Maddy Alexander-Grout talks ADHD, Autism, debt, money, business and visibility

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ADHD, autism, spending addiction, money, business and visibility

Maddy Alexander-Grout woman in 40s long rainbow coloured hair, smiling black t shirt arms outstretched on table with purse and wallet on the table. Orange angle poise light to the left Maddy Alexander-Grout is an author, speaker, and visibility strategist, and the founder of The Maddyverse, a platform and community that helps people build businesses, manage money, and grow their visibility in a way that works for their brains, values, and lives.

She is the author of Mad About Money*, and her work focuses on helping people particularly those with ADHD and hidden struggles get visible, grow audiences, and make money by building businesses around who they really are rather than who they think they should be.

Maddy is known for her honest, energetic and unconventional approach to business and money, and she speaks regularly about visibility, entrepreneurship, neurodiversity, and building a business your own way.

Maddy Alexander-Grout on The Complaining Cow Show on East London Radio

Maddy talks about her journey into debt, ADHD diagnosis, starting two businesses, getting out of debt, the ADHD money tax and how she helps neuro divergent people understand themselves and provide strategies to help them become more effective.

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Where to find Maddy-Alexander Grout

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Mad About Money will help you to make sense of your life if you are neurodivergent or suspect you might be.

Reading from Mad about Money

This is a TikTok video of me reading a section from Mad about Money:

@thecomplainingcow

@Maddy Alexander-Grout My friend (sometimes) wrote a book called Mad About Money- Managing finances and life with ADHD. And it’s got a f*ck glossary. Which is my favorite bit. If you have ADHD this book is for you, people with ADHD struggle with money for many reasons. But she talks about spending addiction , life, business all sorts of things. She has also got an audio book version coming soon! #adhdmoney #moneysaving #adhd #moneytipsandtricks #debt

♬ original sound – Helen Dewdney

About Helen Dewdney, The Complaining Cow

Helen Dewdney is a consumer rights expert, author and media commentator. She regularly appears on television, radio and in the press discussing consumer rights, customer service, scams and personal finance.

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