Perfectly Imperfect: Female Leadership, ADHD and Letting Go of Perfection | ADHD Beyond the Label

Liv Harland | Finding Music, Purpose & Identity | ADHD Beyond the Label

In this powerful episode of ADHD Beyond the Label, Dr Phil Anderton and John Reynolds sit down with rising music artist Liv Harland for an honest conversation about creativity, confidence, self-doubt, and discovering ADHD in the music industry. With over 50 million streams and a career built independently from busking on the streets to performing for audiences around the world, Liv opens up about the realities behind the talent, the racing thoughts, executive functioning struggles, impulsivity, emotional sensitivity, and feeling misunderstood growing up. Together, they explore how ADHD can fuel creativity while also creating hidden challenges, especially in fast-paced industries like music and entertainment. From school experiences and rejection sensitivity to entrepreneurship, social media pressure, and finding flow through music, this episode is a deeply relatable conversation for anyone who has ever felt “different.” A moving discussion about vulnerability, purpose, neurodiversity, and why understanding yourself changes everything

Perfectly Imperfect: Female Leadership, ADHD and Letting Go of Perfection | ADHD Beyond the Label

In this episode of ADHD Beyond the Label, Dr Phil Anderton and John Reynolds are joined by entrepreneur and architect Martina Tararuj, who shares her powerful journey from late ADHD diagnosis to leading a global community of over 850 female CEOs. Diagnosed as an adult, Martina reflects on growing up in a time when ADHD in girls was largely misunderstood or overlooked. Despite academic success and professional achievement, she often felt different, driven by creativity, intuition, and deep focus on subjects she loved, while struggling with motivation in others. Now working with hundreds of high-achieving women, Martina reveals a striking insight: many female leaders share similar ADHD traits, creativity, flexibility, resilience, and the ability to think differently, yet still battle perfectionism, imposter syndrome, and self-doubt.Together, the conversation explores the hidden strengths of ADHD in leadership, the dangers of perfectionism, and the importance of creating safe spaces where women can be authentic, imperfect, and empowered to fail fast and learn faster. This episode offers inspiration not only for women navigating ADHD, but for the next generation of girls growing up in a world that is finally beginning to understand neurodiversity and the extraordinary potential that comes with thinking differently.

From Survival to Spotlight: Emily Victoria’s Journey Beyond Trauma | ADHD Beyond the Label

In this deeply moving episode of Extraordinary Life Stories, John Reynolds and Dr Phil Anderton sit down with documentary-maker Emily Victoria, whose powerful film A Pedophile in My Family: Surviving Dad has reached number one on Netflix. Emily bravely shares her story of surviving severe childhood abuse, navigating motherhood, and recently receiving an ADHD diagnosis that reshaped her understanding of herself and her family. Together, they explore the complex intersections of trauma, neurodivergence, resilience, and healing. This is a conversation about courage, awareness, and the importance of understanding—not just surviving, the past. Emily’s story is not only one of survival, but of transformation, advocacy, and hope.

THE REAL SUCCESS IS WHO I AM TODAY | Maxine Laceby, co-founder of Absolute Collagen | ADHD Beyond the Label

From an art-school project at 50 to one of the UK's fastest-growing beauty brands, meet Maxine Laceby, CEO and co-founder of Absolute Collagen. This week on ADHD Beyond the Label, Maxine Laceby joins hosts Phil Anderton and John Reynolds to share how a kitchen-table experiment became Absolute Collagen, the award-winning marine collagen brand founded by women, for women. Maxine shares how her ADHD has been both a challenge and a driving force: * Impulsivity that pushed her to take bold, game-changing risks * Hyperfocus that fuelled her relentless drive for growth * Resilience built through a turbulent childhood Together, they unpack the lessons of entrepreneurship, the link between ADHD and creativity, and what it truly takes to embrace being different, in life, in business, and in yourself.

Lawrence Dallaglio | Episode 6 | ADHD Beyond the Label

In Episode 6 of ADHD Beyond the Label, former England Rugby Captain and RugbyWorks founder, Lawrence Dallaglio joins Dr Phil Anderton, PhD and John Reynolds to share his powerful perspective.With diagnoses on the rise, Lawrence speaks out about what the system is getting wrong. He exposes the lack of teacher training and a culture that still mistakes conditions like ADHD for misbehaviour.A champion for change, he calls for more training, better understanding, and real solutions before more young lives are misjudged.