HeyJaredADHD &...with Jorie Houlihan
Ever feel like everyone else got the instruction manual for life—but yours was missing a few...chapters?You’re not alone.
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Grief After ADHD Diagnosis: The Part Nobody Warns You About (opens the original)
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Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. 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 for the years spent feeling misunderstood and unrecognized. Jori
ADHD &... the Unanswered Text: Why Replying Feels So Hard (opens the original)
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Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. 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 reply trap, and why "I'll reply when I can do it right" is a w
Hosting With ADHD Doesn't Have to Be Overwhelming | Karen Kaplan & Jen McKinney (opens the original)
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Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. 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 makes "good enough" hosting feel like plenty. In this episode:
Self-Awareness and ADHD: Breaking the Cycle of Giving Up (opens the original)
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Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. 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 works for me” and “I have not found what works for me yet” ➜ How self-a
From Dropout to Doctorate: Why ADHD Gets Missed in High-Functioning Women | Carolyn Mallon (opens the original)
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Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. 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 medication gets dismissed as a crutch, the misconceptions that keep
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