Rosie Turner is an accredited ADHD coach, founder of ADHD Untangled, and someone who spent decades not knowing why everything felt just a little bit harder than it should.

In this episode we go far beyond the diagnosis story, we talk about what it actually feels like to live in an ADHD brain, the emotional weight, the shame spirals, the rejection sensitivity that can floor you for days.

We talk about running a business with ADHD: the burnout cycles, the financial reality, the hiring mistakes, and the moments every month where you think about quitting and we talk about what actually helps: real routines, real community, and learning to use ADHD as a vehicle instead of a victim story. This is one of those conversations that makes you feel less alone, whether you have ADHD, think you might, or love someone who does.

Timestamps

(00:00) — What would you want someone to experience to understand ADHD?

(01:45) — How Rosie felt different before she knew why and the coping mechanisms that hid it

(03:35) — The overachiever mask: how success on the outside can hide exhaustion on the inside

(05:22) — When did you start to ask questions? The moment the party lifestyle stopped

(06:30) — Discovering rejection sensitive dysphoria and realising everything connected

(07:57) — Starting ADHD Untangled from a friend's sofa with nowhere to live

(08:38) — After diagnosis: the relief, and then the delayed grief

(10:29) — What becomes harder once you know — unmasking and losing your old life

(13:00) — Shame vs guilt: what shame really means for the ADHD brain

(15:26) — The shame spiral and how the school system builds it in

(16:32) — Rejection sensitive dysphoria in real life: the blue tick, the vague text, the spiral

(18:30) — The three types of ADHD and why the one everyone knows is actually the smallest

(20:17) — Running a business with ADHD: how it really looks from the inside

(21:18) — Why the business wasn't planned and what happens when novelty meets no structure

(23:07) — ADHD and finances: the part nobody talks about

(24:00) — The hiring problem: rushing the process, trusting too quickly, skipping the contracts

(26:10) — How many times this month have you thought about shutting it down?

(26:26) — What keeps her going: the layered why behind the business

(28:13) — The positives: pattern recognition, risk-taking, and connecting fast

(29:46) — Routine as medicine: the 4:30am morning practice and what it actually does

(32:01) — Sparklerisation: why your routine needs to keep changing to keep working

(33:30) — Practical tips for ADHD entrepreneurs: do less, get support, think ahead

(35:51) — Don't do it alone: why isolation nearly broke her

(37:10) — Relationships after diagnosis: avoiding dating for two years

(38:26) — Not knowing how to show up without a mask

(39:41) — Getting dumped on WhatsApp — and what she did next

(42:15) — What partners of people with ADHD need to understand

(44:07) — The one thing she wishes every partner knew

(46:43) — Demand avoidance: never tell an ADHDer what to do

(47:31) — Should you get diagnosed? Why she always asks "why wouldn't you?"

(49:02) — Using ADHD as a vehicle, not a victim story

(50:25) — How to work with Rosie: coaching, training, and the ecosystem she's building

(52:15) — Three things to do this week if you have ADHD

(53:44) — Final questions: what she's learning, the name of this chapter, and her message to the world

Connect with Rosie: https://www.instagram.com/rosieadhduntangled/ https://untangledco.com/academy/adhdinformedcoachcoach

Follow Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themarcusengel/

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