EP232 - Stepping outside of the System

Pre-Order my new book ADHD IS OVER! now on Amazon: tinyurl.com/532b2ck8 My guest is Michele Gray Oelking. Michele is a certified coach with a masters in social work, and a 25-year veteran in leadership as well as a trauma-responsive consultant whose career has been dedicated to the intersection of neurodiversity and trauma. Michele has worked as a professional coach with an ADHD speciality since 2008, became credentialed by the International Coach Federation (ICF) with an ADHD specialty in 2014, and has scaled foundational, evidence-based coaching programs for organizations and universities long before it was a widespread practice. This deep, longitudinal experience, built upon her formal social work education and thousands of client hours, informs her direct challenge to the efficacy of traditional, "top-down" cognitive models for ADHD. She posits that for this population—who can present as "masters of masking" while managing the debilitating "go, go, crash" cycle (anxiety-fueled productivity and crashing exhaustion)—the primary barrier is not a 'cognitive' deficit but a somatic one: a nervous system stuck in chronic dysregulation. In the past, Michele has presented her work numerous times at CHADD and lead webinars for ADDitude. For more information about Michele's work, please visit: www.souljourncoach.com Substack and IG: @Souljourncoach LinkedIn: Michele Oelking For more information on this podcast, please visit www.adhdisover.com 📘 Purchase Roman's "ADHD IS OVER!" book now on Amazon: tinyurl.com/532b2ck8 📑 DOWNLOAD FREE PDF: "ADHD Diagnosis Survival Guide": www.adhdisover.com 💻 SCHEDULE FREE ADHD COACHING EXPLORATION SESSION WITH ROMAN: calendly.com/romanwyden/adhd-... 🎧 LISTEN TO 'ADHD IS OVER' PODCAST: open.spotify.com/show/7odBbcR... 📫 SIGN UP FOR 'ADHD IS OVER' E-MAIL UPDATES: www.adhdisover.com 💬 FOLLOW 'ADHD IS OVER' on X www.x.com/@adhdisover 💊 FOLLOW 'ADHD IS OVER' ON FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/adhdisover 📡 FOLLOW 'ADHD IS OVER' ON INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/adhdisover 📺 SUBSCRIBE TO 'ADHD IS OVER' on YOUTUBE www.youtube.com/@adhdisover BONUS OPPORTUNITY: 📘 Purchase Roman's Kindle Book "Intimacy Is" on Amazon: a.co/d/ch6AAxU