💡 What happens when you keep moving forward… but never stop to notice how far you’ve come?

In this episode of the Attention Different Podcast, we sit down with Rachel Ambrose for a deeply grounding conversation about progress, self-trust, and why so many ADHD adults struggle to recognize their own wins.

Rachel shares how ADHD brains are often wired to chase the next goal, raise the bar, and dismiss effort the moment it happens. Even real growth can feel invisible when you’re constantly measuring yourself against unrealistic expectations, productivity myths, or an imagined version of who you “should” be by now.

We unpack how burnout, perfectionism, and internalized pressure can keep us stuck in a loop of trying harder without ever feeling successful—and why learning to pause, reflect, and acknowledge progress is not self-indulgent, but necessary.

✨ 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀

✔️ Why progress often goes unrecognized by ADHDers, even by ourselves
✔️ How constantly “raising the bar” disconnects us from growth
✔️ Why effort matters just as much as outcomes
✔️ How burnout changes our ability to perceive success
✔️ Learning to build self-trust instead of self-pressure
✔️ What it looks like to slow down without giving up

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