Burnout, Boundaries and Bandwidth: ADHD-Informed Decision Making and Self-Trust with Anna Mathur

In this week’s episode of The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, Anna Mathur—BACP-accredited psychotherapist and Sunday Times bestselling author, shares her personal and professional insight into how ADHD awareness can transform our approach to life!

Through honest reflections and expert insight, we unpack the grief that can come with a late ADHD diagnosis, the challenges of building self-trust, creating new boundaries and learning what our bandwidth feels like and how burnout can stem from years of masking and overfunctioning.

Together, we share empowering strategies to help listeners move from all-or-nothing thinking to making sustainable, compassionate choices, rooted in self-awareness and nervous system care.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

What You’ll Learn:

• Why ADHD can make decision-making so overwhelming, and how to rebuild self-trust
• The grief and confusion that can follow a late ADHD diagnosis
• How burnout shows up in ADHD women and why it’s often overlooked
• The tension between the ADHD brain’s creativity and our nervous system’s need for calm
• Shifting from “all or nothing” to making better, kinder choices for yourself
• How to tune into your body’s signals when making decisions
• Communicating your needs and letting go of people-pleasing
• Using tools like a “Good Decision Diary” to grow confidence and clarity
• The power of creative outlets and self-care practices like gardening

Timestamps:

• 03:00 – Understanding ADHD: Personal Journeys and Insights
• 10:34 – Navigating the Grief of ADHD Realisation
• 17:01 – The Hidden Cost of Overfunctioning & Burnout
• 25:24 – Living with an ADHD Brain: Exhaustion & Self-Doubt
• 31:26 – Tuning Into Our Body’s Wisdom for Better Decisions
• 35:24 – Prioritising Self-Care and Communicating Needs
• 44:22 – Creative Outlets and Rebuilding Self-Trust

Whether you're just beginning to explore ADHD or deep in your healing journey, this conversation is a reminder that you’re not alone, and that self-care isn’t selfish, it’s essential.

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Inside the More Yourself Membership, you’ll be able to:

• Connect with like-minded women who understand you
• Learn from guest experts and practical tools
• Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
• Enjoy voice-note encouragement from Kate
• Join flexible meet-ups and mentoring sessions
• Access on-demand workshops and quarterly guest expert sessions

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We’ll also be walking through The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Toolkit together, exploring nervous system regulation, burnout recovery, RSD, joy, hormones, and self-trust, so the book comes alive in a supportive community setting.

Links and Resources:

• Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
• Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
• Visit Anna's website or connect with her on Instagram @annamathur
• Buy Anna's book The Good Decision Diary

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.