EP. 244: Perfectionism, Confidence and ADHD with Dr. Fiona Peters

ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Tracy Otsuka

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Perfectionism causes so many of us ADHD women to get in our own way and stops us from reaching our full creative potential for fear of criticism. My guest this episode, Dr. Fiona Peters knows firsthand just how disabling the anxiety-perfectionism spiral can be, which is why she’s so passionate about helping others escape it. Dr. Peters is a speaker and trainer for schools and is currently touring with her talk entitled "Perfectionism and Anxiety,” with which she helps parents, educators, and ADHDers recognize the true cost of this obsession with perfection. “We really rob the world of the genius that we are because we are so worried about external validation and the fear of criticism that actually we don't start things.” Join our conversation to hear the brilliant Dr. Fiona Peters share her incredible ADHD journey from struggling student to PhD program, why it’s so important to be a last 5% finisher, her tips for navigating the workplace when you have ADHD, and ways to start moving away from the need for external validation and toward a more balanced life that allows you to experiment, to make mistakes, and to find validation from within. Resources: Instagram: @adhd_life LinkedIn: Website: Facebook:

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0:00.0	Finished is better than perfect and never done and so it's not perfect, right?
0:07.0	There's no there's no perfect and even some of the most accomplished philosophers
0:12.0	were dissatisfied with their work and I think ADHD is really interested in this sort
0:18.0	of triumvirate of perfectionism, anxiety, ADHD, cause.
0:24.0	We are continually dissatisfied, we are never satisfied with what we've done
0:29.0	constantly trying to achieve that you've got to finish things, finish them,
0:36.0	say they're done and let go and then you can move on to that thing that's over there
0:41.0	that you're interested in.
0:44.0	Thomas Edison, Richard Branson, John F. Kennedy, Mozart, Michael Jordan, Will Smith.
0:58.0	That sounds like a list of highly successful Titans in a variety of occasions.
1:04.0	Why is it that we rarely hear that they have or had ADHD?
1:10.0	And you know what we hear even less about?
1:15.0	Serena Williams, Emma Watson, Mel Robbins, Woopy Goldberg, Agatha Christie, Aaron Brockovich,
1:25.0	Share.
1:26.0	Yeah, the successful women navigating ADHD and that's exactly why I started this podcast,
1:33.0	ADHD for smart ass women.
1:36.0	I'm your host Tracey Otsuka.
1:38.0	I'm a lawyer, not a doctor, a lifelong student, now a coach.
1:43.0	I'm also the creator of your ADHD brain is AOK, a system that helps people like you
1:50.0	figure out what they should do with their life.
1:53.0	And we're here today to talk ADHD, your strengths, your symptoms, your workarounds,
1:59.0	and how you proudly stand out instead of trying to fit in.
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