The Shutdown: When Your ND Brain Hits Its Limit and Goes Quiet

$340 of Stuff I Never Use... Here’s What I Was Really Buying

I added it up. $340 worth of items still in their original packaging. GP gets honest about emotional spending — what it actually is, why it happens, and the gentle, practical fix that works better than guilt ever did. Plus Heard You. Sponsored by Cloud Microphones. Chapters 0:00 Open 0:51 What You’re Actually Buying 2:03 The Fix That Actually Worked For Me 3:28 HEARD YOU 5:48 Next Step/Close #WisdomFromThePorch #ADHDMoney #EmotionalSpending #NeurodivergentLife #ADHDImpulsivity emotional spending, adhd, neurodivergent

The Grief Nobody Named: Mourning the Life You Thought You'd Have

There is a grief that doesn't get a funeral, a casserole, or a card. GP talks honestly about the grief that comes with understanding your neurodivergence later than you wish you had... and makes the case that naming a loss is actually one of the most hopeful things you can do with it. Plus, a Heard You that might be one of the best comments this show has ever received. Sponsored by Cloud Microphones. Chapters 0:00 Open 1:22 The Grief That Never Got a Ceremony 4:51 Why Naming It Is the Hopeful Move 8:59 HEARD YOU 12:38 Close neurodivergent grief late diagnosis, late diagnosis grief, grieving undiagnosed years, neurodivergent loss, ADHD grief

Making Friends as an Adult When Connection Doesn't Come Naturally

Adult friendship is hard for everyone... and for a neurodivergent brain, it fails in some very specific, very human ways. GP talks about why, tells a few stories about himself, and lays out what actually works. Plus the first Heard You comment of the series, all the way from someone who just found a name for something she carried her whole life. Sponsored by Cloud Microphones. Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:02 Why This Got So Hard — And Why That's Not On You 4:34 What Actually Works 7:25 HEARD YOU 8:49 Close neurodivergent adult friendships, ADHD friendships, making friends as an adult, autistic friendships, adult friendship adhd

The Shutdown: When Your ND Brain Hits Its Limit and Goes Quiet

A shutdown isn't calm. It's offline. GP breaks down the one ND experience that looks like recovery from the outside and is actually the nervous system at its limit — what a shutdown is, what causes it, what the people around you keep getting wrong, and what actually helps on both sides of it. Plus: the debut of Heard You. Sponsored by Cloud Microphones. Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:31 What a Shutdown Actually Is 4:16 What Causes It  7:05 What People Get Wrong — and What Actually Helps 10:21 Coming Back 12:32 HEARD YOU 14:30 Close ND shutdown autistic ADHD, autism shutdown, ADHD shutdown, neurodivergent shutdown, shutdown vs meltdown, autistic shutdown signs

Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria: When a Tone of Voice Ruins Your Entire Day

RSD is not just sensitivity -- it is a specific neurological response that makes perceived rejection feel like a physical event. GP breaks down what RSD actually is, the situations that trigger it, how it affects relationships and work, and three tools for when it fires. Sponsored by Cloud Microphones. 0:00 Intro 0:53 What RSD Actually Is 4:02 Three Tools for When RSD Fires 6:39 Close rejection sensitive dysphoria