# Lauren Goldberg on Working With Your ADHD Instead of Against It, Leading Neurodivergent Teams, and When Overconfidence Is Insecurity in Disguise

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Podcast: [Forward-Looking Leadership](https://stenobird.com/podcast/forward-looking-leadership-6473861)
Published: 2026-06-02T15:48:00+00:00
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## Resource

Lauren Goldberg (laurengoldbergcoaching.com [http://laurengoldbergcoaching.com/], linkedin.com/in/lauren-e-goldberg/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-e-goldberg/]), a career self-discovery and leadership coach for changemakers working with their ADHD instead of against it, joins host Dan Freehling (contempusleadership.com [http://contempusleadership.com/]). Lauren explains why the ADHD label is just bad branding and what leaders can actually do to support neurodivergent team members (00:39). She unpacks internalized ableism and what it looks like to turn down the volume on the inner critic and work with your natural wiring rather than against it (03:50). Lauren and Dan explore why overconfidence and under-confidence so often come from the same place, and how to build confidence that is not rooted in self-judgment (08:33). Lauren describes the exhausting cost of masking and the freedom of embracing the unique shape that school never made room for (13:03). She also shares how she is rethinking her own inner bully and inner best friend language through the lens of parts work (20:24). The conversation turns to the new frontiers she's exploring in her practice, from nonviolent communication and decolonizing the framework to moving from canceling toward calling people in (24:03). Lauren lays out the crux of Marshall Rosenberg's nonviolent communication (29:12) and closes with book recommendations through a disability justice lens (31:58). Recommended Reading: "Nonviolent Communication" [https://bookshop.org/p/books/nonviolent-communication-a-language-of-life-life-changing-tools-for-healthy-relationships-marshall-b-rosenberg/10180253?ean=9781892005281] by Marshall B. Rosenberg, "D [https://bookshop.org/p/books/nonviolent-communication-a-language-of-life-life-changing-tools…

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