EP. 67: Surviving a Very Difficult Adolescence, a Love of Accounting and Belonging to Yourself with Vera Bruursema

ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Tracy Otsuka

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Join Tracy in Episode #67 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women as she welcomes her guest, Vera Bruursema. Like many of us with ADHD, Vera has crafted a diverse career path from volunteer firefighter/EMT, soccer coach, Trader Joe’s Assistant Manager and bookkeeper. While earning her MBA she worked as staff accountant for many different companies but still struggled to find her place. It all finally came together when Vera decided to seek help for her ADHD and open her own practice as owner and founder of Verafied Accounting. Tracy wanted to talk to Vera because many believe that the ADHD brain is incapable of a career in accounting or finance. In fact, Vera is going to tell us how she took her nonlinear brain and created a really interesting niche for herself in accounting. Vera shares with us: The circumstances around her ADHD diagnosis in sixth grade Her very difficult teen years The ADHD program in Wyoming that changed her life How she finally learned executive function skills How she ended up in bookkeeping and ultimately accounting The “social handbook” that she finally read that explained so much of her struggles with other people and helped her to build her confidence back up The THING she started to embrace that turned her life around rapidly Why accounting plays into one of her biggest strengths. Hint: it’s problem-solving How her dog Atlas gives her the structure she needs to succeed 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 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 Outsuka and I wanted to welcome you to episode 67 of ADHD for smart-ass women.
1:28.0	In this episode, I am going to introduce you to Vera Bursima. Like many of us, I think I got the name right, like many of us with ADHD, she has had a very diverse career path.
1:45.8	Vera has worked among other things as a volunteer firefighter EMT, soccer coach, Trader Joe's assistant manager and bookkeeper.
1:51.6	While earning her MBA and after she worked and It all finally came together when Vera decided to take the entrepreneurial route as owner and founder of verified accounting.
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