Is It ADHD or Perimenopause?

The Holderness Family Podcast

Kim Holderness

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4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

We got an email recently looking for advice on how to navigate being married to someone with ADHD when you’re experiencing perimenopause. (It was actually hilariously titled “Perimenopause and ADHD Walk Into A Bar…” so stay tuned for a future video on that.) This week on Laugh Lines, we’re diving into the chaotic Venn diagram that is living with ADHD and perimenopause — including a full game show with our producer, Sam Allen. Spoiler alert: it’s full of brain fog, misplaced purses, hormone-fueled rage, and why I once forgot the word “pothole.” (Not as bad as Penn saying “fish horse” though.)

Penn and I also share what it was like being guests on an Oprah, random advice from our listeners, a look into my dating past, and we debate whether the 4pm dance club should be our next business venture. (Grab your corrected Mahjong cards and meet us there!) But seriously, tell us in the comments if you’re in. Leave us a message at 323-364-3929 or write the show at [email protected]. You can also watch our podcast on YouTube.

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Laugh Lines with Kim & Penn Holderness is an evolution of The Holderness Family Podcast, which began in 2018. Kim and Penn Holderness are award-winning online content creators known for their original music, song parodies, comedy sketches, and weekly podcasts. Their videos have resulted in over two billion views and over nine million followers since 2013. Penn and Kim are also authors of the New York Times Bestselling Book, ADHD Is Awesome: A Guide To (Mostly) Thriving With ADHD and winners on The Amazing Race (Season 33) on CBS.

Laugh Lines is hosted and executive produced by Kim Holderness and Penn Holderness, with original music by Penn Holderness. Laugh Lines is also written and produced by Ann Marie Taepke, and edited and produced by Sam Allen. It is hosted by Acast. Thanks for listening!

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0:00.0	The much-loved book, The Smeds and the Smooze by Julia Donaldson and Axel Sheffler, lands on stage in London's West End this summer.
0:08.7	On a far off planet, Smeds and Smeds can't be friends.
0:11.8	So when a young Smed and Smoo fall in love and zoom off into space together, how will their families get them back?
0:17.6	Soar into space with this exciting Olivier Award nominated show at the lyric theater
0:22.2	from the 18th of July. But now at nymax.com slash smeds and smooth.
0:32.2	Who is up? Tell me in the comments for a 4 p.m. dance party. So you're getting ready to go to the dance club at 2 p.m.
0:39.8	What else am I doing?
0:41.0	I don't know.
0:41.9	Yeah, we get older every day.
0:44.4	Got more wrinkles.
0:45.5	That's okay.
0:46.4	Yeah, we're laughing when we age.
0:48.5	Life is like a comedy stage.
0:52.1	And that's what we got laugh lines.
0:58.4	Hey everybody, I'm Kim Holderness.
0:59.9	And I'm Ben Holderness.
1:00.7	Welcome to Laughlines.
1:02.1	If you think that the very best music is played at the grocery store, then this is your
1:08.8	podcast.
1:09.2	Yes, it is.
1:10.0	You are home.
1:10.6	It is getting more like right down our alley from college.
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