Your first day at a new job isn’t really about proving yourself — it’s about the signals you’re sending before you realize anyone is paying attention.

In this Season 2 kickoff episode, I break down the less obvious expectations of Day One — the credibility signals, behavioral cues, and professional habits that experienced leaders notice immediately but rarely explain.

This episode goes beyond onboarding checklists and focuses on what actually shapes first impressions: how you prepare before you arrive, how you pace yourself once you’re there, how you listen, how you ask questions, and how you adapt across roles and generations.

I also talk about how to stay steady and professional if you’re nervous or tend to process more deeply in new environments — with practical tools you can use right away.

In this episode, you’ll learn how to:

• Prepare effectively before Day One
• Read the room and pace your learning
• Use active listening to build instant credibility
• Communicate across levels and generations
• Ask smart, professional questions
• Build trust through small, reliable behaviors
• Stay grounded and steady under first-day pressure

If you’re starting a new role — or want to strengthen how you show up in one — this episode gives you the practical foundation most professionals are expected to know but were never taught.

🎧 Real workplace lessons no one teaches — but everyone expects you to know.

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Season 2 of The Workplace Podcast introduces the First 90 Days Series — a practical, step-by-step guide to what actually matters early in a new role.

This short preview explains what the new season will cover, why the first 90 days shape your credibility, and what listeners can expect in the upcoming episodes.

Episode 1 launches February 10 and begins with Day One foundations — how early signals form through preparation, presence, listening, and engagement.

If you’re new to the podcast, now is the perfect time to catch up on Season 1 before the new series begins.

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This season was about more than communication skills. It was about self-awareness, confidence, and learning how to work with the way your brain processes information, not against it.

In this Season 1 finale, I reflect on what communication has taught me through the lens of ADHD—how feedback lands, why processing takes time, and why depth, reflection, and awareness are not weaknesses in the workplace. They are strengths.

We talk about:

• Why communication isn’t about speed, but understanding
• How ADHD shapes reflection, feedback, and self-trust
• Why processing differently never makes you “less than”
• How confidence is built through self-awareness, not performance
• The power of honoring how your brain works

This episode is a reminder that difference is not dysfunction. It’s contribution.

And we close out Season 1 by looking ahead to Season 2: Your First Week on the Job—where we take everything you’ve learned about communication and apply it to the moment when confidence begins to take shape.

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In this episode of The Workplace Podcast, we shift the conversation.

This isn’t about learning another communication technique or “fixing” how you show up at work. It’s about the mindset shift that changes everything: self-awareness.

I share my lived experience of living and working with ADHD, especially how feedback lands, why it tends to stick, and how deep processing is often misunderstood as overthinking. We talk honestly about why speed and immediacy have become the unspoken standard for “good communication” at work—and why that standard quietly erodes confidence for so many capable people.

This episode is about:

• Understanding how you process information
• Reframing feedback as insight, not a verdict
• Letting go of apology and communicating with ownership
• Recognizing the real strengths that come with thinking differently
• Learning why integration—not conformity—is the goal

If you’ve ever walked away from a conversation thinking, “I understand this… but I need time to process,” this episode is for you.

And if you’re early in your career, still figuring out how you work best, or questioning whether your confidence will ever catch up to your capability—this conversation matters more than you may realize.

Important note: This episode is not medical advice and is not meant to diagnose or label anyone. What I share is simply my personal experience and perspective.

What makes you different isn’t something to fix.
It’s something to understand, respect, and trust.

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In this episode of The Workplace Podcast, we explore a part of workplace communication that rarely gets named — the space after the conversation ends.

The same message doesn’t land the same way for everyone. For some people, understanding is immediate. For others — including many people with ADHD — meaning forms later, through reflection and integration. And when that difference isn’t understood, it often gets mislabeled as overthinking, being too sensitive, or not letting things go.

This episode isn’t clinical, and it isn’t about diagnosis. It’s about self-awareness as a professional skill.

We talk about:

• Why understanding doesn’t always happen in real time
• How ADHD (and other processing styles) can shape how communication lands
• The difference between participation and understanding
• Practical, workplace-appropriate strategies for navigating feedback and conversations when clarity comes later
• How to adapt thoughtfully at work — without over-disclosing or asking others to change

Whether you have ADHD or simply recognize yourself in the experience of delayed clarity, this episode offers language, perspective, and tools you can actually use.

This is part of an ongoing series about communication, feedback, and the unspoken expectations of work. In the next episode, we’ll apply this same lens directly to feedback — where immediacy, ambiguity, and identity often collide.

If you’ve ever walked away from a conversation knowing something landed — but needed time to understand what to do with it — this episode is for you.

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In this episode of The Workplace Podcast, I’m starting a new series by stepping back and sharing my own experience with communication at work — through the lens of living with ADD.

We’ve talked about communication and feedback before. This time, the conversation is different.

Instead of tips or scripts, this episode focuses on what communication feels like for me — why certain conversations linger, why feedback can hit harder than expected, and why vague or incomplete communication can feel heavier than it probably was meant to be.

This episode isn’t medical or clinical advice. It’s simply my lived experience — the patterns I’ve noticed, the moments I’ve replayed, and the mindset shifts that helped me stop turning communication inward and start understanding what was actually happening.

If you’ve ever walked away from a conversation feeling unsettled, replayed a meeting in your head, or struggled to separate intent from impact, this episode will likely resonate.

We’re setting the foundation for a series designed to slow communication down, create clarity, and make workplace conversations feel more manageable — one layer at a time.

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Feedback can feel heavy. Confusing. Personal.
Especially when you’re trying to do your best—and it still lands wrong.

In this episode, we bring everything together.

Over the past several conversations, we’ve explored feedback from managers, peers, trainers, and everyday interactions. Now it’s time to connect the dots and focus on one of the most important mindset shifts you can make if you want feedback to help you grow instead of derail you.

Because most of us were never taught how to interpret feedback—only how to react to it.

So, when feedback shows up unexpectedly, many people spiral, shut down, or take it as a reflection of who they are rather than what’s happening.

In this episode, we talk honestly about:

• Why feedback hits so hard (and why that’s human)
• The difference between feedback and identity
• How systems, context, and expectations shape most feedback
• Why feedback is meant to be processed—not absorbed
• How to quiet the inner voice that turns feedback into self-criticism
• The mindset shift that helps you pause, reflect, and respond

This isn’t about becoming numb to feedback or pretending it doesn’t sting.
It’s about learning how to hold feedback without letting it define you.

If feedback has ever made you question your confidence, your competence, or your place at work—this episode will help you reframe the moment and move forward with clarity and control.

Because feedback doesn’t decide your worth.
What you do with it shapes your growth.

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Feedback doesn’t just happen at work — it shows up everywhere.

From car dealerships and doctor’s offices to service desks, emails, surveys, and online reviews, everyday feedback shapes experiences, trust, and reputation far more than most people realize.

In this episode of The Workplace Podcast, we step outside of formal performance conversations and explore how to handle feedback in everyday interactions — especially when it’s unsolicited, emotional, or unstructured.

In this episode, we discuss:

• What everyday feedback really is and why it often feels personal
• Why feedback in real-world interactions can feel more intense than workplace feedback
• How to receive feedback calmly without getting defensive
• The difference between validation and agreement
• How to turn feedback into forward movement instead of conflict
• Why follow-through and feedback continuation matter more than the perfect response
• How giving feedback well leads to better outcomes and stronger service experiences

If you interact with people — at work, in service environments, or in everyday life — this episode will help you communicate more clearly, respond more thoughtfully, and use feedback as a tool for improvement instead of frustration.

Because feedback isn’t about being right.
It’s about making things better.

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