Julie Legg sits down with clinical psychologist Dr. Matt Campbell, co-creator of the Our Primal Five framework, to explore why self-care feels so hard especially for ADHDers and why the...
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S2E40 – ADHD Across Generations: The Power of Understanding + Ariel-Paul Saunders
Julie Legg speaks with registered therapeutic counsellor Ariel-Paul Saunders, who brings a relational, intergenerational lens to understanding ADHD. Diagnosed at 38, Ariel began questioning the traditional medical narrative after recognising...
S2E39 – Designing Calm: Environments Matter For ADHD Brains + Nika Brunet Milunovic
Julie Legg is joined by Nika Brunet Milunovic, social worker, researcher, and founder of Calm Nest Collective. Nika shares how years working in the events and creative industries exposed a...
Build a Calm Room: Designing Spaces that Regulate
Creating calm rooms are a way to support regulation before the nervous system tips into shutdown, meltdown, or burnout. | with guest Nika Brunet Milunovic | Too often, neurodivergent people are...
Non-Linear Paths: ADHD Growth Beyond Straight Lines
ADHD lives don’t follow predictable timelines. That’s not because of a lack of ability, it’s because ADHD affects executive function, emotional regulation, energy, and capacity in ways that naturally create...
S2E38 – ADHD: Late Understanding, Early Shame & Making Peace + Carolyn Mallon
Julie Legg sits down with psychiatric nurse practitioner and mental health advocate Carolyn Mallon, whose journey from high school dropout to doctorate-level clinician is both inspiring and deeply relatable for...
The Plate Principle: Centralising Tasks to Support ADHD Working Memory
For many people with ADHD, organising information in multiple places isn’t just inefficient, it overloads a brain that already struggles with executive function, working memory, and attention regulation. | with...
S2E37 – Navigating Life Forward with ADHD + Leah Carroll
Julie Legg chats with ADHD coach and advocate Leah Carroll, whose own diagnosis at 28 catalyzed a deep journey of self-understanding and transformation. Leah shares how her early attempts to...
Beast & Slug Days: Working With Your Energy
ADHD doesn’t run on consistency. It runs on cycles. Energy comes in waves and so does focus, motivation, and capacity. By embracing the rhythm of beast days and slug days,...
S2E36 – ADHD Life Behind Closed Doors + Kayla Oughton
Julie Legg speaks with Kayla Oughton — a Napier-based AuDHD coach and neurodivergent advocate with an eclectic background in construction project management, health coaching, suicide prevention, and digital marketing. Kayla...