Ep. 218 How an ADHD Diagnosis Taught Micah Clasper-Torch to Rethink Entrepreneurship

ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Tracy Otsuka

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In true ADHD style, artist Micah Clasper-Torch has had a winding career path, leading her to a variety of jobs in art, fashion, and startups. When Micah discovered the traditional craft of punch needle rug hooking, however, she unexpectedly uncovered a passion that would finally allow her to focus her creativity in a single direction. After completing a rug hooking program in 2019, she successfully launched her own business, Punch Needle World, with a mission to uplift the craft and make high-quality supplies and training accessible to all. Micah’s passion may have inspired her to start her business, but it was when she received her official ADHD diagnosis that the rest of the entrepreneurship puzzle pieces fell into place. Her diagnosis taught her that her creative brain needs structure to thrive, and since building ADHD-friendly systems and supports into her days her business has only grown stronger. Join our conversation to hear how Micah structures her days to get the most out of her creativity, what’s changed since getting diagnosed, her thoughts on creative entrepreneurship, and much more. Resources: Personal website: Instagram: @claspertorch Punch Needle World website: Instagram: @punchneedle.world If you're interested in learning punch needle, check out her online courses here . Use the coupon code ADHDPODCAST for 20% off of Micah’s online course.

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0:00.0	I structure my day so that my mornings now are a time when I'm able to focus on certain
0:05.5	things for me that in the past I would kind of dive right into work and then have other
0:11.5	ideas throughout the day that would distract me and I would kind of get pulled away and
0:15.6	go down a rabbit hole of something else and instead starting off with, okay, you know,
0:19.7	if I know that I'm when my brain is kind of going with ideas, I need to allow myself
0:24.4	that space in the morning, whether it's through free writing or just kind of free planning
0:29.4	and thinking about whatever it is that's just on my mind when I wake up and when I write
0:35.0	things down and get things out of my brain, it doesn't kind of jumble around in there throughout
0:40.5	the day.
0:43.5	Thomas Edison, Richard Branson, John F. Kennedy, Monsar, Michael Jordan, Will Smith.
0:56.3	That sounds like a list of highly successful titans in a variety of locations.
1:02.1	Why is it that we rarely hear that they have or have ADHD?
1:08.3	And you know what we hear even less about?
1:14.0	Serena Williams, Emma Watson, Mel Robbins, Woopy Goldberg, Agatha Christie, Aaron Brockovich,
1:22.8	Cher.
1:23.8	Yeah, the successful women navigating ADHD and that's exactly why I started this podcast,
1:31.8	ADHD for smart-ass women.
1:34.1	I'm your host, Tracy Otsuka, I'm a lawyer, not a doctor, a lifelong student, now a coach.
1:41.2	I'm also the creator of your ADHD brain is A-OK, a system that helps people like you
1:48.2	figure out what they should do with their life.
1:51.1	And we're here today to talk ADHD, your strengths, your symptoms, your workarounds and how
1:57.2	you proudly stand out instead of trying to fit in.
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