ADHD with Jenna Free
by Jenna Free, Canadian Certified Counselor | ADHD Therapist & Coach
81: Is AI Helping or Hurting ADHDers?
About this podcast
ADHD with Jenna Free is a podcast for adults with ADHD who are done surviving their symptoms and ready to start thriving with ADHD, without the endless tips, hacks, and workarounds that have never really fixed anything. It's also the show where therapists, coaches, and counselors come to deepen their understanding of treating ADHD in adults and learn what regulation-based care looks like in practice.
Hosted by Jenna Free, a Canadian Certified Counselor (CCC) and ADHD therapist, this show exists to give you a completely different way of understanding ADHD in adults. You're stuck, overwhelmed, and exhausted because your brain is running on fight-or-flight. Willpower was never the solution, and once you understand that, everything changes.
I'll answer questions like:
Do I have ADHD?
What is ADHD task paralysis, and how do I get unstuck?
Why is my ADHD getting worse in my 40s?
What do ADHD and perimenopause do to your brain?
How do I manage ADHD emotional dysregulation without medication alone?
Why do I procrastinate so much with ADHD?
Why don't ADHD tips and tricks ever work long-term?
What does it look like to thrive with ADHD?
What does nervous system regulation have to do with ADHD?
How do I stop feeling overwhelmed with ADHD?
How do I get trained to treat ADHD in adults using a regulation-based approach?
What does ADHD therapist training through a regulation framework actually cover?
This podcast covers the full experience of living with adult ADHD: the real science behind procrastination in ADHD and ADHD task paralysis, why ADHD and perimenopause collide in ways no one talks about, and the solution-focused conversations most ADHD podcasts aren't having. For practitioners, Jenna also gets into the clinical side: what nervous system regulation training looks like, how to apply a regulation framework with clients, and what ADHD coach certification and ADHD therapist training often omit. Jenna shares her own story throughout, what it looks like to go from chronically dysregulated to thriving, so whether you're living with ADHD or working with people who are, you can see what's possible.
This show gives adults with ADHD, newly navigating a late diagnosis, and clinicians seeking ADHD continuing education one thing: a clear path toward healing
If you're an adult with ADHD who's tired of the commiseration and ready for a show that believes your life can look completely different, or a practitioner who wants to understand ADHD at the nervous system level, you're in the right place.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 82 episodes
- 81: Is AI Helping or Hurting ADHDers? · 24 min · Episode 81You use AI to get your swirling thoughts out of your head, so why do you still feel rushed and behind? If you've been handed one more tool for your ADHD and the overwhelm and…
- 80: Why Is ADHD So Hard? What Regulation Can Change About Your Symptoms · 25 min · Episode 80You keep wondering why ADHD is so hard when everyone around you makes it look like a simple brain difference, and you're tired of wondering if you're just bad at life. If you've…
- 79: 4 Reasons Behind ADHD People Pleasing · 24 min · Episode 79You keep saying yes when you mean no, then spend the rest of the day resentful about something you agreed to in the first place. If you've been told your ADHD people-pleasing is…
- 78: How to Regulate with ADHD When Tips and Tricks Don't Work · 27 min · Episode 78You've been told to take a deep breath and get regulated, and it didn't stick, so you're stuck wondering what you're missing. If tips and tricks have stopped working, this…
- 77: ADHD Time Blindness: How to Stop Fighting the Clock · 20 min · Episode 77Your relationship with time feels broken, and you've probably filed it under ADHD time blindness and left it there. If rushing, scrambling, and never having enough time has…
- 76: 3 Reasons to Set Your ADHD Diagnosis Aside · 19 min · Episode 76You know the label. ADHD, anxiety, OCD, autism, whatever you have been diagnosed with. You know the symptom, and it still hasn't changed anything. If a diagnosis has started to…
- 75: Scarcity Mindset in ADHD: Why Nothing Feels Like Enough · 17 min · Episode 75You've screenshotted the same tip four times and still feel like you're behind. Or you finish the whole to-do list, and your brain zeroes in on the one thing left undone. If that…
- 74: Stop the Confusion Between ADHD Emotions and Reactivity · 25 min · Episode 74You've been calling it "being emotional" for years, and it's kept you stuck. Or you're a clinician who lumps every client reaction into the same emotional bucket without…
- 73: 3 Mistakes in ADHD Therapy That Stall Progress · 23 min · Episode 73You've been seeing an ADHD therapist for months, and something's off, or you're the clinician sensing your ADHD clients aren't getting where they hoped to go. Either seat you're…
- 72: Interrupt ADHD and Perfectionism Patterns for More Freedom · 19 min · Episode 72You spend three weeks fussing with a work project that was technically done two weeks ago. A two-line email took 40 minutes because you rewrote it 4 times. You can't start the…
- 71: How to Find Balance with ADHD All-or-Nothing Thinking · 25 min · Episode 71You either clean the whole house in one rampage or leave your clothes on the floor for a week. You go hard at the gym for a week, eat one cookie, and write off the whole month…
- 70: ADHD Executive Dysfunction Isn't Permanent and Here's Why · 23 min · Episode 70You know exactly what you should be doing, and you still can't make yourself start. If you're an adult with ADHD who's tired of being told your executive function is just "how…
- 69: Why ADHD Regulation Works Better Than Chasing Symptoms · 25 min · Episode 69You've tried fixing the symptoms one by one, and you're still spinning. This episode is for the adult with ADHD who's exhausted from chasing symptoms and not seeing real change…
- 68: ADHD and Relationships: How to Stay Regulated with the People You Love · 27 min · Episode 68You hold it together all day, then walk in your front door, and everything comes out sideways. You're snappier with your partner, more defensive with your kids, and impatient…
- 67: ADHD Task Switching: Why It's Hard and How to Make It Easier · 23 min · Episode 67You've been calling yourself bad at task switching for so long it's started to feel like a fact. And the evidence keeps stacking up: the hyperfocus sessions that run three hours…
- 66: 5 Unexpected Benefits of ADHD Nervous System Regulation · 22 min · Episode 66You lived in survival mode. The stress, the paralysis, the frantic crash cycle. And then something shifted. This episode is for the adult with ADHD who's curious what life looks…
- 65: Why ADHD Overwhelm Happens and How to Regulate It · 19 min · Episode 65Too much to do, can't pick anything, can't move. The list is right there, the day is slipping, and somehow you end up frozen on the couch, wondering what is wrong with you. This…
- 64: The ADHD Regulation Method: What It Is and How It Works · 30 min · Episode 64You are exhausted from swinging between frantic and frozen, and nothing you have tried seems to stick. This episode is for the ADHDer who is ready to understand why and finally…
- 63: How to Stop the ADHD Comparison Cycle for Good · 18 min · Episode 63You scroll for five minutes, and suddenly everyone else seems to have it all figured out. You feel like you're not enough, and quietly panic that you're falling short of where…
- 62: Improve Your ADHD Working Memory Without Apps or Lists · 25 min · Episode 62Your memory keeps failing you, and you can't figure out why. You forget why you walked into the room, lose your train of thought mid-sentence, and miss steps in tasks you've done…







