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Your ADHD Besties

Grace Koelma & Tara Breuso

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Your ADHD Besties is a podcast for people who are underwhelmed, overwhelmed and very attractive all at the same time... people who put the BDE in ADHD. ❤️‍🔥 Your hosts are besties Grace Koelma (founder of Future ADHD) and Tara Breuso (The ADHD Dietitian). Join us for episodes every Thursday where we unmask together and discuss your juuuuicy ADHD dilemmas. Submit your divergent dilemma via our website 😎 adhdbesties.com 🫠 IG @adhdbestiespodcast 🫠 TikTok @adhdbestiespodcast
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Hi besties, we have something a little bit different for you this week! First up, we're struggggling to do admin tasks, but on the plus side we were so bored at the bank that we used the hand sanitiser 200 times so our hands are super dry 🫠 In this raw and honest episode of Your ADHD Besties, Tara opens up about her personal journey with anxiety an…
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Hi gorgeous besties! In today’s episode: Tara's suitcase game is stronggg, Grace is always real but is getting realllly real about her ADHD. DIVERGENT DILEMMA: A beautiful trans listener asks "I was wondering if being assigned female at birth is one of the reasons why I was diagnosed late? And if you think that transgender men usually have female A…
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ADHD BABESSSS! We’re back for Season 2! In today’s episode Tara is joining us from East Java 🌺, while poor Grace is joining us from germ-ville 🤧. Grace makes a retraction and apology about her pronunciation of the word Appalachian 🏔️ and promises not to RSD (see: she will RSD about it forever). Dilemma 1: "How do I find a hobby I like and actually …
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Hi ADHD besties! This is our LAST episode of SEASON 1! After this ep, we are taking a teeny tiny break and will be back with our usual episode the Thursday after next... PLUS we have some very exciting news! 👀 This week we're overstimulated by kids parties and raising boys (boy parents will agree that it's a never ending bucks party!) 🙃 Dilemma: A …
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Oh hiiii, ADHD Bestie babes! 🌟 This week, Grace (almost) becomes the neighborhood hero by saving the day from controlled burn-offs, while Tara triumphs over PMDD for the first time since she was 13. Dilemma: Our gorgeous Kiwi listener is feeling serious RSD when it comes to interrupting people during conversations. We discuss why ADHDers do this an…
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Hi very beautiful neurodivergent brains! This week, we’re watering our fake plants and celebrating our birthdays like the indulgent little princes we are! Dilemma 1: Our lovely listener Kerri feels like she comes across as intimidating, and it’s triggering her RSD. We chat about advocating for ADHD in the workplace and embracing your unique intensi…
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Hi beautiful ADHD babes! On today's show: - Grace tries relaxed parenting but gets piggy-bocked in the face, and Tara is forced to admit her STEM job from when she was 14 years old. • Divergent Dilemma - A gorgeous listener called Ashara asks whether late night productivity and sleep issues are linked to ADHD. Ooooofff, this is a biiig question! We…
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BONJOUR cutest babes tuning in from what is now 126 countries! 🤯😘 On today's show: - Tara makes a quick note about ADHD and hyper-empathy and then two seconds later laughs at Grace for getting rejected from the Reject Shop. - We talk about the amazing PMDD discussion we had on our Instagram last week, with some really helpful examples of what PMDD …
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BABESSSS! YOU DID IT! We just reached A HUNDRED THOUSAND downloads in 4 months for this podcast!!! Whaaat 🤯🤯😭😭 We're in disbelief and so so grateful to all of you. Thank you so so much to everyone who has listened and sent us messages and love! It means more to us than you know ❤️🥹 We are going to do an 💃🏼 INSTAGRAM LIVE 💃🏼 livestream this weekend …
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Hi hiii ADHD loves! In today's episode we have another bestie guestie on the podcast, Jenna Free - ADHD coach and therapist (who you may know as @adhdwithjennafree on Instagram or TikTok). We chat through two dilemmas with Jenna: • Dilemma #1 - A cute listener called Em asks: "I told my partner that I have ADHD and struggle a lot with 'time blindne…
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Hi cutest babes, In this week's episode, Tara has been stealthily avoiding sleep by hyperfixating on iPhone automations and she is now Elon Musk 😎. Or is she just in denial that she's Siri's bitch now? 🤖 Grace is ripping clocks off the wall in rage as per uge. So a fairly stock standard week here at ‘Your ADHD besties’ HQ (the garage). THIS WEEK'S …
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Hi our fave ADHD dream boats! We finally got this bad boy uploaded 8 hours late 💅 In today’s chunkyyy episode: Grace says "broccol-eye" 🥦, and "dingle dangle" in the space of 5 minutes (we're so sorry guys) aaaand Tara tells us a story from her bridezilla days. 🧟‍♀️ For our divergent dilemms, we are continuing on from last week, and talking all thi…
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Hi bestie babessss! In today's episode: • Grace can’t buy steak, we talk about we need to take a break from acrylics, and how this is hard for our dermatillomania (skin picking). • Divergent Dilemma #1 - we answer Jemima's question about ADHD and eating, she struggles with binge eating and feeling self-conscious about her weight. We discuss weight …
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Hi bestiesss! In today's episode: • Grace has ADHD amnesia, and we're normalising second takes at things because we aren’t always prepared for what our mouths are going to say in social interactions. • Divergent Dilemma #1 - we answer a gorgeous listener question about motivating yourself for exercise when you have ADHD. We talk about the negative …
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Aaaaloha faves! Today we're delighted to bring you another episode of our miniseries 'Your ADHD Island' ✨ Your ADHD Island is a NEW series where our guests are asked to dream up their perfect, ADHD-friendly island paradise free from the burdens of this neuro-normative world. 🏝️ We ask guests a series of very scientific and important questions like:…
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Hiii cutest ADHD loves! In today's episode: • We talk about the highs of kid-free holidays with friends and the lows of losing your 🧳 on the trip home (💌 don't forget to send Tara your triumphant stories of lost things you found months/years later - DM us on IG @adhdbestiespodcast!) • Divergent Dilemma #1 - we answer a cute voice message from Holly…
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Hiiii best besties!! On today's show, we have another amazing GUESTIE 😍 the gorgeous Olivia from @neurodiversing on Instagram and TikTok. Olivia joins us all the way from the UK to help answer some dilemmas about AuDHD (co-existing Autism & ADHD presentations) and play an old fave Ireggy Seggy with us. • Dilemma #1 - "How do you distinguish your au…
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Aaaaloha faves! Today we're delighted to bring you another episode of our bonus series 'Your ADHD Island' ✨ Your ADHD Island is a NEW series where our guests are asked to dream up their perfect, ADHD-friendly island paradise free from the burdens of this neuro-normative world. 😍 🏖️ We ask guests a series of very scientific and important questions l…
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ALOHA BESTIES & WELCOME TO 'YOUR ADHD ISLAND' 😍 Our ✨ new series ✨ where our guests are asked to design their ideal, neuroaffirming island happy place. We ask them a series of very scientific and important questions like: -‘what animals are native to and roam freely on your island?’ -’the museum on the island has 3 exhibits that represent your life…
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Hiii ADHD cuties tuning in from what is now 104 countries! 🤯😘 On today's show: • Grace has 3 very important updates that she's bursting to tell us • Are we still in burnout? What's been helping us climb out of it?? Has Tara got a refund for her marathon registration yet? (The answer won’t surprise you) What change-room moment saw Grace making an ‘A…
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Hiiiiii fave babes! ✨ In today's episode we're in ADHD burnout mode but that's okayyy! • We ‘AB-SOLUTELY’ discuss how Tara’s inability to feel time had her believing she could go from running 0km to 42km in the space of 3 months 😮‍💨 and Grace shares her obsession with Love Island/reality TV in general and why it's a balm for her soul. • Divergent D…
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Hellooo dopamine-deficient dream boats 🛥️❤️‍🔥 In today's episode: • We share our thought provoking (see: unhinged) ADHD thoughts of the week. Open-plan homes; beautiful? Sure! But are they practical for our over-stimulated brains? Eyelid skin; Does it have a neck-skin-level of significance? • Divergent Dilemma #1 - We discuss dyscalculia, a stand-a…
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Hiii adorable ADHD brains In today's episode: • We share our most ADHD moment of the week (Grace is still stressing about hers!) • Divergent Dilemma #1 - a listener shares that she's embarrassed about her skin picking and feels she needs to hide her hands from her colleagues. We discuss why skin picking and nail biting is an ADHD 'stim', and is ver…
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Hellloooo gorgeous ADHD besties! On today's show: • Listener question: Tara and Grace share their ADHD late-diagnosis stories. They explain how they first learned about ADHD, why Tara got diagnosed twice almost a decade apart, stimulant meds and struggling with low self-esteem. • Dilemma: A cute listener shares that she regrets not taking her ADHD …
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Hiii besties! ✨ On today's show: • Divergent dilemma #1 - Lilian asks if she should find a new hairstylist because she's got ADHD-related RSD (rejection sensitive dysphoria). Dw, we've got you covered bby! • Divergent dilemm #2 - A newly-diagnosed ADHDer is asking about hyperactivity, stimming and rumination. BABEEE you're asking the right girls! W…
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Hiiiii ADHD besties! ✨ On today's minisode: We talk for way too many minutes about Weetbix (sorry!) • Divergent dilemma - A cute listener asks 'my therapist suggested I do meditation while I wait for a diagnosis and access to ADHD medication but I find it impossible'. Grace (who is a qualified breathwork and nervous system educator) explains why me…
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Heyyyyy ADHD bestie babes! ✨ On today's show: • Grace shares a drama from her week about how ADHD meds have led to appetite suppression/meal skipping, and how a perfect storm last Friday ended up with a little trip to the hospital. 🫠🏥 (A reminder for this segment, that we're not doctors and seek professional help if you need.) • Divergent dilemma -…
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Hi hiiii friends! We're back with a SURPRISE bonus minisode today because we couldn't get enough of last week's bestie GUESTIE Alice Gendron and her to-die-for French accent 😍 Alice Gendron is a diagnosed ADHDer, author and founder of The Mini ADHD Coach @the_mini_adhd_coach (with an audience of over a million across her multiple platforms). We rec…
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Hiii ADHD besties! On today's show, we have our very first ADHD GUESTIE 🥳 the wonderful Alice Gendron. Alice is a diagnosed ADHDer, author and founder of The Mini ADHD Coach @the_mini_adhd_coach (with an audience of over a million across her multiple platforms). Alice has been such a huge supporter of the podcast since we launched 😍 and joins us al…
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Hey ADHD best frandzz ✨ On today's show: • We talk about how auditory stimulation can help keep us regulated - Grace made a 'brain massage" 💆🏻‍♀️🎶 playlist that we can all use to calm our overloaded-but-cute nerves: https://spoti.fi/3Uv0wrb • Tara recommends the 'Women and ADHD' podcast with Katy Weber. Here's the link to her ADHD and food episode:…
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Hey hey ADHD besties! ✨ On today's show: • We discuss alexithymia in ADHD and how difficult it can be to recognise our emotions 🤷‍♀️ as well as Grace’s experience with starting ADHD medication in the last few weeks. • We recommend a brow tint that lasts three days 💁‍♀️ and ASMR music that will soothe that lil’ dopamine deficient noggin. 🧠 • Dilemma…
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Hellooo besties! ✨ On today's show: • We're overwhelmed at how amazing the response has been to our first 2 eps!!! 😭 THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone who's reviewed and rated the podcast, we're obsessed with you guys ❤️‍🔥 • We recommend our fave TV shows this week (and worry about what happens if AI is better at being a human than us?? 🤖) • Dilemma #1…
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Heyyy ADHD besties! 🫠👯 On today's show; • We discuss our obsession with god-tier frozen Indian food and why Depop is lifeee. • Answer a dilemma that navigates the minefield of RSD and what to do when friends don't respond to texts • Our second dilemm is super serious in nature... we look at why clicking pens is akin to torture and ask the all-impor…
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Hey ADHD besties! On today's show; • We hack ADHD sleep & eating with our recommendations • Answer a dilemma about a tricky living situation and why the ADHD ability to quickly get out of a bad mood makes us superior housemates • Our second dilemma is juicy AF, we look at ADHD perfectionism, imposter syndrome and rejection sensitivity dysphoria (RS…
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