329 ADHD 101 for Neurotypicals: Why Your Loved One Struggles with the ‘Easy Stuff'

I Have ADHD Podcast

Kristen Carder

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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This one’s for the ADHDers and the people who love them. In today’s episode, I do the heavy lifting of explaining ADHD—what it is, why it matters, and what it really feels like to live with it—so you don’t have to. If you’ve ever wished your partner, parent, friend, or co-worker just got it, this is the episode to send them. Inside: Why ADHD is so hard to explain (even for ADHDers)The top 3 things people with ADHD wish their loved ones knewThe top 3 things they need from youWhat it means when...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the I Have ADHD podcast, where it's all about education, encouragement, and coaching for adults with ADHD.
0:13.7	I'm your host, Kristen Carter, and I have ADHD. Let's chat about the frustrations, humor,
0:20.0	and challenges of adulting, relationships,
0:22.8	working, and achieving with this neurodevelopmental disorder. I'll help you understand your unique brain,
0:29.7	unlock your potential, and move from point A to point B. Hey, what's up? This is Kristen Carter,
0:36.1	and you are listening to the I have ADHD podcast. I am
0:39.9	medicated, caffeinated, regulated, and ready to roll. Let's go. Let's go. How are you? Come on in.
0:49.5	This is going to be a special episode. This is something that I don't usually do, but this specific
0:56.7	episode is designed not just for you ADHD or ADHD curious listener, but also for the people
1:05.6	in your life who love you. So in the next hour-ish, I'm going to be doing the heavy lifting of explaining
1:13.6	ADHD, why the diagnosis of ADHD matters, what, what like we would love our
1:21.2	neurotypical friends and family to know so that you can send this to the people in your life
1:27.0	who you love that love you, that you wish
1:30.9	would just maybe understand you a little bit better. Maybe you don't know how to explain
1:36.0	ADHD. And it is really hard to talk about it. It's kind of confusing. There's a ton of research,
1:42.0	but there's also like information overload out there about
1:45.9	ADHD. And it can be really awkward. I hear from ADHDers all the time that relationships are
1:54.1	one of the hardest parts about having ADHD. This is actually why I'm writing a book on how to have healthy, healthy enough
2:03.7	relationships for adults with ADHD. This is, even though I'm a general life coach and I coach people
2:11.9	all over the world about all kinds of different ADHD related topics, relationships
2:17.4	are my like passion project.
2:21.0	They're my area that, like, I just get so into because relationships matter so much.
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