223 How to Leave a Toxic Work Environment

I Have ADHD Podcast

Kristen Carder

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

This episode is a rare treat as I chat with a current FOCUSED client of mine, Jason Rowlett, @JDouglasRowlett who shares his experience of identifying and leaving a toxic work environment.

I decided to do an episode with Jason on this topic as I watched him navigate this situation in real-time and recognized this as something that likely happens to many adults with ADHD.

While ADHD can certainly manifest in our work performance and social behavior, we shouldn’t have to walk on eggshells at all times, worried about inconveniencing or frustrating our colleagues. Sometimes our work environments are just bad, and it has nothing to do with us and nothing to do with ADHD. But we often get accustomed to accepting blame and believing we’re the problem if we had a history of being treated this way as children or young people with ADHD. This can cloud our judgment and cause us to stay in toxic situations longer than we should.

Jason and I discuss in depth what toxic workplaces look and feel like. Are you receiving misassigned blame and spending significant time analyzing situations to understand where things went wrong and why you were treated negatively? Are you receiving constructive criticism or personal put-downs?

Have a listen, share with a friend, and if you’d like to see what Jason’s up to now, you can find his podcast and other content HERE.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the I have ADHD podcast where it's all about education, encouragement and
0:11.2	coaching for adults with ADHD.
0:13.5	I'm your host Kristen Carter and I have ADHD.
0:17.5	Let's chat about the frustrations, humor, and challenges
0:21.1	of adulting, relationships, working, and achieving with this neurodevelopmental disorder.
0:27.0	I'll help you understand your unique brain, unlock your potential, and move from point A to point B.
0:33.3	Hey what's up? This is Christian Carter and you're listening to the I have
0:41.1	ADHD podcast. I am medicated, I am regulated, and I am ready to roll.
0:48.4	Hello, hello, welcome to the show. I'm so glad you're here with us today. I haven't done this in a long time, but today I'm interviewing a client of mine, Jason Rallit. Jason has ADHD and he's been in focus for about two years. He's here today to share his
1:04.8	story of leaving a toxic work environment and we're gonna have a conversation
1:09.0	about why we ADHD or stay in unhealthy workplaces for longer than we want to. Why we often blame ourselves
1:17.4	for what's happening in our workplace even though it's not our fault. Why we tend to
1:22.4	gaslight ourselves and tips for recognizing and dealing with unhealthy work environments.
1:28.0	So Jason, welcome to the podcast.
1:31.0	Hi, Kristen, thank you so much for having me on. So glad to have you here. I've been so
1:37.2	excited to talk to you because I've been watching your evolution and focused and
1:42.0	all of your slack posts and after you're your
1:43.3	and focus and all of your slack posts and after your last explanation of everything that was happening in your life I was like we have got to get
1:49.7	Jason on the podcast. I can't wait for people to hear your story. So first tell us just a little bit about yourself. When were you diagnosed with ADHD and how did you end up in focused? I was diagnosed at age 31 and I was working at a job and my
2:10.4	boss came to me and he had other employees who had ADHD.
2:16.8	He had noticed some of the, shall we say,
2:20.8	traits, characteristics.
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