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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

EP. 310: Addiction and ADHD: A Conversation You Haven't Heard Before

ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Tracy Otsuka

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

How do ADHD, trauma, and addiction intersect, and what strategies can help break this harmful cycle? In this episode, Tracy Otsuka speaks with Andrea Epting, a psychotherapist with over 20 years of experience specializing in trauma recovery, addiction, and neurodivergence. As a professional with ADHD and OCD, and a mother to two neurodivergent young adults, Andrea brings both personal insight and professional expertise to the conversation.Andrea delves into the often-overlooked connectio...

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0:00.0

Hi, it's Tracy. You know those mornings when you wake up feeling like you're already behind?

0:06.8

Your mind is racing before you even start your day. I totally get it. And that's exactly why I

0:14.9

created blends for people like us. It's a daily 10-minute or less mix of coaching, mindfulness, affirmations, breath work,

0:23.6

and inspiration, all designed to suit our fast-paced ADHD brains. It's quick, fun, and it actually

0:32.1

works. With each blends, you get 10 minutes of me helping you calm the overwhelm, find positive emotion, and ground your day.

0:42.2

And you'll get this for an entire year, 365 days, for an unbeatable one-time price.

0:50.7

Learn more at ADHD for smartwomen.com forward slash blends.

1:02.4

Richard Branson, Michael Phelps, Justin Timberlake, James Carvel.

1:09.6

Wait a minute.

1:12.5

Where are the women?

1:23.6

Greta Gerwig, Lisa Ling, Audra MacDonald, Simone Biles. That sounds like a list of highly successful titans in a variety of industries. They all have ADHD, but you don't hear much

1:29.8

about that now, do you? You know what else you don't hear about? Are the 43% of people with

1:35.7

ADHD who are in excellent mental health? Why aren't we talking about them and what they're doing

1:42.2

right? I'm your host, Tracy Edsuka, and that's exactly what we do here.

1:48.1

I'm a lawyer, not a doctor, a lifelong student, and now the author of my new book, ADHD for

1:54.3

smart-ass women.

1:55.7

I'm also a certified ADHD coach and the creator of your ADHD brain is A.O.K. A patented system that helps

2:03.7

ADHD women just like you get unstuck and fall in love with their brilliant brains.

2:10.4

Here, we embrace our too muchness and we focus on our strengths. My guests and I credit our ADHD

2:17.1

for some of our greatest gifts.

2:20.0

And to those who still think they're too much, too impulsive, too scattered, too disorganize,

2:26.4

I say no one ever made a difference by being too little.

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