Something Shiny: ADHD!

When “You’re Fine” Feels Like the Worst Thing to Hear

08 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week, David and Isabelle sit down with Avari Brocker — Neurodiversity Alliance student advocate and founder of Learning Curb — for a conversa...

Why “Good Change” Still Feels Overwhelming When You Have ADHD

25 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week, David and Isabelle unpack why moving can hit neurodivergent brains so much harder than people realize. Yes, there’s the obvious stress of...

Why Getting Help With ADHD Can Feel So Complicated

11 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ever needed extra time, extra support, or a different way of doing something and immediately thought, “Wait… is this cheating?”Yeah. That feelin...

What "Finding Your People" Actually Means When You Have ADHD

25 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ever walked into a room full of neurodivergent people and thought, "Oh no, what if I'm NOT actually ADHD? What if I don't belong here either?" Yeah. T...

Why Mentorship Might Be Your ADHD Survival Strategy

11 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ever wonder why seeing another neurodivergent person succeed can literally change your life? This week, David and Isabelle bring you the second half o...

When Your ADHD Brain Crashes After Crisis (And the Reframe That Changes Everything)

30 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ever notice how ADHD makes you crave chaos...until the chaos actually arrives and your brain completely shorts out? This week, co-host Isabelle Richar...

What Happens When You Stop Hiding Your ADHD

14 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ever felt like you were doing everything "wrong" compared to everyone around you...like, thinking back to college, why did studying take you five envi...

Why “Just Try Harder” Never Works—And What to Do Instead

31 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If you’ve ever tried to start something simple—doing the dishes, sending the email, getting out the door—and still somehow couldn’t make it ha...

If You’ve Ever Thought “Why Can’t I Just Do the Thing?" — Listen to This

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! You know what to do. You’ve made the list, downloaded the app, maybe even set a timer. But wh...

This Is Why You Push Yourself Too Hard (And How To Immediately Stop The Cycle)

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! You know that moment when you're doing something hard, painful, or just plain exhausting, and a...

The Corners You Learned to Hide (and the Systems That Taught You To)

19 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! There’s a particular kind of tired that seeps past your muscles—it settles in your body mem...

Can you be an ally or expert on ADHD...without having ADHD?

30 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! We gotta be able to handle hearing people talk about us, even when it's triggering and hard, be...

Why are folks so scared of overdiagnosis?

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Is the 'overdiagnosing' of ADHD, autism, and other neurodevelopmental conditions a 'danger,' an...

Is ADHD overdiagnosed?

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Are ADHD, autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders overdiagnosed? Is it all in our heads? ...

MUCH NEEDED REPLAY: Were you a kid with ADHD in the 90's?

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Let's revisit a bunch of neurodivergent folx reminiscing about what it was like growing up (and...

Do you trust that others (especially those in power) will help you?

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! So with news articles and headlines about how folks with ADHD need to get off their meds or go ...

Do folks with ADHD 'stim' (and what is it)?

21 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Isabelle and David talk 'stimming'-AKA "Self-stimulating behavior": what is this word, where do...

Can you be super empathic and autistic? (um...YES) - Neuropsychs Explored Part IV

23 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Isabelle finishes sharing her neuropsych results, including recommendations for ADHD and autism...

Do we really need labels like ADHD and AuDHD? - Neuropsychs Explored Part III

02 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Isabelle and David continue to explore how an official ADHD or autism or AuDHD diagnosis might ...

How can you trust the world when the world doesn't get you? - Neuropsychs Explored Part II

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! David and Isabelle go into greater depth about neuropsychological assessments--both back in the...

What is a neuropsych anyway? What is AuDHD? - Neuropsychs Explored Part I

19 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Isabelle shares the results of her neuropsych with David: she is AuDHD! As a grown human learni...

Loneliness and Changes to How We Mask - with Marcus Soutra, For the Good Consulting

05 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Isabelle and David welcome back Marcus Soutra, co-founder of Eye to Eye and founder of For the ...

From "toughen up" to "the trauma ends with me" - with guest, Marcus Soutra (For the Good Consulting)

26 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Isabelle and David welcome back Marcus Soutra, co-founder of Eye to Eye and founder of For the ...

Why is the transition to sleep so extra hard?

19 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Isabelle and David continue to talk with David’s brother’s friend, Aaron, and dig deep into...

Are folks with ADHD natural promoters?

12 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Isabelle and David continue to talk with David’s brother’s friend, Aaron, and contemplate w...

What happens when you be more of the person you want to be?

15 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Isabelle and David welcome David’s brother’s friend, Aaron, who, as a recently diagnosed AD...

Does ADHD Make You Overly Optimistic?

01 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Does ADHD make you an overly optimistic puppy dog? Or the sprinkle of trickster magic in someon...

Holiday Prep Series - ADHD, meet time off perfectionism

18 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! How do you make your time off the most efficiently relaxing? Or unlock a peak game night or oth...

Holiday Prep Series - ADHD, meet gift giving!

11 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Just in time for the mounting stress at the end of the year, here’s an ADHD-friendly gift-giv...

Holiday Prep Series - ADHD, meet holiday travel!

04 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! How do you survive holiday travel with ADHD? What about traveling with children, particularly s...

Holiday Prep Series: ADHD, meet family (get-togethers)

27 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! How do you survive family dinners? Sitting at a table until everyone is done? Overstimulation? ...

Holiday Prep Series: ADHD, meet more food...and real Thanksgiving wins

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! What do you do when people are openly judging your food sensitivities (or the food sensitivitie...

Holiday Prep Series: ADHD, meet food!

06 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! This week we're revisiting what happens when you show up at a holiday meal and immediately real...

Is it ADHD culture or just ADHD trauma?

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Is there a way to switch gears even when you're running late, overhwhelmed, and already past cr...

Why do we burn ourselves out?

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Why do we push ourselves so hard, hyperfocus, are ready to do 80 things at once, then crash and...

Does 'back to school' season hit you hard, too?

29 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Ep075: Does back to school season hit you hard, too?Why is it so hard and triggering and exhaus...

Summer Starter Series: When can hyperfocus be your friend?

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! What happens when the rewards for doing something don't show up until way later? Or if it's har...

Summer Starter Series: Can you turn anxiety into excitement?

28 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Why are some of us anxious and some of us excited (or a combo platter of both)? And is it possi...

Summer Starter Series: Why are decisions/transitions so easy/hard?

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Why do some of us minimize and reduce the number of choices while others seek excitement and no...

Summer Starter Series: How do we find our worth in a world that doesn’t value us?

31 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! David and Isabelle navigated the treacherous landscape of surviving and being the lucky ones; a...

Summer Starter Series: Why does feedback hurt so much?

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Does feedback sting extra hard? David introduces the concept of rejection sensitive dysphoria (...

Summer Starter Series: ADHD & Relationships

03 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Ever wonder if it’d be easier to be partnered with someone who also has ADHD (or, someone who...

Summer Starter Series: All About ADHD - Part III

19 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Everything you ever wanted to know about ADHD...continues! WOOHOO! Go back and check out Parts ...

Summer Starter Series: All About ADHD - Part II

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Everything you ever wanted to know about ADHD...continues! WOOHOO! Go back and check out Part I...

Summer Starter Series: All About ADHD - Part I

23 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Everything you ever wanted to know about ADHD. Seriously. From what's happening in the brain, t...

The good, bad and stereotypes of being homeschooled with ADHD? Part II

08 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! David and Isabelle welcome Ren, a fellow therapist with ADHD,  who digs into what was rough an...

What is is like to have ADHD and be homeschooled? Part I

24 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! David and Isabelle are delighted to be joined by their colleague, Ren, a fellow therapist who d...

How to be a better group project member...to yourself?

10 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! In this hodgepodge of truth bombs, David and Isabelle cover a bit about how menopause and hormo...

How to stop when you don't wanna?

27 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! How do you teach yourself (and/or children) how to stop, especially when you want to keep going...

A slow clap for voice assistants?

13 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Why is it that I have 1000 planners/calendars/whiteboards and still forget stuff all the time? ...

Can you stop the to-do's and hit the pause button?

29 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Isabelle struggles with the idea of doing 'little yucks' because her to-do list is endless, she...

More is better...or is it?

14 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Isabelle and David catch up and grapple with those moments when you have a ton of energy or anx...

Neurodivergent Generations LIVE! - Q & A

01 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! In a panel recorded live in front of an audience at the 2023 Eye to Eye National Friends and Al...

Neurodivergent Generations LIVE! - How Is Our Culture Changing?

17 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! In a panel recorded live in front of an audience at the 2023 Eye to Eye National Friends and Al...

Neurodivergent Generations LIVE! - From Living at the Margins to a Culture of Our Own

03 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! In a panel recorded live in front of an audience at the 2023 Eye to Eye National Friends and Al...

Something Shiny LIVE! Fireside Chat with David and Eye to Eye's Alyssa - Q & A

20 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! David sits down with Eye to Eye's Alyssa Tundidor for the question and answer portion of their ...

Something Shiny LIVE! Fireside Chat with David and Eye to Eye's Alyssa

06 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! David sits down with Eye to Eye's Alyssa Tundidor for a fireside chat. Covering everything from...

Thanksgiving Special - Food, meet ADHD!

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Ever shown up at a holiday meal and immediately realized with a sinking feeling- "Not again…I...

Never Been Broken - Conversation with Eye to Eye Co-Founders David Flink & Marcus Soutra - Part II

08 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! The second part of an illuminating conversation with David Flink and Marcus Soutra, co-founders...

“Your Story Matters and It Can Change the Life of Someone Else” - Conversation with Eye to Eye Co-Founders David Flink & Marcus Soutra - Part I

25 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! David and Isabelle are joined by David Flink and Marcus Soutra, co-founders of Eye to Eye, frie...

What about the grief that comes when you find your tribe?

11 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Isabelle and David continue to reflect upon what it was like to experience the Eye to Eye Young...

Ever feel like you found your home planet?

27 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Isabelle and David reflect upon what it was like to experience the Eye to Eye Young Leader's Or...

How do we find our worth in a world that doesn’t value us?

13 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! David and Isabelle navigated the treacherous landscape of surviving and being the lucky ones; a...

What if I could choose my own adventure?

30 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! David and Isabelle grapple with flipping the focus from ADHD symptoms into strengths, as surviv...

Did I break it?

16 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Isabelle and David reflect on going on 3 years of working on this podcast (note: this is now ar...

REPLAY: ADHD & Relationships Round Table

03 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! While we reunite (in person!) and prep some amazing new episodes, here's one of our top ever: e...

Am I using too many qualifiers?

19 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Isabelle and David explore more strengths of neurodivergence, such as adaptability and respondi...

When do you want to learn how to swim?

05 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Isabelle and David explore a bit about dyslexia, dyscalculia, and all the ways we walk around a...

Who am I and can I just take the win?

21 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! David and Isabelle name that a big part of any behavior change is a change in how you identify;...

Are we clumsy or just going for more wins?

07 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! David and Isabelle explore the myriad injuries and ponder the links between clumsiness and ADHD...

REPLAY: How do you travel (with ADHD)?

24 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! In honor of summer travel plans and it's own type of holiday magic, we revisit this classic (Ep...

REPLAY: I'm Not Tired, You're Tired

10 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! We replay one of our favorites (Episode 022): Are folx with ADHD made to be night owls? Or earl...

Women & ADHD Round Table - Part IV - Our Bodies

26 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! David and Isabelle are joined by two fellow therapists who have ADHD, Caily & Sarah. They t...

Women & ADHD Round Table - Part III - Hormones

12 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! David and Isabelle are joined by two fellow therapists who have ADHD, Caily & Sarah. They t...

Women & ADHD Round Table - Part II - What's up with all this anxiety?

29 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! David and Isabelle are joined by two fellow therapists who have ADHD, Caily & Sarah. They t...

Women & ADHD Round Table - Part I - Hyperactivity

15 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! David and Isabelle are joined by two fellow therapists who have ADHD, Caily & Sarah. They t...

Conversation with LeDerick Horne - Part IV - “Until Every Barrier Falls"

01 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! David and Isabelle continue their conversation with poet, speaker, and activist for people with...

Conversation with LeDerick Horne - Part III - "Dare to Dream"

15 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! David and Isabelle continue their conversation with poet, speaker, and activist for people with...

Conversation with LeDerick Horne - Part II - "Being Seen By Somebody Like You"

01 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! David and Isabelle continue their conversation with David’s dear and incredible friend, LeDer...

Conversation with LeDerick Horne - Part I - "Nothing About You Needs To Be Fixed"

18 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! David starts by introducing his incredible friend—poet, speaker, and advocate for all people ...

REPLAY: Why are decisions and transitions so easy/hard?

04 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Here's a REPLAY of good ol' episode 11 to help ease your transition into 2023-with new episodes...

REPLAY: Are we designed to procrastinate?

21 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! (originally episode 08! rerun for your holiday break enjoyment!) How do we separate a task from...

How do you travel (with ADHD)? - Holiday Series - Part II

07 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! How do you survive traveling with ADHD? What about traveling with children, particularly small ...

How do you holiday (with ADHD)? - Holiday Series - Part I

23 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! How do you survive family dinners? Sitting at a table until everyone is done? Overstimulation? ...

Can you turn anxiety into excitement?

09 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Why are some of us anxious and some of us excited (or a combo platter of both)? And is it possi...

Want to feel more productive?

26 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! The first thing David wants to talk about how amazing Dolly Parton is, how he’s heard more am...

Is my substance use helping or hurting?

12 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! David describes how when we hyper focus and launch ourselves into something, it can be hard to ...

Do you see yourself clearly?

28 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Isabelle and David check in and Isabelle describes trying Pickleball, and the way that physical...

When can hyperfocus be your friend?

14 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! What about a task that doesn’t have a sense of doing it well? You do it or you don’t do it,...

Can you use your shame...for good?

31 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! David takes us back to second grade and playing following the leader, where you do the same man...

All About ADHD - Part X

17 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Isabelle & David welcome Isabelle’s husband, Bobby, and their friends, Christina, AJ, and...

What happens when we make mistakes?

03 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! David asks: what about brushing your teeth and things that don’t have immediate gratification...

Frustrated with your frustration tolerance?

20 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! David begins by naming that dealing with a lot of a frustration is part and parcel of ADHD—an...

All About ADHD - Part IX

06 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Isabelle & David welcome Isabelle’s husband, Bobby, and their friends, Christina, AJ, and...

Live Q & A - Part 2 - Overexplaining, Taking Breaks, and How to Recharge

22 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Isabelle & David welcome guests to a live Q & A (previously recorded) and start by addr...

Live Q & A - Part 1 - Prescribers, Meds, & Relationships

08 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Isabelle & David welcome guests to a live Q & A (previously recorded) and describe the ...

All About ADHD - Part VIII

25 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Isabelle & David welcome Isabelle’s husband, Bobby, and their friends, Christina, AJ, and...

Ready to unmask all that sensory stuff?

11 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! David mentions that he is sitting on the floor, because he still hasn’t gotten a desk. Isabel...

I'm Not Tired, You're Tired

27 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Are folx with ADHD made to be night owls? Or early birds? Or does your early bird/night owl set...

All About ADHD - Part VII

13 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the collection of fidgets Team Shiny loves! Isabelle & David welcome Isabelle’s husband, Bobby, and their friends, Christina, AJ, and...