Left Unattended is a podcast for the ones who lead boldly but quietly, burn brightly while breaking privately, and feel like they were handed all the responsibility with none of the support.
Hosted by neurodivergent leadership coach Ron Sosa, Left Unattended explores what happens when high-performing, emotionally intelligent, and deeply human people are left to navigate systems never designed for their minds, their identities, or their brilliance. Through personal stories, guest interviews, and deep reflections, we unpack masking, executive dysfunction, leadership burnout, emotional labor, and the invisible weight of being “the strong one.”
This podcast is for the misfits, the overfunctioners, the quietly revolutionary, and anyone who’s ever been labeled “too much” while doing too much for everyone else.
It’s time to unlearn survival, reclaim your power, and redesign leadership on your terms.
You weren’t broken. You were just left unattended and we’ve saved your seat.
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Left Unattended is a podcast for the ones who lead boldly but quietly, burn brightly while breaking privately, and feel like they were handed all the responsibility with none of the support.
Hosted by neurodivergent leadership coach Ron Sosa, Left Unattended explores what happens when high-performing, emotionally intelligent, and deeply human people are left to navigate systems never designed for their minds, their identities, or their brilliance. Through personal stories, guest interviews, and deep reflections, we unpack masking, executive dysfunction, leadership burnout, emotional labor, and the invisible weight of being “the strong one.”
This podcast is for the misfits, the overfunctioners, the quietly revolutionary, and anyone who’s ever been labeled “too much” while doing too much for everyone else.
It’s time to unlearn survival, reclaim your power, and redesign leadership on your terms.
You weren’t broken. You were just left unattended and we’ve saved your seat.
S1 - E2 - Give Me Time to Process with Tori Burgos
Left Unattended
43 minutes
3 months ago
S1 - E2 - Give Me Time to Process with Tori Burgos
Give Me Time to Process with Tori Burgos
Welcome back to Left Unattended, the podcast where we pull back the curtain on what it really means to be neurodivergent in the workplace. I’m your host, Ron Sosa, neuroinclusive leadership coach and advocate, and in this episode I’m joined by Tori Burgos.
Tori began her career as a dog trainer working with dogs with serious behavioral challenges before entering veterinary medicine in 2017. After graduating from tech school in 2021 and passing the VTNE, she pursued her passion for anesthesia and now works in specialty medicine with expertise in surgery, anesthesia, and the high-intensity environment of emergency and ICU care.
Together, we dive into:
The Toilet Paper Rule: how universal design principles in practice reduce stress, errors, and frustration.
Why one-size-fits-all breaks don’t work, and how shorter resets can sustain energy and performance.
The experience of being misunderstood or labeled “difficult” when communication styles differ.
The career-changing impact of having a manager invest in executive function coaching early on.
How approaching challenges with curiosity instead of judgment transforms team culture.
Why efficiency, empathy, and high standards are strengths that come with neurodivergence.
Tori leaves us with one truth she wishes the world understood about her neurodivergence: sometimes the words don’t come out the way I mean them, but the thought is fully there — give me space to process.
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Left Unattended
Left Unattended is a podcast for the ones who lead boldly but quietly, burn brightly while breaking privately, and feel like they were handed all the responsibility with none of the support.
Hosted by neurodivergent leadership coach Ron Sosa, Left Unattended explores what happens when high-performing, emotionally intelligent, and deeply human people are left to navigate systems never designed for their minds, their identities, or their brilliance. Through personal stories, guest interviews, and deep reflections, we unpack masking, executive dysfunction, leadership burnout, emotional labor, and the invisible weight of being “the strong one.”
This podcast is for the misfits, the overfunctioners, the quietly revolutionary, and anyone who’s ever been labeled “too much” while doing too much for everyone else.
It’s time to unlearn survival, reclaim your power, and redesign leadership on your terms.
You weren’t broken. You were just left unattended and we’ve saved your seat.
