Bringing Your Whole Self: Rethinking Professionalism Neurodivergence & Midlife Feat Gretchen Wegner

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In this episode of Surfing Your Edge, Kristine Goad talks with Gretchen Wegner, founder of the Anti-Boring Learning Lab, about what it means to bring your whole self into your work and your life. They explore authenticity, vulnerability, neurodivergence, changing needs in midlife, and the freedom that comes from questioning traditional ideas of professionalism.

Gretchen shares her evolving understanding of ADHD, her willingness to learn in public, and the personal experiments she is embracing as she asks a powerful midlife question: Do I want the rest of my life to look the way it looks right now? From business and identity to relationships and belonging, this conversation is an honest look at what it means to keep growing, experimenting, and surfing your edge.

Highlights:

This episode explores late-life ADHD awareness, executive function challenges, rejection sensitivity, and how hormonal and life changes can make old coping strategies less effective.

Bringing your whole self to workNeurodivergence and ADHD in midlifeLearning and experimenting in publicQuestioning the life you’ve builtVulnerability in relationships and new possibilities

About the Guest:

Gretchen Wegner is a former teacher turned academic coach…and is now the founder of the Anti-Boring Learning Lab, an online community for coaches, tutors, and other educators who obsess about student success. Gretchen’s most known for her Anti-Boring Toolkit, an evidence-based collection of creative learning strategies based in brain science, executive function, and self-regulation to make learning more engaging and equitable for all kinds of brains. Gretchen’s fancy credentials include being a Fulbright Fellow and having a Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction, but more importantly, she is a proponent of “playful rigor” which she infuses into both her professional and personal pursuits. She is also an improviser, dancer, bungee fitness enthusiast, and proud resident of Oakland, CA.

Connect with Gretchen Wegner:

Website: https://antiboringlearninglab.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gretchen-wegner/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@AntiBoringLab