Tracy Otsuka: Word holes, baby steps, and smart ass women
Women & ADHD
Katy Weber
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2024
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Episode 169 with Tracy Otsuka.
“I have this thing, I call them ‘word holes,’ where all of a sudden I'll be talking and I’ll forget a simple word. It's like there's a hole in my brain and the word just kind of goes in there and I can't access it.”
Tracy is a certified ADHD coach and the host of the popular ADHD for Smart Ass Women podcast. Over the past decade, she has empowered millions of listeners to see their neurodivergence as a strength, not a weakness. We talk about her inspiration for starting her podcast and the incredible impact it has had on the ADHD community (including myself!).
We also talk all about her brand new book, ADHD for Smart Ass Women, which was just released at the end of 2023. And we talk about the power of positivity for the ADHD brain, and how to begin to take those first tiny steps toward living your dream. Tracy offers some incredible insight and advice for women with ADHD who might be struggling right now or feeling unsupported — if that’s you, then you do not want to miss this interview.
I’m such a fan and Tracy has been at the top of my “dream guest” list since I started this podcast, so I’m thrilled that I finally got this chance to sit down with her to thank her for all she’s done for our community and chat with her about being a smart ass ADHD woman!
Websites: www.tracyotsuka.com; adhdforsmartwomen.com/book
Instagram: @tracyotsuka
Links & Resources:
ADHD For Smart Ass Women by Tracy Otsuka
ADHD For Smart Ass Women Facebook group
Denise Duffield-Thomas, Money Mindset Mentor: https://www.denisedt.com
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
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| 1:07.2 | life when she's more likely or a girl's life, she's more likely to see symptoms, |
| 1:12.0 | it was paramanopause. That is when I just hit the skids. I didn't even recognize myself. |
| 1:18.4 | And it wasn't just the confidence around what I do. It was also the confidence in kind of who I was. |
| 1:29.7 | Hello and welcome to the women and ADHD podcast. |
| 1:33.8 | I'm your host, Katie Weber. |
| 1:35.3 | I was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 45, and it completely turned my world upside down. |
| 1:41.8 | I've been looking back at so much of my life, school, jobs, |
| 1:46.6 | my relationships, all of it with this new lens, and it has been nothing short of overwhelming. |
| 1:52.1 | I quickly discovered I was not the only woman to have this experience, and now I interview |
| 1:56.6 | other women who, like me, discovered in adulthood they have ADHD and are finally feeling |
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