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Join late discovered ADHDer turned Activist Laura Mears-Reynolds and the Leopard Print Army on a late ADHD safari. Chats with very special guests provide ADHD information, validation and shame eradication. Navigating ADHD discovery, diagnosis, unmasking, relationships and all the chaos it brings! Featuring ADHD LEGENDS including: Clementine Ford, Davinia Taylor, Dr Nighat Arif, ADHD Love, Catieosaurus, Riyadh Khalaf, Adulting ADHD and many more... With a hope to help others and push for syst ...
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This mini episode is the 2nd installment of a mid-series-mini-series created for ADHD Awareness Month 2024. This October's theme is 'Awareness is Key', so I'm sharing the 'key' pieces of ADHD awareness the ADHDAF Community need the world to know. The Leopard is the symbol of Aberdeen, Scotland - where ADHDAF began, it also symbolises bravery, the r…
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This very special episode was recorded just two days before a team of twelve ADHD LEGENDS including my guest: Rosie Turner cycled from London to Amsterdam, raising over £14K for ADHD Liberty & ADHDadultUK charities. Arriving in Amsterdam on my wonderful friend and very special guest's birthday! CONGRATULATIONS to you all and a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY t…
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This mini episode is part of a mid-series-mini-series created for ADHD Awareness Month 2024. This October's theme is 'Awareness is Key', so I'm sharing the 'key' pieces of ADHD awareness the ADHDAF Community need the world to know. Enormous thanks to Jill and Gill for volunteering their voices, for all of their support and for being compassionate t…
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Sarah Templeton is an Best Selling ADHD Author & Activist, CJS ADHD Screening Campaigner & Keynote Speaker, SEND Education Trainer, CEO of ADHD Liberty Charity and Ex Prison Counsellor. She dedicates her life to fighting For ADHD Kids & Adults. Demanding Life-Saving Changes to The Criminal Justice System, The Education System And Everywhere Else AD…
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Look who's back! The LEGENDARY Priyanka Patel returns to share her perspective as a Pharmacist with ADHD on the ADHD Medication shortage and Diagnosis crisis. Alongside some nostalgia from her previous ADHDAF Interview (listen HERE) and some of the ridiculousness in between! It's so interesting to see how much has changed for @littlemiss_adhd_ in t…
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Big is back to help me read some of your 'Most ADHD Thing' entries from socials of last month. The ultimate shame eradicator unites the ADHD Community with the knowledge that we are all in this together! Laughing at the things that cause us frustration and embarrassment to break the stigma and raise ADHD Awareness. Please note that ADHD presents di…
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I can't even guess the number of times I've told the story about the conversation with a newly diagnosed friend which led to my ADHD discovery. Well, THIS IS THAT FRIEND! I am so excited to share this VERY special in-person interview with the girl who kicked off this whole safari... All aboard the late ADHD discovery roller coaster with the one and…
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Having been interviewed by the LEGENDARY Katy Weber on her INCREDIBLE Podcast: Women & ADHD I am honoured to swap roles and have her hop onboard the late ADHD discovery roller coaster with me! In this interview/chinwag Katy shares her experiences with school struggles and truency, which left her feeling like a failure. Like many, she discovered her…
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Trigger Warning: There are some very triggering topics mentioned from the very start of this episode, including: depression, anxiety, ED, alcoholism, addiction, chronic pain, BPD, mental health struggles, suicide, suicidal ideation, misdiagnosis and bullying. Also contains swearing. That said, this interview with the LEGENDARY Adelaide Saywell, muc…
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Live from Edinburgh Fringe, (well, sort of) two emotionally exhausted late discovered ADHD women use the very little energy they have to raise ADHD awareness with 'the ultimate shame eradicator'. After a horrible day we lift our spirits and hopefully yours too by sharing June and July's 'Most ADHD Thing' entries from Patreon Community Members & @ad…
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'Have you seen Slumdog Millionaire?' This informal chat with Catherine Millan is as much about Destiny and Dharma as it is all that the episode title denotes. Late discovered ADHDer Catherine and I were thinking about that same film at the exact same moment, and this picture in which she blends in with the ADHDAF leopard print is again a total 'coi…
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'It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are'... or 'it might be a flop' ;) Two years on from her original ADHD AF interview, one year since her very successful ADHD awareness raising one-woman show, and 3 days prior to the sequel; I catch up with Actress, Writer and Edinbrugh Fringe Superstar Nicole Nadler / 'Optimistic Meg'. Nicole …
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Kat Brown returns for the second instalment of this crucial conversation. If you've not heard part 1, you can listen HERE Kat shares her late discovered ADHD experience which led to her writing the PHENOMENAL 'It's Not A Bloody Trend: Understanding Life as an ADHD Adult'. Although there is so much laughter and inspiration in this interview/chinwag …
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They say you should never meet your heroes, but this episode disproves that theory! I could talk to Kat Brown ALL DAY LONG, and I did! Which is why, instead of losing any of the absolute GOLD late discovered ADHD Author Kat shared with me, I decided to make it a two parter! The second and final instalment will be out tomorrow... Kat is the Author o…
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Late discovered ADHD LEGEND Libby Freeman's Justice Sensitivity fuelled a 'campaign of rage' that is adored and adorned the world over, whilst doing a great deal of good. This hero is the founder of Topple and Burn, only the coolest jewellery brand EVER which began as a way for Libby to raise funds for her refugee charity Calais Action. Thank you s…
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TODAY'S THE DAY TO HAVE YOUR SAY! A few quick TITBITS about VOTING in the UK General Election.... Polling Stations are open TODAY, Thursday 4th July '24 - NOW until 10pm TONIGHT - If you're stuck in choice paralysis of who to Vote for TAKE THIS QUICK QUIZ - Info of where to Vote is on your Polling Card but DON'T WORRY if you can find it, you can fi…
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Wureeay LADS LADS LADS! ;) Mr LADBible himself; The wonderful Alex Partridge of ADHD Chatter shares his ADHD ‘safari’ in this very special episode. Alex began his podcast to help others not feel as broken as he did prior to ADHD Diagnosis just 1.5 years ago. I loved being a guest on ADHD Chatter as much as I loved this podswap! Alex has been sober …
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Today is the last day of LGBTQIA+ Pride Month and tomorrow is the first day of Disability Pride Month. Celebrating both is the LEGENDARY CJ DeBarra who is Proud to be Queer and Proud to be Neurodivergent! Alongside sharing their lived experience of ADHD, Generalised Anxiety Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Author CJ is giving away a copy…
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Tumi is a multiple award-winning neurodiversity speaker, advocate, and researcher, committed to prioritising intersectionality in the neurodiversity space and raising awareness of Dyspraxia worldwide with his amazing platform The Black Dyspraxic. According to the (now closed) Dyspraxia Foundation, around 50% of people with dyspraxia also have ADHD.…
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The title of this very special interview with Simple Politics founder Tatton Spiller was going to be: 'Peace, Love and Politics', but I just couldn't resist the urge to reference one of my favourite Skunk Anansie chooons! Simple Politics is a hugely successful project run by Tatton and a team of legends, making politics clear and interesting; as if…
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I am joined once again by my husband 'Big' to share May's Most ADHD Thing entries from Planet ADHDAF Community Members & @adhdafpodcast followers. The ultimate shame eradicator raises ADHD Awareness, breaks the stigma and connects ADHDers with the knowledge WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER and ADHD IS REAL! If ADHD has ever made you feel Alienated, UNIT…
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Are you a recovering People Pleaser? I'm trying! ...Thankfully help is at hand. I'm joined once again by the wonderful ADHD Coach: Meghann Birks! In this 10 minute micro-chinwag, Meghann reframes the common ADHD trait of People Pleasing into 'Peace Keeping' - eradicating the shame many of us feel around it, to disempower it and help to empower suff…
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The LEGENDARY Tanya Bardsley joins me for this crucial conversation, and I LOVE IT! Which is why I'm so grateful and excited to get to interview her again on stage at Flackstock Festival in July in ADHDAF Emporium! In this episode, the late discovered ADHD Advocate, TV star and Transformational Coach shares her inspiring story, of battling the comm…
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I’m so excited to have the LEGENDARY Comedian & Author Suzi Ruffell hop aboard the late ADHD discovery rollercoaster this week! Despite being diagnosed with Dyslexia as a child, Suzi’s ADHD went undiscovered until very recently. Labelled ‘hyper’ as a child, Suzi found school really difficult, which inevitably led to truancy, which is common for man…
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One more time for the people at the back: SELF DIAGNOSIS IS VALID! To help scream this essential message to the masses is the legendary Lucy Greenwood, founder of clothing brand Lucy & Yak. ACTUAL LUCY! And she's just the best! So grateful to Lucy and her dog Louis for sharing her late ADHD discovery, Self Diagnosis 'safari' AND a very special DISC…
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Many ADHDers experience Self Sabotage; the most frustrating part is that it can be so hard to spot! So where is the long awaited Season 3?! Well... there isn't gonna be one! :) I've realised that the fear of 'the Season that shall not be named' failing has led me down a path of Self Sabotage so severe I've been stuck for months so instead I'm just …
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Many late discovered ADHD adults find it hard to know where to begin when it comes to ADHD Unmasking. In this micro-episode ADHD Coach Meghann Birks gives us her top tip to help unpick those negative beliefs we've accumulated to help us find our authentic selves. I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Meghann on her amazing Podcast: Sisters in …
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On this very day TWO YEARS ago the first ever episode of ADHD AF went live! That is why this celebratory 'Most ADHD Things' episode is out today and absolutely not because I forgot to do the April instalment... which, incidentally is my Most ADHD Thing of the month! LOLS I am joined once a month by my husband 'Big' to share your entries, the ultima…
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I'm so grateful and excited to get to talk to the wonderful Dr Alex Conner of The ADHD Adults Podcast and ADHDadultUK Charity again! In just ten (ish) minutes, the LEGENDARY C3PO, I mean Alex gives us a brief introduction to his take on Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, and what helps him battle those Really Sh*t Daydreams... and leaves me in stitches…
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Knee Deep in Life LEGEND Laura Belbin empowers women through humour and realism in all it's sweary, messy glory. She gives the finger to those who have ever labelled anyone as 'too' anything and wants you all to know YOU ARE ENOUGH! The legendary Laura is about to take her stand up comedy on tour... and guess what it's called 'TOO MUCH' - we're cut…
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Liverpool's finest, and LEGENDARY ADHD Coach Saša Harper manages to cram as much information about the Nervous System, how it impacts ADHD symptoms and how we regulate it; or rather move more flexibly between the different states in just ten (ish) minutes! I could not be more excited that Saša is joining myself, Nicole Nadler, Ally Macdonald and MO…
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HAPPY EASTER BUNNIES! We certainly are ahead of finally revealing the BIG news in the next episode: on TUESDAY! As explained on socials, ADHDAF Alien Nation is the LAST EVER Tour! I'll be explaining why, and making ENOROMOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS about what myself and a team of LEGENDS have been working hard on behind the scenes... a brand new chapter for …
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Bristol's finest, Jacob RETURNS to share the second instalment of his ADHD parental pearls of wisdom. So excited to have this absolute LEGEND back on for part 2 of 3 very special TITBITS - In just ten(ish) minutes our Jacob shares advice for parents who have (or suspect they have) ADHD children. Listen to Part 2 HERE and part 3 coming soon! I’m so …
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It's Neurodiversity Celebration Week so to celebrate, us Neurodivergents have got our Neurodiverse heads together to discuss the language used to describe our Neurodivergence! Get it? Basically, what do all of these words mean?! Is there right and wrong when sharing our own lived experiences and explaining our ADHD? If you prefer 'Neurospicy' or re…
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The topic of this micro-Interview with @adultingadhd is RSD: Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, commonly experienced by many ADHDers. There are some in the ADHD community that dispute if RSD is real, but Rach and I strongly disagree! We are RSD Warriors not 'just worriers', as we were both dismissed as in childhood! In just ten(sih) minutes the LEGENDA…
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Bristol's finest and ADHDAF family member Jacob returns to share his ADHD parental pearls of wisdom. So excited to have this absolute LEGEND back on for part 1 of 3 very special TITBITS - In just ten(ish) minutes our Jacob shares advice for parents who have ADHD at any stage of their parenthood ‘safari’ on how to best navigate the added challenges …
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Myself and my 'glamorous assistant', my Husband Big are back by popular demand sharing the @adhdafpodcast followers and Planet ADHD AF Peer Support Community member's 'Most ADHD Things' of February. I created the infamous last question from every ADHD AF Interview, 'What is the most ADHD thing you've done this week?' to unite the ADHD Community wit…
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It's TITBIT 2! I just about managed to cram 40minutes of GOLD from CJ Debarra into this 10(ish)minute micro-interview with the LEGENDARY Author of Neuro-Queer: A Neurodivergent Guide to Love, Sex and Everything Inbetween. Masking is something so many of us experience. CJ lived a lot of their life behind three different masks until coming out as Que…
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For the first of this miniseries of micro-Interviews it's only right I be joined by the first ever guest of ADHD AF, The one and only: Dr James Brown of The ADHD Adults Podcast and ADHDadultUK Charity. In just ten minutes the LEGENDARY James takes us back to basics (bitches) serving INDISPUTABLE ADHD FACTS to fill in the gaps in our own knowledge, …
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After lovely feedback from the NYE Episode,my Husband 'Big' is back to help me share my favourite Most ADHD Things of January followed by MASSIVE ANNOUNCEMENTS!One of which is: ADHDAF is on the road again! GRAB TICKETS to 'Alien Nation', the 3rd ADHDAF UK Tour NOW! EEEEEEK! Accountability truly does work! Massive thanks to Ally MacDonald and Nicole…
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Part 2 of this very special 2 parter... I know I said this would be shorter and out in the morning but I went on a magical side quest as you'll hear at the end... I am joined by ADHDAF Events Superstar Nicole Nadler...can anyone remember what her Edinburgh Fringe show is called?! ;) ;) And the LEGEND that saved the day - keeping me going at my lowe…
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In January 2022 at the age of 38 I got diagnosed with severe combined type ADHD. In this two part episode I'm attempting to use my own late diagnosis 'safari' as a case study by 'interviewing' different people in my life to hear their reflections of the difference a year can make. Whilst some share childhood memories, others are behind the scenes A…
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How's that break from the podcast working out? C'mon it's been over 2 whole weeks! :) In any case, on discovering new evidence that High & Low Estrogen Exacerbate ADHD Symptoms I HAD TO share it! As ever, I'm NOT an expert, just a late diagnosed ADHDer..but I'll tell you who is:THE LEGENDARY Dr Nighat Arif! BBC Breakfast & ITV This Morning's Reside…
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Recorded on New Years Eve in a hotel room in London. My husband 'Big' and I might not be anywhere near as funny as we think we are but we hope you find this very special episode mildly amusing at least! :) After an entire day hyperfocussing with no logic whatsoever on finding my favourite Most ADHD Thing entries of the year, my glamorous, gargantua…
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If you've just discovered this podcast, this isn't the usual run of things... this is an EXTRA SPECIAL Episode reflecting on the ADHD AF Christmas Tour & bringing some festive community feels at a time when even the neurotypicals don't know what day of the week it is! Created whilst festering like a sickly Tiny Tim having once again taken on a bit …
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Helping me close Season 2 with a bang is Sam Brown of the ADHD Adults Podcast & charity ADHDadultuk, AKA Mrs ADHD!I wonder if Sam will change her name to Mrs AuDHD?I'm so grateful to The ADHD Adults for their support of ADHDAF & all of the amazing work Sam, her husband James & Alex do!Can't wait to see Sam at the Birmingham event & her & James at t…
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I'm made up to share this impromptu and chaotic blether with my new BFF! ;) I was introduced to the wonderful work of Celebrity Masterchef winner, Author and BBC Morning Live Superstar Riyadh Khalaf when @ADHDFatherUK tagged me in his amazing support video for those of us struggling to access ADHD Medication. I was immediately enamoured, and slid i…
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This episode is so packed with ADHD AF LEGENDS it's fit to burst!Back to back micro interviews sharing ADHD stories, useful information, hacks & humour from ADHD Coaches, Activists, Actors, Advocates, Teachers, Nurses, Singers, Designers, Community members, the works! This blether is very busy, messy, long and late(!) but it's full to the brim of h…
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'OH HI MOTHERF*&%ERS!' Sorry,couldn't resist using Lu's catchphrase! :) All aboard 'Susie',the leopard print bus for Lou Featherstone's SELF LOVE REVOLUTION!@luinluland,52 is an accidental middle aged influencer dedicated to empowering women to find their confidence.The perfect 1st guest as I find my way solo whilst drowning in RSD (Really Shit Day…
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The title of the 1st ep of ADHDAF is 'We are ADHDAF but who TF are we?' This new chapter of me (Laura) flying solo is a homage & probably even worse sound quality/editing!Ironically,in raising RSD Awareness,I've suffered the worst RSD of my life & nearly didn't release this!This is a transitional episode;I'm not quite there yet...next week's will h…
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