Something Shiny: ADHD!
Hosted by David and Isabelle · David Kessler & Isabelle Richards
4.9from 116 ratings
- 131
- Episodes
- 11
- Transcribed
- 116
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Something Shiny: ADHD!
How many times have you tried to understand ADHD...and were left feeling more misunderstood? We get it and we're here to help you build a shiny new relationship with ADHD. We are two therapists (David Kessler & Isabelle Richards) who not only work with people with ADHD, but we also have ADHD ourselves and have been where you are. Every other week on Something Shiny, you'll hear (real) vulnerable conversations, truth bombs from the world of psychology, and have WHOA moments that leave you feeling seen, understood, and...dare we say...knowing you are something shiny, just as you are.
- Publisher
- David Kessler & Isabelle Richards
- Category
- education · health & fitness
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 3 Jul 2021
- Latest episode
- 21 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
11 of 131 episodes have a transcript.
21 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why Writing Can Feel Impossible with ADHD (and How to Make It Finally Work)
26 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
SUMMER REPLAY: Why "Back to School" Wrecks ADHD Brains (and the Reframe That Helps!)
12 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
SUMMER REPLAY: What Systems Believe ADHD Looks Like vs. Who You Really Are
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Why Writing Can Feel Impossible with ADHD (and How to Make It Finally Work)
Published 21 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] That kind of very basic tuning into your own needs is something that I think many of us have been trained to ignore. And like for me, I'm much more in academia because I got a PhD, I teach at a college, right? So I'm also like really conditioned by that space in a way that I hope that many creative writers are not as much, hopefully a little bit more free. But I still think even as writers, most of us got some kind of writing training in which We were told that we were supposed to show up at the desk every morning at a certain time and sit there for two hours or sit there until we had a thousand words or three pages or a new draft of a poem. […]
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- Lisa Van Orman Hadley
- Bobby
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 57 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 59 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 72 / 100
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- Quality
- 87
- Social presence
- 91
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 98
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David and Isabelle host the show. Published by David Kessler & Isabelle Richards.
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