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How do you make invisible struggles visible? (Kate Hammer’s story)
Episode 111
It’s one thing to wonder if you have ADHD. It’s another to read how your loved ones see it in you.
Host Laura Key talks with writer, director, and p…
1 year, 1 month ago
Ready, fire, aim! ADHD, creativity, and magic tricks (John Michael Hinton’s story)
Episode 110
Magician and speaker John Michael Hinton grew up full of energy. As a kid, he lived abroad and stood out for his high energy. His parents noticed ear…
1 year, 1 month ago
Am I using ADHD as a crutch? (Jiyoung An’s story)
Episode 109
For most of her life, Jiyoung An believed her struggles came down to laziness or lack of effort. Even after her ADHD diagnosis less than a year ago, …
1 year, 1 month ago
ADHD and emotions in men (Marc Almodovar’s story)
Episode 108
Marc Almodovar was diagnosed with ADHD at 16, after he took it upon himself to ask for help. But it wasn’t until a painful breakup in his early 20s t…
1 year, 2 months ago
Feeling unsafe with ADHD (Laura Mears-Reynolds’ story)
Episode 107
Laura Mears-Reynolds had reached a breaking point with anxiety and depression—until she realized something deeper was going on. She didn’t feel safe …
1 year, 2 months ago
How an ADHD diagnosis was lost and found again (Nikki Daye’s story)
Episode 106
Nikki Daye, a school psychologist and ADHD advocate, grew up in the foster care system. She was diagnosed with ADHD as a child, but her medical recor…
1 year, 3 months ago
ADHD, autism, and the pressure to be “man enough” (Shane Thrapp’s story)
Episode 105
Shane Thrapp always felt different. As an adult, he found out he has both ADHD and autism — two parts of his brain that sometimes work against each o…
1 year, 3 months ago
A breakup, an intense reaction, and the ADHD questions surrounding it all (Danielle Elliot’s story)
Episode 104
Danielle Elliot was considering breaking up with her partner...and then he broke up with her first. Danielle had a “big, out of character” reaction: …
1 year, 4 months ago
I didn’t want to have ADHD (from the Climbing the Walls podcast)
Episode 103
In this bonus episode, we’re sharing the first episode of a new Understood.org podcast, Climbing the Walls.
Climbing the Walls is an investigative li…
1 year, 4 months ago
A mother-son ADHD combo, plus teaching with ADHD (Emilia McGuckin’s story)
Episode 102
Join health and science journalist Danielle Elliot as she investigates the rise of women recently diagnosed with ADHD. Listen to Climbing the Walls n…
1 year, 4 months ago