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About Regina McMenomy, Ph.D.

This is what happens when a Ph.D. and a meltdown walk into a life’s purpose.

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Hi, I’m Regina McMenomy, Ph.D.

Neurodivergent. Late-diagnosed. Lifelong question-asker. Professional box-destroyer. Uniquely wired human.

For most of my life, I did what I was supposed to do: perform, achieve, adapt. I built a brilliant academic career. I earned a Ph.D. in Cultural Studies, digging deep into the invisible systems — capitalism, patriarchy, ableism, you know, light stuff — that shape how we move through the world. I learned how those systems especially fail people who don’t think, feel, or process the world the “normal” way.

Then I got my own ADHD diagnosis. At basically 50.

And suddenly, it all made sense: the years of burnout. The internalized shame. The lowkey (okay, highkey) existential dread. But also… the resilience. The creativity. The pattern recognition. The fire.

Now I help other late-diagnosed neurodivergent adults unmask, unlearn, and rebuild their lives in a way that actually fits. My approach blends deep cultural awareness with a no-BS coaching style that’s warm, empowering, occasionally spicy, and always human.

I’m not here to fix you. You were never broken.

I’m here to help you come home to yourself — gloriously, messily, and unapologetically.

“I could have 23 positive student evaluations and I would remember the one negative student evaluation. That is the dysphoria. I can’t always see that it’s this huge number of good evaluations and this small subset of negative.”

Regina ~ Episode 8 ~ Rejection Sensitive dysphoria

"I love the sense of joy and engagement that comes through when the hosts are talking about these complex topics."

Justin, Portland, OR – about Episode 21 of the podcast

Unmasking doesn’t mean not oversharing or abandoning all filters. It’s about finding spaces where you can show up fully and be met with understanding, not performance. It’s also messy. Sometimes the mask slips back on. That’s okay.

Regina ~ Episode 11 ~ Masking

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Why I Do This Work

Fun Facts (a.k.a. Exhibit A in Why I’m Like This)

  • I started this business because I took a job thinking it would be the pinnacle of my academic career and found out they couldn’t accommodate my ADHD. You don’t get to benefit from my gifts without allowing me to be my authentic, disabled, and brilliant self.
  • If you tell me “you’re just overthinking it,” I will send you a reading list and a glare.
  • I once wrote an entire dissertation to prove a point in an argument I had… with myself. Spoiler: I won.
  • I have a Ph.D. in Cultural Studies, which means I can ruin a Marvel movie and a department store ad campaign in one breath.
  • My brain generates five brilliant ideas and 37 chaotic ones before breakfast. All of them are open in a tab somewhere.
  • I’ve turned “too intense” into a professional superpower. You’re welcome.
  • I can give a TED-level talk on executive function while forgetting why I walked into the kitchen.
  • I am powered by passion, sarcasm, and exactly one (1) perfectly timed meltdown per quarter.