#7: Music as Medicine in ADHD w/ DJ Tina Edwards

Instagram: @_wireddifferent@_wildzeroSpotify Our Guest:@tinaedwardsdjlinktree In this episode, (recorded during Neurodiversity Celebration Week in April 2024) the multi-talented Tina Edwards - DJ, broadcaster, author and editor opens up about her journey of discovering her ADHD in her mid-20s and the impact it had on understanding herself.  We bond over shared experiences of school and university with undiagnosed ADHD, from crushing disappointments of exam results to the coping mechanisms they unknowingly developed.  Discovering her diagnosis partly through the paradoxically calming effect of chaotic, improvisational jazz, Tina discusses ADHDs emotional toll, the importance of self-compassion and music as a form of "medicine" for the ADHD brain and we explore the differences in ADHD behaviours seen in girls & women  Enjoy an intimate and insightful exploration of the intersection of neurodiversity, creativity and the healing power of music.  Tina's pivotal tracks are:  "Pagan Poetry" by Bjork "Don't Forget You're Precious." by Alabaster DePlume“My Queen Is Harriet Tubman” by Sons Of Kemet