Gifted Kid, Messy Adult
Episodes
ableism
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie discuss the many forms ableism can take, and how to avoid falling into the mental traps it can set.
The Gang of 19
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie (mostly Jess) tell the story of and discuss the group of pioneering disability rights activists known as "The Gang of 19."
Masked too hard
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie discuss the trouble you can get in when you mask a little too well...Schedule coaching and speaking www.CoachJessicaMichaels.c...
Gifted Kid Gone Bad
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie discuss how one's gifted talents could be used... for evil!Schedule coaching and speaking www.CoachJessicaMichaels.comcontact ...
Weaponized autistic empathy
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie discuss how the super-powered empathy of neurodivergent brains can be turned against themselves.Are you A Helperâ„¢?Are you Th...
The Dark Side of Gifted Programs
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie discuss an article by Sophie Boudreau from The Huffington Post that discusses some of the darker aspects of the gifted program...
UnHinged
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie discuss some recent accessibility features added to the dating app Hinge.Schedule coaching and speaking www.CoachJessicaMichae...
Happy Pride!
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie discuss the overlap of neurodiversity and queerness.Schedule coaching and speaking www.CoachJessicaMichaels.comcontact us Gift...
How limiting something doesn't ruin it
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie discuss their recent outing to the Botanic Gardens and how setting deliberate limits on themselves actually improved the exper...
Autism Registry
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie discuss the horrifying reality of the US government's autism registry.Note: some of the topics discussed in this episode may b...
Fun with friends
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie discuss some of the challenges and benefits of doing things with friends. even if you're not good at them.Schedule coaching an...
F U RFK
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie discuss and debunk the ableist and bigoted claims made by RFK jr.
ADHD Apps
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie discuss the trend of apps designed to help ADHD people.CoachJessicaMichaels.com for coachingother (NSFW) podcast about Dungeon...
Vaccines and Autism
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie discuss the link between vaccines and autism.hint: There isn't one
Hyperfixation special with Dan
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie interview Dan Jones of Aspie World on his special interests and what's been giving him joy lately.https://www.youtube.com/@The...
ADHD meds with Cameron Little
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Which Jess and Ellie discuss ADHD meds with comedian and writer Cameron LittleCameron Little is sometimes a stand-up comedian, occasionally a write...
Burnout With Carole Jean Whittington
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie interview Carole Jean WhittingtonChief Well-Being Officer & Lead Researcher of Whittington Well Being https://whittingtonw...
Gifted Kid Messy Adult The Episode
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Which Jess and Ellie discuss ways to cope with being a former gifted kid who is now just a bit of a messy adult.Email us your ways of celebrating y...
Misophonia and why its THE WORST
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie discuss how misophonia can impact the life of not just the neurodivergent person who experiences it, but their family and frie...
The Steps of Friendship
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie discuss how to judge if you're friends with someone or not. This episode was inspired by this post https://www.instagram.com/r...
Sleep Lore Fail
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie discuss yet another technique that failed to help one of them fall asleep.
Neurodivergent Parents
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie discuss the hesitation that some neurodivergent people have about becoming parents.Reddit thread mentioned: https://www.reddit...
What we don't see
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie discuss the way in which our neurodivergence can just make some things vanish. If you want to support our show https://www.pat...
Autistic Excitement
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie discuss the pertinent question: Does being autistic mean that when you're excited you sieg heil?CoachJessicaMichaels.com Sign ...
Fear of the Unknown
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie discuss the ways in which the neurodivergent brain can be paralyzed by the fear of the unknown.
Hyperfixation: Wicked (The Movie)
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie (mostly Jess) discuss Jess's current hyperfixation, the musical movie Wicked!
Interview with Cait Glasson
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie interview activist Cait Glasson on being in the first ever gifted class in Canada.Get professional coaching for you or the ND ...
Over-Therapized
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie get properly pissed off at an ablest article.The article has since been pulled from Yahoo news, probably because someone read ...
The ADHD Tax
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie discuss the ADHD tax and its fiscal, emotional, and physical cost.Get professional coaching for you or the ND adult in your li...
Masking (part 2)
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie discuss Masking and how it effects our lives.Get professional coaching for you or the ND adult in your lifehttps://coachjessic...
Bins
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie discuss the joy of bins. https://shorturl.at/r8Sze these thingsHelp keep us alive!https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-jess-and-...
Rules Lawyer
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess has a migraine so Ellie kinda babbles on about being a Rules Lawyer.Help keep us alive!https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-jess-and-ellie...
Cognitive Shuffle
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie discuss the Cognitive Shuffle method for falling asleep.https://www.vogue.co.uk/beauty/article/cognitive-shuffle-sleep-methodH...
Tossing (Doom Piles)
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie discuss Tossing. The Nuclear Option of dealing with Doom Piles.Help keep us alive!https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-jess-and-...
Unique psychological challenges - binocular vision
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie discuss the phenomenon of binocular vision in gifted people as covered in this https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNwXSdsW/ post from D...
Overcomplicating
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of our new series of 'psychological challenges unique to gifted people' inspired by Dr. Joey Lawrence's video https://www.tiktok.com/@nd_psych/vid...
Procrastination and Anxiety - publishing a book
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In which Jess and Ellie discuss Jess's upcoming book "One Size Fits No One." A book on neuroinclusion in adult education in a corporate environment as...
Neurospicy
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-jess-and-ellies-fight-for-healthhttps://coachjessicamichaels.com/https://www.elliemichaelsproductions.com/https://w...
Eye Contact
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jess and Ellie discuss the misconceptions about eye contact and why its the worst thing ever if you're neurodivergent.https://www.gofundme.com/f/suppo...
Friendships
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jess and Ellie discuss the difficulty neurodivergent people can have with forming and maintaining friendships.https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-jess-...
Transitions
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jess and Ellie discuss the difficulty neurodivergent people can have with transitions - moving from one activity to another.https://www.gofundme.com/f...
Interview with Dr. Ali Perkinson
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
https://www.connection-squared.com/instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connectingwithali/?hl=enDr. Ali's Linktree https://linktr.ee/connection_square...
Please Stand By
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jess and Ellie's fight for health https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-jess-and-ellies-fight-for-healthRegular podcast service will resume on 7/18/24
Autistic Personification
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jess and Ellie discuss the phenomenon of Autistic Personification and why its sometimes embarrassing, but also sometimes helpful.IKEA lamp commercial ...
Chronic Invalidation
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There is a difference in neurodivergent people with how they perceive the world and how others think they should be perceiving the world. These views ...
Everyone's A Little... No
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
While autism is a spectrum, there's the growing phrase, "Everyone is a little autistic." You can replace "autistic" with a plethora of other neurodive...
The Kitchen
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This may seem like an offbeat episode, but this week, Jess and Ellie are talking about the kitchen and food. The two dive into the world of grocery sh...
Video Games
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Finally, Jessica and Ellie can talk about something that they love in their personal lives: video games. While there aren't formal studies connecting ...
Emotional Object Permanence
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The idea that you forget about people's emotions in relation to you or objects, in general, is a part of both neurotypical and neurodiverse communitie...
Pronouns And Being Trans (With Mat Elfring)
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Producer Mat comes back to the show and completely derails the episode within the first minute. Jessica and Ellie answer Mat's questions about pronoun...
The Lasting Effects Of Being A Gifted Kid
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Both Jessica and Ellie grew up as gifted kids, but how did that label affect them growing up, and more importantly, how did that label affect them as ...
Stimming
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica and Ellie explain what "stimming" is--it's basically an action that stimulates your brain that's soothing to the person doing it. While it is ...
Autoimmune Challenges
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What are autoimmune challenges and how they do effect the neurodivergent community? Jessica opens up about her own recent autoimmune conditions and he...
The Neurodiverse Professionals Community
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica talks about building a community of neurodiversity professionals. Growing up, Jessica knew her experiences as a child weren't like others. Lat...
Sleep
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As you grow older, the relationship between sleep and yourself becomes more complicated. For those in the neurodivergent community, it can be a bit mo...
Burnout (With Carole Jean Whittington)
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ever feel tired, lackadaisical, or maybe you just don't feel like engaging with the outside world? There's a good chance you could be feeling burnout....
The Link Between ADHD And Obesity
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to ADHD, there are plenty of obstacles to overcome. One of the things that have been more recently discussed is the link between ADHD an...
Hyperfixations
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When does a hobby or something you enjoy lean into the neurodivergent trait of a hyperfixation? Well, the answer is pretty clean, as on this episode o...
Masking (With Mat Elfring)
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes, you have to pretend to be ok or pretend you fit in, in order to make yourself feel like a normal, neurotypical in public. This is the idea ...
Picking Your Battles
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For everyone, deciding which battles are worth fighting and which ones aren't worth your time, can be a daunting task. For those in the neurotypical c...
Revenge Bedtime Procrastination
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why even go to sleep when you can be up doing stuff? When you work hard during the day, sometimes you want to stay up and socialize and get things don...
Imposter Syndrome
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're not even good enough to talk about the topic of imposter syndrome. See what we did there? The feeling of having accomplishments in something but...
Overwhelm
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Living with autism, ADHD, or the various other types of neurodiversity can mean your brain doesn't function the way a neurotypical brain would. Tasks,...
The Gifted Kid Experience
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
While a lot of this podcast has focused on how neurodivergent people deal with things neurotypicals don't have to endure on a day-to-day basis, there ...
Doompiles
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Doompiles. The term isn't as scary as it sounds, but the concept can be overwhelming to the neurodivergent community. Jessica and Ellie Michaels discu...
Who Is Neurodivergent? (With Mat Elfring)
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to be neurodivergent and who do many people consider to be neurodivergent? This week, Jessica and Ellie discuss this with Gifted Kid...
Friends
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For neurotypical people, making and keeping friends is a far different experience than those who are neurodivergent. From communication to maintaining...
Habits
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Habits may not be something neurotypical people notice in every day life. However, habits can become problematic for the nuerodiverse. From diving int...
Introductions And Neurodivergent Observations
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts Jessica and Ellie Michaels discuss the world of neurodiversity in this opening episode. What is neurodiversity? How does it affect people's live...
Trailer
28 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Here's what you can expect from Gifted Kid, Messy Adult, hosted by Jessica and Ellie Michaels, a podcast about Neurodiversity. New episodes of Gifted ...