Why High-Achieving ADHD Women Keep Burning Out: a Regenerative Conversation with Pippa Grange

About this episode

This episode discusses the challenges high-achieving women with ADHD face regarding burnout and features insights from performance psychologist Pippa Grange.

I'd love to hear your thoughts, feedback and insights on what could improve The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast in this short poll - it takes 2 minutes, and as a thank you, we'll send you a little gift! Have you spent years pushing through, overriding what your body is telling you, performing at full capacity, and wondering why you keep burning out? For so many women with ADHD, the drive to do more, prove more, and be more is relentless. We have the passion, the ambition, the energy. But when that inner motor collides with a nervous system that desperately needs rest and renewal, something eventually gives way. This week on The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast I'm joined by Dr Pippa Grange , a doctor of performance psychology, culture coach, author, and the psychologist behind England's renaissance World Cup campaign of 2018. You may also know of Pippa Grange through her portrayal in the recent Dear England, played excellently by Jodie Whittaker ! Pippa has spent 25 years working with elite athletes, teams, and leaders across sport and industry, and her new book, Life Reclaimed: Find Freedom from Chronic Overperformance , is the culmination of everything she has learned, including…

People in this episode

Host: Kate Moryoussef

Guest: Pippa Grange

Topics covered

• ADHD
• burnout
• high-achieving women
• performance psychology
• regenerative performance
• self-care

Keywords

• ADHD
• burnout
• high-achieving women
• performance psychology
• self-improvement
• chronic overperformance
• rest and renewal

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Life Reclaimed: Find Freedom from Chronic Overperformance, Dear England

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