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Message in the Middle: Midlife Women, Reinvention & Personal Growth
Message in the Middle is a podcast for women navigating the challenges, transitions, and reinventions that often come with midlife.
Hosted by Marianne DeMello-Smith, each episode explores the messy, meaningful moments that shape who we become. Through honest conversations with experts, authors, thought leaders, and everyday women, you'll discover practical insights, inspiring stories, and new perspectives on what it means to grow through life's most difficult seasons.
Whether you're facing a career change, caregiving responsibilities, health challenges, grief, relationship shifts, menopause, identity changes, or simply wondering what's next, Message in the Middle offers encouragement, wisdom, and real-world strategies to help you move forward with greater confidence and purpose.
Together, we'll explore resilience, personal growth, self-discovery, emotional well-being, and the power of turning life's messes into meaningful midlife messages.
Because midlife isn't the end of your story. It may just be the beginning of your next chapter.
Message in the Middle: Midlife Women, Reinvention & Personal Growth
You’re Not Broken, You’re Wired Differently: ADHD, Midlife, and Thriving with Jorie Houlihan
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What happens when you realize in midlife that your brain has been playing by a completely different rulebook all along?
In this episode of Message in the Middle, host Marianne DeMello-Smith sits down with Jorie Houlihan, Your Guide for the Dopamine Deprived™️—an ADHD life coach, speaker, and host of ADHD &... with Jorie Houlihan.
After being diagnosed with ADHD at 49, Jorie’s world began to make sense in ways it never had before. But the true transformation came not from the diagnosis itself, but from unlearning decades of self-blame and learning how to create systems that actually work for her unique brain.
Together, Marianne and Jorie unpack:
💡 What ADHD really looks like in adult women (and why it’s often missed)
💡 The emotional rollercoaster of diagnosis including the relief, grief, and everything in between
💡 How to tell the difference between ADHD traits and unrealistic self-expectations
💡 Real-world strategies to build confidence and reduce overwhelm
💡 How to support loved ones who are learning to manage ADHD later in life
If you’ve ever wondered why you struggle with focus, time, or rest, or you’re ready to stop forcing yourself into neurotypical molds, this conversation is for you.
👉 Tune in to discover why your brain isn’t broken, it’s just beautifully different.
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