ADHD Roundtable Ep 24 | Fences Make the Playground

The ADHD Roundtable
October 23, 2025•2 min read

Episode Summary

Five women from the Portland area gathered for this Roundtable, and it felt less like a show and more like an evening of real conversation. The kind that moves between laughter, self-awareness, and truth.

The group opened by sharing what they love about their “flavor” of ADHD. One talked about the joy of befriending crows and squirrels in her yard. Another shared how playlists help her organize emotions when words don’t. It was part confessional, part celebration of how differently each brain works.

Jess led a short grounding exercise, just a couple of minutes of breathing and calling energy back to the body. It changed the whole pace of the conversation. What followed was slower, more connected, and filled with the kind of honesty that usually only shows up in small groups that trust each other.

✨ Highlights & Takeaways

  • Time blocking doesn’t have to be rigid. Kimberly shared how “loose structure” gives her focus without boxing her in.

  • Doing nothing is sometimes the work. DeDe realized rest and creativity depend on space, not effort.

  • Color creates calm. Katie’s long-time color-coding system gives her visual order when the rest feels scattered.

  • Resistance can tell you something. Jess reframed avoidance as information instead of failure.

  • Burnout has consequences. Katie shared how ignoring her limits led to physical collapse, and how she’s rebuilding a gentler foundation.

👥 Meet the Panelists

Katie Morris Henson - Storyteller & Communications Specialist
www.katiemorrishenson.com
https://www.instagram.com/katie_ville/

DeDe Frerichs - Nouriche Broth
https://nourichebroth.com/
https://www.instagram.com/nourichebroth/

Kimberly Keys - Passages to Success
https://thriveconcommunity.com/
https://www.instagram.com/serendipitousb/

Elizabeth Hollender - PDX Realtor
https://www.instagram.com/elizabethmorkhollender/

Jess DuBose – ADHD Coach
https://www.jessdubose.com/
https://www.instagram.com/coachingwithjess/

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Jess DuBose is an ADHD coach and writer who uses words the same way she approaches coaching—with honesty, humor, and a deep respect for the messy human experience. She’s a published author whose work explores what it means to live, rest, create, and grow in a world that often demands too much. Through both writing and coaching, Jess helps ADHDers build lives and businesses that honor their energy instead of shaming it—and she writes to remind people they’re not alone in the chaos.

Jess DuBose

Jess DuBose is an ADHD coach and writer who uses words the same way she approaches coaching—with honesty, humor, and a deep respect for the messy human experience. She’s a published author whose work explores what it means to live, rest, create, and grow in a world that often demands too much. Through both writing and coaching, Jess helps ADHDers build lives and businesses that honor their energy instead of shaming it—and she writes to remind people they’re not alone in the chaos.

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