{"podcast":{"title":"ADHD with Jenna Free","slug":"adhd-with-jenna-free-7252095","podcast_index_feed_id":7252095,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/557461/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/557461","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/6/a/2/e/6a2e470661adca93d959afa2a1bf1c87/Copy_of_ADHD_With_Jenna_Free-Podcast_Artwork_Tempalte.png","author":"Jenna Free","episode_count":67,"summary":"ADHD with Jenna Free is a podcast for adults with ADHD who are done surviving their symptoms and ready to start thriving with ADHD without the endless tips, hacks, and workarounds that have never really fixed anything. Hosted by Jenna Free, a Canadian Certified Counselor (CCC) and ADHD therapist, this show exists to give you a completely different way of understanding ADHD in adults and the signs of ADHD in women. Because the reason you're stuck, overwhelmed, and exhausted isn't a lack of willpower, it's that your brain is running in fight or flight. And once you understand that, everything changes. This podcast covers the full experience of living with adult ADHD: the real science behind procrastination in ADHD and ADHD task paralysis, ADHD executive functioning strategies that work, why ADHD and perimenopause collide in ways no one talks about, and the honest, solution-focused conversations that most ADHD podcasts aren't having. Jenna also shares her own story, what it looks like to go from chronically dysregulated to genuinely thriving, so you can see that this is actually possible for you. This show gives women with ADHD, and anyone who has ever wondered whether ADHD can be di…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-29T18:18:39.360448+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/adhd-with-jenna-free-7252095"},"episode":{"title":"65: Why ADHD Overwhelm Happens and How to Regulate It","slug":"65-why-adhd-overwhelm-happens-and-how-to-regulate-it","published_at":"2026-06-22T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/adhd-with-jenna-free-7252095/65-why-adhd-overwhelm-happens-and-how-to-regulate-it","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/adhd-with-jenna-free-7252095","url":"https://jennafree.com/blog/adhd-overwhelm-how-to-regulate","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/86ec717b-8213-494f-90a6-575b5c86795e/Why_ADHD_Overwhelm_Happens_and_How_to_Regulate_It.mp3?dest-id=4814301","summary":"Too much to do, can't pick anything, can't move. The list is right there, the day is slipping, and somehow you end up frozen on the couch, wondering what is wrong with you. This episode is for the adult with ADHD who keeps hitting that wall and wants to understand what's actually happening in the brain when overwhelm takes over. I break down why ADHD overwhelm is a nervous system event, what the brain is doing in fight or flight that makes executive functioning disappear, and why your perception of how much you have to do is almost never accurate. Plus two visualizations you can use right away to retrain how your brain is processing time and tasks. 00:00 – ADHD Overwhelm and What the Brain Is Doing 01:28 – ADHD Fight or Flight and the Prefrontal Cortex 05:37 – How ADHD Cognitive Distortions Warp Your Perception of Time 08:30 – Naming the Feeling as an ADHD Regulation Tool 10:16 – The Dotted Line Visualization for ADHD Overwhelm 13:16 – The Brick Path Visualization for ADHD Paralysis Check out the show notes and other resources at https://jennafree.com/blog/adhd-overwhelm-how-to-regulate Let's stay connected! Ready to help your ADHD clients heal at the nervous system level? Join the waitlist for the ADHD Regulation Method certification launching in September. Want more thriving with ADHD? Come hang out with me on Instagram! Get out of paralysis, be more productive, and enjoy your life again! Join an upcoming group!","meta_description":"Too much to do, can't pick anything, can't move. The list is right there, the day is slipping, and somehow you end up frozen on the couch, wondering what…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1119,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/adhd-with-jenna-free-7252095/episodes/65-why-adhd-overwhelm-happens-and-how-to-regulate-it/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/adhd-with-jenna-free-7252095/65-why-adhd-overwhelm-happens-and-how-to-regulate-it.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}