🌟 My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is available to preorder here 🌟

This week, I’m joined by Cynthia Hammer, author, advocate, and founder of the Inattentive ADHD Coalition. Diagnosed with ADHD at 49, Cynthia shares her powerful story of living undiagnosed for decades and how that experience inspired her mission to raise awareness, especially for girls who are so often overlooked.

We explore the emotional and practical effects of late diagnosis, why inattentive ADHD remains under-recognised, and how early intervention can make a lasting difference. Cynthia’s journey is both inspiring and validating, especially for those questioning whether ADHD has shaped their own path.

Tune in to learn why early recognition matters and how it could change lives, starting with the next generation of girls.

✨ Why ADHD in girls is still frequently missed or misdiagnosed due to masking and societal expectations

✨ The emotional toll of undiagnosed ADHD and misunderstanding of inattentive ADHD

✨ The role of early diagnosis for ADHD girls and screening for the whole family

✨ Signs teachers and parents can look for to diagnose ADHD

✨ How to shift from shame and negative self-talk to self-compassion and understanding

✨ Cynthia Hammer’s personal journey with adult diagnosis and her advocacy through the Inattentive ADHD Coalition and FINDtheADHDgirls project

✨ The evolution of ADHD awareness and what the future of diagnosis and support might look like

✨ The power of community and advocacy to empower women in the next generation navigating ADHD

05:33 – Getting diagnosed at 49: Cynthia’s ADHD story

09:39 – Why girls are so often missed in school systems

16:33 – The impact of misdiagnosis and gender bias

22:31 – From self-criticism to self-acceptance: Cynthia’s mindset shift

28:13 – ADHD and family dynamics

31:10 – The need for better ADHD screening and early support

Find out more about Cynthia and her work via her website, www.iadhd.org or via Instagram.

Links and Resources:

⭐ Missed the first 5 ADHD Women's Wellbeing Summer Series Workshops? You can get them all on demand now. Click here to purchase.

⭐ Book on the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop all about 'Creating ADHD 'Routines' and 'Structures' ' on June 10th @1.30pm! Click here to book.

⭐ If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!

⭐ Launching September! Tired of ADHD support that doesn’t get you? My new compassionate, community-first membership ditches the overwhelm by providing support aligned with YOU! Join the waitlist now for an exclusive founding member offer!

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Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity and clarity. 

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In this week's wisdom episode, I chat with Josh Dech, a holistic nutritionist and physician’s consultant, about the often-overlooked link between gut health and ADHD.

Josh shares his personal journey with ADHD and severe gut issues, and how healing his digestive system transformed not only his physical health, but also his focus, energy, and emotional wellbeing. With over 300 cases of Crohn’s and Colitis reversed under his belt, Josh brings a refreshing and hopeful perspective to ADHD management through lifestyle changes.

This episode is packed with practical tips and thought-provoking insights that empower you to take control of your gut - and in turn, your brain.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ How the gut-brain connection works through the vagus nerve and it's role in ADHD

✨ The role of the gut microbiome in focus, mood, and brain inflammation

✨ Josh’s personal and family experience with gut issues and understanding his body supported his healing

✨ The need for quicker research dissemination and the power of medicine and social media

✨ How current research on gut health is becoming mainstream through medicine and social media

✨ Practical tips to reduce brain inflammation, including sleep, stress management, routine, and exercise

Timestamps:

01:53 – What is the gut-brain connection?

07:05 – Josh’s journey of healing gut issues and ADHD

11:51 – How your gut impacts brain chemistry

14:34 - Understanding Sleep and Health Management

Tune in now if you’re curious about natural, practical ways to support your ADHD through gut health and daily wellbeing practices.

Find out more about Josh and his work via his website, gutsolution.ca or via Instagram.

Links and Resources:

⭐ Book on to the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop about RSD (Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria) Click here to book.

⭐ Perfectionism, Pressure, Procrastination, Productivity, and all the ADHD Ps in between! Workshop available to buy now on-demand. Click here to purchase.

⭐ If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!

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Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity and clarity. 

Takeaways:

• Understanding the connection between gut health and ADHD can significantly impact symptom management.
• Managing gut health is crucial for ADHD individuals, as it can directly influence brain function.
• Simple lifestyle choices, like regular sleep schedules and dietary adjustments, can improve ADHD symptoms.
• The influence of environmental factors on neurodivergence emphasizes the importance of mindful living.
• Emphasizing a holistic approach to health can empower individuals with ADHD to reclaim their wellbeing.
• Awareness of the gut-brain connection is vital for addressing ADHD and overall mental health.

In this week’s episode of The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, I’m joined by couples counsellor and author Lisa Rabinowitz to discuss what really happens when ADHD shows up in a relationship and how to evolve and grow through it together.

Whether you have ADHD, your partner does, or you’re both neurodivergent, this conversation offers real-life tools and insights to help you feel more connected, understood, and supported.

Lisa, author of Why Won’t You Stop Interrupting Me?, shares how ADHD can create challenges with communication, emotional regulation, and reactivity, and how couples can move from blame to teamwork.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ Why ADHD can make communication harder and how to reduce misinterpretation and reactivity

✨ How understanding both partners’ neurodivergence creates more compassion and connection

✨ What a “talk nook” is, and why creating space for safe conversations can transform your relationship

✨ How to use tools like timers, summaries, fidget toys, ChatGPT, and bullet points to support better discussions

✨ Why self-awareness and emotional responsibility matter for both partners

✨ How to move from blame to teamwork, and what it means to approach your relationship like a “3-legged race”

✨ The role of Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) in relationships and how to navigate needs for independence

✨ Why having a shared goal and taking small steps forward together builds empowerment and trust

✨ How to start using your ADHD diagnosis as a tool for deeper understanding

✨ Encouraging, science-backed advice from Lisa’s work with couples navigating ADHD challenges

Timestamps:

🕒 00:59 – Understanding Neurodivergence in Relationships

🕒 14:51 – The Importance of Self-Responsibility in Relationships

🕒 17:32 – Navigating Neurodivergence in Relationships

🕒 23:36 – Understanding Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)

🕒 30:03 – Exploring Different Communication Styles

You’ll walk away with encouragement, clarity, and small steps that make a big difference, whether you’re navigating frustration, wanting to reconnect, or just looking to understand each other better.

To find out more about Lisa Rabinowitz and the work she does check out her website, counselorforcouples.com or connect with her on Instagram (@rabinowitzcounseling).

You can find out more about her book, Why Won't You Stop Interrupting Me? here

Links and Resources:

⭐ Boosting your Self-Belief and Self-Trust after a late-in-life ADHD diagnosis is available to buy now on-demand - Click here to purchase.

⭐ Book on to the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop all about Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria - Click here to book.

⭐ If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!

⭐ Launching September! Tired of ADHD support that doesn’t get you? My new compassionate, community-first membership ditches the overwhelm by providing support aligned with YOU! Join the waitlist now for an exclusive founding member offer!

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Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity and clarity. 

🌟 My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is available to preorder here 🌟

In this insightful and final episode of Ask The Psych, I’m joined by Dr. Asad Rafi to explore the evolving understanding of ADHD, from the limitations of diagnosis to building a life that supports long-term wellbeing.

We dive into how ADHD can impact health span and life span, and why recognising and working with your brain can lead to a more fulfilling, sustainable life. From navigating career choices to avoiding burnout, this episode is all about shifting from deficit thinking to a strengths-based, brain-first approach.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ The challenges of getting an ADHD diagnosis, and what to do if it isn’t accessible

✨ How to manage ADHD when medication isn’t an option

✨ The potential (and limits) of neurofeedback and brain imaging

✨ How unsupported ADHD can reduce life span — and what to do about it

✨ How understanding your brain and shaping your lifestyle to fit with it supports ADHD wellbeing and growth

✨ Finding fulfilment in your career by following strengths and passions

✨ How to ensure your self-worth isn’t tied to your job and how to prevent burnout with self-care

This episode is a powerful reminder that ADHD isn’t just something to manage, it’s something you can work with to live a longer, healthier, more meaningful life.

Timestamps:

🕒 02:55 – Can neurofeedback help with ADHD?

🕒 04:02 – The science behind neuroimaging and ADHD

🕒 08:33 – What it means to find purpose with ADHD

🕒 10:21 – Career shifts and self-understanding

🕒 11:56 – Managing ADHD through daily awareness

Whether you're newly diagnosed, waiting for assessment, or navigating ADHD without medication, this episode offers empowering, realistic advice to help you work with your brain, not against it.

Listen now to reframe your understanding of ADHD and discover how small mindset shifts can lead to big transformations.

Links & Resources:

⭐ Boosting your Self-Belief and Self-Trust after a late-in-life ADHD diagnosis Workshop available to buy now on demand. Click here to purchase.

⭐ Book on the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop all about 'What is Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria? How do we understand and recognise it, and how do we live well with it?' on May 20th @1.30pm! Click here to book.

⭐ If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!

⭐ Launching September! Tired of ADHD support that doesn’t get you? My new compassionate, community-first membership ditches the overwhelm by providing support aligned with YOU! Join the waitlist now for an exclusive founding member offer!

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Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity and clarity. 

In this episode, Kate is joined by Kelly Smith, an ADHD advocate, meditation teacher, and founder of Yoga For You, to explore how meditation and mindfulness can become powerful tools for those with ADHD.

With a background in neuroscience and personal experience with ADHD, Kelly shares how short, daily practices like breathwork, grounding, journaling, and visualisation can help calm the nervous system, regulate emotions, and improve focus.

Together, we bust the myth may meditation myths and explore how just 8–12 minutes of intentionality each day can rewire the brain to reduce overstimulation, increase dopamine and GABA, calm the amygdala, and strengthen the prefrontal cortex.

Whether you're overstimulated, overwhelmed, or just unsure where to start, this conversation offers practical ways to make meditation work for your ADHD brain and your unique lifestyle.

What You’ll Learn In This Episode:

✨ The power of short, consistent meditation sessions, especially for ADHD brains

✨ The neuroscience of mindfulness: how dopamine, GABA, the amygdala, and prefrontal cortex are involved in focus, anxiety reduction, and emotional regulation

✨ How meditation helps reduce overstimulation and supports executive function

✨ The difference between intentional introspection and overthinking

✨ How grounding practices like prayer, journaling, or breathwork can build intentionality and future visioning

✨ How to find a meditation style that suits your ADHD brain e.g. visualisation, body awareness, or focused breathing

✨ Why visualising your “ideal self” can lead to subtle but powerful life changes

✨ How meditation strengthens memory, emotional control, and clarity by rewiring the brain over time

✨ Why mindfulness needs to be personal and consistent, not perfect

Timestamps:

🕒 00:48 – Kelly’s ADHD diagnosis and discovering meditation

🕒 13:36 – What meditation does to the brain

🕒 23:23 – Managing overstimulation in parenting

🕒 31:48 – Building an intentional life with ADHD

🕒 34:30 – Meditation styles that support neurodivergent minds

If you’ve ever felt too busy, distracted or overwhelmed to meditate, this episode will show you a new way. Learn how just a few mindful minutes each day can help you feel calmer, more in control, and more connected to the version of yourself you’re working toward becoming.

Find out more about Kelly and the work she does here, www.yogaforyouonline.com or find her on Instagram @yogaforyouonline.

Links and Resources:

⭐ Boosting your Self-Belief and Self-Trust after a late-in-life ADHD diagnosis is available to buy now on-demand - Click here to purchase.

⭐ Book on to the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop all about Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria - Click here to book.

⭐ If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!

⭐ Launching September! Tired of ADHD support that doesn’t get you? My new compassionate, community-first membership ditches the overwhelm by providing support aligned with YOU! Join the waitlist now for an exclusive founding member offer!

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Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity and clarity. 

🌟 My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is available to preorder here 🌟

This week, I revisit a conversation with Professor Sandra Kooij, one of the world’s leading researchers in adult ADHD, women's health, and hormones and a pioneer in understanding how ADHD manifests differently in women.

We discuss the powerful and often-overlooked link between hormones and ADHD symptoms, especially the role of oestrogen and dopamine throughout a woman’s life.

Professor Kooij shares her groundbreaking research and clinical experience, highlighting how hormonal fluctuations, such as those around menstruation, postpartum and menopause, can intensify ADHD symptoms and impact daily life, mental health, and emotional regulation.

You’ll also learn about new treatment approaches that combine hormonal and ADHD medication support and why a more collaborative, hormone-informed approach to ADHD care is so urgently needed.

✨ How hormonal changes such as PMS, postpartum, and menopause can intensify ADHD symptoms in women

✨ The link between oestrogen and dopamine, and its effect on ADHD brain function and focus

✨ Why women with ADHD may be more likely to experience earlier menopause

✨ The associated health risks, including cardiovascular issues, in women with ADHD

✨ How stimulant medications, SSRIs, and hormonal support may need adjusting during the menstrual cycle and menopausal phases

✨ What to ask your doctor about managing ADHD through hormonal transitions

✨ Why lifestyle changes may not be enough, and what comprehensive treatment can involve

✨ The urgent need for more research into the ADHD-hormone connection in women’s health

🕒 01:49 – Oestrogen and dopamine: the ADHD connection

🕒 07:02 – PMDD, ADHD and evolving treatment options

🕒 10:17 – Early menopause and ADHD

🕒 14:50 – The H3 Network: uniting psychiatry, cardiology & gynaecology

This is a must-listen episode for any woman navigating ADHD alongside hormonal shifts. Whether you're dealing with PMS, perimenopause, or postpartum challenges, or simply trying to understand your symptoms better, this episode is packed with science-backed insights and compassionate advice.

You can find out more about all the work that Sandra does here.

Links and Resources:

⭐ Boosting Hormonal and Perimenopausal Wellbeing alongside ADHD Workshop with Adele Wimsett available to buy now on-demand - Click here to purchase.

⭐ Book on the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop - Click here to book.

⭐ If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!

⭐ Launching September! Tired of ADHD support that doesn’t get you? My new compassionate, community-first membership ditches the overwhelm by providing support aligned with YOU! Join the waitlist now for an exclusive founding member offer!

Find all of Kate's popular online workshops and free resources here

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Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity and clarity. 

This week, Kate is joined by Dr. Kara Davey, Senior Clinical Psychologist, trauma specialist, and adult ADHD expert. Dr. Davey shares both personal and professional insights into how unresolved trauma can amplify ADHD symptoms, especially in women, and why understanding this connection is vital for healing and long-term wellbeing.

Dr. Davey discusses her own ADHD diagnosis following a stillbirth, which deeply shaped her clinical perspective. Together, we explore how trauma, especially “small t” traumas like chronic stress or emotional invalidation, can go unrecognised but significantly impact mental health and functioning.

Throughout the episode, Dr. Davey emphasises the need for trauma-informed, ADHD-aware care and the benefits of therapies like EMDR and somatic work in processing trauma.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✨ How trauma (both “big T” and “small t”) can worsen ADHD symptoms in women

✨ The emotional toll of undiagnosed ADHD and its link to complex PTSD (cPTSD)

✨ Delayed ADHD diagnosis in women, often triggered by grief or life stressors

✨ The generational impact of undiagnosed ADHD in families

✨ Why validating emotional and relational trauma is key for ADHD support

✨ How therapies like EMDR and somatic work can help process trauma

✨ The importance of ADHD-aware, trauma-informed therapy

✨ Why remote therapy offers accessible, ADHD-friendly mental health care

Timestamps:

🕒 00:09 – Exploring Trauma and ADHD

🕒 06:10 – Understanding the intersection of ADHD and Trauma

🕒 11:25 – Recognising the impact of emotional and interpersonal trauma

🕒 20:42 – Trauma treatment options: EMDR and beyond

🕒 30:53 – ADHD-friendly therapy approaches

🕒 36:43 – The power of remote therapy for neurodivergent clients

Learn more about Dr Kara Davey's ADHD work here.

Links and Resources:

⭐ Boosting Hormonal and Perimenopausal Wellbeing alongside ADHD Workshop with Adele Wimsett is available to buy now on-demand - Click here to purchase.

⭐ Book on the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop - Click here to book.

⭐ If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!

⭐ Launching September! Tired of ADHD support that doesn’t get you? My new compassionate, community-first membership ditches the overwhelm by providing support aligned with YOU! Join the waitlist now for an exclusive founding member offer!

Find all of Kate's popular online workshops and free resources here

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Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity and clarity. 

✨ PRE-ORDER MY NEW BOOK, THE ADHD WOMEN'S WELLBEING TOOLKIT HERE! ✨

In this week’s episode, we shift the focus from labels to brain health. Dr. Asad Rafi, psychiatrist and ADHD specialist, joins me to answer a listener’s powerful question about recognising ADHD at 60 — and whether it’s ADHD or natural cognitive ageing.

You’ll also hear from Lucinda Miller. As clinical lead of the NatureDoc team, with over 25 years of experience as a naturopath and qualifications in Functional Medicine, Lucinda's book, Brain Brilliance, was published in August 2024. She discusses the significance of understanding how hormonal changes impact mental health and brain health.

Together, we explore how age, hormones, and life experiences can impact our brain health, cognitive function, and why it’s not always a straightforward ADHD diagnosis.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ Why thinking about brain health, not just ADHD, is key to managing symptoms effectively

✨ The difference between having features of ADHD and symptoms

✨ How menopause and hormonal shifts can mimic or unmask ADHD

✨ Why context and impact of ADHD symptoms throughout your life matter more than diagnosis checklists

✨ How to tell the difference between ADHD and natural cognitive changes

✨ Why brain fog isn’t always ADHD, and why it matters to know the difference

✨The specifics when it comes to nutrient levels like Iron and Zinc

✨ How your brain chemicals affect your mental clarity

✨ Eating to support your brain health and function

Dr. Rafi offers a thoughtful, holistic approach to late-life neurodivergence, helping us ask: Has it always been there, or is something else going on?

If you’re navigating hormonal changes, questioning your focus, or wondering if ADHD fits, this episode offers clarity, compassion, and a brain-first perspective.

Timestamps:

🕒 01:41 – A listener’s story: Recognising ADHD at 60

🕒 02:44 – Reframing ADHD through brain health

🕒 05:07 – Symptoms vs. features: what to look for

🕒 06:58 – Hormonal changes and ADHD

🕒 07:43 – Brain fog and cognitive shifts during menopause

🕒 08:51 - Understanding Dopamine ADHD and the Dietary Interplay

🕒 15:13 - Iron Needs for Women, Absorption and ADHD

Listen now and discover how understanding your brain better can be the first step to feeling like yourself again.

Links & Resources:

⭐ Boosting Hormonal and Perimenopausal Wellbeing alongside ADHD Workshop available to buy now on demand. Click here to purchase.

⭐ Book on the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop all about 'Boosting your Self-Belief and Self-Trust after a late-in-life ADHD diagnosis' on May 6th @1.30pm! Click here to book.

⭐ If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!

⭐ Launching September! Tired of ADHD support that doesn’t get you? My new compassionate, community-first membership ditches the overwhelm by providing support aligned with YOU! Join the waitlist now for an exclusive founding member offer!

Find all of Kate's popular online workshops and free resources here

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Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity and clarity. 

🌟 My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is available to preorder here 🌟

This week, I’m joined by nutritionist and eating behaviour coach Marcelle Rose to explore the often-overlooked connection between emotional eating and neurodivergence.

If you’ve ever struggled with binge eating, food restriction or chaotic eating patterns, especially alongside ADHD or autism, you are not alone. We talk about why these behaviours are so common in the ADHD community, the impact of shame and generational messaging around food, and how traits like perfectionism, RSD and impaired interoception can make eating feel extra hard.

Marcelle shares practical, compassionate tools to help you feel more connected to your body, understand your hunger signals, and heal your relationship with food, without restriction or guilt.

Whether you're newly diagnosed or have long suspected your ADHD or neurodivergence influences your eating habits, this episode will leave you feeling seen, supported and more empowered to heal your relationship with food.

✨ Why ADHD and autism can increase the likelihood of emotional and binge eating

✨ The difference between disordered eating, emotional eating, binge eating, restrictive eating and clinical eating disorders

✨ How shame, diet culture and generational beliefs about weight impact your relationship with food

✨ Why neurodivergent women often struggle with hunger cues and interoception – and how to start reconnecting

✨ How RSD, perfectionism and comparison can feed into disordered eating

✨ What recovery really looks like (and why it’s different for everyone)

✨ The role of hormones, the menstrual cycle and sleep in your eating behaviours

✨ Gentle, realistic strategies to feel more calm, consistent and confident with food

🕒 07:27 – What binge & disordered eating can look like

🕒 15:40 – The emotional root of chaotic eating

🕒 21:39 – Healing, body image, and self-compassion

🕒 25:40 – Listening to your body’s hunger signals

🕒 35:16 – Why neurodivergent brains need a gentler approach

Marcelle’s book The Binge Freedom Method: 4 Pillars to Beating Emotional Eating for Good is available here. You can also connect with her community via The Food Freedom Collective on Facebook.

Links and Resources:

⭐ Boosting Your ADHD Hormonal and Perimenopausal Wellbeing Workshop with Adele Wimsett is available to buy now on-demand - Click here to purchase.

⭐ Book on the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop - Click here to book.

⭐ If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!

⭐ Launching September! Tired of ADHD support that doesn’t get you? My new compassionate, community-first membership ditches the overwhelm by providing support aligned with YOU! Join the waitlist now for an exclusive founding member offer!

Find all of Kate's popular online workshops and free resources here

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Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity and clarity. 

In this week’s episode, Kate speaks with Rachel Morgan-Trimmer, a neurodiversity consultant, TEDx speaker, and author of How to Be Autistic: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed. Together they explore the complex intersection of ADHD and autism, and what it means to truly support neurodivergent people at work and beyond.

Rachel shares her journey of late diagnosis, burnout, and self-discovery, and unpacks the lesser-known ways mental and physical health can be affected when ADHD and autism go unsupported. They dive deep into the power of language, the harm of assumptions, and how workplaces can move from just “awareness” to real, sustainable inclusion through low-cost, high-impact interventions.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ Why the overlap between ADHD and autism can feel confusing — especially for women

✨ How internalised stigma, shame, and burnout can show up at work

✨ What sustainable, inclusive systems for neurodiveristy look like in the workplace

✨ How to support neurodivergent employees and be a better manager

✨ The role of passion, purpose, and flexibility in helping neurodivergent employees thrive

✨ Why workplace inclusion must centre both health and performance

✨ Why neurodiversity training is more in demand than ever

✨ How changing the narrative from “not enough” to “full of potential” helps productivity and outcomes

✨ Rachel’s personal experience riding the wave of ADHD and autism — and how she empowers others to be their authentic selves

Timestamps:

🕒 01:11 – How ADHD and autism overlap

🕒 12:25 – The rise of neurodiversity awareness at work

🕒 14:30 – What inclusive workplaces can look like

🕒 24:40 – How neurodivergent traits show up in everyday life

🕒 28:40 – Rethinking productivity with ADHD

🕒 36:28 – Navigating neurodivergence as a woman

🕒 40:08 – Why support is key to thriving

This episode is for anyone who’s felt misunderstood at work, questioned how their brain “should” operate, or wants to help build a more inclusive workplace for their employees. When we reframe neurodivergence as a difference, not a deficit, everyone benefits.

Find out more about Rachel and her work via her website, askfirebird.com or on LinkedIn. Buy Rachel's book here.

Links and Resources:

⭐ Perfectionism, Pressure, Procrastination, Productivity, and all the ADHD Ps in between! Workshop available to buy now on-demand. Click here to purchase.

⭐ Book on the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop all about 'Boosting Hormonal and Perimenopausal Wellbeing alongside ADHD' on April 22nd @1.30pm! Click here to book.

⭐ If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!

⭐ Launching September! Tired of ADHD support that doesn’t get you? My new compassionate, community-first membership ditches the overwhelm by providing support aligned with YOU! Join the waitlist now for an exclusive founding member offer!

Find all of Kate's popular online workshops and free resources here

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Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity and clarity.