Best Addwomen Podcasts (2023)

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 246: Make it Funny with Comedian, Blaire Postman 58:27

1d ago58:27

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Personally, I can't think of anything scarier than being a live performer, but there's something about the ADHD brain that seems to make us happier when we're running into the fire rather than away from it. For comedian Blaire Postman, what scared her more than getting up on a stage was the idea of never trying, which is why at 43 she chose to run …

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 245: When You Love What You Do, it Rarely Feels Like Work with Stephanie Calderon 55:16

8d ago55:16

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Stephanie Caldero is a self-made, self-taught interior designer who owns a boutique design firm in Charlotte, North Carolina. Stephanie has always loved interior design starting when she was a child circling items in catalogs and learning from her seamstress grandmother. For years she designed for friends and family on the side while she worked var…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 244: Perfectionism, Confidence and ADHD with Dr. Fiona Peters 1:06:34

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Perfectionism causes so many of us ADHD women to get in our own way and stops us from reaching our full creative potential for fear of criticism. My guest this episode, Dr. Fiona Peters knows firsthand just how disabling the anxiety-perfectionism spiral can be, which is why she’s so passionate about helping others escape it. Dr. Peters is a speaker…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 243: Learning to Trust Yourself with Sarah McCall 1:02:38

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Sarah McCall is the author of the book, Cecil Gets a Haircut, which she wrote as a tool to help parents, educators, and superintendents of schools work with children with anxiety. Her work both on the pages and in the classrooms helps get the conversation started about ADHD, autism, and mental health, making it easier for students to get the unders…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 242: Hyperfocus Your Way to Success as an Artist Entrepreneur, with Jessica Liddell 1:02:51

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Jessica Liddell is a professional mosaic/mural artist and the owner and founder of Bella Mosaic Art, where she’s been making mosaics professionally since 1997. Before becoming a professional artist Jessica tried pursuing a more practical career in teaching, but after an eye-opening trip to Barcelona, with its exquisite mosaic buildings, she realize…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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Ep. 241: ADHD, Adventure and Doing Things Her Own Way, with Expat Entrepreneur, Jessi Kingan 1:14:24

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Jessi Kingan left the United States at age 22 for what was meant to be a six-month adventure of traveling and teaching scuba diving around the world. Like so many ADHDers with a plan though, she ended up on a completely different path than she was expecting. Now almost 13 years later, Jessi lives with her husband and children in Iceland, where she …

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 240: How We Lead in What We Love with YouTube Influencer Kathy Joseph of Kathy Loves Physics 1:15:27

1M ago1:15:27

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Growing up, Kathy Joseph was convinced she wasn’t smart because she struggled to memorize facts like everyone else. But as she got older she realized she is smart, she just has to do things her own way. Kathy leaned into her pattern recognition skills and became a math whiz; she went on to receive four higher education degrees in physics, engineeri…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 239: ADHD, Autism and Other Neurodivergent Insights with Clinical Psychologist Dr. Megan Anna Neff 1:08:10

2M ago1:08:10

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I have been searching high and low for the perfect specialist to come on the podcast and talk about autism and ADHD, and I think I finally achieved that with this episode’s guest, Dr. Megan Anna Neff. Dr. Neff is not only a clinical psychologist who specializes in working with neurodivergent adults, but she herself is an autistic ADHDer, giving her…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 238: Regulating our ADHD Nervous System with Psychologist Anna Daphna 43:36

2M ago43:36

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Anna Daphna is an ADHD and executive function coach, mentor, and psychologist based in London. She started off her career in education with the goal of giving kids a better school experience than she had herself, but eventually she felt called to psychology and pursued a psychology degree. Now, Anna combines her two passions by coaching people with…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 237: What Do I Do If I Really Hate My Job/Career with Shell Mendelson 1:08:42

2M ago1:08:42

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ADHDers tend to be good at a bunch of different things, but just because we're good at something doesn't necessarily mean it's the right career path for us. In fact, career counselor Shell Mendelson is here to ask us: forget about the things you’re good at, what are the skills you love using? As a career coach and counselor of 30 plus years, Shell …

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 236: The Golden Ticket All Kids Really Need with Irena Smith 1:23:19

2M ago1:23:19

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Applying to college feels more like a grueling competition these days, with an acceptance into one of the top 20 schools being the ultimate prize. But when you “win” the competition, what are you actually winning? That’s a question author Irena Smith poses in her recent memoir, The Golden Ticket: A Life in College Admissions Essays. Irena, who also…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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Bonus EP: ADHD Success Story with JULIANNE DECKER 26:24

3M ago26:24

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Hey there! This is a bonus episode Resources: AOK: with the code PODCASTSASS Juliann Decker: Tracy Otsuka: Instagram: @tracyotsukaBy Tracy Otsuka

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 235: ADHD Life in a Nudist Colony with Award-Winning Documentarian Mandy Zelinka 1:07:47

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When Mandy Zelinka and I first crossed paths in a women's marketing mastermind group years ago, her vibrant energy and unmistakable talent made it clear she was headed for big things. However, nobody including Mandy could’ve predicted the eccentric places her creative ADHD brain would wind up taking her. Mandy’s foray into filmmaking first began wh…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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Bonus EP: ADHD Success Story with TRINLEE CHODREN 19:49

3M ago19:49

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Hey there! This is a bonus episode Resources: AOK: with the code PODCASTSASS Trinlee Chodren: Tracy Otsuka: Instagram: @tracyotsukaBy Tracy Otsuka

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 234: How to Use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Start Anything with Laura Vig 1:12:51

3M ago1:12:51

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Whether it scares or excites us, artificial intelligence is here to stay. So instead of fighting it, what if we learned how to make it work for our ADHD brains? Unfortunately, even talking about AI is completely out of my wheelhouse, which is why I invited product designer Laura Vig onto the podcast to talk about how we can use AI to improve our li…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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Bonus EP: ADHD Success Story with Haley Lin 25:26

3M ago25:26

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Hey there! This is a bonus episode Resources: AOK: or with the code PODCASTSASS Haley Lin: Instagram @7am.hlz Tracy Otsuka: Instagram: @tracyotsukaBy Tracy Otsuka

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 233: The Overlap of ADHD and Autism with Andonette Wilkinson 1:12:12

3M ago1:12:12

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If you connect with some of the ADHD traits but have never really felt like the label fits you perfectly, you might relate to my guest this episode, Andi Wilkinson, who has both ADHD and autism and describes the combination as “having internal opposite personalities that are constantly fighting with each other.” Andi, who is a creative and digital …

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 232: You Can Change Your Brain and So Can Your Child with Neuroeducation Expert Barbara Arrowsmith-Young 1:20:42

3M ago1:20:42

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I don't think I've broken my rule yet that all guests must be women who are either diagnosed or have a child who is diagnosed with ADHD, but I think that what our guest is going to talk about in this episode warrants me breaking my rule. Besides, as I told her during our interview, she has a lot of ADHD traits. An innovator and author in the field …

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 231: Inattentive ADHD with Cynthia Hammer 58:46

4M ago58:46

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Author Cynthia Hammer’s journey with inattentive ADHD first began when she received her diagnosis at the age of 49, a pivotal moment that sparked her passion for advocacy and education. She founded the non-profit ADD Resources, which aimed to educate adults about ADHD and grew to become a thriving organization. Then, while in Covid isolation Cynthi…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 230: Why ADHD is a Feminist Issue 46:20

4M ago46:20

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Thanks to fearmongering and misinformation, being a feminist nowadays comes with all kinds of political baggage that leaves many running away from this label. But put quite simply, a feminist includes anyone who supports equal rights for women. So if you believe that you or the women in your life should have equal rights to a man, then congratulati…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 229: A Strength-Focused Approach to Relationships with Psychotherapist, Anita Robertson, LCSW 1:30:33

4M ago1:30:33

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If you’ve ever wished for a compass to help you navigate the complexities of ADHD relationships, look no further than psychotherapist Anita Robertson and her book, ADHD & Us: A Couple's Guide to Loving and Living with Adult ADHD. Anita’s book, is built around what she calls the five pillars. These pillars –praise, growth mindset, games, positive ac…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 228: Raising a Spirited ADHD Child with Pulitzer-prize Winning Investigative Reporter and Author, Katherine Ellison 1:03:40

4M ago1:03:40

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Raising a strong-willed ADHD child when you have ADHD yourself is a specific challenge that connects so many of us, including my guest this episode, author Katherine Ellison. Too often as parents we can find ourselves in power struggles over things that ultimately don’t matter and only serve to damage our relationships, which is why Katherine is he…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 227 How to Start and Finish Anything with Roxanne Jarrett 57:12

4M ago57:12

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As ADHD women we are often endlessly creative and optimistic about how much we can accomplish, but when that optimism turns into setting impossible goals for ourselves, it stops us from actually bringing our brilliant ideas into reality. My guest this episode, Roxanne Jarrett, is an entrepreneurial coach who helps her ADHD and dyslexic clients tack…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 226: ADHD and the Gut-Brain Connection with Nicole Malcher 58:40

5M ago58:40

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When nutritionist Nicole DeMasi Malcher first came onto the podcast three years ago to talk about nutrition and ADHD (go back and listen to if you haven’t yet!), she briefly mentioned the gut-brain connection and how what we eat can directly influence our central nervous system, and therefore our physical and mental health. At the time I asked Nico…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 225: Challenging the Status Quo with Welsh Politician, Sara Robinson 1:04:19

5M ago1:04:19

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Growing up in a politically active environment, local Welsh politician Sara Robinson was always drawn to social justice, and when she realized she had ADHD at 41, her life path started to make perfect sense. Sara’s strong reaction to injustice–one of her ADHD strengths–drove her to get involved with local politics in order to make positive changes …

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 224: ADHD, Autism and Making Friends with Steph West 1:27:12

5M ago1:27:12

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Steph West is the creator and director of Starfish Social Club, which teaches neurodivergent kids and teens how to make friends without masking or conforming. She’s on a mission to change the way we teach social skills, as well as the way we raise our neurodivergent kids in general. Steph was formally diagnosed with ADHD in 2021, which has made her…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 223: Why We Love Schitt's Creek and How We May All Be a Little Like Moira Rose, with Author Rachel Floyd 57:50

5M ago57:50

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Get ready to finally learn how to fold in the cheese, because author Rachel Floyd is joining me this episode to discuss her hilarious new cookbook Tastes Like Schitt: The Unofficial Schitt's Creek Cookbook and share how her ADHD led her to find sustainable success in a field she’s always been passionate about. Rachel and her sister Hannah started t…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 222: Overcoming Adversity through Gratitude & Optimism with Jen Kohms 1:01:35

6M ago1:01:35

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Jen Kohms has faced huge hurdles throughout her life, raising herself from age 13 and living on her own starting at 15 all while managing undiagnosed ADHD. Despite a difficult start, Jen figured out many pre-diagnosis workarounds and always held onto her optimism, which carried her through to the other side. She got an official ADHD diagnosis at ag…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 221: ADHD and Grief After a Later in Life Diagnosis with Amelia Etherton 1:00:09

6M ago1:00:09

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Amelia Etherton, a freelance editor and writer living in Ireland, bravely reached out to me with a request that I have more older (personally, I prefer venerable) ADHD women on the show who can speak to the specific type of grief that comes with a later-in-life diagnosis and all of the ‘what-if’s that come with it. Amelia herself was recently diagn…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 220: ADHD Strengths, a Late in Life ADHD Diagnosis and Why You Should Talk to Strangers with Angela Raspass 58:45

6M ago58:45

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When I work with older ADHD women they often ask me, “I’ve made it through life this far, what would really change if I got a diagnosis?” Well, self-leadership coach and author Angela Raspass is here to answer that question, and her response is “everything.” Angela was diagnosed last year at 53, and even she was shocked by just how drastically her …

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 219: ADHD Tenacity: Using No to Get Closer to Yes with Jamie Cutino 44:57

6M ago44:57

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ADHD women are known for being tenacious (probably because we’ve had to be!), but my guest this episode takes it to a whole new level. Jamie Cutino is a Master of Occupational Therapy, an entrepreneur, and an ADHD advocate and coach. Her tenacity has gotten her through a difficult upbringing, onto the TedX stage, and has driven her to found two dif…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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Ep. 218 How an ADHD Diagnosis Taught Micah Clasper-Torch to Rethink Entrepreneurship 54:17

7M ago54:17

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In true ADHD style, artist Micah Clasper-Torch has had a winding career path, leading her to a variety of jobs in art, fashion, and startups. When Micah discovered the traditional craft of punch needle rug hooking, however, she unexpectedly uncovered a passion that would finally allow her to focus her creativity in a single direction. After complet…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 217: Working Through Imposter Syndrome and RSD with Bestselling Author, Emily McKaskle 1:13:32

7M ago1:13:32

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Emily McKaskle grew up in the 70’s during a time when girls “didn’t have ADHD,” so when she started struggling with reading in the 2nd grade her teacher dismissed her as just not being very bright and left it at that. It wasn’t until she discovered a Harlequin Romance novel at age 11 that her passion for reading, and therefore her reading ability, …

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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Ep. 216: Building an ADHD-Friendly Career with Elly Linam 57:28

7M ago57:28

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After grooming her own Shih Tzu during the pandemic and posting a picture online, Elly Linam started having neighbors reach out to her, asking if they could pay her to groom their dogs. One thing led to another, and within a month of that first neighbor asking, she knew there was a passion brewing and enrolled in grooming school. Now, only a few sh…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 215: Anxiety, Rumination and Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone with Amanda Feliciano 51:45

7M ago51:45

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In my 200th episode I made a callout for someone to come on the podcast who’s been listening for a while, but who doesn’t think they’re accomplished or successful enough to measure up to my other guests. I personally know having interviewed hundreds of ADHD women at this point, that regardless of how much we've done in our life, we still think we h…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 214: From Banker to Baker with Entrepreneur, Emma Dodi 57:44

8M ago57:44

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Emma Dodi is the founder of Emma Dodi Cakes in London, a luxury cake and hand-painted macaron business. In true ADHD fashion, Emma’s path hasn’t been a straight one. In a previous life, she was a banker working at top financial companies. Now with four kids, a hands-on husband, and a business of her own that’s creative and dynamic, she couldn’t be …

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 213: How Testing for Learning Differences Showcases our Unique Strengths with Emily Yudofsky, Co-Founder of Marker Learning 1:07:31

8M ago1:07:31

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Emily Yudofsky struggled with reading growing up, but luckily her dyslexia was identified at a young age and she was given the proper reading interventions to support her differently-wired brain. Emily knows how different her life would’ve been if her dyslexia had gone undiagnosed, which is what inspired her to co-found her company, Marker Learning…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 212: How to Make a Sustainable Living From Your Creativity with Miriam Schulman 1:05:31

8M ago1:05:31

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I always talk about how creative the ADHD mind is, but creativity can only get us so far if we don’t also have structure to make things happen. The problem is, there’s so much advice out there on how to create that structure and monetize creativity, most of which isn’t written for our unique brains, that it’s hard to know where to begin. This is wh…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 211: How to Live Your Purpose with Municipal Politician and Climate Consultant, Kacy Peterson DeLong 1:06:31

8M ago1:06:31

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Kacy Peterson DeLong will tell you that she’s had a lot of goofy jobs that sometimes seemed like they were all over the place: librarian, apprentice cabinet maker, artist's live model, soooo much food service, bouncy castle carnival operator, Christmas tree shearer, goat-herder, self-employed science communicator, and fundraiser for kidney disease……

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 210: CBT, Perfectionism, and Learning to Lean In with Therapist and Author, Kristen Baird-Goldman 1:16:21

8M ago1:16:21

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Kristen Baird-Goldman is a licensed psychotherapist and ADHD certified clinical specialist with a unique perspective on the intersection of psychology and integrative wellness. Kristen recently released her first book, The CBT Workbook for Adult ADHD, which was inspired by her and her clients’ experiences as adults with ADHD. Reading through the wo…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 209: Emotion, Trauma and ADHD with Dialectical Behavioral Therapist, Vanessa Gorelkin 1:14:12

9M ago1:14:12

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This episode I'm delighted to re-introduce you to Vanessa Garkin. We talked to Vanessa a few months ago about occupational therapy (go back and listen to if you haven’t already!), and as we were wrapping it up, it became very clear to me that in Vanessa we also had an expert in emotional dysregulation, rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD), and diale…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 208: What’s Your Intention for 2023? 37:12

9M ago37:12

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For years I used to write out a long list of New Year’s resolutions, only to not be able to remember what was on the list a week later, let alone where the hell the list even was. So a couple of years ago I started choosing one word and one word only to set the direction for my new year instead, and I discovered that I too could set goals and stick…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 207: Childhood Trauma with Non-fiction Author Coach, Allison Lane 1:26:19

9M ago1:26:19

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We know that shame grows in silence, but the thought of actually sharing our traumas and innermost thoughts out loud can feel so scary that many of us end up burying it down deep instead. Allison Lane, a marketer for non-fiction authors and people who should be, tried using this approach with her own childhood trauma; for years she kept everything …

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 206: How to Stop the Guilt, Move More and Ditch Imposter Syndrome with Marnie Bothmer 1:05:43

9M ago1:05:43

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I initially started talking with fitness coach Marnie Bothmer because I told her that I often get pushback from ADHD women around exercise; they know it’s beneficial for the ADHD brain, but they want to know how “real people” are supposed to fit it into their busy lives. Marnie pointed out that the whole concept of what “real people” can do for exe…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 205: How Luzia Tschirky, correspondent at Swiss Public Broadcasting SRF Uses Her ADHD Strengths to Cover the War in Ukraine 1:22:51

10M ago1:22:51

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Luzia Tschirky was born and raised in the Swiss Mountains in a small town close to the border of Austria and Lichtenstein. As a child, she knew she wanted to become a journalist, so much so that she started her own newspaper at the age of eight and began working for the local newspaper at 14. Now 28, not only is Luzia a professional journalist, she…

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EP. 204: Intermittent Fasting with Gin Stephens 1:16:22

10M ago1:16:22

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I’ve been doing intermittent fasting, well, intermittently for a few years now and have found that for me personally, it helps me eat intuitively and clears my brain fog. However, I’ve been hesitant to talk about it on the podcast because I know it isn’t a lifestyle that works for everyone, but when a listener recommended author Gin Stephens as a g…

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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

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EP. 203: Changing the Definition of Success with TedX Speaker Martha Barnard-Rae 1:11:07

10M ago1:11:07

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When Martha Barnard-Rae was finally diagnosed with ADHD after years of being told it was just anxiety, she started structuring her home and work life around her brain’s unique needs and saw a complete transformation in how she lives and speaks to herself. Since getting her diagnosis, Martha has gone on to give an inspiring TedX talk about ADHD and …

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EP. 202: ADHD, Imposter Syndrome and Dentistry with Alexis Tomaszewski 44:33

10M ago44:33

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Alexis Tomaszewski knew she wanted to be a dentist by the age of 12. When she got to dental school, however, she realized that although she had the clinical and hand skills for dentistry, she struggled with multi-choice tests, which led to her essentially flunking out the first time around. Alexis thought about not returning to dental school, but a…

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EP. 201: Traumatic brain injury, Multiple Sclerosis and ADHD with Amanda Smith 57:34

11M ago57:34

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I first met Amanda Smith in my Your ADHD Brain is A-OK program, and ever since she has been bringing so much empathy and joy to the group that I knew I had to get her on the podcast. In Amanda’s own words, she is not your typical ADHD brain. She didn’t struggle with executive functioning or memory growing up, so when doctors discovered Amanda had a…

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EP. 200: Come Meet my Family 1:12:21

11M ago1:12:21

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I wasn’t planning to do anything special for this 200th episode, but my wonderful friend Sandra wouldn’t hear of it. She suggested I invite my family onto the podcast to mark the occasion–after all, they’ve been putting up with this for 200 episodes now–so that’s exactly what I decided to do. In a podcast first, I’m sitting down with my husband and…

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