Overstimulated and Over It: A Podcast for Women in Perimenopause with ADHD

Overstimulated and Over It: A Podcast for Women in Perimenopause with ADHD

por Blair Pfeiffer, LCHMC, CST

Superación personal Salud mental

Temporada 1

Raw-Dogging Perimenopause: When Hormones Are Chaos and You're Just Trying to Survive

Not on hormone replacement therapy? Not sure if you want to be? Still figuring it out? This episode is for you. Blair tackles one of the most requested topics she gets: how do you actually survive perimenopause without HRT, or while you are still weighing your options? She is quick to make clear this is not a "you should" episode. Whether you love HRT, cannot take it, do not want it, or are simply waiting on an appointment, all of those experiences are valid and all of those women deserve support. She also addresses something a lot of women have experienced but rarely talk about: medical gaslighting. The "your labs are normal," the "you're just stressed," the "maybe try an antidepressant" responses that leave women feeling dismissed instead of heard. Blair reminds listeners that normal labs do not always mean everything feels fine, and that you are absolutely allowed to ask questions, track your symptoms, seek second opinions, and advocate for yourself. From there she gets into what actually helps. Tracking symptoms to find patterns so your body stops feeling random and unpredictable. Nervous system regulation and why rest is maintenance, not laziness. Sleep protection as a survival strategy, not a wellness flex. Movement that supports your body instead of punishing it. A grounded, no-nonsense take on supplements. And a refreshingly open conversation about sexual health changes in perimenopause that too many women suffer through in silence. This episode is practical, validating, and wonderfully free of celery juice advice. If you are trying to build a version of wellness that works for your real life, not some idealized version of it, Blair meets you exactly where you are. For more information about working with Blair: ⁠www.blairpfeiffercoaching.com⁠ ⁠Join the ADHD and Perimenopause Support community.

When Perimenopause Enters the Chat and ADHD Loses the Plot

If you have ever felt like your ADHD suddenly went into overdrive in midlife, this episode is going to explain exactly why, and more importantly, why it is not your fault. Blair breaks down one of the most common things she hears from women in perimenopause: "Why does my brain suddenly feel like it stopped cooperating?" She walks through the science in a way that actually makes sense, explaining how estrogen helps regulate dopamine, and what happens to an ADHD brain when estrogen starts fluctuating. Spoiler: it is not pretty, and it is also not a personal failure. She covers the five symptoms that make women feel like they are losing their minds during this phase: brain fog, emotional whiplash, routine collapse, sleep disruption, and sensory overload. If you have ever forgotten a word while staring directly at the thing you were trying to name, Blair has been there too. Recently. With her calendar. Blair also gets into what actually helped her stop blaming herself and start working with her brain instead of against it. Think smaller tasks, visible systems, protected sleep, and emotional regulation skills that do not require perfection or a mountain top meditation retreat. This episode is equal parts validating, educational, and refreshingly honest. If your routines have collapsed, your emotions feel bigger, and you are quietly wondering if you are becoming a worse version of yourself, Blair wants you to hear this: you are not broken. Your brain and body are asking for new support. That is a very different thing. For more information about working with Blair: ⁠www.blairpfeiffercoaching.com⁠ ⁠Join the ADHD and Perimenopause Support community.

Welcome to the Chaos: My ADHD + Perimenopause Story

In this episode, Blair gets personal. Instead of theory or strategies, she pulls back the curtain on her own story and shares exactly how she ended up here: sitting in her own confusion, watching everything that used to work suddenly stop working, and asking herself what the hell was happening to her. Blair talks about what it felt like to be a licensed therapist with all the knowledge, all the skills, and all the training, and still have her routines collapse, her brain fog take over, her emotions go sideways, and her motivation disappear entirely. She shares her late ADHD diagnosis, what it felt like to finally have language for things she had struggled with her entire life, and what happened when perimenopause showed up shortly after like, in her words, a wrecking ball. She talks about the women she kept hearing from in her practice saying the same things over and over: I feel chaotic, I don't recognize myself, I can't keep up, I feel broken. And how that pattern led her to create her program, The Emotionally Organized Woman, built around the belief that emotional regulation and nervous system support have to come before routines and productivity, not after. Blair also gets refreshingly real about what actually helps her brain: keeping things visible, using timers for everything, making tasks embarrassingly small, and redefining consistency not as perfection but as returning. This one is personal, honest, and deeply relatable. If you have ever felt like your brain and body were working against you, this episode will make you feel a whole lot less alone. For more information about working with Blair: ⁠www.blairpfeiffercoaching.com⁠ ⁠Join the ADHD and Perimenopause Support community.

Welcome to The Side Quest Club

If you have ADHD, you already know life rarely feels like one neat main quest. It’s more like one main quest surrounded by seventeen side quests, three abandoned tabs, a hobby you picked up last Tuesday, and something important you forgot you were supposed to do today. That’s exactly why Blair created The Side Quest Club, a new monthly membership for women navigating ADHD, perimenopause, and all the chaos that happens when those two decide to team up. In this bonus episode, Blair shares the story behind the club, who it’s for, and why she wanted to create something smaller, more affordable, more flexible, and more community-based than a traditional course or coaching program. Each month, the Side Quest Club will focus on one specific topic and go deeper than a quick social media post or comment ever could. Members will get a prerecorded masterclass, practical resources, a live Q&A and connection session, and access to a private community where they can ask questions, share wins, compare notes, and bring all those “you are not going to believe what my ADHD brain just did” moments. The first Side Quest begins in October with working memory, including why thoughts disappear six seconds after you have them, why multi-step tasks can suddenly feel impossible, why you forget what you opened your phone for, and why perimenopause can make all of it feel even louder. Blair also explains the difference between the free ADHD and Perimenopause Support community and the Side Quest Club. The free group is staying exactly where it is. The Side Quest Club is simply for women who want to go deeper, have more direct access to Blair, and spend a full month understanding one piece of their ADHD-perimenopause experience instead of settling for the quick answer. And most importantly, this is not meant to become another thing you’re “behind” on. There is no perfect way to participate. Watch the training when you can. Come to the live session if it works. Use the resources that help. Ignore the ones that don’t. The goal is support, not homework. Membership is $20 per month and includes the monthly masterclass, supporting resources, live Q&A and connection session, and private community access. If you’ve been wishing there were a place between free social media education and a larger coaching program, the Side Quest Club was built for exactly that space. Check out the sign-up link below and join us for our first Side Quest in October. Assuming, of course, we all remember to show up.

Overstimulated, Overthinking, and Starting a Podcast Anyway

If perimenopause showed up and blew your entire life sideways, and you also happen to have ADHD, congratulations: you have found your people. Overstimulated and Over It is the podcast for women in midlife who are exhausted, emotionally overloaded, hormonally chaotic, and completely done pretending they're fine. Hosted by Blair Pfeiffer, licensed therapist, ADHD and perimenopause coach, and AASECT-certified sex therapist, this show is here to say what nobody else is saying out loud. Like the fact that perimenopause can absolutely wreck your ADHD coping systems. Or that brain fog, rage spirals, rejection sensitivity, and burnout are not character flaws. They are a nervous system doing its absolute best under impossible conditions. Each episode covers the real stuff: hormones, emotional regulation, executive dysfunction, boundaries, relationships, identity, and strategies that actually work for brains like ours. No toxic positivity. No "just use a planner." Just honest, validating, occasionally hilarious conversation for women who are overstimulated, over it, and ready to stop suffering in silence. Pull up a chair. You belong here. For more information about working with Blair: ⁠www.blairpfeiffercoaching.com⁠ ⁠Join the ADHD and Perimenopause Support community.

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