The Neuroscience Behind Why Your ADHD Brain Won't Switch Off

About this episode

This episode explores the neuroscience behind ADHD, focusing on the Default Mode Network and practical tools for managing symptoms.

If you have ever started a task with the best intentions, yet 4 hours later your sat doing something completely different wondering how you got there... this week's More Yourself episode is for you. In this clip from our first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event, clinical psychologist and ADHD expert Dr Hannah Cullen talks us through the Default Mode Network, how it is impacted in those of us with ADHD, and the tools we can use to support our brains! If you're normally scared by the term neuroscience, this episode offers a warm, funny and brilliantly clear perspective on information that could really help you to make sense of a brain you may have spent a lifetime fighting against. In this episode, we explore: What the Default Mode Network actually is and why understanding it is so crucial for managing ADHD symptoms Why do so many of us start tasks and struggle to finish them, and what this has to do with working memory How Dr Hannah brings the DMN to life by demonstrating in real time just how hard it is for our brains to stay focused Pacing techniques that can genuinely reduce burnout and help with task completion The power of microstarts and real examples of how they can…

People in this episode

Host: Kate Moryoussef

Guest: Dr Hannah Cullen

Topics covered

• ADHD
• neuroscience
• Default Mode Network
• task completion
• women's health
• mental health

Keywords

• ADHD
• Default Mode Network
• neuroscience
• task management
• burnout
• women's ADHD
• working memory
• productivity
• mental health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ADHD Women's Wellbeing

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