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let's get started. Welcome Caitlin Mayberry to the Autism, ADHD podcast.

Thank you so much for having me.

I'm so excited you're here.

Before we jump in, I'm going to introduce you really quick.

Caitlin is an ADHD life coach who is diagnosed with ADHD, depression, and anxiety.

She is also a special educator with her master's in reading.

She is the author of Hi, it's me.

I have ADHD and the podcast host of Journey With Me Through ADHD.

It's a podcast for kids.

She lives in Wisconsin with her husband and four young kids, two of which are diagnosed

with ADHD.

Her passion is to speak into the hearts and minds of children and families with ADHD so they feel connected,

supported, and understood. And I absolutely love that. Today we're going to talk about this negative

self-talk and identifying it because we all have our, I'm not good enough stories,

right? Even as adults, I'm going to be 48 soon, carrying these things with me through life.

But the thing is, they're important and they can stick around and they can impact everything.

And oftentimes,

nerd a virgin kids are struggling with depression and sadness as well. So we have to really shine a light on this negative self-talk. So in part one of Caitlin and I working together

here, we're going to chat about that negative self-talk and

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