Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast Series by Attitude magazine.

Hey everyone, good afternoon it's Susan Hoffman I'm here for Attitude

magazine's ADHD experts weekly broadcast and today we're very fortunate to be talking to Dr. Michelle Frank about how women with ADHD can move beyond the classic shame and guilt and learn to accept themselves the way they are, build up courage and live with

intentionality and curiosity. Michelle Frank will be talking about what

acceptance really means and how it differs from just being resigned and what it looks like to practice

acceptance and shame-free living right now and here and now. She'll be offering

some concrete steps that you can take to move out of shame and into intentional learning.

She'll be talking about ways you can improve your relationships with yourself, your

children, your partner, your friends, and some key questions to ask yourself to begin to live bigger, brighter, and bolder differences in all.

So I like to introduce Michelle to you now.

She is a licensed clinical psychologist.

She specializes in providing diagnostic

and treatment services to individuals with ADHD.

And she is the co-author along with her fellow ADHD expert,

Sarah Solden, of a book that's just published very officially

on July 1st but already in bookstores for women with ADHD

with ADHD called a radical guide for women with ADHD embrace

neurodiversity live boldly and break through barriers. I have to tell you that I

love this book I read it in galleys and I thought it was really groundbreaking.

It really truly is not something you'll have read anyplace else.

It tells you why you should accept yourself the way you are.

And as such, it doesn't offer tips for changing yourself or

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