Julie Legg welcomes Dr. Alise Murray – a clinical psychologist and life coach. With over 20 years of experience supporting adults with ADHD and a background working with highly sensitive people, Alise brings both professional expertise and deep compassion to the conversation.
Together, she and Julie explore what makes ADHD management feel emotionally complex, how to navigate real-world challenges like time management, emotional regulation, and people-pleasing, all while honouring the unique wiring of our brains.
From productivity tips to mindset shifts, this episode offers both encouragement and practical tools for anyone struggling to make life work with their ADHD, not against it.
Key Points from the Episode:
- Alise’s background and entry into ADHD work
- Understanding high sensitivity (HSP) and how it overlaps with traits often seen in ADHDers
- Rejection Sensitivity & Emotional Regulation: why emotional overwhelm is so common in ADHD and how repeated criticism and internalised shame play a role.
- The “Prior 10” Life Management System: Alise’s flexible planning method designed specifically for neurodivergent thinkers who don’t fit into traditional, linear productivity systems
- Why many ADHD-friendly tools fail: a critique of overly rigid organisational methods and how they overlook emotional and motivational components
- “You can’t live a meaningful life without disappointing people sometimes”: a powerful mindset shift Alise shares to help ADHDers set boundaries and communicate with grace
- Dealing with low motivation
- Turning shame into self-celebration
- Alise’s upcoming group coaching program, STAND, which supports ADHDers with planning, communication, motivation, and follow-through
Links:
- LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alise-murray-454238a8/
- INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/dralisem/
- PRIOR 10: https://www.dr-alise.com/
- STAND WAITLIST: https://www.dr-alise.com/stand-waitlist
- PODCAST: https://yourprioritycenteredlife.buzzsprout.com
Thanks for listening.
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- Julie Legg is the author of The Missing Piece: A Woman's Guide to Understanding, Diagnosing and Living with ADHD
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