291 Navigating ADHD Unemployment: The Tough Truth About Self-Worth and Career Identity!

I Have ADHD Podcast

Kristen Carder

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

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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I'm here today with FOCUSED member Matt Ciciarelli who lost his job as a Marketing Director in November of 2023 and has been navigating life for the last year as an unemployed father of 3. A few months ago Matt decided he needed to do whatever it took to help his family out financially, and he's been digging graves ever since. Matt shares his experiences from diagnosis to navigating family dynamics, employment challenges, and the impact of COVID-19 on his mental health. You're going to be so ...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the I Have ADHD podcast, where it's all about education, encouragement, and coaching for adults with ADHD.
0:13.8	I'm your host, Kristen Carter, and I have ADHD. Let's chat about the frustrations, humor,
0:20.0	and challenges of adulting, relationships,
0:22.8	working, and achieving with this neurodevelopmental disorder.
0:26.9	I'll help you understand your unique brain, unlock your potential, and move from point A to
0:32.4	point B.
0:33.7	Hey, what's up?
0:34.5	This is Kristen Carter, and you've tuned into the I have ADHD podcast. I am
0:39.1	medicated, caffeinated, regulated and ready to roll. You are going to love the conversation that I have
0:48.8	today with my friend Matt Cicerelli. Guys, we are going to talk about being in the middle, not at the end of the journey where
0:58.6	you have everything figured out, but in the middle of the ADHD journey.
1:03.4	And for those of you who maybe are unemployed or underemployed, who maybe you don't feel
1:09.5	like you're reaching your potential or you're quite
1:11.4	there yet. This episode is going to be so encouraging for you. I'm so looking forward to this
1:19.1	conversation. But before we get started, I'm going to ask you to engage with this podcast in
1:25.0	some way. I'm very happy to announce that our YouTube channel is growing.
1:30.2	Thank you, YouTube. It's so awesome. It's so awesome to be here. It's so fun to interaction
1:36.8	comments. I didn't realize how fun that would be to have you guys be able to, like, comment,
1:42.6	ask questions in real time, have me be able to answer them.
1:45.5	It's been so much fun. And on Apple, Spotify, all the things, it's, it's, it's so much fun to be
1:53.0	able to be here with you. And the fact that you press play on this podcast when there are
1:57.7	millions, literally millions of podcasts that you could choose from,
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