EP. 381: Diagnosing Everyone but Herself with Psychologist Dr. Shawn Horn

ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Tracy Otsuka

Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Tired of ADHD strategies that don’t work? Here’s what actually does. FREE training here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/signup _____ The hardest part of ADHD is not the symptoms themselves, but the shame story built around them? Dr. Shawn Horn is a licensed clinical psychologist and the author of Thrive Socially with Adult ADHD. Known as The Shame-Busting Psychologist, she helps adults understand the painful stories they have carried about being “too much,” “not enough,” or “bad at relatio...

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0:00.0	Before we start, a quick note, if you've been listening to this podcast and thinking,
0:05.8	I need more than insight, I need support, this is for you. Your ADHD brain is not broken.
0:13.9	It just never came with a map. That is why I created your ADHD brain is AOK Academy. It's my patented step-by-step framework
0:24.6	to help you build a life that finally fits how your brain works. Ready to get started,
0:32.0	click the link in the show notes to sign up, or book a free discovery call with me. Now, on with the show.
0:40.4	Why have I not been specializing in ADHD?
0:45.1	Like, I've been specializing nervous system regulation.
0:48.0	Why not ADHD?
0:49.6	All these years, I've been living in it.
0:52.0	In it, it's in my face.
0:53.8	We just don't even notice.
1:00.4	Richard Branson, Michael Phelps, Justin Timberlake, James Carvel.
1:07.4	Wait a minute.
1:09.0	Where are the women?
1:12.8	Greta Gerwig, Lisa Ling, Audra McDonald, Simone Biles. That sounds like a list of highly
1:21.3	successful titans in a variety of industries. They all have ADHD, but you don't hear
1:27.3	much about that now, do you? You know what
1:29.9	else you don't hear about? Are the 43% of people with ADHD who are in excellent mental health.
1:37.4	Why aren't we talking about them and what they're doing right? I'm your host, Tracy Edsuka,
1:42.8	and that's exactly what we do here. I'm a lawyer,
1:46.8	not a doctor, a lifelong student, and now the author of my new book, ADHD for Smart
1:52.5	Aswomen. I'm also a certified ADHD coach and the creator of your ADHD brain is A.O.K.
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