How does a kid who was expelled from kindergarten go on to complete a PHD?

0:00 – Intro: Faith. No Filter.

1:23 – Introducing Reverend Dr. Peter Powell

4:47 – Beaten with a lead hose in school

7:49 – ADHD medication: the lights on moment

10:48 –Amygdala & ADHD

13:52 – The power of the right mentor

16:42 – Failing every grade but finding a calling

21:46 – Followed a girl, found God

25:53 – Coma as a religious experience

29:44 – Why I suspended myself from communion

In this episode of Filthy Hope, hosts Rev Ness Williams-Henke and Rev Jon Humphries sit down with the legender Reverend Dr. Peter Powell, to discuss the brutal "grit" of a life spent navigating undiagnosed neurodiversity. Peter shares his harrowing experiences of physical abuse in the 1940s school system, becoming a violent child in response, before a long and winding road led him to multiple degrees, ordained ministry and a career in psychology.

Peter reflects on what it meant to finally receive an ADHD diagnosis in his 40s, describing the moment medication began to work as "the lights went on." He speaks candidly about the role his wife Brenda played in mentoring him through life’s challenges, and the transformative power of one person who believes in you when the system has already written you off.

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