Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD Trina Haynes on Women, ADHD, and Breaking the Burnout Cycle
Trina Haynes, founder of My Lady ADHD and co-host of the Brain Waves podcast, joins Stephen and Aaron to discuss her personal journey with burnout and ADHD. As someone who manages multiple businesses, a podcast, social media accounts, and homeschools one of her three daughters, Trina knows firsthand the challenges of balancing an entrepreneurial spirit with the realities of ADHD. In this vulnerable and insightful conversation, she shares how she discovered the concept of burnout and her ongoing strategies for prevention and recovery.
This episode dives deep into the unique challenges faced by late-diagnosed women with ADHD, exploring how societal expectations, people-pleasing tendencies, and perfectionism can lead to chronic burnout. Trina offers practical advice for recognizing burnout symptoms and implementing "bare minimum" self-care practices that can make a significant difference. The conversation highlights the importance of community, particularly for those who have spent years masking their ADHD traits.
You'll Learn:
- How to recognize early warning signs of burnout specific to your own patterns and behaviors
- Why creating a "bare minimum" version of your self-care practices can help prevent total abandonment during stressful times
- How to identify and challenge the "all-or-nothing" thinking that often contributes to burnout cycles
- Why having a community of neurodivergent peers can be transformative for late-diagnosed adults with ADHD
- How to leverage your ADHD traits like empathy and creativity as strengths rather than viewing them as weaknesses
- Practical strategies for setting boundaries and saying no, especially for natural people-pleasers
- Ways to reconnect with childhood interests as a path to rediscovering joy and preventing burnout
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