Featuring: Janet Jay, writer and advocate exploring intersection of chronic pain, ADHD, and community care

How do you navigate life when your body and your brain aren’t cooperating & there’s no system in place to provide support?

In this episode, we explore:

Chronic Pain & ADHD

• Overlap between chronic pain and ADHD

• Adult ADHD diagnosis and identity shift

Navigating Systems

• Barriers within the healthcare system

• Using technology/AI to manage care and information

Community & Support

• Community as a survival tool

• Finding and building supportive networks

Coping & Regulation

• Practical coping tools and workarounds

• Creative practices as regulation (knitting, art, movement)

Life Integration

• Parenting, emotional regulation, and nervous system support

• Grief, resilience, and meaning-making

• Building a life that works with your limitations, not against them

Key Questions Answered in the Audio:

1. How do you build a meaningful life when your body and brain both create barriers?

2. What actually helps when the healthcare system fails you?

3. How do you find (or build) community that truly gets it?

Resources Mentioned:

• JanetJay.com (blog, tools, and upcoming projects)

• The US Pain Foundation + The Invisible Project magazine: https://uspainfoundation.org/

• Our Painful Truth: https://www.youtube.com/@OurPainfulTruth
  

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