Why ADHD Professionals Get Stuck | Overcoming the Wall of Awful

Why can a capable ADHD professional know exactly what needs to be done—and still find it incredibly difficult to begin?

In this conversation, Cathy Rashidian speaks with Brendan Mahan, MEd, MS, author of Overcoming the Wall of Awful, about the emotional barriers that can build around work we have struggled with before.

A report, email, decision or difficult conversation may look straightforward from the outside. Internally, that task may be carrying frustration, uncertainty, shame, fear of failure or memories of previous struggles.

In this episode, we explore:

• What can be hiding inside a seemingly simple task such as sending an email

• How repeated struggles contribute to the Wall of Awful

• Why caring deeply about the outcome can sometimes make beginning harder

• The difference between activating under pressure and performing well under pressure

• How urgency, anxiety, frustration and anger can become a damaging way to smash through the wall

• What it means to put a door in the wall or climb it

• How skills, resources and expectations affect workplace performance

• What leaders often miss when they move straight into problem-solving

• Questions to ask yourself when you are staring at your own Wall of Awful

Brendan Mahan is an internationally recognized ADHD and executive-function expert, host of the ADHD Essentials Podcast and author of Overcoming the Wall of Awful.

📘 Learn about or pre-order Overcoming the Wall of Awful: https://brendanmahan.com/the-wall-of-awful-book/

🎙 Learn more about Brendan: https://brendanmahan.com/

🌐 Learn more about Cathy Rashidian and Ready Set Choose: https://www.readysetchoose.com/

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