{"id":34789,"date":"2023-10-09T16:54:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T20:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adhdonline.com\/?p=34789"},"modified":"2024-06-05T21:18:35","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T01:18:35","slug":"kyrus-kennan-wescott-and-going-deeper-than-squirrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adhdonline.com\/podcasts\/kyrus-kennan-wescott-and-going-deeper-than-squirrel\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyrus Kennan Wescott and Going Deeper than Squirrel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cI wish more people would understand that it&#8217;s a lot deeper than squirrel.\u201d This is how Kyrus Kennan Wescott, mental health humorist and ADHD Advocate talks about ADHD and the perception of it in our culture. After receiving his diagnosis in 2022, Ky set out to bring levity into mental health conversations to make a very difficult conversation a little bit easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen for more squirrel thoughts, an interesting analogy involving microwaved fish, and how he\u2019s working to remove the stigma around mental health in the Black community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Refocused, Together is a collection of 31 stories told throughout the 31 days of October, a part of our commitment to <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/adhdonline.com\/articles\/october-is-national-adhd-awareness-month-here-are-details-and-resources-to-help\/\" title=\"ADHD Awareness Month\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">ADHD Awareness Month<\/a>. Make sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts so you don\u2019t miss a single story this month!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thevibewithky.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ky here<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thevibewithky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">follow him on Instagram<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thevibewithky?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a>, plus check out his brand new digital download,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/shop.beacons.ai\/thevibewithky\/93703fa2-31be-4ed7-be8e-9fdae22ec1d6?pageViewSource=lib_view&amp;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fbeacons.ai%2Fthevibewithky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How I Thrive with ADHD as an Adult: My Self-Care Strategies and Personal ADHD Journey<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>READ: ADHD Online &#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/adhdonline.com\/articles\/how-to-fight-adhd-misinformation-on-social-media\/\">How To Fight ADHD Misinformation on Social Media<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover Kyrus Kennan Wescott&#8217;s humorous take on ADHD and his mission to destigmatize mental health in the Black community. Subscribe for 31 inspiring stories!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":34790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[84,21],"content_type":[38],"class_list":["post-34789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts","tag-adhd-awareness-month","tag-mental-health","content_type-podcast"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adhdonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adhdonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adhdonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adhdonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adhdonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adhdonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adhdonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adhdonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adhdonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adhdonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34789"},{"taxonomy":"content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adhdonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content_type?post=34789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}