This Is How My Brain Works

Do you ever leave the house to do one thing and end up doing another? Well, you're in for a treat as we play a clip from Taylor King Gordon who has a unique way of getting her ADHD husband to accomplish the errands she wants him to. Special thanks to Instagram: @kinggordonfam for the clip!

Rewired In Midlife

Is this generation more tuned in to how other people's brains work? Once you've been diagnosed with a type of neurodivergence, you tend to notice it out in society more clearly. And from our experiences, it leads to more compassionate responses when you see someone who is flooded, distressed, masking, etc. In this episode we explore neurospicy indicators, interpersonal communication, love languages, setting boundaries, and how sometimes there is a disconnect between intent and how something is received. That said, our intent with this episode is to help everyone live in more harmony by understanding and owning their own sh*t!

Special thanks to Claire Bowman for the clip! @clairebowmanofficial 

This Is How My Brain Works

Hosts: Krista Gano, Sarah Hines, Jason Rudofsky and Michael Collins

We’re a group of GenXers who learned about our ADHD and neurodiversity later in life. Join us as we discuss interesting clips we find online and how they relate to our own life experiences.

Please note: While we are advocates for for mental health awareness, we are not mental health professionals. The purpose of our podcast is to help other neurodiverse people by sharing our own experiences, as well as tools and resources we have found valuable to us.

#adhdmanagement #adhd #audhd #neurodiversity #neurospicy

Recorded 8/2/24

What are the things that are not only irritating, but can create ADHD RAGE? Loud chewing? Road trips? Needing a response to a question...IMMEDIATELY! A certain network news channel?

Have you ever turned in a report...early?! Why do some people need to push things to the deadline before they have the motivation to complete something? Do we need to put ourselves in a stress state in order to perform or can we accomplish things in a "typical" fashion?

Special thanks to  @ADHDoers  and  @lifeactuator  for the hilarious clip!https://www.instagram.com/lifeactuator/

Let's face it, neurodiverse people are f-ing interesting! And they're taking to social media to find and build communities. Sometimes that can be challenging in a neurotypical world. Social media is a way to be seen and heard without the social pressures ND people often feel in certain situations. So when you see a post where someone is geeking out about their rock collection in an entertaining and engaging way, there's probably some neurospicy brain activity going on!

@thespeechprof @speechprof

This Is How My Brain WorksHosts: Krista Gano, Sarah Hines, Jason Rudofsky and Michael Collins

We’re a group of GenXers who learned about our ADHD and neurodiversity later in life. Join us as we discuss interesting clips we find online and how they relate to our own life experiences.

Please note: While we are advocates for for mental health awareness, we are not mental health professionals. The purpose of our podcast is to help other neurodiverse people by sharing our own experiences, as well as tools and resources we have found valuable to us.

#adhdmanagement #adhd #audhd #socialmedia #anxiety #neurodiversity #neurospicyRecorded 7/12/24

Remember the expression "Smooth move, Ex-Lax"? (GenX in the house!) Well, in this episode we talk about "soothe moves", or self-soothing. When our brains start speeding up and we want to calm down organically and naturally, it's normal for us to move our body in certain ways to self-regulate or self-soothe. Whether it's rubbing your temples, ears, arm above your head, or even cricketing, we all have our "soothe moves" (you'll have to watch or listen to find out what that last one is!).

As GenXers we all know the song, Our House by Madness. I wonder if there was any neurodiversity in that household. Seeing as how a lot of creatives are on some sort of ADHD and/or autism spectrum, probably so! In this episode we explore what size spoons tend to get used the most, parenting, pinballs, buzzers and lights, "The car leaves at 7:30!", repair after dysregulation, and many more experiences that come from living in a neurodivergent house.

This Is How My Brain WorksWe’re a group of GenXers who learned about our ADHD and neurodiversity later in life. Join us as we discuss interesting clips we find online and how they relate to our own life experiences.

Hosts: Krista Gano, Sarah Hines, Jason Rudofsky and Michael Collins

Please note: While we are advocates for for mental health awareness, we are not mental health professionals. The purpose of our podcast is to help other neurodiverse people by sharing our own experiences, as well as tools and resources we have found valuable to us.

Special thanks to  @ADHD_love  Here's a link to this episode's clip: www.youtube.com/shorts/CqKBAQ6SLfY

#adhdmanagement #adhd #audhd #travel #anxiety #neurodiversity #neurospicy

Recorded on 5/17/24

How can you reward yourself for accomplishing even the smaller things like putting the scissors away? This isn't an "everyone gets a trophy" type of thinking, it's an easy way to create a much needed dopamine hit for a neurodiverse brain. That said, are we in need of too much external validation? We also discuss some household programs we've tried to varying degrees of success. How do you get buy in from your kids? Are rewards a good thing?

We watch a great clip from The Holderness Family (@theholdernessfamily) then talk about our experiences on how we generate dopamine for ourselves.

We’re a group of GenXers who learned about our ADHD and neurodiversity later in life. Join us as we discuss interesting clips we find online and how they relate to our own life experiences.

Please note: While we are advocates for for mental health awareness, we are not mental health professionals. The purpose of our podcast is to help other neurodiverse people by sharing our own experiences, as well as tools and resources we have found valuable to us.

Special thanks to The Holderness Family!

YouTube: www.youtube.com/@theholdernessfamily Instagram: @theholdernessfamily

#adhdmanagement #adhd #audhd #travel #anxiety #neurodiversity #neurospicy

Recorded on 5/3/24

The Crockpot is a magical cooking device for the ADHDer. Load it up turn it on and let it cook! In a neurotypical world, what other tools are there to help us out? What can we do to keep some semblance of harmony in the household? Sometimes we just have to laugh about it or risk going into the dreaded shame spiral. Or maybe set some boundaries and feel lighter!