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A former boss once described their first meeting this way: “She showed up late and disheveled, and I hired her anyway.” That’s Sabrina Caluori in a nutshell.
Sabrina is the chief marketing officer at Chief, the largest private network for ambitious women. Diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, she describes herself as a contradiction: “High achieving and a hot mess in equal measure” — a leader who can hold an entire company’s strategy in her head but can’t manage her own calendar.
Sabrina shares what it’s like to be gifted with ADHD — twice exceptional — and how that experience bonds her to her 2e child. She gets into ADHD burnout, self-doubt, and how the things she once considered character flaws turned out to make her exceptional at reading people and leading teams.
For more on this topic
Listen: Twice exceptional: Raising a gifted son with ADHD (Emily’s story) understood.org/en/podcasts/adhd-aha/twice-exceptional-adhd-gifted
Read: ADHD and burnout understood.org/en/articles/adhd-burnout
Watch: The ADHD burnout cycle youtube.com/shorts/6TrnVxipTEI
For a transcript and more resources, visit ADHD Aha! on Understood.org. understood.org/en/podcasts/adhd-aha/adhd-contradictions
You can also email us at adhdaha@understood.org.
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A former boss once described their first meeting this way: “She showed up late and disheveled, and I hired her anyway.” That’s Sabrina Caluori in a nutshell.
Sabrina is the chief marketing officer at Chief, the largest private network for ambitious women. Diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, she describes herself as a contradiction: “High achieving and a hot mess in equal measure” — a leader who can hold an entire company’s strategy in her head but can’t manage her own calendar.
Sabrina shares what it’s like to be gifted with ADHD — twice exceptional — and how that experience bonds her to her 2e child. She gets into ADHD burnout, self-doubt, and how the things she once considered character flaws turned out to make her exceptional at reading people and leading teams.
For more on this topic
Listen: Twice exceptional: Raising a gifted son with ADHD (Emily’s story) understood.org/en/podcasts/adhd-aha/twice-exceptional-adhd-gifted
Read: ADHD and burnout understood.org/en/articles/adhd-burnout
Watch: The ADHD burnout cycle youtube.com/shorts/6TrnVxipTEI
For a transcript and more resources, visit ADHD Aha! on Understood.org. understood.org/en/podcasts/adhd-aha/adhd-contradictions
You can also email us at adhdaha@understood.org.
Questions about learning and thinking differences? Get answers and expert-vetted resources by asking the AI-powered Understood Assistant:
understood.org/en/assistant?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=assistant-agn-prod&utm_content=video
Understood is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering people with learning and thinking differences, like ADHD and dyslexia. If you want to help us continue this work, donate at understood.org/en/donate?sc=AHA0725YTO&utm_medium=organic&utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=fundraising-agn-vid-adhdaha&utm_content=video
For more resources, support, and excellent memes, subscribe to our YouTube channel or follow us on:
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