Never Mind the Mess - guest Maddy Alexander-Grout

Jenn wilson

“Other people’s opinions of me are none of my business.”— Maddy Alexander-Grout

Jenn Wilson is joined by guest Maddy Alexander-Grout.

Maddy Alexander‑Grout is an ADHD specialist, neurodivergent business and visibility coach, best‑selling author, and outspoken advocate for disability rights—supporting neurodivergent people to understand their brains, manage their money, build sustainable businesses, and step into full authenticity.

In this heartfelt and often humorous conversation, Jenn is joined by Maddy Alexander‑Grout to explore the realities of living as a neurodivergent adult and building a life that actually works for your brain. Maddy shares candidly about her experiences with childhood bullying, late ADHD and autism diagnosis at 37, navigating grief, and the pressures of visibility online. She opens up about money dysregulation, business failures, resilience, and rebuilding from scratch—multiple times. Throughout the episode, Maddy demonstrates what it means to live unmasked, to create boundaries, and to choose self‑compassion after years of feeling “broken.”

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Maddy Alexander-Grout is an author, speaker, and visibility strategist, and the founder of The Maddyverse, a platform and community that helps people build businesses, manage money, and grow their visibility in a way that works for their brains, values, and lives.

She is the author of Mad About Money, and her work focuses on helping people—particularly those with ADHD and hidden struggles—get visible, grow audiences, and make money by building businesses around who they really are rather than who they think they should be.

Maddy is known for her honest, energetic and unconventional approach to business and money, and she speaks regularly about visibility, entrepreneurship, neurodiversity, and building a business your own way.

At its core, this episode is about reclaiming agency through self‑understanding. Maddy shows that when you finally know how your brain works, you can stop fighting yourself and start building systems, boundaries, and businesses that honour who you are. Her vulnerability, humour, and honesty remind us that healing is messy, growth is nonlinear, and that being the change we want to see starts with choosing ourselves first.

Further Resources: links to offers from Irregular that are relevant to the episode

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• Late diagnosis of ADHD and autism
• Growing up neurodivergent and misunderstood
• Childhood and workplace bullying
• Money dysregulation, dopamine spending & paying off debt
• Business failures, rebuilding, and resilience
• Boundary‑setting as a neurodivergent entrepreneur
• Trauma response, emotional regulation & medication
• Living unmasked and with authenticity online
• Creating The Maddiverse community
• Managing visibility and expectations on social media

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