Mind Vox Podcast

23/07/2025

Season 2, Episode 4

Ways to Declutter Your Head: How Mental and Digital Clutter Can Affect Our Wellbeing

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Includes Helpful Tips for ADHD, Autistic and Neurotypical Minds.

Daisy Cordell is a Professional Declutterer and Organiser, specialising in helping people find easier ways to declutter and maintain their homes.

Daisy has been on Mind Vox previously (season 1 episode 31) giving advice on decluttering your home.

Daisy has created a range of strategies to help both Neurotypical and Neurodivergent people to keep their homes, digital and mental health organised to maintain their wellbeing.

This episode explores:

What digital and mental clutter are, and how these can affect us.

Different ways to work on mental and digital clutter for neurotypical and neurodivergent people.

The power of meditation and allowing yourself to feel your feelings.

Organisational tips to help manage mental and digital clutter, including time mapping using calendars, habit trackers, visual cues and timers.

Importance of scheduling regular mental health check-ins with ourselves, and getting an accountability partner.

Tips for parents trying to support their children and teenagers with mental decluttering.

Social media and mental health.

Clever ways to prioritise and fit in important digital decluttering on your phone.



*Trigger warning*

Contains conversation about Depression, Anxiety, ADHD, Autism and Nervous Breakdown.

Links

The Feelings Wheel mentioned during this episode can be found here (aff) https://amzn.to/3IyHq0V

Six Ways to Teach Teens to Tidy article by Daisy can be found here. https://singleparentpessimist.co.uk/6-ways-to-teach-teens-to-tidy-and-declutter/

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Your host, Claire, can be found via Confessions of a Single Parent Pessimist

Music made exclusively for Mind Vox by Dopamine Hunter ( on YouTube).

The music must not be used elsewhere without permission by Dopamine Hunter.

Daisy can be found via here Whole & Home

16/07/2025

ADHD Adults Parenting ADHD Kids, An Interview with Interior Designer, Hayley Roy (Part Two).

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This is part two of our interview with Hayley Roy, an Interior Designer, parent and late-diagnosed ADHDer.

Hayley has come onto the pod to talk about her experiences of parenting a neurodivergent child, her own journey to ADHD diagnosis as an adult and how she’s managed relationships, trauma, running businesses and mental health.

These two episodes with Hayley will explore:

-Hayley’s current journey through ADHD assessment and potential late diagnosis.

-How Hayley managed being a single parent of a neurodivergent child alongside her own potential ADHD traits.

-The internal debate as a parent about whether to ADHD medicate her child or not.

-Hayley’s experience of parenting neurodivergent children, as a lone parent, co-parent and with a new partner as a blended family.

-How she runs and maintain a business despite the ADHD traits and symptoms that she has to manage, which are further increasing in her forties.

-Ways Hayley manages anxiety, perimenopause and ADHD symptoms within work, parenting and relationships.



*Trigger warning*

Contains conversation about ADHD, Autism, Anxiety, Depression, Emotional Dysregulation, Domestic Violence and Single Parenting.

Links

To donate the price of a coffee to help the pod, find the Paypal and BuyMeACoffee options on our Linktree- https://linktr.ee/mindvoxpod

To send us ideas for future episodes, or offer to be interviewed, please contact us via Instagram () or email [email protected]

Your host, Claire, can be found here Confessions of a Single Parent Pessimist or via her website SingleParentPessimist.co.uk

Music made exclusively for Mind Vox by Dopamine Hunter ( on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/ ).

The music must not be used elsewhere without permission by Dopamine Hunter.

To find out more about Hayley’s business, find her at Harp Design. Harpdesign.co.uk

09/07/2025

New episode out now!

ADHD Adults Parenting ADHD Kids, An Interview with Interior Designer, Hayley Roy (Part One).

Listen here https://linktr.ee/mindvoxpod

Hayley Roy is an Interior Designer and Entrepreneur, with experience of running several businesses.

She has a son, aged 8 at the time of recording, and two adult stepdaughters.

Hayley is currently awaiting ADHD assessment after her son was diagnosed earlier this year with traits she recognises within herself.

She has experience of studying NLP and has a Diploma in Business Management.

Hayley has come onto the pod to talk about her experiences of parenting a neurodivergent child, her own journey to ADHD diagnosis as an adult and how she’s managed relationships, trauma, running businesses and mental health.

These two episodes with Hayley will explore:

-Hayley’s current journey through ADHD assessment and potential late diagnosis.

-How Hayley managed being a single parent of a neurodivergent child alongside her own potential ADHD traits.

-The internal debate as a parent about whether to ADHD medicate her child or not.

-Hayley’s experience of parenting neurodivergent children, as a lone parent, co-parent and with a new partner as a blended family.

-How she runs and maintain a business despite the ADHD traits and symptoms that she has to manage, which are further increasing in her forties.

-Ways Hayley manages anxiety, perimenopause and ADHD symptoms within work, parenting and relationships.

*Trigger warning*

Contains conversation about ADHD, Autism, Anxiety, Depression, Emotional Dysregulation, Domestic Violence and Single Parenting.

Links

To donate the price of a coffee to help the pod, find the Paypal and BuyMeACoffee options on our Linktree https://linktr.ee/mindvoxpod

To send us ideas for future episodes, or offer to be interviewed, please contact us via Instagram or email [email protected]

Your host, Claire, can be found via Confessions of a Single Parent Pessimist

Music made exclusively for Mind Vox by Dopamine Hunter ( on YouTube).

The music must not be used elsewhere without permission by Dopamine Hunter.

Hayley Roy can be found on Instagram as and her podcast is .podcast

To find out more about Hayley’s business, find her at Harp Design. Harpdesign.co.uk

02/07/2025

I’m finally back!

This is a brief episode to explain why I’ve been away for so long, and to explore what season two will bring.

Listen here
https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/mindvox/episodes/Why-Ive-Been-Away-For-So-Long-A-Season-2-Intro-e350ova

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*Trigger warning*

Contains conversation about ADHD, Autism, Burnout, Anticipatory Grief, Sandwich Caring and Fibromyalgia.

Links

To donate the price of a coffee to help the pod, find the Paypal and BuyMeACoffee options on our Linktree in our bio https://linktr.ee/mindvoxpod

To send us ideas for future episodes, or offer to be interviewed, please contact us via Instagram or email [email protected]

Your host is Confessions of a Single Parent Pessimist

Music exclusively for this pod made by Dopamine Hunter https://www.youtube.com/ ( on insta).

The music must not be used elsewhere without permission by Dopamine Hunter.

08/09/2023

Episode 46

Reflections of a Summer of AUDHD Burnout and Things I’ve Learnt Along the Way.

After two months of radio silence, Claire is back with a new Mind Vox episode.

This is more of an update to what’s been going on, as well as what she’s learnt through the current issues she’s faced, and what’s coming up for the pod.

Listen here
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mindvox/episodes/Reflections-of-a-Summer-of-AUDHD-Burnout-and-Things-Ive-Learnt-Along-the-Way-e2939d1

This episode explores:

-Why Claire hasn’t uploaded a pod episode in a while!

-Some of the symptoms she’s recognised as Autistic and ADHD Burnout.

-Recent transitions that have been adding pressure and increasing the burnout, including school transitions and holidays.

-The limitations she’s faced to recover, including summer holidays as a single parent and being a sandwich carer.

-What Claire’s been doing to reduce the burnout and which have been the most helpful.

-Things she’s learnt from this most recent burnout to take forward for the next time.

-Ideas for future episodes.

*Trigger warning*

Contains conversation about Burnout, ADHD, Autism, Anxiety, Depression, Sensory Processing, Perimenopause, AUDHD, Trauma and Social Isolation.

Links

Claire featured on the recently, and her interview can be found on episode 2.

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Your host, Claire, can be found on Insta and TikTok as and via her website of the same name.

Music by Lesfm from Pixabay.

29/06/2023

Another great quote from the latest episode (45).

gives some great advice about building a Sensory Toolkit to help when doing activities outdoors!

Listen to this episode and others by searching for Mind Vox wherever you listen to podcasts

27/06/2023

Episode 45

Ways to Manage Sensory and Autistic Traits Outdoors: Making Adventures Accessible to Improve Wellbeing for Neurodivergent Adults & Young People. An Interview with Autistic Adventurer & Author Allie Mason.

Allie Wrote is a Children’s Author and a Landscape and Training Coordinator

She was diagnosed Autistic at the age of 23 in 2020, and wants to talk about her late-diagnosis journey and what she has put in place to help with the Autistic traits that affect her wellbeing

Allie describes herself as an Autistic Adventurer Extraordinaire, as she finds outdoor adventures help improve her wellbeing

She wants fellow neurodivergent people to get outdoors for the same reason, which has inspired her first non-fiction book

The Autistic Guide to Adventure was written to support Autistic young people to feel able to explore outdoor adventures if they have sensory processing issues that previously put them off attempting this

Allie talks about her late-diagnosis journey and the positive coping mechanisms she’s adopted since learning about her traits

This episode explores:

-Allie’s Autistic late-diagnosis journey

-Her reflections on being undiagnosed for 23 years, and misdiagnosed with other conditions

-What Allie’s learnt about Autism and how to manage her traits since diagnosis

-How Autism affects Allie’s wellbeing

-How the outdoors and adventuring improve Allie’s wellbeing

-Advice for ways other neurodivergent people can get outdoors when they’ve previously assumed it won’t work with their sensory needs and other traits

-Creating a Sensory Toolkit to help indoors and outdoors

-Exploring ways to enjoy nature with chronic pain and physical disabilities

-What inspired Allie to write a book for Autistic young people, and how she hopes it will help them

-How Allie managed the long editing and publishing process as a Neurodivergent

*Trigger warning*

Contains conversation about ADHD, Autism, Anxiety, Depression, Sensory Processing, Lockdown, Skin-Ripping and unhealthy coping mechanisms including Self-Harm and Social Isolation.

To donate the price of a coffee to help the pod, find the linktree in the bio

Find Mind Vox wherever you listen to pods

Or listen here

https://anchor.fm/mindvox/episodes/Ways-to-Manage-Sensory--Autistic-Traits-Outdoors-Making-Adventures-Accessible-to-Improve-Wellbeing-for-Neurodivergent-Adults--Young-People--An-Interview-with-Autistic-Adventurer-Allie-Mason-e266vjf

26/06/2023

Here's a sneaky glance at a quote from the latest episode, coming out tomorrow!

Can you guess the theme of this one with ?

21/06/2023

Our lovely Daisy Cordell Whole & Home from episode 31 has now written some tips to help teens declutter to go with the episode.

The tips are linked in the shared post below, and to listen to the episode, visit this link

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mindvox/episodes/How-Clutter-Affects-Wellbeing-Why-Its-Hard-to-Let-Go-of-Stuff-and-Ways-to-Make-Decluttering-Easier-Including-ADHD-strategies--Interview-with-Daisy-Cordell-e1tdi66

Teach teens to tidy with these six helpful tips from Professional Declutterer and Organiser, Daisy Cordell from Whole and Home.

03/06/2023

A quote from this week's episode, where Carrie explains why using functioning labels for Autistics can be seen as offensive and inaccurate.

If you haven't listened to the episode yet, find it by searching for Mind Vox wherever you listen to your podcasts

31/05/2023

Episode 44

Listen here
https://anchor.fm/mindvox/episodes/My-Depression--Anxiety-Was-Actually-Autistic-Burnout-Reflections-of-Growing-Up-Undiagnosed--Late-Diagnosis-and-Parenting-Neurodivergent-Children--An-Interview-with-Carrie-Kearns-e24rvp1

My Depression & Anxiety Was Actually Autistic Burnout: Reflections of Growing Up Undiagnosed, Late-Diagnosis and Parenting Neurodivergent Children. An Interview with Carrie Kearns

Carrie Kearns is a Veterinary CPD Tutor and Student Hypnotherapist and Counsellor.

They were a Pet Bereavement Counsellor for 22 years and are currently training as a Hypnotherapist

Carrie has two children and is a late diagnosed Autistic who uses They/Them pronouns

They were misdiagnosed with depression and anxiety before getting an Autism diagnosis, and their experience within the mental health system inspired them to now train as a counsellor

Carrie talks about their late diagnosis journey, why they think functioning labels can be harmful and their experience of the mental health system, both diagnosed and undiagnosed

This episode explores:

-Carrie’s misdiagnosis of depression and anxiety, which was actually Autism and ADHD, and their experience of burnout.

-How Carrie got through burnout and the work they’ve done to reduce future burnouts

-The abuse and struggles Carrie dealt with throughout their life

-Carrie’s late-diagnosis journey and how they’ve dealt with it

-Why Carrie feels functional labels can be harmful

-Carrie’s views on the mental health support offered in this country and how it could be improved for Autistics

-Why Carrie decided to train in Hypnotherapy

-The ways Carrie adjusted their parenting to meet their son’s Autistic needs, and their (suspected neurodivergent) daughter’s too

-Autistic Meltdowns, Shutdowns and Burnouts- the differences between them and how Carrie manages them

-Challenges Carrie has faced with trying to get their daughter assessed for Autism and ADHD, when she doesn’t present stereotypically

*Trigger Warning*

Contains conversation about Physical and Mental Health Conditions, Trauma, Stress, Anxiety, Autism, ADHD, Abuse, Bullying, 17q12 Duplication Syndrome, Suicidal Ideation and Attempts, OCD, Dyslexia, Medications, RSD, Pet Bereavement and Aphantasia

Links

To donate the price of a coffee to help the pod, find our Linktree in the bio

30/05/2023

New episode out today!

Here's a quote from it, from the wonderful Carrie Kearns.

Full details of this episode will be on the grid by tomorrow

Find us by searching for Mind Vox wherever you listen to your podcasts