The Mysterious Paradox of Being a High Achiever With ADHD – 2019

ADHD makes it harder to direct your own intentions, actions, and thoughts. Therefore life outcomes tend to be less rosy. But, many adults with ADHD are high achievers. With what we know about life outcomes and ADHD, how can it be that so many people with ADHD are such high achievers? In this presentation, I Casey discusses four characteristics that high achievers with ADHD share to help take the mystery out of the high achiever with ADHD.

About Casey Dixon, PCC, BCC, SCAC, M.S.Ed.

Casey Dixon is a Life Coach with a unique focus on science-based, innovative collaborative coaching for lawyers, professors, and other demand-ridden professionals having ADHD. Comfortable and familiar with the paradox of competence and accomplishment smacked up against dysregulation and stuckness, Casey listens intensely without judgment, adding a logical voice and sometimes a bit of humor. Casey has become recognized for helping clients excel in authentic and creative ways using ADHD-informed approaches. Casey is recognized as an ICF Professional Certified Coach, Senior Certified ADHD Coach, and Board Certified Coach. As an in-demand ADHD Coach, Casey has developed her expertise as an entrepreneur, author, interviewee, CLE presenter, and educational speaker.