Series 3 Ep 6 - Emma Jackson on late diagnosed ADHD, female empowerment, allyship and the science of happiness

Same Sh*t, Different Brain

In the sixth podcast episode of Same Shit Different Brain’s third series, Rebecca talks to producer for the creative and tech industries, Emma Jackson.

You may have seen Emma landing a plane with Kevin Bacon in an EE ad. As she likes to put it, she only gets out of bed for world firsts. She racked up millions of views for content produced for Cut Youtube channel, and using entertainment to show diverse role models is a particular joy of hers. She’s proudly and loudly neurodivergent, and they talk about their shared experiences with late diagnosed ADHD.

Emma inspired Rebecca to talk about her ADHD publicly for the first time in a real-life space, during the Q+A of a panel talk she appeared in. As well as comparing notes on ADHD, they talk about female empowerment and how women can get better at recognising our own achievements, while businesses also need to have fairer systems for advancing people.

Also, how to approach allyship and why we have to put the work in to speak up for people without speaking *over* them; positive psychology and the science of happiness; trauma around ADHD why meditation and somatic processing are so important with neurodivergence; and what it was like to land that plane with Kevin Bacon.

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The 5Gs - https://the5gs.co.uk

Landing a plane with Kevin Bacon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XMsISVWz-w

My First Same Sex Girlfriend - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYgIKWrlffw

Here are the allyship resources mentioned in the episode:

Do the Work course - https://rachelcargle.com/

Better Allies course - https://betterallies.com/