You know the moment: someone asks "how’s your day going," and somehow they end up knowing your whole life story. GP talks about why neurodivergent brains overshare, what it actually costs, and a simple filter that protects your wonderful openness without the next-day cringe. Plus Heard You. Sponsored by Cloud Microphones.

Chapters

0:00 Open

0:52 Why This Happens (And Why It’s Kind Of Beautiful)

2:09 A Filter That Doesn’t Shut You Down

3:29 HEARD YOU

5:28 Close

#WisdomFromThePorch #NeurodivergentOversharing #ADHDLife #NeurodivergentLife #ADHDImpulsivity

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I added it up. $340 worth of items still in their original packaging. GP gets honest about emotional spending — what it actually is, why it happens, and the gentle, practical fix that works better than guilt ever did. Plus Heard You. Sponsored by Cloud Microphones.

Chapters

0:00 Open

0:51 What You’re Actually Buying

2:03 The Fix That Actually Worked For Me

3:28 HEARD YOU

5:48 Next Step/Close

#WisdomFromThePorch #ADHDMoney #EmotionalSpending #NeurodivergentLife #ADHDImpulsivity

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There is a grief that doesn't get a funeral, a casserole, or a card. GP talks honestly about the grief that comes with understanding your neurodivergence later than you wish you had... and makes the case that naming a loss is actually one of the most hopeful things you can do with it. Plus, a Heard You that might be one of the best comments this show has ever received. Sponsored by Cloud Microphones.

Chapters

0:00 Open

1:22 The Grief That Never Got a Ceremony

4:51 Why Naming It Is the Hopeful Move

8:59 HEARD YOU

12:38 Close

neurodivergent grief late diagnosis, late diagnosis grief, grieving undiagnosed years, neurodivergent loss, ADHD grief

Adult friendship is hard for everyone... and for a neurodivergent brain, it fails in some very specific, very human ways. GP talks about why, tells a few stories about himself, and lays out what actually works. Plus the first Heard You comment of the series, all the way from someone who just found a name for something she carried her whole life. Sponsored by Cloud Microphones.

Chapters

0:00 Intro

1:02 Why This Got So Hard — And Why That's Not On You

4:34 What Actually Works

7:25 HEARD YOU

8:49 Close

neurodivergent adult friendships, ADHD friendships, making friends as an adult, autistic friendships, adult friendship adhd

A shutdown isn't calm. It's offline. GP breaks down the one ND experience that looks like recovery from the outside and is actually the nervous system at its limit — what a shutdown is, what causes it, what the people around you keep getting wrong, and what actually helps on both sides of it. Plus: the debut of Heard You. Sponsored by Cloud Microphones.

Chapters

0:00 Intro

1:31 What a Shutdown Actually Is

4:16 What Causes It

7:05 What People Get Wrong — and What Actually Helps

10:21 Coming Back

12:32 HEARD YOU

14:30 Close

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RSD is not just sensitivity -- it is a specific neurological response that makes perceived rejection feel like a physical event. GP breaks down what RSD actually is, the situations that trigger it, how it affects relationships and work, and three tools for when it fires. Sponsored by Cloud Microphones.

0:00 Intro

0:53 What RSD Actually Is

4:02 Three Tools for When RSD Fires

6:39 Close

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When do you tell someone you're neurodivergent? How much do you say? What if they don't understand? GP talks about dating as an ND adult -- the disclosure question, the patterns that show up early in ND relationships, and what you actually need from a partner. Sponsored by Cloud Microphones.

0:00 Open

0:52 The Patterns That Show Up First

3:52 The Disclosure Question

6:51 Close

dating neurodivergent

You finally have a diagnosis. And then someone at the dinner table says "you seem fine to me." GP breaks down why families resist ND diagnoses, what is actually going on when they do, and how to protect your own understanding of yourself when the people closest to you won't confirm it. Sponsored by Cloud Microphones.

0:00 Intro

1:02 Why Families Resist

3:39 What to Do With It

5:42 Close

family doesn't believe adhd diagnosis, relationships