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Living Easy with Lindsey

164 | Is It ADHD or Just Being a Kid?: Dopamine, Boredom & Why Your Child May Be Frustrated with Sara Hartley

Living Easy with Lindsey

Lindsey Maestas

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Relationships, Christianity

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Do you ever look at your child and wonder:
Is this ADHD? Or is this just childhood?

Today, I'm joined by Sara Hartley, author of The Purposefully Me Series, to talk about ADHD in children from a realistic, compassionate, and research-based lens.

Together, we break down:

  • The most overlooked signs and symptoms of ADHD in kids

  • What's actually happening in the brain when children whine, complain, melt down, or seek constant stimulation

  • Why some kids chase dopamine — screens, snacks, danger, noise

  • Parenting a neurodivergent vs neurotypical child (and why your strategies must shift)

  • Emotional dysregulation and rejection sensitivity

  • The difference between "won't" and "can't yet"

  • Practical strategies to increase regulation, confidence, and connection at home

If you're parenting a child who is always bored, never satisfied, complains constantly, or struggles to focus — this episode will give you clarity, relief, and actual tools, not shame.

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0:00.0

Hey friends, we were never promised that life would be easy. Sometimes it is hard and super crazy,

0:11.7

but when we do life together, we find that it becomes a lot easier and much more fun.

0:17.2

I believe in joyful life, in happy parenting, healthy marriages, long-lasting friendships,

0:23.8

and making perfect memories and imperfect homes. I love to dig deep and talk about the really

0:30.2

raw things that people are not always comfortable discussing. And I'm also passionate about

0:34.9

sharing practical tips that have helped me to help you

0:38.3

navigate through life less stressfully and more purposefully.

0:42.1

We will laugh together and struggle together.

0:44.6

You will hear honest insights on strengthening your faith and your marriage, parenthood,

0:49.6

how-toes, and so much more so that you can live life and live it with joy.

0:55.2

I am Lindsay Maestis. Welcome to the Living Easy podcast. Hello everyone and welcome back to the Living

1:04.2

Easy podcast. Today I'm so very excited to introduce you to our guest, Sarah Hartley.

1:14.0

Sarah is author of Purposefully Me, a series.

1:16.7

And Sarah, I'm just, I'm so thankful to have you here.

1:22.8

I'm very excited about this topic today because ADHD, I actually recently did a podcast episode letting everyone know, like I've been diagnosed and kind of talking about the process.

1:28.4

And now we're going to discuss it in regards to children and what that looks like. So thank you so much

1:33.7

for being here today. Oh, thank you so much for having me, Lindsay. Of course. So can you tell me

1:38.4

just a little bit about how you got into this line of work? What intrigues you about this? How did you fall into this space?

1:47.1

Well, it was, is nothing that I ever thought that this is where I would be now. I was actually

1:53.9

not diagnosed with ADHD until I was 25 years old. And at that time, the doctor just gave me medication and said, you know, be on your

2:02.8

way. There was no discussion or information around strategies or things that might be characteristics

2:11.1

of a person with ADHD. I sort of thought most of the, maybe the habits that I had developed

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