{"podcast":{"title":"ADHD Mums","slug":"adhd-mums-6363089","podcast_index_feed_id":6363089,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/adhdmums/","website_url":"https://www.adhdmums.com.au/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/36034d34-12a3-48c5-b350-38b0ca05e100/image.jpg","author":"Jane McFadden","episode_count":307,"summary":"Being a mum is hard enough. Being a mum with ADHD — or raising neurodivergent kids — is a whole different level. ADHD Mums is the unfiltered, science-meets-reality podcast hosted by Jane McFadden — an Autistic and ADHD mum with a Master's in Neuroscience and Psychology and certification as an ADHD and Autism assessor. This isn't another polished parenting show with 'ten easy tips'. It's real stories, confessions we're not supposed to say out loud, and the research that explains why so many of us are running on empty. Every week you'll hear: 🎙️ Confessions — raw, anonymous truths from mums navigating rage, burnout, and survival. 🧠 Expert insights — from clinicians, researchers, and policy leaders on ADHD, autism, and mental health. 💬 Advocacy in action — exposing ADHD medication shortages, NDIS red tape, and the hidden costs mothers carry. With over 1 million downloads from around the world, the podcast has influenced ADHD reforms in Australia, been featured in national media, and pushed politicians to answer the questions mothers are asking. If you've ever screamed in the car, forgotten every form until the night before, or wondered if you're the only one falling apart — this podc…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T06:22:15.189015+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/adhd-mums-6363089"},"episode":{"title":"1. Season 4 Launch: Who Am I If I Stop Being In Service to Everyone in My Life?","slug":"1-season-4-launch-who-am-i-if-i-stop-being-in-service-to-everyone-in-my-life","published_at":"2026-05-27T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/adhd-mums-6363089/1-season-4-launch-who-am-i-if-i-stop-being-in-service-to-everyone-in-my-life","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/adhd-mums-6363089","url":"https://adhdmums.com.au/captivate/1-season-4-launch-who-am-i-if-i-stop-being-in-service-to-everyone-in-my-life","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/5bf402fb-3de7-4a77-95aa-d75ad06c1c6d.mp3","summary":"The cafe moment. A waiter. Six seconds of blank silence. I've ordered for everyone in my life for 40 years and when someone asked what I wanted, there was nobody home. Season 4 starts here. This isn't a self-help season. It's not a divorce season. It's the work nobody warned us about — what happens after the diagnosis, when the operating system fails and you don't know who you are without it. What We Cover The cafe, the menu, the bacon and eggs my husband always orders — and the six seconds I'll never forget Why I can connect every menu item to what my kids or husband would eat, but not to what I want The dopamine system that drives preference — and what happens after 30, 40 years of overriding it What I'm doing for my 40th: nothing, because I don't know Who you become when you're at service to everyone — partners, kids, in-laws, WhatsApp groups, work, the can-you-just emails Why \"operating system\" is the only word that fits — and why my daughter is starting to run it too Why the diagnosis doesn't just add a chapter. It rewrites the whole book. The pushback — the first quiet no, the partners who pretend not to notice, the friends who stop calling, the \"you've changed\" Why the mask isn't a costume anymore — for some of us, it's the whole identity, and everyone we love is calibrated to it The five-stage renovation — the cost, the recognition, the pushback, the collision, the repair Why I'm stuck in stage three and don't pretend otherwise What's coming in Season 4: Dr Sunita Chelva returning, a miniseries on the pushback, what happens in the body when the operating system can't run anymore Why I'm done waiting — for the politicians, the clinicians, the right medication, the right specialist, the right strategy The shredding (not the gym kind — the bearded dragon kind) I'm…","meta_description":"The cafe moment. A waiter. Six seconds of blank silence. I've ordered for everyone in my life for 40 years and when someone asked what I wanted, there was…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1084,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/adhd-mums-6363089/episodes/1-season-4-launch-who-am-i-if-i-stop-being-in-service-to-everyone-in-my-life/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/adhd-mums-6363089/1-season-4-launch-who-am-i-if-i-stop-being-in-service-to-everyone-in-my-life.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}