ADHD Female Founders Reveal the Brutal Truth About Running a Business

How many times have you thought about closing down your business this month? This week? Today? Every single hand went up when I asked four female ADHD founders that question. Because here's what nobody posts on Instagram: running a business with ADHD is the quickest way to figure out how your ADHD shows up as both a struggle AND a strength. In this raw, honest, and hilarious live panel, I sat down with Jess (Sacred and Wild), Cat (Yogi Bare), Katie France (Love Bomb Bags), and Natt (Waking Dreams) to talk about the reality of being a female founder with ADHD. We talk about people-pleasing that nearly cost Cat her entire business, Katie's struggle with posting out the right bags to the right people (executive function is REAL), why having two ADHD brains in business together means you might "accidentally commit fraud," and how Jess's perfectionism has kept years of work hidden from the world. But we also talk about why none of us go back. Why the 9-5 isn't an option for brains wired like ours. Why freedom matters more than money. And why, despite everything, we keep showing up. Natt drops the mic with: "Your ADHD would not even be a talking point without capitalism." And Jess reminds us all: "I see the work people put out into the world and I just think, bloody well done. I don't judge it. I just really respect people trying and just being out there doing it." This one's for every woman who's ever felt like giving up but keeps showing up anyway. IN THIS EPISODE: ✨ Why we all threaten to quit (regularly) ✨ How people-pleasing can cost you everything ✨ Executive function struggles are not stupidity ✨ The reality of working with other ADHDers ✨ How perfectionism keeps you stuck ✨ Why we can't go back to corporate burnout ✨ The real reason we keep going (it's not money) ✨ Why capitalism makes ADHD "problematic" ✨ Taking a day off is productive, actually ✨ Giving yourself the same grace you give other women 00:00 Welcome to ADHD Untangled Live 02:10 Meet the ADHD Female Founders 06:20 The Biggest ADHD Challenges in Business 11:40 People Pleasing & Nearly Losing the Business 17:10 ADHD Co-Founders & Chaotic Workflows 22:00 Burnout, Overworking & Perfectionism 27:10 Why ADHD Entrepreneurs Struggle With Routine 32:10 Protecting Your Energy & Avoiding Burnout 37:20 Money, Self-Worth & ADHD in Business 42:40 Advice for ADHD Entrepreneurs Four incredible women. Four thriving businesses. Four ADHD brains refusing to dim down. Generator. Alive. Colourful. Chaotic. Not broken. Not struggling. Not failing. Bloody well done for just doing it.