Today, we are talking about ADHD with Jillian Trainor - a Canadian reporter with a whole lot of life experience. Producer Mel is joining us on the fun side of the microphone and we'll all share the different stages of our ADHD journeys.

There is a very definite gender bias in how medical professionals view ADHD - it's based on the behaviours that young boys with hyperactivity show. People assigned female at birth often have a completely different set of needs and the diagnosis can be missed.

In the episode we discuss:

• What ADHD looks like for people assigned female at birth (4:52)
• The impact of a missed diagnosis (9:42)
• Sleep disturbances and delayed sleep onset (11:10)
• Self-compassion through self-awareness (13:00)
• How we manage ADHD in the workplace (16:20)
• Creating our own organisation techniques (19:00)
• ADHD and the cycle of shame (23:40)
• Whether there are some gifts within the diagnosis (27:27)
• Famous females with ADHD that you might not know about (31:44)

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