Struggle Care

24: Collaboration: Mental Note & Struggle Care

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Today’s episode is a conversation in which Ellie Pike, host of the Mental Note podcast (this episode first aired on 2/27/23), and I discuss my adult ADHD diagnosis and the workarounds I’ve learned to get things done and function in my life. Join us!


Show Highlights:

  • KC’s background as a messy person whose life changed dramatically when her two children were born
  • How KC had to learn how to keep a functional home in a totally new phase of life
  • How an ADHD diagnosis as a young mother made sense of her whole life
  • Why KC’s ADHD diagnosis was “missed” during childhood and youth because she didn’t “fit the mold”
  • Why ADHD is NOT simply the inability to pay attention
  • How success in school changed for KC during college when most of the work was to be done outside of class
  • How ADHD affects what is going on in the brain, regardless of external behavior that may appear normal
  • What KC has put in place to help her finish necessary tasks, even when they don’t interest her
  • The difference between motivation and task initiation–and why we treat them differently
  • How ADHD medication changed everything for KC
  • Why late-diagnosed adults with ADHD usually hit some kind of barrier, event, or transition that brings everything to a crisis point
  • The connection between KC’s depressive episodes and isolation, under-stimulation, and boredom
  • KC’s advice for listeners about creating systems that work WITH your brain: “Do a little, and do it as a person that deserves to function.”
  • Why KC’s message is that “care tasks are morally neutral” and have nothing to do with someone being a worthwhile human being


    •  Resources:

    Connect with Ellie Pike and find out more about the Eating Recovery Center and Mood and Anxiety Center: www.mentalnotepodcast.com  

    Connect with KC: TikTok, Instagram, and Website 

    Get KC’s book, How to Keep House While Drowning

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