Ep 37: Samantha Hiew - Empowering girls & women with ADHD

Today I am blessed to have Samantha Hiew on the show. Samantha is a neurodivergent storyteller and social impact entrepreneur with a dual mission to: 🌟 empower girls and women with ADHD to thrive in society and 🌟 improve societal understanding of adult ADHD. Utilising her background in communications and a medical science PhD, she produces thought-provoking digital campaigns, talks, workshops and events to destigmatise ADHD and inspire positive action within the workforce and educational settings to champion the strengths of ADHD-ers and provide critical tools to support their challenges. Today we discuss: * Samantha's journey * What ADHD Neurodiversity means to Samantha and how it impacts her and other girls and women * Perimenopause, one-brain and co-occurance! * Women having to juggle many life challenges and value much needed representation from other women  * Medical model, women discounted, miss diagnosis, vitamin deficiency * Eating disorders or Eggs * Asking people what they want and what will help them * Pivoting and what Samantha now does as part of ADHD Girls * The importance of post-diagnosis support, girls and transition * Technology to support neurodiverse families, The new App Samantha is working with a team to develop * It's a RAP chat ;O) Check out Samantha's profile here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthahiew/ Learn more about the event and sign up here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/adhd-best-practice-work-conference-samantha-hiew-phd/?trackingId=6ovvrumXQNO743Gg0BKPPQ%3D%3D This episode is supercharged by Dynamis Group https://dynamisgroup.com/ You can buy Amanda and Theo's new book 'Neurodiversity At Work here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Neurodiversity-Work-Performance-Productivity-Neurodiverse/dp/1398600245 Love the intro music... it's from a past guest High Contrast: Music is Everything #NeurodiversityAtWork #Neurodiversity #ADHD