Motherhood Unmasked & Unfiltered
Motherhood is intense. Add a fast brain, big feelings, sensory overload, emotional intelligence, and about 47 open mental tabs… and things get interesting. Motherhood Unmasked & Unfiltered is a podcast for neurosparkly mums navigating life, identity and parenting with ADHD, autism, AuDHD, or brains that have always felt just a little different. Hosted by two solo mums who plan brilliantly, care deeply, and occasionally forget the system we created to hold it all together, this podcast explores the realities of neurodivergent motherhood with honesty, humour and zero pressure to “fix” yourself. We talk about the invisible mental load, masking, overstimulation, mum rage, emotional regulation, ambition, guilt, brilliance, burnout and the surprising power that comes when you finally understand your wiring. Some episodes are just the two of us talking about the things no one says out loud. Some include experts and guests who help unpack the science, psychology and lived experience behind neurodivergent parenting. This isn’t about becoming calmer, quieter or more organised. It’s about becoming kinder to yourself, understanding your brain, and raising the next generation with a little more awareness and a lot less shame. If you’ve ever wondered why motherhood feels so intense for you… you might have just found your people. New episodes every Thursday.
Episodes
You think you know us? Think again.
In this week's episode we're stepping away from the deep dives and getting a little personal. We asked AI to give us rapid-fire questions — then spectacularly failed at the rapid-fire part — and ended up somewhere far more honest and interesting.
From ADHD rage triggers to Disney dreams, impulsive purchases we absolutely justified, the tortured artists we tried to fix, and the things ...
Have you ever felt like you become a completely different person for one or two weeks every month?
Maybe you're more emotional, more reactive, more overwhelmed, less productive, or struggling with rage, anxiety or depression that seems to disappear almost as quickly as it arrives.
In this episode, Alisha and Rhiannon dive into the growing body of research exploring the connection bet...
Fresh off the annual Solo Mum Society Bali trip, Alisha and Rhiannon sit down for an honest post-holiday debrief.
What started as a conversation about forgotten chargers, unnecessary scooters and overpacked suitcases quickly became a much deeper discussion about neurodivergence, parenting expectations, mum guilt and what children actually need from a family holid...
This week, Alisha and Rhiannon are in full pre-Bali countdown mode.
With 34 solo mums and their children joining the annual Solo Mum Society Bali trip, the conversation starts exactly where you'd expect: doom piles, overpacking, last-minute hyperfocus, welcome packs, and wondering whether a third suitcase is really necessary.
But what begins as a chat about pa...
This week is less expert advice and more of a catch-up.
The kind of catch-up where one mum accidentally loses half a day to Pinterest strategy, another starts demolishing a bathroom at 11pm, and somehow both of them end up discussing friendship, parenting, school communities and why socialising feels so complicated as a neurodivergent adult.
In this ...
Why are so many women only discovering they’re neurodivergent later in life?
In this episode of Motherhood: Unmasked & Unfiltered, Alisha and Rhiannon are joined by psychiatrist Dr Clinton White to unpack what’s really happening with late ADHD and autism diagnoses in women.
From missed signs in childhood to years of being labelled with anxiety or depression, this conversation dives into how easily neurodivergence is...
Why does a delayed reply feel like rejection? Why does one comment spiral into a full identity crisis? And why do we care so much about whether people like us… even when we don’t like them?
In this episode of Motherhood: Unmasked & Unfiltered, Alisha and Rhiannon unpack one of the most intense and misunderstood parts of ADHD:
Rejection Sensitive ...
What if your child isn’t being “difficult”… but actually can’t do what you’re asking?
In this episode of Motherhood: Unmasked & Unfiltered, Alisha and Rhiannon dive into the reality of parenting neurodivergent children — especially when their brains work in ways that don’t respond to traditional parenting appr...
Ever bought something… lost it… then bought it again?
Or filled your fridge with “healthy food” only to throw it all out a week later?
Welcome to ADHD tax.
In this episode, Alisha and Rhiannon unpack the very real (and often expensive) ways ADHD shows up in everyday life — from impulse spending and forgotten bills to unused subscriptions, wasted groceries,...
This episode is not polished. It’s not structured. And honestly… that’s exactly the point.
Because this is what ADHD actually looks like in real life.
From losing essential podcast equipment minutes before recording, to impulse Kmart shopping, overstimulation at family events, rage-driving home for a disappointing soft serve, and late-night dopamine spendin...
Looking back now… it all makes so much more sense.
In this episode of Motherhood: Unmasked & Unfiltered, Alisha and Rhiannon reflect on the signs of ADHD and neurodivergence that were completely missed growing up — especially as girls.
From constantly rearranging bedrooms and hyperfixating on new ideas, to being labelled “chatty,” daydreaming in class, a...
Why do some days feel completely manageable… and others feel like everything is just too much?
In this episode of Motherhood: Unmasked & Unfiltered, Alisha and Rhiannon go deeper into what it actually feels like to live with a neurodivergent brain — from emotional intensity and sensory overwhelm, to decision fatigue, task paralysis, and the invi...
What happens when an ADHD diagnosis isn’t the full picture?
In this episode of Motherhood: Unmasked & Unfiltered, Rhiannon shares what happened after being diagnosed with ADHD — when medication, self-awareness, and deeper reflection started to reveal something more: autism.
This is an honest conversation about what it’s like to navigate mul...
What happens when you start to realise that the way your brain works might not be the way everyone else’s does?
In this episode of Motherhood: Unmasked & Unfiltered, Alisha shares her ADHD diagnosis story — how she first started recognising the signs, what made her look into it, and why so many ADHD traits in women are mi...
What happens when you finally get an ADHD diagnosis as an adult… and then realise that might not be the whole story?
In this episode of Motherhood: Unmasked & Unfiltered, Alisha and Rhiannon talk about what happened after Rhiannon was diagnosed with ADHD, started medication, and began to understand her brain for the first time &...
Episode 1: Welcome to the Chaos — ADHD, Late Diagnosis & Neurodivergent Motherhood
Why do so many women only discover they have ADHD after becoming mothers?
In the first episode of Motherhood: Unmasked & Unfiltered, hosts Rhiannon (Sydney) and Alisha (Melbourne) introduce themselves and share why they started this podcast for neurodivergent mums.
Both women were late diagnosed with ADHD, and like many women, mother...
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