Roberta Dombrowski: Breaking up with burnout

Roberta Dombrowski: Breaking up with burnout

From Women & ADHD by Katy Weber

March 2, 2026 · 57 min · Episode 207

About this episode

Roberta Dombrowski discusses her journey through burnout and the impact of ADHD on high-achieving women.

Episode 207 with Roberta Dombrowski “Work is one of the only socially acceptable forms of addiction. We get rewarded for not having boundaries and for always taking on more and more things.” Roberta is an executive coach and founder of Learn Mindfully, where she helps leaders and teams thrive from the inside out. After rising quickly through leadership roles to become a VP in the tech world at age 29, Roberta realized her success was coming at a cost — she found herself burned out, anxious, and physically affected by the pressure to prove herself constantly. On the outside, she was the high‑performing executive. On the inside, she was white‑knuckling her way through burnout, complex trauma, and the isolation of often being the only woman or person of color in the room. In this conversation, Roberta and I discuss: How her late ADHD diagnosis helped her finally make sense of her childhood and school experience The overlap between ADHD, trauma, and burnout, especially for high‑achieving women, mothers, and entrepreneurs What trauma‑informed leadership actually looks like day‑to‑day (hint: it’s not just more bubble baths) Why work is “one of the only socially acceptable forms of…

People in this episode

Host: Katy Weber

Guest: Roberta Dombrowski

Topics covered

  • burnout
  • ADHD
  • trauma-informed leadership
  • women in leadership
  • mental health
  • work addiction

Keywords

  • burnout
  • ADHD
  • women leaders
  • mental health
  • trauma
  • work addiction
  • executive coaching

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Learn Mindfully

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