EP. 167: From Theoretical Physicist to Atmospheric Scientist with Natalia Bliankinshtein

ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Tracy Otsuka

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

ADHD women constantly amaze me with their brilliance and fearlessness, and my guest this episode, atmospheric scientist Natalia Bliankinshtein, is no different. Natalia works in a flight research laboratory in Canada, where she collects data for climate research by flying a ‘flying laboratory’ aircraft directly into storms and treacherous weather–talk about fearless! Natalia may refer to her risk-taking as ‘craziness,’ but I call it a huge ADHD strength and one of the keys to her success. Join our conversation to hear how Natalia went from being a gifted kid to hitting a wall in her early 20s, and how understanding and working with her ADHD helped her to get un-stuck and discover a career and life she’s passionate about. Resources: Instagram: @prosto_blank

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0:00.0	We're working around some ground rules that we set up in advance with our guest, Natalia
0:06.8	Blyankinstein.
0:08.8	Natalia is Russian, but she lives in Canada.
0:12.5	Because she's Russian, she cannot talk about what's going on in Ukraine.
0:17.0	Because if she says anything against the war, she can go to jail.
0:21.5	I think I've even read that if she even uses the term war, she can go to jail, and there's
0:27.6	a mandatory 15-year sentence.
0:30.1	Natalia also cannot publicly discuss stimulant medication because you can also go to jail
0:35.4	for having, taking, or praising stimulants as they are also criminalized in Russia.
0:41.4	So those are our ground rules.
0:43.5	So if you're listening and you're thinking what's happening in Ukraine right now is so
0:47.3	important, why aren't they talking about it, or why aren't they talking about medication?
0:53.5	Well that's why.
0:55.0	And yes, I agree it is unbelievably disheartening.
0:59.4	On stimulant medication, it is also illegal in Japan and other countries.
1:04.1	You know, there's a story of a young woman who I believe was American who was working
1:08.4	in Japan.
1:09.6	Her mother would mail her stimulant medication.
1:12.2	This went on for years, and then one day the Japanese police were at her door and arrested
1:17.1	her.
1:18.1	I believe she spent at least a month in prison.
1:20.4	Her lawyers weren't sure that they could actually secure her release.
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