The Flower Street Blog & Issue Papers
Issue Papers
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Burnout in the Workforce: Transformative Solutions for Lasting Change
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Leading Through Innovation: Embracing Neurodiversity in the Workplace
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The Invisible Crisis in Women's Leadership: When ADHD, Menopause, and Burnout Collide
6 - Maybe You Didn’t Fail the Framework, Maybe the Framework Was Never Built for You
I got the diagnosis at 46.
ADHD.
Autism.
Now I knew what was "wrong" with me.
So now I had to fix it.
Reframe 4: The Scripts They Wrote For You (And Why Breaking Them Is Harder Than Anyone Says)
I Was Born Into A Role
Not consciously. But the lines were written before I could choose.
Good girl. Helper. Fixer. The one who keeps the peace. The strong one. The one who doesn't cry. The one who takes care of everyone.
I didn't audition for these parts. I inherited them.
Reframe 2: What If You Stopped Mistaking Survival As A Strength?
I learned to question my own thinking.
To interrogate assumptions.
To ask: Is this belief mine, or did I inherit it?
I thought I was learning how to think.
I didn’t realize I was learning how to survive.
Beyond the Echo Chamber: Why Your Biggest Asset Might Be Your Uncomfortable Conversations
I've spent over two decades in rooms where I was often the only person who thought like me. Union halls, boardrooms, activist meetings, political strategy sessions, and yes—my own family dinner table.
At first, I thought this was a disadvantage. It felt isolating to be the outlier, exhausting to constantly translate my perspective into language others could hear.
But here's what I discovered: Those uncomfortable conversations became my most significant professional asset.
UNDERSTANDING NEURODIVERGENCE: MOVING BEYOND SUPERPOWERS
“For most of my career, I followed leadership advice that was never meant for me. Only in my 40s did I learn why: I am autistic and have ADHD. Here’s how it reshaped my understanding of burnout and leadership.”