Today's episode is with Lucy Ruddle IBCLC. Lucy is a lactation consultant, breastfeeding counsellor and holistic sleep coach. Lucy has ADHD and is a mum to two ND children. We talk about her own experiences, discuss neurodivergent infant feeding challenges and positives, and reflect on the amazing tool that lactation is for co-regulating the nervous systems of both parents and children, particularly in neurodivergent families when this can be even more powerful. You can find out more about Lucy's work at lucyruddle.co.uk.

This is our final episode of Season 2, but do stayed tuned for Season 3 launching in May which is recording now. If you’d like to participate, contact us via ndbirth.com.

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Hello and welcome to Episode 16 of Season 2! Today I talk with Kate Moryoussef.

Kate is the host of the amazing ADHD Women’s Wellbeing podcast and associated workshops, and is as an accredited EFT and NLP practitioner and wellbeing coach.

Today we talk about her own experiences, and the importance of self-compassion when looking after our own wellbeing as we navigate the perinatal time and parenthood. You can find out more about Kate and the amazing work she does at https://www.adhdwomenswellbeing.co.uk/

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Today I talk with Mark Williams. Mark is a keynote speaker, author and international mental health campaigner, who in 2004 himself experienced depression after the birth of his son.

He founded International Fathers Mental Health Day and the #howareyoudad campaign, and was awarded Inspirational Father of the year and local hero at the Pride of Britain Awards in 2012. He was also awarded the Point Of light Award by the Prime Minister in 2019 and 2023 Mark was awarded the British Citizens Award for Health Care.

In 2020 Mark published the report "Fathers Reaching Out - Why Dads Matter" to explain the importance of paternal mental health to families.

Mark has ADHD and in this episode he shares his own experiences, reflects on his work with neurodivergent fathers and also the positives of parenting with ADHD.

You can find more out about Mark at www.howareyoudad.co.uk, and view his TEDx talk here: https://www.ted.com/talks/mark_williams_the_importance_of_new_fathers_mental_health.

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Welcome to this week's episode! Today I interview Maisie Hill. Maisie is an expert in menstrual health and is the celebrated author of Period Power, and Perimenopause Power. She shares with us her experience of the perinatal time as late-diagnosed autistic person, her insights on the fascinating interplay between hormones and neurodivergent experiences, and how menstrual cycle tracking can benefit everyone in better understanding ourselves and improving mental health. You can find out more about her work at maisiehill.com.

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In today's episode I talk to Dr Sam Porter. Sam is a neurodivergent NHS consultant perinatal psychiatrist and a psychiatry lead with Autistic Doctors International.

Sam talks about his work supporting neurodivergent people perinatally, why he feels diagnosing autism and ADHD needs to be part of mainstream psychiatry, and how diagnosis can make the difference in whether or not some families are able to stay together. This is important work, and this episode highlights that more than ever.

You can follow Sam on X @PerinatalBirder.

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Jessica McCabe is the creator, writer, and star of the award-winning, YouTube channel How to ADHD https://www.youtube.com/c/howtoadhd.
 
Since its founding in 2015, How to ADHD has grown to over one and a half million subscribers. 

Jessica releases her first book on the 2nd January 2024 titled:

How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It). 

In How to ADHD, Jessica reveals the insights and tools that have changed her life, and offers expert-backed guidance for adapting your environment, routines and systems to work with the ADHD brain.

Jessica is currently pregnant with her first child, and in today's episode we talk all about her pregnancy, her birth preparation, and the importance of putting support strategies in place for her postnatal time.

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Welcome to Episode 11 of Season 2! Today I talk with Jacob Kelly who you can find on instagram @adhdfatheruk. Jacob is a mental health and neurodiversity advocate and shares his experiences of being an ADHD parent and of his postnatal depression to educate and support neurodivergent people. 

In this episode we talk about postnatal depression in dads and partners, his work supporting people on a mother and baby unit, and the positives of parenting with ADHD along with much more.

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Dr Lucy Thompson is a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Rural Health within the Institute of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Aberdeen.  She has PhD in Psychology and a Master of Public Health which provided the ideal foundation for her research in early child development and parental wellbeing. Lucy is also the mum of a son with ADHD and has been exploring her own neurodivergence. She has recently embarked on a career as an ADHD coach. She talks about ADHD coaching today, along with the importance of understanding ADHD as a neurological difference, and supporting neurodivergent families holistically.

You can contact Lucy by email lucythompsoncc (at) gmail.com,  and check out her link tree https://linktr.ee/drlucyt. She is presenting 2 upcoming in-person SEED talks about ADHD and women , one on the 16th Jan in Glasgow https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/adhd-and-women-misunderstood-misdiagnosed-moving-forward-for-change-tickets-760496584757 and the other on the 17th Jan in Newcastle: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/adhd-and-women-misunderstood-misdiagnosed-moving-forward-for-change-tickets-760551809937

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Welcome to this episode with Nicola Crawley. Nicola is a master NLP practitioner, hypnotherapist and reflexologist. She talks about ND fertility experiences, the benefits of hypnobirthing visualisations as a ND person (even if you find visual imagery challenging), the gifts of reflexology and much more.

You can find out more about Nicola and her work at www.sunflowerfab.com.

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Kristy Forbes is an Australian based autism & neurodiversity support specialist.

She supports neurodivergent people and their families; and professionals who wish to support them.

Her work is informed by her extensive professional experience as an educator, but her most valuable insights come from lived experience.

Kristy is formally identified autistic, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) as well as being a parent to four neurodivergent children.

Today she shares with us her perspective of perinatal experiences as a pdaer and how to support PDA birthing people.

You can find out more about Kristy's work at https://www.kristyforbes.com.au.

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