Joe Charlan is both a legend, and ADHDAF family! Freshly diagnosed Joe was born and educated as female in the 70s and 80s - which will likely play a large role in why he’s only just been diagnosed at the age of 46! Mancunian Joe,  a Commissioning Manager supporting people with disabilities, now identifies as a transgender man. Right at the very start of this podcast, Joe reached out thanking us for our statement of inclusion re gender and sexuality and we hit it off.   We’...

Episode 21: ADHD, Gender Transition & Power with Joe Charlan

Late diagnosed ADHDer turned Activist Laura Mears-Reynolds invites you aboard the late ADHD diagnosis roller coaster! &nbsp; After a lifetime of unknowingly battling a brain disorder and feeling like an alien, I’ve discovered there’s a whole planet of us! YOU ARE NOT ALONE!&nbsp;

Join me and the Leopard Print Army in&nbsp; ‘unmasking’ and owning&nbsp; our ‘TOO MUCH’-ness! With the help of very special guests, including the likes of: bestselling Authors Clementine Ford &amp; Davinia Taylor, ITV This Morning's Dr Nighat Arif,&nbsp; The ADHD Adults, ADHD Love, Catieosaurus, Life Actuator, BBC Morning Live’s Riyadh Khalaf, Forever Yours Betty, Adulting ADHD and many more!&nbsp;

Only an expert by my own lived experience which I share with a hope to help others and push for systemic change so that ADHDers can be treated both medically and with the respect they deserve.&nbsp;
Together we will make change happen! (And we can have a few laughs along the way at the most ADHD things we’ve done!)&nbsp;

All episodes prior to Oct ‘23 feature &amp; were edited by Dawn Farmer.&nbsp; Laura continues the ‘safari’ solo, as hell hath no fury like a ‘hun’ late diagnosed with ADHD.&nbsp;



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Tanya Bardsley: ADHD Advocacy, Motherhood & Recovery

I’m so excited to have the LEGENDARY Comedian & Author Suzi Ruffell hop aboard the late ADHD discovery rollercoaster this week! Despite being diagnosed with Dyslexia as a child, Suzi’s ADHD went undiscovered until very recently. Labelled ‘hyper’ as a child, Suzi found school really difficult, which inevitably led to truancy, which is common for many of us unidentified ADHDers. Suzi has noticed many female Comedians also just discovering their Neurodivergence… could it be the traits of the...

Suzi Ruffell: ADHD, Dyslexia and Comedy

One more time for the people at the back: SELF DIAGNOSIS IS VALID! To help scream this essential message to the masses is the legendary Lucy Greenwood, founder of clothing brand Lucy & Yak.  ACTUAL LUCY! And she's just the best! So grateful to Lucy and her dog Louis for sharing her late ADHD discovery, Self Diagnosis 'safari' AND a very special DISCOUNT CODE in this episode! What a treat! ADHD assesment is currently a privilege or a postcode lottery in the UK and we are amidst a glob...

ADHD Self Diagnosis with Lucy of Lucy & Yak

Many ADHDers experience Self Sabotage; the most frustrating part is that it can be so hard to spot! So where is the long awaited Season 3?! Well... there isn't gonna be one! :) I've realised that the fear of 'the Season that shall not be named' failing has led me down a path of Self Sabotage so severe I've been stuck for months so instead I'm just ploughing on!Helping me do so is the INCREDIBLE Kim Pierpoint.In the same way this Podcast started over 2 years ago, this is a conversation between...

CHINWAG: ADHD Self Sabotage with Kim Pierpoint

Many late discovered ADHD adults find it hard to know where to begin when it comes to ADHD Unmasking.  In this micro-episode ADHD Coach Meghann Birks gives us her top tip to help unpick those negative beliefs we've accumulated to help us find our authentic selves. I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Meghann on her amazing Podcast: Sisters in Stoke and we've been in semi constant contact ever since. This Canadian LEGEND lives in Melbourne and she's all heart, humour and wisdom.&nbs...

Episode 21: ADHD, Gender Transition & Power with Joe Charlan

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