HeyJaredThe Neurodivergent Connection / The Curious Storyteller
Reid Miles PodcastsTwo shows. One curiosity-driven mission: telling human stories that matter.Hosted by Reid Miles, this podcast feed is home to two distinct but connected conversations.The Neurodivergent Connection centers neurodivergent voices lived experience, late…
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What Lockdown Revealed About ADHD That Success Had Hidden for Years (opens the original)
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Late Diagnosis, Perimenopause, and the Career Questions No One Prepared Us For What happens when your routines fall apart, your symptoms get louder, and a late diagnosis suddenly makes your whole life look different? In this episode, I talk with Gina Molinas about what it was like to be diagnosed during lockdown while also moving through perimenopause—and why that combination changed everything. We talk about the grief, relief, anger, and clarity that can show up after a late diagnosis. Gina sha
The Curious Storyteller: OCPD Is Not OCD and That Difference Changes Everything (opens the original)
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What OCPD Really Feels Like, and Why It’s So Often Misunderstood What if the thing you’ve called perfectionism your whole life was actually something deeper? In this episode, I sit down with Janice Russell for an honest conversation about living with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, or OCPD. We talk about what life felt like before she had a name for it, why OCPD is so often confused with OCD, and what people around her rarely see: the constant mental noise, the pressure to get things
The Breakfast That Looked Healthy but Made Everything Harder (opens the original)
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When Mental Health Recovery Needs More Than Rest What if burnout, brain fog, and mood swings aren’t just “in your head” but signs your body is asking for help? In this episode, I sit down with Mick Pozin to talk about a side of mental health recovery that many people rarely hear about. We get into burnout, mental health leave, ADHD, food sensitivities, blood sugar, and why rest alone may not be enough when your system is already running on fumes. Mick shares how undiagnosed gluten and dairy issu
Your Credentials Are Not the Reason People Remember You (opens the original)
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What ADHD Costs Us Quietly, and Why Your Real Story Still Matters If you’ve ever wondered why small tasks can carry such a heavy price with ADHD, this conversation will likely hit close to home. In this episode, I sit down with Jill Ivey to talk about late-realized ADHD, masking, distraction, and the hidden costs that many neurodivergent people carry without anyone seeing them. We also get into something just as important: how our lived experience shapes the stories we tell about ourselves, at w
The Curious Storyteller: How Zolal Habibi Turned Grief Into a Lifelong Stand for Iran (opens the original)
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What Freedom Costs: My Conversation with Zulal Habibi on Iran, Loss, and Resistance What happens when freedom isn’t an idea, but something your family has paid for in blood? In this episode, I sit down with Zolal Habibi for a powerful conversation about Iran, grief, courage, and why real change must come from the people themselves. Zolal shares how activism shaped her life from childhood, how personal loss changed her path, and why silence can carry its own cost. As we talk, she helps me see the
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