Hello and welcome to the episode 246 of AUDHD ME & MO Podcast 🐳🐋

Today I speak with Laura Siwinski from Howe, in Texas and she is an ER Nurse and the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at www.zoomates.org 🦁🦭

Laura has five children and with her first born, he was non-speaking Autism and at the age of 4 got really into animal images such as his favourite animal - the 🐘.

Zoomates is a safe website which is free for all 🐶🐕

Laura wanted to create something that is “SAFE, FREE AND FUN for the kids to use”.

To parents who are out there with an Autistic child who is non-verbal it can be frustrating and trying to find a way to communicate with your children.

This episode is absolutely wonderful and we hope you can listen in today. 🎙️

#adhd #autism #audhd #neurodiversity #animals #zoo 

💬 How is Simon doing?

Honestly…

Absolutely fantastic on the inside.

That’s not denial — it’s grit + perspective.

Over the past five years, I’ve faced it all:

💔 Loneliness (while feeling full inside)

🧍 Being mistreated just for being myself

💸 Financial struggle — lack of food, touch, and support

⚖️ Discrimination, bureaucratic games, and shifting rules

🏚️ Infrastructure that doesn’t hold up for people like me

But here’s the truth: I’ve developed a skill I’m proud of —

✨ The ability to take negative situations and reshape them into fuel.

I don’t avoid the pain. I restructure my life around it.

It’s like emotional alchemy — turning setbacks into strategies, isolation into clarity, and injustice into insight.

Forgiveness? Absolutely. Forgetting? No — because memory teaches growth.

Pain doesn’t stop me — it shapes me.

To anyone else navigating a rough patch:

You’re not alone. Your strength might not be loud, but it’s real.

And it’s building something powerful beneath the surface.

#Grit #Resilience #Authenticity #GrowthMindset #ForgiveButDon’tForget #LeadershipFromWithin #Neurodiversity #Loneliness #LifeSkills #InnerStrength #MentalHealth #TruePositivity

🎙️ Hello and welcome to AuDHD Me & Mo: The Podcast

🧠✨ In today’s episode, I explore a powerful idea:

How the Autism & ADHD (AuDHD) community can change the world.

🌍 With so many being diagnosed later in life, especially adults, I don’t believe it’s random.

It feels like a quiet shift — a purposeful balancing of the norm.

🤖 As AI continues to evolve — with people outsourcing their thinking, planning, and even their creativity — I believe neurodivergent minds are more essential than ever.

💥 We naturally live by principles that have guided great leadership for years — like:

📚 John Maxwell’s 13 Ways of Thinking, including:

🔁 Reflective thinking

🎯 Strategic thinking

💡 Creative thinking

🤝 Shared thinking

🚀 Possibility thinking

And also 📖 Stephen Covey’s 8 Habits, such as:

✅ Be proactive

🧭 Begin with the end in mind

🤝 Seek first to understand, then to be understood

🌱 Sharpen the saw

These aren’t just personal development tools — they’re often how we survive, create, and connect.

🧩 Neurodivergence isn’t a flaw — it’s a framework for innovation.

🎧 Tune in as I explore how the AuDHD community brings new energy to leadership, collaboration, and human potential.

Let’s stop trying to fit in — and start leading from who we really are.

#AuDHD #Neurodiversity #Autism #ADHD #Podcast #GrowthMindset #Leadership #StephenCovey #JohnMaxwell #FutureOfWork #AI #Innovation #EmbraceDifferent

Hello and Welcome to the AUDHD Me & Mo The Podcast.

Today I am speaking with Gretchen Schoser, the Founder of Schoser Talent and Wellness Solutions.

I had to get Gretchen on the podcast because so many men with Autism, ADHD and AUDHD, especially late-diagnosed, don't have a support network, so I have decided my episodes to speak to the men this time!!

Please reach out to Gretchen on the links below, and she will get back to you very quickly.

PLUS....Laughter is the best medicine and she happens to have a podcast called "Sh!t That Goes On In Our Heads", whre she goes by the name of G-Rex... her co-host is called "Dirty Skittles" and ABSOLUTELY love it.... the "Squirrel D##ks" episode is SO DAMN funny.

"Sh!t That Goes On In Our Heads" Podcast : https://open.spotify.com/show/1KWbjOUrCd26BksvczVdkK?si=Slzqjb72RRyO5ZuHRVfrFw

Gretchen SchoserFounder, Schoser Talent and Wellness Solutions[email protected]Website:  https://schosersolutions.com

Hello and Welcome to the AUDHD ME & MO The Podcast.

Today I speak with Kira Staggs, from Utah, USA who runs her own company called ‘KaeCeeEss’ Integrative Health and Wellness.

In this 1 hour 15 minute episode, recorded simply on my mobile phone, and hers too via the app Messenger, in which I put my phone on my Rode Microphones pop filter to get the best sound…btw the quality of this call is actually better than a Zoom call…it’s so realistic it’s like we are sitting next to each other.

As a board-certified health and professional coach and holistic health practitioner, we really delved into the area of the following theme based on her published article called “Chewing as a Brainstem Mediated Stress Modulator: An Evolutionary Hypothesis Linking Orofacial Neural Activation to Emotional Eating and Obesity”.

I wanted to give Kira the stage today, for two reasons. I read through her paper and think it is sound plus she was getting rejection and push back from qualified professionals which I didn’t think was in order.

Kira’s son is on the spectrum, who I said hello to just before the episode and a quick wave to her mother which makes podcasting so rich, when using a phone app compared to a Zoom program (which also has it’s benefits), but the expression is life is there instead of just looking at calendly and just going through a normal chat for an hour.

This brings out more substance in every interaction. So we spoke about chewing, and  this paper proposes a novel hypothesis that chewing functions as a mechanism to initiate parasympathetic modulation.

This is essential listening for people like myself with Autism, who use Oral Stimming as a healthy part of our lives, and instead of being slandered for doing it, there are biological reasons that have been overlooked.

Kira expresses the three cranial nerves in detail 1) Triennial (V), Glossopharyngeal (IX) and the Hypoglossal (XII),  in a very down to earth fashion ….. (editors note: Simon’s podcast is always down to earth :).

We discuss Autonomic tone, Delayed gratification from Stanford from the 1970’s, HRV ((Heart-Rate Viability)which I have discussed before on this podcast), and lots on the ANS and PNS, especially Vagal activity.

We then speak about the work of Mark Filipii regarding “Phases of Moon affecting Brain Chemistry”, delving into dominant Neurotransmitters such as Melatonin, Dopamine and Serontonin, while opening up Acetylcholine (ACh)m  and GABA. This episode is amazing any you will learn so much. We both hope you enjoy listening.

Here is the publication:

📖 Read the preprint on Zenodo:

👉 https://lnkd.in/ghipDvMN

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#238 - DSM-4 & ICD-10 - Autismus (Explicit)

Als Autist bin ich nicht zufrieden mit der DSM4 und ICD-10.

🎧 New Podcast Episode – The Story Behind Thirteen Hour Services

Neurodivergent-founded. Community-driven. Authentically lived.

In this episode, I open up about the journey of building Thirteen Hour Services—a neurodivergent-led company registered in Germany in August 2023 and home to:

📘 The Thirteen-Hour Life Coach book

🎙 AuDHD Me & Mo: The Podcast (bilingual)

💡 Mentoring & Coaching programs for late-diagnosed adults with Autism, ADHD, and AuDHD

I share how a conversation with Dr. Sophie Zötler inspired the book, written from a deeply personal, first-person perspective over 18 months. At the same time, a listener in the U.S. was waiting week by week for its release—because it helped her keep going.

🧠 For two years, I used the podcast as a testing ground, asking my audience to call me out if anything I said didn’t land—and the feedback? Pure connection, resonance, and support. The bond with Mo, my internal guide, has especially struck a chord with others who live with strong inner voices too.

There’s a lot packed into this episode—heart, truth, reflection, and community.

🎧 Give it a listen—and if it speaks to you, maybe it’s time we work together. I’d love to welcome you to my courses.

#NeurodivergentVoices #ADHD #Autism #AuDHD #LateDiagnosis #LifeCoach #FirstPersonPerspective #InnerVoice #ThirteenHourServices #PodcastLaunch #NeurodivergentSupport #BilingualPodcast

🚀 1000X Organisierter – Kurs für Spät-diagnostizierte Autist:innen, ADHS & AuDHS 🚀

Überblick:

✨ Woche 1 – „ADHS kann die exekutiven Fähigkeiten beeinträchtigen – aber eine Diagnose kann alles verändern.“

Wir starten mit einem spannenden Call zu Dopamin, Noradrenalin und Serotonin – den neurochemischen Grundlagen. Danach hörst du mein Gespräch mit Dr. Diana Mercado über kurz- und langfristige Medikation bei ADHS. Außerdem gibt’s ein Interview mit Tiffany Christ über die vier exekutiven Funktionen. Wir legen ein starkes Fundament!

✨ Woche 2 – „Weniger Dinge = weniger Entscheidungsmüdigkeit“

Minimalismus pur! Wir reden über Unordnung, visuelle Reize – und wie viel davon du eigentlich brauchst.

✨ Woche 3 – „Wie man visuelle Organisationstools wie Farbcode, Mindmaps und Kanban-Boards nutzt.“

Dr. Laura Janusik zeigt, welche Farbcodes für neurodivergente Köpfe besonders hilfreich sind. 🎨🧠

✨ Woche 4 – „Wie man Dinge sofort wegräumt, anstatt sie einfach abzulegen.“

Gerade bei hyperaktivem ADHS ein echter Gamechanger!

✨ Woche 5 – „Wie stille Zeiten als visuelle Hilfe dienen können.“

Reflexion und Klarheit durch Ruhe. 🌿

✨ Woche 6 – „Wie man ein ‚JETZT‘- und ‚NICHT JETZT‘-Aufgabensystem erstellt.“

Dein Gehirn braucht klare Strukturen – keine Überforderung.

✨ Woche 7 – „Das beste System ist das, das du wirklich benutzt!“

Vergiss perfekt – mach’s praktisch. Wir bauen dein persönliches System.

✨ Woche 8 – „Wie ‚Positive Narrative‘ den Unterschied machen.“

Deine Geschichte zählt – und kann dein System tragen.

🎉 Nach 8 Wochen bist du 1000X Organisierter – mit funktionierenden Systemen und nachhaltiger Klarheit.

💬 Zwei tolle Testkund:innen haben das Programm bereits durchlaufen – beide geben ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐!

✨ Ich würde mich riesig freuen, wenn du dabei bist. Lass uns heute herausfinden, wie weit du kommen kannst.

👇 Bereit, aus Chaos Klarheit zu machen? Schreib mir eine DM oder kommentiere mit „INFO“, und ich melde mich bei dir!

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🚀 1000X More Organised Course for Late-Diagnosed Autism, ADHD & AUDHD 🚀

Overview:

✨ Week One – “ADHD can impact executive skills, but a diagnosis can change everything.”

We kick off with a powerful call diving into Dopamine, Norepinephrine, and Serotonin—laying the neurochemical groundwork. Then, tune into my chat with Dr. Diana Mercado on ADHD medication (short & long-term) and an eye-opening episode with Tiffany Christ on the four executive functions. We’re building a strong foundation!

✨ Week Two – “How fewer things = less decision fatigue.”

Let’s simplify! We dive into minimalism and tackle the clutter—what’s in your space, and what serves you?

✨ Week Three – “How to use visual organisation tools such as colour-coding, mind maps and Kanban Boards.”

Dr. Laura Janusik joins us to talk about optimal colour-coding strategies tailored for Neurodivergent thinkers. 🎨🧠

✨ Week Four – “How to put things away immediately instead of setting things down.”

This one’s a game-changer—especially for those with hyperactive ADHD.

✨ Week Five – “How to use silent times as a great visual aid.”

Tap into stillness for powerful clarity and reflection. 🌿

✨ Week Six – “How to create a ‘NOW’ and ‘NOT NOW’ task system.”

Because your brain deserves simplicity, not chaos.

✨ Week Seven – “How the BEST system is the one you actually use!”

Forget perfect—go for practical. Let’s build what works for YOU.

✨ Week Eight – “How ‘Positive Narratives’ make the difference.”

Your story matters—and it can fuel your systems.

🎉 After 8 weeks, you’ll be 1000X More Organised—with sustainable systems and lasting clarity.

💬 I’ve already had 2 amazing clients beta-test this course—and both gave it ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐!

✨ I’d love for you to join me. Let’s talk about how far we can go—starting today.

👇 Ready to transform your chaos into clarity? Drop me a DM or comment “INFO” below and I’ll reach out!

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ADHS: Fakten statt Vermutungen

In dieser Folge 🎙️ tauche ich tief in die 5 Säulen des DSM-IV ein – und hier wird es spannend: 3 davon basieren auf gesellschaftlichen Faktoren.

ADHS beginnt zwar oft mit einer genetischen Komponente 🧬 – zum Beispiel engeren Arterien im Gehirn, die die exekutiven Funktionen beeinflussen – aber es gibt viele weitere Einflussfaktoren, die ich in der Folge aufschlüssle.

Was mich jedoch wirklich stutzig gemacht hat, ist, wie das Buch, das ich bespreche („Klinische Psychologie“), ADHS beschreibt – mit Formulierungen wie:

🗨️ „Wir glauben …“

🗨️ „Es ist möglich …“

Tut mir leid, aber ich bin AuDHD. Das heißt: Wenn es um Fakten geht, brauche ich Klarheit. Wenn ein Buch den Anspruch hat, wissenschaftlich zu sein, müssen die Methoden und Schlussfolgerungen wasserdicht sein. Entweder passiert etwas – oder eben nicht. Kein Graubereich. Es muss schwarz auf weiß sein.

Dieses Buch? Fühlt sich an, als würde es größtenteils ins Blaue raten 🎯.

Ich spreche auch über die zunehmenden Schwierigkeiten im schriftlichen Ausdruck unter Jugendlichen – besonders bei Mädchen in Kanada. Ein Problem, das sich seit Mitte der 90er Jahre verschärft hat und bis heute besteht. 📉

Lasst uns aufhören zu raten – und stattdessen Klarheit fordern, wenn wir über ADHS und Neurodivergenz sprechen.

#ADHS #AuDHD #Neurodiversität 🌈 #DSM #PsychischeGesundheit #Jugendentwicklung #BildungIstWichtig #BildungInKanada 🇨🇦