ADHD Roundtable Ep 26 | You’re Less Alone Than You Think

The ADHD Roundtable
January 28, 2026•1 min read

Episode Summary

Episode 26 is a long-form, honest conversation about how ADHD shows up in daily life, especially around regulation, time, emotion, and energy. The panel talks openly about both the strengths and challenges of ADHD without framing them as character flaws.

Topics include time blindness, getting lost or disoriented, emotional intensity, and the constant effort it takes to self-regulate. The discussion also explores what “regulation” actually means in real life, how people figure out what works for their own brains, and why many ADHD tools only help once they’re practiced instead of just understood.

Personal stories, including parenting experiences, late diagnosis, early overmedication, and recovery, add depth. The episode closes with a shared theme of normalizing ADHD experiences and the relief that comes from being in spaces where no one has to apologize for how their brain works.

✨ Highlights & Takeaways

  • Time blindness and why planning often requires extra mental math

  • Different ways people define and achieve regulation

  • Emotional intensity, rumination, and practical ways to interrupt mental spirals

  • Movement, sensory input, and environmental changes as regulation tools

  • Parenting ADHD kids without turning traits into behavior problems

  • Medication, holistic supports, and advocating for care

  • Rest as intention-based rather than stillness-based

  • The importance of community that isn’t centered on “fixing” anyone

👥 Meet the Panelists

Becky Bowen
https://www.sensoryhomesolution.com/
https://www.instagram.com/sensoryhomesolution/

Kate Hagan Gallup
https://www.ripleyk8.com/
https://www.instagram.com/cloudedkiwi/

Matt Raekelboom
https://beacons.ai/mattraekelboom
https://www.instagram.com/mattraekelboom/

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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