High-achieving with ADHD and completely overwhelmed (Susie Owens’ story)
About this episode
Susie Owens shares her journey of being a high-achieving individual with ADHD and the challenges she faced while managing her mental health.
From the outside, Susie Owens looked like she was gliding. Straight-A student, entrepreneur, devoted mom — and exhausted in ways nobody could see. When you’re an ADHD high achiever, masking is a whole job. Susie spent years in therapy for anxiety, quietly holding it together. A second child tipped the scales. Through her ADHD diagnosis, she learned that her struggles weren’t a reflection of who she was as a person or as a mom. It was just ADHD.
People in this episode
Host: Laura Key
Guest: Susie Owens
Topics covered
- ADHD
- high achievement
- mental health
- parenting
- anxiety
- therapy
Keywords
- ADHD
- high achiever
- anxiety
- therapy
- parenting
- mental health
- exhaustion
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Understood.org
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