The AuDHD Psych Podcast

Episodes

• Ep 26: Understanding Neurodivergence - More Than Diagnosis 02.07.2026 20m

  Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Episode 26: Understanding Neurodivergence - More Than Diagnosis "I can be autistic without autism spectrum disorder, in the same way that I can have legs without being broken." Summary: In this episode of The AuDHD Psych Podcast, clinical psychologist and AuDHDer Aaron Howearth takes on a question sparked by a challenge on social media: can you identify as autistic without holding a formal diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder? The answer is yes — and in this episod...
• Ep 25: AuDHD Experience - Neurodiversity-Affirming Practice 25.06.2026 27m

  Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Episode 25: AuDHD Experience - Neurodiversity-Affirming Practice "Neurodiversity-affirming practice" is now on almost every clinician's website here in Australia and around the world — but what does it actually mean, and what should it look like in the room? In this episode, Aaron Howearth (Clinical Psychologist) unpacks affirming practice not as a marketing label, but as a genuine reorientation of how we understand, formulate, and work alongside neurodivergent pe...
• Ep 24 AuDHD Experience - Late Diagnosis & Identity reconstruction 18.06.2026 22m

  Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Episode 24: AuDHD Experience - Late Diagnosis and Identity Reconstruction "After a lifetime of feeling wrong, broken, like a weirdo, along comes late diagnosis — but that's the doorway, not the destination." In this episode of AuDHD Psych, Aaron explores late diagnosis and identity reconstruction for autistic, ADHD and AuDHD people — why so many of us are found so late, and how we rebuild a sense of self afterwards. Drawing on the research and his own experience, he unpack...
• Ep 23: AuDHD Experience - Joy, Strengths and Quality of Life 10.06.2026 19m

  Send us Fan Mail 🎙 Episode 23: AuDHD Experience - Joy, Strengths and Quality of Life "Strengths-based framings sit alongside, not instead of, our support needs — so keep both ideas in mind." In this episode of AuDHD Psych, Aaron explores joy, strengths, and quality of life for AuDHDers — moving past both the deficit-and-disorder framing and the neurodivergent-superpower narrative to find the partial truth in each. Drawing on recent research, he unpacks the strengths autistic and ADHD people e...
• Ep 22: AuDHD Experience – Suicidality & Protective Factors 03.06.2026 23m

  Send us Fan Mail ⚠️ Content note: This episode discusses suicide and suicidal thoughts directly and at length. It is general education, not personal advice. If this feels like a lot, please pause and reach out to a support service (Australian helplines listed at the end). Episode 22: AuDHD Experience – Suicidality & Protective Factors In this episode of the AuDHD Psych Podcast, clinical psychologist Aaron Howearth explores why suicidality risk is higher in neurodivergent communities — and...
• Ep 21: AuDHD Experience - Trauma, CPTSD & Systems Harm 27.05.2026 26m

  Send us Fan Mail Episode 21 – Trauma, PTSD & Systems Harm What if you're not "too much," "too complex," or "treatment resistant"? What if the very systems designed to help neurodivergent people are inadvertently causing harm instead? In this episode, Aaron explores the deep intersection between neurodivergence and trauma — and why so many AuDHDers, autistic folks, and ADHDers find themselves stuck in cycles of misdiagnosis, invalidation, and burnout. What we cover The difference betwee...
• Ep20: AuDHD Experience - Misdiagnosis, BPD & Mental Health in Late-Diagnosed Adults 20.05.2026 26m

  Send us Fan Mail Episode 20: AuDHD Explained — Misdiagnosis, BPD & Mental Health in Late-Diagnosed Adults In this episode of the AuDHD Psych Podcast, clinical psychologist Aaron Howearth and co-host Dan unpack why mental health diagnosis is so complex for AuDHDers, and why so many of us collect a stack of labels — depression, generalised anxiety, borderline personality disorder, bipolar, treatment-resistant depression — before Autism and ADHD are ever properly considered. Drawing on clini...
• Ep 19: AuDHD Explained - More Than the Sum of Its Autism + ADHD Parts - Cognitive Differences, Energy Economy & Late Diagnosis 13.05.2026 29m

  Send us Fan Mail Episode 19: AuDHD Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts – Cognitive Differences, Energy Economy & Late Diagnosis In this episode of the AuDHD Psych Podcast, clinical psychologist Aaron Howearth and co-host Dan explore why AuDHD isn't simply Autism plus ADHD, but a distinct presentation with its own cognitive, emotional, and behavioural fingerprint. Drawing on clinical work, lived experience, and recent research, Aaron traces the diagnostic history back to the DSM-5 (2013) — t...
• Ep 18: AuDHD Experience - Time Blindness, Planning & Task Initiation 06.05.2026 28m

  Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Episode 18: Understanding AuDHD in the Real World - Time Blindness, Planning & Task Initiation In this episode of the AuDHD Psych Podcast, clinical psychologist Aaron Howearth and co‑host Dan explore why getting started on “simple” tasks can feel impossibly hard for AuDHD brains, even when the motivation and desire are absolutely there. Drawing on clinical work and lived experience, Aaron explains prospective memory (remembering to do things in the future), time blindn...
• Ep 17: AuDHD Experience - Sensory Processing and Overwhelm in ADHD, Autism & AuDHD 29.04.2026 24m

  Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Episode 17: Understanding AuDHD in the Real World - Sensory Processing and Overwhelm in ADHD, Autism & AuDHD Episode Summary In this episode of The AuDHD Psych Podcast, Aaron Howearth explores how sensory profiles shape daily life for autistic, ADHD, and AuDHD individuals. Why does a flickering light, a chatty colleague, or a tag in your shirt seem to "set you off" — when really, you've been quietly carrying that load all day? Drawing from clinical psychology and lived...
• Ep 16: AuDHD Experience - Masking, Burnout & Unmasking in ADHD, Autism & AuDHD 22.04.2026 32m

  Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Episode 16: AuDHD in the Real World - Masking, Burnout & Unmasking Episode Summary In this episode of the AuDHD Psych Podcast, Aaron Howearth unpacks masking and camouflaging as neurodivergent survival strategies. He explains how autistic and ADHD people learn conscious and unconscious ways of “passing” as typical, such as practised eye contact, softened honesty, and scripted conversations, often long before they have words for their neurodivergence. Aaron explores ho...
• Ep 15: AuDHD Experience - Rejection Sensitivity & Dysphoria 15.04.2026 27m

  Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Episode 15: Rejection Sensitivity & Dysphoria in ADHD, Autism & AuDHD Episode Summary In this episode of The AuDHD Psych Podcast, Aaron Howearth explores rejection sensitivity, emotional intensity, and rejection sensitive dysphoria through a neurodiversity-affirming lens. He explains why some autistic, ADHD, and AuDHD people experience emotions as suddenly overwhelming, especially when past experiences of rejection, exclusion, or social misunderstanding shape how c...
• Ep 14: Understanding AuDHD in the Real World – School, Work, Relationships and Burnout in ADHD, Autism & AuDHD 08.04.2026 20m

  Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Episode 14: AuDHD in the Real World – School, Work, Relationships and Burnout Episode Summary In this episode of The AuDHD Psych Podcast, clinical psychologist Aaron Howearth moves from talking about AuDHD traits in theory to how they actually show up across school, work, relationships, and daily life. He explores what school can look like for autistic, ADHD, and AuDHD kids behind the report cards: bright, capable students who miss key details because their attention is pu...
• Ep 13: Understanding AuDHD - Executive Functioning and Daily Life: ADHD, Autism & AuDHD (Part 2) 25.03.2026 32m

  Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Episode 13: Understanding AuDHD – Executive Functioning and Daily Life (Part 2) Episode Summary In this episode of The AuDHD Psych Podcast, clinical psychologist Aaron Howearth moves from explaining executive functioning to exploring practical ways autistic, ADHD, and AuDHD people can work with their brains in daily life. He looks at how differences in working memory, processing speed, time perception, self-monitoring, and motivation interact with anxiety and self-esteem, ...
• Ep 12: Understanding AuDHD - Executive Functioning and Daily Life: ADHD, Autism & AuDHD (Part 1) 18.03.2026 42m

  Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Episode 13: Executive Functioning in Daily Life: ADHD, Autism & AuDHD Episode Summary In this episode of The AuDHD Psych Podcast, Aaron Howearth explores how executive functioning shapes everyday life for autistic, ADHD, and AuDHD individuals. Why do tasks that “should” be simple – studying, working, organising the day, or following through on plans – so often feel overwhelming or impossible, even when we know exactly what we’re meant to be doing? Drawing from both cli...
• Ep 11: AuDHD Psych Q&A Part 2 - Menopause, Gender & Why You Feel ‘Too Much’ And ‘Not Enough’ 11.03.2026 35m

  Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Episode 11: Q&A Part 2 Episode Summary In this episode of The AuDHD Psych Podcast, Aaron Howearth continues the community Q&A, responding to several commonly asked questions about neurodivergent experiences and expanding on themes raised in previous episodes. The conversation covers topics including perimenopause and menopause in neurodivergent people, the relationship between neurodiversity and gender diversity, how diagnostic impairment levels can change across l...
• Ep 10: AuDHD Psych Q&A Part 1 - Diagnosis, Self-ID & "Different, Not Defective" 04.03.2026 37m

  Send us Fan Mail “When I'm surrounded by people like me, I don't feel disordered. I feel understood.” 🎙️ Ep 10: Your Questions Answered – Diagnosis, Self-ID & “Different, Not Defective” Episode Summary In this Q&A episode of the AuDHD Psych Podcast, Aaron responds to questions and comments from the community about autism, ADHD, diagnosis, and what it really means to be “different, not defective.” Drawing on both clinical experience and lived AuDHD perspective, he unpacks why being aut...
• Ep 9: Understanding AuDHD: Late Diagnosis and Diagnostic Levels 19.02.2026 29m

  Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Episode 9: Understanding AuDHD: Late Diagnosis and Diagnostic Levels Episode Summary In this episode of The AuDHD Psych Podcast, Aaron Howearth explores one of the most common and emotionally loaded experiences in the neurodivergent community: late diagnosis. Why are so many autistic and ADHD individuals missed in childhood? Why do diagnoses often come after years, or even decades, of anxiety, depression, or misdiagnosis? Drawing from both clinical psychology and liv...
• Ep 8: Understanding AuDHD - The Intersection of Neurodiversity & Gender Diversity 04.02.2026 21m

  Send us Fan Mail “If the rule doesn’t make sense, it has no value to me.” 🎙️ Ep 8: Labels, their Utility & Lack Thereof Episode Summary In this episode of the AuDHD Psych Podcast, Aaron and Uma explore the intersection between gender diversity and neurodiversity, unpacking how autistic and neurodivergent ways of thinking can shape experiences of gender, identity, and self-understanding. Aaron reflects on his own gender experience and how autistic logic, detail orientation, and a re...
• Ep 7: Understanding AuDHD - Neurodiversity Affirming Paradigm 22.01.2026 23m

  Send us Fan Mail “The same traits that create difficulty can also be the ones that help us thrive.” 🎙️ Episode 7: Understanding The Neurodiversity Affirming Paradigm - Building Balanced Beliefs Episode Summary Welcome to Episode 8 of The AuDHD Psych Podcast — hosted by Aaron Howearth, a clinical psychologist and proudly AuDHD human. In this solo episode, Aaron explores the neurodiversity-affirming paradigm and what it truly means to view autism, ADHD, and other neurodivergent experiences as d...