EP. 63: Choose to Be the Hero, Not the Victim in Your ADHD Life

ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Tracy Otsuka

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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In Episode #63 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women, Tracy talks about how complaining, venting, feeling sorry for yourself and playing the victim is the gateway drug to an unhappy life that puts you at the mercy of your ADHD, by completely focusing on your weaknesses and not your strengths. Learn about: BMW - and it’s not the car The science behind why rumination is bad for our brains Why what we say to ourselves matters What my definition of high-functioning with ADHD looks like What kinds of people I choose to have in my life Discover: A different way to see your ADHD and it’s not disordered What demotivates the ADHD brain What you need to focus on to drive your motivation How to become the hero in your own life The importance of mindset The importance of gratitude The easiest thing you can do to start slowly shifting your mindset What makes the ADHD brain happier Tracy then shares an amazing lesson that a young woman in her FB group taught her about her own beliefs around the brain, honesty, her own power and abilities. Resources:

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0:00.0	Albert Einstein, Richard Branson, Bill Gates, John F. Kennedy, Tony Robbins, Michael Phelps, Will Smith.
0:13.2	That sounds like a list of highly successful Titans
0:16.2	in a variety of industries.
0:18.1	What else do they have in common?
0:20.1	Well, they all have ADHD, but you don't hear much about that, do you?
0:25.0	You know what you hear even less about?
0:28.0	The successful women navigating ADHD, and that's exactly why I started this podcast,
0:34.0	ADHD for smart-ass women.
0:36.0	I'm your host Tracy Otsuka.
0:38.0	I'm an attorney, not a doctor, a lifelong student, not a coach.
0:42.0	I'm also the creator of
0:44.2	Cortography. A patent pending system that helps people like you
0:47.9	figure out what they should do with their life. And we're here today to
0:51.8	talk ADHD. your superpowers your symptoms your workarounds and how you
0:57.3	proudly stand out instead of trying to fit in. I credit my ADHD for some of my greatest superpowers and you know what I spy a
1:07.2	happier life for you too so without further ado a shiny new episode is
1:12.4	starting now.
1:14.0	Hello, I am Tracey Otsuka, and I wanted to welcome you to episode number 63 of ADHD for Smartass Women.
1:29.0	And I am going to start by reading an Apple Podcast Review from MS Kelly W. I am so
1:38.7	appreciative for your review MS Kelly W and so I want to acknowledge it here goes the title is so
1:45.7	thankful for this podcast I just discovered I have ADHD at age 41 and I'm so so grateful that one of the first resources I came across was
1:56.8	this podcast. As soon as I started reading about ADHD and adult women I knew it was the answer I'd been searching for my entire life, but wasn't
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