478- An Adult’s Guide to Fostering Friendships with ADHD

ADHD Experts Podcast

ADDitude

Hallowell, Adhd, Mental Health, 504, Add, Iep, Deficit, Additude, Medication, Disorder, Attention, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Caroline Maguire, M.Ed., discusses why neurodivergent adults often have a history of relationship struggles, why it's common to adopt people-pleasing behaviors (and why this ultimately backfires), and how to be more authentic in your friendships.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast Series by Attitude magazine.
0:19.7	Hi everyone my name is Annie Rogers and on behalf of the attitude team I'm pleased to welcome you to today's 80-'s presentation titled An Adults Guide to Fostering Friendships with ADHD.
0:30.0	Leading today's presentation is Caroline McGuire.
0:33.2	Caroline is the author of the award-winning book,
0:36.3	Why Will No One Play With Me?
0:38.3	Written to Coach Emotional Regulation, Social,
0:41.3	and Self- Awareness and Respons responsible decision-making skills.
0:46.0	She also developed the fundamentals of ADHD coaching for families, which is a training program at the AEDD Coach Academy, and accredited by the International
0:58.0	Coaching Federation.
1:01.2	Forming and maintaining friendships does not get any easier with age.
1:06.0	As life grows more hectic, social connections get pushed down our lists and
1:12.0	ADHD symptoms like social anxiety,
1:15.4	RSD, distractibility, they all make friendships
1:18.7	uniquely challenging for neurodivergent adults, which can lead to feelings of loneliness and isolation.
1:27.4	So in today's webinar, we're going to talk about these challenges and how to achieve a greater sense of belonging with strong relationships.
1:36.7	We'd like to begin today's webinar actually by asking you all a question.
1:42.0	What is your biggest asking you all all a question.
1:42.6	What is your biggest impediment to making new friends?
1:47.8	And also, which are the following ADHD-related challenges do you feel are to blame for lost friendships in your past.
1:58.0	Please select your answers and you can also comment in the text box and this will help us get a better sense of where we can focus our Q&A session today.
2:07.0	In the meantime, for answers to common webinar questions about slides,
2:13.0	transcripts, certificates of attendance.
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