Abbie Cardwell: RSD, Morning Pages & being “dialed to 11”
Women & ADHD
Katy Weber
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2023
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Episode 121 with Abbie Cardwell.
“I was always told that I was a bit too much. It’s like our volume has been ramped up to 11.”
Abbie is an accomplished musician living in Byron Bay, Australia. She has won several awards and was also a competitor on Season 1 of Australia’s The Voice.
In addition to her music, she also owns Abbie’s Alchemy, a gorgeous line of eco-friendly cleaning products. Listeners in Australia can use the code DOPAMINE LOVE for 10% off.
Abbie & I talk about the experience of rejection sensitive dysphoria as an artist and how that can lead us to hide from the things we love most in life. We also talk about the ritual of Morning Pages (from Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way) and getting out of our own way so we can rediscover our passions. And we discuss how the term “hyperarousal” feels like a better fit than “hyperactivity.”
Abbie’s song “Underground.”
Website: abbiecardwell.com
Instagram: @abbiecardwellmusic
Episode edited by E Podcast Productions
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| 1:00.7 | consult today. In my entire music career, I've had very stark chapters of hiding and that rejection-sensitive dysphoria plays a big role in my life. |
| 1:19.3 | And as soon as I got the diagnosis within that first week, I went, that's it, the single I've |
| 1:24.7 | been sitting on for a couple of years, have to come out, I have to do it. And single I've been sitting on for a couple of years has to come out. |
| 1:28.7 | I have to do it. |
| 1:30.1 | And then I realized that the song sounds like an ADHD song because it's about going underground |
| 1:37.2 | till you can shine. |
| 1:49.0 | Hello and welcome to the women and ADHD podcast. I'm your host, Katie Weber. |
| 1:50.9 | I was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 45, and it completely turned my world upside down. |
| 1:57.4 | I've been looking back at so much of my life, school, jobs, my relationships, all of it with |
| 2:04.1 | this new lens, and it has been nothing short of overwhelming. |
| 2:07.7 | I quickly discovered I was not the only woman to have this experience, and now I interview |
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