Welcome back to Left Unattended, the podcast where we pull back the curtain on what it really means to be neurodivergent in the workplace. I’m your host, Ron Sosa, neuroinclusive leadership coach and advocate and in this episode I talk with Diann Wingert, host of the ADHD-ish podcast, psychotherapist-turned-coach, practicing Buddhist, rescue-dog lover, and self-proclaimed “Speaker of Uncomfortable Truths.”

Diann brings decades of clinical experience and a fierce passion for helping neurodivergent people build lives of purpose, profit, and peace. She’s obsessed with helping folks (especially neurodivergent women and entrepreneurs) translate strengths into sustainable careers — while learning to tolerate the shame, interruptions, and complexity that too often come along for the ride.

Together, we unpack:

• What it felt like to be diagnosed with ADHD later in life and why coming out of the “ADHD closet” can be complicated even inside the ADHD community.
  
• The tension between masking and authenticity and why we wear different faces for different groups and how taking masks off changes relationships.
  
• How ADHD shows up as high energy, rapid idea flow, and time blindness along with strengths that are often misread as rudeness or arrogance.
  
• The workplace blind spots: why systems reward “nine-to-fivers” and punish systems thinkers/visionaries who cut through inefficiency.
  
• Practical communication tools for neurodivergent folks who don’t want to disclose diagnosis but still need needs met (the “Polaroid/primer” trick).
  
• Parenting and intergenerational impact and how recognizing neurodivergence in yourself changes how you raise and relate to your children.
  
• The role of Buddhist practice and equanimity in living with ADHD: acceptance without resignation; owning struggles without shame.
  

Diann leaves us with one truth she wishes people understood: “I’m not as unbreakable as I look, I’m just got a damn good cover story. We have strengths and we have struggles, and both matter.”

• Podcast: ADHD-ish
• Website: https://www.diannwingertcoaching.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diannwingertco
  

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