Shelly and Cam do an abrupt right turn with expectations, from camping in the woods on Phish Tour with Shelly to the environment and demands of work. Wherever there are people there are expectations, and wherever there are expectations there are different interpretations of those expectations. Burnout is actually an indicator of mismanaged expectations. ADHD makes it really tough to distinguish the priority of competing demands, and we often falter when we sense conflicting expectations.
Shelly and Cam explore a few client examples of habitual responses (from last week) and what the clients did to have a different experience with expectations. Using a colorful metaphor from a previous episode of ‘too many tennis balls coming over the net’, Shelly’s client resources her new manager to take a look at all of the end-of-school-year incoming demands and to prioritize and make an action plan for a ‘successful return volley’. The common theme is noticing the expectation and your own response to it. Shifting expectations from an ‘immutable truth’ to actually what it is - a point of engagement for dialogue.
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For more of the Translating ADHD podcast:
Reframing Resilience, Support and Practice with ADHD
Reflecting on the Translating ADHD Journey and What's Next for The Show
ADHD PoC Voices: Kofi Obeng Shares his Journey as a Black Man with ADHD and his Advocacy Work
Disclosing ADHD
Navigating Romantic Relationships with ADHD
Managing Personal Relationships with ADHD
Managing Professional Relationships with ADHD
Defining Your Roles and Knowing Your Value with ADHD
Putting Yourself in the Picture: Agency and Advocacy with ADHD
Accessing Nuance and the Subtle Signals with ADHD
Hyperfocus and the Allure of the Big Positive Signal
Navigating the Fight, Flight, or Freeze Stress Response with ADHD (pt. 2)
Navigating the Fight, Flight, or Freeze Stress Response with ADHD
ADHD and the Stress Response of Fight, Flight, or Freeze
Hyperfocus and Navigating Big Cognitive Signals with ADHD
ADHD and Managing Signal Based Attention with REBEL
An ADHD Productivity Tool: REBEL and Exposure to New Experiences
An ADHD Productivity Tool: REBEL and Exposure to Time
An ADHD Productivity Tool: REBEL and Balanced Attack
An ADHD Productivity Tool: REBEL and Remember to Remind the Brain
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