If you have ever felt broken by a system that was never built for you, this conversation is for you. It is for the late-diagnosed adult, the quiet masker, the person who has spent years believing something was wrong with them.
Kit Slocum reframes ADHD and neurodivergence not as a deficit, but as a difference in wiring meeting a world that was not designed for it. A warm, practical look at unlearning shame and working with your attention instead of against it.
About the Guest:
Kit Slocum is the Neurodiversity Lead and Learning Experience Designer at FLOWN, a certified ADHD coach and meditation teacher with a background in behavioral neuroscience and mental health care. An ADHDer herself, she designs focus systems and workshops that help people reclaim attention through awareness, compassion, and community.
Key Takeaways:
- The neurodiversity paradigm sees ADHD as a difference in wiring, not something broken that needs fixing.
- Focus is a nervous system issue, not a willpower problem, especially in an over-stimulating world.
- Late diagnosis often carries real grief for the life that might have been with earlier support.
- Start by getting curious about how you actually work best, then design your environment around that.
- Energy is cyclical, so gentle daily check-ins matter more than forcing a fixed routine.
Connect With Kit Slocum:
Episode Chapters:
[00:00] Healing in Many Shapes, opening the conversation on neurodivergence
[02:30] Falling in Love With the Brain, Kit's path into neurodiversity work (approx.)
[06:30] The Biggest Misconception, why nothing is broken, the system is (approx.)
[12:00] The Grief of Late Diagnosis, masking, shame, and the heavy backpack (approx.)
[16:30] A Nervous System on Overload, focus, overstimulation, and regulation (approx.) [22:00] Stop Fixing, Start Designing, building life around how you work (approx.)
[27:00] Returning Is the Practice, cyclical energy, check-ins, and where to find Kit (approx.)
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