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Moving too fast. Talking too much. Being too intense. Being “too emotional.”
For years, Marlo Lyons heard versions of that feedback at work. She tried to make sense of it the only way she knew how: by pushing harder, masking more, and trying to become easier for other people to understand.
In this personal episode of Work Unscripted, Marlo opens up about being diagnosed later in life with AuDHD, meaning both autism and ADHD. She shares what that diagnosis finally helped her understand about her career, her relationships, and how she moves through the world.
In this episode, Marlo shares:
- What decades of masking in corporate environments really cost her
- Why vague feedback like “slow down” or “build relationships” can be so destabilizing for a neurodivergent brain
- How being highly sensitive or emotionally flooded can be misread by managers and colleagues
- What it’s like to be unable to name what you feel in the moment and how that shows up at work
- How a late autism and ADHD diagnosis can reframe years of career feebdack
This episode kicks off a month-long series on neurodivergence in the workplace for ADHD Awareness Month. Whether you are neurodivergent, manage neurodivergent employees, or simply want to better understand the people around you, this conversation offers a new way to think about performance, communication, feedback, and what it really means to support people at work.
Because sometimes the behavior you are judging is not the whole story.
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Work Unscripted is produced by the team at Palm Tree Pod Co.
