EP. 86: ADHD with Dr. Kristen Nicole

ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Tracy Otsuka

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Join Tracy Otsuka as she welcomes Dr. Kristen Nicole to Episode 86 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women. Always a feisty, fiery person who looks to be challenged to stay engaged, Kristen went to the Air Force Academy on a whim. After graduation, she left for Subsaharan Africa for a two-year stint in the Peace Corps. Deeply moved by this experience, Kristen went on to medical school in South Florida with the goal of responding to global humanitarian crises. She is also deeply passionate about the influence of lifestyle choices - food, rest, stress management - on one's ability to live a happy, productive life. Kristen has a health coaching business called Coach Kristen, MD. In her "spare" time, she loves tennis, running, and her 3 dogs. In this podcast, Kristen shares: The circumstances surrounding her ADHD diagnosis Her childhood experience of ADHD Her approach to mental health and pharmacology What she learned about herself at the Air Force Academy Her experience in medical school The ADHD traits that she feels are responsible of her success What she believes the key to living successfully with ADHD is Her number one ADHD workaround Resources:

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0:00.0	Thomas Edison, Richard Branson, John F. Kennedy, Mozart, Michael Jordan, Will Smith.
0:14.8	That sounds like a list of highly successful Titans in a variety of vocations.
0:20.7	Why is it that we rarely hear that they have or had ADHD?
0:25.0	And you know what we hear even less about?
0:29.0	Serena Williams, Emma Watson, Mel Robbins, Whoopi Goldberg, Agatha Christie, Aaron Brokovich, Share. Yeah, the successful women navigating ADHD and that's
0:47.2	exactly why I started this podcast ADHD for smart-ass women. I'm your host Tracy Otsuka. I'm a lawyer, not a doctor, a lifelong student, now a coach.
0:59.7	I'm also the creator of your ADHD brain is A-O-K, a system that helps people like you figure out
1:07.4	what they should do with their life.
1:09.7	And we're here today to talk ADHD. your strengths, your symptoms, your workarounds, and how you proudly
1:16.7	stand out instead of trying to fit in.
1:20.0	I credit my ADHD for some of my greatest gifts and you know what? I spy a happier life for you too.
1:29.0	So without further ado, a shiny new episode is starting now.
1:39.0	Hello, I am Tracy Otsuka.
1:41.0	I want to welcome you to episode 86 of ADHD for smart-ass women.
1:46.0	In this episode I am going to introduce you to Dr. Kristen Nicole.
1:51.0	Always a feisty fiery person in need of a challenge to stay engaged. Kristen
1:57.0	went to the Air Force Academy, kind of on a whim. After graduation, she left her sub-Saharan Africa for a two-year stint in the Peace Corps.
2:06.5	Deeply moved by this experience, she then went on to medical school in South Florida
2:10.9	with the goal to join the ranks of doctors responding to global
2:14.3	humanitarian crises. Kristen went on to do one year of a five-year residency in
2:20.6	surgery at a hospital in the northeast.
2:23.0	She is deeply passionate about the influence of lifestyle choices, food, rest, stress management,
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