Chaos & Caffeine - ADHD Parenting Podcast
Welcome to Chaos and Caffeine, where parenting gets real, messy, and fueled by endless coffee refills. Hosted by ADHD parent coach Danielle Kelly, this podcast dives into the beautiful chaos of raising neurodivergent kids, balancing life, and finding joy in the middle of the madness.
From ADHD hacks and emotional management tips to stories that’ll make you laugh, cry, or say awesome Chaos and Caffeine is your go-to resource for navigating the unpredictable world of parenting. Whether you’re looking for expert advice, relatable stories, or just someone who gets it, grab your mug and join the conversation.
Parenting isn’t perfect, but with a little caffeine and a lot of community, we’ll get through it together. New episodes every week!
Episodes
88 episodes
What Screens Are Stealing From ADHD Kids (And How to Rebuild Those Skills) | Michelle Garcia Winner
Join Our Patreon and Find All of Our Faves!Screens aren’t the enemy. But they are replacing something our ADHD kids desperately need: real-world skill practice....
ADHD Kids & Screen Time: Why Turning Screens Off Triggers Meltdowns (And What Actually Works) | ScreenCoach
Join Our Patreon and Find All of Our Faves! If asking your ADHD child to turn off screens feels like lighting a match near a gasoline can… you’re not imagining it.
What Screens Are Stealing From ADHD Kids (And How to Rebuild Those Skills) | Michelle Garcia Winner
Join Our Patreon and Find All of Our Faves!Screens aren’t the enemy. But they are replacing something our ADHD kids desperately need: real-world skill practice....
ADHD Parenting Reset: 12 Brutally Honest Lessons That Changed Everything (New Year, Less Chaos Finale)
Join Our Patreon and Find All of Our Faves! After 12 weeks of expert interviews, real-life experiments, and “oh wow… I’ve been doing that wrong” moments, this is the epi...
Parenting the Child You Have: ADHD Parenting, Emotional Regulation & Mental Health with Dr. Kristen Cook
Join Our Patreon and Find All of Our Faves!What does it really mean to parent the child you have — especially when that child has ADHD, big emotions, intense behavio...
ADHD Moms, Rage & Identity Loss: The Truth About Matrescence with Sami Garrett | Good Enough Motherhood
Join Our Newsletter and Find All of Our Faves!Motherhood changed you. ADHD amplified it.In this powerful episode of Chaos & Caffeine, I sit down with S...
Beyond Medication: Integrative ADHD Treatment for Kids | Nutrition, Gut Health & Root Causes with Dr. Mary Lou Hulseman
Join Our Newsletter and Find All of Our Faves!What if ADHD symptoms aren’t just behavioral… but biological?In this powerful episode of Chaos & Caffeine, D...
Trauma-Informed ADHD Parenting: Nervous System Regulation, Burnout & Brainspotting with Dr. Marivi “Dr. Ivi” Acuna
Join Our Newsletter and Find All of Our Faves!ADHD parenting is hard.But what if it’s not just about behavior charts, consistency, or “trying harder”?What if it...
School Advocacy for ADHD Kids: How to Stop Fighting the System and Get Real Support (IEPs, 504s & Parent Rights)
Join Our Newsletter and Find All of Our Faves!Advocating for an ADHD child in the school system can feel like a full-time job—one with confusing acronyms, shifting expectatio...
ADHD Parenting & Mental Load: How to Create Less Chaos Without Burning Out (with Amy Briggs of Aviva)
If you’re an ADHD parent who feels constantly overwhelmed — even on days when “nothing big” happens — this episode is for you.In this New Year, Less Chaos conversation, Danielle sits down with Amy Briggs, a speech-language ...
Body Doubling Explained: The ADHD Strategy That Helps Kids (and Parents) Actually Get Things Done | Maria DelCorso
Join Our Newsletter and Find All of Our Faves!Ever notice how your ADHD kid can’t start homework alone—but magically focuses the second you sit nearby? Or how you su...
ADHD Without Medication? What Parents Can Try First (Functional Medicine with Dr. Amber Brooks)
Join Our Newsletter and Find All of Our Faves!What if medication wasn’t the first step—but one of many options?In this episode of Chaos & Caffeine,...
Late-Diagnosed ADHD Moms: Discovering Your ADHD After Your Child’s Diagnosis (And Why It’s All Going to Work Out) | ft. Tracy Otsuka
Join Our Newsletter and Find All of Our Faves! What happens when your child is diagnosed with ADHD… and suddenly everything about your own life starts making se...
Permission Over Control: The ADHD Parenting Shift That Actually Reduces Chaos (With Dana Crews)
Join Our Newsletter and Find All of Our Faves!What if the missing piece in ADHD parenting isn’t more structure, stricter consequences, or better behavior charts—but permis...
How to Reset ADHD Routines After Holidays (Connection Over Correction with Peggy Gomula)
Join Our Newsletter and Find All of Our Faves!If your ADHD household completely unraveled after the holidays, school breaks, or time off, this episode is for you.In th...
The One Change That Will Make 2026 Less Chaotic (You’ll Love It or Hate It) | ADHD Parenting w/ Dr. Michael Elice, MD
Join Our Newsletter and Find All of Our Faves! What if the secret to less chaos in 2026 isn’t another planner, routine, reward chart, or parenting hack — but a
Connect Before You Correct: Parenting ADHD Kids with Dr. Nerissa Bauer, MD
Join Our Newsletter and Find All of Our Faves!If Christmas break has turned into nonstop power struggles, emotional blowups, and you wondering how did we get here before ...
ADHD Across Generations: How Undiagnosed ADHD Shapes Families with Jami Shapiro
Join Our Newsletter and Find All of Our Faves! If your family feels like a beautifully chaotic ADHD ecosystem — grandparents, parents, kids, everyone with big f...
Raising a Neurodivergent Child Through Grief & Growth: A Raw Conversation with Author Daryl Potter
Join Our Newsletter and Find All of Our Faves! In today’s powerful episode of Chaos & Caffeine, Danielle sits down with Daryl Potter, author of E...
Calm the Chaos with Dayna Abraham: Real ADHD Parenting Strategies That Actually Work
Join Our Newsletter and Find All of Our Faves! If you’re raising a neurodivergent child and traditional parenting advice makes you want to scream into a throw pillow, th...
ADHD School Survival Guide: Expert Tips with Kate Panfile on Learning Disabilities, IEPs and Parent Empowerment
Join Our Newsletter and Find All of Our Faves! I sit down with education pro Kate Panfile — certified Learning Disabilities Teacher Consultant (LDT-C), academic coach an...
ADHD Kids and Anxiety: What Parents Need to Know (ft. Dr. Laura Van Schaick-Harman, Psy.D.)
👉 Join Our Newsletter and Find All of Our Faves! Anxiety and ADHD go together like coffee and chaos — they just show up together. In this raw, relatable ep...
ADHD + Child Behavior Hacks with Emry Kettle — Real Tools for Neuro-Divergent Families
Welcome back to Chaos & Caffeine, where we toss the parenting rule-book and embrace the beautiful, messy reality of raising kids when our brains (and theirs) don’t do “normal.” In this episode, I’m so excited to bring on the brilli...
ADHD Parenting 101: What to Do After the Diagnosis (The Real, Raw, Relatable Version)
So… your kid just got an ADHD diagnosis. You’re overwhelmed, half-relieved, half-panicking, and 100% Googling “what do I do now.”Take a deep breath, grab your caffeine of choice, and pull up a seat at the Chaos & Caffeine table — bec...
Self-Regulation Secrets: How Sensory Tools Calm ADHD Kids (and Save Parents’ Sanity) ft. Dr. George Hu
If you’ve ever wondered why your ADHD kiddo can’t just “calm down” — or why you can’t either — this episode is your new favorite form of therapy.This week on Chaos & Caffeine, host Danielle sits down w...
