What’s Really Behind Our ADHD Cognitive Struggles?

✨ PRE-ORDER MY NEW BOOK, THE ADHD WOMEN'S WELLBEING TOOLKIT HERE! ✨In this week’s episode, we shift the focus from labels to brain health. Dr. Asad Rafi, psychiatrist and ADHD specialist, joins me to answer a listener’s powerful question about recognising ADHD at 60 — and whether it’s ADHD or natural cognitive ageing.You’ll also hear from Lucinda Miller. As clinical lead of the NatureDoc team, with over 25 years of experience as a naturopath and qualifications in Functional Medicine, Lucinda's book, Brain Brilliance, was published in August 2024. She discusses the significance of understanding how hormonal changes impact mental health and brain health.Together, we explore how age, hormones, and life experiences can impact our brain health, cognitive function, and why it’s not always a straightforward ADHD diagnosis.What You’ll Learn:✨ Why thinking about brain health, not just ADHD, is key to managing symptoms effectively✨ The difference between having features of ADHD and symptoms✨ How menopause and hormonal shifts can mimic or unmask ADHD✨ Why context and impact of ADHD symptoms throughout your life matter more than diagnosis checklists ✨ How to tell the difference between ADHD and natural cognitive changes ✨ Why brain fog isn’t always ADHD, and why it matters to know the difference✨The specifics when it comes to nutrient levels like Iron and Zinc✨ How your brain chemicals affect your mental clarity✨ Eating to support your brain health and functionDr. Rafi offers a thoughtful, holistic approach to late-life neurodivergence, helping us ask: Has it always been there, or is something else going on?If you’re navigating hormonal changes, questioning your focus, or wondering if ADHD fits, this episode offers clarity, compassion, and a brain-first perspective.Timestamps:🕒 01:41 – A listener’s story: Recognising ADHD at 60🕒 02:44 – Reframing ADHD through brain health🕒 05:07 – Symptoms vs. features: what to look for🕒 06:58 – Hormonal changes and ADHD🕒 07:43 – Brain fog and cognitive shifts during menopause🕒 08:51 - Understanding Dopamine ADHD and the Dietary Interplay🕒 15:13 - Iron Needs for Women, Absorption and ADHDListen now and discover how understanding your brain better can be the first step to feeling like yourself again.Links & Resources:⭐ Boosting Hormonal and Perimenopausal Wellbeing alongside ADHD Workshop available to buy now on demand. Click here to purchase.⭐ Book on the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop all about 'Boosting your Self-Belief and Self-Trust after a late-in-life ADHD diagnosis' on May 6th @1.30pm! Click here to book.⭐ If you love the podcast but want more ADHD support, get a sneak peek of my brand new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit and pre-order it here!⭐ Launching...

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Are you struggling with the challenges of life as a woman with ADHD? Perhaps you need support with your mental and physical wellbeing, so you can feel calmer, happier and more balanced? Perhaps you’re newly diagnosed with ADHD – or just ADHD curious – and don’t know where to turn for support. Or perhaps you’re wondering how neurodivergence impacts your hormones or relationships? If so, The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast is for you. This award-winning podcast is hosted by Kate Moryoussef, an ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach, author, EFT practitioner, mum of four, and late-in-life diagnosed with ADHD herself. Each week, thousands of women just like you tune in to hear Kate chat with top ADHD experts, thought leaders, professionals and authors. Their powerful insights will help you harness your health and enhance your life as a woman with ADHD. From tips on nutrition, sleep and motivation to guidance on regulating your nervous system, dealing with anxiety and living a calmer and more balanced life, you’ll find it all here. The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast will help you live alongside your ADHD with more awareness, self-compassion and acceptance. It’s time to put an end to self-criticism, judgement and blame – and get ready to live a kinder and more authentic life. “Mindblowing guests!” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Brilliant and so life-affirming” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “So, so grateful for this!” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Obsessed with this pod on ADHD!” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ PRE-ORDER NOW! Kate's new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit! https://www.dk.com/uk/book/9780241774885-the-adhd-womens-wellbeing-toolkit/ In The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Toolkit, coach and podcaster, Kate Moryoussef shares the psychology and science behind the challenges faced by women with ADHD and lays out a roadmap for you to uncover your authentic self. With practical lifestyle tools on how to manage mental, emotional, physical, and hormonal burnout and lean into your unique strengths to create more energy, joy, and creativity, this book will help you (re)learn to not only live with this brain difference but also thrive with it.