Welcome to the ADHD Community Healing Podcast—a supportive space for women, gender-diverse individuals, and men to share their journeys of masking and unmasking, hiding and thriving, grieving and healing with ADHD. Originally focused on women and gender-diverse experiences, our conversations revealed the importance of including all voices to truly understand the nuances of ADHD across our diverse community. Born from the "Hiding or Thriving" project, this podcast fosters connection, validation, and collective healing through shared lived experiences.#ADHDwomen #ADHDmen #GenderDiversity
Episode 7. Krzysztof Wojtkowski: Alone Australia Season 2 Winner -ADHD, Masking, Creativity & Being Yourself
In this episode of The ADHD Community Healing Project, Oli is joined by Krzysztof Wojtkowski, winner of Alone Australia Season 2, who spent 64 days alone in the New Zealand wilderness.
Krzysztof is also ADHD, and the conversation explores the very different ways ADHD can show up, from creativity, hyperfocus and intense interests to masking, overthinking and the challenges that can come with an ADHD brain.
We talk about Krzysztof’s experience of being diagnosed when he was young and the decision to hide his ADHD from others, as well as what changed when he eventually became more open about it. He shares some great insights into the experience of being in the wilderness and having the opportunity to step away from the expectations and social pressures of everyday life.
We also explore the idea of ADHD as both a challenge and a source of genuine strengths. Krzysztof talks about creativity, problem-solving and thinking differently, while also being honest about the parts of ADHD that can be exhausting and difficult.
When Krzysztof started talking publicly about being neurodivergent, people he knew began approaching him to share their own ADHD experiences, a reminder of how inspiring just being yourself, can be.
8 Sept 2026
Christina Schmidt: Free to Be Me — ADHD, Autism, Culture & Identity
In this episode of The ADHD Community Healing Project, I’m joined by Christina Schmidt, a Black African-American, Australian, multicultural and multidialectal AuDHD woman, speech pathologist, advocate and the owner of Free to Be Me Speech Pathology.
Christina works with both children and adults, using neuroaffirming approaches that recognise different ways of communicating and focus on people’s individual strengths, needs and experiences. We talk about what neuroaffirming practice actually looks like, and why communication shouldn’t be about forcing people to fit into a particular way of speaking, interacting or being.
We explore the intersection of ADHD and autism with ethnicity, culture, disability and identity. Christina shares her own experiences of navigating multiple identities and talks about the importance of representation and making space for perspectives that are often missing from conversations about neurodivergence.
A big part of our conversation comes back to the idea of being free to be yourself, not having to separate your culture, identity, disability or communication style in order to be accepted. Christina brings a really thoughtful perspective on what it can mean to embrace all of these parts of yourself, while also recognising the barriers that can make that easier said than done.
2 Sept 2026
Episode 5 — Laura Nuttall MLA: The Accidental (ADHD) Politician
In Episode 5* of The ADHD Community Healing Project, Oli sits down with Laura Nuttall MLA - the youngest Greens representative ever elected to an Australian parliament and the ACT’s first Gen Z Member of the Legislative Assembly!
Laura describes herself as an “accidental politician”, sharing the journey that took her from a young person passionate about social and environmental justice to representing the people of Tuggeranong in the ACT Parliament. At just 25, Laura brings a distinctly young perspective to politics, while advocating for issues including young people’s participation in decision-making, LGBTQIA+ rights and education.
Laura is also open about being a queer woman with ADHD, and the conversation explores what it can mean to bring all of these different parts of yourself into public life. She talks about her proactive steps to avoid burnout in a fast-paced and demanding role. In her generous and refreshing voice, Laura also shares her view of the importance of having fun with who we are and allowing ourselves to embrace the different parts of our identity. Enjoy!
*This recording was made in 2025
28 Aug 2026
Episode 1 "JUST DO IT" with Professor Sarah Verdon
Well, welcome to this is a baptism-by-fire, 10-minute episode where Sarah forces Oli to just get going with the whole podcast malarky... perfectly imperfectly! Come on down and get stuck in to talk about ADHD.
This began as a community conversation about women and gender diverse folk with ADHD, but as tribe might well understand, Oli does like to take the path less travelled and follow their hunches so by the time we get to episode 7, we are calling in the fellas and interviewing the lovely Alone Australia winner, Krzysztof Wojtkowski! But one step at a time, listen to this intro and see if you'd like to come on the tangental but wonderful adventure!
This was the original episode recording from 2024, which has mysteriously disappeared into the podcast ether, so we’re reposting it now! :)
19 Dec 2025
Flying under the radar: When uni exposes an internally hyperactive ADHD mind
Akaysha Morgan flew under the radar for most of her life: quiet, capable, and never 'hyperactive enough' to be flagged as ADHD. But when she started university as a film student, everything changed. Long lecture days, rigid structures, and sustained attention demands collided with an internally hyperactive mind. Suddenly the coping strategies that once worked, weren't enough and the same supports weren't available, like family and the countryside.
In this episode, Akaysha shares what it is like to be a woman whose ADHD doesn't look loud on the outside but rarely quitens on the inside...
24 Dec 2024
An ADHD Christmas with the Canny Goose... and why THIS year, she isn't cooked!
Listen in to the ADHD Christmas episode with Oli's famous (well, in Cornwall) sister! Hard to believe the "Goose" behind the now renowned Cornish "Canny Goose" jeweller, was only a few years ago stuck in a hellish job with no apparent way out... until she got the boot (was it her 32nd job?!).
As a 41 year old woman with ADHD, Lucy talks about how she kept her family afloat by making the job of her dreams, the difference it makes being self-employed in a job she loves, and being by the sea with ADHD. She also talks about self-diagnosis with ADHD, parenting, living with Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) and about enjoying and surviving the all-important holiday season! You won't want to miss the infectious charm of this daring, funny woman!
12 Dec 2024
Mel - CEO of ADHD Australia
ADHD Australia CEO Mel reveals how her organization amplifies voices of people with ADHD in workplaces, schools and social environments to promote inclusive and supportive environments.
2 Sept 2024
Welcome to the ADHD Community Healing Project
Welcome to the ADHD Community Healing Project for women and gender diverse people with ADHD!
Today Dr Sarah Verdon 'forces' Oli to finally record a podcast after 10 years of being stuck on the details...
Let Oli welcome you to this safe circle for women and gender diverse people to share their experiences of hiding and thriving; masking and unmasking and of grieving and healing, with ADHD.
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