In this episode, I reconnect with Dr. Tamara Rosier, founder of the ADHD Center of West Michigan and the author of “Your Brain’s Not Broken: Strategies for Navigating Your Emotions & Life with ADHD.” Tamara’s experiences resonate strongly with me because we have similar stories of struggling as educators before we discovered our ADHD and became coaches. We compared notes about how coaching changed our lives and made us better people. Tamara talked about how she measures success, the process of writing her book, and whether ADHD is a “gift” to the people diagnosed with it. Click play to hear about her experiences and the messages she wants you, my listeners, to hear and absorb about having ADHD in the workplace. 

[1:37] Introducing Dr. Rosier

[3:30] The struggles of academics when undiagnosed

[5:06] Realizing she had ADHD

[7:07] How people with ADHD speak the same language

[10:00] Paper-grading nightmares and self-compassion

[12:19] Getting let go when you have rejection sensitivity

[14:52] Not letting mean bosses become the saboteur in your head

[15:55] “Only through persistence and resilience”

[19:45] Tamara’s entry into ADHD coaching

[23:51] How coaching taught her boundaries

[25:00] Building a client base “Field of Dreams”-style

[26:56] The difference between “successful” and “successFULL”

[31:08] Divergent thinking

[34:35] Continuing ADHD struggles of successful people

[36:15] The kindness of patience

[36:57] Plan to play

More about Dr. Tamara Rosier:

https://www.tamararosier.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.tamararosier

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamara-rosier-phd/

ADHD Center of West Michigan 

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