TIGGER WARNING, topics of grief and loss are discussed in this episode.In this interim episode of ADH Tea, Donna is joined by returning guest Maddy Alexander Grout to discuss essential topics around mental health, internalized ableism, and the journeys they've both taken. Delving into the benefits of medications like sertraline for mental health and various ADHD meds for ADHD, plus the importance of destigmatizing mental health treatment. Buy Maddy's book here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mad-About-Money-Managing-finances/dp/1394299729

Unlearning Ableism book mentioned:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unlearning-Ableism-No-Nonsense-Understanding-Disability/dp/1805018752

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Join Sarah and Donna today for the belated final episode of Season 2.Talking about self-diagnosis versus medical official diagnosis.Restful sleep and this is a fairy tale for both of us.Always trying to do all the things all at once and ending up in analysis paralysis and doing nothing.

And how it's so much easier to organise other people's lives than it is to get our own stuff together.Good luck to Sarah!We are taking at least two months off, we do mention in this episode (which was recorded before Sarah went on maternity leave) we would return in September, but it’s looking more like October or even November at this point.Stay up to date, subscribe for any Just the Sip minisodes or blog posts.Because we will forget to tell you about them ;)Email any questions over to [email protected] where you will find Donna reading every single message (say hi!).Until next time...

Join Donna and Sarah for part two of our chat with Ashley of the Highlands ADHD support group the Dopamine Dolls.These were supposed to be quickfire questions, but when is anything quick with ADHD brain!Come and listen to us ignore societal conditioning, we can talk about sore pees. Yes that type of pee.Find out more about the Dopamine Dolls and the incredible work Ashley and her team do in the Scottish Highlands here

https://www.dopaminedolls.co.ukThanks to the wonderful Ellen for sending in a question about tea and meds, which Donna answers with life experience :)Any questions or topics you’d like to hear us chat about for Season 3, get in touch via:[email protected]

Join Donna and Sarah for part one of their chat with Ashley of the Dopamine Dolls.We chat about all things beverages, our plethora of careers or jobs, and why does our society expect kids as young as 4 to know what they want to be when they grow up?As 40 something women, we still do not know!You may have heard Donna speak of the Dopamine Dolls before, based in the Scottish Highlands, a support group for AFAB and NB ADHD folks.More information about Dopamine Dolls and the wonderful support they offer can be found here

https://www.dopaminedolls.co.uk

For any tea mentioned you can always find it here:

https://www.unraveltea.com

Part 2 with Ashley, where we wander onto even more wild tangents will be with you next week.

Join Sarah and Donna to meander through why we are so resistant to routine and being told what to do. Touching on overwhelm when presented with a blank piece of paper.Learn about Donna’s tea processing experiments at Guisachan Farm in Scotland (yes we can grow tea, in polytunnels, in Scotland). Find out more hereIs it ADHD or something else? Any questions let us know

Enjoy this Mini Just a Sip Episode, baby is incoming so these may become the norm for a while.

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Join Donna and Sarah to explore the impact of their chat with Maddy Alexander Grout.We discuss over voice notes, due to scheduling issues, we are working on audio quality!Done is better than perfect ;)PS: buy Maddy's book here

Sarah and Donna welcome the incredible Maddy Alexander Grout in this episode.

Maddy is a qualified business strategist who helps entrepreneurs to get Visible, she is also a TikTok specialist and ADHD Coach.
For over a decade, Maddy has built a career as a money specialist and ADHD money influencer on TikTok, where she has garnered over 68,000 followers. She is a CPD-accredited neurodiversity specialist, and works through Access To Work and directly with her clients.
Maddy has bought, sold and acquired businesses as well as raising significant amounts of investment, she has also had a failed business which taught her way more about business than the successful ones. She knows what not to do! Maddy uses a mixture of coaching and mentorship to help her clients to grow their business and their visibility.

Maddy has won multiple awards and is frequently featured in That’s Life Magazine, BBC Radio Solent, The Sun, Metro, Daily Mail, and The Metro. She is a recent finalist for Money Influencer of the Year at the British Bank Awards and she was chosen as one of the most influential disabled people in the uk in 2024.
Her book, “Mad About Money,” is out now.
The free app called Mad About Money can be downloaded in the App Store.
All Maddy’s stuff is here https://stan.store/maddyalexandergrout
Buy her book HERE!!

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