Episode 263: Hormones and ADHD Symptoms

 

If you’ve been diagnosed with ADHD (or strongly resonate with it) and feel like you’re constantly hitting an invisible wall—knowing what to do but unable to follow through—this episode is for you. ADHD doesn’t mean you’re broken, lazy, or incapable. And it doesn’t mean medication is your only option. In this conversation, Gaia Broda and myself are reframing ADHD away from a life sentence and into something far more empowering: information you can use to take your power back.

In this episode we’re sharing:

  • Why so many women are being diagnosed with ADHD later in life, and what’s actually driving the rise

  • How identifying as your diagnosis quietly gives your power away (even when it feels validating)

  • The Core Four pillars for managing ADHD naturally: movement, nutrition, nervous system regulation, and sleep

  • Why knowing the strategies isn’t the problem, and what’s really stopping follow-through

  • How blood sugar crashes, dopamine chasing, and nervous system dysregulation fuel procrastination and overwhelm

  • Why reaching for sugar, scrolling, or avoidance isn’t a character flaw, but a signal

  • The role of self-worth, agency, and subconscious beliefs in ADHD symptoms

  • How hypnosis and subconscious work help rewire the patterns that keep you stuck

  • Why ADHD brains often come with powerful “zones of genius” and how society teaches us to ignore them

  • Where to actually start if you’re at rock bottom vs. already “managing but not thriving”

An ADHD diagnosis can be a permission slip, not an identity. ADHD doesn’t get to decide what’s possible for you. When you stop outsourcing your power to labels, hacks, or medication alone and start building agency, nervous system safety, and supportive foundations, you can move from surviving to truly thriving. This episode will help you see your brain differently, reclaim your worth, and start working with how you’re wired instead of against it.

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Leah Brueggemann

Leah is a Functional Diagnostic Nutritional® Practitioner, Certified NLP & HTMA Practitioner, and host of the Balancing Hormones Naturally Podcast. She's helped over 600 women transform their health through the Hormone Reset Program®!

Her clients go from painful periods, stubborn weight, crushing fatigue, and fertility struggles to symptom-free cycles, all-day energy, and finally getting pregnant, all without obsessing over carbs, taking unnecessary meds, or spending thousands on IVF. Through personalized functional lab testing and root cause protocols, Leah helps women understand exactly what their body needs to balance their hormones naturally.

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