EP. 221: ADHD and Grief After a Later in Life Diagnosis with Amelia Etherton

ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Tracy Otsuka

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Amelia Etherton, a freelance editor and writer living in Ireland, bravely reached out to me with a request that I have more older (personally, I prefer venerable) ADHD women on the show who can speak to the specific type of grief that comes with a later-in-life diagnosis and all of the ‘what-if’s that come with it. Amelia herself was recently diagnosed with inattentive ADHD at 57, so I thought, who better to speak on this topic than her? Amelia’s diagnosis brought with it an almost overwhelming sense of grief over how hard it was to bring up her kids mostly alone without knowing they were all neurodivergent, but it also gave her a newfound feeling of hope and self-understanding that has been life-changing. She wants other late-diagnosed ADHD women to see that it’s possible to move beyond the grief of what could have been and to embrace your unique brains in order to truly enjoy the time you have left, and I’m delighted to share her message of hope with you this episode. Resources: Website: Instagram: @ameliajmaiden

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0:00.0	I've learned through my work, for example, you know, if I sit down and I think, right,
0:04.9	I'm doing this chapter and I'm doing that or that, then if I start to have a different
0:10.8	interesting idea about something, I trust myself now to go with that idea, because it
0:15.8	will actually bare loads more through.
0:18.4	So that's what I mean about trusting myself in general, because this journey of sort of
0:24.0	realizing you know more than you thought you did.
0:32.4	Thomas Edison, Richard Branson, John F. Kennedy, Mozart, Michael Jordan, Will Smith.
0:41.9	That sounds like a list of highly successful titans in a variety of locations.
0:47.8	Why is it that we rarely hear that they have or have ADHD?
0:54.0	And you know what we hear even less about?
0:59.7	Serena Williams, Emma Watson, Mel Robbins, Wippy Goldberg, Agatha Christie, Aaron Brockovich,
1:08.5	Cher.
1:09.5	Yeah, the successful women navigating ADHD, and that's exactly why I started this podcast,
1:17.2	ADHD for smart-ass women.
1:19.7	I'm your host, Tracey Utzuka, I'm a lawyer, not a doctor, a lifelong student, now a coach.
1:26.8	I'm also the creator of your ADHD brain is A-OK, a system that helps people like you figure
1:34.2	out what they should do with their life.
1:36.7	And we're here today to talk ADHD, your strengths, your symptoms, your workarounds, and how you
1:43.2	proudly stand out instead of trying to fit in.
1:47.0	I credit my ADHD for some of my greatest gifts.
1:51.4	And you know what?
1:52.6	I spy a happier life for you, too.
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