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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

EP. 126: From Homeless Shelter to Covid Infection Control Scientist with Tiffany Jackson

ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Tracy Otsuka

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Today Tracy welcomes Tiffany Jackson to the podcast. Tiffany shares her indefatigable childhood story of being abandoned by her mother, bouncing from one relatives home to another, and spending one perfect year at an elite boarding high school only to end up at a homeless shelter as a minor. Throughout all of this, Tiffany had a dream to make something out of her life. Since then she’s graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communication from the Dan Rather School of Communications at Sam Houston State University, attended a year of law school which is where she received her ADHD diagnosis and in 2018 she graduated from Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences with a Master of Biomedical Science. Tiffany plans to attend medical school and work as a physician epidemiologist. She loves photography and car racing. Tiffany shares: Her thoughts on how grit, drive and determination allowed her to keep going despite so many setbacks and challenges How she sees her drivenness as hyperactivity The circumstances surrounding her ADHD diagnosis Her childhood symptoms of ADHD What happened once she was finally diagnosed What she’s learned she needs to be successful and happy What she thinks the key to living successfully with ADHD is Her workarounds How she discovered what she’s always meant to do with her life Resources: Email: [email protected] Instagram: @Texas_Senator

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0:00.0

Tommas Edison, Richard Branson, John F. Kennedy, Montserr, Michael Jordan, Will Smith.

0:14.9

That sounds like a list of highly successful titans in a variety of locations.

0:20.8

Why is it that we rarely hear that they have or had ADHD?

0:27.0

And you know what we hear even less about?

0:29.9

Serena Williams, Emma Watson, Mel Robbins, Woopy Goldberg, Agatha Christie, Aaron

0:40.1

Brockovich, Cher, yeah, the successful women navigating ADHD.

0:47.0

And that's exactly why I started this podcast, ADHD for smart ass women.

0:52.7

I'm your host, Tracy Auxica.

0:55.0

I'm a lawyer, not a doctor, a lifelong student, now a coach.

0:59.8

I'm also the creator of your ADHD brain is A-OK, a system that helps people like you figure

1:07.2

out what they should do with their life.

1:09.8

And we're here today to talk ADHD, your strengths, your symptoms, your workarounds, and how

1:15.8

you proudly stand out instead of trying to fit in.

1:20.0

I credit my ADHD for some of my greatest gifts.

1:24.4

And you know what?

1:25.6

I spy a happier life for you too.

1:29.2

So without further ado, a shiny new episode is starting now.

1:37.3

Hello, I am Tracy Auxica and I wanted to welcome you to episode number 126 of ADHD for Smart

1:47.0

Ass Women.

1:48.4

This episode is brought to you by your ADHD brain is A-OK, our six step system that helps

1:54.3

you discover who you are while you're here and what you're meant to do with your life.

1:58.6

If you'd like more information, join our wait list at TracyAuxica.com forward slash wait

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