Hey everybody. How‘s it going out there?
I truly mean that. It’s not just a rhetorical question. How is your health, particularly your mental health? Let’s be honest. These have been times for which there is no context. To date, there are more than 61 million coronavirus cases and more than 1.4 million deaths. In the US alone we’ve seen more than 13 million cases and just under 270,000 deaths.
We are still in the Thanksgiving weekend and more than 3 million people travelled. Scientists are expecting a flurry of new coronavirus cases and deaths in the next three weeks due to people being exposed to the virus over this very weekend.
Couple this with the political upheaval the past six months, particularly since the US election, and it’s no wonder people are feeling, well, mentally taxed. I don’t know about you guys, the collective weight of the coronavirus, the lockdowns and the political upheaval the past several months has taken its toll on my mental health. I articulated this impact on my mental health in an essay I wrote for my blog recently at christianrward.com. I thought I was well prepared from an emotional standpoint to weather all of this stuff, you know, maintain a healthy distance from all the shenanigans going on in Washington and be disciplined enough to reap benefits of a more deliberate and slower life due to the lockdowns. But I was wrong.
I see it all around me. Family, friends and colleagues are much more affected by everything going on than many of us anticipated. In fact, I suspect there will be deep and far-reaching impacts beyond the current president leaving office and the eventual demise of this virus.
I’ve wanted to have someone on Interesting Humans who could intelligently talk to this specific thing—the potential long term mental health ramifications of political upheaval and the pandemic on all of us.
With today’s guest, I got this and so much more. Diann Wingert is a mindset and productivity coach for female entrepreneurs who identify with the traits of ADHD, officially diagnosed or not. During her 20-year career as a licensed psychotherapist, Diann saw many brilliant and ambitious women struggle with unidentified ADHD, including Diann herself. Since her own mid-life diagnosis, she now mentors women who are “driven but distracted” to overcome procrastination, perfectionism, and people-pleasing so they can craft a life they love.
We talk about how she helps women of significant talent and drive achieve their desired outcomes, and about how her podcast gives her a platform to talk about challenges that have come up both during her therapy past and her coaching present. In between Diann offers some nuggets that I hope might help you navigate your life, whatever challenges.
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