Christine J GoldOwner, Soul Healers Sanctuary · ADHD Burnout Recovery Coach

What comes after corporate burnout? #adhdwomen

21 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, the speaker urges listeners—particularly women dealing with corporate burnout and ADHD—to move beyond the pervasive shame and guilt that arise from societal and self‑imposed expectations (e.g., being a good mother, wife, employee, or being able to conceive). She frames these emotions as the root cause of burnout and advocates for radical self‑acceptance: embracing one’s unique identity, recognizing that perfection is a myth, and adopting the paradoxical mantra of being “imperfectly perfect.” The talk is a compassionate call to drop external standards, love oneself authentically, and recognize inherent worth.

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becoming yourself, loving yourself authentically and with compassion and healing shame and guilt. Those are really the roots of it all is the shame, you know, I'm not good enough, the shame that you let your family down, the shame that you should be here already, the shame that maybe you're not able to conceive a child, the guilt that you're not a good enough mother, a good enough wife, a good enough employee. Like, we have got to drop all of these things. And just be you, because there's no one else in the world like you. Remember that. And you are beautiful just the way you are. And as a former perfectionist, here's the, here's the twist: we are imperfect perfectly. Perfectly imperfect and perfectly perfect. See how this works?