ADHD Mums
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ADHD Mums
Being a mum is hard enough. Being a mum with ADHD — or raising neurodivergent kids is a whole different level. ADHD Mums is the unfiltered, science-meets-reality podcast hosted by Jane McFadden, educational neuroscientist, advocate, and mother of three. This isn’t another polished parenting show wi...
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51. CONFESSION: My Kid Didn’t Get Invited — And It Broke Both Our Hearts
🎂 The birthday invite never came — and the heartbreak broke us both. Because when your kid is excluded, you carry that wound too.
In this raw c...
50. HORMONES: When Hormones Hijack the Mind: ADHD, Perimenopause & Emotional Burnout
⚠️ Content warning: This episode contains a brief discussion of suicidal ideation at 17mins.
🚛 You survived pregnancy. You survived newborn cha...
49. QUICK RESET: “I’m Not Lazy — My House Just Doesn’t Have a Memory”
ADHD mums aren’t lazy — our homes just weren’t designed with our brains in mind. And no, piles aren’t proof of failure. In this episode, Jane unpacks...
48. 'Not Disabled Enough?’ — The NDIS Changes Every Parent Needs to Hear
❌ “Not disabled enough.” ❌ “Not lifelong.”
If you’ve ever been told your child is “not disabled enough” for support — you’re not alone. And yo...
47. QUICK RESET: No, I can't meditate. I'm too busy disassociating.
⚠️ This episode discusses disassociation and trauma responses. Please listen with care and step away if needed
🧘♀️ Meditation apps promised ca...
46. ARFID, Eating Disorders & the Neurodivergent Body: What We Got Wrong
⚠️ Content Warning
This episode contains discussion of eating disorders, food restriction, and medical trauma, including misdiagnosis, inpatien...
45. QUICK RESET: The biggest lie parents believe during school holidays? This is what everyone does
🤔 Are school holidays not what you imagined? You thought they’d be fun — but instead you’re tired, burnt out, and blaming yourself for not enjoying t...
44. Why bad behaviour is rarely bad at all (and how to respond instead)
⚡ Sticker charts, punishments, time-outs — most ADHD mums have tried them. And most of us have felt the gut-punch of guilt when they “don’t work.” Bu...
43. QUICK RESET: Mum hack meal planning for when you're already burnt out.
Meal planning was built for neurotypicals. That’s why it breaks ADHD mums.
In this Quick Reset, Jane calls out the shame trap of “just get organ...
42. HORMONES: HRT, ADHD & Perimenopause: What No One’s Explaining to Women
Night sweats, meltdowns, migraines, brain fog — and still dismissed as “mum stress.” For ADHD women, perimenopause isn’t weakness — it’s biology colli...
41. CONFESSION: Mums wrote in anonymously… and what they shared wrecked me
⚠️ Content Warning : This episode contains heavy confessions. These themes may be triggering for listeners with trauma histories or postnatal depressi...
40. HORMONES: The Perimenopause Crash – Progesterone, Stress, and the Rage Nobody Warned Us About
Perimenopause can feel like being blindsided by a hormonal crash no one prepared you for. Mood swings, rage, insomnia, and anxiety get dumped in the ‘...
39. CONFESSION: Can You Love Someone and Still Dread S*x?
‘Not tonight’ isn’t rejection — it’s survival. You can be deeply in love, feel safe and connected, and still feel absolutely no desire for sex. For ne...
38. QUICK RESET: The Hallway Hook That Saved My Sanity
School mornings feel like hostage negotiations — not routine. Missing shoes, weird sock meltdowns, vanishing library bags… and still the world says ‘j...
37. HORMONES: Histamine + Hormones – Why You Feel Like You’re Falling Apart
Doctors said anxiety. It turns out, for many ADHD mums, it’s actually hormones colliding with histamine.
This episode kicks off our hormone mini...
36. QUICK RESET: They said don't label him, so he suffered in silence
‘Don’t label her,’ they said.
Now she cries herself to sleep, wondering why she’s too much. 💔
That’s what happens when kids grow up diff...
35. You Were the Good Girl. That’s Why You’re Falling Apart Now.
You keep the house running. You hold the emotions. You never say no. And still, part of you wonders if you’re doing enough.
This solo episode is...
34. Is It Social Anxiety — or Is It Autism
You can’t ‘train’ a brain to enjoy being flooded with noise, light, smells, and chaos. You can only push it until it shuts down — or shuts you out. Ye...
33. CONFESSIONS: I Don’t Always Like Being a Parent
Sometimes parenting feels like being pecked to death by tiny, unstable chickens. We love our kids fiercely — but that doesn’t mean we have to love eve...
32. QUICK RESET: My child is being bullied and I'm supposed to stay calm
Your child comes home from school withdrawn, teary, or exploding in rage — and you’re expected to stay calm. Every cell in your body wants to burn the...
31. The ADHD Mum’s Guide to Surviving School Mornings Without Tears (Theirs or Yours)
If school mornings in your house feel like a high-stakes obstacle course — socks missing, bags unpacked, emotions running high — this episode will fee...
30. MY UPDATE: The Lipedema Op: The Invisible Illness You Weren’t Supposed to Notice
If you’ve already heard MY UPDATE: What Happens When You Lose the Meds That Helped You Survive, you know Part 1 ended on the decision to have lipedema...
29. MY UPDATE: What Happens When You Lose the Meds That Helped You Survive
This isn’t just about medication. It’s about the pattern so many ADHD mums find themselves in — chasing answers, finding partial relief, and then hitt...
28. ADHD Meds, Access & Equity — What Families Need Policymakers to Hear
With Special Guest: NSW Minister for Mental Health, Rose Jackson
💬 “It shouldn’t cost thousands of dollars and 12 months on a waitlist just to...
27. CONFESSIONS: 10 Things That Scare Me as an ADHD Mum
This episode isn’t polished. It’s not another “mum guilt” talk with a tidy little bow. It’s a confession — 10 brutally honest fears that live under th...
26. QUICK RESET: Why You Keep Waking at 3am — And It’s Not Just Anxiety
If you’ve ever jolted awake at 3:11am spiralling over something you said in 2019 — you are not alone.
This Quick Reset is for the mums lying in...
25. The Emotional Load of Raising Neurodivergent Girls and How to Lighten It
What if the exhaustion you're carrying isn’t about your daughter’s needs — but about the systems stacked against her? In this fiercely honest conversa...
24. QUICK RESET: The ADHD Myth of 'Just try Harder'
If you’ve ever stood frozen in the kitchen, fully aware of what needs doing — and still couldn’t start — this episode is for you.
This week’s Qu...
23. ADHD Meds Won’t Fix Everything – Now What?
With special guest: Jayde Couldewell from Beyond the Bump
If you thought finally getting a diagnosis and trying meds would be the end of your ch...
22. QUICK RESET: Why self-care feels like another f*cking task
If someone tells you to take a bubble bath one more time, you might scream.
This Quick Reset is a no-filter, nervous-system-level rant for every...
21. SCHOOL SERIES: The Future of Neurodivergent Education: What Needs to Change?
If you've ever walked out of a school meeting wondering how it could all feel so wrong — this episode is for you.
In the powerful final instalme...
20. SCHOOL SERIES: How to Choose a School That Won’t Break Your Kid (or You)
If you're a neurodivergent parent staring down the impossible decision of where to send your child to school — this episode is for you.
Forget t...
19. SCHOOL SERIES: When School Stops Feeling Safe
If your child holds it together at school but falls apart at home — this episode is for you.
In this raw and deeply validating conversation, Jan...
18. QUICK RESET: Why you are bad at asking for help and what to do instead
If the words ‘let me know if you need anything’ make you panic instead of feel supported — this one’s for you.
This Quick Reset is a nervous sys...
17. QUICK RESET: How We Survive the 3–6PM Sh*t Show When Kids Are Coming Down Off Meds
If your afternoons feel like a slow-motion train wreck — tears, yelling, slammed doors, and you hiding in the pantry with a chocolate bar — this episo...
16. QUICK RESET: No meds, No plan, and no help..... but yet they're still calling us undiagnosed
If you’ve spent hours calling pharmacies, chasing down scripts, or fighting tears in front of your child’s school — this episode is for you.
Thi...
15. QUICK RESET: He wants the Maldives but we can't even manage the park
If your partner’s dreaming of overseas holidays while you’re barely surviving the playground — this episode is for you.
This Quick Reset is a br...
14. QUICK RESET: I Cancel Plans Because I Don’t Have the Energy to Fake My Personality
This one is for the mums who cancel plans and then spiral into shame — not because you don’t care about your friends, but because you’re tired of beco...
13. SCHOOL SERIES: When They Just Don’t Get It: Navigating School with Neurotypical Parents
This one’s for every mum who’s watched the birthday party photos roll in and realised — again — your child wasn’t invited. Or stood awkwardly at the s...
12. QUICK RESET: I can’t stop snapping when my child does this one thing
If you’ve ever found yourself raging over a sock battle, losing it over a tantrum, or feeling shame after snapping at your child — this episode will m...