Jun 7
Join Tracy as she welcomes Jessica Fern to Ep. 128 of her podcast, ADHD for Smart Ass Women. Jessica is a Senior Director of Training & Development for the 4th largest multifamily management company in the US and doubles as a national speaker, coach, and strategist. Jessica is a keynote speaker, who was most recently featured on a national panel for Women in Leadership. She has a series on Multifamily Leadership Studio that includes Legendary Leadership which earned her the nickname The Wolf of Leadership. Jessica's newest project is her solutions-oriented coaching/consulting and podcast called "Living with Einstein."
Jessica shares the circumstances surrounding her two ADHD diagnoses, what has changed since her recent diagnosis, her struggle with and triumph over Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, how hyperfocus almost wrecked her, how she discovered her gift of speaking, her advice on creating a winning speech every time, the key to living successfully with ADHD, and her ADHD workaround.
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"For me it's almost a, I like to forget sometimes that I have it."
- Jessica Fern
"So understanding that I'm not going to conform to something that doesn't apply to me is really important."
- Jessica Fern
"I also think that giving myself time to let my I call it letting my brain out of the cage, I have to teach I do."
- Jessica Fern
- Jessica shares her experience with ADHD, including two diagnoses in adulthood.
- Jessica struggled with balancing school and work, leading to a turning point where she realized her gift of perspective and communicating things differently.
- Jessica discusses her struggles with rejection sensitivity and core belief of not being good enough, which can lead to avoidance and shutting down in emotional situations.
[21:08 - 35:38] Leadership, Self-Awareness, and Public Speaking
- Jessica shares her experience with rejection sensitivity, discussing how it affects her life and how she manages it through self-awareness and communication.
- Jessica shares her personal journey of overcoming struggles with public speaking, including a transformative experience at a high school graduation where she was asked to give a speech.
- Jessica shares her experience with leadership training, admitting to oversharing and lacking self-awareness, but also highlighting the importance of fearlessness and self-leadership.
- Jessica emphasizes the importance of focusing on how to make others feel impacted, rather than just memorizing statistics.
- Jessica emphasizes the importance of nutrition for managing ADHD symptoms.
- Jessica shares her experience as a single mom with ADHD, discussing her strengths and challenges.
