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Attention Different is an ADHD podcast centered on radical acceptance and neurodiversity. We aim to de-stigmatize the condition and build community by exploring the intricacies of living life and "adulting" with ADHD in the modern world. As a group of storytellers, filmmakers, and ADHD coaching professionals, we are invested in promoting diverse voices in our community and creating resources for adult ADHDers.
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Your relationship with food and your ADHD brain are more connected than you think. 🧠🍽️ Nicole DeMasi Malcher is a Registered Dietitian, Diabetes Educator, and founder of Damasi Nutrition and Eating with ADHD, a virtual nutrition practice helping neurodivergent people stop dieting, heal binge eating, and rebuild their relationship with food and body image. She discovered her own ADHD at 33, after nearly a decade as a practicing dietitian, and that diagnosis changed everything. In this episod...
Ever wish you had a personal assistant who actually gets your ADHD brain? Sharon Pope built one. In this episode, Sharon Pope—founder of Shelpful, an AI-powered task manager designed specifically for ADHD, joins Aaron and Stephen to talk about entrepreneurship, automations, and why "stumbling to arrival" is the most honest way to describe the ADHD experience. Shelpful is an AI task management app built by and for people with ADHD. She's also the co-host of the ADHD Founders podcast (alongside...
This is about redefining what success means for your ADHD brain and building a life that works with you, not against you. Join Attention Different co-founders Aaron Smith, LCSW, and Stephen Tonti, MFA, for this dynamic panel discussion from the International Conference on ADHD 2025: Connect Learn Thrive (November 2025). In this panel discussion, Aaron and Stephen bring together some of the brightest voices in the ADHD community to tackle the patterns that keep us stuck, toxic productivity, la...
🔥 Why do ADHD brains thrive with movement, structure, and shared space, but stall in isolation? In this episode of Attention Different, we sit down with Elan Marko, founder of Deep Work Sprints, to unpack why so many ADHD entrepreneurs struggle to follow through, not because they lack motivation, but because they’re working against their own nature. Elan shares insights from his in-depth research on ADHD entrepreneurs and his lived experience as someone diagnosed later in life. Together, we e...
What if ADHD isn’t something you “outgrow,” fix, or hide, but something you learn to work with? In this episode of the Attention Different Podcast, we sit down with Diann Wingert—former psychotherapist, entrepreneur coach, and host of the ADHD-ish podcast—for a deeply human conversation about adult ADHD, late diagnosis, masking, and radical self-acceptance. Drawing from decades of clinical work, research, and lived experience, Diann reflects on why ADHD doesn’t disappear with age and why some...
💡 What happens when you keep moving forward… but never stop to notice how far you’ve come? In this episode of the Attention Different Podcast, we sit down with Rachel Ambrose for a deeply grounding conversation about progress, self-trust, and why so many ADHD adults struggle to recognize their own wins. Rachel shares how ADHD brains are often wired to chase the next goal, raise the bar, and dismiss effort the moment it happens. Even real growth can feel invisible when you’re constantly measur...
Why do New Year’s resolutions fall apart so fast for ADHD brains? What if the problem isn’t motivation, but how we define success? In this Attention Different roundtable, Stephen Tonti, Aaron Smith, and Devin Pitts-Rogers get honest about goals, follow-through, and why “trying harder” rarely works for neurodivergent adults. This wide-ranging, candid conversation digs underneath surface-level habits and into what actually drives consistency: values, identity-based goals, energy management, and...
🧠 This is the part where habits get real. Part Two of the Winter Park Fireside Chats goes beyond setting intentions and dives into the hardest ADHD question of all: What actually has to change for this to stick? Around the fire, we talk openly about: Habits that quietly turned self-destructiveRelapse and why it doesn’t mean failureSobriety, substances, and self-compassionWhy consistency is hard… and persistence matters moreHow boundaries (with phones, people, and ourselves) protect energyLett...
🔥 New Year. Old Patterns. Real ADHD Conversations. Part 1 of the Winter Park Fireside Chats brings everyday ADHD adults together, in the mountains and without scripts or shame, to talk about what actually happens after the New Year starts. We dig into: Why resolutions fall apartHow burnout sneaks inThe difference between outcome goals and process goalsWhy accountability matters more than motivationAnd how ADHD brains need energy management, not just time managementThis isn’t a “New Year, New ...
💡 What happens when you build a tool for yourself… and suddenly thousands of ADHDers want it too? In this episode of the Attention Different Podcast, we sit down with Marie Ng — founder of Llama Life, the task management app designed specifically for ADHD brains — to explore her journey from corporate burnout to self-taught developer to accidental entrepreneur. Marie shares how she taught herself to code by watching YouTube videos during the 2020 Melbourne lockdown, originally just trying to ...
💡 What really happens inside an ADHD relationship, and how do couples break the cycle? In this episode of the Attention Different Podcast, we sit down with Melissa Orlov — leading expert on ADHD-impacted relationships and author of The ADHD Effect on Marriage — to unpack the hidden patterns that shape communication, emotional safety, conflict, and partnership when ADHD is in the mix. Melissa breaks down the core ADHD relationship cycle: how inconsistent executive functioning, forgetfulness, t...
💡 Hold on tightly, let go lightly. Sometimes the hardest part of ADHD adulting is figuring out which habits help us, and which ones quietly harm us. In this Fireside Chat, we sit down with Lindsay Pitre—director, producer, twin, and lifelong ADHDer—to explore the New Year tension between resolutions, routines, relapse, and real-life coping. Diagnosed in her teens and now navigating her 30s, Lindsay reflects on the habits she clings to for comfort (like her beloved Diet Coke), the ones she’s l...
💡 Sometimes the most effective way to stay consistent with ADHD is to gamify your routines so progress feels rewarding, not punishing. In this episode of Late, Not Less, host Devin Pitts-Rogers sits down with Casey Henderson—humanist, autodidact, disabled veteran, and proud ADHD enthusiast—to explore how adults with ADHD can create structure through external systems, gamification, and intentional strategy rather than willpower or shame. Casey shares how rediscovering his ADHD diagnosis in adu...
💡 "I have a habit of lying to myself and telling myself it's self-care." What if the comfort zone you've built is actually keeping you from the life you want? In this Fireside Chat, we sit down with Sam—an HR professional at a Big Four consulting firm who was diagnosed with ADHD at 38. She opens up about flying under the radar as a "daydreamer type," the unique ways ADHD shows up in women, and her journey to building the connected, authentic life she's been searching for as she approaches 4...
ADHD isn't just about converting intentions into actions—it's about learning to make the conversion easier, more honest, and a whole lot less painful. In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Ari Tuckman—psychologist, author of five books (including the brand new ADHD Productivity Manual), international presenter, and longtime friend and colleague. Ari has been a profound thought leader in our ADHD community for over a decade, and this conversation is packed with his trademark wisdom, humor, and...
💡 Why are so many adults suddenly getting diagnosed with ADHD, and what does it mean for our future? Today, hosts Stephen Tonti and Aaron Smith dive into one of the biggest mental health shifts of our time: the massive rise in adult ADHD diagnoses since the pandemic. From telehealth loosening restrictions to TikTok stories going viral, from parents realizing their kids’ struggles mirrored their own to women reporting symptoms at historic rates—the numbers are staggering. New adult ADHD diagno...
💡Is ADHD ultimately good, ultimately bad, or ultimately neither good nor bad, but still largely misunderstood? In this episode, we are thrilled to visit with Dr. Roberto Olivardia—a clinical psychologist, lecturer at Harvard Medical School, expert on ADHD, dyslexia, and co-occurring conditions, and a dear friend and colleague of ours. From the challenges of executive dysfunction and procrastination, to the hidden strengths of creativity, imagination, empathy, and hyperfocus, Dr. O...
💡 From Hustle to Burnout and Back Again What happens when the drive to “do more” collides with ADHD? In this episode, Aaron and Stephen sit down with Eric Tivers, licensed clinical social worker, founder of ADHD Rewired, and host of one of the most successful ADHD podcasts with 500+ episodes. Eric shares his raw journey from 90-hour work weeks, scaling too fast, and losing $100K in a year, to confronting burnout, exploring his identity, and rediscovering what it means to live with sustainab...
💡 What happens when misinformation about ADHD and autism comes straight from the top? When public officials spread conspiracy theories and dismiss neurodivergent lives as “less than,” the impact isn’t just political—it’s deeply personal and dangerous. In this roundtable episode, Stephen Tonti, Devin Pitts-Rogers, and Aaron Smith unpack the rhetoric and policies of RFK Jr. as US Secretary of Health and Human Services, exploring how vaccine conspiracies, wellness farm proposals, and anti-medica...
💡 What if laughing at yourself was the key to radical self-acceptance? For years, Ron Capalbo masked his ADHD, relied on urgency to get things done, and pushed himself until panic attacks forced him to stop. What followed was a complete reframe of how he approached ADHD through humor, creativity, and compassion. In this episode of the Attention Different Podcast, we sit down with Ron Capalbo—ADHD coach, content creator, and founder of the nonprofit The Monoceros Initiative. Ron shares how h...
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Dianne is such an interesting n intelligent person, full of life person, if all adhd ppl could be like her, we would wish to have adhd like hers.