Actually Trying

Welcome to Actually Trying. Same podcast, new name, new format.
This week: have a lot of women got undiagnosed ADHD, or are we all just weird? I'm seeing a psychiatrist in two days. Old Ma thinks we should go back to the five original lunacies. She held that position for about ten minutes, until she found out there might be some legal speed in it for her.

We cover:
Why ADHD in girls gets missed entirely
Object permanence and forgetting your friends exist
Whether it's real or just Big Pharma cataloguing sweaty palms
Getting diagnosed as an adult: private assessment, five-year NHS waits, and what £200 online actually buys you

Ask Guru & Granny: a secondary school teacher of 22 years wants to jack it in and become a florist. Is 48 too old to start again? We get into midlife career changes, side hustles, and why women over 50 are the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs globally.
Next time: I report back on whether I actually got diagnosed.

Timestamps
0:00 New name, new format
3:20 Have we all got undiagnosed ADHD?
3:50 The five original lunacies
10:30 ADHD in boys vs girls
12:00 Object permanence
13:50 Eight signs of ADHD in women
18:40 My missed diagnosis at school
27:50 Ask Guru & Granny: teacher wants to be a florist
39:20 Women over 50 and starting a business
49:30 The £200 private diagnosis

ADHD in women, inattentive ADHD, ADHD symptoms in girls vs boys, object permanence, emotional dysregulation, private ADHD assessment, NHS waiting lists. I wrote that list for SEO, in case you didn't realise and just thought it was a random outburst.
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A field report (and Guru & Granny) featuring Japanese walking, Hot Girl Walks, movement after meals, and using the Steppin app to earn screen time through steps.

Click here to try the Steppin App - https://www.steppin.net/

Timestamps

0:00 Intro — reporting back on the walking experiment

1:00 Step In app review & my tragic step count

2:30 Why earning screen time through steps actually worked

4:10 The psychological cost of doomscrolling

4:45 Hostage-situation brand deals & choosing a secret code word

6:20 Japanese walking results

7:50 Why I abandoned the Japanese walking halfway through

9:00 Looking unhinged in front of villagers

10:00 Hot Girl Walks & mindset walking

10:45 My recurring imaginary hostage scenario

11:30 The gold eyeshadow plane defence plan

15:00 Krav Maga, Buffy & survival fantasies

16:30 Did Hot Girl Walks actually help?

17:15 Movement after meals

18:15 Finds & fails of the week

19:00 Hay fever, wasps & wanting to flee England

20:30 Guru & Granny: should you force a grown man to eat vegetables?

24:00 “You are not responsible for his asshole”

26:00 Tiny chopped vegetables vs letting nature take its course

27:00 Would Old Ma want another child in the family?

28:00 Final thoughts & term-time podcast plans

Ask Guru & Granny

Send your dilemmas, life problems and questionable decisions to:

@rosehoneymorgan
@field.notes.pod
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Youtube: www.youtube.com/@rose.honey.morgan

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This week I’m testing whether walking really is the closest thing we have to a magic pill - and whether I can get my steps up without becoming the sort of person pacing the kitchen at 10pm to hit 10,000.

I’m trying:
• Japanese interval walking
• hot girl walks
• walking/moving after meals
• using SteppIn app to earn screen time through steps
• taking antihistamines so pollen can stop ruining my life

Also: why 10,000 steps may be a marketing myth, why walking helps mood, and whether we’ve lost the plot with step counts.

Click here to try the Steppin App - https://www.steppin.net/

Timestamps

0:00 Intro — this week’s walking experiment
0:45 Step In: earning screen time with steps
3:20 Why my step count has collapsed
5:00 Is walking a magic pill?
7:30 My current tragic step count
8:45 The 10,000 steps myth
10:00 Japanese walking explained
12:30 Hot girl walks
15:30 Walking after meals
18:00 My actual plan for the week
20:00 Hay fever, antihistamines and walking barriers
22:30 Have We Lost the Plot? Step counts vs human history
25:00 This week’s homework

Ask Guru & Granny

Send your dilemmas, life problems and questionable decisions to:
@rosehoneymorgan
@field.notes.pod
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosehoneymorgan/

For podcast clips and BTS stories: https://www.instagram.com/actuallytryingpod

Youtube: www.youtube.com/@rose.honey.morgan

For brand enquiries: rhm@intertalentgroup.com

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DM me your Guru & Granny dilemmas:
@rosehoneymorgan
@field.notes.pod

This week I tested three viral morning routines from an American wellness girl, a British productivity girl, and an aggressively glowing Australian woman.

The result:
• I gagged on expired coconut oil
• got laughed at by my children while doing Chinese lymphatic movements
• briefly became the kind of woman who makes her bed
• and accidentally discovered a morning habit that might genuinely improve my life.

Also:
• why affirmations made me feel like I was gaslighting myself
• the surprising psychological effect of making the bed
• whether electrolytes are worth the hype
• why “high-fiving yourself in the mirror” feels deeply threatening as an English person
• and the moment I almost accidentally quit the podcast altogether.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 — The field report begins
01:00 — Why the podcast vanished for 3 weeks
03:00 — Burnout, school holidays & trying to keep this running
06:00 — Coconut oil pulling: immediate failure
08:00 — Electrolytes: annoyingly effective
08:45 — Rebounding on a Peppa Pig trampoline
11:00 — Chinese lymphatic dance humiliation
12:15 — The Mel Robbins 5-4-3-2-1 rule
13:15 — Replacing doomscrolling with reading
15:00 — Ice rolling & why children ruin wellness routines
15:30 — High-fiving myself in the mirror
17:00 — What I’m actually keeping from the experiment
18:00 — Easter eggs, burnout & bizarre internet discoveries

If you enjoyed this episode:
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• or join the Actually Trying Book Club.

DM me your Guru & Granny dilemmas:
@rosehoneymorgan
@field.notes.pod
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For podcast clips and BTS stories: https://www.instagram.com/actuallytryingpod

Youtube: www.youtube.com/@rose.honey.morgan

For brand enquiries: rhm@intertalentgroup.com

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Morning routines, productivity, wellness habits, dopamine, sunlight, gratitude, affirmations — do viral morning routines actually work?

This week I tested 3 viral morning routines from an English woman, an American woman, and an Australian woman to see whether any of them could make me feel more energised, productive, and less like I’m running on fumes.

The problem?

I’m doing this with:

a toddler who wakes up at 4:30am
broken sleep
a massive family bed
and a deep resistance to bouncing on a Peppa Pig trampoline with coconut oil in my mouth

So this is a very scientific experiment.

In this episode

my current chaos-morning routine
Mel Robbins-style 5-4-3-2-1 habits
oil pulling, electrolytes and gratitude
Chinese lymphatic movements
making the bed like a functional adult
whether morning routines are modern madness… or actually quite anthropological

Timestamps (ish)

0:00 Intro – today’s experiment
1:00 My current morning reality
7:00 The American morning routine
10:30 The British morning routine
17:30 The Australian “hot girl” morning routine
25:00 Have We Lost the Plot? Morning routines through an anthropology lens

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Send in your dilemmas, chaos, family drama and questionable life choices for Guru & Granny.

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Coming Friday

I’ll report back on which bits of these morning routines actually survived contact with real life.

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For podcast clips and BTS stories: https://www.instagram.com/actuallytryingpod

Youtube: www.youtube.com/@rose.honey.morgan

For brand enquiries: rhm@intertalentgroup.com

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