Scots Singer/Songwriter Josie Duncan joins me for Episode 7 to discuss her journey with music and how it has greatly improved and impacted her life as someone diagnosed later in her twenties with ADHD.

Josie speaks so beautifully about how being on stage feels like home for her, as it gives focus, purpose and joy, where other so-called "every day" situations can feel so much more challenging to manage - for example - the process of making a phone call can cause complete overwhelm!

She passionately believes that education surrounding ADHD should be much more widely available and discusses how women are typically diagnosed later on because they are pre-disposed to masking symptoms that would otherwise make it clearer that they had the condition. She also highlights the wider spectrum of ADHD and how many people stereotype it, with only being associated with hyperactive young boys, when in fact, it is actually a much broader set of symptoms and issues.

She talks about the immense amount of joy that singing and songwriting gives her and shares her coping strategies for working through the creative process with ADHD - for example - setting alarms to remember to eat or drink whilst in the midst of a 12-hour songwriting marathon!

Intro/Outro Music: "Battle" by Ian Prowse

Middle Track: "Be Around" by Josie Duncan

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.