Why Everyday Tasks Feel Overwhelming with ADHD - ADHD Aha! Takeover Episode

About this episode

This episode features a conversation with Terry Matlen about the challenges of living with ADHD, particularly for women, and offers insights into seeking support and understanding the condition.

I'd love to hear your thoughts, feedback and insights on what could improve The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast in this short poll - it takes 2 minutes, and as a thank you, we'll send you a little gift! Have you ever stood in your own kitchen, holding a perfectly ordinary object (like a wooden spoon), and completely frozen? Not because anything dramatic happened, but because your brain just couldn't work out what to do next. In this week's episode of ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I have something a little different for you! It’s called ADHD Aha! , by Understood.org , and shares real, relatable stories from people with ADHD, about how their symptoms impact their lives. In this episode, Laura is joined by Terry Matlen, a psychotherapist, ADHD coach, and one of the true pioneers in understanding ADHD in women. Terry has spent over 25 years helping women make sense of a brain the world never quite designed for them. And in this conversation, she is refreshingly honest about her own brain in ways I think a lot of us will relate to. In this episode, we explore: The moment a wooden spoon became the symbol of a lifetime of undiagnosed ADHD Why shame is so deeply woven into the female…

People in this episode

Host: Kate Moryoussef

Guest: Terry Matlen

Topics covered

• ADHD
• mental health
• women's wellbeing
• mothering with ADHD
• support for ADHD
• shame and ADHD

Keywords

• ADHD
• women
• mental health
• support
• mothering
• shame
• anxiety
• depression

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Understood.org

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