90 Gifted + AuDHD: Why It Matters (part 1)

24:23 to skip specific American politicsIn this episode:Mutual aidLocal connectionsSurveillance & privacy considerations for devicesResistance is workingGeneral strike & Mar 15 shutdown (#Shutdown315)...

15 Helmi 202550min

Mini episode on my experience with intrusive thoughts and how/when they stopped being distressing.Monotropic brains tend toward thought loops and thus can make intrusive thoughts pretty easily.In my c...

9 Helmi 202514min

Last week I was interviewed on WHYY, Philly's PBS/NPR radio station, about the rising diagnosis rates of Autism & ADHD. Here are a few additional thoughts and my favorite moments, and you can find the...

8 Helmi 202512min

Dr Matt Zakreski is 2e (ADHD & gifted) and also a clinical psychologist supporting neurodivergent folks.His recent book, The Neurodivergent Playbook, aims to meet that social gap in which we often fee...

1 Helmi 202552min

As I describe at the beginning, this goes along with episode 83 about AI & tech tools.The latter 15m of this episode was an AI "podcast conversation" based on AuDHD Flourishing principles and my overa...

25 Tammi 202517min

It's okay to have strong feelings about AI! Yes, we touch on ethics in this episode.It's also okay to use accommodations and tools that work for you, especially in the short term to feel better first....

25 Tammi 202537min

Emily is a science writer, AuDHDer, and ND-affirming coach.They share online about neurodivergence topics and accuracy in science journalism as The Neurodivergent Well.In this episode, we talk about b...

18 Tammi 20251h 3min

This week I pushed my body way too far, even though I was having trouble parsing that in the moment. The story is also a great analogy for how other ND internal needs feel (including PDA).Even with al...

11 Tammi 202530min