Welcome to Actually Trying. Same podcast, new name, new format.

This week: have a lot of women got undiagnosed ADHD, or are we all just weird? I'm seeing a psychiatrist in two days. Old Ma thinks we should go back to the five original lunacies. She held that position for about ten minutes, until she found out there might be some legal speed in it for her.

We cover:

• Why ADHD in girls gets missed entirely
• Object permanence and forgetting your friends exist
• Whether it's real or just Big Pharma cataloguing sweaty palms
• Getting diagnosed as an adult: private assessment, five-year NHS waits, and what £200 online actually buys you

Ask Guru & Granny: a secondary school teacher of 22 years wants to jack it in and become a florist. Is 48 too old to start again? We get into midlife career changes, side hustles, and why women over 50 are the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs globally.

Next time: I report back on whether I actually got diagnosed.

Timestamps

0:00 New name, new format

3:20 Have we all got undiagnosed ADHD?

3:50 The five original lunacies

10:30 ADHD in boys vs girls

12:00 Object permanence

13:50 Eight signs of ADHD in women

18:40 My missed diagnosis at school

27:50 Ask Guru & Granny: teacher wants to be a florist

39:20 Women over 50 and starting a business

49:30 The £200 private diagnosis

ADHD in women, inattentive ADHD, ADHD symptoms in girls vs boys, object permanence, emotional dysregulation, private ADHD assessment, NHS waiting lists. I wrote that list for SEO, in case you didn't realise and just thought it was a random outburst.

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A field report (and Guru & Granny) featuring Japanese walking, Hot Girl Walks, movement after meals, and using the Steppin app to earn screen time through steps.

Click here to try the Steppin App - https://www.steppin.net/

Timestamps

0:00 Intro — reporting back on the walking experiment

1:00 Step In app review & my tragic step count

2:30 Why earning screen time through steps actually worked

4:10 The psychological cost of doomscrolling

4:45 Hostage-situation brand deals & choosing a secret code word

6:20 Japanese walking results

7:50 Why I abandoned the Japanese walking halfway through

9:00 Looking unhinged in front of villagers

10:00 Hot Girl Walks & mindset walking

10:45 My recurring imaginary hostage scenario

11:30 The gold eyeshadow plane defence plan

15:00 Krav Maga, Buffy & survival fantasies

16:30 Did Hot Girl Walks actually help?

17:15 Movement after meals

18:15 Finds & fails of the week

19:00 Hay fever, wasps & wanting to flee England

20:30 Guru & Granny: should you force a grown man to eat vegetables?

24:00 “You are not responsible for his asshole”

26:00 Tiny chopped vegetables vs letting nature take its course

27:00 Would Old Ma want another child in the family?

28:00 Final thoughts & term-time podcast plans

Ask Guru & Granny

Send your dilemmas, life problems and questionable decisions to:

@rosehoneymorgan

@field.notes.pod

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Youtube: www.youtube.com/@rose.honey.morgan

For brand enquiries: rhm@intertalentgroup.com

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This week I’m testing whether walking really is the closest thing we have to a magic pill - and whether I can get my steps up without becoming the sort of person pacing the kitchen at 10pm to hit 10,000.

I’m trying:

• Japanese interval walking

• hot girl walks

• walking/moving after meals

• using SteppIn app to earn screen time through steps

• taking antihistamines so pollen can stop ruining my life

Also: why 10,000 steps may be a marketing myth, why walking helps mood, and whether we’ve lost the plot with step counts.

Click here to try the Steppin App - https://www.steppin.net/

0:00 Intro — this week’s walking experiment

0:45 Step In: earning screen time with steps

3:20 Why my step count has collapsed

5:00 Is walking a magic pill?

7:30 My current tragic step count

8:45 The 10,000 steps myth

10:00 Japanese walking explained

12:30 Hot girl walks

15:30 Walking after meals

18:00 My actual plan for the week

20:00 Hay fever, antihistamines and walking barriers

22:30 Have We Lost the Plot? Step counts vs human history

25:00 This week’s homework

Send your dilemmas, life problems and questionable decisions to:

@rosehoneymorgan

@field.notes.pod

Follow along to see me desperately trying in real time on:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosehoneymorgan/

For podcast clips and BTS stories: https://www.instagram.com/actuallytryingpod

Youtube: www.youtube.com/@rose.honey.morgan

For brand enquiries: rhm@intertalentgroup.com

***DM me with your Guru & Granny questions on Instagram***

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