Also on YouTube for some visuals

My urge for minimalism is partly to provide myself with the visual cues I desperately need, without overwhelming myself with visual clutter. And, there has been a specifically classist push for minimalism that sometimes causes me to get rid of too much.

Here's an excellent thread about minimalism, class, and why you're probably not a hoarder

I especially loved the idea that you may just need better organization, because I really love lining things up. Now I'm focusing on organizing based on my interests, rather than what I think is the most practical or obvious!

Mentioned in episode:

1. Mastodon thread about minimalism
2. The exact iPad cover I showed that looks like a Composition notebook (still going strong almost four years in), affiliate link

1. Transcript Doc
2. Mattia's Newsletter
3. Like Your Brain community space (Patreon/Discord)

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Thanks to Hyperfocus with Rae Jacobson for letting me cross-post this important discussion about one of the first longitudinal studies of ADHD in women and girls!

Full show notes, timestamps, and Transcript available on Hyperfocus' site

(Ep 5, The “devastating” findings of a decades-long ADHD study, Dec 5, 2024 has the full version; it was reposted Aug 28 2025 with more brief notes)

Dr. Stephen Hinshaw is one of the leading voices when it comes to ADHD in women and girls.

That’s in large part due to his work on The Berkeley Girls Study. (Its full name is The Berkeley Girls with ADHD Longitudinal Study, but most people know it by that shorthand or acronym: The BGALs Study.)

Under Steve’s leadership, researchers began studying 140 girls with ADHD and a control group of nearly 90 girls without it. They’ve been following these girls into their adulthood, producing a reams of information that has helped shape current understanding of ADHD in women and girls.

That said, Rae Jacobson had plenty of questions for Steve:

• Why did you want to study ADHD in girls at a time when it was typically seen as a boys’ disorder?
• Why is it that one type of ADHD seems to lead to such negative outcomes?
• What do we do about the stigma that still surrounds the disorder?

note: This episode includes discussion of suicide and self-harm. Please take care when listening and skip this one if you need to.

Listen to more episodes of Hyperfocus here

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Chronic shame makes us feel all kinds of terrible things that often are the triggers that send people to therapy.

It's caused in part by relational rupture without repair, especially as an infant and child.

While there's no quick fix, recognizing the signs and beginning to gently work with it does help over time.

This is episode 10 of a series of 10 that started with 102 AuDHD Therapy That Works with Joe Sosta

I'm working on some more materials to pull all these episodes together in a useful way and will add that here when they're done!

Crisis Resources:

• USA-based anonymous crisis chat
• International crisis lines
• Various types of crisis resources in about 10 countries
• My Medium article, "Please Stay, We Need You"

Mentioned in episode:

• Book Understanding and Treating Chronic Shame: Healing Right Brain Relational Trauma (I recommend this 2nd edition, affiliate link)
• Whack-a-Mole Workshop slides/notes and recordings (latter is free & requires free login; a downloadable PDF is also available there on Patreon)

1. Transcript Doc
2. Mattia's Newsletter
3. Like Your Brain community space (Patreon/Discord)

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