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Women & ADHD
Katy Weber
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Hey friends! I'm excited to share something different with you - an episode from another podcast called ADHD Aha! It’s produced by the people at Understood.org, and it’s hosted by Laura Key.
(In fact, you might remember Laura as my guest in Episode 90 of Women & ADHD.)
This episode features Jessica McCabe, the brilliant woman behind the popular YouTube channel and New York Times best-selling book, How to ADHD. Jessica talks to Laura Key about motherhood, social anxiety, and ADHD medication …
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How to ADHD creator Jessica McCabe has been the source of many ADHD “aha” moments — so what were her ADHD “aha” moments?
Jessica was diagnosed when she was 12 years old but didn’t start to look into what ADHD meant for her until she was 32. Taking ADHD medication felt like putting on glasses — experiencing the world as everyone else did. But she didn’t have the skills and strategies to cope with ADHD.
So, she started making YouTube videos...and the rest is history. Listen in as Jessica answers Laura’s many questions, including: What’s it like for her to be a new mom with ADHD? Does she ever get a vulnerability hangover? And why doesn’t she think she’s cool?
Related resources:
- More episodes of ADHD Aha!
- Jessica’s YouTube channel, How to ADHD
- All about ADHD medication
- Understanding trouble with social skills
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friends. So we're going to shake things up a bit today. Since I'm currently only publishing my |
| 0:05.0 | interviews once per month, I wanted to offer some extra content that I think you'll find valuable. |
| 0:10.0 | So I'm excited to share something different with you. An episode from another podcast called ADHD |
| 0:15.3 | AHA. It's produced by the people over at understood.org, and it's hosted by the lovely Laura Key. You might remember |
| 0:21.9 | Laura as a guest on this show back in episode 90. I loved that conversation, and I love what |
| 0:27.3 | they're doing over at Understood. All of the ADHD AHA episodes feature candid conversations |
| 0:32.2 | with people diagnosed with ADHD, exploring how their symptoms affect their daily lives. |
| 0:37.1 | The stories they share are authentic and relatable, and whether you have ADHD, exploring how their symptoms affect their daily lives. The stories they share are authentic and relatable. |
| 0:40.5 | And whether you have ADHD yourself or you're here because you care about someone who does, |
| 0:44.7 | these conversations offer a fresh perspective on the diagnosis. |
| 0:48.1 | The episode I'm sharing today features none other than Jessica McCabe, the brilliant woman |
| 0:52.9 | behind the popular YouTube channel and New York Times |
| 0:55.4 | bestselling book, How to ADHD. |
| 0:57.9 | Jessica talks to Laura Key about motherhood, social anxiety, and ADHD medication. |
| 1:03.4 | So without further ado, here is Laura's conversation with Jessica McCabe on ADHD-Aha. |
| 1:09.6 | I decided at 32 to start really looking into this thing that I'd been diagnosed with |
| 1:15.4 | and everything that I learned I put somewhere I could actually find it again. |
| 1:18.3 | And that was YouTube. |
| 1:19.3 | So while I was diagnosed at 12, |
| 1:21.1 | I don't think I really understood my ADHD or how to work with my brain, |
| 1:26.6 | not against it until I started my channel. |
| 1:36.2 | This is ADHD, AHA, a podcast where people share the moment when it finally clicked |
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