Refined Leadership - ADHD Lens
”Refined Leadership: ADHD Lens” is a leadership podcast tailored for professionals with ADHD. Hosted by Certified Executive Coach Cathy Rashidian, it offers actionable strategies and insights that harness the strengths of ADHD in leadership roles. Each episode is designed to help you navigate your career advancement with ADHD, providing tools and tips to reshape your professional habits and enhance decision-making. Ideal for emerging leaders and high-performers, this podcast builds a community around advancing leadership capabilities through the ADHD lens. Tune in to transform your leadership approach and achieve professional success.
Episodes
In this episode of Refined Leadership: ADHD Edition, I’m sharing the story of two career-defining decisions I made at the height of my corporate leadership roles—both of which I now realize were driven by ADHD.
On the outside, they looked like bold, deliberate moves. On the inside, I was in fight-or-flight mode, making fear-based calls that brought short-term relief but long-term consequences.
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How ADHD traits lik...
What happens when the mask comes off?
In this episode, Coach Cathy dives into the unique challenges faced by high-achieving professionals with ADHD who feel pressured to conform to traditional leadership molds. Through her personal story of exhaustion and the breaking point that led her to quit her e...
If you’re ADHD and high-performing, here’s what no one tells you — self-leadership is your lifeline.
In this episode, Coach Cathy explores how neurodivergent professionals can lead themselves with more clarity, compassion, and confidence. You’ll learn how to: • Track your energy patterns (instead of forcing productivity) • Identify personal anchor practices • Ask for what you need — without over-explaining
You’ll also hear perso...
Are you constantly pushing through the exhaustion — because slowing down feels like failure?
For ADHD professionals, what looks like resilience is often toxic overfunctioning. Burnout doesn’t always show up as collapse — sometimes it looks like perfectionism, people-pleasing, or staying “productive” at all costs.
In this episode, “ ADHD Burnout Isn’t Your Fault — But Here’s What’s Keeping You Stuck” we unpack the real traps kee...
Join us in a special episode featuring a review of the Quantum Thinkers ADHD community.
Discover how this unique space empowers professionals with ADHD by transforming challenges into leadership strengths.
Learn about the community's structure, coaching methodology, and the wealth of resources available to help members thrive in their careers.
Whether you're seeking enhanced leadership skills or a supportive network, this episode p...
In this episode of Refined Leadership ADHD Lens, Coach Cathy Rashidian explores the unique strengths that neurodivergent leaders bring to the table, including innovative thinking, hyperfocus, and resilience. Learn how these leaders drive innovation, build resilient teams, and make a lasting impact on organizations by harnessing their distinctive cognitive wiring.
Discover practical strategies for turning these strengths into sustai...
Welcome to Refined Leadership ADHD Lens with Credentialed Coach Cathy Rashidian, where we delve into refining leadership skills through the ADHD perspective. In this episode, Coach Cathy builds on foundational strategies from the previous discussion, offering actionable steps to clarify and sustain progress despite ADHD challenges.
Discover the MATTER framework - Milestones, Attitude, Tasks, Team, Evaluation, and Revision - designe...
In this episode of Refined Leadership ADHD Lens, join Coach Cathy as she explores the power of living in truth and purpose for leaders with ADHD. Discover practical strategies for creating a personal mission statement and setting meaningful visions and missions. These tools go beyond typical productivity hacks, providing a foundation for decision-making, boundary setting, and building self-esteem.
Navigate the complexities of goal ...
Join Cathy Rashidian on a transformative episode of Refined Leadership ADHD Lens, where we explore the intricate world of career transitions for those with an ADHD brain. Unlock practical strategies to leverage your unique strengths, gain clarity, and set yourself up for success in your professional journey.
Discover how to balance the excitement and overwhelm of career changes, focusing on what truly aligns with your goals and val...
Welcome to the revitalized podcast, where we embrace the unique strengths of ADHD in leadership and professional growth. Host Cathy Rashidian, an executive coach, returns after a two-year hiatus to share her transformative journey from corporate life to specializing in ADHD coaching.
Discover the power of community through the Quantum Thinkers ADHD group, offering support and connection for high-performing professionals.
Join us on...
In this episode I am speaking with Melissa Doman, MA, Author of Yes, You Can Talk About Mental Health at Work (Here’s Why And How To Do It Really Well).
We talk about mental health in the workplace and why now more than ever this is so important to be talked about in the workplace.
Her book is a fantastic handbook on how to approach this sensitive conversation in the workplace. We addres...
Discussing the hormonal fluctuation's impact on ADHD and women is one of the most important episodes I have recorded on the Proudly ADHD Podcast. Conversations on this topic need to continue and be amplified.
I truly believe so many women diagnosed with ADHD suffer in silence from the negative impacts of, Puberty, Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), PMS (premenstrual syndrome), Perimenopause, and Menopause. As these hormona...
Those with ADHD brain wiring feel emotions intensely, it actually may feel like we are constantly living in a state of emotional flood. In this state, all we can do is be on guard, be defensive and look for ways to survive and push through. No wonder we are not able to get shi%t done!
In this episode, I am delighted to have Tamara Rosier Ph.D., back with us where she shares an effective tool for managing our big emotions so that w...
In this episode, I open up about my personal story about seeking support to further manage my ADHD through Trauma Therapy. I knew that this method of therapy was going to be effective and I have always been a huge advocate of therapy but what I didn’t expect was the rapid results that I experienced.
“In total, some 20–50% of children with a history of Childhood Trauma have clinica...
ADHD and Burnout!!! I can not get enough of this topic, so I decided to have a candid conversation about it with my special guest Brendan Mahan, host of ADHD Essentials Podcast and ADHD Coach.
“Is it the Fish or the Water? Is the fish sick because the fish is sick? or is the fish sick, Because it's swimming in a toxic ocean.” Brendan unpacks this concept so beautifully in this episode. (Yes we do get i...
It was my absolute pleasure to have this candid, most genuine conversation with Dan Roth. He is so damn relatable and lays down some serious truth about job hunting and recruiting for professionals with ADHD.
“I don't think that job seekers should be so desperate to take any job that they can. Now I understand that finances are. I am not saying that it is not difficult, but if we do a b...
In this episode, I had the pleasure of sitting with Yakini Pierce, discussing her journey with ADHD as a parent.
Yakini Pierce is a mom with ADHD that has two children, both with ADHD. She has an MBA and degrees in engineering and mass communications, but her strong passion is advocating for parents that have children with ADHD, parents, and adults in general that have ADHD through her ADHD Love platform.
I enjoyed listening to h...
“Rather than be defined by a label, I choose to challenge the boundaries of its perceived limitations.” Shawn Smith
I had the pleasure of speaking with Shawn Smith, M.Ed., CCC about ADHD, ASD and his personal journey with it all, and how he supports his clients as a counselor/therapist.
This conversion was such a delight, Shawn has an amazing way to capture your attention a...
In this episode I speak with Tamara Rosier, Ph.D. about her new book, Your Brain’s Not Broken: Strategies for Navigating Your Emotions and Life with ADHD.
In Your Brain’s Not Broken, Tamara Rosier, Ph.D., founder of the ADHD Center in West Michigan, shares how those with ADHD can create new thinking habits, identify unhelpful thoughts and emotional patterns, and apply strategies to change them. “Seeing how the ADHD brain works dif...
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