About
The Story Behind A Dopamine Kick
Our motivation for starting this podcast came from our love of helping others. We know that life can feel like it’s kicking your ass sometimes, and it’s no secret (now anyway) that we have both experienced our fair share of challenges along the way.
Having both found various tools and techniques to help us combat our struggles and come out the other side with a better mindset, we thought a podcast would be great way to share with you our personal stories and experiences in the hope that we can help inspire change in others and help them improve their daily lives.
THEN, absolutely out of the blue, we discovered ADHD and suddenly EVERYTHING in our lives made sense!
We were both in therapy, with a bunch of labels from Bi-Polar to GAD (Generalised Anxiety Disorder) which didn’t quite fit, when our therapists independently suggested to us that we could have undiagnosed ADHD
OH. MY. GOD
Neither of us knew anything about ADHD. We thought it was little boys running around screaming.
We did what any sensible millennial does in a crisis and immediately fired up google and opened up ALL the social media apps.
Watching videos and reels of other adults with ADHD we were shook.
These people were JUST LIKE US! They had restless minds that never stopped, they were impulsive, made illogical life choices and were usually late!
After a lifetime of feeling like weird stripy horses on the fringe of the herd it was amazing to discover we’re actually ZEBRA’S! And theres a whole ZEBRA herd that we fit perfectly into.
We spoke about this on our podcast (because it is literally ALL either of us could talk about) and gradually came to realise our podcast had been about ADHD the whole time, without us knowing.
So we have decided to wholeheartedly focus our efforts on ADHD. Both on our journey’s as late-diagnosed adults and continuing to provide tips and tricks we have learnt over the years to survive in a neurotypical world and JUST KEEP SWIMMING!
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Meet Your Hosts
Sparky
Sparky is a filmmaker, photographer, videographer and social media influencer. We would have said he was techie but he literally deleted this website by accident before it was even launched.
When he is not working, he’ll most likely be found procrastinating, which will always always include, rearranging furniture, vlogging on senseless topics, making pointless reels on Instagram, eating junk food, binging garbage series on Netflix and generally avoiding the gym. Basically anything other than what he needs to be doing (something he clearly needs to work on).
Sparky has gone through a lot in his life and hasn’t always had a positive outlook so he started A Dopamine Kick with Shell to help people change their mindset.
His Therapist suggested he had ADHD in June 2022 and he is still waiting for an assessment
Shell
Shell is affectionately known, by her friends, as a little intense. Business owner, Mum of a Toddler, Podcaster, blogger and jam-making enthusiast; Shell isn’t happy unless she has too much to do.
Winner of ‘The Most Positive Person At Work Award 2021’ (sure it was printed on the work’s printer but it was laminated), Shell started A Dopamine Kick with one of her best friend’s Sparky to share some of her positivity with the world.
Shell is a walking disaster and creates most of her own problems so she’s got a lot of experience in dealing with challenges.
Her Therapist suggested she had ADHD in August 2022 and she was diagnosed in October 2022.
What People Say
Really excited to start to listen to these podcasts, the hosts are so fun and positive which really grabs your attention. I hope to take a lot of the advice given and use it for my everyday recovery 🙂
Kayleajay
The hosts are so personable and it feels like a really safe space to get some inspiration to make some changes for good. 2022 I’m coming for you!
Walo.79
Have newly got into listening to podcasts and came across these guys. Really helpful and informative, have struggled with most of the topics discussed so far. Like the honesty and relatability I have found listening to you. Keep up the great work and will be eagerly awaiting the next episodes. Thank you
AdamAutoFix
I have listened to all four podcasts so far and have found them all to be factual and inspiring. both presenters make it enjoyable to listen to as they go in depth on topics stating real life stories, advice and facts, as well as humour! I felt like I was part of the conversation! I will definitely continue to listen as the topics are relevant and have gave me motivation to change some habits and lead a better way of life. Well done both!
Aneka V
So glad that this podcast is available! So relatable to me for things that I do and feel in my life. Can’t wait to listen to all your podcasts and get on a better journey for myself following your advice & ideas!! X
stephjay2484
Love this pod!