HeyJaredThe AuDHD Boss: Neurodiversity at Work with Brett Whitmarsh
Helping neurodivergent professionals thrive at work.Hosted by Brett Whitmarsh—an autistic, ADHD corporate leader—this podcast offers practical advice, unfiltered stories, and expert interviews about navigating the workplace as a neurodivergent employee or manager.
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How Hyperfixations Built My Career (opens the original)
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Can you take a special interest or hyperfixation and turn it into a job? I never intended to become a vice president. It happened accidentally. When I look back at my career—from video production and broadcast journalism to social media, podcasting, publishing, leadership, and the work I do now—I can see how one interest kept leading to another. In this episode, I talk about how I used transferable skills to move from one kind of work into another, and how breaking down the things you do around
My AuDHD Masked Persona Helped Me Succeed at Work—Now I Can’t Let It Go (opens the original)
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My AuDHD masked persona helped me succeed at work. The problem is, the more successful that persona became, the more I leaned into it—and now I’m trying to figure out how to let it go. In this episode, I talk about autistic and ADHD masking, the different personas I’ve created throughout my life, and how one of the strongest became my workplace persona. I look back at how I learned the language of corporate leadership, why that persona worked so well for me, what happened when my work and person
What AuDHD Masking Feels Like in My Body (opens the original)
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There's a certain tension that comes up. A wall. An invisible force field around my body, my brain, my mind, that I can't move past no matter how much I want to. That's what masking actually feels like for me, not as a concept, but as a physical sensation. In this episode I break down what masking actually is, where it started for me, and what it took to finally start recognizing it happening in real time. Drawing on Dr. Megan Anna Neff's work in the Autistic Burnout Workbook , I walk through th
My Boss Doesn't Believe ADHD Is Real | Dr. Bowen Marshall (opens the original)
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A viewer sent in a question that a lot of neurodivergent professionals are sitting with right now. Their boss doesn't believe ADHD is real, and they suspect that boss might be neurodivergent themselves. Dr. Bowen Marshall's answer reframes the whole situation: the resistance isn't about you. It's about them. You've done the hardest part of unmasking, which is asking for help. And then the person with power over your career looked at you and said no. That moment doesn't just sting. It confirms ev
How to Process a Layoff When You're Autistic or Have ADHD (opens the original)
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Processing a layoff is different when you're autistic or have ADHD. Brett Whitmarsh, host of The AuDHD Boss, shares what he learned in the ten months after his own layoff from a twelve-year corporate role, and what actually helped him grieve, rest, and figure out what came next. In this episode, Brett covers: Why a layoff isn't a reflection of your performance, even when it feels personal How to let yourself grieve a job loss without rushing past it Why taking time before making major decisions
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