Is your amygdala up to date?? What's it got to do with RSD? And what is an amygdala anyway??! Luckily The ADHD Hummingbird Coach, Mel Sims, is here to answer all of these questions and also help us to reframe our relationship with RSD and maybe even nip it in the bud before it takes hold!

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Karen Doherty is a London-based relationship therapist, psychosexual specialist, and coach whose work sits at the intersection of modern relational dynamics, intimacy and neurodiversity, With over 23 years’ experience working with couples Karen has become known for her ability to translate complex psychological processes into accessible, transformative guidance and has an international client base.

Karen appears as herself in the Global Netflix production Blue Therapy, showcasing her direct, relationally-attuned approach to therapy. Her presence on the series has already generated interest and expands her platform across 92 territories

This positions her as a leading voice on how contemporary relationships are shaped by attachment, sexuality and neuro diversity.

I had such an amazing time talking with Karen about relationships pre neurodivergent realisation and also post diagnosis. I learned so much and found our conversation very affirming, for which I am incredibly grateful to Karen. Enjoy!

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We did it! We managed to organise a day trip to London so we could actually meet in person! It was awesome! Today Erin (Alt_audhd on tiktok & instagram) and I talk about what went into planning an AuDHD friendly day trip, what it was like finally meeting in person for the first time and how we both felt in the lead up to it. We also talk about how important finding neurodivergent friends post self realisation has been to us both.

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It's been a little while since I recorded a solo episode and there's stuff happening and feelings being felt that I thought I should share. I hope this episode helps anyone going through similar stuff as me at the moment. Also, I've been prepping for my upcoming day out with my mate Erin, who I'm finally meeting in person tomorrow!!!

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Martha and Jenni met as teachers at the same progressive school where their kids were

students and became each other's children's key teachers. Jenni ran mini shopping trolley

races down corridors with Martha's son for vestibular regulation. Martha provided Jenni's

daughters with peanut balls to bounce on so they could focus enough to write and

calculate Maths whilst reciting favourite Bluey episodes.

Despite 40 years combined teaching experience and knowing exactly what

neurodivergent children needed, they both realised their own AuDHD/PDA kids weren't

school-shaped. Not even alternative-school-shaped. So over 3 years ago, they left their

teaching jobs and the education system and started their real education.

When they couldn't find home ed clubs that could accommodate their demand-avoidant

children, they created Make & Create Club: a flexible, low-demand space where rule

makers, rule breakers thrive. They offer community, advocacy and the freedom to be

yourself.

Now through AuDHDacious Humans, they provide online support for discombobulated

families to understand sensory systems, reframe behaviour, and ditch systems that break

them. They've lived this experience too, as late-diagnosed AuDHDers, parenting pressure-

sensitive children, unravelling everything they thought they knew about parenting and education.

Some people call it a journey. They call it a reckoning.

Website: www.audhdacious.com

Email: team@audhdacious.com

Instagram: @audhdacious.humans

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Jason Blackman is a 3x Emmy winning comedy writer and creator. His credits include The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Little Ellen, an animated musical series he co-created, wrote, and produced for HBO Max and Warner Bros. Animation. Jason also makes funny videos about what it’s like living with ADHD, which is how I found him one night when i was randomly having a scroll through Instagram. I had a brilliant chat with Jason, he's a naturally funny person, but he also shared another side of his personality in this interview.

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I've completed the collection! Today I have the final member of the ADHD Adults joining me on the podcast. Dr Alex Conner is here to talk about what i thought was addiction but now, thanks to Alex, I'm viewing it completely differently. I had a brilliant chat with Alex but please listen with caution this week as we cover some things that may be triggering to some people. We also go off on some mega tangents! Enjoy!

For those of you who aren't familiar with Alex...

Alex has combined his experience as an adult with ADHD, an ADHD coach and a brain scientist to become a trusted voice in psychoeducation in the ADHD community.
Alex is sometimes known as“The Psychoeducation Monkey, as the co-founder and co-host of one of the UK’s most popular ADHD podcasts: ‘The ADHD Adults’. The podcast is one of the ways in which Alex (with his friend and colleague James Brown), communicate the complex evidence behind the causes and treatments of ADHD. Together they combat stigma and disinformation around ADHD and co-founded the registered advocacy and psychoeducational charity “ADHDadultUK” and their evidence-based online magazine for adults with ADHD, Focusmag.uk.

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As we all know, the reason I named the podcast AuDHD Or Just A Bit Weird is because that's what I've always been called throughout my life and always in a derogatory manner... But since starting the podcast I've reclaimed weird as a positive thing and this is where the amazing Holly Matthews comes into the picture...

Holly Matthews is a former TV actress (Byker Grove, Waterloo Road, Casualty) and singer (Signed to Sony at 18, appeared on TOTP’s, MTV, Disney) who learnt how to use her ‘weird’ to stand out from the crowd.
After the death of her husband to brain cancer in 2017, when she was just 32, the mum of 2 began her mission to help others to embrace their own ‘weird’, build their confidence and feel ‘more happy and less crappy’.
The Happy Me Project runs events across the UK, is an online coaching membership, podcast and has seen Holly asked to speak and create workshops for Aldi, SEND prison, Sainsburys and wellbeing festivals across the UK.

For all things Holly...

Be weird (er) Live
The Happy Me Project Membership
Your FREE Weird is your Winning Edge Unmasking workbook + pep talk

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