The parking garage. Being fired for being too much. Depression, anxiety, drinking, overeating — all of it, all at once, all hidden.

And then an ADHD diagnosis at 52 that explained everything.

This is not an inspirational story with a clean ending. It's the honest version — the one I needed to read eight years ago and couldn't find.

In this episode:

• The parking garage — 2017, the firing, what came after

• What depression, anxiety and burnout actually looked like day to day

• The ADHD diagnosis at 52 and the 47 years it explained

• What my brain actually did when I quit — swinging between hyperfocus and total paralysis

• Why quitting with ADHD is different — and what you actually need before you try to build

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Heart Led Soul Fed: Corporate Exit Strategies for Empathic Women with ADHD

Episode 2 — What Quitting with ADHD Actually Feels Like

The parking garage. Being fired for being too much. Depression, anxiety, drinking, overeating — all of it, all at once, all hidden.

And then an ADHD diagnosis at 52 that explained everything.

This is not an inspirational story with a clean ending. It's the honest version — the one I needed to read eight years ago and couldn't find.

In this episode:

• The parking garage — 2017, the firing, what came after

• What depression, anxiety and burnout actually looked like day to day

• The ADHD diagnosis at 52 and the 47 years it explained

• What my brain actually did when I quit — swinging between hyperfocus and total paralysis

• Why quitting with ADHD is different — and what you actually need before you try to build

▶ Read the full essay on Substack (free): christine.gold/substack

📖 Subscribe for new essays every Tuesday

🏡 Apply for The First 111: christine.gold/apply

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Heart Led Soul Fed is the podcast for empathic women with ADHD who are burning out in corporate and being called to build something of their own. Hosted by Christine J Gold — Corporate Exit Guide, medium, Reiki master teacher, speaker, and author — every episode is 15 minutes of honest, structured conversation about corporate exit, ADHD entrepreneurship, healing, and building a business that fits the way your brain actually works.

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