ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Tired of ADHD strategies that don’t work? Here’s what actually does. FREE training here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/signup___Join Tracy as she celebrates her 100th episode of ADHD for Smart Ass Women. For her 100th episode, Tracy reviewed all 99 episodes of her podcast and shared the key thoughts that reframed her personal understanding of ADHD. This was a lot of content to go through and ultimately ended up becoming not only podcast episode #100 but also episode #101. Tracy also created a 100th episode gift for her listeners which is a Podcast Index that organizes all 99 episodes. You can find it here: www.tracyotsuka.com.Episode 1: Tracy Otsuka Shares her ADHD Story and her ADHD SuperpowersEpisode 3: Kids and ADHD: Why Their Journey is Important to YouEpisode 4: The One Trait That Everyone with ADHD HasEpisode 8: Why Am I Always Late?Episode 9: Practical Strategies for Being on Time and Planning BetterEpisode 10: ADHD and ExerciseEpisode 12: Learned Helplessness and ADHDEpisode 16: Intuition and ADHDEpisode 17: The 10 Things I Wish I Would Have Been Told About ADHD When I Was First DiagnosedEpisode 18: Message to My Kid's Teachers____________Resources:Time TimerDatexx cubeApple WatchGoogle CalendarTiny CalendarAmazon EchoFocusmate - (you can find the link to join our ADHD for Smart Ass Women specific Focusmate group by joining our Facebook Group)Spark by Dr. John RateyPomodoro Method100th Episode Gift: Podcast IndexSend a Message: Your Name | Email | Message Instead of Struggling to figure out what to do next? ADHD isn’t a productivity problem. It’s an identity problem. That’s why most strategies don’t stick—they weren’t designed for how your brain actually works. Your ADHD Brain is A-OK Academy is different. It’s a patented, science-backed coaching program that helps you stop fighting your brain and start building a life that fits. 👉Learn more here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/aok-academy Learn more by connecting with Tracy through Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, or visit adhdforsmartwomen.com.Are You Ready to Discover Your Brilliance? Order Now: https://tracyotsuka.com/book2Join Your ADHD Brain is A-OK: https://tracyotsuka.com/aok Visit our website: https://tracyotsuka.com

Tired of ADHD strategies that don’t work? Here’s what actually does. FREE training here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/signup___Join Tracy in Episode 99 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women as she welcomes executive function coach and math tutor, Julia Clements. Julia has a strong affinity for teens with ADHD and has worked with them for 23 years. She attended the Johnston Center for Integrative Studies at The University of Redlands and believes this is where she developed her love of the individualized and creative learning process.Julia shares: The circumstances surrounding her ADHD diagnosis, Her philosophy on teens and learning, The one thing she never employs with her students or her child, What ADHD teens need more than anything to learn, What are executive functions, Why she uses Sarah Ward's executive function program with her students, How it is different than other programs that help students learn, Some suggestions for distance learning in the time of COVID, How ADHD makes her outstanding at her job, What she believes the key to living successfully with ADHD is._________________Resources:Time TimerSend a Message: Your Name | Email | Message Instead of Struggling to figure out what to do next? ADHD isn’t a productivity problem. It’s an identity problem. That’s why most strategies don’t stick—they weren’t designed for how your brain actually works. Your ADHD Brain is A-OK Academy is different. It’s a patented, science-backed coaching program that helps you stop fighting your brain and start building a life that fits. 👉Learn more here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/aok-academy Learn more by connecting with Tracy through Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, or visit adhdforsmartwomen.com.Are You Ready to Discover Your Brilliance? Order Now: https://tracyotsuka.com/book2Join Your ADHD Brain is A-OK: https://tracyotsuka.com/aok Visit our website: https://tracyotsuka.com

Tired of ADHD strategies that don’t work? Here’s what actually does. FREE training here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/signup___In Episode 98 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women, Tracy shares information about planners and planning for 2021. She talks about her decades long struggle with planners and schedules. She had tried everything from Filofax, Steven Covey, Quo Vadis, Daytimer, the Palm Pilot, The Elephant Planner, The Passion Planner, The Bullet Journal (which she actually never used despite purchasing all the necessary materials) and her favorite, a planning system that felt like a restaurant menu.Tracy talks about: What a planner needs to work for ADHD brains, The writing implement that Tracy now swears by, A-OK! Every Day, The Unplanner System for, Planning Success, Gold stars, literally, Her goals in creating a planning system, Her beta launch for A-OK! Every Day, What it will include, The four simple resources that Tracy feels are a must for gaining control of your life. Who A-OK! Every Day is for and who it is not for.__________________Resources:Podcast with Francesca RizzoMuji PencilGoogle CalendarThe Momentum AppAlexa Echo SpotThe Apple WatchTiny Calendar AppBear AppSend a Message: Your Name | Email | Message Instead of Struggling to figure out what to do next? ADHD isn’t a productivity problem. It’s an identity problem. That’s why most strategies don’t stick—they weren’t designed for how your brain actually works. Your ADHD Brain is A-OK Academy is different. It’s a patented, science-backed coaching program that helps you stop fighting your brain and start building a life that fits. 👉Learn more here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/aok-academy Learn more by connecting with Tracy through Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, or visit adhdforsmartwomen.com.Are You Ready to Discover Your Brilliance? Order Now: https://tracyotsuka.com/book2Join Your ADHD Brain is A-OK: https://tracyotsuka.com/aok Visit our website: https://tracyotsuka.com

Tired of ADHD strategies that don’t work? Here’s what actually does. FREE training here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/signup___Join Tracy as she welcomes Michelle Nickel to Episode 97 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women.Michelle earned a degree in liberal arts and followed that up with an MBA. She went to work for a major brokerage firm at the age of 25. Along the way she earned AAMS (Accredited Asset Management Specialist) and CFP (Certified Financial Planner) designations and also holds series 7, 63 and 66 Securities Licenses.Working in a small town, Michelle did everything from making sure little old ladies didn't run out of money, designing retirement plans, setting up college savings accounts and everything in between. Her favorite thing to do is to take a giant pile of financial statements and data and turn it into a comprehensible and workable plan for her clients.Michelle learned how to manage investments from her company, but managing day to day finances was harder, because of her ADHD. After 23 years working as an advisor, Michelle was able to retire at 48. Michelle lives with her husband and two teenage boys, both of whom have ADHD, in Alabama.Michelle shares with us: The circumstances surrounding her ADHD diagnosis, Her ADHD symptoms, How to save, The importance of automating everything you can, How to save if we're self-employed, What we should do with credit cards, How to pay bills, How to budget, The importance of cash, The ADHD traits that Michelle feels are responsible for her success, The ADHD traits that Michelle still struggles with, Her key to living successfully with ADHD, Her number one ADHD workaround, What it means to make decisions in advance, Her future plans for "retirement"_______________Resources:Michelle's BlogRaymond JamesEdward JonesThe Automatic Millionaire by David BachSend a Message: Your Name | Email | Message Instead of Struggling to figure out what to do next? ADHD isn’t a productivity problem. It’s an identity problem. That’s why most strategies don’t stick—they weren’t designed for how your brain actually works. Your ADHD Brain is A-OK Academy is different. It’s a patented, science-backed coaching program that helps you stop fighting your brain and start building a life that fits. 👉Learn more here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/aok-academy Learn more by connecting with Tracy through Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, or visit adhdforsmartwomen.com.Are You Ready to Discover Your Brilliance? Order Now: https://tracyotsuka.com/book2Join Your ADHD Brain is A-OK: https://tracyotsuka.com/aok Visit our website: https://tracyotsuka.com

Tired of ADHD strategies that don’t work? Here’s what actually does. FREE training here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/signup___In Episode 96 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women, Tracy introduces you to Juliann Decker.Juliann earned her bachelor's degree in marketing from the University of Massachusetts and her master's degree in Training and Development from Lesley University in Cambridge. She is a coach and an expert in leadership program design and delivery with broad work experience in industries such as technology, banking, consumer goods, retail and finance.Juliann designed, delivered and launched Monster.com's first global Management Development Program for high-potential leaders and trained and coached participants in their newly created MBA executive program. She also developed global leadership programs at Aspen Technology and founded her own leadership and coaching company._________________Resources: Email: juliann@theunobstructedview.comSend a Message: Your Name | Email | Message Instead of Struggling to figure out what to do next? ADHD isn’t a productivity problem. It’s an identity problem. That’s why most strategies don’t stick—they weren’t designed for how your brain actually works. Your ADHD Brain is A-OK Academy is different. It’s a patented, science-backed coaching program that helps you stop fighting your brain and start building a life that fits. 👉Learn more here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/aok-academy Learn more by connecting with Tracy through Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, or visit adhdforsmartwomen.com.Are You Ready to Discover Your Brilliance? Order Now: https://tracyotsuka.com/book2Join Your ADHD Brain is A-OK: https://tracyotsuka.com/aok Visit our website: https://tracyotsuka.com

Tired of ADHD strategies that don’t work? Here’s what actually does. FREE training here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/signup___Join Tracy for Episode 95 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women as she welcomes Aleta Storch. Aleta, with Master’s degrees in Nutrition Science, Dietetics, and Clinical Health Psychology, is an anti-diet dietitian, therapist, and Certified Body Trust Provider. She specializes in eating disorders, autoimmune conditions, and ADHD, focusing on helping people move away from diet culture and develop an intuitive relationship with food and movement.Aleta and Tracy discuss the connection between ADHD and eating disorders, including grim statistics on bulimia and anorexia in ADHD women, and how ADHD type predicts eating disorders in girls. They explore Aleta’s ADHD diagnosis, her choice to study Nutrition Science and Psychology, the difference between disordered eating and eating disorders, and the prevalence of these issues in ADHD women. They delve into Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS), self-regulation problems, the pyramid of food needs, and using hunger and fullness scales. They also cover resources for a good relationship with food, thoughts on intermittent fasting, meal delivery services, Aleta’s eating with ADHD program, and her favorite ADHD workaround.Resources:Wise Heart NutritionInstagram: @wiseheart_nutritionUnderstanding Girls with ADHDHello FreshIntuitive Eating, 4th EditionSend a Message: Your Name | Email | Message Instead of Struggling to figure out what to do next? ADHD isn’t a productivity problem. It’s an identity problem. That’s why most strategies don’t stick—they weren’t designed for how your brain actually works. Your ADHD Brain is A-OK Academy is different. It’s a patented, science-backed coaching program that helps you stop fighting your brain and start building a life that fits. 👉Learn more here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/aok-academy Learn more by connecting with Tracy through Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, or visit adhdforsmartwomen.com.Are You Ready to Discover Your Brilliance? Order Now: https://tracyotsuka.com/book2Join Your ADHD Brain is A-OK: https://tracyotsuka.com/aok Visit our website: https://tracyotsuka.com

Tired of ADHD strategies that don’t work? Here’s what actually does. FREE training here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/signup___Join Tracy as she welcomes Jaimie Harris to Episode 94 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women. Jaimie is from Essex, just outside of London. She is 29 and was a paparazzi for a decade. She now works for celebrity magazines as a picture researcher, a job which she absolutely loves.In this podcast, Jaimie shares the circumstances surrounding her ADHD diagnosis, her childhood symptoms, and how she felt different her entire life. She explains how she ended up working as a paparazzi, why this career was very ADHD-friendly, and how her ADHD makes her very good at her job. Jaimie discusses the ADHD traits that she feels are responsible for her success, her key to living successfully with ADHD, and her number one ADHD workaround.____Resources:Instagram: @whatjamiedidInstagram: @diaryofagirlpapSend a Message: Your Name | Email | Message Instead of Struggling to figure out what to do next? ADHD isn’t a productivity problem. It’s an identity problem. That’s why most strategies don’t stick—they weren’t designed for how your brain actually works. Your ADHD Brain is A-OK Academy is different. It’s a patented, science-backed coaching program that helps you stop fighting your brain and start building a life that fits. 👉Learn more here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/aok-academy Learn more by connecting with Tracy through Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, or visit adhdforsmartwomen.com.Are You Ready to Discover Your Brilliance? Order Now: https://tracyotsuka.com/book2Join Your ADHD Brain is A-OK: https://tracyotsuka.com/aok Visit our website: https://tracyotsuka.com

Tired of ADHD strategies that don’t work? Here’s what actually does. FREE training here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/signup___In Episode 93 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women, Tracy talks about the difference between being past-focused and future-focused and which one is better for our ADHD brains.She shares how you can tell if someone is future-focused vs. past-focused, why it’s so important for those of us with ADHD brains to be future-focused, how most of us start out being future-focused but then opt for the security of being past-focused, which of the three types of ADHD struggles more with being future-focused and why, how everything that is possible and what we dream about is built from our future and not our past, why being future-focused builds confidence, and why being future-focused builds positive emotions.____Resources:Website: adhdforsmartwomen.comFacebook Group: ADHD for Smart Ass WomenSend a Message: Your Name | Email | MessageInstead of Struggling to figure out what to do next? ADHD isn’t a productivity problem. It’s an identity problem. That’s why most strategies don’t stick—they weren’t designed for how your brain actually works. Your ADHD Brain is A-OK Academy is different. It’s a patented, science-backed coaching program that helps you stop fighting your brain and start building a life that fits. 👉Learn more here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/aok-academy Learn more by connecting with Tracy through Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, or visit adhdforsmartwomen.com.Are You Ready to Discover Your Brilliance? Order Now: https://tracyotsuka.com/book2Join Your ADHD Brain is A-OK: https://tracyotsuka.com/aok Visit our website: https://tracyotsuka.com

Tired of ADHD strategies that don’t work? Here’s what actually does. FREE training here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/signup___Join Tracy as she welcomes guest Isabelle Baker to Episode 92 of her podcast ADHD for Smart Ass Women. Tracy interviewed Isabelle as one of four students who completed her Your ADHD Brain is A-OK! program. That episode aired last week, but Tracy didn’t include Isabelle because she felt that Isabelle needed her own episode.In this episode, Isabelle talks about trauma, never fitting in, giving up, and thinking it was too late for her because she was too old. She also talks about A-OK! and ultimately falling in love with her ADHD brain.Isabelle Baker is from Lakeland, FL. With over 25 years of experience in business development, C-suite partnerships, and enterprise training, Isabelle is now her own CEO. Today, she combines her professional experiences with her love of problem-solving, listening to understand, and relentlessness to serve her clients, whom she loves to see succeed. Some of her best successes are personal: she is passionate about helping children in the foster care system and looks forward to being a coach to those who age out.Isabelle shares her childhood trauma, her struggles with school and social problems, and always feeling different. She discusses her discovery of ADHD, her experience going through the A-OK! Program, and her newfound love and appreciation of her ADHD gifts. Isabelle reveals the key to living successfully with a non-linear brain and her number one workaround.Resources:ADHD for Smart Ass Women, Ep. 76, Your ADHD Brain is A-OK!, My 6-Step SystemSend a Message: Your Name | Email | Message Instead of Struggling to figure out what to do next? ADHD isn’t a productivity problem. It’s an identity problem. That’s why most strategies don’t stick—they weren’t designed for how your brain actually works. Your ADHD Brain is A-OK Academy is different. It’s a patented, science-backed coaching program that helps you stop fighting your brain and start building a life that fits. 👉Learn more here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/aok-academy Learn more by connecting with Tracy through Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, or visit adhdforsmartwomen.com.Are You Ready to Discover Your Brilliance? Order Now: https://tracyotsuka.com/book2Join Your ADHD Brain is A-OK: https://tracyotsuka.com/aok Visit our website: https://tracyotsuka.com

Tired of ADHD strategies that don’t work? Here’s what actually does. FREE training here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/signup___In Episode 91 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women, Tracy introduces you to Hayley Lin, Trinlee Chodren, and Juliann Decker, all graduates of her Your ADHD Brain is A-OK! System.Hayley Lin is 25 years old and was diagnosed with ADHD two years ago while in college. She graduated last year from the University of Toronto with a specialist in Computer Science and a major in Cognitive Science. Haley is also a makeup enthusiast with two full bookcases of makeup and a social media account with 470k followers! Her #1 value is living to her full potential.Trinlee Chodren is in her early thirties and is a former pharmacist, novelist, teacher, personal development junkie, and an advocate of kindness and doing things that benefit humanity. Most of all, Trinlee is an ideation machine and is entrepreneurial to her core.Juliann Decker, 56, is a coach and an expert in leadership program design and delivery with broad work experience in industries such as technology, banking, consumer goods, retail, and finance. She designed, delivered, and launched Monster.com’s first global Management Development Program for high-potential leaders and trained and coached participants in their newly created MBA executive program. She also developed global leadership programs at Aspen Technology and founded her own leadership and coaching company.All three women share their experiences with ADHD, their childhoods and growing up, and their experience with the Your ADHD Brain is A-OK! coaching system. They also reveal their key to living successfully with a non-linear brain.Resources:A-OK Program: adhdforsmartwomen.com/aokInstagram: @7am.hlz, @Hayley木木Facebook: Trinlee ChodrenFacebook: Juliann DeckerEmail: juliann@theunobstructedview.comSend a Message: Your Name | Email | Message Instead of Struggling to figure out what to do next? ADHD isn’t a productivity problem. It’s an identity problem. That’s why most strategies don’t stick—they weren’t designed for how your brain actually works. Your ADHD Brain is A-OK Academy is different. It’s a patented, science-backed coaching program that helps you stop fighting your brain and start building a life that fits. 👉Learn more here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/aok-academy Learn more by connecting with Tracy through Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, or visit adhdforsmartwomen.com.Are You Ready to Discover Your Brilliance? Order Now: https://tracyotsuka.com/book2Join Your ADHD Brain is A-OK: https://tracyotsuka.com/aok Visit our website: https://tracyotsuka.com