ADHD Focus with David Pomeroy, MD

If anyone had doubts about whether my guest or I have ADHD, in this episode of ADHD Focus we provided decisive proof that indeed we do. In a wide-ranging discussion we touched on girls/women with ADHD, student struggles with ADHD, the shame experienced by women with ADHD  due to impossible-to-meet societal expectations of a woman, a housewife, a mother, and a person with a business – in any combination of those roles. And probably more…(I was in the moment, not taking (detailed) notes). Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Pippa Simou has “lived experience” as the mother of an ADHD child and a woman surprised by her own “late diagnosis” of ADHD as an adult. The desire to help her son cope with his ADHD in every way possible led her to in-depth reading and inquiry about ADHD. She changed careers after teaching for 20 years to one of training teachers about ADHD and coaching other parents with ADHD children, after returning to school to get her Masters in Psychology degree. She is a coaching psychologist in London (yes, the London, the city in the UK), a coach/trainer, and is developing a unique program for mentoring young teen girls with ADHD, to “give them hope, to be the voice I wish I had heard”.   She is actively pursuing grants to fund research in ”proof of concept” for her mentoring program, the concept being that mentoring can prevent the painful “lived experience” girls with undiagnosed ADHD so commonly go through. [ If you have access to funds for this research, or know someone who does, please contact Pippa! ] The post The “lived experience” of ADHD as motivation to help others deal with it. appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Do you: Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS flounder in the maze of school apps and programs simply to find your child’s assignments, or where to turn them in, or how they are doing in the class?  Have heated discussions about missing assignments which leave both of you upset, frustrated, and hurt?  Watch your child become overwhelmed, frustrated, anxious, or depressed struggling every day with this mess, or worse, just give up on school? You need to hear and/or watch this show!! A solution is at hand!  Brent Newton is CEO and co-founder, along with his 12 year-old daughter, of myOwl, a program which integrates all apps and programs used by a school into one easy-access point which shows all assignments in all classes on the same page. myOwl  does all of this:  ALL classes on one dashboard; Daily progress tracker on all assignments due that day; Rewards for completing/submitting assignments, these can be redeemed for stickers and avatars to customize the Dashboard; Parent view includes ALL of your children, see the Dashboard for each one from one login; Teachers continue using the same apps and programs they use now; And more coming! Join us to discover a major advancement in making schools family-friendly online! Listen and learn!  The post Brent Newton of myOwl appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Micromoments of shame* – stepping over the box you were going to take upstairs as you go upstairs, passing by the unfolded laundry, discovering the clothes in the washer from two days ago…we have them daily. Maybe neurotypical folks do too, but ADHDers have many more every day. *this expression is not originally mine, a friend passed along a meme with that title. Apologies to the author, I do not know your name. Spot on concept.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Shame. The elephant in the room with ADHD, the feeling at the root of our familiar self-concept as “not good enough”. How it develops in people with ADHD and how we grow to believe and talk about ourselves in negative terms – a dummy, an idiot, a failure, incompetent, not good enough – join me and my guest Linda Roggli as we uncover the role of shame in the lives of people with ADHD. We have ADHD, it does not have to define us. Shame has us believing otherwise.  Linda Roggli a person I call a “thinker” in the field of ADHD, one who steps back and looks at the big picture, in her case also informed by her own ADHD (as is my perspective by my own ADHD). She created the ADHD Palooza series starting in 2016 and now holds one for Women in the Spring (April 1-6, don’t miss it! Register https://fn101.isrefer.com/go/women24/pomeroy/ ) and one for Couples in the Fall, she is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) in the field of ADHD, an award-winning author – Confessions of an ADDiva – and founder of the A-D-Diva Network for ADHD women 40-and-better – www.addiva.net  Come join us, listen and learn!  Check out our video chat! The post Micromoments of Shame appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Menopause and the hormonal swings leading up to it, perimenopause, often causes mood swings, brain fog, and always hot flashes. ADHD added to the mix compounds everything! Join Linda Roggli and I for a discussion of how hormonal shifts during this time affect ADHD, from the basic level of estrogen helping dopamine work better to what you can to get through this challenging time more smoothly. Listen and Learn ! Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Linda Roggli is the creator of the ADHD Palooza series – one for Women and one for Couples, a Professional Certified Coach (PCC), an award-winning author – Confessions of an ADDiva and founder of the A-D-Diva Network for ADHD women 40-and-better – www.addiva.net  ADHD Palooza for Women April 1-6, 2024, for Couples Nov 10-12, 2024 https://.adhdpalooza.com Check out our video chat! The post Menopause and ADHD appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Inattentive ADHD, the Stealth Diagnosis. People with Inattentive ADHD tend to fly under the radar for years, decades even, women and girls more often (inadvertently) than men and boys. They are labeled as disorganized, always late, space case, overwhelmed and over-committed, the kid with no friends, the school dropout. After High School (almost half the kids with not treated for their ADHD drop out) life is even more of a struggle. How can these folks be identified earlier, so they can have the chance to climb up to the level of function of neurotypicals? Later-in-life diagnosis, in 30s, 40s, even 50s and beyond, results in lost opportunities and more mental health problems along the way, primarily anxiety disorders and depression.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS My guest today is Cynthia Hammer MSW, founder of two non-profit organizations dedicated to improving the lives of ADHDers everywhere, author of the recently published book Living with Inattentive ADHD: Climbing the Circular Staircase of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and a good friend of many years. Cynthia recently started the Inattentive ADHD Coalition (www.iadhd.org ) to advocate for universal screening of children for ADHD, to identify and enable treatment of children with ADHD so they do not have lifelong struggles with ADHD, at least not so many and so severe as those diagnosed later in life.  Join us to enjoy a wide-ranging discussion about Inattentive ADHD, including debates on certain points. Which points? Listen and find out!  Check out our video chat! The post Inattentive ADHD, the Stealth Diagnosis appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Women with undiagnosed ADHD of either Type “pay” more for it than do men, this is the Female ADHD Tax. Women and men who have undiagnosed ADHD struggle with life; they have higher risks of relationship issues, involvement with unwanted pregnancies, lower educational progress, lower-paying jobs, AND higher incidence of anxiety, depression, and domestic partner violence (to name a few) than neurotypical folks, and women with ADHD have a higher “tax rate” than do men.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Deborah Brooks is a psychotherapist in Ottawa, Canada. She joins me today to discuss The Female ADHD Tax, how it comes about and what can be done to “lower the tax rate”. Listen, and learn! Check out our video chat! The post Women with Undiagnosed ADHD appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Do you feel that the treatments for your child’s ADHD and co-occurring Anxiety and/or Learning Disorders and/or Depression are not working for …something else but you don’t know what? That there are signs – behaviors, meltdowns, struggles with friends – that things are not yet OK, that something is being missed. You are totally spent by the end of each day, your house is a mess, you have given up seeing friends – in order that you can put 100% of your time and energy into helping your child. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Maybe this is not your struggle, but you see this going on in a friend, or a relative, or a neighbor, or co-worker. My guest today is Elaine Taylor-Klaus, founder of IMPACTparents, author of The Essential Guide to raising Complex Kids, Master Certified Coach, and parent to four neurodivergent children. Her experiences, personal and professional, have led her to believe that the “something else” for many girls (and women) is Autism Spectrum Disorder.  Join us as we discuss the clues, the behaviors, the symptoms that suggest an evaluation for ASD is in order; the role that parents play and how critical it is that parents get coaching in how to parent these exceptional children, it is the single most-important thing they can do to help their child. Parents need validation, recognition that the difficulties they face every day are way beyond the norm of parenting challenges AND that they are not alone. Many families are in the same struggle. Check out our video chat! Download Elaine’s article about these struggles, Parenting VERY Complex Kids: Underestimated, Undervalued & Underutilized . And a special bonus for listeners/viewers of ADHD Focus,  here is the link for you to download a free chapter of her book, “Everyone’s So Tense All The Time”.  Join us!  Listen, and Learn !  The post Girls on the Autism Spectrum – “the something else” appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

In this podcast, Dr. David Pomeroy and ADHD coach Jeff Copper discuss the challenges of getting back on track after being distracted, the concept of working memory, and the relationship between creativity and pressure. They also explore procrastination, the difficulties of self-regulation, and Jeff's unique coaching style that focuses on identifying underlying reasons behind behavioral issues.

Dr. David Pomeroy interviews Dr. Thomas Brown, a clinical psychologist specializing in ADHD and related disorders. They discuss the distinctions between Asperger's syndrome and autism spectrum disorder, sensitivity to stimulation in individuals with Asperger's, social challenges faced by individuals with Asperger's, approaches to therapy and medication for ADHD, and explore Dr. Brown's books on ADHD.

“I have to help my 9th grader, she can’t get organized and her grades are way down.” “Why does it take you so long to get your homework done?” “What can I do to help?”Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Do any of these questions sound familiar? Today my guest is Michelle Raz, a board-certified ADHD coach, her specialty is academic coaching. We will be exploring how to answer the above questions and how an executive function coach may be more valuable than tutoring or therapy. Michelle has a wealth of knowledge and expertise in the realms of academic coaching and executive function development. She has dedicated her career to helping teenagers and young adults strengthen their executive function skills. She co-founded with Sonia Merritt the company Thrivister, committed to providing comprehensive and accessible executive function support for students diagnosed with ADHD and other learning differences. Thrivister does this by blending academic accountability and executive function coaching practices. Join us as we discuss the nature of academic coaching and its benefits for students and parents. Listen and learn! Check out our video chat! The post Academic Coaching with Michelle Raz appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.