In this episode of ADHD Beyond the Label, Dr Phil Anderton and John Reynolds are joined by entrepreneur and architect Martina Tararuj, who shares her powerful journey from late ADHD diagnosis to leading a global community of over 850 female CEOs.

Diagnosed as an adult, Martina reflects on growing up in a time when ADHD in girls was largely misunderstood or overlooked. Despite academic success and professional achievement, she often felt different, driven by creativity, intuition, and deep focus on subjects she loved, while struggling with motivation in others.

Now working with hundreds of high-achieving women, Martina reveals a striking insight: many female leaders share similar ADHD traits, creativity, flexibility, resilience, and the ability to think differently, yet still battle perfectionism, imposter syndrome, and self-doubt.Together, the conversation explores the hidden strengths of ADHD in leadership, the dangers of perfectionism, and the importance of creating safe spaces where women can be authentic, imperfect, and empowered to fail fast and learn faster.

This episode offers inspiration not only for women navigating ADHD, but for the next generation of girls growing up in a world that is finally beginning to understand neurodiversity and the extraordinary potential that comes with thinking differently.

In this deeply moving episode of Extraordinary Life Stories, John Reynolds and Dr Phil Anderton sit down with documentary-maker Emily Victoria, whose powerful film A Pedophile in My Family: Surviving Dad has reached number one on Netflix.

Emily bravely shares her story of surviving severe childhood abuse, navigating motherhood, and recently receiving an ADHD diagnosis that reshaped her understanding of herself and her family. Together, they explore the complex intersections of trauma, neurodivergence, resilience, and healing.

This is a conversation about courage, awareness, and the importance of understanding—not just surviving, the past. Emily’s story is not only one of survival, but of transformation, advocacy, and hope.

From an art-school project at 50 to one of the UK's fastest-growing beauty brands, meet Maxine Laceby, CEO and co-founder of Absolute Collagen.

This week on ADHD Beyond the Label, Maxine Laceby joins hosts Phil Anderton and John Reynolds to share how a kitchen-table experiment became Absolute Collagen, the award-winning marine collagen brand founded by women, for women.

Maxine shares how her ADHD has been both a challenge and a driving force:

• Impulsivity that pushed her to take bold, game-changing risks
• Hyperfocus that fuelled her relentless drive for growth
• Resilience built through a turbulent childhood
  

Together, they unpack the lessons of entrepreneurship, the link between ADHD and creativity, and what it truly takes to embrace being different, in life, in business, and in yourself.