In this week's wisdom episode of The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, we welcome ADHD business mentor Amanda Perry to explore returning to work and life with more ease after the holidays. As a late-diagnosed midlife woman herself, Amanda shares how her ADHD diagnosis reshaped her business, inviting us to embrace supportive tools like AI without losing our unique strengths and messaging.

We discuss practical ways AI can support tasks that require executive function, such as breaking down overwhelming tasks and automating routines, so we can focus on what we love. This conversation honours the shift from "work harder" to "work smarter," helping us reduce burnout and nurture balance in our working life.

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

Key Takeaways:

1. How Amanda's ADHD diagnosis shifted how she runs her business
2. The power of using AI to automate tasks that drain our energy
3. How tools like projects and tasks in ChatGPT can support daily workflow and planning
4. Understanding how AI can complement your strengths and overcome your challenges for the best assistance
5. Intentional use of AI to break down ideas, clarify your ideas, prevent burnout, and organise your time
6. Shifting away from a 'work harder' mindset to a more efficient workflow through smarter shortcuts

The key message of this episode is that AI is a tool which can complement your creativity, but isn't a replacement for it. Explore how AI can be your supportive business partner to start the year with more ease, self-compassion, and smarter systems.

Timestamps:

1. 00:34 - Understanding ADHD and Its Impact on Business
2. 04:05 - Leveraging AI for Neurodivergent Entrepreneurs
3. 08:19 - Navigating Productivity Cycles
4. 09:44 - Navigating Perimenopause and Professional Life
5. 16:15 - Leveraging Ideas for Organisation and Planning
6. 18:24 - The Impact of Shortcuts: AI and Modern Living

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1. Connect with like-minded women who understand you

In this wisdom episode of The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, we’re revisiting one of our top episodes of 2025 with clinical psychologist, Dr Russell Ramsay.

Together, we explore the powerful link between ADHD and anxiety, and why so many women experience both. This conversation offers a validating look at how ADHD’s constant uncertainty can fuel anxious thoughts, self-doubt and overthinking, and why there is nothing “wrong” with you for feeling this way.​

We unpack how anxiety can act as an alarm system, what it might be trying to signal based on past experiences, and how tools like CBT, emotional labelling and distanced self-talk can help you move through anxious moments with more clarity and self-compassion.

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

Key Takeaways:

• Why anxiety and ADHD are so often intertwined stemming from a fear of uncertainty
• An explanation of why stimulants (for some people) can lower anxiety by improving focus and reducing mental chaos
• Understanding what your anxiety is trying to protect you from and how to build self-confidence
• Where RSD and social anxiety come from and why it they can feel more intense for ADHD women
• Seeing anxiety as an alarm system rather than a personal failing to support more confident choices
• How tolerating discomfort can help you get started with anxiety-provoking tasks
• Simple tools like emotional labelling and distance self-talk to calm your inner chatter and reduce catastrophic thinking

Timestamps:

• 00:06 - Reflecting on Previous Episodes
• 01:55 - Understanding the Connection Between ADHD and Anxiety
• 08:48 - Understanding Anxiety and Emotions
• 12:06 - Managing Anxiety and Emotional Awareness
• 14:38 - Understanding Distanced Self Talk

More Yourself is a compassionate space for late-diagnosed ADHD women to connect, reflect, and come home to who they really are. Sign up here!

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

To join for £26 a month, click here. To join for £286 for a year (a whole month free!), click here.

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...

In this wisdom episode of The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, we’re revisiting one of this year’s most listened-to conversations with ADHD coach Meredith Carder, all about redefining what rest really looks like for our ADHD brains.

The holiday season can feel especially intense and overwhelming, so this Christmas Day replay is a gentle reminder that you’re allowed to slow down, honour your needs, and choose rest that actually works for you.​

Together, we explore why traditional ideas of “rest” often don’t work for ADHD women and how you can start redefining recovery, energy, and self-care in ways that feel more authentic and sustainable.​

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

Key Takeaways:

• What rest can look like for ADHD beyond just lying on the sofa
• Different types of rest including mental rest, active rest, and energising activities that help you reset rather than shut down
• How to experiment with what truly recharges you instead of defaulting to what you think you “should” be doing
• Why building confidence and self-trust is essential so you can give yourself permission to rest differently and honour your own rhythms
• The role of self-compassion in navigating low days, burnout, and motivation dips without spiralling into shame or self-criticism
• Challenging societal expectations about productivity, careers, and “how life should look”
• Honouring your needs to live in a way that genuinely supports their wellbeing
• The impact of common ADHD co-occurring conditions (like anxiety and depression)
• How releasing shame and judgement around your needs, work, and pace can create more space for your full potential to emerge

Timestamps:

• 00:08 - Acknowledging Challenges During Festive Seasons
• 00:57 - The Importance of Rest for ADHD Brains
• 04:50 - Redefining Rest for ADHD
• 08:10 - Trusting Ourselves and Challenging Norms
• 09:59 - Building Self-Trust in ADHD Recovery
• 12:36 - Navigating Career Challenges with ADHD

More Yourself is a compassionate space for late-diagnosed ADHD women to connect, reflect, and come home to who they really are. Sign up here!

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

To join for £26 a month, click here. To join for £286 for a year (a whole month free!), click here.

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