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May 2025
16m 12s

ADHD Lifestyle, Purpose & Non-Medication...

Kate Moryoussef
About this episode

🌟 My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is available to preorder here 🌟

In this insightful and final episode of Ask The Psych, I’m joined by Dr. Asad Rafi to explore the evolving understanding of ADHD, from the limitations of diagnosis to building a life that supports long-term wellbeing.

We dive into how ADHD can impact health span and life span, and why recognising and working with your brain can lead to a more fulfilling, sustainable life. From navigating career choices to avoiding burnout, this episode is all about shifting from deficit thinking to a strengths-based, brain-first approach.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ The challenges of getting an ADHD diagnosis, and what to do if it isn’t accessible

✨ How to manage ADHD when medication isn’t an option

✨ The potential (and limits) of neurofeedback and brain imaging

✨ How unsupported ADHD can reduce life span — and what to do about it

✨ How understanding your brain and shaping your lifestyle to fit with it supports ADHD wellbeing and growth

✨ Finding fulfilment in your career by following strengths and passions

✨ How to ensure your self-worth isn’t tied to your job and how to prevent burnout with self-care

This episode is a powerful reminder that ADHD isn’t just something to manage, it’s something you can work with to live a longer, healthier, more meaningful life.

Timestamps:

🕒 02:55 – Can neurofeedback help with ADHD?

🕒 04:02 – The science behind neuroimaging and ADHD

🕒 08:33 – What it means to find purpose with ADHD

🕒 10:21 – Career shifts and self-understanding

🕒 11:56 – Managing ADHD through daily awareness

Whether you're newly diagnosed, waiting for assessment, or navigating ADHD without medication, this episode offers empowering, realistic advice to help you work with your brain, not against it.

Listen now to reframe your understanding of ADHD and discover how small mindset shifts can lead to big transformations.

Links & Resources:

Boosting your Self-Belief and Self-Trust after a late-in-life ADHD diagnosis Workshop available to buy now on demand. Click here to purchase.

⭐ Book on the next ADHD Wellbeing Workshop all about 'What is Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria? How do we understand and recognise it, and how do we live well with it?' on May 20th @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 September! Tired of ADHD support that doesn’t get you? My new compassionate, community-first membership ditches the overwhelm by providing support aligned with YOU! Join the waitlist now for an exclusive founding member offer!

Find all of Kate's popular online workshops and free resources here

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