40. High Performance and ADHD with Jessica Burgess

Jane interviews Jessica Burgess (Psychologist and friend) on High Performance and ADHD. Highlights: - What is high achievement and how is it different to high performance? - Women are praised for their ADHD traits but they are also sometimes detrimental to mental and physical health. - Does medication really dull the creativity and beauty? - What are strengths for ADHD in the workplace? - How does leadership look for ADHD and burnout? - Why do ADHD so often start their own business? - The interplay between perfectionism and 'not feeling good enough' and ADHD. - Achievement cycles and how to stop doing it. - Some strategies from Jess on how to align your values with what you actually do every week. - Jane talks about wellbeing vs achievement at school. - Should we disclose ADHD at work? - How can we encourage more inclusion? - Jane shares on her childhood and how it created a high achievement vortex that has proven her successful but at what cost? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jane-mcfadden/message