Something Shiny: ADHD!

David Kessler, Isabelle Richards

oursomethingshinypodcast@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

A therapist-led ADHD education and perspective show that helps listeners feel understood through psychology-based explanations and candid, practical guidance. For booking, it’s a strong platform for ADHD clinicians, researchers, and neurodivergent advocates who can translate expertise into relatable, lived insight for general audiences.

Metrics

Episodes: 126

Frequency: Biweekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Instagram: 316 followers

Contact Information

oursomethingshinypodcast@gmail.com

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Host

David Kessler - David Kessler is a therapist who works with people with ADHD, and describes himself as having ADHD as well. The show frames episodes as vulnerable conversations and psychology “truth bombs” grounde...

Isabelle Richards - Isabelle Richards is a therapist who works with people with ADHD and also describes having ADHD herself. The show emphasizes practical psychology education, vulnerable conversations, and tools info...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
ADHD/neurodiversity experts or public figures with demonstrable work connecting ADHD to real-world outcomes (e.g., clinicians/therapists, researchers, authors/creators, keynote speakers, or prominent neurodivergent professionals).
Required Achievements:  
Published writing or major media contributions (e.g., Forbes contributor), Authored books or built frameworks/resources for ADHD self-understanding, Creative or professional outputs demonstrating neurodivergent accommodations

Recent Guest Discussions

Afdhel Aziz - What A Late ADHD Diagnosis Feels Like; Four P’s Framework; ADHD And Anxiety Loop; Workplace/team Shifts After Diagnosis; Marriage Changes; Accommodations And Community.

Recent Topics

Adhd, Neurodiversity, Psychology, Therapy, Mental Health

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Something Shiny: ADHD!
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Summer Stole Your Structure. Here's What to Do About It.

July 01, 2026

Remember when summer meant you got to just... whatevs? No school, nowhere to be, just go. But then as an adult with ADHD, summer shows up and the structure just evaporates. Your kiddos are out of school. Friends are on vacation. Meetings get pushed, projects stall, and everyone who used to be available just... isn't. And yet you're still supposed to be fully operational.David and Isabelle call it what it is: the evaporation of structure. Your brain is literally zapped by all the change before...

Why Grief Keeps Finding You at 2 AM

June 17, 2026

If you have ADHD and grief shows up, do you stay busy? Keep moving? Find something else to do? Stay ahead of the quiet? And then through it all does it find you anyway? Waking up at 2 AM, out of nowhere, when you thought you were past it?That's not you doing grief wrong. That's just how ADHD brains grieve. And this episode is about what to actually do when it catches up.Last time, David and Isabelle unpacked why ADHD brains seem to grieve in the wrong order. Why you can stand dry-eyed at a fu...

Why You Couldn't Cry at the Funeral But Sobbed Over an IKEA Table — The Truth About ADHD and Grief

June 03, 2026

If you have ADHD, you might already know this particular kind of shame. You held it together at a super sad event (let's say a funeral). Dry-eyed, composed, functioning. And then weeks later you completely lost it over something small like a scratch in a piece of furniture, a voicemail you couldn't get a read on, or a realizing you missed claiming a hold on the book at the library you'd been waiting months for. Then you thought there was something wrong with you for not feeling grief or frust...

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