In this episode, Meghan Brown-Enyia, founder of ADHD at Work, shares her personal journey of being diagnosed with ADHD at age 38 and explores how her experience has shaped her career. Meghan provides coaching to women with ADHD to help them thrive in their professional and personal lives. She discusses the importance of understanding one’s strengths and weaknesses via executive functioning assessments, emphasizes the need for realistic workplace accommodations, and highlights strategies for managing ADHD symptoms. The conversation also covers institutional recommendations for creating inclusive environments, tips for overcoming overwhelm, and the impact of ADHD on women, particularly in the context of pregnancy and motherhood. Meghan shares her insights on being persistent, advocating for oneself, and the importance of psychological safety in the workplace.

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Meghan Brown-Enyia is the Founder of ADHD at Work, where she passionately empowers women with ADHD to thrive in both their careers and personal lives. Diagnosed with ADHD later in life, Meghan’s journey of self-discovery has transformed her perspective, allowing her to embrace her unique neurological wiring and leverage it for success. With a background in social work, education, business, and human resources, Meghan is uniquely positioned to provide holistic support to her clients.

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Instagram: @adhdatwork

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FREE Facebook: Workplace & Entrepreneurship Network for Women with ADHD

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In this episode of ADHD Gathering, host Ying (ADHD Asian Girl) engages with Dr. Zoe Smith (Dr. Z) to explore culturally responsive ADHD care, focusing on Black and Latine youth. The discussion covers the complexities of ADHD diagnosis, including symptom masking and comorbidities such as anxiety, depression, and trauma. The importance of detailed clinical interviews and a neurodiversity- and trauma-informed perspective is underscored. Highlights include understanding the overlap of ADHD and trauma symptoms, and providing holistic support and accommodations. Dr. Z emphasizes the importance of validating youth experiences and the strengths of neurodivergent individuals, like creativity and divergent thinking.

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Dr. Zoe Smith ( Dr. Z, she/her) is a child and adolescent clinical psychologist who focuses on developing and providing culturally responsive mental health services for Black and/or Latina/é/o youth with ADHD. She currently lives in Chicago and provides free psychodiastric assessments for Black and/or Latiné teens (grades 6th-12th) suspected of having ADHD and provides recommendations on how they can use their strengths to navigate the neurotypical world. In her free time, Dr. Z loves watching basketball, being outside, and reading. 

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The episode features insights from Rach Idowu (Adulting ADHD), who was diagnosed with ADHD combined type at 26. Rach shares her journey, from suspecting early on set dementia to becoming an advocate for ADHD awareness and inclusion. She created ‘ADHD Flashcards’ and the ‘Adulting ADHD’ Substack newsletter to aid others. The discussion covers the intersectionality of being a woman of color with ADHD and the stigma faced by second-generation immigrants. Rach highlights the importance of authenticity in advocacy, and strategies for workplace accommodations and personal management, including using gamification and reward systems.

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Rach Idowu, aka AdultingADHD, was diagnosed with ADHD Combined Type in January 2020. She has since spent years raising awareness about ADHD and advocating for inclusion in workplaces. Rach is the creator of the ‘ADHD Flashcards’ a go-to resource for understanding ADHD and practical coping strategies. She launched the highly successful ‘Adulting ADHD’ Substack newsletter, which now boasts over 11,000 subscribers. Rach’s work has been featured in numerous publications, including The New York Times, BBC, and National Geographic. She has also been a guest speaker at MCM Comic Con, EGX, Facebook, Twitter, Ubisoft, the NHS, and many other organisations. Rach enjoys performing improv, Gaming, and cosplaying and is a die-hard Marvel fan.

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In this episode of ADHD Gathering, host Ying talks with Linda Yi, a Sichuanese American artist and ADHD advocate, about her journey through creativity, identity, and mental health. Linda shares her experiences growing up in an Asian household where mental health topics were often taboo, how she unexpectedly established her PandaCub Story, and how she manages the various challenges she faces in managing her mental health and creative endeavors.

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Linda Yi (sometimes called Panda) is a Sichuanese-American comic-artist, writer, and mental health advocate based in New York.

She is the creator of Panda Cub Stories, a weekly comic series about Chinese culture, Sichuan food, and living with ADHD. Panda Cub Stories has an engaged global audience of over 25k followers on Instagram — and has been featured in Today.com, Atlas Obscura, and Nextshark.

Yi is also the founder of Panda Cub Heritage, a membership-based online/offline community where she teaches fellow Chinese Americans how to reconnect with their roots through joyful (and sometimes easy to practice) personalized set of habits.

Linda currently lives and draws out of her Brooklyn studio, where she lives with her raccoon partner and two cats. She is hard at work on her first book: “Cook Sichuan – a comic book with recipes”, to be published winter of 2025.

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In the inaugural episode of ADHD Gathering, host Ying Deng, an ADHD coach and meditation teacher, shares her personal journey of being diagnosed with ADHD as a first-generation Asian immigrant woman in the U.S. Ying opens up about how her discovery of ADHD reshaped her self-understanding after years of battling depression and anxiety. She explains how her diagnosis became the key to unlocking new possibilities by learning to work with her ADHD brain rather than against it.

Ying also discusses the three core intentions behind this podcast: creating possibilities, amplifying diverse narratives, and celebrating strengths within the ADHD community—particularly among BIPOC individuals. Through candid interviews and lived experiences, ADHD Gathering hopes to inspire listeners to embrace radical acceptance, nurture their strengths, and cultivate self-compassion. Tune in to explore diverse ADHD stories, and leave empowered to thrive in your own unique way.

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