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Mad About... with Maddy Alexander-Grout
Welcome to Mad About…
The podcast amplifying neurodivergent voices, messy stories, and the brilliant humans who refuse to fit in boxes.
Hosted by bestselling author and visibility strategist Maddy Alexander-Grout, Mad About… is a space where neurodivergent people get to speak for themselves.
Each episode brings honest conversations about life, money, business, identity, and everything in between. No polished success stories. No pretending everything is perfect.
Just real humans sharing real experiences.
Because neurodivergent people have spent far too long being spoken about instead of being listened to.
This podcast exists to change that.
You’ll hear from entrepreneurs, creatives, parents, leaders, and everyday people who are navigating ADHD, autism, chronic conditions, hidden disabilities, and brains that simply work differently.
Some episodes are funny.
Some are raw.
Some might make you rethink everything you thought you knew about success.
But every single one gives someone a voice and visibility.
Maddy built her business and audience by telling the truth about her own struggles with ADHD, money mistakes, and not fitting into traditional business spaces. Now she uses that platform to help others be seen, heard, and valued too.
It’s about being real, imperfect, neurodivergent AF, and proud of it.
If you've ever been told you’re too much, too loud, too different, or too chaotic…
You’re in the right place.
Welcome to Mad About…
Episodes
116 episodes
Ep115 Building a 7 figure business, losing your spark and starting again- with Laurie Burrows
In this episode of Mad About, Maddy sits down with entrepreneur and marketing expert Laurie Burrows for a raw and honest conversation about grief, resilience, business, motherhood and finding the courage to start again.Laurie shares her ...
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Ep114- The Hidden Politics of Personal Style- ADHD & Your Wardrobe: with Samantha Harman
What do women’s pockets, ADHD, personal branding and billionaires have in common?Quite a lot, as it turns out.In this thought-provoking episode, Maddy sits down with style consultant and author Samantha Harman to explore why cloth...
EP113 The Busiest Man Alive- Special Interests & Autism
In this episode of Mad About, Maddy Alexander-Grout is joined by the wonderful Michael Bown, community champion, performer, theatre-lover, choir member, charity supporter, and quite possibly the busiest man alive.Mic...
EP112 ADHD & The F*ck It Bucket
In this solo episode of Mad About Podcast, Maddy Alexander-Grout gets honest about ADHD, shame spirals, gym guilt, money avoidance, task paralysis, and the pressure neurodivergent people put on themselves to “do the thing.”From strugglin...
Ep111- Trauma Made Us Funny- With Alyssa Kyria Funny Mummy
In this episode of Mad About Podcast, Maddy Alexander-Grout sits down with Alyssa for a brilliantly honest, chaotic, funny, and emotional conversation about neurodivergence, identity, trauma, performance, and the pressure to fit into a world th...
EP110- Rich, Visible & Neurodivergent AF, With Denise Duffield-Thomas
Can ADHD Entrepreneurs REALLY Chill & Prosper?In this episode of Mad About, Maddy is joined by money mentor, bestselling author and fellow ADHD entrepreneur Denise Duffield-Thomas for a brilliant, honest and hilarious conver...
EP109- Vibe Check- When You Struggle To Show Up
In this episode of Mad About, Maddy talks about something so many business owners, especially neurodivergent ones, get wrong: trying to run a business when you are already running on empty.Because let’s be honest, you cannot sho...
EP108- From Cult To Courage- with Ben Gibbons
This week on Mad About, I’m joined by one of my favourite clients, the lovely Ben Gibbons.Ben is the founder of Nimble Photography, creating a safe and comfortable wedding photography experience for LGBTQIA+ and neurodivergent p...
EP107- Autistic, I'll take your word for it....
Why do autistic people take things at face value… and how can that actually put us at risk?In this episode of Mad About, I’m sharing a very real (and slightly painful 😅) story about accidentally ending up in the wrong gym class…...
EP106- The Overlap Between Trauma and ADHD
This episode is a proper, unfiltered conversation between Maddy and Lucy Power about neurodivergence, trauma, identity, and what it really means to be yourself in a world that constantly tries to put you in a box.From ADHD and aut...
EP105- Internalised Ableism, Burnout & Owning Your Soundtrack
Mad About with Maddy Alexander-Grout Episode: Internalised Ableism, Burnout & Owning Your Soundtrack💥 What this episode is aboutThis is a real, honest chat about internalised ableism — what it is, how ...
Beyond Palatable- With Sophie Lee l Episode 104
In this episode of Mad About, I’m joined by the brilliant Sophie Jane Lee, coach for voice, visibility and strategy, and author of Beyond Palatable: A Manifesto for Unapologetic Women.We chat about Sophie’s ...
What It’s Really Like to Love as a Neurodivergent Woman with Sara-Louise Ackrill | Ep 101
This episode got real. I sat down with Sara-Louise Ackrill, founder of Wired Differently and co-author of The ND Lovers Club, to talk about something that's not spoken about enough: what it really means to be neurodivergent wh...
How to Promote Your Business When You Do All the Things | Ep 102 | BUSINESS
This one’s for my fellow multipotentialites - the humans who do all the things and want to know how to promote them without totally confusing people.I got a great question from one of my Invisible to Influential members who aske...
Ep 100- 100 Neurodivergent Voices
100 Neurodivergent VoicesThis episode is different.To celebrate the 100th episode of the Mad About… Podcast, I didn’t want to make it about me.Instead, I wanted to do something bigger.For years, neurodi...
The Messy Middle of Grief, PMDD, and Keeping It All Together | Ep 99
This episode was hard to record - but also deeply needed.I'm in the thick of it right now. My dad passed away suddenly, and I've been trying to navigate the heartbreak, PMDD, business, burnout, and the wild mess that is life...
You Think Your Competitor Is Copying You? Let’s Talk About That | Ep 98 | BUSINESS
Have you ever felt THREATENED by people in your niche?Have you avoided looking at what others are doing... or feared you'll be seen as a copy cat? In this solo episode of Mad About Business, I open up about how I used to...
The Real Costs of the Weight-Loss Industry with Naomi Holbrook | Ep 97 | MONEY
In this in-person episode of Mad About, I sat down with one of the most influential people in my personal transformation – Naomi Holbrook, The Unconventional Weight Loss Coach who’s completely changed how I see food, my body, and my AD...
A Real Experience of What PMDD Really Does to ADHD Brains Trying To Run A Business | Ep 96
Today, I take you behind the scenes of what it’s really like to run a business while navigating ADHD, PMDD, and burnout.When I recorded this, I was in a dark place. Deep in the PMDD spiral where suicidal thoughts fel...
Why “Not Disabled Enough” Is a Lie That’s Holding You Back with Beth Thomas | Ep 95 | MONEY
This week I’m joined by the incredible Beth Thomas from Unbound Mind Coaching for a raw, relatable conversation about perfectionism, money stories, and what it really takes to love yourself as you are.We talk about growing up with mixed ...
What I Will (and Won’t) Share Online | Ep 94 | BUSINESS
I’m diving deep into the content boundaries I live by. What I share, what I won’t share, and why visibility doesn’t have to come at the cost of your privacy.So many of us feel pressure to overshare online to be “authentic....
Raising 6 Kids Taught Me How To Stay Present and Sane with Logan Blackburn-Issitt | Ep 93 | MONEY
In this episode of Mad About Podcast, Maddy Alexander-Grout talks to Logan Blackburn-Issitt, a trans dad of six and creator of Dad’s Business. Logan shares his powerful story of leaving a 70-hour job, embracing ho...
Why I’ve Been Stuck, Silently Spiraling, and Finally Saying It Out Loud | Ep 92 | BUSINESS
For the past four months, I’ve been deep in what I call the ADHD funk hole. No motivation, zero focus, overwhelmed by impostor syndrome and a big fat case of “everyone hates me.” On this episode of Mad About, I’m getting brutal...
The Hidden Costs of Raising Neurodivergent Kids with Rhiannon Gogh | Ep 91 | MONEY
This week, I sat down with the incredible Rhiannon Gogh, SEND advocate, chartered financial advisor, and mum to a profoundly autistic son - and it's one of the most eye-opening conversations I’ve ever had on this podcast.We got real<...