Ep. 133: ADHD and The Appeal of Alternative Careers with Beekeeper Adrienne Smith

ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Tracy Otsuka

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This week Tracy welcomes Adrienne Smith to Episode #133 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women. Adrienne is a beekeeper who was accepted into the Oregon State Master Beekeeper program. She will take her final journeyperson exam at the end of this month and has been studying honeybee beekeeping since 2014. She lives in Central Oregon with her husband on a small farm with her bees, chickens, donkeys, a cat and some koi fish. Adrienne shares: The circumstances surrounding her own ADHD diagnosis Her struggle with Auditory Processing Disorder How she got into beekeeping after years of “hobby hopping” Why ADHD women are often drawn to careers that go against the status quo The challenges of being a woman in a male-dominated field Why beekeeping is so appealing to the ADHD brain Her knowledge on native bees and which species need the most protection Why hyperfocus is her ultimate ADHD strength Resources:

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

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 Otsuka.
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 Otsuka, welcome to episode number 133 of ADHD for smart ass women.
1:48.0	So I spotted this post in our Facebook group a couple of weeks ago.
1:53.5	Our Facebook group is also called ADHD for smart ass women, by the way.
1:57.1	I think we're almost 40,000 strong.
2:00.1	And the poster asks this question, are any of you in a male dominated field?
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Tracy Otsuka, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Tracy Otsuka and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.