Pen King Jr. — podcast guest
Nervous system regulation for high-performing adults with ADHD. New York, NY. Everything a producer needs is on this page — angles, sample questions, scope, and how to reach me.
The short version
I spent seventeen years on prescription stimulants and burned out three times before I understood the problem was never my discipline — it was my nervous system. I now coach high-performing adults with ADHD, and a large part of my work is with people reducing stimulant medication under their prescriber's direction.
Why book me
Almost nobody in the ADHD conversation can describe what coming down off long-term stimulants actually feels like from the inside. I can, and I have a framework for why it so often goes wrong — which turns a personal story into something your audience can use the same evening.
Six angles
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What no one tells you about lowering your dose — why returning sensation gets misread as the taper failing, and what actually helps.
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Regulation before strategy — why productivity systems fail ADHD adults, and the reordering that makes them stick.
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The fear isn't the taper, it's losing your edge — why people stay on a dose they've outgrown, and why that fear is rational.
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Why high performers with ADHD crash at 35 — the compensation pattern, and what breaks it.
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Vocal toning, live — I can demonstrate a sixty-second reset on air. It plays better than it explains.
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Dysregulation is not a character flaw — the reframe, for audiences already primed on ADHD.
Take these as written, or ignore them entirely — I don't need to see questions in advance.
Sample questions
- You were on stimulants for seventeen years. When did you first wonder whether they were still working?
- What actually happens in the body when someone reduces their dose?
- Why do productivity systems keep failing people with ADHD?
- Where does coaching stop and medical care begin?
- What's the single thing you'd tell someone who's burned out for the second time?
- Can you walk us through a reset right now?
What I'm qualified to say, and what I'm not
Certified Health Coach — Health Coach Institute, Advanced Health Coach, an NBHWC-approved training program. Full background here.
Not a licensed therapist, physician, or medical provider. I don't diagnose, treat, or advise on medication — and I say so on air. If a listener question lands in medical territory, I'll name the boundary and send them to their prescriber, which tends to make the segment more credible rather than less.
Recording logistics
- Platform — Zoom, Riverside, SquadCast, StreamYard, or whatever you already use.
- Audio — dedicated microphone, wired connection, treated room.
- Timezone — ET. Email for current availability windows.
- Press kit — high-resolution headshots, short and long bio, and prior clips on request.
One ask: if you publish transcripts, I'd be grateful — and I'm happy to clean it up myself.
Where to send listeners
A free Nervous System Audit — a real working session that maps where someone's dysregulation actually sits. Not a sales call. Some people leave with what they need and never work with me again.
If your audience would rather read first, point them at the journal or the FAQ.
Book me
Pen King Jr. is a Certified Health Coach and a graduate of Health Coach Institute's Advanced Health Coach program, an NBHWC-approved training program. He is not a licensed therapist, physician, or medical provider, and PKJ Coaching does not provide medical advice or manage medication.