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ADHD with Jenna Free is a podcast for adults with ADHD who are done surviving their symptoms and ready to start thriving with ADHD, without the endless tips, hacks, and workarounds that have never really fixed anything. It's also the show where therapists, coaches, and counselors come to deepen their understanding of treating ADHD in adults and learn what regulation-based care looks like in practice.
Hosted by Jenna Free, a Canadian Certified Counselor (CCC) and ADHD therapist, this show exists to give you a completely different way of understanding ADHD in adults. You're stuck, overwhelmed, and exhausted because your brain is running on fight-or-flight. Willpower was never the solution, and once you understand that, everything changes.
I'll answer questions like:
Do I have ADHD?
What is ADHD task paralysis, and how do I get unstuck?
Why is my ADHD getting worse in my 40s?
What do ADHD and perimenopause do to your brain?
How do I manage ADHD emotional dysregulation without medication alone?
Why do I procrastinate so much with ADHD?
Why don't ADHD tips and tricks ever work long-term?
What does it look like to thrive with ADHD?
What does nervous system regulation have to do with ADHD?
How do I stop feeling overwhelmed with ADHD?
How do I get trained to treat ADHD in adults using a regulation-based approach?
What does ADHD therapist training through a regulation framework actually cover?
This podcast covers the full experience of living with adult ADHD: the real science behind procrastination in ADHD and ADHD task paralysis, why ADHD and perimenopause collide in ways no one talks about, and the solution-focused conversations most ADHD podcasts aren't having. For practitioners, Jenna also gets into the clinical side: what nervous system regulation training looks like, how to apply a regulation framework with clients, and what ADHD coach certification and ADHD therapist training often omit. Jenna shares her own story throughout, what it looks like to go from chronically dysregulated to thriving, so whether you're living with ADHD or working with people who are, you can see what's possible.
This show gives adults with ADHD, newly navigating a late diagnosis, and clinicians seeking ADHD continuing education one thing: a clear path toward healing
If you're an adult with ADHD who's tired of the commiseration and ready for a show that believes your life can look completely different, or a practitioner who wants to understand ADHD at the nervous system level, you're in the right place.
Hosted by Jenna Free, a Canadian Certified Counselor (CCC) and ADHD therapist, this show exists to give you a completely different way of understanding ADHD in adults. You're stuck, overwhelmed, and exhausted because your brain is running on fight-or-flight. Willpower was never the solution, and once you understand that, everything changes.
I'll answer questions like:
Do I have ADHD?
What is ADHD task paralysis, and how do I get unstuck?
Why is my ADHD getting worse in my 40s?
What do ADHD and perimenopause do to your brain?
How do I manage ADHD emotional dysregulation without medication alone?
Why do I procrastinate so much with ADHD?
Why don't ADHD tips and tricks ever work long-term?
What does it look like to thrive with ADHD?
What does nervous system regulation have to do with ADHD?
How do I stop feeling overwhelmed with ADHD?
How do I get trained to treat ADHD in adults using a regulation-based approach?
What does ADHD therapist training through a regulation framework actually cover?
This podcast covers the full experience of living with adult ADHD: the real science behind procrastination in ADHD and ADHD task paralysis, why ADHD and perimenopause collide in ways no one talks about, and the solution-focused conversations most ADHD podcasts aren't having. For practitioners, Jenna also gets into the clinical side: what nervous system regulation training looks like, how to apply a regulation framework with clients, and what ADHD coach certification and ADHD therapist training often omit. Jenna shares her own story throughout, what it looks like to go from chronically dysregulated to thriving, so whether you're living with ADHD or working with people who are, you can see what's possible.
This show gives adults with ADHD, newly navigating a late diagnosis, and clinicians seeking ADHD continuing education one thing: a clear path toward healing
If you're an adult with ADHD who's tired of the commiseration and ready for a show that believes your life can look completely different, or a practitioner who wants to understand ADHD at the nervous system level, you're in the right place.
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You can't pick, so you research again, and a day later you're still stuck on a choice that shouldn't be this hard. If ADHD decision-making has you circling in decision paralysis and you want to choose without the spiral, this episode is for you. Think about the last decision that took 20 minutes of your day. A place to eat, a new lamp, which calendar to buy. We start with those small decisions in this episode, because I'm going to ask you to try something a little uncomfortable with them, and by the end I'm curious which of the three traps that keep you stuck sounds most like you. Grab my free ADHD regulation guide 01:34 – Decision Making: Why ADHD Analysis Paralysis Happens 02:18 – Executive Dysfunction and Dopamine in ADHD 05:04 – ADHD Fight or Flight and Executive Function 13:23 – ADHD Perfectionism and Overwhelm in Decisions 15:01 – How to Stop Overthinking Decisions: Low-Stakes Practice Let's stay connected! Want to thrive with ADHD? Come hang out with me on Instagram! Get out of paralysis, be more productive, and enjoy your life again! Join an upcoming group!
You use AI to get your swirling thoughts out of your head, so why do you still feel rushed and behind? If you've been handed one more tool for your ADHD and the overwhelm and rushing haven't eased, this episode on AI and ADHD is for you. Vacuums and computers were supposed to give us time back, and we ended up doing more. I think AI is headed the same way, which is a big part of why ADHD dysregulation grows when speed is the goal. What helps my nervous system regulate is slowing down on purpose, like using a paper calendar and a record player. I also share the questions I ask myself to tell whether AI supports me or fuels the rush. 00:00 – Is AI Helping or Hurting ADHD Brains? 01:19 – Using AI to Organize ADHD Thoughts 12:17 – Process vs. Outcome: Fulfillment for ADHD 16:14 – ADHD Coping Strategies: Paper, Records, and Routines 21:54 – Rethinking ADHD Coping: Speed vs. Regulation Let's stay connected! Want to thrive with ADHD? Come hang out with me on Instagram! Get out of paralysis, be more productive, and enjoy your life again! Join an upcoming group!
You keep wondering why ADHD is so hard when everyone around you makes it look like a simple brain difference, and you're tired of wondering if you're just bad at life. If you've spent years blaming your executive functioning for the overwhelm, the procrastination, and the freeze, this episode is for you. I'm an ADHD therapist who has ADHD, and after working with well over 1,200 people, I've seen that much of what gets called ADHD is a nervous system stuck in fight-or-flight. I walk through how hypervigilance, defensiveness, people-pleasing, and ADHD paralysis all come from the same place, and what changes when your body finally feels safe enough to let your brain do its job. Join my free workshop, Why Is My ADHD So Hard?, on October 20th. Grab your spot here. https://jennafree.com/free-workshop 01:05 – Why ADHD Feels Overwhelming and Challenging 11:01 – ADHD Paralysis Explained as Fight, Flight, or Freeze 12:06 – Avoidance, Procrastination, and Stress in ADHD 08:27 – People Pleasing, Boundaries, and the Fawn Response 20:02 – The Benefits of Regulation for Executive Functioning Let's stay connected! Want to thrive with ADHD? Come hang out with me on Instagram! Get out of paralysis, be more productive, and enjoy your life again! Join an upcoming group!
You keep saying yes when you mean no, then spend the rest of the day resentful about something you agreed to in the first place. If you've been told your ADHD people-pleasing is a boundaries problem, and that explanation hasn't actually changed anything, this episode is for you. I break down the four explanations coaches and therapists usually give for people-pleasing and ADHD: rejection sensitive dysphoria, the automatic yes, penance for old mistakes, and chasing a quick dopamine hit. None are wrong, and none go deep enough on their own. I walk through why the fawn response takes over before you're even aware you've said yes, and what nervous system regulation for ADHD actually has to do with finally being able to say no and mean it. If you're caught in that yes-then-resent cycle and want to work through it directly, I'm hosting a Healing People Pleasing workshop on October 9th. 00:00 – Understanding People Pleasing and ADHD 03:07 – People Pleasing as a Protective Shield Against Rejection 04:56 – The Fawn Response: Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn Explained 07:20 – Digging Deeper: Rejection Sensitivity and the Nervous System 21:15 – How Regulation Brings Freedom from People-Pleasing Check out the show notes and other resources at https://jennafree.com/blog/4-reasons-behind-adhd-people-pleasing Let's stay connected! Want to thrive with ADHD? Come hang out with me on Instagram! Get out of paralysis, be more productive, and enjoy your life again! Join an upcoming group!
You've been told to take a deep breath and get regulated, and it didn't stick, so you're stuck wondering what you're missing. If tips and tricks have stopped working, this episode is for you. I get into why nervous system regulation for ADHD isn't one action but three layers stacked together: the body, the mind, and behavior, and why skipping straight to behavior is where most people get stuck. I walk through the ADHD fight-or-flight response, whether meditation really helps, and what healing from chronic dysregulation requires when a single breath isn't enough. For therapists, counselors, psychologists, doctors, coaches, social workers, and occupational therapists working with ADHDers who have been leaning on coping tools and external strategies without seeing the shift stick. I'm hosting a free ADHD Regulation Method training on September 21st, where we'll dive into how to do this work with your clients. 00:00 – What Does ADHD Regulation Really Mean? 05:58 – True ADHD Regulation: Nervous System Retraining 07:09 – Step 1: Teaching Your Body Safety 03:35 – The Limits of Routines, Yoga, and Meditation 22:14 – Recognizing Physical Signs of Dysregulation Check out the show notes and other resources at https://jennafree.com/blog/how-to-regulate-with-adhd-when-tips-and-tricks-dont-work Let's stay connected! Want to thrive with ADHD? Come hang out with me on Instagram! Get out of paralysis, be more productive, and enjoy your life again! Join an upcoming group!
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