Top Therapist: Your ADHD Tools Won't Work Until You Treat THIS Hidden Cause

The Liz Moody Podcast

Liz Moody

Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 108 minutes

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It seems like everyone has ADHD right now, and it turns out, there’s actually a very good reason—I haven’t heard anyone else talking about this and it made me feel SO seen and so hopeful. In this episode, I’m joined by top ADHD therapist, Jenna Free, who helps us understand why we feel distracted, bored, jittery, procrastinate, unable to focus, and all of the other things that lead to us diagnosing ourselves off of relatable ADHD content. Whether you have diagnosed ADHD or you just feel like you’re checking every symptom box you see online, this episode is going to give you a huge aha moment and a ton of very usable strategies that are going to help you feel SO much better. 🎧 What you’ll learn: • Why calendars, timers, and productivity hacks keep failing you + what to do instead • Why your phone addiction, impulse shopping, and doom-scrolling aren't willpower problems • The three tools that can transform how your brain functions for good • How to finally make progress on the things you keep putting off • How to stop living in "potential" with one powerful question For more from Jenna Free: • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adhdwithjennafree • Website: https://www.adhdwithjennafree.com/ • The Simple Guide to ADHD Regulation Book: https://amzn.to/4vtTh4p Ready to uplevel every part of your life? Order Liz’s book 100 Ways to Change Your Life: The Science of Leveling Up Health, Happiness, Relationships & Success now! Connect with Liz on Instagram @lizmoody or online at www.lizmoody.com. Subscribe to the substack by visiting https://lizmoody.substack.com/welcome.Buy our cute sweatshirts, conversation cards, and more at https://shop.lizmoody.com/. Use our discount codes from our highly vetted and tested brand partners by visiting https://www.lizmoody.com/codes. To join The Liz Moody Podcast Club Facebook group, go to www.facebook.com/groups/thelizmoodypodcast. This episode is brought to you completely free thanks to the following podcast sponsors: • Birch: go to BirchLiving.com/LizMoody for 20% off a new mattress. • Timeline: visit Timeline.com/Liz to save up to 39% off. • Branch Basics: head to BranchBasics.com and use code LIZMOODY for 15% off the premium starter kit. The Liz Moody Podcast cover art by Zack. The Liz Moody Podcast music by Alex Ruimy. Formerly the Healthier Together Podcast. This podcast and website represents the opinions of Liz Moody and her guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice. The content here is for information purposes only, and because each person is so unique, please consult your healthcare professional for any medical questions. The Liz Moody Podcast Episode 422. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It seems like everyone has ADHD right now, and it turns out there's actually a very good reason
0:05.1	for that, but it's not what you might think. My guest today therapist, Jenna Freight, has identified
0:10.2	the key reason why we feel distracted and addicted to shopping and addicted to our phones and
0:15.7	bored and jittery and unable to do tasks without procrastinating and unable to focus and all of the other
0:22.8	things that lead to us diagnosing ourselves off of very, very relatable TikToks. I haven't heard
0:28.5	anyone else talking about what we're going to get into today about this underlying cause,
0:33.1	and it made me feel so seen and so hopeful. So whether you have diagnosed ADHD or you just feel like
0:40.2	you are checking every symptom box that you see online, this episode is going to give you a
0:45.4	huge aha moment and a ton of very usable strategies that are going to help you feel so much better.
0:53.6	Welcome to the Liz Moody podcast where we uncover the real reasons that you are not feeling the way that you going to help you feel so much better. Welcome to the Liz Moody podcast where we
0:55.4	uncover the real reasons that you are not feeling the way that you want to feel. And we get you
0:59.4	real solutions to the problems that are plaguing you. All right, Jenna, welcome to the podcast.
1:04.7	Thank you. My number one question for you is I scroll on TikTok and I see all these posts like
1:09.2	my ADHD brain makes it impossible
1:11.3	for me to get out of bed in the morning. My ADHD brain, it never shuts up. My ADHD brain makes me
1:16.6	try to do a million things at once and never get anything done. And I am like, yes, like check,
1:21.2	check, check. I feel this. Even reading your book, I related to almost every single thing that
1:25.8	you put in the book. I felt really,
1:27.9	really seen. But I have never been diagnosed with ADHD. I have always been like, are these
1:34.4	symptoms of ADHD? Or is this just what it is like to be a person in the modern world? Like, do we all
1:40.9	have all of these ADHD like symptoms because of how we have structured society at this moment?
1:46.6	Such a good question. So it's a little complicated. So one, some people really do have ADHD.
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