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The AuDHD Boss: Neurodiversity at Work with Brett Whitmarsh

The AuDHD Boss: Neurodiversity at Work with Brett Whitmarsh

Brett, The AuDHD Boss 57 Episodes Oct 12, 2026

The AuDHD Boss is a podcast about neurodiversity in the workplace, aimed at autistic, ADHD, and AuDHD professionals as well as their managers. Host Brett Whitmarsh draws on his own experience as a late-diagnosed AuDHD corporate leader. Episodes explore topics such as masking, autistic burnout, workplace accommodations, and neurodivergent leadership. The show also covers practical career advice and fostering neuro-inclusive work environments.

Episodes

ADHD and Avoidance: The ADHD Channel for Women, From Understood.org
ADHD and Avoidance: The ADHD Channel for Women, From Understood.org Oct 12, 2026 00:14:17 Do you ever feel that wave of avoidance with your ADHD, even with the things you genuinely want to do? Or, if something doesn't have a clear direction or maybe there are too many steps or it just isn't a rewarding task -- is it hard for you to start?I know these are some of the issues I struggle with when faced with getting started on many projects. It's known as having trouble with ta
You Might Also Like: The ADHD Channel for Women, from Understood.org
You Might Also Like: The ADHD Channel for Women, from Understood.org Sep 28, 2026 00:12:59 We’re doing something a little different today. I’m sharing an episode from The ADHD Channel for Women. It’s from Understood.org, a nonprofit helping millions navigate neurodivergence. Their channel features three distinct shows covering relationships, neurodivergence in current news, and practical strategy from an ADHD clinical psychologist —who you’ll hear today. The episode I’m about to play fo
Can You Come Back From a Performance Improvement Plan? with Vicki Yang
Can You Come Back From a Performance Improvement Plan? with Vicki Yang Sep 23, 2026 00:25:32 If you've been placed on a Performance Improvement Plan—or think one might be coming—you may be wondering whether it's actually a chance to improve or whether your company has already decided it's time for you to go.In this episode, I talk with Vicki Yang, a fractional people leader with more than 20 years of HR experience, about what Performance Improvement Plans, or PiPs, are suppose
How Hyperfixations Built My Career
How Hyperfixations Built My Career Sep 19, 2026 00:13:53 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 s
My AuDHD Masked Persona Helped Me Succeed at Work—Now I Can’t Let It Go
My AuDHD Masked Persona Helped Me Succeed at Work—Now I Can’t Let It Go Sep 13, 2026 00:15:46 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 c
What AuDHD Masking Feels Like in My Body
What AuDHD Masking Feels Like in My Body Aug 30, 2026 00:30:29 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 hap
My Boss Doesn't Believe ADHD Is Real | Dr. Bowen Marshall
My Boss Doesn't Believe ADHD Is Real | Dr. Bowen Marshall Aug 27, 2026 00:39:30 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. An
How to Process a Layoff When You're Autistic or Have ADHD
How to Process a Layoff When You're Autistic or Have ADHD Aug 7, 2026 00:14:22 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 personalHow
Building a Neuroinclusive Workplace: Accommodations vs. Adjustments | Isabel Fields
Building a Neuroinclusive Workplace: Accommodations vs. Adjustments | Isabel Fields Jul 15, 2026 00:25:52 Isabel Fields, ESG Manager at Hearst, helped build the company's first Neurodiversity at Hearst hiring program from the ground up. In six months, Hearst had a fully running program. Years later, it's still growing, and it's shaped how the company trains, hires, and retains Autistic and ADHD talent at every level.We talk about how the program came together, why executive buy-in came eas
ADHD, Autism, and the Case for Self-Employment
ADHD, Autism, and the Case for Self-Employment Jul 8, 2026 00:24:05 Self-employed with ADHD or autism? For a lot of people, it's not a lifestyle choice, it's the only option left when a corporate job stops working.Brett talks with Liora, founder of Colorful Futures, a neurodivergent, queer-run HR and career consulting business. Liora spent years as a recruiter before starting the business, and this conversation gets into what actually triggers the leap int
Why Autistic and ADHDers Get Called Unlikeable at Work | Dr. Bowen Marshall
Why Autistic and ADHDers Get Called Unlikeable at Work | Dr. Bowen Marshall Jun 27, 2026 00:39:27 Have you ever gotten the feedback that you're unlikeable at work? For a lot of neurodivergent professionals, that label arrives while you're already burning significant cognitive energy just to show up and function.In this episode, Dr. Bowen Marshall and Brett dig into why masking reads as coldness, where the term masking actually comes from historically, and what warm cues are and how the
I Was More Nervous to Come Out as Autistic at Work Than I Was Coming Out Bisexual
I Was More Nervous to Come Out as Autistic at Work Than I Was Coming Out Bisexual Jun 16, 2026 00:14:05 I was more nervous to tell people at work I was autistic than I was coming out bisexual. That's not a punchline. It tells you something about how similar these two journeys actually are.In this episode Brett shares how coming out as bisexual in his 30s and getting a late AuDHD diagnosis a few years later followed the same emotional architecture — recontextualizing your entire life, grieving the pe

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