Episode 130

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28th Mar 2024

Living with Autism and ADHD with Emily Katy

This week, we have the incredible Emily Katy on the podcast. Emily is an autistic 22-year-old with ADHD and OCD, an author and blogger, and a Trustee for the charity ‘Autistic Girls Network’. Her first book ‘Girl Unmasked: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life’ is out on March 28th.

Kate and Emily speak about:

  • The struggle of being autistic and ADHD in the school system
  • Autism stigmas and stereotypes
  • Finding helpful accommodations in school
  • Emily's 'Not a School Skiver' Campaign
  • Finding a better way to care for neurodivergent children in education
  • PDA - a desire for autonomy
  • Emily's journey to being diagnosed with ADHD
  • Emily's mental health struggles
  • How anxiety and OCD cycles show up for Emily
  • What medication has worked for Emily
  • Phobias and anxiety
  • The interplay and ebbs and flows of Autism and ADHD

You can connect with Emily on her Instagram here.

Have a look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources here.

Kate Moryoussef is a women’s ADHD Lifestyle & Wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity, and clarity. 

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kate moryoussef

Host of the award-nominated ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, wellbeing and lifestyle coach, and EFT practitioner guiding and supporting late-diagnosed (or curious!) ADHD women.
www.adhdwomenswellbeing.co.uk