276 | HSP, Empaths, Sleep, and ADHD with Susie Gutierrez

ADHD reWired

Eric Tivers, LCSW, ADHD-CCSP

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education

4.8 • 937 Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2019

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Today on the podcast I'm joined by Susie Gutierrez a singer, songwriter, actor, and all-around creative soul. We talk about her journey to being diagnosed with ADHD, how being empathic has impacted her relationships, and how important sleep schedules are. We talk about topics ranging from her short-lived career as a mascot to her songwriting journey. We also discuss the reasons she stopped seeing a therapist and instead started working with an ADHD coach. She also shares how important giving yourself permission to practice self-love is. Susie was a blast to have on the show! She has an amazing upbeat personality and sheds light on different facets of living with and managing ADHD. Check out our conversation to gain some insights on how ADHD may be affecting your life. Your Resources https://hsperson.com/ | Dr. Elaine Aronhttps://tannergers.com/ | Tanner GersADHD reWired Coaching and Accountability groupswww.ADHDreWired.com/events You'll Learn: [01:21] Welcome back! Susie Gutierrez and I chat all about HSP and related topics. [05:18] Working as a mascot was a way of hiding for Susie, is she still hiding? [08:28] Susie describes what it means to be a highly sensitive person (HSP). [11:50] HSP is not a DSM but it is something that we need to be careful about. [16:08] Susie chats about her weird sensory triggers like whispering and baby talk. [22:35] Back from the break and we move into stimulation seeking behaviors we have. [26:07] Susie chats about how her high level of empathy and her ADHD diagnosis has affected personal relationships. [33:30] Susie shares her sleep issues and her belief that they are related to her ADHD. [39:38] Susie was diagnosed two years ago and is on her first round of medications. We chat about the changes in her life since introducing meds (when she takes them). [52:36] Therapy and coaching help in completely different ways but both are valuable. [55:29] Does being an empath connect with improv? [1:01:11] Self-love is so important, give yourself permission to take care of you. [1:03:27] Check out Susie on Medium, Instagram, and YouTube [1:05:11] If you're a regular listener, consider becoming a patron and click on our Patreon button at www.ADHDreWired.com

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0:00.0	I do think that sensory related challenges next to sleep disorders or I think that sleep issues are becoming more
0:08.1	discussed in the ADHD community. I think that sensory related challenges are the most under-talked-about issue in adult ADHD.
0:18.0	ADHD rewired episode 276. This is the podcast for those of us with really good
0:27.4	intentions and a slightly wandering attention. I'm Erica Tivirus. I'm a
0:31.4	licensed clinical social worker by training and a coach by design. I'm your host and I have ADHD
0:37.0	ADHD.
0:38.0	ADHD rewired is more than just a podcast. We are a community. We are wired for connection and you are not alone.
0:45.0	Go to ADHD rewired.com to learn how you can join us in our free secret Facebook group.
0:50.0	Get additional resources for every episode including links to any resources we mentioned on today's show.
0:56.0	You can support us on Patreon, sign up for our email newsletter, you can request podcast postcards
1:01.0	to distribute to your clients and support groups and you can learn all about
1:04.9	our intensive online video-based coaching and accountability groups.
1:09.0	You can do all of this at our website 80-H-D.com. We know that starting is the hardest part, so let's get
1:17.3	started.
1:18.3	Welcome back to another episode of ADHD, rewired. Today's guest is
1:25.8	Susie Gutierrez. Did I pronounce that right? Yeah. Excellent. Okay.
1:30.5	It's one of those names where I was like, wait, I probably should have just double checked before we started, and I didn't.
1:35.5	So I love when we go on tangents before we even get through the first sentence of the bio.
1:40.5	All right, so Susie Gudier is until last week, which is it, this is an evolving, still unwrapping story.
1:49.1	She worked as a mascot for a jewelry store. She does community theater and improv, she sings
1:56.7	and plays ukulele. She also writes about her life on medium.com. She discovered she has ADHD two years ago the age of 31 and the
2:06.6	challenges she has had throughout her life finally began to make sense. So, uh, Susie, let's start with one when we last spoke. Um, you were
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