Attempting Motherhood

Dr Lotta Borg Skoglund is a Swedish researcher, physician, psychiatrist, and co-founder of LetterLife.

Her book "ADHD Girls to Women: Getting on the Radar" was just released in English. It's available at all major book sellers and via audiobook.  
 
In this episode we talk about how women and girls are too often abandoned by their health care providers, diagnosed with ADHD years after their male counterparts, and struggle to find information and support for their many co-morbid conditions.

Dr. Skoglund shares how the healthcare system typically is made up of silos of specialities and it's only once those silos are broken and the different sectors begin to work with each other can real solutions come into play.

We discuss how hormones effect everything - which those of us with a cycle already knew. We address if cyclic dosing might be the answer. How knowing your ADHD type and characteristics can be key in advocating for yourself and treating your ADHD. 

LetterLife is a blog, site, and app created by Dr Skoglund and fellow researchers/doctors/clinicians.
I have been using the app for a few months and love that it helps me track my symptoms and helps me develop more self awareness around my cycle and symptom presentations during my cycle.
There is also a fabulous community board,  there is information and articles by leading researchers and professionals across the healthcare world, and so so much more - all of which is included with the free version.
The paid version gives you access to past webinars as well as detailed insights and additional tools.

Download the LetterLife app HERE

They also have a quiz where you can look at your symptoms and get a scale of 1-12.

You can read the many insightful blog articles on LetterLife here. 

You can follow Dr Skoglund on social media:
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Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, medical professional, or mental health professional.
I am sharing my lived experience. If you relate to any of the content in these episodes, do your own research and speak to a medical professional if needed.
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CW: We discuss Katherine's experience with Postnatal Anxiety from 18:50-21:30.

Katherine, The Neurodiversity Mom, joined me for a chat about being a neurodivergent mom to neurodivergent kids.

Her husband and her moved to Canada from South Africa when she was pregnant with their eldest, so we commiserated about parenting when you are without a village and managing our fluctuating capacities whilst managing our littles'.

She has recently started home schooling her PDA son using The Good and The Beautiful curriculum.

Her Collective recently launched - The ND Mom Lens Collective.

Follow on Instagram @theneurodiversitymom 
Follow on TikTok @theneurodiversitymom

She's also just launched some really cute merch! Shop here. 

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Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, medical professional, or mental health professional.
I am sharing my lived experience. If you relate to any of the content in these episodes, do your own research and speak to a medical professional if needed.
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If you're neurodivergent and don't already follow Tina (aka The ADHD Accountant) I cannot recommend it enough.

As we discuss in the episode, the majority of financial advice out there is "typical". Meant for neurotypical people with neurotypical ways of thinking and spending. When we look at our neurodivergent brains (and especially if you're ADHD) most of that typical advice will not be easy to implement, will not take into account our struggles with executive functioning, or our potential impulsive spending.

Tina gives real, actionable tips in the episode. She gives advice on where to start - hint, it's not as simple as "make a budget" and she dives into her thoughts on children and pocket money/allowance.

If you want more after you've listened to this episode I highly recommend listening to her podcast "The ADHD Money + Finance Podcast".  I've listened to all of them and gotten so much great information.

"Start Managing Your Money with ADHD" 5 Week Course
-My partner and I have been part of round one of this course (I paid for it!) and I can't explain how valuable it has been in helping me understand our relationships with money and how we can better deal with money going forward in our ADHD household.
Next round starts 15 April (that's Tax day for all you Americans).

If you're in Australia and want to work with Tina you can contact her via her accounting firm, Diverse Accountants.

Follow her on Instagram @TheADHDAccountant

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Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, medical professional, or mental health professional.
I am sharing my lived experience. If you relate to any of the content in these episodes, do your own research and speak to a medical professional if needed.
There are free resources available in my links:
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In this episode I talk about resentment and expectations in relationship.

How resentment can take root, what that word may mean for both you and your partner, and so much more.
 
I also dive into looking at the expectations we place on our partners and how unmet expectations can lead to resentment and even questioning the relationship as a whole. But we shouldn't expect our partners to be all of the things to us. That's impossible.

Links:
INTENTION Monthly Coaching
Podcast going into detail about INTENTION (Episode 7)

"Find Your Unicorn Space" Eve Rodsky
Eve Rodsky on MomWell Podcast talking about "Unicorn Space"

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Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, medical professional, or mental health professional.
I am sharing my lived experience. If you relate to any of the content in these episodes, do your own research and speak to a medical professional if needed.
There are free resources available in my links:
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Pasha Marlowe, MFT, joined me to talk about navigating our romantic relationships as a neurodivergent person.  She shares her story of being late realised neurodivergent (AuDHD) and queer and how that impacted her marriage.

We discussed how we can fall into patterns as a couple and need to change things up to see these patterns - sometimes that's with the help of a coach/counsellor/therapist.

She gave tips for how to get on the same page with your partner - both in regards to the relationship and parenting. As well as ways we can bring our partners along on our realisation journey, but at their own pace.

Follow her on socials at:
TikTok: @neuroqueercoach
Instagram: @neuroqueercoach

Links Discussed:
PashaMarlowe.com
Magic Mind Drink (get one month supply free with her link)
Esther Perel TED Talk
PAIRED app

Listen to her podcast:
NeuroQueering: Beyond the Intersection of Neurodiversity and Queerness

Her Course "Same Bed, Different Brains" (an online course for neurodivergent couples)

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Thank you for listening!

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Coaching and free resources:
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Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, medical professional, or mental health professional.
I am sharing my lived experience. If you relate to any of the content in these episodes, do your own research and speak to a medical professional if needed.
There are free resources available in my links:
 https://linktr.ee/samattemptsmotherhood

If you enjoyed this episode please share, subscribe, rate, and review. Each time you do our little community grows.

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Em Powell, who you may know as WellByEm on TikTok and Instagram, joined me for a chat about parenting through autistic burnout, her year of recovery, utilising "so what", and leaning on your village. We also chatted about her upcoming retreat (sorry, no spots left) and her coaching services. 

If you want to book in last minute to her group coaching call you can do so HERE.
(Call takes place on 30 Jan UK time, link will only be available until then.)

Follow her on TikTok @wellbyem
Follow her on Instagram @wellbyem
Buy her Burnout Recovery e-Book
View all of her resources and offerings HERE

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Thank you for listening!

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Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, medical professional, or mental health professional.
I am sharing my lived experience. If you relate to any of the content in these episodes, do your own research and speak to a medical professional if needed.
There are free resources available in my links:
 https://linktr.ee/samattemptsmotherhood

If you enjoyed this episode please share, subscribe, rate, and review. Each time you do our little community grows.

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Courtney is a Pediatric Occupational Therapist (OT) teaching parents how to best support their little one's sensory needs. She's a mom to a toddler so not only can she translate the information from a clinician perspective, but she also gets the challenges and thrills of implementing it with a child.
 
Her social media is full of digestible and easy to try tips and techniques. She has also created a number of free guides to support parents who want to learn more about the sensory system (highly recommend the bedtime routine).

She also offers parent coaching if you want more specific and tailored advice on how to navigate supporting your child's sensory needs.
*she does not offer assessments virtually
If you're interested in coaching you can learn more and book HERE

Follow her on Instagram @CourtneyEnglish.OT
Follow her on TikTok @CourtneyEnglish.OT

Watch her VIRAL bedtime routine reel.

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Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, medical professional, or mental health professional.
I am sharing my lived experience. If you relate to any of the content in these episodes, do your own research and speak to a medical professional if needed.
There are free resources available in my links:
 https://linktr.ee/samattemptsmotherhood

If you enjoyed this episode please share, subscribe, rate, and review. Each time you do our little community grows.

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I wanted to take the opportunity to go a bit more in depth about what INTENTION is and what you can expect if you want to sign up (link below).
This is something I'm really excited to bring forward and cannot wait to connect with those who are joining me on the journey.

Learn more> INTENTION: 12 Month Self Focus Journey 

Please share this with anyone who may be interested in taking the next 12 months to be more intentional in several areas of life to make life more manageable as a neurodivergent mother. 

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Thank you for listening!

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Coaching and free resources:
AttemptingMotherhood.com

Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, medical professional, or mental health professional.
I am sharing my lived experience. If you relate to any of the content in these episodes, do your own research and speak to a medical professional if needed.
There are free resources available in my links:
 https://linktr.ee/samattemptsmotherhood

If you enjoyed this episode please share, subscribe, rate, and review. Each time you do our little community grows.

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This is part two of the episode with ADHD Coach Emily Weinberg.
We discuss how coaching is different, tips and strategies that can help, and she shares some of her favourite resources (listed below).

If you missed part one go and give it a listen - we talk about her very unique pregnancy and motherhood journey to twins, not twins.

Resources:
Strategies:
18:00 SURFing developed by Dr Sasha Heinz (read more here)
31:36 Thought Download/ Brain Dumping to combat overwhelm

Books:
"Taking Charge of Adult ADHD" by Dr. Russell Barkley
"Rethinking Adult ADHD" by J. Russell Ramsay

Group coaching where Emily started getting coaching and eventually trained as a coach: FOCUS by Kristen Carter

Please follow Emily on instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/adhd.with.emily/
Her website is: https://www.adhdwithemily.com/
You can book a FREE 30 minute consult with her HERE

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Thank you for listening!

If you like this episode please share, rate, review, and subscribe.
Each time you do our little community grows!

Coaching and free resources:
AttemptingMotherhood.com

Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, medical professional, or mental health professional.
I am sharing my lived experience. If you relate to any of the content in these episodes, do your own research and speak to a medical professional if needed.
There are free resources available in my links:
 https://linktr.ee/samattemptsmotherhood

If you enjoyed this episode please share, subscribe, rate, and review. Each time you do our little community grows.

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For more information and resources head to: https://linktr.ee/samattemptsmotherhood

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This is a short and sweet solo episode where Sam talks about ways to mitigate the stress that can surround this time of year. 
How can we rethink holiday traditions, make new ones, and adapt things to be more accessible to us. 

Whatever you celebrate take this simple reminder- you can say "no". No excuse or reason needed, you can simply just say "no". 

Have a wonderful holiday season! 

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Thank you for listening!

If you like this episode please share, rate, review, and subscribe.
Each time you do our little community grows!

Coaching and free resources:
AttemptingMotherhood.com

Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, medical professional, or mental health professional.
I am sharing my lived experience. If you relate to any of the content in these episodes, do your own research and speak to a medical professional if needed.
There are free resources available in my links:
 https://linktr.ee/samattemptsmotherhood

If you enjoyed this episode please share, subscribe, rate, and review. Each time you do our little community grows.

Follow Sam:
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Follow the podcast:
https://www.instagram.com/attemptingmotherhood.pod/

For more information and resources head to: https://linktr.ee/samattemptsmotherhood

Buy me a coffee (an opportunity to show appreciation for the content you've enjoyed).