secret from her until she had a meltdown in medical school. We discuss some of the red flags when it comes to ADHD information on social media, as well as the downsides of calling ADHD your “superpower.” 

And Dr. Hamdani explains trans-magnetic stimulation and its benefits for people with ADHD and treatment-resistant depression.

Website: drhamdanimd.com

Instagram: @thepsychdoctormd

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Katherine Ellison: Learning from ADHD mistakes

Episode 58 with Katherine Ellison

"I try to talk openly about my mistakes and humiliating moments in order to normalize them and make them less shameful."

Katherine is a Pultizer prize-winning journalist, author and public speaker. 

She's written or co-written several books about ADHD, and is a regular contributor to ADDitude magazine. She also recently gave a Ted Talk on the gifts of having ADHD during a pandemic.

Her most recent book is "Mothers & Murders: A True Story of Love, Lies, Obsession ...And Second Chances," a memoir about a major mistake she made as a young reporter and how she recovered and came back stronger than ever.

Website: KatherineEllison.com

Twitter: @kathellison

Katherine's Ted Talk

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Gloria Joy Sherrod: Is it ADHD or something else?

Episode 57 with Gloria Joy Sherrod

"People look at me and think, 'You’re so calm.' And I’m like, 'It’s chaos in here.'"

Gloria is a licensed professional counselor who works with children, adolescents, and adults. In addition to her counseling work, she also provides ADHD coaching services. 

Gloria is passionate about advocating for equity in education, access to care, and ending mental health stigma.

We talk all about how to know whether it’s ADHD or something else entirely, as well as some of the stigmas around stimulant medications, and we also discuss her book, “Adulting with ADHD,” and her new documentary of the same name, which releases this week and tells the real-life stories of 5 adults navigating life with ADHD. You can find out more about that at Adhddocumentary.com.

Website: GloriaJoySherrod.com

Instagram: @xadultingwithadhdx

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Amy Brown: Sports, jokes & slow processing speed

Episode 56 with Amy Brown

"I have trouble remembering what I’ve read. I have to read the same paragraph over and over. It drives me nuts."

Amy is a Director of Outbound Transportation for Dollar Tree, where she’s responsible for shipping the company’s merchandise from their distribution centers to the company’s stores. 

Amy & I talk about her experience with sports growing up — she was a Division 1 basketball player in college — and looking back she feels like athletics and an active lifestyle were so helpful in managing ADHD earlier in her life. 

We also talk about slow processing speed, something quite common for those of us with ADHD, and the various ways in which we both experience it — including the agony of rarely getting other people’s jokes!

Amy's LinkedIn

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Sydni Rubio: Insatiable curiosity & dismissive doctors

Episode 55 with Sydni Rubio.

"My hyperactivity manifests as really aggressive driving, as well as impatience and impulsivity."

Sydni is the creator and founder of What in the ADHD? She started the brand in January 2021 with the simple hope of sharing accessible ADHD information with others and the science behind *why* we have certain traits and behaviors. With a strong background in teaching and science, she breaks down a lot of obtuse concepts in relatable, humorous and easy to digest YouTube videos.

What in the ADHD? is now an established LLC that’s dedicated to normalizing ADHD and sharing information about it in a fun, inclusive, and accessible way via blogs, videos, tweets, and community surveys. 

We talk about our scientific brains and our insatiable curiosity and desire to solve puzzles. We also talk about some red flags when seeking an ADHD diagnosis and how so many of us have encountered dismissive doctors and felt minimized when seeking a diagnosis. And we also talk about community and advocacy and how feeling seen and knowing you’re not alone is such a HUGE part of the diagnosis journey in adulthood.

TRIGGER WARNING: Discussion of miscarriages.

Website: whatintheadhd.com

Twitter: @WhatTheADHD

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Aleta Storch: All-or-nothing thinking, nutrition & dirty dishes

Episode 54 with Aleta Storch.

"Details? Not great. But I'm fantastic at the big picture stuff."

Aleta is an anti-diet dietitian, therapist, and Certified Body Trust Provider. 

She specializes in providing anti-diet, values-centered, body liberation work with folks that have disordered eating/a history of dieting, and/or ADHD.

Aleta currently works with individual clients in her virtual private practice (Wise Heart Nutrition), and also runs an online group program to support ADHDers in navigating food and eating difficulties, and in developing intuitive eating skills in order to nourish both the body and the brain.

We talk about the pressures of all or nothing perfectionism and why women with ADHD are prone to eating disorders, we also talk about diet culture and the problems with weight-centric views of health, victim blaming within the diet industry, and the insane stress of wedding planning.

Website: Wise Heart Nutrition

Instagram: @the_adhd_rd

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Holly Slater: Spontaneity, intensity & ‘Pure O‘ OCD

Episode 53 with Holly Slater.

"I'm the kind of person who always wants to have deep, meaningful conversations — I've realized not everyone wants to do that."

Originally from the UK and now living in Sydney, Holly is a freelance copywriter and craft beer aficionado, as well as a vocal advocate for supporting women in the craft beer industry and changing stereotypes.

We talk all about spontaneity and wanderlust, as well as visual memory vs remembering names or tasks, emotional intensity, mental rituals and her diagnosis of “Pure O” OCD.

Website: hollyjslater.com

Instagram: @hollyslatercopy

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