Mother Plus Podcast
This is the podcast for "too much" moms who feel like they are failing at motherhood and don't want to fail anymore. Your hosts, Stacey Hutson and Stephanie Sprenger, two ADHD moms of four girls ages 4-18, most definitely don't have it all figured out. But we know one thing for sure: understanding our brains is the key to enjoying our motherhood, and our SELVES again.
Here, we are brutally honest about our ADHD motherhoods (the missed Spirit Weeks, the mountains of laundry, the nostalgia for our old "fun" pre-mom selves) so you know you're not the only one struggling.
When we don't know the answers, or aren't qualified to give them, we bring on the experts. Mental health therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, women's doctors -- we want to learn from them all. Because we believe once you know how to work WITH your ADHD brain rather than against it, it changes everything.
You found your people. We're them. And you're ours. Let's figure this out together.
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Mother Plus Podcast
An ADHD Professional Explains Why Motherhood Is Such A Struggle For Women With ADHD: Part 1
Steph and I are more than ready to talk about ADHD for moms with a professional. Welcome Leah Barnes, licensed clinical mental health counselor with a specialty in ADHD for adults. We ask her EVERYTHING about ADHD in women and ADHD in motherhood. Here's what we cover:
- The phenomenon of moms realizing they have ADHD after getting their kids diagnosed (which actually happened to Leah)
- You don’t know what to look for “until you know what you’re looking for”
- Nobody is going to advocate for you which is why it’s so important to know what you’re looking for
- Why is it more likely for girls with ADHD to still be good at school?
- How does ADHD present differently in girls and women?
- In order to be functional, we have to get to an emergency level
- Why ADHD is amplified in motherhood (the answer is fascinating)
- Our executive functioning administrative assistant - breaking down the tasks that we have to do as a mom
- Why many household tasks for ADHD moms are “not sticky”
- “Care tasks are morally neutral.” Or are they?
Leah Barnes is a licensed clinical mental health counselor supervisor in North Carolina. She has been a licensed clinician since 2007 and currently owns her own online practice where she focuses on late diagnosed or suspected ADHD and or autistic adults located in either of the Carolinas. As a late diagnosed ADHD er, mother of two, and full time business owner, she understands the struggles of parenting with ADHD from both a personal and clinical perspective.
You can find her here:
Website: ridgelinecas.com
Instagram: @ridgelinecounseling
Facebook: @ridgelineCAS
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