Episode 107

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Published on:

4th Jan 2024

Perfectionism & ADHD: overriding our brains to reach our potential - Re-release

"Choosing between the potential of failing and maybe succeeding...or failing ahead of time by not doing it at all."

In this week’s episode, our host, Kate Moryousseftalks about how perfectionism shows up alongside ADHD with her guest, Kristen Carder, an ADHD expert and host of the I Have ADHD podcast.

During this episode of The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Kristen talked about:

  • What perfectionism is
  • How it shows up for people with ADHD
  • Separating your worthiness from your performance 
  • How shame from childhood can create perfectionism as an adult 
  • Trauma response and perfectionism
  • Breaking perfectionism down to understand to override it
  • Fear disguised as perfectionism and how you’re ultimately protecting yourself
  • Awareness and using self-compassionate talk 
  • Deciphering RSD (rejection sensitivity dysphoria) and perfectionism
  • Focusing on what lights you up and lowering the bar and inner expectation so we can move forwards
  • Rest can be the most productive thing we can do - manage our energy.

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Kate Moryoussef is a women’s ADHD Lifestyle & Wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner helping overwhelmed yet unfulfilled (many with ADHD like her) women find more calm, balance, health, compassion, creativity and clarity. 

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The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast
Empowering mindset, wellbeing and lifestyle conversations for newly-diagnosed ADHD women
Are you ready to feel healthier, calmer and more balanced with your ADHD? Do you need help getting your emotional health, lifestyle and health on track but not sure where to begin? Perhaps you're newly diagnosed with ADHD and need some insights and perspectives on how you can turn your life around following this new discovery? In this new podcast, ADHD lifestyle & wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner, mum of four and ADHD herself, Kate Moryoussef will be having conversations with global experts, thought leaders, professionals and authors about how we can harness our wellbeing to work alongside our brains and enhance our lives as women with ADHD. So whether you're struggling with your nutrition, motivation to exercise, need help to calm your nervous system, struggle with anxiety, have found sleep difficult or simply looking for guidance on how to live a calmer and more balanced life - this podcast is for you. Kate will be bringing in a variety of guests and topics to help you live alongside your ADHD with more awareness, self-compassion and acceptance - no more self-criticism, judgement or blame - just honest, straight-talking conversations to help you live a kinder and more authentic life.
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Kate Moryoussef

ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast host, wellbeing and lifestyle coach, and EFT practitioner for women with late-diagnosed ADHD.
www.adhdwomenswellbeing.co.uk