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Managing the Smart Mind

In this podcast, master certified coach, speaker and trainer Else Kramer shares strategies from her coaching practice for people with smart minds. This podcast is geared towards gifted adults - and the people who work with them. She discusses how to avoid bore-out and burnout, how to love your fast brain whilst accepting some of the challenges it may bring, and how to design a life that perfectly supports your smart mind. She also advocates for wider understanding and acceptance of giftedness, and neurodiversity in general. Else a.k.a. Coach Kramer works with people and companies from all over the world and is based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She has a degree in Philosophy from King's College London, built a successful business from scratch, loves LEGO, Japan and many more things. In addition to being gifted she's autistic, with a sprinkling of ADHD, and she loves to speak about neurodiversity and giftedness in the workplace. You can find her on Linkedin, or via her website, coachkramer.org.

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Episode 26 - Perfect Student Syndrome

August 17, 2022 • Else Kramer • Season 1 • Episode 26

In this week's Episode I take a look at something that plagues a lot of smart humans: Perfect Student Syndrome.

Unmanaged 'PSS' can result in massive anxiety, exhaustion as well as boredom and feeling trapped.

You'll learn how being praised for being smart as a child can encourage you to use being the perfect student as a coping mechanism. One that works - but it comes at a high cost.

I look at how this then shows up in adulthood, as well as the steps you can take to overcome it - to become a free, frequently failing human being again.

I also look at how Perfect Student Syndrome can show up in coaching/mentoring/teaching relationships. If your client is trying to be perfect they stop showing up as their true selves - and you both lose.

As always, you can download a transcript on my website, coachkramer.org.

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