Navigating Adult ADHD

By Xena Jones

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Education, Support and Coaching for Adults with ADHD. 

Combing science backed research and evidence based coaching tools to help you understand and work with your ADHD brain. 

With a no BS approach, this Podcast will help you better understand your unique ADHD brain and how you can work with it to feel better, increase your self-confidence, improve your relationships and achieve your goals. 


Empowering adults with ADHD to thrive. 


**Xena Jones is not a medical professional. This podcast is not a substitute for medical advice.**


Episode Date
#185 RSD’s forgotten opposite: Why praise hits ADHD brains differently
Sep 28, 2026
#184 ADHD & The Window of Tolerance: Why tiny things suddenly feel HUGE
Sep 21, 2026
#183 Endorphins & ADHD: Boost your mood & reduce stress
Sep 14, 2026
#182 I thought I was having a heart attack: My POTS diagnosis & the Neurodivergent connection
Sep 07, 2026
#181 15 Weird things your brain does... That actually make sense
Aug 31, 2026
#180 I Named My ADHD Brain Kevin. Here’s why you should name yours too
Aug 24, 2026
#179 When you both have ADHD: RSD, love & unpaid bills
Aug 17, 2026
#178: The Role of Oxytocin in ADHD: Why connection might matter more than we realise
Aug 10, 2026
#177 Calm in a crisis, Paralysed by a phone call - ADHD under pressure
Aug 03, 2026
#176 5 Things Doctors Still Get Wrong About Adult ADHD
Jul 27, 2026
#175 ADHD, Authenticity & Oversharing: Can you be yourself without sharing everything
Jul 20, 2026
#174 ADHD in the Bedroom: Sex & Intimacy
Jul 13, 2026
#173 ADHD & Anxiety: The Relationship Nobody Explained
Jul 06, 2026
#172 ADHD & The Manual: The Invisible Expectations Destroying Your relationships
Jun 29, 2026
#171 ADHD & Friendships: Why It’s So Hard & What Actually Helps
Jun 22, 2026
#170 Weird things I do that support my ADHD
Jun 15, 2026
#169 9 ADHD-Friendly Travel Hacks to Make Your Next Trip Way Easier
Jun 08, 2026
#168 How ADHD Impacts Your Relationship with Food
Jun 01, 2026
#167 When Your Body Joins the Chaos - ADHD, Chronic Pain, Headaches & Fibromyalgia
May 25, 2026
#166 From Rock Bottom to a Neurodiversity Revolution with Freddie Bennett
May 18, 2026
BONUS: My Story + something I want to share
May 14, 2026
#165: What IS ADHD, really? (Let's go back to basics)
May 11, 2026
#164 ADHD & People Pleasing: Why It’s So Hard to Say No
May 04, 2026
#163 ADHD & Decision Fatigue: Why Choosing Feels So Hard
Apr 27, 2026
#162 How I Manage My Calendar As Someone With ADHD
Apr 20, 2026
#161 Is It ADHD, Autism… or Both? Why so many late-diagnosed adults are asking this question
Apr 13, 2026
#160 Why ADHDers Stim: The Hidden Purpose Behind Repetitive Behaviours
Apr 06, 2026
#159 Sensory Differences: Why Noise, Lights, Textures & People Can Feel So Intense
Mar 30, 2026
#158 Imposter Syndrome & ADHD with Jaime Rose-Peacock
Mar 23, 2026
#157 10 ADHD Hacks That Actually Help
Mar 16, 2026
#156 Supplements for ADHD - What I Take & Why
Mar 09, 2026
#155 6 Things No One Told Us About ADHD & Perimenopause
Mar 02, 2026
#154 Don’t Tell Me What To Do: ADHD, PDA & The Demand-Avoidant Brain
Feb 23, 2026
#153: Not All Dopamine Is Created Equal & THIS Matters If You Have ADHD
Feb 16, 2026
#152 What is Emotional Dysregulation?
Feb 09, 2026
#151 ADHD Time Blindness: Why We Lose Hours, Miss Deadlines & Stall on Long-Term Dreams
Feb 02, 2026
#150 Why it’s so hard to do something easy (The Wall Of Awful)
Jan 26, 2026
#149 Dopamine Layering: The Hidden Reason You Feel Anxious & Numb
Jan 19, 2026
#148 ADHD Careers: Why We Struggle & Where We Thrive
Jan 12, 2026
#147 Why ADHDers don’t follow through: The truth about shame-based goals
Jan 05, 2026
#146 The 6 questions I ask my ADHD brain every year
Dec 29, 2025
#145 ADHD Conference take-aways (experts you need to know about!)
Dec 22, 2025
#144 ADHD, Relationships + the AI Making Life Easier with Logan Donnelly
Dec 15, 2025
#143 How to survive the holiday season with ADHD
Dec 08, 2025
#142 ADHD Strengths & Advantages
Dec 01, 2025
#141 Before You Try Another Planner or System… Listen to This First
Nov 24, 2025
#140 14 Big Achievers with ADHD
Nov 17, 2025
#139 Making It Safe to Be Different: Harnessing ADHD at Work with Callum McKirdy
Nov 10, 2025
#138 The 7 types of rest every ADHDer needs
Nov 03, 2025
#137 5 Things to Understand About ADHD & Perimenopause
Oct 27, 2025
#136 ADHD at Work: Your Rights, Reasonable Adjustments & When to Tell Your Boss with Jaime Rose-Peacock
Oct 20, 2025
#135 Using Chat GPT & AI to support your ADHD brain
Oct 13, 2025
#134 How Do I Stop Myself From Reacting to Emotions
Oct 06, 2025
[BONUS] The Conversation We Kept Recording: Matt & Xena Go Deeper
Sep 29, 2025
#133 ADHD Is My Edge: Matt’s Late Diagnosis, Sport & Gamified Life
Sep 29, 2025
#132 ADHD & Money Mindset: From Shame to Success
Sep 22, 2025
#131 How to Make Money ADHD-Friendly (No Boring Budgets Required)
Sep 15, 2025
#130 ADHD & Money - Why We Struggle
Sep 08, 2025
#129 ADHD Conference Highlights: Big Feelings, Burnout & Breakthroughs
Sep 01, 2025
#128 Do ADHD Meds Save Lives? (new research!)
Aug 25, 2025
#127 6 Ways emotional dysregulation shows up
Aug 18, 2025
#126 ADHD & All or Nothing Thinking
Aug 11, 2025
#125 ADHD & Iron levels - We need to be talking about this!
Aug 04, 2025
#124 ADHD & Justice Sensitivity
Jul 28, 2025
#123 ADHD Masking - is it a bad thing?
Jul 21, 2025
#122 3 of my favourite emotional regulation tools
Jul 14, 2025
#121 The 4 stages of confidence [ADHD edition]
Jul 07, 2025
#120 9 Signs of ADHD burnout
Jun 30, 2025
#119 10 ways ADHD might show up in your relationships
Jun 23, 2025
#118 Tapping into Calm: EFT for ADHD & Nervous System Regulation with Jess Johnson
Jun 16, 2025
[Time Sensitive] This Helps ADHD Adults Feel Better & get sh*t done
Jun 10, 2025
#117 How do I know if my ADHD meds are working?
Jun 09, 2025
#116 How do you have your own back when you have ADHD?
Jun 02, 2025
#115 The #1 Mindset Shift to Stop Overthinking
May 26, 2025
#114 10 Signs of RSD you might be missing (Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria)
May 19, 2025
#113 ADHD, Home Organisation & the Invisible Weight We’re Carrying with Carrie
May 12, 2025
#112 ADHD, Alcohol & Addiction with Paulette Crowley
May 05, 2025
#111 6 Things I do to maximise my ADHD meds
Apr 28, 2025
#110 10 ADHD Experiences You Thought Were 'Just You'
Apr 21, 2025
#109 ADHD & the Pain of Boredom
Apr 14, 2025
#108 2 Annoyingly Simple Things That Help My ADHD (More than I like to admit)
Apr 07, 2025
#107 Burnout Recovery: What I Wish I’d Noticed Sooner
Mar 31, 2025
#106 Permission to Rest (the ADHD way)
Mar 24, 2025
#105 Safe People & Safe Places for Adults with ADHD
Mar 17, 2025
#104 5 ADHD less well known ADHD traits we share
Mar 10, 2025
#103 5 Surprising Ways ADHDers Get Dopamine
Mar 03, 2025
#102 ADHDers, We Need to Talk About the S-Word
Feb 24, 2025
#101 5 Things to know & do after your ADHD diagnosis
Feb 17, 2025
4 Steps to a Better Life After an ADHD Diagnosis [time sensitive]
Feb 13, 2025
#100 100 Positives of ADHD
Feb 10, 2025
#99 Ask better questions, improve your ADHD life: Empowering Vs Disempowering Questions
Feb 03, 2025
#98 Why do I forget you love me? Emotional Permanence & ADHD
Jan 27, 2025
#97 Are you the Victim, Villain, or Hero of your ADHD story?
Jan 26, 2025
#96 Late to the ADHD Party: Ruth’s Inspiring Journey & Wisdom for Neurodivergent Families
Jan 13, 2025
#95 Is It ADHD or Something Else? Understanding Co-occurring Conditions
Jan 06, 2025
#94 Ditch Shame-Based Goals: The ADHD-Friendly Way to Follow Through
Dec 30, 2024
#93 Navigating ADHD Burnout with Ashley Cairns
Dec 23, 2024
#92 The ADHD Life Hack You Need: 8 Ways I Use AI Every Day
Dec 16, 2024
#91 Inconsistent success with ADHD
Dec 09, 2024
#90 9 Common ADHD traits & how they show up in your life
Dec 02, 2024
#89 A beginners guide to Adult ADHD
Nov 25, 2024
Feel better & get sh*t done [Introducing ADHD HOME]
Nov 20, 2024
#88 Dopamine Boost: The Power of 5-Minute Wins for ADHD
Nov 18, 2024
BONUS: Why Emotional Regulation feels impossible - And what you can do about it
Nov 13, 2024
#87 12 things I wish my doc had told me about adult ADHD
Nov 11, 2024
#86 The one question that can change how you feel
Nov 04, 2024
#85 When you're "too much"
Oct 28, 2024
#84 How to be consistent when you have ADHD
Oct 21, 2024
#83 Emotional Regulation part 2: How to regulate your emotions
Oct 14, 2024
#82 Emotional regulation part 1: How to identify when you’re dysregulated
Oct 07, 2024
#81 ADHD & Procrastination
Sep 30, 2024
#80 How to Reduce Ruminating & Overthinking with ADHD
Sep 23, 2024
#79 A late diagnosis & ADHD Coaching with Julia Ford
Sep 16, 2024
#78 5 ADHD FAQS: Last min change, dopamine seeking with food, overthinking & more!
Sep 09, 2024
#77 RSD - Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
Sep 02, 2024
#76 ADHD & Interoception - Why we have difficulties with self-regulation
Aug 26, 2024
#75 Having your own back with ADHD
Aug 19, 2024
#74 5 Things you need to know about dopamine & ADHD
Aug 12, 2024
#73 6 Ways to manage hyper-sensitivity with ADHD
Aug 05, 2024
#72 ADHD Task Switching & 3 Ways to improve it
Jul 29, 2024
#71 ADHD & Parenting with Brett Harrington
Jul 22, 2024
#70 ADHD Burnout
Jul 15, 2024
#69 Perfectionism & the sneaky ways it shows up for adults with ADHD
Jul 08, 2024
#68 Creating Connection with Vince Ford
Jul 01, 2024
#67 ADHD & Addiction
Jun 24, 2024
#66 Setting boundaries & improving relationships
Jun 17, 2024
#65 ADHD & The Dopamine Hangover
Jun 10, 2024
#64 How social conditioning impacts self-worth for adults with ADHD
Jun 03, 2024
#63 Adult ADHD & Beating Yourself Up
May 27, 2024
#62 Understanding your capacity & managing the energy in your “tank”
May 20, 2024
#61 ADHD & Saying No
May 13, 2024
#60 ADHD & People-pleasing
May 06, 2024
#59 ADHD & using EFT Tapping to feel better (The Emotional Freedom technique)
Apr 29, 2024
#58 ADHD & Time Management
Apr 22, 2024
BONUS: The 4 Keys to Managing & Thriving with ADHD
Apr 17, 2024
#57 Dear loved ones of an ADHDer… Here are 6 things we’d like you to know
Apr 15, 2024
#56 ADHD & the Happiness Trap
Apr 08, 2024
#55 ADHD & Emotions
Apr 01, 2024
#54 Hormones, Perimenopause & ADHD with Dr Samantha Newman
Mar 25, 2024
BONUS FREE CLASS: 4 Ways to Manage ADHD
Mar 19, 2024
#53 No such thing as normal with Sonia Gray
Mar 18, 2024
#52 Overcoming ADHD Overwhelm in 4 Steps
Mar 11, 2024
#51 ADHD & Overwhelm (part 1)
Mar 04, 2024
#50 ADHD Medication - My lessons & FAQs
Feb 26, 2024
#49 ADHD & Self-Esteem + 1 thing you want to do to improve your self-esteem
Feb 19, 2024
#48 ADHD & Relationships
Feb 12, 2024
#47 ADHD & serotonin: What you need to know & 5 ways to increase it naturally
Feb 05, 2024
#46 10 ADHD dopamine seeking behaviours
Jan 29, 2024
#45 Identifying your ADHD success recipe
Jan 22, 2024
#44 ADHD & Negative Thinking
Jan 15, 2024
#43 The motivational triad & the #1 thing required to change
Jan 08, 2024
#42 Celebrating my ADHD birthday & 5 things I’ve learned
Jan 01, 2024
#41 How to set, achieve & maintain goals when you have ADHD
Dec 25, 2023
#40 ADHD & Prioritising the asset (YOU!)
Dec 17, 2023
#39 How to be more productive with ADHD in 5 steps
Dec 10, 2023
#38 Feck Perfuction: ADHD & perfectionism
Dec 03, 2023
#37 Is ADHD an excuse? (Blame Vs responsibility)
Nov 26, 2023
#36 ADHD & Failure
Nov 19, 2023
#35 Hormones & ADHD
Nov 12, 2023
#34 Motivation is BS (5 Things I do instead)
Nov 05, 2023
#33 Struggling with your ADHD diagnosis (listen to this!)
Oct 29, 2023
#32 What are you making it mean? (ADHD Mindset)
Oct 22, 2023
#31 Boundaries = balance with ADHD
Oct 15, 2023
#30 Positive change using self-compassion with Becca Stark
Oct 08, 2023
#29 Improving your sleep with ADHD
Oct 01, 2023
#28 How to take action when you have ADHD + the 3 reasons why you aren’t
Sep 24, 2023
#27 ADHD & feelings part 2 - Processing emotions (the key to changing them!)
Sep 18, 2023
#26 ADHD & Feelings part 1 - Emotional dysregulation & outbursts
Sep 11, 2023
#25 Self-acceptance with ADHD (negative self-talk & never good enough)
Sep 04, 2023
#24 ADHD Dopamine Debt + the links to apathy, burnout & addiction
Aug 28, 2023
#23 ADHD & Friendships
Aug 21, 2023
#22 ADHD Task Initiation
Aug 14, 2023
#21 Women with ADHD
Aug 07, 2023
#20 Why ADHD meds aren’t enough & 13 other tools you can use
Jul 31, 2023
Free ADHD Masterclass! {Time sensitive}
Jul 27, 2023
#19 The ADHD nervous system & what it means to be "interest based"
Jul 24, 2023
#18 Emotionally dysregulated with ADHD
Jul 17, 2023
#17 How to procrastinate less with ADHD
Jul 10, 2023
#16 ADHD masking: What you need to know
Jul 03, 2023
#15 3 Strategies for handling rejection & criticism with ADHD
Jun 26, 2023
#14 How to feel better ADHD edition
Jun 19, 2023
#13 DOPAMINE part 2: Controlling your dopamine for motivation & satisfaction
Jun 13, 2023
#12 DOPAMINE part 1: Understanding your dopamine for motivation & satisfaction
Jun 05, 2023
#11 Is ADHD a superpower?
May 29, 2023
#10 My #1 Brain tip for ADHDers
May 22, 2023
#9 A starters guide to Executive Functions with ADHD
May 15, 2023
#8 Coping with ADHD
May 08, 2023
#7 Shame & ADHD
Apr 30, 2023
#6 I have ADHD: 3 Things you need to know when starting out
Apr 24, 2023
#5 Why get diagnosed?
Apr 17, 2023
#4 When Friends & Family Don’t Understand Your ADHD
Apr 11, 2023
#2 What is ADHD?
Apr 10, 2023
#3 ADHD Medication + my lessons
Apr 10, 2023
#1 Getting Diagnosed - What Adult ADHD Looks Like
Apr 10, 2023