The One About ADHD, Female Diagnoses and the Stigmas Around Neurodivergence with Carla Ciccone

The Papaya Podcast

Society & Culture, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In this conversation, Sarah and Carla Ciccone delve into the complexities of ADHD, particularly focusing on the unique experiences of women who are often diagnosed late. They discuss the emotional challenges, societal stigma, and the journey of self-discovery that comes with understanding ADHD. Carla shares insights from her book, 'Nowhere Girl', which explores her personal journey and the broader implications of ADHD in society. The discussion emphasizes the importance of self-compassion, the role of therapy, and the need for better awareness and support for those navigating life with ADHD.

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0:00.0	Hi friends and welcome to the papaya podcast. I'm your hostess, Try and Hermostis, Sarah Nicole,
0:10.2	and each week I'm going to be dishing out some sweetness mixed in with some seeds of wisdom
0:15.6	or something like that. So get ready to get inspired, get candid, get real, because we are all in this digital
0:23.3	space together. You all don't know how hard I fought for today's guest because we actually
0:30.9	tried to record yesterday and a million different tech things failed and we had to call it off
0:36.9	and reschedule and recoup and come back here.
0:40.3	And it's all just a beautiful mess to come into what we're going to be talking about today
0:44.8	because our guest today is Carla Chaconi, author of Nowhere Girl. And we're talking about ADHD,
0:52.6	which is- That's fitting. It's, it's fitting. You know what? And it's lovely that we were
0:58.6	able to quickly adjust. One of the best things about ADHD, if we're going to call out a really
1:03.8	nice highlight, is the ability to adjust to situations very quickly. And I'm so glad that we were
1:09.8	able to recoup and come back and sit down again today.
1:13.6	And you know what? We're not even going to try and repeat some of the conversations we had yesterday.
1:17.5	I feel very fresh-minded today. And I have a whole different series of questions. But I do want to talk a little bit about the book. Obviously, we want to talk a lot about the book. When this comes out, the book will
1:29.3	be just releasing. And I think that's so beautiful, so timely. But I want to talk about the why.
1:35.6	Why this book, first of all, the title. I'm so curious about the title, what had you land there.
1:42.1	And let's really get into the nitty gritty of what this book entails,
1:46.6	because we've had ADHD conversations on the podcast before. But ADHD is a very singular
1:52.1	experience as well. While we might all relate to each other, there is a lot of individualism in it.
1:57.0	So yeah, I'm going to give you the floor. Please, I want to hear more about, I want to hear more about
2:02.9	it. Okay. Well, the title really comes from the feeling of alienation that so many people that are
2:11.5	diagnosed late experience, so many people with ADHD in general experience, because you know you're
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