In this week’s episode of The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast, Anna Mathur—BACP-accredited psychotherapist and Sunday Times bestselling author, shares her personal and professional insight into how ADHD awareness can transform our approach to life!

Through honest reflections and expert insight, we unpack the grief that can come with a late ADHD diagnosis, the challenges of building self-trust, creating new boundaries and learning what our bandwidth feels like and how burnout can stem from years of masking and overfunctioning.

Together, we share empowering strategies to help listeners move from all-or-nothing thinking to making sustainable, compassionate choices, rooted in self-awareness and nervous system care.

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What You’ll Learn:

Why ADHD can make decision-making so overwhelming, and how to rebuild self-trust
The grief and confusion that can follow a late ADHD diagnosis
How burnout shows up in ADHD women and why it’s often overlooked
The tension between the ADHD brain’s creativity and our nervous system’s need for calm
Shifting from “all or nothing” to making better, kinder choices for yourself
How to tune into your body’s signals when making decisions
Communicating your needs and letting go of people-pleasing
Using tools like a “Good Decision Diary” to grow confidence and clarity
The power of creative outlets and self-care practices like gardening

Timestamps:

03:00 – Understanding ADHD: Personal Journeys and Insights
10:34 – Navigating the Grief of ADHD Realisation
17:01 – The Hidden Cost of Overfunctioning & Burnout
25:24 – Living with an ADHD Brain: Exhaustion & Self-Doubt
31:26 – Tuning Into Our Body’s Wisdom for Better Decisions
35:24 – Prioritising Self-Care and Communicating Needs
44:22 – Creative Outlets and Rebuilding Self-Trust

Whether you're just beginning to explore ADHD or deep in your healing journey, this conversation is a reminder that you’re not alone, and that self-care isn’t selfish, it’s essential.

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Connect with like-minded women who understand you
Learn from guest experts and practical tools
Receive compassionate prompts & gentle reminders
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Burnout, Boundaries and Bandwidth: ADHD-Informed Decision Making and Self-Trust with Anna Mathur

ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast