TPP 374: Penn & Kim Holderness Talk About How ADHD is Awesome in Love & in Life
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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I think when you focus on your strengths, you look for things that help feed those strengths instead of avoiding those things that you're not good at. And if you start with that mindset, in my opinion, you're gonna find a better job, you're gonna find a better school, you're gonna find a better relationship, and you're gonna be part of a better family if you focus on those things and you really prioritize those. things while putting on the back end making sure you have those systems in place so that you don't drive people crazy.
In my role, I have to find my ADHD or strengths and I keep rewarding that. I catch them mid-act. I walk in and oh my gosh, thank you for putting everything away. He's a grown adult, but still, we all want to hear all the things we've done well.
I'm Debbie Rieber and welcome to Tilled Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. I have been a longtime fan of Kim and Penn Holderness as I love to consume and share their funny music videos, vlogs, and skits. And in more recent years, it's been exciting to see them talking openly and with humor and authenticity about Penn's ADHD and how together Kim and Penn navigate their marriage and raising kids in a mixed neurotype household. All that to say, I loved having a chance to sit down with Kim and Penn to talk about their brand new book, which comes out next week, called ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to Mostly Thriving with ADHD, which they wrote because they are on a mission to reboot how we think about ADHD by taking us inside their ADHD world with all the highs, the lows, and the moments in between.
I think what I loved most about their book and this conversation is that Kim and Penn are real and open. open about how beautiful and yes, messy it can be to navigate life as a person with ADHD or as someone married to an ADHDer. And so in today's conversation, that's what we hear about how Penn has learned to hack himself to manage his ADHD-related challenges, the ways in which ADHD has enriched their family life, and how Kim has reframed her thinking and approach to support Penn Executive function challenges and be what they call an ADHD whisperer while also taking care of her own emotional and mental well-being. If you're not familiar with Kim and Penholderness, they've been married for 16 years, and for seven of those, they've chronicled their marriage and their family with their music videos, skits, and a podcast.
Their videos have resulted in over a billion views. And if you haven't seen the before, After listening to this episode, I highly recommend you go to their Instagram or YouTube and check out some of their content. Kim and Penn's first book together, Everybody Fights, is about how couples can fight better and end arguments feeling closer, more loved, and better understood. And that came out in 2021. The book we're talking about today, ADHD is awesome, comes out April 30th. I really enjoyed putting together this episode and reading Ken and Kibb's new book so I'm so excited to share with you. Let's dive in. Well hey Kim and Penn, welcome to the podcast.
Hi,
thanks so much for having us. Yeah, I'm really excited about this conversation. I've wanted to have you on the show for a while. And then I got word of your new book, ADHD is awesome, coming out. And I thought it was the perfect opportunity to bring you on to talk about you guys, your dynamic, how you navigate a relationship with ADHD. We have a lot of listeners, adults who are ADHD, who will get a lot out of this. And then talk about your new book. So as a way to get started, I would love if you could tell.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–7:35
2
What inspired Kim and Penn to write the new book “ADHD is Awesome”?
7:35–14:31
3
How did Penn’s ADHD diagnosis in college change his self‑identity?
14:31–22:15
4
What is the “Operation Mindset Shift” and how does it reframe ADHD traits as strengths?
22:15–29:41
5
Which practical hacks does Penn use to manage daily ADHD challenges?
29:41–35:33
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How does Kim act as an “ADHD whisperer” to support Penn’s executive‑functioning?
35:33–43:24
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What are the biggest upsides of ADHD for partners, friends, and family?
43:24–44:02
Speakers
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