In this week’s episode, we’re diving into a fascinating and often overlooked area of ADHD: interoception. This is our ability to sense and interpret internal bodily signals like hunger, heartbeat, or emotional shifts. Understanding interoception is key to emotional regulation, self-awareness, and reconnecting with our bodies, especially for women with ADHD.

I’m joined by Caroline Williams, a science journalist and author, whose new book, Inner Sense, brings the emerging science of interoception to a mainstream audience. Caroline has written for The Times, The Telegraph, and The Guardian, and is a former feature editor at New Scientist. She’s also the author of Override and Move!, the latter named a New Scientist Book of the Year.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is OUT NOW!

What You'll Learn:

• What interoception is, and how it differs from exteroception and proprioception
• Why those with ADHD often struggle to regulate internal signals
• How tuning into bodily cues helps with decision-making, intuition, and reducing stress
• Caroline’s motivation for writing her book
• The role of the vagus nerve in interoception
• How affective touch (like gentle stroking) supports calming and connection
• How hypermobility may impact interoception and sensory regulation
• Why ADHD brains and bodies can respond more strongly to stress, and how this links to RSD (Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria)
• How to find compassion for your needs and gently support yourself through dysregulation
• The emerging conversation around GLP-1 medications, fullness, and potential ADHD applications
• Tools to strengthen interoception: body scans, exercise awareness, reminder apps, floatation tanks, and more.

Timestamps:

• 02:41 - Understanding The Science Behind Interoception
• 10:19 - Exploring Interoception and Its Impact on Mental Health
• 14:07 - The Importance of Interoception in Therapy
• 24:26 - Understanding The Difference Interoception Can Make
• 26:50 - Understanding Heart Sensitivity and Anxiety
• 34:33 - The Role of Interoception and Appetite Regulation
• 39:22 - The Impact of Interoception on Body Awareness
• 46:36 - The Power of Compassion when Navigating Neurodivergence

Whether you’re newly diagnosed or deep into your ADHD journey, this episode offers empowering insights into how listening to your body can become a powerful part of your emotional wellbeing.

Links and Resources:

• Order my book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit
• Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
• Find my popular ADHD webinars and resources on my website [here].
• Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
• Follow Caroline on Instagram:

In this week’s 'Wisdom' episode, we explore the emotional complexity of how ADHD manifests in various nuanced ways in our relationships and family life, and importantly, how we can improve and live better lives with this understanding.

In Chapter 7 of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, I've written about building a life that works for you, and focusing on the things which make you feel more grounded, fulfilled, authentic and purposeful, leading to us feeling happier and more regulated in our realtionships. On today's episode, we revisit poignant conversations with relationship and family dynamic experts Melissa Orlov, a renowned marriage consultant and author and Tamara Rosier, an ADHD coach and author.

🌟 My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is out now to order here🌟

What You'll Learn:

• The ADHD brain's need for dopamine and how this need for reward can strain relationships
• How genetics and early attachment shape emotional patterns and coping strategies
• How non-ADHD partners can build awareness and avoid walking on eggshells
• The importance of taking responsibility by owning emotional reactions, learning to self-soothe, and making amends
• Why self-management tools like mindfulness, movement, communication cues, and therapy help rebuild trust and connection
• The power of co-regulation: being the steady, calm presence that helps others feel safe
• Tamara’s pool analogy to explain your responsibility in managing emotions
• The emotional dynamic of overfunctioning and underfunctioning in ADHD

Timestamps:

• 04:02 - Navigating Relationships with ADHD
• 10:08 - Understanding ADHD and Emotional Regulation
• 11:35 - The Power of Co-regulation for Supporting Relationships
• 16:43 - Taking Responsibility for Emotions and Personal Growth
• 20:13 - Understanding Emotional Responsibility in Relationships

This episode offers deep insight into what’s really happening beneath the surface in ADHD-affected relationships, along with the hope, responsibility, and practical tools needed to move forward with self-responsibility, greater awareness, compassion, and emotional balance. By taking responsibility for our emotional responses and learning to communicate more effectively, we can create more compassionate and understanding family environments.

Links and Resources:

• Missed our ADHD Women’s Summer Series? Get the Perfectionism and Procrastination workshop [here].
• Order my book: The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit [here].
• Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September [here].
• Find my popular ADHD webinars and resources on my website [here].
• Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

My book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is OUT NOW!!!

This bonus episode is a heartfelt reflection from me, Kate, as I celebrate the launch of my new book, 'The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit.'

I dive into how this book and the podcast work hand-in-hand to provide a toolkit of practical strategies for women navigating life after an ADHD diagnosis.

Over the past few years, I've transformed from a person overwhelmed by my symptoms to someone who embraces self-compassion and awareness, and I want to share that journey with you.

I hope it serves as a friendly guide, encouraging you to recognise your unique strengths while also addressing the challenges we face along the way.

I explain how the book is...

• A deeply personal and practical guide to navigating life post-diagnosis, with tools for healing, self-awareness and growth.
• Built from lived experience, coaching and therapeutic training, and years of podcast wisdom, the book offers a compassionate toolkit and roadmap to support you day by day.
• Designed to be dipped in and out of, wherever you find yourself emotionally, hormonally or energetically.
• An invitation to embrace your authentic selves, honour your energy, and meet yourself with compassion through the ups and downs.
• Chapters include: soothing anxiety, understanding RSD, regulating your nervous system, understanding hormones, preventing burnout, building a life that works for you, boosting creativity, leaning into joy, simplifying life, and breaking generational patterns that no longer serve you.
• A compassionate companion, a scaffolding, a hand to hold, and a reminder that you’re not alone in this.

Timestamps:

• 00:12 - Reflections on the ADHD Women's Well-Being Toolkit
• 03:49 - Understanding ADHD: A Journey of Awareness and Tools
• 05:15 - Understanding Our Anxiety and Learning to Soothe It
• 08:45 - Embracing Change and Simplification
• 12:10 - Embracing Authenticity and Self-Discovery

Links and Resources:

• Order my book, The ADHD Womens' Wellbeing Toolkit
• Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
• Find my popular ADHD webinars and resources on my website [here].
• Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod

Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity and clarity.