Breaking Stigmas: Embracing ADHD and LGBTQ+ in Faith Spaces with Guest Allison Dayton

On this episode, Kamden Hainsworth sits down with Allison Dayton, founder of Lift + Love, a community supporting LGBTQ Latter-day Saints. Allison opens up about her personal journey—growing up with ADHD, navigating early diagnosis, school challenges, and stigma, and discovering her unique strengths in connection, problem-solving and entrepreneurship. She shares the heartbreak that inspired her work, including the loss of her older brother to suicide and her experiences supporting her son as he came out. Together, they explore the intersections of neurodivergence, faith, and family—how intense, spirit-driven study can fuel passion but also risk burnout. Listen in as Allison shares heartfelt insights and the mission behind Lift + Love: to provide hope, guidance, and community for queer individuals and families navigating life in the church.

 

00:00 Meet Allison Dayton

00:39 Podcast Welcome

01:02 BETA Coaching Offer

04:08 Free Mini Session

05:55 Introducing Today Guest

07:10 Early ADHD Diagnosis

08:46 Stigma And Medication

10:13 College And Self Doubt

11:05 Finding Strengths

15:37 Learning Through Kids

16:28 Music Reading Struggles

20:24 Hard Work And Drive

22:42 Problem Solving Superpower

24:59 Enneagram And Motivation

26:21 Speed Dopamine And Tickets

27:16 Quitting Advertising for Jewelry

28:05 Design Wins and Big Clients

28:44 Family Struggles and Church Policy

30:50 Starting Lift and Love

33:12 Study as a Spiritual Pivot

34:39 Working Memory and Revelation

36:40 Burnout and Needing Brakes

39:51 Deceived Trigger and Tree of Life

47:54 Complexity of Identity and Bodies

50:45 Lift and Love Mission and Burnout

53:38 Closing Thanks and Outro

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