Join Lauren & Lindsay as they talk with Cathy Rashidian, ADHD & Executive Coach, about the many ways she supports professionals who are ready to take the next steps in their careers. Cathy shares tips for developing your professional identity and slowing down to better process and communicate your ideas. She also talks about the specific challenges that come with management roles and delegation.

Sara Lerner is an ADHD Relationship Coach based in Seattle, Washington who helps transform relationships for people both with ADHD and without it. She is passionate about squashing misinformation about ADHD and helping all couples better understand one another.

Dr. Sharon Saline is a licensed clinical psychologist with more than 30 years of experience as a top expert on ADHD, anxiety, learning differences, and mental health challenges and their impact on family dynamics. In this episode, she breaks down her unique approach to raising happy, capable, neurodivergent kids called the 5C’s of ADHD. Learn how this method can help reduce stress and reactivity, improve cooperation, and increase self-esteem and relationship satisfaction.

Lindsay & Lauren talk with registered dietician nutritionist Rebecca King about the many ways ADHDers can struggle with food, from binge-restrict cycles to forgetting to eat. As an ADHDer herself, Rebecca is dedicated to helping people heal their relationships with food through coaching. She breaks down strategies to help us eat more intuitively, connect with our senses, and better nourish our minds and bodies. 

Annie Little, a former attorney and the founder of JD Nation, joins us in this episode to talk about the impact of ADHD symptoms on practicing law. While some attorneys with ADHD excel under pressure, symptoms like procrastination, time blindness, and poor attention to detail can make practicing law with ADHD feel impossible. But there is hope! Understanding and accommodating ADHD symptoms can help prevent burnout and increase career satisfaction and well-being for attorneys.

Improve your self-advocacy skills with negotiation expert Jeremy Barnyak. Lauren & Lindsay talk to Jeremy about how our individual goals, risk tolerance, and perspectives can impact the bargaining table. He explains the power of arming ourselves with the right information to feel confident negotiating, even when it doesn’t necessarily come naturally to us. After listening to Jeremy’s advice, you will feel more ready to ask for what you deserve.

Join us as we learn about the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), a simple do-it-yourself calming technique to support your nervous system. Kristen Curtis explains how EFT can help us process and transform our overwhelming emotions. By focusing on meridian points in the body, EFT can help reduce cortisol and restore balance and energy in the body.

Dr. J. Russell Ramsay is one of the original pioneers of using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to treat ADHD. By paying attention to the cognitive distortions that hijack us, we can improve our self-confidence and break the cycle of negativity.

Anxiety is the most common co-occurring condition with ADHD. Learn more with Justine Carino, LMHC, as she breaks down the difference between anxiety and anxiety disorders and the way the symptoms of ADHD and anxiety can overlap. 

Justine Carrino’s website: https://www.carinocounseling.com/

Caroline Maguire, M.Ed., ACCG, PCC, is a trailblazer in social skills and neurodivergence. She is the author of Why Will No One Play with Me? , and a sought-after coach, lecturer, and workshop facilitator. Join us as we talk to Caroline about how neurodivergence can impact social skills and friendships. She breaks down the complexity of human connection into easy actionable steps, demystifying the nuances of friendships and providing insights to help everyone form deeper and more meaningful social connections.

Lindsay & Lauren meet up in real life to record this episode!  Recording this episode and meeting up to talk business was a surreal and super fun experience since they live in different states and have only met one other time in person before this.  They reflect on season 1 of the podcast ending soon and the friendship they've built along the way.  They also reveal some ideas and exciting news for the future of The Wavy Brain Podcast!

Sensory Regulation in Adults

Exploring sensory needs with Black Neurodiversity Founder, Ben-Oni

In his book, “ADHD After Dark: Better Sex Life, Better Relationship,” Dr. Ari Tuckman provides four tips to make sex a priority in any relationship.

Dr. Ari Tuckman talks with Lauren & Lindsay about the many ways ADHD can impact sex and relationships. We discuss gender roles and expectations, sexual eagerness and distractibility, infidelity, transitions, and the importance of honest and direct communication in relationships.   

Karen Faith, Founder and CEO of Others Unlimited, explains how her empathy training organization empowers individuals and teams to show up at work with curiosity, non-judgment, and self-awareness. Karen helps us deepen our cognitive empathy. We talk to her about the importance of self-witnessing, communicating with curiosity, and unconditional welcome. She also previews her baseball analogy for communication, which will be the topic of this week’s mini-episode.