Many people are neurodivergent, with ADHD, high sensitivity and other qualities.
"Owning an ADHD brain has its challenges — time blindness, trouble with initiation and completion, impatience, impulsivity. And they are magnified with the ‘gift’ of 2e."
Linda Roggli adds: "We become really obsessed with details. And that's ironic because ADHD is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, you think attention deficit would be Oh, we don't pay attention to those details.
"But actually, attention deficit disorder is completely misnamed. It actually is attention to everything."
Linda Roggli is host of the 2025 ADHD Women's Palooza event March 17-22, 2025, with 34 experts (online, with recordings).
"Yes, ADHD IS different for women, so we’ve invited the world’s top ADHD experts to talk specifically about women’s issues."
One of the speakers: Dr Sharon Saline:
"The part of you that tells you you need to be perfect isn't perfect either, it's also imperfect. And we are all perfectly imperfect.
“But we hear that as women and we're like, Yeah yeah yeah whatever, you know, I don't believe that."
“And some of that is because we know that 50% of adults with ADHD have anxiety, and perfectionism is one manifestation of anxiety."
This is an excerpt from interview "Overcoming the ADHD Approval Trap" with Sharon Saline, PsyD, from the 2024 ADHD Women's Palooza hosted by Linda Roggli.
Dr Saline’s 2026 presentation: “Living Longer with ADHD: Tips for Health, Focus & Balance.”
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Also see her ADHD Couples event:
"Nobody taught you how to build a secure partnership, and now you’re wondering if it's even possible to live with less friction."
Sessions include:
* Remembering Together: ADHD, Prospective Memory, and Building Stronger Relationships. Daniella Karidi Ph.D, CPC
* How to Have More Satisfying Sex with ADHD. Diane Délina
* Thriving Together: Understanding ADHD in High-Achieving Relationships. IngerShaye Colzie, LSW, MCW
Follow link to the site for more topics & speakers.
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Linda Roggli was one of many speakers at the (past) Let's Talk 2E Conference For Adults (at With Understanding Comes Calm, hosted by Julie Skolnick) - her live presentation was titled “Free to Be ADHD (and 2e).”
The site for the Conference summarized:
”Linda Roggli is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC), award-winning author and founder of the A-D-Diva Network for ADHD women 40-and-better.
She is an internationally-recognized expert in midlife and senior ADHD. She co-founded the annual ADHD Women’s and ADHD Parents’ Palooza, two weeks of online conversation with 30+ ADHD experts. (adhdpalooza.com)
She also created the popular ADHD Get Organized program which features live organizing sessions.
Linda’s book Confessions of an ADDiva: midlife in the non-linear lane won first prize for women’s issues in the prestigious Next Generation Indy Book Awards competition.
She chairs the webinar committee for ADDA. She lives in Durham, NC with her slightly OCD husband, one OCD cat, four adorable ADHD Shelties and 15 cackling hens.
Owning an ADHD brain has its challenges — time blindness, trouble with initiation and completion, impatience, impulsivity. And they are magnified with the ‘gift’ of 2e at work and home (“If you’re so smart, why can’t you keep a job?”).
With strong heritability, it also impacts parenting (“I’m sorry I forgot to pick you up after school!”).
The paradox of high intelligence coupled with high distractibility is difficult to explain, even to ourselves.
But many ADHD adults, especially those diagnosed in later life, admit they have managed their lives by out-thinking everyone else in the room.
There is a high price for this hyper-vigilance — anxiety, exhaustion and eventual burnout.
Understanding the complex interaction between ADHD, executive function and giftedness is the first step toward creating a life that is authentic and richly rewarding.”
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Related:
Gifted and Neurodivergent - How does our brainmind work differently?
The first part of this episode is an excerpt from a Neurocuriosity Club Podcast episode:
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