Episode 89 - Try Not To Get Into That Time Machine & Other Ways To Stop Ruminating

About this episode

Jami Shapiro discusses rumination and anxiety with therapist Kristen Baird Goldman, focusing on the mental loops experienced by those with ADHD.

In this episode of Grandma Has ADHD, Jami Shapiro sits down with therapist and anxiety specialist Kristen Baird Goldman for a thoughtful and deeply relatable conversation about rumination, anxiety, and the exhausting mental loops so many people with ADHD know all too well. If you’ve ever replayed a conversation for hours, spiraled over a mistake, or mentally traveled back in time wondering what you should have said or done differently, this episode is for you. Kristen explains why the ADHD br...

People in this episode

Host: Jami Shapiro

Guest: Kristen Baird Goldman

Topics covered

• rumination
• anxiety
• ADHD
• mental health
• self-reflection

Keywords

• ADHD
• rumination
• anxiety
• mental health
• self-reflection
• therapy
• Kristen Baird Goldman

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