ABOUT THIS EPISODE
A former boss once described their first meeting this way: “She showed up late and disheveled, and I hired her anyway.” That’s Sabrina Caluori in a nutshell.
Sabrina is the chief marketing officer at Chief, the largest private network for ambitious women. Diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, she describes herself as a contradiction: “High achieving and a hot mess in equal measure” — a leader who can hold an entire company’s strategy in her head but can’t manage her own calendar.
Sabrina shares what it’s like to be gifted with ADHD — twice exceptional — and how that experience bonds her to her 2e child. She gets into ADHD burnout, self-doubt, and how the things she once considered character flaws turned out to make her exceptional at reading people and leading teams.
For more on this topic
- Listen: Twice exceptional: Raising a gifted son with ADHD (Emily’s story)
- Read: ADHD and burnout
- Watch: The ADHD burnout cycle
For a transcript and more resources, visit ADHD Aha! on Understood.org. You can also email us at adhdaha@understood.org.
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