Late-Diagnosed ADHD in Women Over 60: Grace, Systems, and the Mother Daughter Shift with Lisa Randall

What if you are not “too much,” “too chatty,” “too sensitive,” or “just rude” What if your brain has been working overtime for decades, and a diagnosis is not a label, but permission to finally offer yourself grace? In this episode, we talk about what it feels like to be diagnosed with ADHD later in life, the quiet shame so many women carry, and the surprisingly practical supports that can change your day-to-day. Today on Neurodivergent Conversations, I’m sitting down with Lisa, who was encouraged toward her own late ADHD diagnosis through her daughter Michelle’s journey, and who now leads Lexie’s Voice, a nonprofit supporting families touched by autism and developmental disabilities. We chat about: what “loving yourself” can look like in the form of pursuing diagnosis and support the moment medication made her handwriting slow down and finally match her thoughts how masking can look like people pleasing, and why it can actually be about soothing your own nervous system the social “whiplash” of being deeply present, then forgetting details later, and the systems that help the mother daughter shift when your adult child starts protecting their limits (and what it can teach you about asking for what you need) why “you’ve met one autistic person, you’ve met one,” and what that means for how we show up with compassion You will leave with language for what you have been experiencing, and a few gentle ideas you can try this week if your brain is always five steps ahead of your body. GET THE LINKS ⁠⁠⁠Check out the refreshed website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Learn about the ⁠⁠⁠Exhausted to Empowered Collective⁠⁠⁠ Follow me on socials: ⁠⁠⁠INSTAGRAM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠FACEBOOK⁠⁠⁠ SPONSOR LINKS: Check out ADHD Central! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices