Ep2: Navigating ADHD and Creative Expression with Linda Yi

In this episode of ADHD Gathering, host Ying talks with Linda Yi, a Sichuanese American artist and ADHD advocate, about her journey through creativity, identity, and mental health. Linda shares her experiences growing up in an Asian household where mental health topics were often taboo, how she unexpectedly established her PandaCub Story, and how she manages the various challenges she faces in managing her mental health and creative endeavors. Listen now on Apple Podcast, Spotify and Youtube. Click here for podcast episodes. Highlights of the episode: Linda’s journey to her ADHD diagnosis Her decision to pursue a career in art Navigating ADHD within the context of the Asian American community Using creativity as a tool for imagining possibilities, processing emotions, and healing How Linda creates memory hooks to support herself and her ADHD brain What care looks like for Linda now Guest’s Bio: Linda Yi (sometimes called Panda) is a Sichuanese-American comic-artist, writer, and mental health advocate based in New York. She is the creator of Panda Cub Stories, a weekly comic series about Chinese culture, Sichuan food, and living with ADHD. Panda Cub Stories has an engaged global audience of over 25k followers on Instagram — and has been featured in Today.com, Atlas Obscura, and Nextshark. Yi is also the founder of Panda Cub Heritage, a membership-based online/offline community where she teaches fellow Chinese Americans how to reconnect with their roots through joyful (and sometimes easy to practice) personalized set of habits. Linda currently lives and draws out of her Brooklyn studio, where she lives with her raccoon partner and two cats. She is hard at work on her first book: “Cook Sichuan – a comic book with recipes”, to be published winter of 2025. Find Linda’s amazing webcomics here. Find this episode’s transcript here. Find more podcast episodes.