EP. 34: ADHD and Repetitive Body Focused Behaviors (Also Known As Skin-Picking, Nail Biting, Teeth Grinding, Etc.)

Tired of ADHD strategies that don’t work? Here’s what actually does. FREE training here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/signup ___ Our podcast on Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD), Episode #19, is among our most downloaded episodes, and members continue to post about it. Since it’s such a popular topic, I wanted to revisit RSD with the optimism that I didn’t fully deliver in Episode #19. Since recording that first episode, I’ve discovered that there’s actually a lot you can do to reduce a...

11 Dec 201943min

Tired of ADHD strategies that don’t work? Here’s what actually does. FREE training here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/signup ___ In Episode #48 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women, I invite you to meet Sandra Coral. Sandra is a 41-year-old Black woman who was adopted at 3 by a poor, white family in Canada and was diagnosed with ADHD last year. She joins us from London, where she lives with her husband and 5-year-old son. Sandra was a K-12 teacher for over 15 years. She has an MA in Educational Ps...

4 Dec 201948min

Tired of ADHD strategies that don’t work? Here’s what actually does. FREE training here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/signup ___ In the spirit of Thanksgiving, Tracy talks about ADHD and gratitude. A practice of gratitude is important for everyone, but for those of us with ADHD, it’s even more important. Why? Because processing emotions starts in the brain itself, and emotions motivate action. This means that if your emotions are negative, you will be completely unmotivated. But if your e...

27 Nov 201923min

Tired of ADHD strategies that don’t work? Here’s what actually does. FREE training here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/signup ___ Caryn wasn’t diagnosed with ADHD until she was 46, but she’s known that she has ADHD since grade school. Caryn always felt that her ADHD worked for her until one day she woke up and it suddenly didn’t. She decided then and there to go visit a doctor. Like many of our first experiences with doctors and ADHD, her doctors didn’t want to talk about ADHD because they...

20 Nov 201934min

Tired of ADHD strategies that don’t work? Here’s what actually does. FREE training here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/signup ___ In Episode #45 of *ADHD for Smart Ass Women*, Tracy introduces you to 27-year-old MMA fighter Emma Elizabeth Megan ("Em"), who was misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder at the age of 18. Em began struggling after facing a lot of stress during her first year of college. Initially diagnosed with depression, she was prescribed citalopram, which caused her to feel “bu...

13 Nov 201955min

Tired of ADHD strategies that don’t work? Here’s what actually does. FREE training here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/signup ___ This week's topic is all about bipolar disorder and why ADHD often gets misdiagnosed as bipolar disorder. Tracy posted a simple question to her group: "HAVE YOU BEEN MISDIAGNOSED WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?" She was shocked at how many women had been, so she decided to research the subject. In this episode, you’ll learn when bipolar disorder is often misdiagnosed, wh...

6 Nov 201939min

Tired of ADHD strategies that don’t work? Here’s what actually does. FREE training here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/signup ___ In Episode #43 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women, Tracy speaks with the delightful Megan Margaret Burlingame. Megan is 34 years old, a wife and the mother of two very busy boys. Throughout her childhood, Megan struggled mightily with her ADHD but is clear about the fact that her struggles also led her to discover her Superpowers. Today Megan lives in Arlington, WA, wh...

30 Okt 201943min

Tired of ADHD strategies that don’t work? Here’s what actually does. FREE training here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/signup ___ In this episode, Tracy talks about the myth that “everyone has ADHD.” Discover what behavioral characteristics the general population shares with those of us with ADHD. You’ll learn about the following: What distinguishes adults with ADHD from the general population who display ADHD characteristics?, the survey that Russell Barkley and his colleagues Kevin Murph...

23 Okt 201918min