ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Season three is here and we've come back swinging! Within five minutes of Meghann Birks joining us, we’d decided we needed a second podcast just to fit everything in.
Meghann is a Melbourne based AuDHD coach with over twenty years of coaching experience. She’s a certified professional coach with a certificate in somatic trauma therapy, and she works with ADHD, autistic and AuDHD people, plus leaders and founders alllll over the world. She also has a talent for explaining the heavy stuff so you laugh out loud and then quietly need a tissue. We threw your questions at her, and she answered every one.
You’ll hear why she wants you to chuck “motivation” in the bin, why you’re basically a house plant that needs a walk, and why rolling around in your bed counts as movement. We get into periods, why ADHD meds can seem to stop working at certain points in your cycle, and the grief and relief of finally getting a diagnosis. We also tackle how to tell neurodivergent traits from gaslighting, and there’s a short and pointed discussion of autistic assholes.
Plus three things you can do at home for your nervous system. Number one is get a dog. We’re not joking. Well, a little.
Neither of us are doctors, so please do talk to yours about anything meds related.
Meghann’s notes PDF is free to download here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rPI0mNUvqMl4Su8IwkST_5jDDSIEbU2j/view?usp=sharing
It has her cheat sheets on periods and ADHD/autism, gaslighting vs neurodivergent traits, and the books, podcasts and communities she trusts.
Find her at @meghannbirkscoaching or meghannbirks.com.
Let's get into it!
