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January 26, 2026
The Oscar for Best Masking Goes To...
<p><strong>Show Notes: The Oscar for Best Masking Goes To...</strong></p><p>On Wicked, "cringe," and the crime of being earnest</p><p><strong>What Happened:</strong></p><p>Wicked: For Good got zero Oscar nominations. Last year, the first film got ten nominations and won two awards. Same crew, same vision, filmed concurrently. What changed? The promotional tours.</p><p><strong>The Problem:</strong></p><p>Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande let us see how deeply this work transformed them. They cried in interviews. They dressed in greens and pinks as personal choices, not costumes. Anonymous reports said voters were "creeped out" by their intensity.</p><p><strong>Why ADHDers Get It:</strong></p><p>This is exactly what ADHD looks like when it finds something worth loving. We hyperfixate. We let it consume us. We don't do casual or detached. When something clicks, we let it change us completely.</p><p>I've seen the first movie 102 times, the second 43 times. I sit in theaters with an Elphaba squishmallow I sprayed with perfume that smells like her. To the world, that's "cringe." To us, it feels alive.</p><p><strong>The Pattern:</strong></p><p>You spend your whole life being told to tone it down, care less visibly, stop being so intense. When you finally find something worth being intense about, the world punishes you for it.</p><p>The Academy gave sixteen nominations to Sinners instead. Vampires are safe. The witches ask you to feel everything.</p><p><strong>The Irony:</strong></p><p>While nominations were announced, Cynthia was in London starring in a one woman Dracula. She's playing the vampire the Academy chose over her witch. She's limitless.</p><p><strong>The Takeaway:</strong></p><p>Let them keep their trophies. We'll stay with the witches. We'll keep showing up with our whole unmasked hearts.</p><p>The wizard's power always fades. But the girl who refuses to mask? She becomes a legend. ♥️</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://embrain.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">embrain.substack.com</a>
December 19, 2025
Letters Under the Floorboard
<p><strong>Show Notes: </strong>Letters Under the Floorboard</p><p><strong>Episode Summary</strong></p><p>Why do people with ADHD feel such a strong need to share everything they find important? In this episode, I talk about the exhausting cycle of seeking external validation, the loneliness of feeling like "too much," and how I accidentally discovered a different way to relate to myself through journaling. Spoiler: it involves writing letters to future me and hiding them under a metaphorical floorboard.</p><p><strong>What I Cover</strong></p><p>The ADHD experience of finding a LOT of things important (and needing someone to confirm they matter)</p><p>Why rejection sensitivity turns us into bottomless pits for validation</p><p>That Ashlee Simpson song that perfectly captured my teenage desperation to be seen</p><p>How I started using Day One as a journal in 2017 (and what I actually put in there)</p><p>The shift from "I'm journaling because I have no one to talk to" to "I'm writing letters to future me"</p><p>Why future me is a way better audience than present everyone else</p><p>What it means to choose yourself on purpose</p><p><strong>Resources Mentioned</strong></p><p>Day One (journaling app): <a target="_blank" href="https://dayoneapp.com">https://dayoneapp.com</a></p><p>"Shadow" by Ashlee Simpson (yes, really)</p><p><strong>Connect With Me</strong></p><p>Threads: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.threads.com/@emgat.adhd">https://www.threads.com/@emgat.adhd</a></p><p>Substack: <a target="_blank" href="http://embrain.substack.com">embrain.substack.com</a></p><p>Gumroad: <a target="_blank" href="http://emdhd.gumroad.com">emdhd.gumroad.com</a></p><p>Coaching inquiries: <a target="_blank" href="mailto:em@empoweredadhd.org">em@empoweredadhd.org</a></p><p>♥️</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://embrain.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">embrain.substack.com</a>
December 2, 2025
ADHD S̶u̶p̶e̶r̶p̶o̶w̶e̶r̶s̶ Traits
<p>The word “superpower” has become controversial in ADHD spaces. People hear it and think you’re dismissing the struggle. Like you’re saying it’s all sunshine and hyperfocus and “aren’t we so quirky?”</p><p>I get the frustration. I do.</p><p>But superpowers in stories come from being different. From having something in you that sets you apart. That’s the whole genre. The power and the pain come from the same place.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://embrain.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">embrain.substack.com</a>
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