ADHD, Motherhood, and Embracing Your Brain

When was the last time your ADHD affected your kids and you were kicking yourself for it?

While you get frustrated enough that your ADHD affects your own life, it's 100 times worse when it hurts your kids. Meet my friend, Laura Froyen, PhD. Laura and I connected over our mutual love for advocating for kids. Her take on gentle parenting is refreshing and doable. 

In this episode, Laura and I chat about how to deal with ADHD as a mom on her podcast, The Balanced Parent Podcast, where she helps families connect more deeply and authentically.

Laura writes:

ADHD is getting a lot of buzz out there in the world recently, and many adults, especially women (who as girls perhaps had their symptoms overlooked) are getting diagnosed, sometimes alongside their kids. I've spoken to quite a few of you who have gone through this process and so many of you have expressed initial feelings of relief, that there is a real, true reason that things have always seemed a bit harder for you, and it's not because you're a failure, you're just wired a bit differently. But after that relief there tends to be a feeling of... "Ok, what now?" So, if you're newly diagnosed with ADHD , or even if you have some suspicions that this may be going on for you or your kids, this episode is for you! I have brought in a friend and a colleague, Patricia Sung, who is an ADHD expert and the host of the Motherhood in ADHD podcast. She helps moms with ADHD get themselves together one step at a time and feel confident in running their family life. After years of serial entrepreneurship and teaching middle school, she has a uniquely practical perspective on strategies for building a life that works when your brain is different. Whether you have it yourself and it complicates your life or if you're noticing it in your kids, Patricia will help us figure out how to make things a little bit easier for you. Here's what we talked about:

• Learn about your (or your child's) brain and how your ADHD affects you (or your child)

• Recognizing you need help and finding the right person (therapist/coach)

• Common symptoms of ADHD that we need to look out for

• How ADHD affects your motherhood

• Strategies to help overwhelmed moms

Be sure to subscribe to The Balanced Parent Podcast!

Laura’s website: https://www.laurafroyen.com/

Laura’s instagram: laura@laurafroyen.com

Laura’s Facebook – Laura Froyen, PhD

Find our episode details here: https://www.laurafroyen.com/podcast-internal/127

Laura's previous Episode 122: Tantrums or ADHD Meltdown? How to Deal with our Children’s BIG Emotions with Dr. Laura Froyen

While I’m slowing down for the summer, making space for more family time and accounting for our emergency construction project, I simply couldn’t leave you hanging for the next few weeks. And my ADHD brain didn’t want to do another vanilla Best Of series… Cue Light Bulb! 

Welcome to the Best Of Friends Series, where you are meeting a few of my favorite friends in the podcast community. I’m sharing interviews that I have done on other friends’ podcasts. Not only do you get a new episode, I hope that you’ll find a few shows to add to your podcast queue. There’s a wide variety of topics coming your way, so keep an eye out for a new friend each week of the summer. 

Find links to everything mentioned in this episode & read the transcript here: https://www.patriciasung.com/podcast/episode-197-coping-with-adhd-mom-balanced-parent-podcast-laura-froyen-phd 

You’re not alone.

“This is a chance to invest in yourself and build a community that will empower your future. Worth it!” –ADHD Mama D.B.

Our annual ADHD Moms Luxury Weekend Retreat is coming up October 6-8, 2023 in Houston, Texas! And we hope you’re coming, too! 

I’ll take care of all the details - you simply show up and enjoy.

Put it on your calendar now.

Having a circle of moms who support you and believe in you matters. Register for your all-inclusive ticket here: https://www.patriciasung.com/adhd-mom-retreat

Wish you could get a sneak peek before joining? You can!

You’re invited to Successful Mama Meetup’s very first Open House!

Join us on July 26th for either of our meetups, and meet the other moms, see who you’d hang out with at the retreat, so you know we’re the kinda people you wanna hang out with before you jump in. (hint, we’re pretty amazing IMHO.)

No charge, no pressure. Just come hang out at one (or both) of the meetups!

Let me know you wanna come right here and I’ll send you the zoom link. 

And since it's on Zoom, everyone can come no matter what part of the world you live in. And for our mamas in Asia and Australia, the second meetup is on Thursday, July 27th for you.