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ADHD Experts Podcast

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

4.61.3K 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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