episode 23: The ADHD Identity Crisis
Are you a runner? Or are you a person who runs?
Are you a gardener? Or are you a person who mows the lawn?
Figuring out the difference between what we do and who we are is tricky business for all of us as we move through life. With ADHD, the idea of presenting a cogent identity to the world flies out the window. It’s dependent on so many factors — context, focus, weather, anything that can set off our attentional sails in new directions — that all to often the person we see in the mirror is less a function of who we see staring back at us than it is what that person happens to be doing or thinking about at that moment.
This week on the show, we take on this question of identity and offer a way to frame how you want to be seen in the world thanks to the writing of a billionaire. Plus, we take on a question from the community about how to approach online education with ADHD.
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- Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds by Brandon Sanderson
- Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio
- (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast
- (01:11) - Summer Group Coaching Enrolling Now!
- (02:36) - Question: Online cohort education with ADHD?
- (14:17) - Become an ADHD Patron!
- (15:37) - The ADHD Identity Crisis