EP. 169: ADHD, Higher Education and Completing That Damn Dissertation with Dr. Abbey Weinstein

ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Tracy Otsuka

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

I always say our best purposes give meaning to our past, and my guest this episode, Dr. Abbey Weinstein, proves just how true this is. Abbey struggled with school for most of her life, so she surprised even herself when she not only turned it around and started getting straight A’s in college, but went on to get her Master’s degree and P.h.D. in Special Education. Now an Educational Diagnostician, Abbey has found her purpose in making learning more accessible for others and getting students the supports they need to be successful in school. Join our conversation to hear the inspiring Dr. Abbey Weinstein share how she was able to go from academic probation to completing her doctorate, some of the ADHD strategies she used to get herself through her dissertation (truly a feat of strength!), her tips on feeling good about yourself every day, and so much more. Resources Podcast: Let’s Talk Learning Disabilities Instagram: @weinsteinabbey Website:

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0:00.0	The key is to find those strategies that work for you, and it is trial and error.
0:08.8	You can try putting alerts on your phone calendar like I do, but that may not work for you.
0:15.2	You can try writing down things on sticky notes and sticking them all over your computer
0:20.0	monitor and your bathroom mirror and your wall, and you may disregard all of those sticky
0:25.4	notes and what's in front of your eyes and you may not see it.
0:28.9	Just through trial and error of different strategies, you got to find what works for you.
0:35.5	And it may have to be a combination of things.
0:38.5	It's also important to put systems in place that help kind of modify your environment.
0:45.0	So if you know that you work best early in the morning, you should wake up and start
0:50.5	your day earlier and even ask your boss if you can make your work hours from 730 to 4
0:57.5	instead of 9 to 5 or whatever it may be, find what works for you.
1:07.9	Thomas Edison, Richard Branson, John F. Kennedy, Mozart, Michael Jordan, Will Smith.
1:17.5	That sounds like a list of highly successful Titans in a variety of locations.
1:23.4	Why is it that we rarely hear that they have or have ADHD?
1:29.6	And you know what we hear even less about?
1:33.0	Serena Williams, Emma Watson, Mel Robbins, Woopy Goldberg, Agatha Christie, Aaron Brockovich,
1:44.2	Cher.
1:45.2	Yeah, the successful women navigating ADHD and that's exactly why I started this podcast,
1:52.8	ADHD for smart ass women.
1:55.4	I'm your host, Tracy Otsuka, I'm a lawyer, not a doctor, a lifelong student, now a coach.
2:02.5	I'm also the creator of your ADHD brain is A-OK, a system that helps people like you
2:09.5	figure out what they should do with their life.
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