Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD

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Attention Different is an ADHD podcast centered on radical acceptance and neurodiversity. We aim to de-stigmatize the condition and build community by exploring the intricacies of living life and "adulting" with ADHD in the modern world. As a group of storytellers, filmmakers, and ADHD coaching professionals, we are invested in promoting diverse voices in our community and creating resources for adult ADHDers.

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

From Shame to Radical Acceptance with Ryan Mayer

Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD

05/15/25 • 53 min

ADHD and self-worth? It’s messy—and deeply personal. From repeated workplace struggles to a constant feeling of falling short, living with ADHD can often make us question our value and capabilities. The world isn’t designed for neurodivergent thinkers, and when you're forced to play by rules that don’t work for your brain, it’s easy to internalize the blame. But what if the issue isn’t you—it’s the system that was never built with your wiring in mind?
In this powerful and validating episode, we sit down with Ryan Mayer, a Certified ADHD Coach and Neuro-Inclusion Consultant, who shares his hard-earned wisdom about embracing your differences instead of masking them. Through honest storytelling and practical insights, Ryan shows us what it means to stop chasing “normal” and start creating a life that actually fits who you are.
Join us as we explore:
🧠 How neurodivergent adults can redefine success after career "failures"
🔥 The role of radical acceptance in living with ADHD
🙌 Why delegating energy-draining tasks is a form of self-respect
👥 How body doubling can supercharge focus and productivity
💬 The importance of dropping the word “should” from your vocabulary
If you’ve ever felt like ADHD is something to hide, fix, or be ashamed of, this episode will reframe everything. Ryan’s story is full of insight, validation, and real tools for thriving.
📌 Listen now & share your experiences in the comments!
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We are Attention DIFFERENT not DEFICIT An advocacy and edutainment podcast centered on radical acceptance and neurodiveristy. Attention Different aims to de-stigmatize and build community by exploring the intricacies of living life and "adulting" with ADHD in the modern world. We periodically feature experts, special guests and influencers in the ADHD community.
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ADHD Myth-busting: Strengths and NOT my thing | Attention Different Fireside Chats

Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD

04/24/25 • 44 min

In this powerful roundtable episode of Attention Different, host Stephen Tonti brings together eight ADHD adults from diverse backgrounds to share their experiences, challenge common misconceptions, and celebrate what makes their neurodivergent brains unique. From late diagnoses to childhood realizations, these candid conversations reveal the complex reality of living with ADHD and the journey toward self-acceptance. As Stephen puts it: "ADHD is not a disorder—we are a group of ADHD adults determined to address the ways in which our unique brain wiring makes our lives more complicated but also to celebrate the traits that make us some of the most creative and exciting members of any given generation."

You'll Learn:

ADHD is not just about "inability to focus"—many people with ADHD experience hyperfocus, but can't always choose what captures their attention
The presentation of ADHD symptoms varies widely between individuals and across gender lines, with "masculine" presentations being more visible/disruptive while "feminine" presentations often go undiagnosed
Many ADHD adults develop complex masking and coping mechanisms to fit into neurotypical systems, often at great personal cost
There's no correlation between ADHD and intelligence—the condition affects people across all IQ levels
Late-life diagnosis is common, especially among women, immigrants, and those from families that didn't recognize neurodivergence
The path to self-acceptance often involves reframing ADHD as an identity rather than a disorder
Many adults with ADHD wish they had been told earlier: "There's nothing wrong with you," "Weird is cool," and "You are worthy of help"

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Note: This episode features an authentic, unfiltered conversation about living with ADHD, including occasional strong language.

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ADHD people pleasing and overcommitment

Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD

10/19/17 • 64 min

Do you have a hard time saying NO to things? Do you find yourself making big promises and then not following through? Welcome to our world. We ADHDers often finding ourselves overcommitted to projects and activities and struggle to be realistic about how long things REALLY take to complete or how much energy we WILL have. Let’s end this cycle once and for all. Learn what to do about it in this important episode.

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Trina Haynes on Women, ADHD, and Breaking the Burnout Cycle

Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD

04/17/25 • 54 min

Trina Haynes, founder of My Lady ADHD and co-host of the Brain Waves podcast, joins Stephen and Aaron to discuss her personal journey with burnout and ADHD. As someone who manages multiple businesses, a podcast, social media accounts, and homeschools one of her three daughters, Trina knows firsthand the challenges of balancing an entrepreneurial spirit with the realities of ADHD. In this vulnerable and insightful conversation, she shares how she discovered the concept of burnout and her ongoing strategies for prevention and recovery.

This episode dives deep into the unique challenges faced by late-diagnosed women with ADHD, exploring how societal expectations, people-pleasing tendencies, and perfectionism can lead to chronic burnout. Trina offers practical advice for recognizing burnout symptoms and implementing "bare minimum" self-care practices that can make a significant difference. The conversation highlights the importance of community, particularly for those who have spent years masking their ADHD traits.

You'll Learn:

How to recognize early warning signs of burnout specific to your own patterns and behaviors
Why creating a "bare minimum" version of your self-care practices can help prevent total abandonment during stressful times
How to identify and challenge the "all-or-nothing" thinking that often contributes to burnout cycles
Why having a community of neurodivergent peers can be transformative for late-diagnosed adults with ADHD
How to leverage your ADHD traits like empathy and creativity as strengths rather than viewing them as weaknesses
Practical strategies for setting boundaries and saying no, especially for natural people-pleasers
Ways to reconnect with childhood interests as a path to rediscovering joy and preventing burnout

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Find your flow and leveraging ADHD hyperfocus

Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD

06/01/17 • 32 min

This episode gets into the topic of hyperfocus, a trait that some have characterized as a superpower and others have indicated it's rather destructive nature. We go into how those of us with ADHD can make hyperfocus work for us and against us in different contexts. We look at it from personal experiences and explore how it is that some people seem to be able to harness their hyperfocus and reach new heights (i.e. flow states), while others spin their wheels incessantly.

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ADHD: A Legacy of Our Hunter-Gatherer Ancestors?

Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD

08/01/19 • 83 min

In this episode of "Attention Different," the hosts discuss the hunter-gatherer hypothesis and its connection to ADHD. They explore how ADHD traits may have evolved as adaptive features beneficial in early human societies, challenging the view that ADHD is purely a negative, maladaptive condition. The conversation delves into the genetics of ADHD, the impact of environmental stressors on its expression, and the role of neuroplasticity and epigenetics in shaping behavior. The episode emphasizes that ADHD should be seen as a feature of human evolution, offering unique strengths, rather than as a disorder to be "fixed."

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Surviving ADHD in Relationships: Why Your Partner Forgets Everything!

Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD

01/01/18 • 50 min

This podcast episode delves into the complexities of ADHD within relationships, particularly focusing on how ADHD traits can impact romantic dynamics. The hosts discuss challenges such as inattentiveness, poor organizational skills, and impulsivity, which often lead to misunderstandings and frustrations between partners. They also explore how these challenges manifest differently depending on whether one or both partners have ADHD, highlighting the unique communication and connection that can arise in ADHD-ADHD partnerships. The conversation is supported by insights from "The Couple's Guide to Thriving with ADHD" by Melissa Orlov.

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Reacting to the Take Your Pills documentary with guest Susan Burroughs

Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD

04/27/18 • 46 min

We respond to the backlash from Take Your Pills, the new documentary on Netflix that addressing issues of stimulant use and abuse, as well as performance-enhancing drugs. The film has created quite a stir in the ADHD community. Very soon we will be doing a deeper dive into the film, but for now, we would like to offer some tips about how we can react in an intentional way to films like this. For many of us, the film is/was triggering, creating unpleasant feelings. How we choose to respond can make all the difference. Either stimulating (pun intended) productive conversations and dialogue or leading to more suffering, stereotyping and re-stigmatization.

We, like many of you out there are having a mix of feelings about this documentary. We would like to hear from you? How are you feeling about this documentary? Please use the I like, I wish, I feel framework in your response. Post your comments on our YouTube page.

GUEST SPOT:
Susan Burroughs offers insights into how to use mindfulness and meditation practices to channel emotions through discernment, creativity, and self-awareness.

Susan Burroughs is an ADHD Coach and educational design specialist who has worked for Google. Recently diagnosed with ADHD herself, Susan is an expert in design thinking, mindfulness, stress management, presentation skills, instructional design, and massage therapy.

For more information or to work with Susan visit: http://www.starshine-health.com/

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Why we choose to say "I am" NOT "I have" ADHD

Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD

04/08/17 • 31 min

How we identify as having ADHD or being ADHD. This show discusses using "I AM" vs "I HAVE" and the implications for how the label impacts our sense of self-confidence and self-esteem.

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Relationship Problems between ADHD and Non-ADHD Partners

Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD

09/20/19 • 55 min

We discuss the common problems that arise in relationships between ADHD and Non-ADHD partners and what to do about these dynamics.

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How many episodes does Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD have?

Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD currently has 36 episodes available.

What topics does Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD cover?

The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Mental, Wellness, Podcasts, Adhd, Self-Improvement, Education, Neurodiversity and Health.

What is the most popular episode on Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD?

The episode title 'Overlooked: Women & ADHD' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD?

The average episode length on Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD is 46 minutes.

How often are episodes of Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD released?

Episodes of Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD are typically released every 20 days, 14 hours.

When was the first episode of Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD?

The first episode of Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD was released on Apr 1, 2017.

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