Calm Your Nervous System
For neurodivergent, sensitive, heart-led wellness practitioners who want success without burning themselves out.If you want to learn how to receive more- more money, more energy, more aligned clients, more travel- you’re in the right place! On the Calm Your Nervous System podcast we blend nervous system regulation with trauma informed business strategy.Somatic ADHD Business Coach Jenny Adams draws on her years of high level training, mentorship and life lessons to deliver strategies that actually work when you’re highly sensitive, plus behind the scenes insights, mindset shifts and life changing stories.Press play to feel empowered, lit up a...
Inside My First RISE Retreat: Why Your Business Stays Capped Until You Stop Calling Yourself "Just Self-Employed" | Episode 44
What does it actually take to stop capping your own income - not strategically, but in your body?
I take you behind the scenes of my first-ever RISE Retreat: four neurodivergent wellbeing practitioners, four days in Spain, and the trauma informed business strategy work that happens when you get women out of their inboxes and into a space built for regulation first, strategy second.
Expect pool-side breakthroughs, an identity shift caught on camera, and the moment more than one woman realised she'd built herself a job, not a business.
If you've ever wondered w...
Your Emotional Home Is Running Your Business: What 4 Days At Tony Robbins Taught Me About Trauma Informed Business Strategy For Entrepreneurs | Episode 43
A stadium full of 15,000 people, four days of intensity, and one simple question that keeps coming up: what if the thing blocking your business is not your strategy, but your nervous system? I’m Jenny Adams, a somatic ADHD business coach, and I’m sharing my biggest takeaways from Tony Robbins’ Unleash The Power Within through the lens I care about most: safety, regulation, and sustainable success for sensitive, neurodivergent business owners.
We dig into why “limiting beliefs” stop working when you stop fighting for them, and the same two core fears that every single human has. I talk abou...
Do THIS Before Bed To Change Your Financial Reality: Subconscious Mastery for Entrepreneurs With Jess Martin | Episode 42
What if the real reason you keep hitting an income ceiling isn't your offer, your pricing, or your marketing, it's that some part of you doesn't actually feel safe having more?
That's the question we explore in this episode. Jenny talks to business mentor and subconscious reprogramming expert Jess Martin about the quiet cost of staying in hustle mode long after it's stopped serving you — the burnout, the self-sabotage right as momentum builds, the ceiling that shows up disguised as "bad luck." Underneath a lot of that is a nervous system still bracing for unsafe, and a su...
Ready to quit social media every week? What's really going on... | Episode 41
👀 THE SAFE TO BE SEEN CHALLENGE NOW OPEN 👀
We talk honestly about why social media can feel unbearable for neurodivergent wellbeing practitioners and why that reaction often comes from nervous system safety, not a lack of strategy.
We share how overusing AI can drain trust, how play and personality build genuine connection, and how to build confidence without forcing yourself into burnout.
• why social media triggers fear of judgement, trolling and being watched
• how AI can support ADHD brains without replacing your real voice
• what makes your dream clients actually want to work wit...
ADHD: Why you'll bend over backwards for others but can't follow your own to-do list; PDA, RSD & people pleasing | Episode 40
Your brain can be overwhelmed by the sound of a ticking clock, then immediately crave bass so loud the mirrors shake.
You can ignore messages for days, yet feel a gut-punch of panic when someone does the same to you.
If you’ve ever wondered, “Why am I a walking contradiction”, we’re naming what’s really happening beneath those ADHD behaviours.
We're deep diving on whats really going on behind Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD), people pleasing, masking, and Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) and how these can run your business and life.
You’ll hea...
Why I Went on ADHD Medication as a Nervous System Coach - And Why I'm Not Ashamed of It | Episode 39
Still on the fence about ADHD medication? Will it change your personality? Does it go against your values to do everything holistically?
This episode is the one I wish existed when I was sitting in that exact place- a late-diagnosed ADHD woman trying to figure out if medication was right for me.
20 months in, I'm sharing the unfiltered version of my ADHD medication journey, not the science you can Google, but the questions nobody seemed to answer honestly. Will it take away your sparkle? Does taking ADHD meds mean your nervous system work was pointless...
Hustling Harder is Blocking Your Abundance (And Here's What to Do Instead) | Episode 38
We unpack why wanting more money, love, energy, and support can feel unsafe, even when we crave it. We explore how nervous system patterns, ADHD masking, and hustle conditioning block receiving, then share a simple practice that helps your body learn it is safe to have more.
• the “work hard or you fail” conditioning and how it keeps us stuck
• masculine hustle energy versus feminine receiving energy in life and business
• why sensitive, cyclical bodies burn out when we push nonstop
• selling as a clean energy exchange rather than taking from people
• hyper-independence...
Influence the Energy of Your Environment Using Feng Shui For Neurodiversity with Anna Chapman | Episode 37
Your space is shaping your nervous system whether you realise it or not, and for neurodivergent women that influence can be loud. I’m joined by Anna Chapman of Rhizo Home, a feng shui practitioner and late diagnosed neurodivergent woman, to explore how home energy, decluttering and design choices can support regulation, confidence and real day to day ease.
We talk about the ease of feng shui and how it isn't a set of strict rules to perfectly follow, but how it can be especially supportive for ADHD and autistic women who crave supportive systems they can be...
Unfiltered Mistakes & Confessions After 5 Years in Business as a Wellbeing Practitioner | Episode 36
After 5 years as a neurodivergent wellbeing practitioner, I'm pulling back the curtain on every mistake I made - the ones I was too embarrassed to admit, the ones that cost me clients, money, and my sanity, and the ones I kept repeating because nobody told me the truth.
Listen up if you want to hear the biggest thing that will save you thousands in expensive chaos, and build your foundations to a thriving and fun business- what I would change if I was starting over again today.
We go deep in this episode, and I'm...
Hyperindependence and The "Strong Woman" Act is Burning You Out | Episode 35
You can hold everyone else together, thrive in chaos, solve problems fast and still feel a jolt of panic when someone says, “Do you need help?” That tension isn’t you being dramatic or broken. We’re naming hyper-independence for what it often is: a nervous system protection strategy, especially common for sensitive, neurodivergent women who have spent years masking ADHD traits and being told their needs are “too much”.
We talk through how this pattern forms from the ground up in early childhood and why many late-diagnosed ADHD and autistic adults grow up believing they must handle everyt...
Scaling a heart-led business- the 4 internal upgrades required to make it fun and sustainable | Episode 34
Working every hour you have, loving what you do, and still not making the money that reflects how good you actually are at it?
You don't need another qualification or to just try harder.
You're trying to build an external result on an internal foundation that hasn't shifted yet.
In this episode I'm breaking down the four internal upgrades that sit underneath every launch, every price rise, and every moment you've talked yourself out of going bigger - and why no amount of strategy will stick without them.
In this episode...
Nonsensical Wealth AND a healthy, regulated balanced life & business with Mercedes Castellani | Episode 33
Money can feel like a moral test when you are sensitive, spiritual, and genuinely trying to do good work. That tension quietly shapes everything, your pricing, your energy, your boundaries, and even what you let yourself want. Jenny sits down with life purpose coach and Blisstopia founder Mercedes Castellani to pull that apart.
We go deep on Mercedes’ idea of “nonsensical wealth” and why abundance is not always linear or logical when you make these shifts.
You'll learn about the hidden versions of money shame and how those beliefs can cap your business growth.
Me...
Why You Quit at 80% - Self Trust, ADHD & Expanding To Your Next Level | Episode 32
Do you always start a new project full of ideas and motivation… then doubt starts to creep in, you catch yourself procrastinating and more distracted than normal and you’re ready to give up and start something new?
Many sensitive, neurodivergent, heart-led business owners don’t quit because something isn’t working - they quit when it’s 80% working. Right before a big transformation or expansion.
In this episode, we explore why this happens, the self sabotaging loop that plays out and how to change it when the dopamine dips so you build up your self trust...
Women, Wealth & Power: Reclaiming Our Right To Receive | Episode 31
If you have ever felt shame around money, avoided your numbers, undercharged, or wondered why money feels harder than it should, this episode may shift something deep.
What if you were never bad with money?
What if you were protecting yourself?
You are talented. You care deeply. You want your work to matter. Yet many heart-led women find themselves overgiving, under-earning, and exhausted, not because they lack value, but because the nervous system learned money, visibility, and power were not fully safe.
In this honest and direct episode, you will begin to...
Have more impact in 2026 (without burnout) if you’re a neurodivergent wellbeing practitioner | Episode 30
If you want 2026 to be your most successful, abundant and joyful year (without burning out), I’m sharing 3 strategies you can implement immediately in this episode. 2025 was a big year for me — not in a “hustle harder” way, but in a life-is-full-and-I’m-still-regulated way.
I’m talking:
• 11 countries
• 2 weddings
• 2 house moves
• a full business
• and my most joyful and highest-revenue year to date
And the reason I’m sharing this isn’t to show off - it’s to show you what’s possible when you stop asking your nervous system to survive everything o...
Burnt out to global travel in 4 months! The one shift Calum Mew took to live his Limitless neurodivergent life! | Episode 29
⭕ THE LIMITLESS SERIES ⭕: 12 years sick. A passionate ADHDer. Ready to give up trying to feel better. In 4 months he changed his life around- how did he do it?
One of my most successful clients, Calum, spills the tea on how he changed his life so drastically in just 4 months.
He will share:
The belief that changed everythingHow people pleasing and fitting a mould was keeping him trappedHow he is thriving now- travelling, laughing again, enjoying the gymDoors to The Limitless Circle are now open. Join as a founding member before 19th Oc...
The inner circle for burned out ADHDers is here! | Episode 28
⭕ THE LIMITLESS SERIES ⭕: Healing burnout as a passionate ADHDer isn’t about pushing harder. It’s about finding your balance. In this episode, I’m opening the doors to an exclusive community and how The Limitless Circle is that supportive space if you’re exhausted, passionate and refusing to choose between success and health.
✨ What would be possible if you finally had the right community support around you?
We chat:
00:00 Introduction to the Limitless Circle
04:53 The Power of Community and Accountability
09:53 Transformative Practices for Lasting Change
14:49 The Scien...
Why Traditional Strategies Don’t Work if you’re Neurodivergent (And What To Do Instead) | Episode 27
⭕THE LIMITLESS SERIES ⭕: Neurodivergent burnout is a byproduct of too much masculine hustle and trying to solve it with a masculine structured approach is like trying to put a fire out with more fire.
🔥What puts out fire? 💧Water.
🔥What reverses burnout? 💧A body first approach- feeling safe in yourself & community.
In this episode, I share how to find the balance between the strategies and knowledge, and actually embodying and utilising those strategies, through the body and nervous system.
Finding the unique balance for you, rewires the old beliefs keeping you stuck in the same...
The Secret to More Money, Energy & Love (Without More Hustle) | Episode 26
⭕ THE LIMITLESS SERIES ⭕: Abundant energy, abundant money, abundant love. If those words feel charged for you- maybe something is off balance.
So many of us grew up believing we had to hustle harder, push through and do it all ourselves… then wonder why we struggle to receive support, love, money and energy.
If you’re neurodivergent, your sensitivity and intuition is a gift that can lead to the limitless life you dream of! How do you start to work with this gift? It’s all through the nervous system…
We chat:<...
The Neurodivergent Survival Trap: Why You Keep Burning Out (And How to Break the Cycle) | Episode 25
⭕THE LIMITLESS SERIES⭕: “You’re too much” is what you might have believed from such a young age, being sensitive and neurodivergent and internalising the many negative messages you heard as a child.
So often, that beautiful sensitivity turns into burn out as an adult, pushing through life on adrenaline and wasting your potential.
How did you get here? And how can you change this?
We chat:
00:00 Welcome Back and Introduction to Burnout Cycles
02:51 Understanding Survival Mode and Its Impact
06:14 The Shift from Survival...
How Nutrition is Impacted by ADHD with ADHD Nutrition Research Expert Annika Angelo | Episode 24
When you have ADHD, it impacts so many different areas of your life, and that can also include your relationship with food, what you eat and what causes you to eat those foods. Today’s episode is a fascinating discussion with the leading expert in ADHD nutrition research, Annika Angelo, also known as Nutrimind Coach. Annika shares about the three styles of eating we tend to see in people with ADHD, and how you can try to make accommodations for the way ADHD impacts what and how you eat.
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...Building a Creative Business Alongside ADHD and ME/CFS with Photographer Celie Nigoumi | Episode 23
If you’re a neurospicy entrepreneur - today’s episode is for you! I’m joined by Celie Nigoumi, a visual storyteller specialising in thoughtful film and photography for brands and individuals. In fact, she did my brand photos and she was a dream to work with! She shares all about how she’s created a business that works for her and her brain following her lived experience of ME/CFS and late-diagnosed ADHD, so if your business feels like it’s battling against you right now, you’ll want to listen to this one.
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Reconnecting with Your Body for Neurodivergent People with Yoga Teacher & Somatic Coach Oliver Phoenix | Episode 22
Being your authentic self and reconnecting with your body can be especially difficult for neurodivergent people. Whether it’s being able to manage when the dopamine runs out, or constantly following the belief of “I’ll be happy when…”, there’s a lot more that we need to consider. This episode dives into practices like yoga, meditation, breathwork and somatic movement with yoga teacher and somatic coach Oliver Phoenix, who explains how to find what will work for you and why self-acceptance is so important.
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Follow Oliver on InstagramTake a look at Oliv...How Autistic Women Can Overcome Burnout and Live Joyful Lives with Carole Jean Whittington | Episode 21
Neurodivergent burnout is sadly incredibly common in today’s world when you consider the impact that trauma and masking have on a person. My guest today, Carole Jean Whittington of Whittington Well-Being is an expert in autistic burnout in women and in this episode, she shares all about the internal and external signs or burnout, the “restoration illusion” trap and tools to overcome burnout.
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Take a look at the Whittington Well-Being website where you can find the quizzes & Carole’s podcast, Beyond Chronic BurnoutSubscribe to Whittington Well-Being on YouTubeSync Your Business with Your Menstrual Cycle: Find More Ease, Flow and Balance with Feminine Leadership Coach Renae Fieck | Episode 20
If you aren’t yet tracking your cycle, today’s episode should be the nudge you’ve been looking for! I’m sitting down with Feminine Leadership Coach Renae Fieck, to talk all about how women can harness the power of their menstrual cycle to achieve greater balance, productivity and success – without burnout. We also dive into practical tips surrounding what to do if you no longer have a menstrual cycle, or have irregular cycles, so if you’re someone who’s been feeling very out of place trying to work to a 24-hour masculine cycle, this episode is for you!
Using Touch to Heal Pain: The Power of Reflexology with Dr. Njideka Olatunde | Episode 19
You might not think you’ve come across reflexology before, but chances are, you have. If your parents ever did “This Little Piggy” on your toes as a child, you experienced the power of reflexology! Today’s guest, Dr. Njideka Olatune has helped thousands of chronic pain sufferers relieve pain with addiction- and medication-free pain relief treatment, using touch and reflexology as an alternative to the opioid epidemic.
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Get Njideka’s poster on relieving pain and stressGo to Njideka’s website to buy her bookFollow Njideka on FacebookFollow Njideka on In...Finding Community After a Late ADHD Diagnosis with Meredith Cairns-Palmer | Episode 18
Discovering you have ADHD later in life can totally alter your perspective on yourself and everything you’ve been through in the past, and it can be really difficult feeling like you’re different to everyone else. I met today’s guest, intuition-led business owner and coach Meredith Cairns-Palmer at a local ADHD networking group and I knew we would have an inspiring conversation about what it feels like to finally feel like you’ve been accepted for who you are after finding other people like you. We also talk about how we can begin to reconnect to ourselves even in...
Self-Care Routines & Nervous System Regulation for ADHDers with Kate Moryoussef | Episode 17
Today’s guest, Kate Moryoussef, has her own brilliant podcast aimed at women who have been late-diagnosed with ADHD, so I was really excited to speak to her on mine! After her own diagnosis at age 40, she really practices what she preaches when it comes to the advice she provides, and now as a Wellbeing Coach and EFT practitioner, Kate has a wealth of experience in helping women who have been newly diagnosed understand how to adapt their lives so that they can better manage their ADHD.
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Take a...Using Your Breath to Heal From Long Covid or ME/CFS with Jackie Baxter | Episode 16
When it feels like life and your health are out of control, there is one thing you can easily control which could actually help you to influence your nervous system and begin to heal from Long Covid or ME/CFS. What is that one thing? Your breathing. Today’s guest, Jackie Baxter of The Long Covid Podcast, shares with us all about how she overcame Long Covid by learning how to breathe properly and introducing breathwork into her life.
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Listen to The Long Covid PodcastWork with Jackie through Lo...Why the Nervous System is the Missing Piece to Managing ADHD & Burnout | Episode 15
Learning to regulate your nervous system will have a big impact on anyone’s life – but it will be particularly huge for those of us with ADHD. In today’s episode, I’m discussing why ADHD can be much harder to handle when we’re dysregulated, how dysregulation can manifest itself and ideas you can use to start to become more regulated. I’m also inviting you to an opportunity to unmask, to be your true self so that you can live a joyful, aligned life.
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Sign up to my upcomi...Understanding Female Hormones and the Link to Chronic Illness with Jeni Crane from Yum Nutrition | Episode 14
It’s very hard to make decisions about your health without the data – and that’s one of the things that today’s guest, nutritional therapist Jeni Crane, is led by. After being diagnosed with PCOS, determined to understand the “why” behind it and how she could help herself, Jeni discovered that nutrition and exercise were huge pieces of the puzzle. She then followed the path to becoming a fully qualified nutritional therapist and our conversation today covers topics like female hormones, why so many women struggle with chronic illnesses and how she used nutrition to support her PCOS, too.
Get More Done in Less Time: Manage Overwhelm & Procrastination for ADHDers | Episode 13
Whether it’s from friends, clients or just out of my own mouth – ‘overwhelmed’ is a word I hear quite frequently! In today’s episode, I’m answering all your questions on overcoming procrastination, coming out of the freeze response and therefore reducing daily overwhelm. Best of all – this episode is applicable to anyone experiencing these feelings, not just those of us with ADHD.
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Listen to my episode on The Long Covid Podcast with JackieJoin the priority list for my new group coaching course, Unmask & AlignDM me on Instagram (@je...Neurodivergent vs Neurotypical Burnout, The Chronic Illness Link, and What Helps? | Episode 12
Most people have heard of burnout – physical and emotional exhaustion due to prolonged stress – but have you heard of neurodivergent burnout? People with ADHD, autism and other neurodivergencies can experience this when they have been masking for too long with too little support. In today’s bite-sized episode, I’m sharing some advice for handling burnout and chronic illness that can arise from it.
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Buy me a coffee and help to support the podcast! ☕️Download your Energy Diary hereFollow me on Instagram and say hiSend me a message on FacebookJ...Healing from Trauma Through Somatic EMDR with Cara Hooper | Episode 11
A lot of people think that because they had food on the table growing up, they didn’t live in a war zone or have any major negative experiences, they don’t have trauma. However, it’s not just the big things that can cause trauma and a lot of it can actually stem from conditioning that occurred during childhood and the lack of certain needs being met, too. Diving into this topic and others like somatics, living authentically and toxic relationships is my guest Cara Hooper, a Leadership, Life and Trauma Coach who is a mum, a CPTSD surviv...
Q&A: Balancing Work and Money with a Chronic Illness, Managing Setbacks & Handling Procrastination and the Freeze Response | Episode 10
I get asked a lot of questions on social media about managing setbacks, keeping hopeful, and balancing work and money when having a chronic illness. Today I'm answering them! This is my first shorter episode, and I'm hoping that including these into the podcast will help to give you something to listen to when you have low energy or a bit of a shorter concentration span. If this episode prompts a question for you, or you have anything else you'd like to ask, head over to Instagram or Facebook and ask away!
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Why Mindset is So Important in Healing Chronic Illnesses with Love and Life Coach Katharine Morgan | Episode 9
When today's guest, Love and Life Coach Katharine Morgan was diagnosed with malrotation of the intestine as a teenager, she never thought that it would be a lifelong process to recovery. Through a combination of visualisation, EFT tapping and self-hypnosis, she took back control and discovered the power of accepting her situation in order to control her pain. Katharine also talks about her upcoming book series that will help to provide daily guidance to free yourself from chronic pain.
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...Why Undiagnosed ADHD Leads to Burnout and Chronic Illness | Episode 8
Once I’d noticed that the vast majority of my 1:1 clients have either diagnosed or undiagnosed ADHD, I knew I needed to create a podcast episode about the link between ADHD and chronic illness. I’ve done so much research on this, and I’m excited to share it with you! More and more adults, particularly women, are discovering that a lot of problems they face are down to ADHD, and so I wanted to share more about how I handle my symptoms and also track my cycle to discover when I’ll feel at my best and worst.
Turning Our House into an Airbnb: Tips for Getting Through Busy Life Periods for People with Chronic Illnesses | Episode 7
How many times have you prioritised your work, a project or any other stressful life event over yourself? I’m willing to bet quite a few times – if not every time. Over the last few months, we’ve been turning our house into an Airbnb so there’s a LOT that needed to be done which could easily have completely overwhelmed my whole life! So, in today’s episode, I’m sharing how I’ve managed to get through it all without sacrificing my health and wellness.
In this episode, I’m chatting about:
Upd...How Sayeeda Alam Used Yoga and Ayurvedic Principles to Heal from CFS | Episode 6
At one point, I was so sick of being asked if I’d tried yoga that I got a sticker for my mobility scooter that said “Yes, I have tried yoga. No, it didn’t work”. If I had known then that some types of yoga aren’t even physical, maybe I might not have got it! Today’s guest is my friend Sayeeda Alam, who is a dedicated yoga teacher and Ayurvedic lifestyle advisor passionate about holistic well-being. She considers herself 95% healed from CFS and believes in the power of offering tailored practices to others looking to find balance in b...
How Mike Watts Overcame Years of Chronic Skin Issues and Found Balance in His Life | Episode 5
Men can often find it much harder to open up and be vulnerable with others than women do, but have you ever considered how this could impact them when they find themselves struggling with a chronic illness? Diving into this topic and so much more with me is Mike Watts, the co-founder of an online educational company with his wife, Kate Northrup, whose mission is to help women create a better relationship with money, sex and power. Mike also shares his experience with being hit by a car and how stress set off a chronic skin condition that took...
