EP. 64: ADHD and the Creative Life with Francesca Rizzo

ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Tracy Otsuka

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Tracy introduces you to Francesca Joy Rizzo in Episode #64 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women. Francesca Rizzo is an award-winning actor, writer, producer and director in theater, film, television and digital media. Her powerful and provocative ideas are fueled by her mission to explore, illuminate and celebrate the female experience with passion, humor and imagination. Fran believes that the way the world sees women becomes the way the world treats women so she employs female creativity to even things out. As a college dropout, Fran mined her creative talents for skills she could use to pay the rent in New York City. Along the way she carved out a career as a children’s book illustrator, professional actor, co-founder of a downtown theater company and eventually, as a filmmaker and CEO of MovieBaby Productions, a Tribeca-based media company creating innovative videos, independent films and tv promotional campaigns. After 9/11, Fran went back to the basics, earning her degree in Media Arts as well as the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence. While making her mark in the fine arts and interior design, she penned and performed three theatrical productions, curated The Cinema-Femina film series and, created Believe Women, a rape activist initiative that championed the Cosby survivors along their journey to justice. Fran is one of the founding members of ADHD for Smart Ass Women and is now one of our administrators. I regularly introduce her as the most creative person I know. I have talked about her in my podcast and actually have women request to join the ADHD for Smart Ass Women’s FB group just because they want to meet Fran. Fran shares with us: The circumstances surrounding her ADHD diagnosis Her ADHD symptoms How her symptoms got worse in midlife? How important interest is to her driven brain The ADHD traits that she feels are responsible for her success? What she feels is the key to living successfully with ADHD Some ADHD workarounds Resources: MESSAGES - Facebook PM WEBSITE - FACEBOOK - INSTAGRAM - GREAT DAMES MEDIA - FRANCESCA UNLIMITED - IMDB - VIMEO - YOUTUBE -

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0:00.0	Albert Einstein, Richard Branson, Bill Gates, John F. Kennedy, Tony Robbins, Michael Phelps, Will Smith.
0:12.4	That sounds like a list of highly successful. 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,
0:40.0	a lifelong student, not a coach.
0:42.0	I'm also the creator of courtography. a lifelong student, not a coach.
0:42.8	I'm also the creator of Cortography,
0:45.4	a patent pending system that helps people like you
0:47.9	figure out what they should do with their life.
0:50.4	And we're here today to 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,
1:20.0	Hello, I am Tracy Otsuka, and I wanted to welcome you to episode 64 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women.
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