Grieving the Version of Yourself That Could “Push Through” with Dr. Kathleen Nadeau
What happens when “pushing through” stops working — and the version of yourself you built around that ability starts to slip away? This week Dr. Kathleen Nadeau joins us to talk about the grief that doesn’t always get named, and what’s possible on the other side of it.
ADHD, Memory, and the Stories We Tell Ourselves with Daniella Karidi, Ph.D.
What if forgetting isn’t a failure — it’s just how your brain is designed to work? Dr. Daniella Karidi returns to open our new series on ADHD and aging with a reframe that makes everything else click into place.
“Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults” with Caroline Maguire
You’ve been calling them friends before they’ve earned it — and that’s where the hurt comes from. Caroline Maguire is here to rewrite the whole friendship map.
When Masking Becomes a Relationship Strategy with Dr. Sharon Saline
You’ve been masking so long it doesn’t feel like a choice anymore — it just feels like the day.
The Relational Toll of ADHD Over Time with Dr. Dodge Rea
It’s not the fights that wear a relationship down — it’s the million quiet moments where you keep missing each other. Dr. Dodge Rea returns to explore why shame calcifies faster in ADHD relationships, and what it takes to stay both intact and in touch.
Repair Without Over-Explaining
Over-apologizing doesn’t just wear you down — it can turn your guilt into someone else’s emotional labor. This week, Nikki and Pete break down the difference between an apology and a repair, and share a framework for making things right without losing yourself in the process.
Why Being “Low-Maintenance” Is Costly
“You’re so easy. You’re low maintenance.” It sounds like a compliment — but for ADHDers, it’s often a signal that you’ve been hiding your needs so well that nobody knows you have them. Pete and Nikki unpack why striving to be low maintenance is one of the most costly masking strategies in the ADHD playbook.
Motivation Comes From Emotion, Not Discipline with James Ochoa
You’ve tried connecting tasks to meaning and designing your environment—but what happens when you’re still stuck? James Ochoa helps us understand what’s really happening beneath the surface when motivation strategies aren’t enough.
Emotional Regulation When You’re Already Depleted
When your emotional tank is empty, your ADHD brain doesn’t need a five-step plan—it needs a reset. Join us as we explore why depletion makes emotions harder to manage and share sensory-based strategies that actually work when you can’t regulate yet.
You’re Not Behind. You’re Exhausted.
Pete and Nikki kick off the new season by naming the thing nobody wants to put on a vision board: the post-holiday crash.