EP. 198: How to Unlock Your Potential with Occupational Therapist, Vanessa Gorelkin

ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Tracy Otsuka

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

I’ve always had a general idea of what an occupational therapist does, but I didn’t realize just how many areas of ADHD they can help with until I invited occupational therapist Vanessa Goreklin onto the podcast. As a licensed OT, Vanessa’s work focuses on helping ADHDers live their lives to the fullest while harnessing their unique skills. She may not have ADHD herself, but both her son and husband do, which has given her real-life experience in understanding ADHD. Vanessa works with her clients to develop skills in everything from basic self-care to executive functioning to exercise, taking into account that the ADHD brain has different needs, motivations, and ways of doing things than a neurotypical brain. She says, “The neurotypical world is for people who stand in line and color in the shapes just so, and are very, very good at showing up and doing exactly what they're supposed to do. And that's not people with ADHD, who can do what they're supposed to do but they have new and creative and wonderful ways of doing it.” Vanessa believes that occupational therapy can be a key to unlocking the potential of people with ADHD, and my hope is that our conversation gets people talking about all the ways occupational therapy can be a wonderful support for ADHDers through every stage of life. Resources Website: Instagram: @humanist_therapist

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0:00.0	Now, figuring out strategies that will help you to adapt to the cognitive issues, we can't
0:09.3	fix these things right away, so it's more important rather than rehabilitating immediately
0:16.2	to adapt to the issue and to be successful with the adaptation.
0:26.8	Thomas Edison, Richard Branson, John F. Kennedy, Mozart, Michael Jordan, Will Smith.
0:36.4	That sounds like a list of highly successful titans in a variety of locations.
0:42.2	Why is it that we rarely hear that they have or have ADHD?
0:48.4	Can you know what we hear even less about?
0:54.0	Serena Williams, Emma Watson, Mel Robbins, Wippy Goldberg, Agatha Christie, Aaron
1:01.6	Brockovich, Cher, yeah, the successful women navigating ADHD, and that's exactly why I
1:09.9	started this podcast, ADHD for smart ass women.
1:14.2	I'm your host, Tracy Otsuga, I'm a lawyer, not a doctor, a lifelong student, now a coach.
1:21.2	I'm also the creator of your ADHD brain is A-OK, a system that helps people like you figure
1:28.7	out what they should do with their life.
1:31.2	And we're here today to talk ADHD, your strengths, your symptoms, your workarounds, and how
1:37.3	you proudly stand out instead of trying to fit in.
1:41.5	I credit my ADHD for some of my greatest gifts.
1:45.8	And you know what?
1:47.0	I spy a happier life for you too.
1:50.7	So without further ado, a shiny new episode is starting now.
1:58.3	Hello, I am your host, Tracy Otsuga, thank you so much for joining me here for episode
2:06.7	number 198 of ADHD for smart ass women.
2:11.6	I hope that you'll subscribe to this podcast and our newsletter over at TracyOtsuga.com.
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