• 49 minutes 20 seconds
    "Why Can't I Remember Anything?" Understanding ADHD, Working Memory & Mental Load

    Looking for ADHD self-empowerment, guidance and support? Look through my ADHD Women's Wellbeing resources here.

    I'm sure you relate to recalling an entire conversation from months ago or even song lyrics from the 80s, but forgetting why you walked into a room thirty seconds ago?

    On this week's episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I'm joined by Dr Sarah Rudebeck, a clinical psychologist with a PhD in memory from the University of Oxford.

    Sarah specialises in working memory and executive function difficulties in adults, and is the co-founder of Recallify, an AI companion for memory support. She works clinically in the NHS, with a particular interest in bridging the gap between what research tells us about memory and what people are actually offered in terms of help.

    In this episode, we talk about the difference between memories that are simply hard to retrieve under pressure and genuine working memory difficulties, why so many ADHD adults share a similar cognitive profile of strong intellectual ability alongside weaker working memory and attention, and why working memory cannot be trained like a muscle, no matter how many crosswords or brain games we try. We also get into the practical side, from school admin and parenting reminders to household overwhelm and overbuying, and how Sarah's own frustration with the gap between research and everyday support led her to co-found Recallify.

    In this episode, we cover:

    • The difference between memories that are "in there" and memories you can retrieve under pressure
    • What working memory actually is, and how it differs from attention, executive function and long-term memory
    • The common ADHD cognitive profile: strong intellectual ability alongside weaker working memory and processing speed
    • What happens during a neuropsychological assessment, and what it reveals about your own pattern of strengths and difficulties
    • Why working memory cannot be trained like a muscle, and what the research on brain training actually shows
    • How hormonal changes in midlife can affect word retrieval and confidence
    • Where working memory difficulties show up day to day, from school admin to household overwhelm
    • Why so many of us overbuy and overcompensate rather than under-organise
    • Sarah's own experience of dyslexia and learning to lean on her strengths
    • How Recallify came about, and how its brain dump and task features work

    Timestamps:

    • 00:00 - Welcome, and introducing Dr Sarah Rudebeck
    • 01:23 - Sarah's background and her work in the NHS
    • 02:43 - Why memory can feel reliable in conversation but fail under pressure
    • 05:50 - What working memory actually is
    • 08:36 - What happens during a neuropsychological assessment
    • 12:21 - How working memory difficulties show up in children at school
    • 14:41 - Why working memory cannot be trained like a muscle
    • 19:44 - Everyday examples: parenting, school admin and household overwhelm
    • 24:38 - Why so many of us overbuy rather than under-organise
    • 29:31 - Using your strengths to work around your weaknesses
    • 32:01 - How the gap in NHS support led Sarah to create Recallify
    • 46:33 - Sarah's free trial offer for listeners

    This week's episode is sponsored by elete, a simple way to support your hydration by adding essential electrolytes to the water you're already drinking. So many of us get completely absorbed in a task and forget to drink anything for hours, then wonder why we feel foggy or flat later in the day. Elete is sugar-free, with no artificial sweeteners or unnecessary additives, and it's trusted by health-conscious families, athletes and wellness professionals alike. Head to eletewater.co.uk and use the code WWP20 for an exclusive 20% listener discount.

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    Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed women with ADHD find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity, and clarity.

    8 July 2026, 11:15 pm
  • 52 minutes 49 seconds
    Breaking the Cycle of 'Emotionally Immature' Parenting: Healing Insights from a Psychotherapist

    🌟 Kate's opening a small number of 1-2-1 sessions, a chance to bring whatever's on your mind and get some focused time together. Book your session here.

    This week's episode:

    Some of the deepest childhood wounds don't come from parents who shouted or hurt us. Sometimes they come from parents who simply never had the tools to truly see us.

    On this week's episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I'm joined by Sian Crossley, a London-trained psychotherapist, author and the founder of Break the Cycle Coaching.

    With a background in both private practice and the NHS, Sian specialises in helping adults understand and heal from the lasting impact of emotionally immature parenting. Through her writing, courses and online community, she helps thoughtful, self-aware people untangle patterns like people pleasing, self doubt and over responsibility, so they can build healthier boundaries and more authentic relationships. She's the author of How to Heal from Emotionally Immature Parents, and now lives in Malaysia with her two young children, working with clients and audiences around the world.

    In this episode, Sian and I talk about what emotionally immature parenting actually looks like, even in a childhood where all the practical boxes were ticked. We explore why feeling unseen can leave a lasting impact, how undiagnosed neurodivergence in a parent's generation often went unnamed and unsupported, and why grief and acceptance matter more than forgiveness when it comes to healing. Sian also shares the foundations of emotionally mature parenting, and how small, consistent changes, like simply asking a child how they feel, can start to break old patterns without anyone needing to be perfect.

    In this episode, we cover:

    • What emotionally immature parenting really looks like, even in a "good enough" childhood
    • The difference between big T and little T trauma
    • How undiagnosed neurodivergence in parents shapes the way love and connection are shown
    • Parentification, and what it means when a child becomes their parent's emotional support
    • Why grief and acceptance matter more than forgiveness when healing childhood trauma
    • The "and, not but" technique for holding two truths about a parent at once
    • Why childhood memories can feel fragmented after emotional neglect
    • Breaking generational cycles without overcorrecting as a parent
    • The four foundations of emotionally mature parenting: regulation, self awareness, empathy and boundaries
    • Why asking a child how something made them feel can change everything

    Timestamps:

    • 00:00 - Welcome, and introducing Sian Crossley and her book
    • 02:40 - What emotionally immature parenting actually looks like
    • 05:03 - Why feeling unseen can matter more than what was provided practically
    • 06:15 - Parentification and becoming a parent's emotional support
    • 07:51 - Kate's own story: a late ADHD diagnosis and family patterns
    • 11:34 - Where healing actually begins
    • 14:48 - Why too much empathy for parents can get in the way of healing
    • 17:16 - Breaking the cycle without overcorrecting as a parent
    • 22:41 - Why fragmented childhood memories are so common
    • 25:23 - Grief, acceptance and why forgiveness isn't the goal
    • 34:03 - The "and, not but" technique for holding two truths
    • 39:05 - The four foundations of emotionally mature parenting
    • 45:04 - How to work with Sian

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    Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Audio Experience, you'll find:

    • Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
    • Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
    • Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
    • Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

    Understand yourself more deeply, feel less alone, and finally access the expert knowledge you deserve because every woman with ADHD deserves access to the knowledge, expertise and understanding that for too long hasn't been available to us.

    To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

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    Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed women with ADHD find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity, and clarity.

    With thanks to our Sponsor: This week's episode is sponsored by Elete, a simple way to support your hydration by adding essential electrolytes to the water you're already drinking. So many of us get completely absorbed in a task and forget to drink anything for hours, then wonder why we feel foggy or flat later in the day. Elete is sugar-free, with no artificial sweeteners or unnecessary additives, and it's trusted by health-conscious families, athletes and wellness professionals alike. Head to eletewater.co.uk and use the code WWP20 for an exclusive 20% listener discount.

    1 July 2026, 11:15 pm
  • 17 minutes 10 seconds
    Finding Calm: A Guide to Emotional Regulation at Home

    🌟 Kate's opening a small number of 1-2-1 sessions, a chance to bring whatever's on your mind and get some focused time together. Book your session here.

    This week's episode:

    If you've ever wanted to scream into a pillow, shake out your whole body, or hide in the car just to feel something move through you, you are not broken. You are just finally listening to what your nervous system has been asking for all along.

    On this week's episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I'm sharing a workshop I ran inside the More Yourself membership, where we go a little deeper into topics like this together, alongside guest experts and ongoing connection with other neurodivergent women.

    This episode is all about regulation, both ours and our children's, and why the small, consistent tweaks matter so much more than any big overhaul. We talk about identifying what's quietly dysregulating us before we even notice it, why co-regulating with our kids starts with regulating ourselves first, and why so many of us, especially as women, were never taught how to safely let emotion move through our bodies. I share some of the somatic tools I lean on, including EFT, and a few honest, real-life examples of what this can look like in practice.

    In this episode, we cover:

    • Why self regulation always comes before co-regulating your children
    • How to identify your own dysregulation triggers, from sleep and hydration to screen time
    • Why small, consistent tweaks matter more than big overhauls
    • How to talk to your child about big emotions once things have calmed down
    • The hidden impact of constant phone notifications and micro-interruptions on your nervous system
    • Why so many women have been conditioned to suppress their voice and emotions
    • Using EFT and tapping as a release tool for emotional dysregulation
    • Somatic ways to release stuck emotion, including shaking, dancing, singing and screaming
    • Why giving your child a safe space to release big feelings matters
    • The importance of self compassion and validating your own experience

    Timestamps:

    • 00:00 - Welcome, and introducing this week's More Yourself workshop episode
    • 00:33 - What this episode covers: dysregulation, family dynamics and emotional release
    • 02:21 - Today's episode begins
    • 02:23 - Why regulating yourself comes first
    • 03:30 - Working backwards to identify your own dysregulation triggers
    • 04:30 - Co-regulating with your child once things have calmed down
    • 05:30 - The impact of constant phone notifications on the nervous system
    • 06:30 - Why women have been conditioned to suppress emotion
    • 08:00 - Giving your child a safe space to release big feelings
    • 09:30 - EFT, tapping and other somatic release tools
    • 12:45 - Closing thoughts and where to find more support

    🌟 The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Audio Experience is here!

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    Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

    Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Audio Experience, you'll find:

    • Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
    • Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
    • Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
    • Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

    Understand yourself more deeply, feel less alone, and finally access the expert knowledge you deserve because every woman with ADHD deserves access to the knowledge, expertise and understanding that for too long hasn't been available to us.

    To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

    Links and Resources:

    • Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website here
    • Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
    • Grab your copy of my book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit here

    Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed women with ADHD find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity, and clarity.

    28 June 2026, 11:15 pm
  • 50 minutes 52 seconds
    Fighting for an Autism Diagnosis: What the System Still Gets Wrong About AuDHD Women with Dr Samantha Hiew

    🌟 Kate's opening a small number of 1-2-1 sessions, a chance to bring whatever's on your mind and get some focused time together. Book your session here.

    This week's episode: When we finally receive a diagnosis, it can feel like the missing piece. But for so many AuDHD women, it's only the beginning of a much longer journey — one that takes us back through everything we thought we knew about ourselves.

    This week on The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I'm welcoming back Dr Samantha Hiew, AuDHDer, scientist, and founder of ADHD Girls. Diagnosed with ADHD at 40, Sam has since received a working autism diagnosis after a seven-month struggle with clinicians who focused on developmental delays and trauma, rather than listening to her experiences.

    Since we last spoke, Sam has launched a major lived experience survey, and the findings are both validating and hard to sit with. This is a rich and honest conversation about what it really means to be a neurodivergent woman navigating identity, relationships, midlife, and a healthcare system that still doesn't fully see us.

    In this episode, we explore:

    • Sam's seven-month fight for an autism diagnosis and what it reveals about how the system fails women
    • What a lived experience survey of 400+ AuDHD women found about masking, identity and emotional safety
    • Why AuDHD women are predisposed to abandon themselves and how masking becomes survival
    • Relational trauma, sexual trauma, and patterns of conditioning in neurodivergent women
    • Perimenopause, unmasking, and what the hormonal shift reveals
    • Rebuilding self-trust and building community after a lifetime of masking as an AuDHD woman
    • The seasons of womanhood framework and how perimenopause represents autumn
    • The neuroscience of RSD and the salience network in ADHD and autism
    • Why psychiatry prescribes without brain scans, genetic testing, or hormonal context and the harm this causes
    • Self-advocacy tool for ND women navigating healthcare systems
    • Sam's AuDHD women's advanced practitioner programme

    Listen to our previous episodes with Samantha below:

    Episode 28: Advocating For Your Neurodiversity In The Workplace with Samantha Hiew

    Episode 108: The Intersection Between ADHD and Autism with Dr Samantha Hiew

    Support and information on topics raised in today's episode:

    Refuge website and support link

    Women's Aid Website

    The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!

    My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

    Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

    Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

    • Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
    • Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
    • Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
    • Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

    Understand yourself more deeply, feel less alone, and finally access the expert knowledge you deserve because every woman with ADHD deserves access to the knowledge, expertise and understanding that for too long hasn't been available to us.

    To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

    Links and Resources:


    Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity and clarity.

    This week's episode is sponsored by Elete, a simple way to support your hydration by adding essential electrolytes to the water you're already drinking. So many of us get completely absorbed in a task and forget to drink anything for hours, then wonder why we feel foggy or flat later in the day. Elete is sugar-free, with no artificial sweeteners or unnecessary additives, and it's trusted by health-conscious families, athletes and wellness professionals alike. Head to eletewater.co.uk and use the code WWP20 for an exclusive 20% listener discount.

    24 June 2026, 11:15 pm
  • 49 minutes 30 seconds
    ADHD Sleep Expert: How to Work With Your Neurodivergent Nocturnal Patterns

    🌟 Kate's opening a small number of 1-2-1 sessions, a chance to bring whatever's on your mind and get some focused time together. Book your session here.

    This week's episode: How often do you feel completely exhausted all day, yet when you get yourself to bed early, your brain switches on, and you're unable to sleep?

    You do everything you're told to: no screens, no caffeine, a cool dark room, yet your brain is still filled with thoughts, to-do lists and the things you said 5 years ago.

    But the reality is, for ADHD brains, sleep isn't a habit problem... It's a neurological problem. And the standard advice around skeeo hygiene and behaviour was never built with us in mind.

    This week on The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I'm joined by ADHD sleep expert, Heather Darwall-Smith, a psychotherapist specialising in sleep, with a particular focus on adults with ADHD.

    Heather was herself diagnosed with ADHD late in life, and that lived experience sits alongside her clinical expertise in everything she does. Her new book, The ADHD Sleep Book: A Compassionate Guide for the Wired and Overtired Brain, is the first book dedicated specifically to ADHD and sleep.

    In this episode, we explore:

    • Why 75% of people with ADHD experience chronic sleep problems
    • Chronotypes, body clocks, and ADHD sleep disorders explained
    • Heather's late ADHD diagnosis: from panic attacks and bipolar misdiagnosis to clarity
    • How the ADHD stress response causes hyperarousal and disrupted sleep at night
    • ADHD medication timing and sleep: why getting both right is so complex
    • How family sleep beliefs and intergenerational patterns affect ADHD rest
    • Phone addiction, sleep, and navigating different sleep needs as a couple
    • The hidden link between ADHD, binge eating, and sleep apnea
    • Why perfectionism and insomnia feed each other in the ADHD brain
    • Hormones, perimenopause, and ADHD, sleep, and when to get your bloods checked

    Heather brings a unique blend of neuroscience, psychology, personal experience and genuine compassion to a topic that so many of us have struggled with in silence. If you have ever felt like you're the only one who can't sleep or just need to try harder, this episode is for you.

    The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!

    My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

    Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to women diagnosed late. Get lifetime access here!

    Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

    • Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
    • Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
    • Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
    • Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

    Understand yourself more deeply, feel less alone, and finally access the expert knowledge you deserve. Because every woman with ADHD deserves access to the knowledge, expertise and understanding that for too long simply hasn't been available to us.

    To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

    Links and Resources:


    Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed women with ADHD find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity, and clarity.

    17 June 2026, 11:15 pm
  • 20 minutes 4 seconds
    Sustainable ADHD Success: Creating an Aligned Career According to your Energy and Natural Rhythms

    Building a business with an ADHD brain can feel less like following a carefully laid plan and more like learning to work with ever-changing waves of energy, focus, and creativity. How do you create something sustainable for you, and what are the best foundations to start from?

    This episode is part of a workshop I delivered called Just Because You Can Solve It Doesn't Mean You Should. It's a gentle but powerful reframe for ADHD women building businesses who want to work with their nervous system rather than constantly pushing against it.

    You'll discover why trying to force consistency, productivity, and motivation every day may be working against you, and how understanding your natural energy patterns can help you build a business that feels more sustainable and supportive.

    This episode explores:

    • Why coming to understand that ADHD energy is not linear can help you embrace fluctuations in your productivity and creativity.
    • How hormonal cycles greatly influence your motivation and energy levels, which is important to recognise in business.
    • Why you should practice self-compassion on low-energy days and reframe motivation
    • Listening to your nervous system as crucial burnout prevention method to maintaining a sustainable pace of business.

    By the end of the episode, you'll have simple reminders to help you tune into your nervous system, make decisions from a place of self-awareness, and build a business that supports your wellbeing as much as your success.

    If you've ever felt like you're constantly trying to keep up, this conversation offers a different approach to honour your unique rhythms and helps you create success that feels true to you.

    The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!

    My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

    Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

    Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

    • Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
    • Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
    • Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
    • Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

    Understand yourself more deeply, feel less alone, and finally access the expert knowledge you deserve. Because every woman with ADHD deserves access to the knowledge, expertise and understanding that for too long simply hasn't been available to us.

    To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

    Links and Resources:


    Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity and clarity.

    14 June 2026, 11:15 pm
  • 49 minutes 19 seconds
    From Debt to Financial Peace: An ADHD Woman's Story of Money, Spending and Self-Trust

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    Does thinking about money make something in your body tighten? Your chest pound and throat close?

    Maybe you avoid opening your banking app for weeks. Maybe you know something needs to change but every system you've tried has lasted about three days. Maybe you've spent money you didn't mean to spend, not because you're irresponsible, but because in that moment it was the only thing that made you feel okay.

    You are not bad with money.

    You just haven't had a system built for your brain.

    This week on The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast I'm joined by Esther Bangura, neurodivergent financial educator, ADHD and money coach, and host of the Neurodivergent Money Management podcast. After years of debt, stress spending, and burnout, Esther paid off £18,000 and bought her own home. Instead of following conventional financial advice, she used systems that actually worked with her ADHD brain; and now she helps other high-earning neurodivergent women do the same.

    For so many of us, spending isn't really about the thing we're buying, it's about control, relief, and finding calm for a nervous system caught in overwhelm.

    In this episode, we explore:

    • Esther's realisation of her spending habits and gaining a sense of control
    • Why her own ADHD diagnosis transformed the way she supports her clients
    • Why the same money systems doesn't work for everyone, and how to find what actually works for you
    • How to understand your spending patterns and energy levels and use that data to build a strategy that sticks
    • How burnout and financial stress affected Esther's fertility and her experience of miscarriage
    • What needs to change in financial education for neurodivergent people
    • Practical tips for ADHD business owners managing their finances

    This episode is for every woman who has ever felt shame around money or avoided the conversation because it felt too exposing. Esther brings warmth, honesty and genuine practical wisdom to a topic that our community doesn't talk about anywhere near enough.

    Financial peace is possible for our brains and this episode shows you what that can look like.

    Support and information on topics raised in today's episode:

    The Miscarriage Association Website

    The Miscarriage Association helpline and support services

    StepChange Debt Charity

    Timestamps:

    • 00:01 - Introduction to ADHD Women's Wellbeing
    • 01:12 - Navigating Financial Challenges as a Neurodivergent Individual
    • 10:59 - Understanding ADHD and Financial Management
    • 21:41 - Exploring Financial Challenges of Neurodivergent Women
    • 35:13 - Navigating Transitions: Understanding Yourself and Your Finances
    • 40:06 - Navigating Burnout and Self-Employment
    • 44:42 - Navigating Neurodivergent Business Strategies

    This week’s episode is sponsored by Understood.org, the leading nonprofit dedicated to empowering the millions of people with learning and thinking differences, like ADHD and dyslexia. Their podcast, AHA Aha! Shared candid stories about ADHD realisations, including the unexpected, emotional and even funny ways ADHD symptoms can surface!

    The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!

    My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

    Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

    Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

    • Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
    • Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
    • Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
    • Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

    Understand yourself more deeply, feel less alone, and finally access the expert knowledge you deserve. Because every woman with ADHD deserves access to the knowledge, expertise and understanding that for too long simply hasn't been available to us.

    To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

    Links and Resources:


    Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity and clarity.

    10 June 2026, 11:15 pm
  • 43 minutes 39 seconds
    Latest Research on Hormonal ADHD Women's Health from Dr Lotta Borg Skogland

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    How many times have you walked into a doctor's appointment knowing something is wrong, and walked out feeling dismissed, unheard, or handed an explanation that just doesn't fit?

    For women with ADHD, the intersection of hormones and neurodivergence has been one of medicine's most neglected areas. Not because it isn't important, but because for too long, women have been considered too complex, too variable, too messy to study properly. And the cost of that has been devastating.

    This week on The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I'm welcoming back Dr Lotta Borg Skoglund, a psychiatrist, researcher, and Associate Professor at Uppsala University in Sweden. Lotta has spent years investigating how hormonal fluctuations shape ADHD across women's entire reproductive lives — and her new book, Female Hormones and ADHD: The Impact on Brain and Body, is out in the UK on 4th June.

    What Lotta shares in this episode is not just fascinating; it is information that women deserve to have, and that could genuinely change their long-term health.

    In this episode, we explore:

    • Why women have historically been excluded from research, and what that has cost us clinically
    • Lotta's new research on ADHD medication during pregnancy, lactation, and across the menstrual cycle
    • Why neurodivergent women may experience perimenopause symptoms earlier, and why this so often goes unrecognised
    • The critical window of opportunity for hormone therapy
    • Why a hormonal assessment should come before receiving ADHD medication
    • The link between postmenopausal oestrogen loss and heart attacks in women
    • The connections between ADHD and endometriosis, PCOS, burnout, pain and sick leave
    • Why every doctor (regardless of specialism) needs to be asking about hormones
    • How we can use the predictable hormonal risk windows across a woman's reproductive life to support her
    • Testosterone, perimenopause, and what the research does and doesn't yet tell us
    • How Lotta's new book can help you advocate for yourself in the doctor's office

    This episode is for every woman who has ever felt that her hormonal health and her neurodivergence were being treated as two completely separate problems by two completely separate systems.

    Lotta's work is quietly changing what is possible for us, and this conversation is essential listening.

    You can also listen to our previous conversations with Lotta here:

    E120 Connecting Hormones and Psychiatry to help more ADHD women

    E174: Breaking down ADHD Neuroscience, Menstrual Cycles, Hormones and Anxiety

    This week’s episode is sponsored by Understood.org, the leading nonprofit dedicated to empowering the millions of people with learning and thinking differences, like ADHD and dyslexia.

    If you’re parenting a neurodivergent child, I’d recommend listening to their podcast, Everybody Gets a Juicebox, as it’s full of relatable stories and practical tools to help your family thrive while protecting your own wellbeing, too!

    The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!

    My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

    Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

    Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

    • Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
    • Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
    • Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
    • Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

    Understand yourself more deeply, feel less alone, and finally access the expert knowledge you deserve. Because every woman with ADHD deserves access to the knowledge, expertise and understanding that for too long simply hasn't been available to us.

    To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

    Links and Resources:


    Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity and clarity.

    3 June 2026, 11:15 pm
  • 32 minutes 36 seconds
    Why Everyday Tasks Feel Overwhelming with ADHD - ADHD Aha! Takeover Episode

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    Have you ever stood in your own kitchen, holding a perfectly ordinary object (like a wooden spoon), and completely frozen? Not because anything dramatic happened, but because your brain just couldn't work out what to do next.

    In this week's episode of ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I have something a little different for you! It’s called ADHD Aha!, by Understood.org, and shares real, relatable stories from people with ADHD, about how their symptoms impact their lives.

    In this episode, Laura is joined by Terry Matlen, a psychotherapist, ADHD coach, and one of the true pioneers in understanding ADHD in women. Terry has spent over 25 years helping women make sense of a brain the world never quite designed for them. And in this conversation, she is refreshingly honest about her own brain in ways I think a lot of us will relate to.

    In this episode, we explore:

    • The moment a wooden spoon became the symbol of a lifetime of undiagnosed ADHD
    • Why shame is so deeply woven into the female ADHD experience, and how understanding changes everything
    • How ADHD symptoms can be mistaken for anxiety, depression, or personality disorders
    • The particular challenges of mothering with ADHD — especially when your children have it too
    • Why asking for help isn't a weakness
    • Creative ways to access support even when money is tight
    • How to gently shift your expectations of yourself without giving up on the things that matter

    If you've ever wondered why life feels inexplicably harder for you than it seems to for everyone else, I hope this conversation feels like finally coming home.

    Timestamps:

    • 00:16 - About our Partner ADHD Aha!
    • 01:39 - Understanding ADHD Through Personal Stories
    • 10:18 - Understanding Overwhelm and Executive Functioning
    • 17:02 - Understanding the Impact of ADHD Diagnosis
    • 22:10 - Understanding ADHD and Women
    • 27:56 - Moments of Reflection and Connection

    This week’s episode is sponsored by Understood.org, the leading nonprofit dedicated to empowering the millions of people with learning and thinking differences, like ADHD and dyslexia. Their podcast, AHA Aha! Shared candid stories about ADHD realisations, including the unexpected, emotional and even funny ways ADHD symptoms can surface!

    The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!

    My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

    Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

    Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

    • Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
    • Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
    • Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
    • Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

    Understand yourself more deeply, feel less alone, and finally access the expert knowledge you deserve. Because every woman with ADHD deserves access to the knowledge, expertise and understanding that for too long simply hasn't been available to us.

    To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

    Links and Resources:


    Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity and clarity.

    31 May 2026, 11:15 pm
  • 44 minutes 20 seconds
    Why High-Achieving ADHD Women Keep Burning Out: a Regenerative Conversation with Pippa Grange

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    Have you spent years pushing through, overriding what your body is telling you, performing at full capacity, and wondering why you keep burning out?

    For so many women with ADHD, the drive to do more, prove more, and be more is relentless. We have the passion, the ambition, the energy. But when that inner motor collides with a nervous system that desperately needs rest and renewal, something eventually gives way.

    This week on The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast I'm joined by Dr Pippa Grange, a doctor of performance psychology, culture coach, author, and the psychologist behind England's renaissance World Cup campaign of 2018. You may also know of Pippa Grange through her portrayal in the recent Dear England, played excellently by Jodie Whittaker!

    Pippa has spent 25 years working with elite athletes, teams, and leaders across sport and industry, and her new book, Life Reclaimed: Find Freedom from Chronic Overperformance, is the culmination of everything she has learned, including from her own experience of burnout.

    Pippa's framework for what she calls regenerative performance feels like it was made for our community, and it challenges everything we've been taught about what it means to be "successful".

    In this episode, we explore:

    • Why chronic overperformance is so prevalent in neurodivergent people and what keeps us stuck in it
    • The ecological lens Pippa uses to understand performance and why nature is the master teacher
    • How elite sport prioritises not just performance, but also rest and renewal to optimise output and prevent burnout
    • The power of honesty to reduce masking and burnout
    • The four principles of regenerative performance and listening to your needs
    • Moving off autopilot and learning to check in with your nervous system by asking what it needs, rather than pushing through
    • Why diversifying your modes and speeds is especially powerful for ADHD brains
    • Why pulling back is not a failing, it's a smart performance strategy
    • What Pippa learned from her own burnout and how she works differently now
    • Three types of honesty and the subtle ways we are unfaithful to ourselves without realising
    • Why "wholebeing" matters more than wellbeing

    Pippa brings a rare combination of elite performance experience and genuine human warmth to this conversation. For those of us with restless minds and high ambitions who keep burning out despite doing everything right, this episode offers a completely different way of thinking about what sustainable success can look like.

    This week’s episode is sponsored by Understood.org, the leading nonprofit dedicated to empowering the millions of people with learning and thinking differences, like ADHD and dyslexia. Their podcast, AHA Aha! Shared candid stories about ADHD realisations, including the unexpected, emotional and even funny ways ADHD symptoms can surface!

    The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!

    My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

    Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

    Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

    • Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
    • Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
    • Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
    • Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

    Understand yourself more deeply, feel less alone, and finally access the expert knowledge you deserve. Because every woman with ADHD deserves access to the knowledge, expertise and understanding that for too long simply hasn't been available to us.

    To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

    Links and Resources:


    Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity and clarity.

    27 May 2026, 11:15 pm
  • 43 minutes 5 seconds
    The Gentle Power of Herbal Medicine for ADHD Women: Natural Ways to Support Sleep, Focus and Hormonal Health

    After diagnosis, we often become experts in our own brains. We learn about the hormones, read all the books, listen to all the podcasts, explore the different strategies and systems, and build our own scaffolding to support our ADHD. But sometimes, even when we're doing all the right things, something still feels missing.

    Plants have been supporting human health for thousands of years. But could they support your ADHD brain, too?

    This week on The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I'm joined by Ellen Rowland, a Medical Herbalist and Aromatherapist who works 1:1 with neurodivergent people.

    Ellen isn't here to replace anything that's already working for you. Instead, she uses evidence-based plant medicines, diet and lifestyle changes to regulate your nervous system, support focus, balance energy, address hormonal, gut or other health issues, and ease emotional overwhelm, in a way that feels safe and sustainable.

    In this episode, we explore:

    • Ellen's personal journey, what led her to herbal medicine, and what it actually is
    • The cultural history of plant-based medicine in Central America
    • How modern-day life demands, such as high expectations, family demands, and constant task-switching, contribute to overwhelm in ADHD
    • Small things you can weave into your day alongside herbal medicine as a scaffold for support
    • Why people come to Ellen, what she can help with, and how she works collaboratively alongside GPs
    • How to start supporting yourself without access to a medical herbalist, including German and Roman chamomile
    • Herbs for calming down in the evening, and herbs for when you need to wake up and focus
    • How essential oils and aromatherapy work, and the remarkable healing power of scent

    Ellen brings a whole-person, neurodivergent-informed approach to this conversation. For those of us who feel like we're still missing something despite doing all the "right" things, this episode offers a gentle and genuinely interesting new layer of support.

    Resources mentioned


    This week’s episode is sponsored by Understood.org, the leading nonprofit dedicated to empowering the millions of people with learning and thinking differences, like ADHD and dyslexia. If you’re parenting a neurodivergent child, I’d recommend listening to their podcast, Everybody Gets a Juicebox, as it’s full of relatable stories and practical tools to help your family thrive while protecting your own wellbeing, too!

    The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!

    My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.

    Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!

    Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:

    • Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
    • Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
    • Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
    • Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

    Understand yourself more deeply, feel less alone, and finally access the expert knowledge you deserve. Because every woman with ADHD deserves access to the knowledge, expertise and understanding that for too long simply hasn't been available to us.

    To get lifetime access for £44, click here.

    Links and Resources:


    Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed women with ADHD find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity, and clarity.

    20 May 2026, 11:15 pm
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