Job Search and Integration while NeuroDivergent

NeuroConversant Leadership · Sep 17, 2026 · 32m

Jeanna Malines built a 25-year career in executive recruitment before a late AuADHD diagnosis sent her in a new direction. She now runs Trajecta, working with neurodivergent and neurotypical professionals on career transitions, job searches, and workplace communication.

She and Jeremy talk about why late diagnosis is so common, particularly in women during perimenopause, why so many parents are only recognizing their own patterns after their kids get diagnosed, and why Jeanna stopped using labels for how she feels and started naming the feeling instead. That shift, she says, changed how she…