ADHD Aha!
by Understood.org, Laura Key
Latest episode
Reality TV, undiagnosed ADHD, and rejection sensitivity: Dance Moms’…
Reality TV, undiagnosed ADHD, and rejection sensitivity: Dance Moms’…
About this podcast
Listen to people share candid stories about the moment it clicked that they have ADHD. Host Laura Key, who’s had her own ADHD “aha” moment, chats with guests about common topics like ADHD and shame, mental health challenges, and more. Through heartfelt interviews, listeners learn about the unexpected, emotional, and even funny ways ADHD symptoms surface for kids and adults.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 145 episodes
- Reality TV, undiagnosed ADHD, and rejection sensitivity: Dance Moms’ Christi Lukasiak · 25 min · Episode 145For decades, Christi Lukasiak was handed diagnoses that didn’t fit: Depression. Anxiety. Borderline personality. Bipolar. She was navigating with the wrong map. Then a new…
- A late ADHD diagnosis proved what he always knew deep down (comedian Derek Sheen’s story) · 25 min · Episode 144Derek Sheen spent decades being told he was difficult, a bad listener, not smart enough — while testing in the top one percentile of his state. That’s ADHD for you. Derek is a…
- Perimenopause, brain fog, and noise sensitivity: Lizzie O’Leary’s late ADHD diagnosis · 28 min · Episode 143Journalist Lizzie O’Leary spent decades asking sharp questions for a living. Then the words started disappearing. Brain fog. Surprising rage. A head full of buzzing bees…
- Calm saving lives, paralyzed by a pasta recipe: ADHD and executive function (Jim Leitch’s story) · 26 min · Episode 142Jim Leitch could intubate a patient in the middle of the night — alone, short-staffed, smiling — and feel completely calm. Ask him to follow a pasta recipe? That’s where things…
- ADHD contradictions: Hot mess and high performer in equal measure (Sabrina Caluori’s story) · 25 min · Episode 141A former boss once described their first meeting this way: “She showed up late and disheveled, and I hired her anyway.” That’s Sabrina Caluori in a nutshell. Sabrina is the chief…
- High-achieving with ADHD and completely overwhelmed (Susie Owens’ story) · 29 min · Episode 140From the outside, Susie Owens looked like she was gliding. Straight-A student, entrepreneur, devoted mom — and exhausted in ways nobody could see. When you’re an ADHD high…
- Comedian Taryn Delanie Smith’s wild ADHD ride · 33 min · Episode 139Cold-calling strangers about Brazilian butt lifts wasn’t exactly the plan. But for Taryn Delanie Smith — comedian, actor, former Miss New York, and creator of the viral TikTok…
- When ADHD feels like your insides are crawling (Kate Moryoussef’s story) · 27 min · Episode 137Why does sitting still feel like a physical emergency? Kate Moryoussef, ADHD lifestyle and wellness coach and host of the “ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast,” spent years convinced…
- Rage quitting, constant tiny mistakes, and emotional regulation with ADHD (John Garden’s story) · 25 min · Episode 136What if the clue to an ADHD diagnosis was making a different tiny mistake every night on stage? John Garden is a therapist and professional musician. He shares how years of…
- Painful everyday realities of ADHD and executive dysfunction (KC Davis’ story) · 32 min · Episode 135KC Davis, counselor, author, and host of Struggle Care, talks about the everyday realities of ADHD and executive dysfunction: messiness, boredom, and keeping up with household…
- I gave 110% with ADHD. They still told me I’d never go to college. (Rebecca Gonzalez-Ojeda’s story) · 20 min · Episode 134A tangled ball of spaghetti. That’s how aspiring therapist Rebecca Gonzalez-Ojeda describes her ADHD brain. Diagnosed with ADHD in fifth grade, Rebecca grew up hearing messages…
- Two adult ADHD diagnoses, opposite reactions (Sam Pittis and Katie Breathwick’s story) · 30 min · Episode 133Sam Pittis and Katie Breathwick — best friends and co-hosts of You’re Wrong About ADHD — compare their very different reactions to being diagnosed with ADHD. Katie came to her…
- Isn’t that every busy mom? Emotional dysregulation and ADHD (Kim Holderness’ story) · 22 min · Episode 132ADHD symptoms can be easy to miss — even when you’re someone who knows a lot about ADHD. Kim Holderness shares her adult ADHD diagnosis and the complicated feelings that came…
- The voice in my head said “You’re stupid”: ADHD and negative self-talk (Carla Ciccone’s story) · 23 min · Episode 131Carla Ciccone, author of Nowhere Girl: Life as a Member of ADHD’s Lost Generation, shares what it’s like to grow up thinking you’re the problem. She talks about learning to mask…
- “Mom rage,” sensory overload, and shame (Kaitlin Soulé’s story) · 24 min · Episode 130Marriage and family therapist Kaitlin Soulé shares her story and expertise. She opens up about rage — especially “mom rage” — and the sensory overload and shame that often come…
- Recovering perfectionist, no longer a martyr (Kim Tran’s story) · 25 min · Episode 129Kim Tran spent years chasing perfection: a high achiever who believed struggle wasn’t an option. As an Asian American woman raised with the pressures of the model minority myth…
- Something felt off: ADHD, depression, and slow processing speed (Matt Klein’s story) · 17 min · Episode 128Matt Klein thought he was dealing with depression. After a job change and the arrival of a new baby, he found himself in a fog. Listless. Unmotivated. And vaguely “off.” He just…
- Adult ADHD, perfectionism, and soft productivity (Fellisia Robinson’s story) · 21 min · Episode 127When Fellisia Robinson was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, everything started to make sense. In this episode, she talks with Laura about what it was like to finally get answers…
- The ADHD symptom I can’t explain away (Andrea Jones-Rooy’s story) · 24 min · Episode 126Andrea Jones-Rooy — data scientist, comedian, and fire-eating acrobat — talks candidly about feeling like a failure even when all evidence points to the contrary. With sharp…
- ADHD, big dreams, and the struggle to finish projects (Brandon Hogstad’s story) · 18 min · Episode 125Brandon Hogstad — a scientist, musician, big thinker, and co-host of a dream interpretation podcast — talks about how ADHD showed up in his adult academic life. As challenges…
