Unami Magwenzi: Lost passports & cross-cultural divides

Women & ADHD

Katy Weber

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

4.9 • 685 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Episode 194 with Unami Magwenzi.

“I always felt like something didn’t quite click for me. I was capable and doing all these things professionally, but I never felt on top of anything.”

Unami is a clinical psychologist, a pastor, a wife, and the mother of 4 children — 3 teenagers and a 5 year old. She is originally from Botswana in Southern Africa and now lives with her family in Perth, Western Australia.

Unami shares how her children’s diagnoses prompted her own self-reflection, especially when it came to her struggles with focus, organization, and sensory sensitivities. She was diagnosed recently at the age of 44.

We talk about some of the nuanced cultural perspectives surrounding ADHD, particularly in southern Africa versus Australia, and how those views have shaped Unami’s journey to self-acceptance.

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1:00.7	consult today. I was always just like this person bubbly, operative, you know, no rush,
1:08.0	life is good. You know, it's just overshare. Let's enjoy life.
1:12.2	But underneath that, there's the sense of, I feel like I'm not moving.
1:16.3	I'm not progressing.
1:17.8	I have all these goals.
1:19.1	I have these things I want to achieve.
1:20.9	This bigness that I see, but I don't see the evidence of it.
1:29.7	Hello and welcome to the women and ADHD podcast.
1:33.8	I'm your host, Katie Weber.
1:35.3	I was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 45, and it completely turned my world upside down.
1:41.5	I've been looking back at so much of my life, school, jobs,
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