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
#110: One Mom's Story of Living With Anxiety and ADHD
ADHD, high functioning anxiety and perfectionist-based procrastination go together like peanut butter, jelly and banana.
We’re former hard-working, top-of our class, good girls who masked our high functioning anxiety our whole lives, and then we became mothers, and the masks are falling apart. They are WORN OUT. And we just can’t keep them together anymore.
Today, I’m going to share a story with you about motherhood and anxiety so you can KNOW for sure that there are others out there like you. You’re not alone. And either am I.
“My other daughter” was originally read on stage at The Boulder Theater for the national show, Listen To Your Mother.
Former Chicago-girl, Stacey Hutson, now lives in Golden with her husband and two still slightly helpless daughters, ages 4 and 6. Stacey wanted to be a mom her whole life. Which is why she was so confused when motherhood was not the rainbows and sunshine she always imagined it would be. Her nervous system was overwhelmed, her house was a disaster, and she couldn’t understand why she was so nostalgic for her fun, spontaneous pre-mom life. That’s why she created the Mother Plus Podcast with Stephanie Sprenger to give a voice to the too much moms who feel like they are failing at motherhood, and don’t want to fail anymore. Stacey discovered LTYM five years ago when she needed it most. She made a promise to herself that night that she would one day be in the show. Four shows later, she has been here every year, pinching herself, alongside the most incredible cast of women.
If you're looking for your people -- the ones who get your time blindness, always-late-ness, obsessive, excited, but easily distracted nature -- then please join us in the ADHD Moms Club.
This THURSDAY, May 23rd, we'll be having our first virtual Body Doubling Meetup. Bring your laundry, bring your bills, bring your kids. It's super casual. The idea is that we will accomplish much more together than apart.
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