Women & ADHD

Lisa Dee: Yes, you can be happy and healthy with ADHD

Mar 3, 2025

Lisa Dee, an Irish health and fitness coach based in London, shares her inspiring journey after being diagnosed with ADHD. She emphasizes that women with ADHD deserve to be healthy and happy, rejecting the doom-and-gloom narrative. Lisa introduces flexible, ADHD-friendly health strategies that prioritize joy and self-compassion over rigid routines. She discusses the unique challenges of ADHD in fitness, highlighting the importance of fun and sustainable habits. Listeners are encouraged to find personal empowerment through movement and community support.

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Quick takeaways

ADHD often presents uniquely in women, impacting their motivation and emotional regulation, necessitating tailored understanding and support.

Lisa advocates for flexibility in health and fitness routines, emphasizing self-compassion over rigid structures that can lead to failure.

Movement is essential for mental and physical well-being, with mindfulness during activities promoting emotional regulation and a healthier outlook.

Deep dives

Understanding ADHD in Women

ADHD often manifests differently in women compared to men, leading many to experience challenges with motivation and emotional regulation throughout their lives. Women frequently receive late diagnoses, sometimes only discovering their condition in adulthood, which can prompt a reevaluation of past experiences in education, career, and relationships. The podcast emphasizes the importance of recognizing these patterns and reframing how women perceive their struggles, offering insights on connecting previous challenges to ADHD symptoms. This understanding fosters self-compassion and allows women to align more closely with their strengths, supporting their personal growth.

Intro

2min

Embracing Health and Happiness with ADHD

4min

Discovering ADHD: A Personal Journey

20min

Bridging the Investing Gap and Empowering Women with ADHD

5min

Embracing Movement and Self-Compassion

22min

Navigating ADHD: Finding Joy in Daily Routines and Fitness

6min

Fitness Journeys with ADHD

7min

Embracing Neurodiversity and Community Support

4min

Episode 196 with Lisa Dee.

“ADHD girls deserve to be healthy and happy. I refuse to subscribe to the doom-and-gloom narrative. I wanted something better, and I knew others did, too.”

Lisa is an Irish health and fitness coach based in London, and the founder of “Healthy Happy ADHD.” After building a successful fitness enterprise, Lisa's ADHD diagnosis at 31 sparked a personal health and nutrition transformation. She soon became inspired her to share her story and a message for other ADHD women: You can be healthy and happy with ADHD!

Her message certainly resonated — she has built a social media community of more than 400,000 followers, and at the end of 2022, she grabbed the attention of a book editor at Random House.

Lisa's new book, “Happy, Healthy ADHD,” is more than just another wellness guide — it’s a game-changer for ADHD women who have struggled with rigid health advice that simply doesn’t work for their brains.

Lisa blends personal experience, cutting-edge research, and practical strategies to help women break free from shame and build sustainable, ADHD-friendly habits.

Unlike conventional fitness and nutrition plans that rely on willpower and discipline, Lisa’s approach embraces flexibility, self-compassion, and fun. She dives into the science of how ADHD affects motivation, energy, hormones, and habits — offering simple, adaptable solutions that work with your brain, not against it.

In this episode, Lisa shares how to ditch the all-or-nothing mindset, find joy in movement, and nourish your body without overwhelm. Whether you’ve struggled with consistency, burnout, or guilt around health and fitness, this conversation is packed with insights and encouragement to help you feel your best — on your own terms.

Website: www.healthyhappyadhd.com

Instagram: @healthyhappyadhd

Links & Resources:

Healthy Happy ADHD: Transform How You Move, Eat, and Feel, and Create Your Own Path to Well-Being by Lisa Dee

Lisa’s ADHD Glow Masterclass

10x Is Easier than 2x: How World-Class Entrepreneurs Achieve More by Doing Less by Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy

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