The ADHD Social Playbook

The ADHD Social Playbook

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The ADHD Social Playbook episodes

  • How to Regulate Your Nervous System and Manage Anxiety with Emma McAdam

    In this episode, we're joined by Emma McAdam, licensed therapist and creator of Therapy in a Nutshell, to explore the connection between the brain, body, emotions, and mental health. Emma breaks down nervous system regulation, the window of tolerance, and why our bodies respond to stress with fight, flight, freeze, or shutdown.

     

    42 min
  • Coping Skills for Adults with Janine Halloran

    In this interview, Janine explains why coping skills aren't one-size-fits-all and why you don't have to love breathing exercises, meditation, or journaling to become better at managing your emotions. From taking a mindful drink of cold water and moving your body to journaling, music, play, grounding, sensory strategies, and setting boundaries, there are countless ways to find what works for you.

    35 min
  • Learning Self-Compassion & Self-Acceptance with Suzanna Sophos (Part 1)

    For Suzanne Sophos, one of the biggest gifts of diagnosis was self-compassion. Before understanding her neurodivergence, struggles could feel like personal or character flaws. After diagnosis, she was able to understand those experiences through a different framework and extend herself the same grace she had always given her son. In this conversation, Suzanne and I explore what happens after an ADHD or autism diagnosis and why finding the right kind of support matters.

    21 min
  • Why Connection Can Feel So Exhausting with Suzanne Sophos (PART 1)

    In this episode, I talk with Suzanne Sophos, a peer support specialist and coach, about her experience with ADHD and a later autism diagnosis. Suzanne shares how receiving her autism diagnosis helped the pieces of her history finally click into place—and how that new understanding changed the way she viewed friendships, social cues, sensory experiences, and her own body.

    26 min
  • The Wall of Awful (with Brendan Mahan)

    In this episode, I talk with ADHD coach, executive function expert, and author Brendan Mahan about his powerful concept, the “Wall of Awful,” the emotional barrier that can build between us and the things we struggle to do. Brendan explains why procrastination, task paralysis, avoidance, and difficulty getting started are often about much more than motivation, discipline, or making a better to-do list. Past failures, guilt, shame, overwhelm, anxiety, rejection, and disappointment can become emotional “bricks” in the wall, while anxiety can act like the mortar holding those bricks together.

    54 min
  • The Most Misunderstood Part of Autism with Rachel Feldman {Part 2}

    What does friendship really look like for autistic and AuDHD individuals? In this episode, Rachel Feldman, LCSW, shares her personal and professional insights on communication, social cues, boundaries, and the importance of finding people who truly understand you. We explore why direct communication matters, how neurodivergent friendships often differ from societal expectations, and why there is no single "right" way to connect with others.

    21 min

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Hosted by author, coach, and social skills expert Caroline Maguire, M.Ed, The ADHD Social Playbook is a heartfelt and practical podcast for neurodivergent adults who want real connection but often…