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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65. I’m the Magic of Christmas… But Apparently I’m Grumpy Too
Silent rage at Christmas isn’t a personality flaw — it’s a nervous system collapse.
In this episode, we unpack why ADHD mums hit overwhelm earli...
64. Did Santa Just Take Credit for My Mental Breakdown?
Christmas isn’t “cosy magic” for many ADHD mums — it’s a high-pressure, high-sensory, invisible-load marathon that no one else sees. In this episode,...
63. The Year I’ve Decided Good Enough Is Enough
If December already feels like you’re sprinting through wet concrete, this episode is your deep breath. Christmas asks ADHD mums to hold the magic and...
62. ADHD Meds & Kids: The Questions You're Too Afraid to Ask.
Some days it feels like you need a medical degree just to parent a neurodivergent kid. The waitlists, the myths, the pressure to ‘get it right’ — it c...
61. Christmas Is the Finish Line — And ADHD Mums Are Crawling There
If you’re already running on caffeine and obligation — this one’s for you. December has a way of convincing ADHD mums that magic only counts if it hur...
60. No, You’re Not ‘Just Tired’ — 1 in 3 New Parents Are Barely Holding It Together
If you’ve ever thought, 'I’m just tired,' but deep down you think it’s more than that — this conversation is for you. Perinatal Mental Health Week isn...
59. The Red Pen Christmas: How to Stop Editing Yourself for Everyone Else
If you’ve already cried in a shopping centre car park — you’re not alone.
In this raw and funny ADHD Mums Christmas episode, Jane breaks down wh...
58. Things That Look Like Bad Parenting But Are Actually Neurodivergence
When a child melts down in public or refuses to eat, the world sees “bad behaviour.” But often, what looks like defiance or poor parenting is actually...
57. You’re Not Delusional — There’s Real Joy in Parenting a Neurodivergent Child
Trigger Warning
This episode includes mentions of intrusive thoughts and parental burnout. Please take care while listening.
Episode Overv...
56. ADHD Meds & Kids. Your FAQ answered
💊 Why do ADHD meds seem like a miracle one week… and stop working the next?
If you’ve ever sat there wondering if you’re failing because the me...
55. CONFESSIONS: Things I Can’t Say at the Playground
For ADHD mums, school pickup isn’t chit chat — it’s performance. The smiles, the nods, the weather talk. On the outside you look friendly. On the insi...
54. Supplements for ND Kids: Calm Minds, Chaos Days, and What Actually Helps
💊 They’ll sell you $60 gummies and promise calm — while your child is still wide awake at midnight.
If you’ve ever handed over cash for gummies...
53. QUICK RESET: Self-Care Feels Nice. Self-Regulation Keeps You Alive.
🛁 Self-care feels nice… but self-regulation keeps you alive.
Ever wondered why you feel calm after a walk but snap six minutes later? You’re no...
52. HORMONES: When HRT Isn’t Enough: Mum Rage & Perimenopause Explained
⚠️ Content Warning: This episode discusses hormonal rage, burnout, and emotional overload that may feel intense for some listeners.
Some days I...
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...