44. ADHD and Fear of Failure: How to Reframe Mistakes
Update: 2025-04-04
Description
In this episode of Reframing Neurodiversity, we explore how perfectionism often develops as a coping strategy for women with ADHD—and how to begin shifting it through reparenting and nervous system regulation. Melissa vulnerably shares her own experiences and offers tools to reframe mistakes and failure as essential parts of healing and growth.
What you’ll learn:
- Why perfectionism often stems from childhood conditioning and the need to feel safe
- How to begin releasing the need to be perfect through reparenting and somatic practices
- How perfectionism and people-pleasing are linked, and how they affect women with ADHD
- Why reframing failure is critical for healing and modeling healthy behavior for your kids
- Tools to regulate your nervous system and find safety in being imperfect and authentic
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