Burned Out? How to Reclaim your Authentic SelfBurned Out? How to Reclaim your Authentic Self
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41:37•28 Jul 2026
Burnout, ADHD and Finding Your Real Self Again
Episode Overview
- Burnout often stems from living out of alignment with your values and constantly meeting external expectations.
- Authenticity isn’t something new to learn but something uncovered by unlearning habits that shut down your real self.
- ADHD can drive overwhelm and anxiety when impairments aren’t recognised, making targeted treatment and support crucial.
- Short breathing exercises and sensory changes, like stepping outside, can offer quick resets during stressful days.
- Helpers and clinicians also need safe spaces to receive support, not just give it, to avoid their own burnout.
“Underneath it all is authenticity.”
What drives someone to seek a life that feels like their own again, especially when burnout and ADHD are in the mix? This conversation between psychiatrist Dr. Fred Moss and host Dr. David Pomeroy centres on reclaiming authenticity, even when modern life is pulling you in a hundred directions. Dr.
Moss shares how, after 37 years in psychiatry, he’s come to a simple but radical conclusion: “authentic human connection is the key to healing.” He describes his early love of communication, his frustration with a system that reduces people to diagnoses and medications, and his shift toward seeing people as humans first, patients second.
You’ll hear how his approach grew from treating adolescent boys in a state facility as “humans” rather than bundles of symptoms, and how that attitude shaped his whole career. Burnout gets a lot of attention here, whether it’s corporate workers whose workloads keep rising while teams shrink, or mums with ADHD trying to juggle family, house, and emotions without any real break. Dr.
Moss argues that burnout comes from the constant “friction of the resistance of having to do things that you otherwise wouldn’t do,” rather than living in line with your own values. Underneath all the conditioning, he says, “underneath it all is authenticity.” The two doctors talk about how ADHD can add extra strain, from heightened sensory experiences to overwhelm that’s mislabelled as just anxiety.
They touch on practical tactics too: short breathing practices, stepping outside to reset your senses, and intentionally carving out small pockets of time for yourself. Dr. Moss also describes his group "Who Holds the Healer", a space where people who give a lot to others learn how to receive support and speak honestly without judgement.
If you’re feeling exhausted, over-stretched, or like you’ve lost touch with who you really are, this conversation might nudge you to ask: what would less friction and more authenticity look like in your own life?
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