Overcoming Self-Doubt Caused by Learning Disabilities

Feb 8, 2022

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Welcome to the Impostor Syndrome Files! In this episode, Kim is joined by Alex Gilbert, a coach and consultant who specializes in helping adults with learning disabilities. Alex shares her personal experience with ADHD and dyslexia in the workplace and discusses the self-doubt she faced when working in unsupportive environments. She also shares how she now helps professionals to set themselves up for success in the workplace.

About Alex Gilbert
Alex Gilbert is a New Yorker, a Mets fan, a yogi, and a brunch enthusiast. She also has dyslexia and ADHD. After spending her career working in leadership development, she decided to start a consulting and coaching business that will help adults with learning disabilities and/or ADHD like herself who have been struggling in their careers.
Her business, Cape-Able Consulting, was created to help them navigate their day-to-day workloads so that they feel supported and are able to reach their highest potential. Her biggest goal in creating Cape-Able Consulting is to change the stigma surrounding learning disabilities/ ADHD by reminding people what they are Cape-able of.

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Outline of the episode:

[01:45] What people do not know
[04:50] The transition from education to a work environment
[08:58] Awareness for adults getting diagnosed with learning disabilities
[11:17] Broadly characterizing the symptoms of ADHD
[14:50] The challenges and how to negate them
[19:12] How to communicate about your “weaknesses”
[27:39] Asking important questions to find the right environment or footing
[33:30] How to start the conversation with someone who might need support
[38:28] Best practices and best principles for people who might have ADHD
And many more!

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Connect with Alex at…

Website: https://www.capeableconsulting.com/.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamcapeable/?hl=en
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeAbleConsultingLLC/

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