Welcome to the I have ADHD podcast where it's all about education, encouragement and

coaching for adults with ADHD.

I'm your host Kristen Carter and I have ADHD.

Let's chat about the frustrations, humor, and challenges

of adulting, relationships, working, and achieving with this neurodevelopmental disorder.

I'll help you understand your unique brain, unlock your potential, and move from point A to point B.

Hey what's up, this is Kristen Carter and you're listening to the I have ADHD

podcast. I am medicated, I am regulated, and I am ready to roll.

How's it going? So glad you're here, so happy that you decided to press play on this podcast today. I know you have a lot going on in your life.

So many things vying for your time and attention and energy and yet here you are with me, you and me here together right now and I'm so glad that this is happening.

Today is part one of a two-part conversation with a client and focus member Jen Kirkman who was a writer, producer, comedian,

podcaster, and New York Times best-selling author of two books.

Girlfriend doesn't mess around.

She does not mess around.

Jen was misdiagnosed for most of her life with anxiety and depression

and only in the last few years has she understood

that ADHD was really at the core of all of her struggles. In part one of our conversation that you're going to hear today.

It's an in-depth description of her journey.

And to me, it's very important that I share real raw stories directly from ADHD years because it truly helps us all to

understand that we are not alone. You need to hear Jen's story. You need to hear about how she was misdiagnosed and yet was still able to set her life up in a way that made sense for her.

You need to hear how she was able to become what she calls a middle class in show business and that made me laugh so

hard I mean writing on the marvelous Mrs. Maisel is hardly what I would call middle class but

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