You have probably seen Jess Urlichs’ beautiful poems on motherhood in your Instagram feed but you might not know much about the woman behind the words. In this episode, we speak to Jess (@jessurlichs) and dive into everything from pursuing creativity to both her and her son’s neurodivergence diagnoses. We discuss…

Jess’ current journey navigating her eldest son’s neurodivergence and how that looked for him as a baby
How Jess began writing poetry and the poems that went viral
Tips for turning your thoughts into poems
Jess’ recent diagnosis of OCD and how this differs from the ‘OCD’ cliches thrown around casually in conversation
Intrusive thoughts and when they started to control Jess’ behaviour
How her ADHD and OCD look now she is outside of the newborn era
Jayde shares some of the positives of ADHD, especially through the lens of motherhood
Jess shares some excerpts from her latest book - hot tip, you will need tissues!

You can grab a copy of Jess’ latest book of poetry, They Bloom Because of You, here.

Check out The positive side of having ADHD as an adult, here.

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