Chaos & Caffeine - ADHD Parenting Podcast

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Motherhood changed you. ADHD amplified it.
In this powerful episode of Chaos & Caffeine, I sit down with Sami Garrett, founder of Good Enough Matrescence, to unpack the identity shift no one prepared us for: matrescence.
If you’re an ADHD mom who feels overwhelmed, overstimulated, emotionally reactive, burned out, or quietly grieving who you used to be — this conversation will hit deep.
We talk about:
What matrescence actually is (and why it matters for ADHD mothers)
Postpartum rage, perfectionism, and nervous system burnout
Why ADHD moms feel like they’re failing before 9 a.m.
The mental load, executive dysfunction, and emotional regulation struggles of motherhood
How to move from shame to self-compassion
What “good enough motherhood” really means in a neurodivergent household
Sami shares her personal story of postpartum trauma and how she turned her healing journey into a powerful community supporting mothers navigating identity loss, resentment, overstimulation, and the invisible labor of parenting.
If you’ve ever Googled:
 “Why am I so angry as a mom?”
 “Is ADHD making motherhood harder?”
 “Why do I feel lost after having kids?”
 “ADHD mom burnout help”
This episode is for you.
This is part of our New Year, Less Chaos series — where we stop pretending we’re fine and start building sustainable support systems for neurodivergent families.
🎧 Listen now and send this to another ADHD mom who needs to hear: you are not broken — you are becoming.
Connect with Sami 👉 GEM
This Month's Sponsors:
📱 Talkspace 
Therapy that fits real life. With Talkspace, you can message or chat with a licensed therapist right from your phone, no face-to-face required. Perfect if you’re shy, anxious, overwhelmed, or just communicate better in writing. 
🎒 Miacademy 
An online learning platform that makes school feel less like a daily power struggle. With engaging videos, games, quizzes, and built-in rewards, Miacademy helps K-8 kids stay motivated while giving parents tools to track progress without hovering. 
🛒 Insight Family Market
A thoughtfully curated marketplace created by an educator and parent who actually gets neurodivergent families. Insight Family Marke
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Danielle is the host of Chaos & Caffeine, a fast-growing ADHD parenting podcast where she interviews leading psychologists, clinicians, researchers, and neurodivergent advocates about what actually helps ADHD kids thrive in the real world. Through science-backed conversations and very real mom-in-the-trenches storytelling, the show helps parents navigate executive function challenges, emotional regulation struggles, learning differences, and the everyday chaos of raising neurodivergent kids.
Each week, Danielle translates complex ADHD research into practical tools parents can actually use — from building routines that support developing brains to helping kids strengthen focus, flexibility, and self-regulation skills.
Listen to the podcast and explore expert interviews at:
https://linktr.ee/chaosandcaffeinepodcast
Danielle frequently speaks and writes about ADHD parenting strategies, executive function development, emotional regulation, screen use and attention, learning challenges like dyslexia, and building resilient neurodivergent families.

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What if ADHD symptoms aren’t just behavioral… but biological?
In this powerful episode of Chaos & Caffeine, Danielle sits down with integrative family physician Dr. Mary Lou Hulseman, founder of All Aboard Integrative Medicine, to talk about what so many ADHD parents are never told:
👉 Could gut health impact focus?
 👉 Does inflammation affect emotional regulation?
 👉 Are nutritional deficiencies worsening ADHD symptoms?
 👉 What does “root cause” treatment actually mean?
With over 35 years in family medicine — and a personal journey that led her into integrative care — Dr. Hulseman breaks down how nutrition, environmental factors, and underlying medical issues can influence ADHD, autism, executive functioning, and behavior in kids.
This episode is NOT anti-medication. It’s about expanding the conversation.
If you’ve ever wondered:
 • Why isn’t my child responding to medication the way I hoped?
 • Why are meltdowns still happening?
 • Why does my gut say something deeper is going on?
This conversation will open doors.
We discuss:
 ✔️ Functional medicine for ADHD
 ✔️ The gut-brain connection in children
 ✔️ Inflammation and neurodevelopment
 ✔️ Nutritional support strategies
 ✔️ When to explore integrative approaches
 ✔️ How parents can advocate for deeper testing
This is part of our New Year, Less Chaos series — where we stop surviving ADHD parenting and start understanding it.
🎧 Listen now and take one step toward less chaos and more clarity.
If this episode resonates, share it with another ADHD parent who deserves more answers.
More chaos. More caffeine. A little more control.
Connect with Dr. Hulseman 👉 All Aboard Integrative Medicine
This Month's Sponsors:
📱 Talkspace 
Therapy that fits real life. With Talkspace, you can message or chat with a licensed therapist right from your phone, no face-to-face required. Perfect if you’re shy, anxious, overwhelmed, or just communicate better in writing. 
🎒 Miacademy 
An online learning platform that makes school feel less like a daily power struggle. With engaging videos, games, quizzes, and built-in rewards, Miacademy helps K-8 kids stay motivated while giving parents tools to track progress without hovering. 
🛒 Insight Family Market

Support the show
Danielle is the host of Chaos & Caffeine, a fast-growing ADHD parenting podcast where she interviews leading psychologists, clinicians, researchers, and neurodivergent advocates about what actually helps ADHD kids thrive in the real world. Through science-backed conversations and very real mom-in-the-trenches storytelling, the show helps parents navigate executive function challenges, emotional regulation struggles, learning differences, and the everyday chaos of raising neurodivergent kids.
Each week, Danielle translates complex ADHD research into practical tools parents can actually use — from building routines that support developing brains to helping kids strengthen focus, flexibility, and self-regulation skills.
Listen to the podcast and explore expert interviews at:
https://linktr.ee/chaosandcaffeinepodcast
Danielle frequently speaks and writes about ADHD parenting strategies, executive function development, emotional regulation, screen use and attention, learning challenges like dyslexia, and building resilient neurodivergent families.

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ADHD parenting is hard.
But what if it’s not just about behavior charts, consistency, or “trying harder”?
What if it’s about nervous systems?
In this episode of Chaos & Caffeine, I sit down with Dr. Marivi Acuna (Dr. Ivi), a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in ADHD, trauma-informed care, Brainspotting, CBT, DBT, and culturally responsive mental health support for neurodivergent families.
We dive deep into:
Trauma-informed ADHD parenting
ADHD burnout and chronic overwhelm
Emotional dysregulation and meltdowns
The connection between ADHD and trauma
How Brainspotting can help stuck patterns
What ADHD parents are getting right
Where we can grow without shame
Supporting neurodivergent parents (yes, you)
Dr. Ivi explains why ADHD rarely shows up alone — and how anxiety, trauma history, cultural expectations, and generational stress shape the way we parent.
If you’ve ever felt:
Overstimulated and snappy
Guilty after yelling
Completely fried by 4pm
Like you’re parenting on hard mode
This conversation will feel like a nervous system reset.
Because ADHD parenting isn’t about fixing your child.
 It’s about understanding regulation, connection, and compassion — for both of you.
🎧 Hit follow, leave a review, and share this with another ADHD parent who needs to hear: you are not broken.
Connect with Dr. Ivi 👉 THRIVE! with Dr. Ivi 
This Month's Sponsors:
📱 Talkspace 
Therapy that fits real life. With Talkspace, you can message or chat with a licensed therapist right from your phone, no face-to-face required. Perfect if you’re shy, anxious, overwhelmed, or just communicate better in writing. 
🎒 Miacademy 
An online learning platform that makes school feel less like a daily power struggle. With engaging videos, games, quizzes, and built-in rewards, Miacademy helps K-8 kids stay motivated while giving parents tools to track progress without hovering. 
🛒 Insight Family Market
A thoughtfully curated marketplace created by an educator and parent who actually gets neurodivergent families. Insight Family Market brings together sensory-friendly clothing, adaptive tools, educational supports, and wellness essentials that are chosen wit
Support the show
Danielle is the host of Chaos & Caffeine, a fast-growing ADHD parenting podcast where she interviews leading psychologists, clinicians, researchers, and neurodivergent advocates about what actually helps ADHD kids thrive in the real world. Through science-backed conversations and very real mom-in-the-trenches storytelling, the show helps parents navigate executive function challenges, emotional regulation struggles, learning differences, and the everyday chaos of raising neurodivergent kids.
Each week, Danielle translates complex ADHD research into practical tools parents can actually use — from building routines that support developing brains to helping kids strengthen focus, flexibility, and self-regulation skills.
Listen to the podcast and explore expert interviews at:
https://linktr.ee/chaosandcaffeinepodcast
Danielle frequently speaks and writes about ADHD parenting strategies, executive function development, emotional regulation, screen use and attention, learning challenges like dyslexia, and building resilient neurodivergent families.

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Advocating for an ADHD child in the school system can feel like a full-time job—one with confusing acronyms, shifting expectations, and power dynamics that leave parents exhausted and second-guessing themselves.
In this episode of Chaos & Caffeine, part of our New Year, Less Chaos series, I’m joined by Natalie McCabe, an educational advocate with experience on both sides of the education system. Natalie breaks down what ADHD parents need to know about school advocacy, IEPs, 504 plans, and parent rights—without the jargon or the guilt.
We talk about:
Why ADHD kids so often fall through the cracks at school
What schools can legally offer vs. what parents are told is “not possible”
How to prepare for IEP and 504 meetings with confidence
The most common mistakes well-meaning parents make—and how to avoid them
How to advocate effectively without becoming “that parent” or burning out
If you’ve ever been told to “wait and see,” felt intimidated in a school meeting, or wondered if you’re asking for too much—this episode will help you understand the system, reclaim your voice, and show up for your child with clarity and strategy.
Because less chaos doesn’t mean less advocacy.
 It means knowing how to play the game—so your kid doesn’t lose.
Connect with Natalie 👉 Natalie McCabe 
This Month's Sponsors:
📱 Talkspace 
Therapy that fits real life. With Talkspace, you can message or chat with a licensed therapist right from your phone, no face-to-face required. Perfect if you’re shy, anxious, overwhelmed, or just communicate better in writing. 
🎒 Miacademy 
An online learning platform that makes school feel less like a daily power struggle. With engaging videos, games, quizzes, and built-in rewards, Miacademy helps K-8 kids stay motivated while giving parents tools to track progress without hovering. 
🛒 Insight Family Market
A thoughtfully curated marketplace created by an educator and parent who actually gets neurodivergent families. Insight Family Market brings together sensory-friendly clothing, adaptive tools, educational supports, and wellness essentials that are chosen with real life in mind — not trends or quick fixes. 

Support the show
Danielle is the host of Chaos & Caffeine, a fast-growing ADHD parenting podcast where she interviews leading psychologists, clinicians, researchers, and neurodivergent advocates about what actually helps ADHD kids thrive in the real world. Through science-backed conversations and very real mom-in-the-trenches storytelling, the show helps parents navigate executive function challenges, emotional regulation struggles, learning differences, and the everyday chaos of raising neurodivergent kids.
Each week, Danielle translates complex ADHD research into practical tools parents can actually use — from building routines that support developing brains to helping kids strengthen focus, flexibility, and self-regulation skills.
Listen to the podcast and explore expert interviews at:
https://linktr.ee/chaosandcaffeinepodcast
Danielle frequently speaks and writes about ADHD parenting strategies, executive function development, emotional regulation, screen use and attention, learning challenges like dyslexia, and building resilient neurodivergent families.

If you’re an ADHD parent who feels constantly overwhelmed — even on days when “nothing big” happens — this episode is for you.
In this New Year, Less Chaos conversation, Danielle sits down with Amy Briggs, a speech-language pathologist turned tech founder, to talk about the invisible weight parents carry every single day: the mental load.
Amy shares what she saw firsthand while working with families — parents drowning in schedules, emails, school portals, and unspoken responsibilities — and why traditional organization advice fails neurodivergent families. That insight led her to create Aviva, an app designed to reduce cognitive overload instead of adding another thing to manage.
In this episode, we talk about:
What mental load actually is — and why ADHD parents feel it more intensely
Why “just get organized” doesn’t work for neurodivergent brains
How parental overwhelm impacts kids’ emotional regulation and development
What real support systems look like (hint: not more planners)
How to create less chaos without chasing perfection or burning out
This episode isn’t about becoming a better parent.
 It’s about building systems that hold you when your brain is already maxed out.
🎧 Perfect for ADHD moms, neurodivergent parents, and anyone craving less chaos and more capacity this year.
Connect with Aviva 👉 Aviva App
This Month's Sponsors:
📱 Talkspace 
Therapy that fits real life. With Talkspace, you can message or chat with a licensed therapist right from your phone, no face-to-face required. Perfect if you’re shy, anxious, overwhelmed, or just communicate better in writing. 
🎒 Miacademy 
An online learning platform that makes school feel less like a daily power struggle. With engaging videos, games, quizzes, and built-in rewards, Miacademy helps K-8 kids stay motivated while giving parents tools to track progress without hovering. 
🛒 Insight Family Market
A thoughtfully curated marketplace created by an educator and parent who actually gets neurodivergent families. Insight Family Market brings together sensory-friendly clothing, adaptive tools, educational supports, and wellness essentials that are chosen with real life in mind — not trends or quick fixes. 
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Support the show
Danielle is the host of Chaos & Caffeine, a fast-growing ADHD parenting podcast where she interviews leading psychologists, clinicians, researchers, and neurodivergent advocates about what actually helps ADHD kids thrive in the real world. Through science-backed conversations and very real mom-in-the-trenches storytelling, the show helps parents navigate executive function challenges, emotional regulation struggles, learning differences, and the everyday chaos of raising neurodivergent kids.
Each week, Danielle translates complex ADHD research into practical tools parents can actually use — from building routines that support developing brains to helping kids strengthen focus, flexibility, and self-regulation skills.
Listen to the podcast and explore expert interviews at:
https://linktr.ee/chaosandcaffeinepodcast
Danielle frequently speaks and writes about ADHD parenting strategies, executive function development, emotional regulation, screen use and attention, learning challenges like dyslexia, and building resilient neurodivergent families.