When we discover that we have this thing that's been staring us in the face, it's been really

obvious all this time, we have to find ways to support ourselves, right? We have to accept that we

have it and that there's no amount of effort. You cannot try it away. We cannot wish it away.

It's always going to be there.

Hello and welcome to the Women and ADHD podcast.

I'm your host, Katie Weber.

I was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 45,

and it completely turned my world upside down.

I've been looking back at so much of my life, school,

jobs, my relationships, all of it with this new lens, and it has been nothing short of

overwhelming. I quickly discovered I was not the only woman to have this experience, and now I

interview other women who, like me, discovered in adulthood they have ADHD and are finally

feeling like they understand who they are and how to best lean into their strengths, both

professionally and personally.

Okay, we are going to get started right away with episode 183 in which I interview Laura Mears-Renn Reynolds. Laura is an ADHD activist and the host of

the popular ADHD AF podcast. Her life was not only transformed but saved by her ADHD diagnosis

at the age of 38. And she wants all people with ADHD to be treated both medically and with the

respect they deserve. We talk about Laura's journey from lying on the couch to her unstoppable

activism, as well as the brand new ADHD AF Plus charity and its mission to educate and

overcome the barriers to diagnosis and treatment in the

UK healthcare system. We also talk about the Leopard Print Army and Laura's upcoming

alienation tour where she brings her own flavor of community building and activism with a

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