ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast

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This week's episode:
Some of the deepest childhood wounds don't come from parents who shouted or hurt us. Sometimes they come from parents who simply never had the tools to truly see us.
On this week's episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I'm joined by Sian Crossley, a London-trained psychotherapist, author and the founder of Break the Cycle Coaching.
With a background in both private practice and the NHS, Sian specialises in helping adults understand and heal from the lasting impact of emotionally immature parenting. Through her writing, courses and online community, she helps thoughtful, self-aware people untangle patterns like people pleasing, self doubt and over responsibility, so they can build healthier boundaries and more authentic relationships. She's the author of How to Heal from Emotionally Immature Parents, and now lives in Malaysia with her two young children, working with clients and audiences around the world.
In this episode, Sian and I talk about what emotionally immature parenting actually looks like, even in a childhood where all the practical boxes were ticked. We explore why feeling unseen can leave a lasting impact, how undiagnosed neurodivergence in a parent's generation often went unnamed and unsupported, and why grief and acceptance matter more than forgiveness when it comes to healing. Sian also shares the foundations of emotionally mature parenting, and how small, consistent changes, like simply asking a child how they feel, can start to break old patterns without anyone needing to be perfect.
In this episode, we cover:
What emotionally immature parenting really looks like, even in a "good enough" childhood
The difference between big T and little T trauma
How undiagnosed neurodivergence in parents shapes the way love and connection are shown
Parentification, and what it means when a child becomes their parent's emotional support
Why grief and acceptance matter more than forgiveness when healing childhood trauma
The "and, not but" technique for holding two truths about a parent at once
Why childhood memories can feel fragmented after emotional neglect
Breaking generational cycles without overcorrecting as a parent
The four foundations of emotionally mature parenting: regulation, self awareness, empathy and boundaries
Why asking a child how something made them feel can change everything

Timestamps:
00:00 - Welcome, and introducing Sian Crossley and her book
02:40 - What emotionally immature parenting actually looks like
05:03 - Why feeling unseen can matter more than what was provided practically
06:15 - Parentification and becoming a parent's emotional support
07:51 - Kate's own story: a late ADHD diagnosis and family patterns
11:34 - Where healing actually begins
14:48 - Why too much empathy for parents can get in the way of healing
17:16 - Breaking the cycle without overcorrecting as a parent
22:41 - Why fragmented childhood memories are so common
25:23 - Grief, acceptance and why forgiveness isn't the goal
34:03 - The "and, not but" technique for holding two truths
39:05 - The four foundations of emotionally mature parenting
45:04 - How to work with Sian

🌟 The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Audio Experience is here!
My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.
Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!
Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Audio Experience, you'll find:
Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

Understand yourself more deeply, feel less alone, and finally access the expert knowledge you deserve because every woman with ADHD deserves access to the knowledge, expertise and understanding that for too long hasn't been available to us.
To get lifetime access for £44, click here.
Links and Resources:
Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Visit Sian's website: breakthecyclecoaching.co.uk
Connect with Sian on Instagram: @sianmorgancrossley
Check out Sian's book, How to Heal from Emotionally Immature Parents
Start a free trial of Sian's membership here

Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed women with ADHD find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity, and clarity.
With thanks to our Sponsor: This week's episode is sponsored by Elete, a simple way to support your hydration by adding essential electrolytes to the water you're already drinking. So many of us get completely absorbed in a task and forget to drink anything for hours, then wonder why we feel foggy or flat later in the day. Elete is sugar-free, with no artificial sweeteners or unnecessary additives, and it's trusted by health-conscious families, athletes and wellness professionals alike. Head to eletewater.co.uk and use the code WWP20 for an exclusive 20% listener discount.

🌟 Kate's opening a small number of 1-2-1 sessions, a chance to bring whatever's on your mind and get some focused time together. Book your session here.
This week's episode:
If you've ever wanted to scream into a pillow, shake out your whole body, or hide in the car just to feel something move through you, you are not broken. You are just finally listening to what your nervous system has been asking for all along.
On this week's episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I'm sharing a workshop I ran inside the More Yourself membership, where we go a little deeper into topics like this together, alongside guest experts and ongoing connection with other neurodivergent women.
This episode is all about regulation, both ours and our children's, and why the small, consistent tweaks matter so much more than any big overhaul. We talk about identifying what's quietly dysregulating us before we even notice it, why co-regulating with our kids starts with regulating ourselves first, and why so many of us, especially as women, were never taught how to safely let emotion move through our bodies. I share some of the somatic tools I lean on, including EFT, and a few honest, real-life examples of what this can look like in practice.
In this episode, we cover:
Why self regulation always comes before co-regulating your children
How to identify your own dysregulation triggers, from sleep and hydration to screen time
Why small, consistent tweaks matter more than big overhauls
How to talk to your child about big emotions once things have calmed down
The hidden impact of constant phone notifications and micro-interruptions on your nervous system
Why so many women have been conditioned to suppress their voice and emotions
Using EFT and tapping as a release tool for emotional dysregulation
Somatic ways to release stuck emotion, including shaking, dancing, singing and screaming
Why giving your child a safe space to release big feelings matters
The importance of self compassion and validating your own experience

Timestamps:
00:00 - Welcome, and introducing this week's More Yourself workshop episode
00:33 - What this episode covers: dysregulation, family dynamics and emotional release
02:21 - Today's episode begins
02:23 - Why regulating yourself comes first
03:30 - Working backwards to identify your own dysregulation triggers
04:30 - Co-regulating with your child once things have calmed down
05:30 - The impact of constant phone notifications on the nervous system
06:30 - Why women have been conditioned to suppress emotion
08:00 - Giving your child a safe space to release big feelings
09:30 - EFT, tapping and other somatic release tools
12:45 - Closing thoughts and where to find more support

🌟 The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Audio Experience is here!
My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.
Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!
Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Audio Experience, you'll find:
Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

Understand yourself more deeply, feel less alone, and finally access the expert knowledge you deserve because every woman with ADHD deserves access to the knowledge, expertise and understanding that for too long hasn't been available to us.
To get lifetime access for £44, click here.
Links and Resources:
Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website here
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Grab your copy of my book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit here

Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed women with ADHD find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity, and clarity.

🌟 Kate's opening a small number of 1-2-1 sessions, a chance to bring whatever's on your mind and get some focused time together. Book your session here.
This week's episode: When we finally receive a diagnosis, it can feel like the missing piece. But for so many AuDHD women, it's only the beginning of a much longer journey — one that takes us back through everything we thought we knew about ourselves.
This week on The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I'm welcoming back Dr Samantha Hiew, AuDHDer, scientist, and founder of ADHD Girls. Diagnosed with ADHD at 40, Sam has since received a working autism diagnosis after a seven-month struggle with clinicians who focused on developmental delays and trauma, rather than listening to her experiences.
Since we last spoke, Sam has launched a major lived experience survey, and the findings are both validating and hard to sit with. This is a rich and honest conversation about what it really means to be a neurodivergent woman navigating identity, relationships, midlife, and a healthcare system that still doesn't fully see us.
In this episode, we explore:
Sam's seven-month fight for an autism diagnosis and what it reveals about how the system fails women
What a lived experience survey of 400+ AuDHD women found about masking, identity and emotional safety
Why AuDHD women are predisposed to abandon themselves and how masking becomes survival
Relational trauma, sexual trauma, and patterns of conditioning in neurodivergent women
Perimenopause, unmasking, and what the hormonal shift reveals
Rebuilding self-trust and building community after a lifetime of masking as an AuDHD woman
The seasons of womanhood framework and how perimenopause represents autumn
The neuroscience of RSD and the salience network in ADHD and autism
Why psychiatry prescribes without brain scans, genetic testing, or hormonal context and the harm this causes
Self-advocacy tool for ND women navigating healthcare systems
Sam's AuDHD women's advanced practitioner programme

Listen to our previous episodes with Samantha below:
Episode 28: Advocating For Your Neurodiversity In The Workplace with Samantha Hiew
Episode 108: The Intersection Between ADHD and Autism with Dr Samantha Hiew

Support and information on topics raised in today's episode:
Refuge website and support link
Women's Aid Website

The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!
My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.
Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!
Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:
Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

Understand yourself more deeply, feel less alone, and finally access the expert knowledge you deserve because every woman with ADHD deserves access to the knowledge, expertise and understanding that for too long hasn't been available to us.
To get lifetime access for £44, click here.
Links and Resources:
Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Visit Samantha's website (samanthahiew.com) or connect with Samantha on LinkedIn
Samantha's AuDHD women's advanced practitioner programme
Samantha's self-advocacy tool for ND women navigating healthcare systems
Master's Event: Transform Trauma Oxford

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.
This week's episode is sponsored by Elete, a simple way to support your hydration by adding essential electrolytes to the water you're already drinking. So many of us get completely absorbed in a task and forget to drink anything for hours, then wonder why we feel foggy or flat later in the day. Elete is sugar-free, with no artificial sweeteners or unnecessary additives, and it's trusted by health-conscious families, athletes and wellness professionals alike. Head to eletewater.co.uk and use the code WWP20 for an exclusive 20% listener discount.

🌟 Kate's opening a small number of 1-2-1 sessions, a chance to bring whatever's on your mind and get some focused time together. Book your session here.
This week's episode: How often do you feel completely exhausted all day, yet when you get yourself to bed early, your brain switches on, and you're unable to sleep?
You do everything you're told to: no screens, no caffeine, a cool dark room, yet your brain is still filled with thoughts, to-do lists and the things you said 5 years ago.
But the reality is, for ADHD brains, sleep isn't a habit problem... It's a neurological problem. And the standard advice around skeeo hygiene and behaviour was never built with us in mind.
This week on The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, I'm joined by ADHD sleep expert, Heather Darwall-Smith, a psychotherapist specialising in sleep, with a particular focus on adults with ADHD.
Heather was herself diagnosed with ADHD late in life, and that lived experience sits alongside her clinical expertise in everything she does. Her new book, The ADHD Sleep Book: A Compassionate Guide for the Wired and Overtired Brain, is the first book dedicated specifically to ADHD and sleep.
In this episode, we explore:
Why 75% of people with ADHD experience chronic sleep problems
Chronotypes, body clocks, and ADHD sleep disorders explained
Heather's late ADHD diagnosis: from panic attacks and bipolar misdiagnosis to clarity
How the ADHD stress response causes hyperarousal and disrupted sleep at night
ADHD medication timing and sleep: why getting both right is so complex
How family sleep beliefs and intergenerational patterns affect ADHD rest
Phone addiction, sleep, and navigating different sleep needs as a couple
The hidden link between ADHD, binge eating, and sleep apnea
Why perfectionism and insomnia feed each other in the ADHD brain
Hormones, perimenopause, and ADHD, sleep, and when to get your bloods checked

Heather brings a unique blend of neuroscience, psychology, personal experience and genuine compassion to a topic that so many of us have struggled with in silence. If you have ever felt like you're the only one who can't sleep or just need to try harder, this episode is for you.
The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!
My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.
Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to women diagnosed late. Get lifetime access here!
Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:
Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

Understand yourself more deeply, feel less alone, and finally access the expert knowledge you deserve. Because every woman with ADHD deserves access to the knowledge, expertise and understanding that for too long simply hasn't been available to us.
To get lifetime access for £44, click here.
Links and Resources:
Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
Visit Heather's website: heatherdarwallsmith.com or adhdsleepclub.com
Connect with Heather on Instagram @thesleeppsychotherapist and @adhdsleepclub
Check out Heather's book, The ADHD Sleep Book

Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed women with ADHD find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity, and clarity.

Building a business with an ADHD brain can feel less like following a carefully laid plan and more like learning to work with ever-changing waves of energy, focus, and creativity. How do you create something sustainable for you, and what are the best foundations to start from?
This episode is part of a workshop I delivered called Just Because You Can Solve It Doesn't Mean You Should. It's a gentle but powerful reframe for ADHD women building businesses who want to work with their nervous system rather than constantly pushing against it.
You'll discover why trying to force consistency, productivity, and motivation every day may be working against you, and how understanding your natural energy patterns can help you build a business that feels more sustainable and supportive.
This episode explores:
Why coming to understand that ADHD energy is not linear can help you embrace fluctuations in your productivity and creativity.
How hormonal cycles greatly influence your motivation and energy levels, which is important to recognise in business.
Why you should practice self-compassion on low-energy days and reframe motivation
Listening to your nervous system as crucial burnout prevention method to maintaining a sustainable pace of business.

By the end of the episode, you'll have simple reminders to help you tune into your nervous system, make decisions from a place of self-awareness, and build a business that supports your wellbeing as much as your success.
If you've ever felt like you're constantly trying to keep up, this conversation offers a different approach to honour your unique rhythms and helps you create success that feels true to you.

The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Event Recording is here!
My first-ever ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live event sold out, and now the full experience is available to you wherever you are, whenever it feels right.
Alongside three neuro-affirming experts, we spent four hours exploring the questions that matter most to late-diagnosed women. Get lifetime access here!
Inside the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Live Recording, you'll find:
Kate Moryoussef on post-diagnosis growth and her gentle framework for what comes next
Dr Hannah Cullen on the neuroscience of ADHD and why your brain works the way it does
Hannah Miller on reconnecting with purpose through a neurodivergent lens
Adele Wimsett myth-busting on hormones, HRT, progesterone and perimenopause

Understand yourself more deeply, feel less alone, and finally access the expert knowledge you deserve. Because every woman with ADHD deserves access to the knowledge, expertise and understanding that for too long simply hasn't been available to us.
To get lifetime access for £44, click here.
Links and Resources:
Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

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.