ADHD Wise Podcast
ADHD Wise Podcast is a welcoming, non-judgemental space for adults with ADHD, parents of children with ADHD, and professionals who support them.
Rooted in real conversation, this podcast brings together lived experience and professional insight to explore ADHD, broader neurodivergence, and the intersections that shape people’s lives. Each episode is designed to be useful, thoughtful, and accessible, without pretending to offer a magic wand or a one-size-fits all answer.
This is not a space that tells you what to think. It is a space that offers information, reflection, and honest conversation, so you can think about what feels right for you. With guests who are experts in themselves and/or their field, ADHD Wise Podcast invites you to listen in as though you are right there at the table, part of something real.
Come as you are. Listen as you are. Take what helps. Leave what doesn’t. Above all, this is a place to think, feel, reflect, and explore how to live well and wisely with ADHD.
Episodes
19 episodes
Episode 19: ADHD Is Not a Debate: The Cost of Manufactured Doubt
What happens when established ADHD science is repackaged as a public controversy?In this episode of the ADHD Wise Podcast, I’m joined by Rachel Boss from ADHD Jersey to discuss the growing media pushback against ADHD awareness, diagnosis...
Episode 18: Anxiety, Boxing and Finding Your Purpose
What happens when an anxious child finds the one place where he finally feels capable?For Bobby, that place was a boxing gym. Boxing gave him confidence, direction and a sense of purpose. It became the foundation for Fitness by Bobby, wh...
Episode 17: Why Can I Do the Hard Things… But Not the Easy Ones?
Have you ever wondered why you can solve complex problems, support everyone else, or perform under pressure… but still struggle to reply to an email, make a phone call or keep on top of everyday tasks?You’re not alone.In this ep...
Episode 16: ADHD Coaching: Why Your Strategies Stop Working, and What to Do Next
Have you ever found a strategy that finally worked for your ADHD brain — only for it to suddenly stop working?Perhaps the planner was brilliant for three weeks. The reminders helped until you stopped seeing them. The new routine felt lif...
Episode 15: ADHD, Trauma and Joy: Why Neurodivergent People Need More Than Coping
In this episode of the ADHD Wise Podcast, Jannine explores the powerful connection between ADHD, neurodivergence, trauma, adversity and joy.Many neurodivergent people grow up knowing they are different. Misunderstood. Excluded. Misread. ...
Episode 14: School Attendance Difficulties: School Says They’re “Fine”, But You Know They’re Not
In this episode of ADHD Wise Podcast, Jannine is joined by Louise Parker Engels from Define Fine for a powerful conversation about school attendance difficulties, neurodivergent children, parent blame, and what we really mean when...
Episode 13: ADHD, Divorce and Separation: What Every Neurodivergent Family Needs to Know
Separation and divorce are hard for anyone. But when ADHD, autism, trauma, emotional dysregulation, rejection sensitivity, executive functioning difficulties, financial overwhelm, parenting pressure and neurodivergent children are all in the mi...
Episode 12: Ryan Swain on misinformation, education, Tourette’s and the reality of living with ADHD
In this episode of the ADHD Wise Podcast, Jannine is joined by Ryan Swain for a raw, energetic and honest conversation about ADHD, misinformation, lived experience and what happens when neurodivergent people are misunderstood....
Episode 11: Newly Diagnosed with ADHD: Relief, Grief, Self-Understanding, and What Comes Next
In this solo episode of ADHD Wise Podcast, Jannine explores what it can feel like to be newly diagnosed ADHD or another neurodivergent profile might explain parts of your life.Diagnosis can bring relief, but it can also bring grief: gri...
Episode 10: You Are Not Alone: Neurodivergent Parenting, SEND Battles & Finding Your People
In Episode 10 of the ADHD Wise Podcast, Jannine is joined by Michaela from Spilling the Tea on Autism and ADHD for an honest, warm and powerful conversation about neurodivergent parenting, SEND, school struggles, advocacy, and what hap...
Episode 9: Why Time Gets Away From Us: Time Blindness in ADHD, Dyscalculia and Dyslexia
In this solo episode, Jannine explores time blindness across ADHD, dyscalculia and dyslexia, and why difficulty with time is not laziness, carelessness or a moral failing.She reflects on the idea of “now” and “not now”, the difficu...
Episode 8: ADHD, Autism and Dyslexia: Riding the Wave Without Burning Out
In Episode 8, Jannine is joined by Vicky Flood for an honest, warm and deeply relatable conversation about living with “the big three”: ADHD, autism and dyslexia.Vicky shares her experience of late diagnosis, the relief of finally unders...
Episode 7: Man on Pause: ADHD, Masking and Men’s Mental Health
In Episode 7, Jannine is joined by Daran, the voice behind Man on Pause, for an honest and wide-ranging conversation about ADHD, masking, men’s mental health, vulnerability, and breaking generational patterns.Daran shares why he...
Episode 6: ADHD in Girls: The Hidden Signs We Miss
In Episode 6, Jannine is joined by her daughter and colleague, Becca Channon, for a personal and research-informed conversation about ADHD in women and girls.Becca shares the focus of her psychology dissertation, which explored ADHD, sex...
Episode 5: ADHD and RSD: When Rejection Sensitivity Meets Rejection Attunement
RSD is currently one of the most talked about parts of ADHD. But what if the conversation is missing something important?In this solo episode, Jannine explores rejection sensitive dysphoria, emotional intensity, criticism, shame, boundar...
Episode 4: ADHD, Neurodiversity & HR in the UK: Disclosure, Support, and Reasonable Adjustments
In this episode, Jannine is joined by Nikki Masterman, CEO of Inspired Minds & Inspired HR, for a practical and honest conversation about ADHD, neurodiversity and HR. Together they explore disclosure at work, reasonable adjustments, workpla...
Episode 3: Mature Women, Neurodivergence, and the Menopause Journey
Episode 3: Mature Women, Neurodivergence, and the Menopause JourneyIn this episode, Jannine is joined by Sharon Marshall for a frank and relatable conversation about ADHD in women, neurodivergence, perimenopause, menopause, late diagnos...
Episode 2 - Every Child Matters: Bringing Children Back to the Centre
In this powerful episode, Jannine Perryman is joined by Jo Roberts, founder of the Every Child Matters campaign, for an unflinching conversation about what happens when children stop being the focus of education systems.Drawing on their...
Episode 1: Come As You Are
Welcome to the very first episode of ADHD Wise Podcast. In this opening conversation, Jannine Perryman shares the story behind ADHD Wise, her own ADHD diagnosis journey, and the family experiences that shaped the work she has been building p...