{"podcast":{"title":"Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast","slug":"taking-control-the-adhd-podcast-386692","podcast_index_feed_id":386692,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/adhd_public","website_url":"https://takecontroladhd.com/the-adhd-podcast","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/f7j3OKLKTTDetUkHhk2HB3ckB4V95JrbH74ISJ2_hCc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMzMDkxLzE2NjUw/MTA5NjYtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"TruStory FM","episode_count":555,"summary":"Nikki Kinzer and Pete Wright offer support, life management strategies, and time and technology tips, dedicated to anyone looking to take control while living with ADHD.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T20:18:01.971951+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/taking-control-the-adhd-podcast-386692"},"episode":{"title":"Aging, ADHD, and Letting Go with Jami Shapiro","slug":"aging-adhd-and-letting-go-with-jami-shapiro","published_at":"2025-11-20T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/taking-control-the-adhd-podcast-386692/aging-adhd-and-letting-go-with-jami-shapiro","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/taking-control-the-adhd-podcast-386692","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/c93f92a3","audio_url":"https://op3.dev/e/media.transistor.fm/c93f92a3/8d233aba.mp3","summary":"GPS is Now Open! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/gps to learn more and take control of your planning today! --- Aging with ADHD often hides in the background of our conversations, even though so many of us feel its effects every day. In this episode, we bring it forward with help from Jami Shapiro , whose work sits right at the intersection of ADHD, transitions, and later-life planning. She’s a senior move manager, ADHD coach, and the voice behind Grandma Has ADHD . Her mix of humor, candor, and lived experience sets the tone for a conversation that feels both comforting and disarming. Jami’s ADHD diagnosis arrived in her mid-40s, long after she had built a career, raised children, and weathered major life changes. The bigger surprise came later: realizing her mother had been living with ADHD as well, completely undiagnosed into her seventies. That discovery reshaped not only Jami’s understanding of her family history but also the emotional patterns she had carried for decades. It softened old misunderstandings and gave her and her mother a way to talk to each other that hadn’t existed before. From there, the conversation widens into the many transitions that come with midlife and beyond—downsizing, empty rooms once filled by children, changing routines, and the simple pressure of making decisions when every choice feels weighty. Jami explains how emotional intensity, uncertainty, and decision fatigue show up more sharply for ADHD adults, especially as responsibilities shift and long-established structures fall away. She walks us through what makes these transitions overwhelming and what actually helps when “just start somewhere” doesn’t land. We also spend time on the parent–child dynamic that emerges when adult children try to help their aging parents with organizi…","meta_description":"GPS is Now Open! Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/gps to learn more and take control of your planning today! --- Aging with ADHD often hides in the backg…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2718,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/taking-control-the-adhd-podcast-386692/episodes/aging-adhd-and-letting-go-with-jami-shapiro/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/taking-control-the-adhd-podcast-386692/aging-adhd-and-letting-go-with-jami-shapiro.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}