ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast

Kate Moryoussef
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Are you struggling with the challenges of life as a woman with ADHD? Perhaps you need support with your mental and physical wellbeing, so you can feel calmer, happier and more balanced? Perhaps you’re newly diagnosed with ADHD – or just ADHD curious – and don’t know where to turn for support. Or perhaps you’re wondering how neurodivergence impacts your hormones or relationships? If so, the award-winning ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast is for you. This award-winning podcast is hosted by Kate Moryoussef, an ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach, author, EFT practitioner, mum of four, and late-in-life diagnosed with ADHD herself. Each week, thousands of women just like you tune in to hear Kate chat with top ADHD experts, thought leaders, professionals and authors. Their powerful insights will help you harness your health and enhance your life as a woman with ADHD. From tips on nutrition, sleep and motivation to guidance on regulating your nervous system, dealing with anxiety and living a calmer and more balanced life, you’ll find it all here. The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast will help you live alongside your ADHD with more awareness, self-compassion and acceptance. It’s time to put an end to self-criticism, judgment and blame – and get ready to live a kinder and more authentic life. “Mindblowing guests!” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Brilliant and so life-affirming” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “So, so grateful for this!” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Obsessed with this pod on ADHD!” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ORDER NOW! Kate's new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit! https://www.adhdwomenswellbeing.co.uk/adhd-womens-wellbeing-toolkit In The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Toolkit, Kate Moryoussef shares the psychology and science behind the challenges faced by women with ADHD and lays out a roadmap for you to uncover your authentic self. With practical lifestyle tools on how to manage mental, emotional, physical, and hormonal burnout and lean into your unique strengths to create more energy, joy, and creativity, this book will help you (re)learn to not only live with this brain difference but also thrive with it.

  1. 2d ago

    Your ADHD Nervous System Explained: The Polyvagal Ladder, Window of Tolerance and Glimmers

    ADHD Awareness Month 2026: What Actually Helps? This October, I'm putting community, real experiences and practical support at the heart of ADHD Awareness Month. There are live conversations, Instagram Lives, podcast events and ways for you to share what actually helps in your own life. ⁠⁠Visit the Events page⁠⁠ to see what’s happening and get involved. If you've ever wondered why some days feel manageable and others feel completely impossible, even when nothing has obviously changed, your nervous system is trying to tell you something. Welcome to this week's More Yourself Monday episode. Today I'm sharing a clip from one of my workshops on the nervous system, polyvagal theory and how understanding both can genuinely change the way you move through your days with ADHD. This is not a clinical lecture. This is a simple, accessible explanation of why your nervous system behaves the way it does, what the polyvagal ladder actually means in real life, and how you can start to work with your nervous system rather than against it. I also introduce the concept of glimmers, those small micro moments of safety and joy that can shift your entire day when you learn to notice and actively seek them out. The full workshop is available on my website, and the link is below. In this episode, we cover: What it means to feel grounded, connected and safe in your nervous system, and why so many of us rarely get there A simple explanation of polyvagal theory and why it matters so much for neurodivergent people The three states of the polyvagal ladder: ventral vagal, sympathetic and dorsal vagal, and what each one feels like from the inside Why the ADHD brain so often operates in fight or flight mode, and what that costs us over time What the dorsal vagal shutdown state feels like, and why it shows up as fatigue, numbness and withdrawal The window of tolerance: what it is, what opens and closes it, and why ADHD narrows it The difference between hyper arousal and hypo arousal, and why each needs a different response What glimmers are and why they matter as much as knowing your triggers How to identify your own personal glimmers and actively harness them across the day Why regulating your own nervous system is not selfish but has a ripple effect on everyone around you The role of co-regulation and why our nervous system state affects the people we live and work with Links and Resources: Find my popular ADHD Women's Wellbeing workshops and resources on my website ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. Follow the podcast on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@adhd_womenswellbeing_pod⁠⁠⁠ Get my book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit (also available in ebook and audiobook) ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠ Join the More Yourself membership community ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠ Get the full nervous system and polyvagal theory workshop series here with a 10% discount for Podcast listeners 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Your ADHD Nervous System Explained: The Polyvagal Ladder, Window of Tolerance and Glimmers

  2. 5d ago

    Why the ADHD Brain Is the Intuitive Brain with Laura Day

    ADHD Awareness Month 2026: What Actually Helps?This October, I'm putting community, real experiences and practical support at the heart of ADHD Awareness Month. There are live conversations, Instagram Lives, podcast events and ways for you to share what actually helps in your own life. Visit the Events page to see what’s happening and get involved. Content note: This episode contains references to suicide and family bereavement. If you are struggling, please reach out to a trusted support resource. In the UK, the Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123. In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Hotline is 1-800-273-8255. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is on 13 11 14. Hotlines in other countries can be found here. You can also check out the Campaign Against Living Miserably here What if the traits you've spent a lifetime apologising for are actually the source of your greatest ability? On this week's episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I'm joined by Laura Day, New York Times bestselling author, teacher and intuitive consultant who has spent four decades working with individuals and some of the world's largest companies to help them identify and achieve their goals. Laura's new book, The Prism: Seven Steps to Heal Your Past and Transform Your Future, is the book she describes as an ADHD manual — a practical, evidence-informed framework for building the scaffolding that helps neurodivergent brains thrive. With two New York Times bestsellers to her name and a 40-year teaching community, Laura is also someone who has lived with ADHD her entire life, and this conversation is one of the most honest, warm and genuinely surprising I have had on the podcast. We talk about Laura's childhood in a household where neurodivergence was everywhere but unnamed, why girls of her generation were never allowed to act out and what that suppression cost them, how she built a career advising billion-dollar companies using her intuitive mind, and why the ADHD brain is uniquely suited to intuition, just not always in the way we expect. In this episode, we cover: Laura's diagnosis at 10 or 11, and why girls of her generation were never treated Growing up in a household where neurodivergence showed up in multiple family members, often with devastating consequences How Laura used survival, focus and necessity as her prosthetic scaffolding before she understood her own neurology Why the ADHD brain is the intuitive brain, and how to make that work for you rather than against you Why intuition is not something you tap into but something that is always downloading, and how to structure it usefully The difference between the voice of fear and the voice of intuition, and why documentation matters more than belief How Laura advises billion-dollar companies using intuitive methods, and why business and science do what works regardless of belief Why Laura says you are your own worst intuitive, and why community-based intuitive practice is so powerful The shame and blame pages: a research-backed tool for releasing what no longer serves you Why doing just the next thing is one of the most powerful strategies for ADHD brains How Laura built scaffolding for her household without knowing it was for neurodivergence Why vulnerability is not a weakness but the source of extraordinary ability The Prism: what it offers neurodivergent people and why Laura considers it her ADHD manual Timestamps: 00:00 - Welcome and introducing Laura Day 02:00 - Laura's diagnosis at 10 or 11 and why girls weren't treated in her generation 05:00 - Growing up with neurodivergence all around her, and what it cost her family 08:00 - How she used her role as oldest child to create focus and structure 10:00 - Spatial difficulties, irritability and the compensations she built over decades 13:00 - Why the ADHD brain is the intuitive brain 16:00 - How intuition actually works and why it is always downloading 20:00 - Documenting intuition and building a feedback loop with the world 23:00 - How she works with billion-dollar companies and why they don't need to believe in it 27:00 - Social dynamics, masking and forgetting to say hello 31:00 - Emotional regulation, overstimulation and learning to step away rather than snap 35:00 - Generational patterns, self-awareness and raising neurodivergent children 40:00 - Just do the next thing: why this is the most powerful ADHD strategy 44:00 - The shame and blame pages and the research behind letting go 47:00 - The Prism: seven steps, and why Laura considers it her ADHD manual 50:00 - How to find Laura and join her teaching community Links and Resources: Find my popular ADHD Women's Wellbeing workshops and resources on my website ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. Follow the podcast on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@adhd_womenswellbeing_pod⁠⁠⁠ Get my book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit (also available in ebook and audiobook) ⁠⁠⁠here Join the More Yourself membership community ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠ Visit Laura's website: lauraday.com Get Laura's new book: The Prism: Seven Steps to Heal Your Past and Transform Your Future, also available as an audiobook narrated by Laura herself 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Why the ADHD Brain Is the Intuitive Brain with Laura Day

  3. Sep 9

    Why Your GP Doesn't Know More About ADHD with Victoria Galvis

    If you've ever left a GP appointment feeling dismissed, confused or like you had to fight to be taken seriously, this episode will help you understand why, and what you can actually do about it. On this week's episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I'm joined by Dr Victoria Galvis, a GP based in Greater Manchester with over 20 years of lived experience of neurodivergence and a fierce passion for changing how the healthcare system supports neurodivergent people. Victoria qualified as a doctor in Colombia and has been practising in the UK since 2010, working across both hospital medicine and primary care. Alongside Dr Safiya Virji, GP and Associate Professor at Queen Mary University of London, she has written Neurodivergence in Primary Care: A Practical Guide for UK Healthcare Professionals, a comprehensive, research-backed resource designed to educate clinicians and support patients in navigating the system more effectively. In this episode, Victoria explains the structural reasons why GPs often don't know enough about ADHD and neurodivergence, and it is not as simple as them not caring. She talks about the discrimination she faced as a neurodivergent doctor, why the 10-minute consultation is both a challenge and something patients can learn to work with, and how the book came about from 20 years of clinical experience and a determination to change things for her son, her patients and the next generation of healthcare professionals. In this episode, we cover: Why GPs receive less than two hours of ADHD training and have zero budget to update their knowledge How media narratives and ableist assumptions about ADHD have shaped clinical attitudes Victoria's own experience of disability discrimination as a neurodivergent doctor, and why she kept going Why ADHD and autism could not even be co-diagnosed until 2013, and what that means for the doctors currently practising How the 10-minute GP consultation works, and practical ways to make the most of it Why bringing a list to a GP appointment is genuinely helpful, not annoying How to ask for the right GP in your practice for your specific needs When and how to share your own research with your doctor, and how most GPs actually receive it Why executive dysfunction affects how patients experience healthcare at every stage The importance of bringing someone with you, recording the appointment or using other memory tools Why most mental health presentations in primary care have a deep-rooted neurodivergent component Kate and Victoria's grassroots idea for getting this book into every GP surgery Timestamps: 00:00 - Welcome and introducing Dr Victoria Galvis 02:00 - Victoria's ADHD diagnosis at 19 and her early career in the UK 05:00 - The discrimination she faced as a neurodivergent doctor and why she fought back 09:00 - Why GPs don't know more about ADHD, and why it is not their fault 13:00 - Zero training budget, no CPD funding and what that means in practice 16:00 - Why most mental health presentations have a neurodivergent component 19:00 - How the 10-minute consultation works from the doctor's side 23:00 - Practical tips for making the most of your GP appointment 28:00 - How to share your own research with your GP and what to expect 32:00 - When to ask for a follow-up, and why you should book with the right person 36:00 - How the book came about, and what it covers 40:00 - Kate and Victoria's grassroots idea: getting the book into every GP surgery 43:00 - How to get the book and where to find Victoria Links and Resources: Find my popular ADHD Women's Wellbeing workshops and resources on my website ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. Connect with the podcast on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@adhd_womenswellbeing_pod⁠⁠⁠ Get my book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit (also available in ebook and audiobook) ⁠⁠⁠here Join the More Yourself membership community ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠ Visit Victoria's website: victoriagalvis.com Get the book: Neurodivergence in Primary Care: A Practical Guide for UK Healthcare Professionals - Also available free on Kindle Unlimited 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Why Your GP Doesn't Know More About ADHD with Victoria Galvis

  4. Sep 6

    Rethinking Routines: A Gentler Approach to Structure with ADHD

    Looking for further guidance and support on⁠⁠⁠ ADHD Women's Wellbeing⁠⁠⁠? Check out my workshop library ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠ or search for any topic on the ⁠⁠⁠Podcast here⁠⁠⁠. Find my popular ADHD Women's Wellbeing workshops and resources on my website ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. September has always felt more like a new start than January. And if you're ready to think differently about how you structure your days, this episode is a good place to begin. On this week's More Yourself Monday episode, I'm sharing a clip from one of my workshops on ADHD routines and structures, because this time of year tends to bring up that familiar urge to get organised and finally get on top of things. But this isn't about neurotypical productivity systems or trying to force your ADHD brain into a shape it was never meant to hold. This is about understanding your own energy, working with your nervous system rather than against it, and finding a rhythm that actually feels sustainable for you. In this clip I introduce my four-pillar framework for building a personalised daily flow, talk about the difference between rituals and routines and why that distinction matters, and explore why so many of us get stuck in boom-and-bust cycles, even when we genuinely want things to be different. The full workshop is available on my website with a discount code below. In this episode, we cover: Why ADHD brains seek both structure and stimulation, and how that tension creates the boom and bust cycle How dopamine, executive function, working memory, hormones and emotional regulation all affect our ability to build and maintain routines Why neurotypical systems can feel suffocating and punishing for ADHD brains The difference between rituals and routines, and why rituals often feel softer, more grounding and more sustainable How to visualise the version of you that's working in flow, and what that tells you about what you actually need What it means to be your own energy detective and do a daily or weekly audit of what fills and depletes you Why knowing your why is one of the most powerful grounding tools you have Kate's four-pillar framework: energy awareness, time perception, body-based cues and returning to your values Why interoception, noticing hunger, thirst, tiredness and sensory input, matters more than most productivity advice acknowledges Links and Resources: Follow the podcast on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@adhd_womenswellbeing_pod⁠⁠⁠ Get my book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit (also available in ebook and audiobook) ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠ Join the More Yourself membership community ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠ Get the full ADHD Routines and Structures workshop with a 10% discount 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Rethinking Routines: A Gentler Approach to Structure with ADHD

  5. Sep 3

    Why You Keep Snapping at the People You Love with Anna Mathur

    The sharp words, the slammed drawer, the guilt that follows. If you've ever wondered how you became someone who snaps at the people you love most, this conversation is going to feel very familiar. On this week's episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I'm welcoming back psychotherapist and bestselling author Anna Mathur for a conversation that is honest, warm and full of the kind of insight you don't often get permission to sit with. Anna is the author of multiple bestselling books and the host of The Therapy Edit podcast, which has reached over four million downloads. She's passionate about taking therapy beyond the consulting room and into the everyday moments where we actually need it most. Her new book, How to Stop Snapping at the People You Love (As Well As the Ones You Don't): A Compassionate Guide to Rage, Regulation and Repair, is out now, and we get into a lot of it here. Anna and I talk about why snapping isn't a character flaw but a signal, what it's really communicating when everything feels like too much, and how so much of it connects to what we hold inside as women, as ADHD women, as people who were never really taught that anger was allowed. We also talk about hormones, perimenopause, sensory overwhelm, the cheese incident, WhatsApp groups, and why buying calm every day is not a luxury but a necessity. Do also go back and listen to our previous conversation, which we'll link in the show notes, where we talked about burnout, exhaustion and holding it all together. In this episode, we cover: Why snapping and irritability are signals of overwhelm rather than signs of being a bad person How the good girl conditioning many of us grew up with can turn unexpressed anger inward Why women with ADHD and neurodivergent women often have a more activated nervous system as a baseline The connection between perimenopause, hormonal shifts and rising irritability and sensory sensitivity Why masking all day means the dysregulation has to go somewhere, often home How circumstantial overwhelm and internal stress create a perfect storm The unspoken narratives and generational conditioning that keep us holding what isn't ours to hold Why anger is not the enemy, and what happens when we finally listen to it The difference between rage and snapping, and why shame makes it harder to process either Practical ways to create circuit breakers across the day rather than relying on one big reset Why co-regulation starts with us, and how to buy calm when you have nothing left Anna's untangling framework from the book, and how to start befriending the anger rather than suppressing it The importance of finding people and spaces where you can fully unmask Timestamps: 00:00 - Welcome and introducing Anna Mathur back to the podcast 02:00 - What led Anna to write the book and why snapping shocked her so much 05:00 - The pressure cooker: why it all has to come out somewhere 08:00 - Viewing snapping through a neuro-affirming and hormonal lens 11:00 - How perimenopause amplified sensory sensitivity for Kate and Anna 14:00 - Circumstantial versus internal stress and why both matter 17:00 - The unspoken truths, suppressed emotions and generational conditioning 20:00 - The things we're not saying and how to start listening to that inner voice 24:00 - Rewiring the cognitive narrative that keeps us agreeable at our own expense 27:00 - Late diagnosis, masking and the dysregulation that comes home with us 30:00 - Recognising your personal warning signs before the Richter scale tips 34:00 - The WhatsApp group tipping point and what it's really about 38:00 - How to buy calm: rest, joy, unmasking and snacking on regulation 42:00 - Why co-regulation with our children starts with resourcing ourselves 45:00 - Anna's untangling framework: befriending anger and finding grace in the mess Links and Resources: Find my popular ADHD Women's Wellbeing workshops and resources on my website ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. Connect with the podcast on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@adhd_womenswellbeing_pod⁠⁠⁠ Get my book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit (also available in ebook and audiobook) ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠ Join the More Yourself membership community ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠ Visit Anna's website: annamathur.com Connect with Anna on Instagram Listen to Anna's podcast: The Therapy Edit Get Anna's book: How to Stop Snapping at the People You Love (As Well As the Ones You Don't) Listen to Kate's previous conversation with Anna 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Why You Keep Snapping at the People You Love with Anna Mathur

  6. Aug 30

    What is RSD Alongside ADHD?

    Want to join our first-ever live podcast and Q&A this week? More info here Have you always been more sensitive than most people you know to rejection, criticism or the feeling that you've fallen short? If that question just landed somewhere deep, this episode is for you. Today I'm sharing a clip from one of my most popular workshops, "What Is RSD?," as a way of bringing this topic back into focus, because rejection sensitive dysphoria is one of those things that so many of us have felt our entire lives without ever having the language for it. In this clip, I talk about what Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria actually is, how Dr William Dodson first articulated it, how it shows up physically and emotionally, and why understanding it as a neurological trait rather than a personality flaw changes everything. I also share some practical ways to begin working with RSD rather than against it, including how EFT tapping can help calm the nervous system response in the moment and over time. The full RSD workshop is available on my website with 10% off ⁠here⁠ In this episode, we cover: What rejection sensitive dysphoria is and how it was first identified and named Why RSD shows up as part of the emotional dysregulation profile of ADHD What RSD can feel like physically, not just emotionally, and why that matters How RSD shows up across childhood, relationships, work, parenting and social life Why RSD episodes can feel all-consuming and then end surprisingly quickly How past social trauma can resurface and amplify RSD triggers later in life Why keeping your guard up to avoid RSD can become its own form of exhaustion The self-regulation tools that can help including EFT, DBT, somatic work and breathwork How lifestyle foundations like sleep, movement and nutrition build resilience against RSD Why EFT tapping helps calm the amygdala and reduce cortisol in the moment A simple introduction to tapping and how to use it before, during or after an RSD episode lookingAre you Looking for further support on ADHD Women's Wellbeing⁠⁠⁠⁠? Check out my workshop library ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠ or search for any topic on the ⁠⁠⁠Podcast ⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠. Timestamps: 00:00 - Welcome and introduction to today's More Yourself episode 01:30 - Why RSD is such an important part of understanding ADHD 04:00 - The workshop clip begins: Dr William Dodson's defining question 05:30 - What RSD is and how it shows up emotionally and physically 08:00 - The clear trigger, the mood shift and why episodes can end as suddenly as they start 10:00 - How past social trauma can keep RSD patterns alive 12:00 - How RSD impacts self-esteem, relationships, parenting and career 14:00 - What we can do: self-regulation tools, EFT, DBT and somatic approaches 16:00 - Why brain and gut health matter for RSD resilience 18:00 - Self-talk, journaling and the self-compassion that only you can give yourself 20:00 - EFT tapping explained: the meridian points, cortisol reduction and the amygdala 22:00 - How tapping creates perspective and shifts the threat response 24:00 - Using tapping before a difficult situation to stay regulated Links and Resources: Find my popular ADHD Women's Wellbeing workshops and resources on my website ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. Follow the podcast on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@adhd_womenswellbeing_pod⁠⁠⁠ Get my book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit (also available in ebook and audiobook) ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠ Join the More Yourself membership community ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠ Get the full What Is RSD? workshop with 10% off 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    What is RSD Alongside ADHD?

  7. Aug 26

    Hormones Are the Missing Piece of the Female ADHD Puzzle

    Find my popular ADHD Women's Wellbeing workshops and resources on my website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. So many of us were told for years that our painful periods, flooding cycles, monthly mood crashes and hormonal struggles were just something to push through. This compilation episode is about what's actually been going on hormonally all along. This week's episode is all about the overlap between ADHD, hormones and women's health — a connection Kate has been talking about since the very beginning of the podcast, and one that is still not being taken seriously enough in clinical practice. We hear from three conversations. Dr Lotta Borg Skoglund, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and specialist in ADHD and hormonal health, on the link between estrogen and heart health, why perimenopause doesn't follow a straight line, and why so many neurodivergent women are still being told they're too young or not symptomatic enough to be taken seriously. Dr Liz Murray, doctor, activist and author of Not Just Painful Periods, on her own decade-long road to an endometriosis diagnosis, what coming off the pill without the right information can do, and what she's doing through her charity to change the way the next generation of doctors are trained. And Laura Federico and Morgan Miller, authors of The Cycle Book, on why cycle tracking is so much more than period data, how it can help us understand RSD, mood, energy and focus across the month, and why reconnecting with our bodies might be one of the most compassionate things we can do for ourselves. In this episode, we cover: The link between estrogen, heart health and menopause, and why this is the number one cause of death in post-menopausal women Why perimenopause doesn't follow a straight line, and why symptoms can start long before periods become irregular Why neurodivergent women are more likely to experience PMDD, endometriosis, PCOS and severe PMS How losing estrogen suddenly can significantly raise cardiovascular risk, and why this is so often dismissed Dr Liz Murray's own endometriosis story, and why being a doctor didn't protect her from a delayed diagnosis What can happen when women come off the pill without understanding what it may have been masking Why the conversation GPs need to have with women about the pill is still not happening What women need to know about the red flag symptoms that warrant further investigation The overlap between ADHD, hypermobility, connective tissue issues and hormonal conditions Why cycle tracking is far more than knowing when your period is due How tracking can help you notice patterns like RSD intensifying in the second half of your cycle Why reconnecting to your body, even briefly each day, is a genuinely life-changing act Timestamps: 00:00 - Welcome and introduction to this week's compilation 03:00 - Dr Lotta Borg Skoglund: estrogen, heart health and what women need to know 06:00 - Why cardiovascular risk rises after menopause, and what that means for ADHD women 08:00 - The lifestyle factors that compound risk for neurodivergent women 10:00 - Why perimenopause symptoms can appear while periods are still regular 12:00 - The confusion of fluctuating estrogen levels and what it feels like from the inside 16:00 - Dr Liz Murray: a decade to diagnosis and what went wrong 18:00 - How the pill masked endometriosis and what coming off it without guidance cost her 20:00 - What GPs can do, and the conversations that still aren't happening 22:00 - Red flags that warrant further investigation, and why you don't need to wait 24:00 - The overlap between ADHD, neurodivergence and hormonal conditions 28:00 - What Liz's charity is doing to change how future doctors are trained 31:00 - Laura Federico and Morgan Miller: cycle tracking as a tool for self-understanding 35:00 - Tracking through perimenopause, HRT and changing cycles 37:00 - How cycle data helps you understand mood, energy and RSD across the month 39:00 - Coming back into your body as a radical act of self-compassion 42:00 - Tracking when your cycle isn't regular or predictable 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. Discover my popular ADHD Women's Wellbeing workshops and resources on my website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow the podcast on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@adhd_womenswellbeing_pod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get my book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit (also available in ebook and audiobook) ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the More Yourself membership community ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠ Visit Dr Lotta Borg Skoglund's website: ⁠lottaborgskoglund.com⁠ Connect with Dr Lotta Borg Skoglund on ⁠Instagram⁠ Get Dr Lotta Borg Skoglund's book: ⁠Female Hormones and ADHD: The Impact on Brain and Body⁠ Visit Dr Liz Murray's website: ⁠drlizmurray.com⁠ Connect with Dr Liz Murray on ⁠Instagram⁠ Get Dr Liz Murray's book: ⁠Not Just Painful Periods: Endometriosis, Fibroids and Menstrual Health⁠ Visit Laura and Morgan's website: ⁠itslauraandmorgan.com⁠ ⁠Get The Cycle Book⁠: An Interactive Step-by-Step Guide to Tracking Hormones and Knowing Your Body Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Hormones Are the Missing Piece of the Female ADHD Puzzle

  8. Aug 19

    The Diagnosis Is Just the Beginning: Self-Acceptance with ADHD

    Looking for further guidance and support on⁠⁠⁠ ADHD Women's Wellbeing⁠⁠⁠? Check out my workshop library ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠ or search for any topic on the ⁠⁠⁠Podcast here⁠⁠⁠. So many of us arrive at an ADHD diagnosis carrying years of shame, self-criticism and the quiet belief that something is fundamentally wrong with us. This episode is about what starts to shift when we finally have the right information. Welcome to this week's summer compilation. This one follows the journey from diagnosis to self-acceptance: the barriers so many of us still face in getting taken seriously, the practical tools that can help us quieten the inner critic, and a completely different way of seeing our ADHD traits, not as defects to fix, but as strengths that just need the right context and support. We hear from three guests across three different conversations. Vicki George, clinical nurse specialist and founder of The ADHD Nurse, on what the DIVA-5 assessment is really meant to be, why ADHD still carries more stigma than almost any other mental health condition, and how to advocate for yourself with a GP even when it feels uncomfortable. Cynthia Hammer, author of Living with Inattentive ADHD and founder of the Inattentive ADHD Coalition, on how understanding and accepting a diagnosis can bring more happiness even when the symptoms themselves haven't changed, and why replacing negative self-talk requires something to replace it with. And Hannah Miller, author of The Purpose Pursuit and host of The Purpose Pursuit Podcast, on what limiting beliefs actually are, how self-sabotage shows up for ADHD women, and her four-part framework for taking stock of where you are and finding your way forward. In this episode, we cover: What the DIVA-5 assessment is and why it should be a guided conversation, not a form you fill out alone Why ADHD diagnosis still carries more stigma than most other mental health conditions, and how unhelpful media headlines keep feeding that Why a GP cannot refuse to refer you for an ADHD assessment, and how to keep the appointment focused on that goal The challenges of titration and why finding the right medication is rarely a quick or straightforward process How understanding and accepting a diagnosis brought more happiness to the women Cynthia interviewed, even when their symptoms hadn't changed Why you can't simply get rid of a negative thought without replacing it with something else, and what that can look like in practice Why earlier diagnosis matters so much, and why girls with inattentive ADHD are still so frequently missed Hannah's four-part framework: taking stock, naming your strengths, identifying limiting behaviours and clarifying your values Why our traits are not defects, and how Clifton Strengths can help neurodivergent women begin to see themselves differently Why we don't have to be everything, and how leaning on others' strengths is part of thriving, not failing Timestamps: 00:00 - Welcome and introduction to this week's compilation 03:00 - Vicki George: what the DIVA-5 assessment is and why it matters 06:00 - Why the person being assessed is always believed over a parent or observer 08:00 - Why ADHD still carries more stigma than other mental health conditions 10:30 - How to advocate for yourself with a GP and what they can and can't do 13:00 - Titration, medication and why the process is so rarely straightforward 18:00 - Cynthia Hammer: how diagnosis brings happiness even when symptoms remain 21:00 - Interrupting negative self-talk and why replacement matters 24:00 - Why girls with inattentive ADHD are still being missed by standard tools 27:00 - Why whole-family screening matters when one person is diagnosed 30:00 - Hannah Miller: what happens when diagnosis collides with limiting beliefs 33:00 - The four-part framework: taking stock, strengths, limiting behaviors, values 36:00 - Why traits we've labelled as flaws can become our greatest strengths 39:00 - Clifton Strengths and why it works well for neurodivergent women 42:00 - We don't have to be everything, we just have to be good at something Links and Resources: Find my popular ADHD Women's Wellbeing workshops and resources on my website ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. Follow the podcast on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@adhd_womenswellbeing_pod⁠⁠⁠ Get my book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit (also available in e-book and audiobook) ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠ Join the More Yourself membership community ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠ Visit Vicki George's website: theadhdnurse.co.uk Connect with Vicki George on Instagram Visit Cynthia Hammer's website: iadhd.org Connect with Cynthia Hammer on Instagram Get Cynthia Hammer's book: Living with Inattentive ADHD: Climbing the Circular Staircase of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Visit Cynthia's advocacy project: findtheadhdgirls.org Visit Hannah Miller's website: hellosidekick.co Connect with Hannah Miller on Instagram Get Hannah Miller's book: The Purpose Pursuit Listen to Hannah's podcast: The Purpose Pursuit Podcast 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. 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Are you struggling with the challenges of life as a woman with ADHD? Perhaps you need support with your mental and physical wellbeing, so you can feel calmer, happier and more balanced? Perhaps you’re newly diagnosed with ADHD – or just ADHD curious – and don’t know where to turn for support. Or perhaps you’re wondering how neurodivergence impacts your hormones or relationships? If so, the award-winning ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast is for you. This award-winning podcast is hosted by Kate Moryoussef, an ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach, author, EFT practitioner, mum of four, and late-in-life diagnosed with ADHD herself. Each week, thousands of women just like you tune in to hear Kate chat with top ADHD experts, thought leaders, professionals and authors. Their powerful insights will help you harness your health and enhance your life as a woman with ADHD. From tips on nutrition, sleep and motivation to guidance on regulating your nervous system, dealing with anxiety and living a calmer and more balanced life, you’ll find it all here. The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast will help you live alongside your ADHD with more awareness, self-compassion and acceptance. It’s time to put an end to self-criticism, judgment and blame – and get ready to live a kinder and more authentic life. “Mindblowing guests!” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Brilliant and so life-affirming” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “So, so grateful for this!” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Obsessed with this pod on ADHD!” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ORDER NOW! Kate's new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit! https://www.adhdwomenswellbeing.co.uk/adhd-womens-wellbeing-toolkit In The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Toolkit, Kate Moryoussef shares the psychology and science behind the challenges faced by women with ADHD and lays out a roadmap for you to uncover your authentic self. With practical lifestyle tools on how to manage mental, emotional, physical, and hormonal burnout and lean into your unique strengths to create more energy, joy, and creativity, this book will help you (re)learn to not only live with this brain difference but also thrive with it.

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  • Creator
    Kate Moryoussef
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    311
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    Explicit
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    © Copyright 2026 Kate Moryoussef
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    ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast

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