ADHD Wise Podcast

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 6, Jannine is joined by her daughter and colleague, Becca Channon, for a personal and research-informed conversation about ADHD in women and girls.Becca shares the focus of her psychology dissertation, which explored ADHD, sex-based social expectations, and attitudes towards traditional and egalitarian roles. Together, Jannine and Becca reflect on why girls with ADHD are so often overlooked, how hyperactivity may be missed when it appears in socially acceptable ways, and how shame can build when women are expected to manage time, organisation, birthdays, homes, emotional labour, and relationships in ways that may not match their neurobiology.The episode explores the hidden signs of ADHD in girls, including masking, helpfulness, movement, daydreaming, anxiety, perfectionism, time blindness and trying very hard not to be seen as a problem. Jannine and Becca also consider how the same behaviour may be interpreted differently depending on whether it is seen in a boy or a girl.Importantly, this conversation also explores the impact on boys, particularly those who are identified early but then treated as “naughty” rather than supported. Becca reflects on watching her twin brother being repeatedly misunderstood, while also learning to mask her own ADHD in order not to be treated the same way.This episode challenges the idea that rising ADHD diagnoses represent “overdiagnosis”. Instead, it asks whether many women, girls, and quieter or more compliant children are finally being recognised after years of being missed.A thoughtful, honest and deeply personal conversation about ADHD, shame, diagnosis, masking, social expectations, and the relief that can come from finally understanding yourself.Support the showhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/adhdwiseuk/https://www.tiktok.com/@adhdwiseuk?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pchttps://www.facebook.com/adhdwiseukhttps://www.instagram.com/adhdwiseuk/https://www.youtube.com/@ADHDWisePodcasthttps://www.adhdwise.uk

Send us Fan MailRSD is currently one of the most talked about parts of ADHD. But what if the conversation is missing something important?In this solo episode, Jannine explores rejection sensitive dysphoria, emotional intensity, criticism, shame, boundaries, and the lifelong impact of being misunderstood. But rather than framing every painful interaction as “your RSD playing up,” she introduces a more neuroaffirming idea: rejection attunement.Sometimes, you are not imagining it. Sometimes, you are accurately noticing that something feels off. The work is not to stop noticing. The work is learning how to discern what is yours, what belongs to someone else, and how to respond without losing yourself in the process.This episode is for anyone with ADHD who has ever wondered why rejection hurts so much, why criticism can feel so unsafe, or why they are so quick to assume they are the problem.Support the showhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/adhdwiseuk/https://www.tiktok.com/@adhdwiseuk?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pchttps://www.facebook.com/adhdwiseukhttps://www.instagram.com/adhdwiseuk/https://www.youtube.com/@ADHDWisePodcasthttps://www.adhdwise.uk

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, Jannine is joined by Nikki Masterman, CEO of Inspired Minds & Inspired HR, for a practical and honest conversation about ADHD, neurodiversity and HR. Together they explore disclosure at work, reasonable adjustments, workplace support, recruitment, performance, hybrid working, and what happens when employers get it right and when they get it wrong.This is an episode for neurodivergent people who are struggling at work, wondering whether to say something, or trying to work out what support they can ask for. It is also relevant for managers, HR professionals, and employers who want to create safer, fairer and more workable environments.Jannine and Nikki talk about the balance between employee needs and employer responsibility, why support is not the same as favouritism, and why the goal should be an equal playing field, not forcing everyone to work in the same way.https://www.linkedin.com/company/adhdwiseuk/https://www.tiktok.com/@adhdwiseuk?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pchttps://www.facebook.com/adhdwiseukhttps://www.instagram.com/adhdwiseuk/https://www.youtube.com/@ADHDWisePodcasthttps://www.adhdwise.uk

Send us Fan MailEpisode 3: Mature Women, Neurodivergence, and the Menopause JourneyIn this episode, Jannine is joined by Sharon Marshall for a frank and relatable conversation about ADHD in women, neurodivergence, perimenopause, menopause, late diagnosis, masking, and what happens when the strategies that held everything together suddenly stop working. They explore workplace adversity, shifting identity, hormones, self understanding, and the reality of being told you are “too much”. This is an episode for women who are questioning, recognising themselves later in life, or trying to make sense of why things have become harder.ADHD in women, menopause, perimenopause, late diagnosis, masking, midlife ADHD, workplace adversity, neurodivergencehttps://www.linkedin.com/company/adhdwiseuk/https://www.tiktok.com/@adhdwiseuk?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pchttps://www.facebook.com/adhdwiseukhttps://www.instagram.com/adhdwiseuk/https://www.youtube.com/@ADHDWisePodcasthttps://www.adhdwise.uk

Send us Fan MailIn this powerful episode, Jannine Perryman is joined by Jo Roberts, founder of the Every Child Matters campaign, for an unflinching conversation about what happens when children stop being the focus of education systems.Drawing on their shared experience as teachers, SEND advocates, and parents, Jannine and Jo explore how the original child-centred principles behind Every Child Matters have been diluted over time, replaced by data, targets, stretched systems, and battles families were never supposed to have to fight.Together, they discuss:why children’s needs must come before systemsthe reality of EHCPs, tribunals, and diagnosis pathwaysschool distress and attendance difficultieswhy education does not always have to look like schoolthe growing shortage of educational psychologiststhat parents are the experts in their own childthe widening gap between SEND law and SEND practiceAt the heart of this conversation is a shared belief that children are being failed not by their needs, but by systems that treat those needs as inconvenient.This is a candid, thought-provoking episode for parents, professionals, and anyone invested in creating education systems that put children, not data, back at the centre.And yes, after all that, Jannine and Jo finally discover the one thing they disagree on: cats.Support the showhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/adhdwiseuk/https://www.tiktok.com/@adhdwiseuk?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pchttps://www.facebook.com/adhdwiseukhttps://www.instagram.com/adhdwiseuk/https://www.youtube.com/@ADHDWisePodcasthttps://www.adhdwise.uk

Send us Fan MailWelcome to the very first episode of ADHD Wise Podcast. In this opening conversation, Jannine Perryman shares the story behind ADHD Wise, her own ADHD diagnosis journey, and the family experiences that shaped the work she has been building per professional work for the past 10 years.From parenting neurodivergent children, to leaving teaching, to creating a space that bridges lived experience and professional insight, this episode sets the tone for what ADHD Wise Podcast is all about: honest conversations, practical wisdom, and support that meets people where they are.Jannine also reads an extract from her upcoming book, Becoming ADHD Wise, reflecting on the moment she realised her understanding had outgrown the systems she worked within and how ADHD Wise became the bridge between understanding and thriving.Whether you are neurodivergent yourself, parenting a neurodivergent child, supporting a partner, or working professionally in this space, this is a place to come as you are.https://www.linkedin.com/company/adhdwiseuk/https://www.tiktok.com/@adhdwiseuk?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pchttps://www.facebook.com/adhdwiseukhttps://www.instagram.com/adhdwiseuk/https://www.youtube.com/@ADHDWisePodcasthttps://www.adhdwise.uk