Episode 287: ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka (Neurodivergence in Relationships)
The Divorce Survival Guide Podcast
Kate Anthony
4.4 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Tracy Otsuka, host of the ADHD for Smart Ass Women Podcast, joins me for a conversation about how ADHD uniquely shows up in women. We dig into why it's often overlooked or misunderstood because the symptoms don't always match up with what you see in men.
We break down the top three signs of ADHD, how hormonal changes play a role, and why embracing your strengths is way more effective than trying to "fix" your weaknesses. Tracy also opens up about the emotional toll ADHD can take and offers practical advice for supporting kids with ADHD.
Tune in to learn how ADHD impacts women navigating divorce and get tips for handling it all with confidence and self-compassion.
Featured topics:
- How to recognize ADHD symptoms and how to advocate for care and the right diagnosis (3:28)
- Understanding ADHD in women, including how it shows up and how hormonal shifts shape your experience (7:14)
- Supporting kids with ADHD and tackling co-parenting challenges with confidence (21:55)
- Managing ADHD through divorce from diagnosis to treatment (32:25)
Learn more about Tracy Otsuka:
Tracy Otsuka, JD, is a certified ADHD coach and the host of the ADHD for Smart Ass Women podcast. Over the past decade, she has empowered thousands of clients (from doctors and therapists to C-suite executives and entrepreneurs) to see their neurodivergence as a strength–not a weakness. Tracy leverages her analytical skills from being a lead counsel at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to identify the right questions to ask her clients so they can boost their productivity, improve their finances, save failing relationships and live happier lives.
Tracy's expertise and experience as an adult living with ADHD are regularly sought out by top tier media including Inc, Forbes, ADDitude magazine, and The Goal Digger Podcast. When she's not sharing her thought leadership around ADHD on other platforms, she hosts her own podcast which ranks #1 in its category and has over 5 million downloads across 160 countries. She also moderates a Facebook group with nearly 100,000 members. A married mother of two, Tracy lives in Sonoma County outside of San Francisco. Her new book, ADHD for Smart Ass Women is due out in December 2023.
Resources & Links:
Phoenix Rising: A Divorce Empowerment Collective
Via Character Strengths Survey
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Divorce Survival Guide podcast, where we have open and honest conversations about co-parenting, separation, divorce, and the hardest question of all, should you stay or should you go. |
| 0:17.8 | I'm Kate Anthony, your divorce survival guide, and I'm here to help you navigate some of |
| 0:23.3 | the roughest waters you've ever swum in and answer some of your toughest questions. I've been to |
| 0:29.1 | hell and back, and now it's my mission in life to help you get to the other side of this process |
| 0:35.1 | with your sanity and your heart intact. |
| 0:43.8 | Hey everyone, welcome back. So today I have with me Tracy Atzuka of ADHD for Smart Ass |
| 0:53.4 | Women. She is the host of the ADHD for Smart Us Woman podcast, and she joins me for a conversation |
| 1:00.9 | about how ADHD shows up in women in really unique ways. |
| 1:06.5 | And we dig into why it's often overlooked or misunderstood because the symptoms don't always |
| 1:12.7 | match up with what you see in men. |
| 1:14.9 | And of course, overwhelmingly, this has been studied mostly in men and boys historically. |
| 1:21.9 | So in this episode, we're going to break down the top three signs of ADHD, especially for |
| 1:27.0 | women, |
| 1:33.3 | how hormonal changes play a role and why embracing your strengths is way more effective than trying to, quote, fix yourself. All sorts of really wonderful things about ADHD |
| 1:38.9 | and women and how this can be really a superpower if we can lean into it in important ways. So again, as always, |
| 1:49.1 | if you like this episode, if you like my podcast, give me a five-star rating over on Apple Podcast |
| 1:57.3 | or wherever you listen that does a rating system, I would really, really appreciate |
| 2:02.0 | it. And as always, also, feel free to share this episode with your nearest and dearest. |
| 2:08.8 | And without further ado, here's my conversation with Tracy Otsuka. |
| 2:17.4 | Tracy, thank you so much for coming on and talking about ADHD for smart-ass women. |
| 2:25.8 | It's my pleasure. Thank you so much for asking. |
| 2:29.5 | So, all right, let's start off with a conversation about ADHD and women and why this might |
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