The ADHD Skills Lab
Navigate each day in an ADHD-friendly way – with research-backed strategies, real-life experiences and expert advice. Each week, UO founder Skye Waterson chats with expert guests, reviews the latest ADHD research, takes your questions and offers practical support to help you move past whatever may be holding you back.
Skye Waterson is a former academic turned coach, podcast host, and founder of an international ADHD support service, Unconventional Organisation. After getting a surprise ADHD diagnosis in the first year of her PhD, Skye turned her struggles into research-based strategies. She researched and wrote over 50 articles with a combined readership of 250,000+ and then began her next phase of disseminating these strategies around the world.
After being invited to share her strategies with the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) in 2022, Skye has supported late-diagnosed healthcare professionals, professors, lawyers, reporters, fortune 500 directors, and entrepreneurs. She crafted her vision for Unconventional Organisation after realizing how few personalized ADHD strategies were available for adults following her diagnosis.
The ADHD Skills Lab
The ADHD Shift: When Everything Suddenly Adds Up
Most people with ADHD have one moment that stops them in their tracks. For Laura, it was finding her childhood journals filled with the word “focus” scribbled in every possible way.
In this conversation, Skye talks with Laura Key, host of the ADHD Aha! podcast, and VP of content at Understood.org. After interviewing more than 120 people about their ADHD stories, Laura shares her own. From finding her childhood journals to understanding how ADHD shaped her leadership, parenting, and emotional load, this is the moment everything starts to make sense.
They talk about late diagnosis, invisible overwhelm, the pressure women carry, and what Laura has learned from listening to so many ADHD journeys. It is warm, thoughtful, and full of the moments that make ADHD adults think, “I have lived this my whole life, I just never had the language for it.”
What we cover:
- The moment ADHD finally comes into focus
- Why so many women overlook their own symptoms for years
- What Laura learned from interviewing 120 ADHD guests
- Why recent research shows women trust ADHD podcasts more than any other medium
Where to Find Laura Key
Connect with Laura and explore her work here:
Instagram:
@understoodorg
LinkedIn:
Understood: https://www.linkedin.com/company/understood
Laura Key: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-key-720b7436/
Podcast:
ADHD Aha: https://www.understood.org/en/podcasts/adhd-aha
Research Mentioned in the Episode:
Study on why women trust ADHD podcasts:
https://www.understood.org/en/press-releases/new-study-finds-podcasts-help-women-with-adhd
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