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ADHD Mums

Being a mum is hard enough. Being a mum with ADHD — or raising neurodivergent kids is a whole different level. ADHD Mums is the unfiltered, science-meets-reality podcast hosted by Jane McFadden, educational neuroscientist, advocate, and mother of three. This isn’t another polished parenting show with "ten easy tips." It’s real stories, confessions we’re not supposed to say out loud, and the research that explains why so many of us are running on empty. Every week you’ll hear: 🎙️ Confessions —

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23:09

When School Feels Too Much Too Early — Expectation...

ADHD Mums ·

2026/04/20

If you’ve ever sat in a school meetinghearing what’s ‘expected’…and thought‘this feels like too much… too early’ —this episode is for you.Because sometimes it’s not subtle.It’s that quiet moment where something doesn’t sit right…but you’re told it’s normal.In this episode, we unpack what’s really happening when school expectations keep creeping up — academically, behaviourally, socially — and why so many kids are being asked to meet standards that don’t actually match where they are.💭 This episode

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09:06

98. When You Say ‘Can We Talk’ — And It Blows Up...

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2026/04/15

If you’ve ever said‘can we just talk about something?’and it escalatesbefore you’ve even said the thing —this episode is for you.Because it’s not the conversationthat’s blowing up.It’s what happensin the seconds before it even starts. In this episode, we unpack that exact moment — the one where you’re trying to keep it calm, keep it small, keep it ‘not a big deal’…and somehow it still turns into tension, shutdown, or a full spiral.The urgency you feel to resolve it.The resistance you feel coming

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15:58

97. The Invisible Job: Being the One Who Holds...

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2026/04/13

If you’ve ever stepped away for five minutes…come back…and everything has already escalated —this episode is for you.Because it’s not just the moment.It’s the feeling that if you’re not there…it doesn’t hold.And somehowyou’ve become the thingthat keeps everything from tipping over.In this episode, we unpack the invisible role so many ADHD mums carry — the one where you’re not just part of the family… you’re the one holding it together.The one who reads the room.Softens the tone.Finds the

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14:34

When You Keep Starting the Same Thing — And It Never...

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2026/04/06

In this episode, we unpack the invisible load of trying to do something simple inside a day that won’t hold it. The interruptions, the split attention, the constant restarting — and how quickly that gets turned into ‘I’m the problem.’From the outside, it looks like nothing happened.But inside it?You were doing that one taskover and over again.🧠 What We Cover in This Episode:Why ‘simple tasks’ don’t stay simple in real lifeWhat constant interruptions actually do to your brainHow restarting a task

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11:07

When You Make Yourself the Joke — And It Turns Into...

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2026/04/01

In this episode, we unpack the very real (and very common) experience of showing up already stretched… masking it with humour… and then internalising the entire thing as a personality flaw.The jokes land.People laugh.It looks like you’re coping.But underneath it — something else is happening.🧠 What We Cover in This Episode:What’s actually happening when you default to self-deprecating humourWhy ‘being funny about it’ can be a form of real-time regulationHow overwhelm gets rewritten as ‘this is just

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14:03

94. When a Group Chat Goes in Circles — And You Leave...

ADHD Mums ·

2026/03/30

If you’ve ever left a group chatreplaying everything you said…and everything you didn’t…and somehow landed on‘that felt off… was that me?’this episode is for you.Because this isn’t just about group chats.Or school committees.Or awkward conversations that go nowhere.It’s about what happens when everyone in the roomis solving a different problem…and no one realises it.In this episode, we unpack the kind of interaction that looks normal on the surface — calm, polite, ‘reasonable’ — but leaves you

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09:21

93. When You Remove the Stress — And Start Wondering...

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2026/03/25

If you’ve removed the pressure…stepped back…even taken a break…and you still feel on edge — this episode is for you.Because this is the part no one explains.When nothing is ‘wrong’ anymore…but your body is still acting like it is.In this episode, we unpack what happens when stress isn’t the thing driving your anxiety — and why removing the load doesn’t always create relief. If you’ve ever wondered ‘is this just who I am?’ this conversation will shift how you see it.🧠 What We Cover in This

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25:53

92 The Teen They Called ‘The Problem’ — And What...

ADHD Mums ·

2026/03/23

There’s a moment when you realise it’s not just a ‘bad term’ at school.It’s mornings that feel impossible.A child who won’t go.Or can’t go.And suddenly the question changes from'how do we fix this?'to'where do we go now?'WHAT WE COVER– What actually happens when mainstream school stops working– Why some children aren’t ‘failing school’ — the system is failing them– The reality of alternative education (and the myths that scare parents)– Why behaviour often looks worse before safety is built– What

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16:55

91. ‘When Someone Says “We Didn’t Have ADHD Back...

ADHD Mums ·

2026/03/18

There is a moment at a family barbecue where your child isn’t sitting at the table.They’re walking.Talking.Eating on the move.And someone says it.'We didn’t have this ADHD thing when we had kids.'And just like that, it stops being about lunchand starts feeling like it’s about you.Because what sounds casuallands like doubt.WHAT WE COVER– Why 'we didn’t have ADHD back then' still shows up in families– What people see vs the invisible regulation work parents are doing– Familiarity bias and why ADHD

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21:26

90. ‘When Someone Says “We Didn’t Have ADHD Back...

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2026/03/16

Somewhere in almost every ADHD conversation, someone eventually says it.'There weren't kids like this when I was at school.'Or the slightly more polite version:'Why are there suddenly so many ADHD kids now?'And if you're a parent of a neurodivergent child, you've probably heard this one too:'Maybe it's just screens.'This episode pulls that myth apart.Because the truth is far more complex — and far more interesting.ADHD didn't suddenly appear in the last 20 years.What has changed is how classrooms

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34:25

When the Quiet Kids Are Struggling — But No One Notices

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2026/03/10

School systems are built to notice disruption.The child throwing chairs.The child refusing to sit down.The child who can't stay quiet.But there is another group of kids.The ones who sit still.The ones who follow instructions.The ones teachers describe as 'lovely', 'polite', or 'no trouble at all'.And those are often the kids quietly falling apart.Because when a child internalises stress instead of showing it outwardly, the education system often doesn't see the struggle at all.In this episode we

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39:22

When Being the ‘Good Student’ Is Actually Hurting...

ADHD Mums ·

2026/03/09

You're told your child is doing great at school.'Wish I had more like her''No issues here.'But every afternoon at 3pm something else happens.The car door shuts.And the child who 'had a great day' collapses.The meltdown doesn't start at school.It starts when the mask comes off.For many Mums, this creates a strange kind of confusion.School says everything is fine.But home tells a completely different story.In this episode we unpack the cost of being the 'good' student — the child who holds it together

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34:39

87. When Being Reasonable Gets You Nowhere at School

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2026/03/04

You’ve sent the emails.You’ve attended the meetings.You’ve tried to be calm, collaborative, reasonable.And nothing changes.Then suddenly something serious happens — a suspension, an incident, a formal complaint — and overnight the school moves quickly.So what just happened?This episode unpacks the moment many ADHD mums eventually hit: the point where being reasonable stops working — and why that happens inside the school system.Because for many families, the problem isn’t communication.It’s

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34:02

86. When Teachers Care — But the System Still Breaks...

ADHD Mums ·

2026/03/02

There is a particular kind of confusion that happens when your child likes their teacher.If you’ve ever thought, ‘But she’s so lovely… why isn’t this working?’ I explore this massive question wth Bronnie Hammond-Vale. This episode is for you.WHY THIS MATTERSSometimes the problem is the gap between teacher intention and system capacity.A teacher can care deeply.A teacher can try hard.A teacher can be doing their best in a room full of kids who all need something different.And still… your child keeps

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44:01

85. Is the Problem the Child — Or the Learning Plan?

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2026/02/25

You’re sitting in a meeting thinking you’re here to talk about support.There’s a plan. There are ‘adjustments’.And yet your child is still escalating… and suddenly the school is hinting at removal, reduced hours, or ‘this isn’t the right setting’.This episode is the practical middle bit no one gives you:When a plan exists, but it’s either the wrong plan — or it’s not actually being applied.WHY THIS MATTERSWhen a school says ‘the plan isn’t working’, it often gets translated as ‘your child is the

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36:53

84. When School Decides Your Child Is the Problem

ADHD Mums ·

2026/02/23

There is a moment in some school meetings where the language changes.You walk in expecting support. Adjustments. Solutions.But then different words start appearing.‘Safety.’‘Impact on others.’‘Capacity.’‘We’ve tried everything.’And you can feel the shift before you fully understand it.You start thinking:How did this go from help… to risk?WHY THIS MATTERSADHD mums are already carrying invisible labour, school advocacy, therapy coordination, and the emotional regulation of the entire household.So when

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13:37

83. When ADHD Becomes the Reason You Stop Trying...

ADHD Mums ·

2026/02/18

You’re not lying on the couch saying ‘poor me.’You’re functioning. Packing lunches. Showing up. Holding it together.But quietly, inside, you’ve started believing:‘This is just how it is for me.’WHY THIS MATTERSADHD mums carry more correction, more visible mistakes, more invisible labour, more system friction.So when something goes wrong, it doesn’t land as ‘that was hard.’It lands as proof.Proof you’re behind.Proof you’re failing.Proof this is who you are.And once shame becomes the explanation, your

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54:42

82. Overstimulated Before 7am — And No One Sees the Work

ADHD Mums ·

2026/02/16

This episode is for ADHD mums who feel like they’re living inside a nervous system experiment.The kind where everything is technically ‘fine’… until the TV is on, someone’s making mouth noises, a child is asking 400 questions, another one is humming, and your body is trying to exit the situation through the nearest wall.We talk a lot about overstimulation like it’s a personal flaw. Like you should be calmer. More patient. Better regulated. But what if you’re not failing at regulation… you’re just

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27:57

81. The Hidden Cost of Being the 'Good Girl' — How...

ADHD Mums ·

2026/02/11

This episode is for ADHD mums who have ever sat in a car park before an assessment and felt their whole nervous system start negotiating with the evidence.Because the paperwork looks fine.The report cards look fine.Your life looks fine.And you’re standing there knowing that ‘fine’ is exactly what disqualifies you.This is the ADHD myth as it actually lands. Not as a hot take online — but as a private internal audit that starts the second you consider asking for help.It’s the voice that says:

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27:29

80. The Invisible Coordination Load: Why ADHD Mums...

ADHD Mums ·

2026/02/09

This episode sits right in the space where mental load, motherhood, and neurodivergence collide.It’s about the exhaustion that doesn’t come from doing one hard thing — but from having to remember everything, explain everything, repeat everything, and stay emotionally available while your own capacity is already gone.For many ADHD mums, the hardest part of advocacy isn’t the paperwork. It’s being the living filing cabinet. The one who holds every report, every strategy, every update, every change —

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