Paulina Chełstowska: Slavic women and ADHD
Women & ADHD
Katy Weber
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 3 October 2022
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Episode 105 with Paulina Chełstowska.
“I was always told that I’m talented but lazy. Nobody could understand why such an intelligent person could fail so badly at school.”
Paulina is a social worker and a soft skills trainer and facilitator living in Poland. She specializes in using games as tools for team-building and education, working mostly with underprivileged youth at risk of exclusion and in foster care, and she advocates for play as a fundamental human right.
She is also the host of the Polish language podcast about women & ADHD called “Kobiety i ADHD.”
Paulina and I talk about the myth of laziness and prosperity, as well as some of the unique differences between the Western and Slavic perspectives on ADHD, especially in women.
Paulina is so expressive and perceptive, and I just know you’re going to love this interview.
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| 1:09.7 | that, but not every child in Poland hears that they can be |
| 1:13.7 | anything they want to. We don't hear that. We don't trust that. We don't believe that. We just think |
| 1:20.5 | life is hard. No, no funny business at the end, but, you know, at the end it will be good. Just life is hard. |
| 1:33.0 | Hello and welcome to the Women and ADHD podcast. I'm your host, Katie Weber. I was diagnosed |
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| 2:01.6 | discovered in adulthood they have ADHD and are finally feeling like they understand who they are |
| 2:07.8 | and how to best lean into their strengths, both professionally and personally. I'd like to share |
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