12 Ways to ADHD Awareness

What happens when you finally have an explanation for experiences you’ve spent years trying to make sense of? 

GP, menopause specialist and author Dr Helen Wall joins Dr Judith Mohring to discuss the experience for women who receive an ADHD diagnosis later in life. They’ll explore the experience of feeling unheard or dismissed, the impact of going through life without an explanation for why some things feel so difficult and the relief that can come with finally recognising yourself in the experiences of other women and realising, “I thought it was just me.”

 ADHD is one of the most talked-about conditions today, but it is often misunderstood. This online session - presented by psychiatrist and founder of ADHDEd Dr Judith Mohring - explores the science behind ADHD, separating myth from evidence and explaining why attention, motivation and emotions can fluctuate so dramatically. Whether you're curious about ADHD personally, professionally or because someone close to you has ADHD, you'll leave with a clearer understanding of how the ADHD brain works.

*Please note, this session is being hosted by CityLit as part of their Mental Wealth Festival. As such, we will be unable to provide a recording of this session. CityLit may ask for a nominal donation to attend this event. 

When do you help, and when do you let them struggle? When should you hold a boundary, and when might you need to reduce the demand? And how do you support independence while still providing the structure and safety your kid needs? 

Join Counselling Psychologist and Author, Dr Claire Stubbs and Dr Judith Mohring for a practical conversation about the everyday challenges of parenting ADHD kids, from childhood through adolescence and beyond. They’ll explore autonomy, boundaries, executive functioning, nervous-system regulation and the reality that parents won’t always get it right, including what happens when we get it wrong and why repair matters.

What happens when everything falls apart and your ADHD brain starts imagining what could come next? 

Join Andie McDowell of Dahlia Beach and Dr Judith Mohring for a conversation about ADHD, entrepreneurship and the creativity that can emerge from chaos. From a career as a TV director and wedding photographer to founding a dahlia farm in the Cotswolds, Andie will share the twists, turns, ideas and unexpected opportunities that have shaped her journey and what she has learned about working with her ADHD brain along the way.

Why have some roles clicked while others have been much harder to sustain? Why can the things everyone else seems to find difficult come naturally, while an apparently simple workplace task can feel almost impossible? 

Join Lois Keay-Smith, Career Transition Consultant and Dr Judith Mohring for a conversation about looking back at your career through the lens of a later ADHD diagnosis. They’ll explore the “invisible hand” ADHD may have played in the roles you’ve chosen, the changes you’ve made, and the way you work, including where it can be an asset and where it can get in the way.

Could the same behaviours point to very different underlying causes? And have some people, particularly women, historically been understood through a personality disorder lens when ADHD, autism, trauma, or a combination of these may also have been part of the picture?   

Join Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Tim Rank for a thoughtful look at how our understanding of ADHD, autism, and borderline personality disorder is evolving. He’ll explore where these presentations can overlap, why developmental history matters, and why better diagnosis isn’t about swapping one label for another, but looking beneath the behaviour to understand the whole person.