046 — An Empowered Context for ADHD with Dr. Janet Flaton
On today’s episode, Dr. Fred speaks with his friend and colleague, Dr. Janet Flaton. Dr. Flaton is a board-certified pediatrician specializing in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). She has dedicated her life to being “an empowering context for ADHD,” and works with patients to help them embrace their ADHD not as a “weakness” or “illness,” but as a “superpower.”
Dr. Flaton’s extraordinary commitment is that “all people with ADHD are known by themselves and others for their unique and extraordinary contribution and leadership.”
Today’s fascinating and insightful conversation between Dr. Flaton and Dr. Fred delves into:
Why Dr. Flaton says she will “always be a physician”
How Dr. Flaton nearly missed her calling
The role of the work of Dr. Ed Hallowell in giving Dr. Flaton “language” around ADHD
Famous people from history and contemporary life believed to had/have ADHD
How Dr. Flaton helps patient go “stigma” to “superpower”
An alternate, empowering definition for ADHD - “Attention Developed to a Higher Dimension”
Dr. Flaton’s vision for a school and educational program optimized for those with ADHD, and why she says it would constitute a “petri dish for leadership”
Distinguishing between the “programming of the mind” and the person
ADHD on the continuum of normal human behavior
Episode Length: 00:53:40
DR. FLATON’S RESOURCES
Website > https://labeltoleader.com
Download Paper > download Dr. Flaton’s free paper on invigorating the unique capacities and leadership of people with ADD and ADHD at https://labeltoleader.com
Dr. Flaton’s Full Bio > (see below)
ALSO MENTIONED ON TODAY’S SHOW >
Dr. Ed Hallowell > https://drhallowell.com
Delivered from Distraction by Dr. Ed Hallowell > https://www.amazon.com/Delivered-Distraction-Getting-Attention-Disorder/dp/0345442318
“Physician, heal thyself” > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physician,_heal_thyself
WELCOME TO HUMANITY RESOURCES
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Dr. Janet Flaton is a board certified pediatrician specializing in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). After completing her residency at University of North Carolina Medical School (Chapel Hill), she served a rural community in a practice ranging from general to intensive care pediatrics. In 2003 she refined her practice to caring for children and teens with ADHD, and later adults. She founded the multi-disciplinary Flaton ADDept Center in 2009, providing empowerment and personal transformation through a combined holistic/traditional medical approach. She currently maintains a clinical practice and is a writing and a speaker. She is also engaged in producing online programs for a greater global community and for clinicians providing care for ADHD.
Her vision is of a global school beginning in daycare through secondary school cultivating the innate gifts and creativity culminating in community of young people with clarity of purpose, a sense of belonging and a collaborative solution for humanity.
Her commitment is that all people with ADHD are known by themselves and others for their unique and extraordinary contribution and leadership.
