ADHD &...with Jorie Houlihan

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Ever felt a wave of relief wash over you after a long-awaited diagnosis, only to be met with unexpected grief? In this eye-opening episode, Jorie Houlihan, an ADHD life coach and late-diagnosed ADHD advocate, shares what it was really like to receive an ADHD diagnosis at 49. Discover how the initial joy of understanding her unique brain morphed into a profound sense of loss ...

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The unanswered text sits there getting heavier every time you see the bold name in your messages. It's been three weeks. If that's you, ADHD is not flakiness, and this episode sees you. You've written the reply at least six times in your head.

In this episode:

➜ Why a ten-second text becomes twelve decisions in an ADHD brain, and why I call it the Activation Wall

➜ The unsent r...

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If hosting with ADHD makes you want to cancel before the doorbell even rings, this episode is your permission slip to make it smaller. Karen Kaplan and Jen McKinney of A Little More Special join Jorie to break entertaining down into pieces that actually fit an ADHD brain: go-to rituals for beating overwhelm, how to stop over-buying food every time, and the mindset shift that...

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ADHD and learned helplessness go together more than most women realize. In this episode, Jorie breaks down why trying can start to feel pointless, and how self-awareness becomes the bridge back to believing progress is possible.

In this episode:

➜ Why learned helplessness shows up so often in ADHD women, even when you are trying hard

➜ The difference between “nothing work...

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Carolyn Mallon is a psychiatric nurse practitioner who treats women with ADHD, and her own late ADHD diagnosis didn't come until she was 28, more than a decade after dropping out of high school undiagnosed.

She's now the founder of Balanced Mental Health, a neurodivergent-affirming practice in Concord, New Hampshire. In this episode, Carolyn and Jorie talk about why ADHD medi...

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ADHD decision fatigue can turn a simple choice, like what to eat for lunch, into something your brain cannot handle. By 10 a.m., ADHD women have already made thousands of decisions about breakfast, clothes, and email, so their brains can start to shut down by lunchtime.

Decision fatigue is not just an end of day problem, it is a constant companion. This episode looks at deci...

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Ever start a new health plan with big intentions and quit by day three? Functional medicine health coach Rebecca Glick joins me to talk about why small, doable changes create more lasting results than an all-or-nothing overhaul, and why your nervous system might be the missing piece in feeling like yourself again.

In this episode:

➜ Why doing something in a "quarter-assed" wa...

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Body doubling sounds like something out of a psychology textbook, but if you've ever gotten more done because a friend sat nearby with her own laptop, you've already been doing it. In this episode, Jorie breaks down what body doubling really means for an ADHD brain: simply having another person present while you work, with no help or attention required from them, and why tha...

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I laughed so much during this interview and I know you will too.

While training to become an occupational therapist, April Garcia did an entire school project on ADHD, building a strategy for kids who couldn't get ready for school on time no matter how hard they tried. Nine years later, she found out she had ADHD herself, and almost nobody around her was surprised...except fo...

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Have you tried every organizing system out there, only to watch it fall apart within a few weeks? If so, this episode is for you. Jorie sits down with Mindy Leonard, founder of Super Organized Spaces (SOS), to talk about what real organizing support looks like for a brain that works differently.

Mindy has spent years helping clients declutter, purge, and build systems that h...

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Is your ADHD brain dropping thoughts the second they form? You're not broken - your working memory just needs backup. In this episode, we're diving into externalizing your thoughts: the simple (but life-changing) practice of getting everything OUT of your head and into a system you can actually trust.

What you'll learn:

➜ What "externalizing thoughts" actually means - and w...

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Harriet Bratt is an international speaker, trainer, and fire guide who helps entrepreneurs step into visible leadership without waiting for the fear to disappear. In this conversation, Harriet and Jorie talk about the moment ADHD shows up as both a strength and a struggle in business, why impulsive investing so often follows a heightened emotional state, and how learning to ...

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Have you ever caught yourself acting one way at work, another way with friends, and something closer to yourself only when you're completely alone? That split is exhausting. And if you have ADHD, there's a good chance it has a name: masking.

In this episode, we unpack what ADHD masking actually is, why so many women with ADHD do it without even realizing it, and what it quiet...

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What if the brain you've spent your life fighting was never broken to begin with?

In this episode, Jorie sits down with historian, researcher, and Yale graduate Bryan Mark Rigg, PhD - someone who has spent 25 years studying ADHD and dyslexia, not just in the lab, but in his own life, in his children's lives, and across thousands of years of human history. What he shares refra...

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If you've spent years wondering why starting tasks feels impossible — even when you want to do them — this episode is for you. Jorie breaks down the neuroscience of ADHD in plain language: specifically what dopamine and norepinephrine are, how they work differently in the ADHD brain, and why that explains so much of what you've been blaming yourself for. This isn...

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If your focus has crashed and your usual systems have stopped working, this episode is going to give you some real answers. Jorie sits down with Dr. Amy Loden Tiffany, concierge physician and certified menopause practitioner, to talk about the collision between ADHD, perimenopause, and burnout that so many women in midlife are experiencing but not getting answers about.

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If you have ADHD and your child does too, you already know how fast things can go sideways. Two big feelings, two dysregulated nervous systems, and about a thousand things that need to get done. In this episode I sit down with Kelly Kustusch, founder of Guided Growth Consulting, to talk about what it looks like to build a calmer, more connected home when ADHD runs in the fam...

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If you have ADHD and have ever felt like the real world wasn't built for your brain, this episode is for you. In this conversation, Jorie and Heather Redisch, founder of Adulting 101 Masterclass and the Talent Maven, dig into why that transition hits harder with ADHD, and what self-awareness, self-advocacy, and the right kind of accountability can actually do.

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Why Neuro Inclusion at Work Matters for Women With ADHD

Have you ever felt like the workplace was designed for literally everyone except your brain? You are not imagining it. It kind of was.

My guest today is Tracy King - speaker, learning strategist, neuro-inclusion advocate, and CEO of Inspired Ed. Tracy has spent over 25 years making learning environments and workplaces act...