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In this podcast episode, Dr. Christine Li was invited to interview Tracy Otsuka on Tracy's podcast called ADHD for Smart Ass Women to do a grand introduction for the release of Her book by the same name, ADHD for Smart Ass Women. Listen in as Tracy delves into key insights from her book and explores the unique perspective of women with ADHD, discussing topics such as attention, focus, creativity, and positive emotion. And stay tuned! Tracy shares some valuable insights, and provides a glimpse into the world of smart and assertive women navigating the challenges and strengths associated with ADHD. Tracy Otsuka, is the host of the podcast, ADHD for Smart Ass Women. With over a million and a half downloads, it is ranked in the top one-half percent of all podcasts in the world on any subject. Her listeners are quick-witted, high-ability and like Tracy, see their ADHD traits as more positive than negative. Tracy is also a certified ADHD coach who masterminds Your ADHD Brain is A-OK which uses her patented Coretography system to help ADHD women discover their strengths, step into their purpose and live to their potential, as well as the creator of the A-OK! EVERY DAY planning system for the ADHD brain.Timestamps:•[12:27] Tracy shares her reasoning for writing this book - to help even more women!•[18:54] “People assume that when you have ADHD, you're lazy, unmotivated, and not living to your full potential.”  •[20:43] “So instead of worrying about All the stuff that we can't do, what if we focus on what we can do and what we do well, right, with our high energy and our great creativity and our hyper focused interests…” •[26:42] Tracy discusses some of the stats of women with ADHD and how they struggle more than men do after diagnosis due to societal roles and sexism. For more information on the Make Time for Success podcast, visit: https://www.maketimeforsuccesspodcast.comGain Access to Dr. Christine Li's Free Resource Library where she offers you 12 downloadable tools and templates to help you bypass the impulse to procrastinate. CLICK HERE NOW TO CLAIM YOUR FREE RESOURCES: https://procrastinationcoach.mykajabi.com/freelibraryTo work with Dr. Li on a weekly basis in her coaching and accountability program, please register for The Success Lab here: https://www.procrastinationcoach.com/labConnect with Us!Dr. Christine LiWebsite: https://www.procrastinationcoach.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/procrastinationcoachInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/procrastinationcoach/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@procrastinationcoachThe Success Lab: https://maketimeforsuccesspodcast.com/labTracy OtsukaWebsite: https://www.tracyotsuka.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heytracyotsukaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracyotsuka/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracyotsuka/Tracy's Podcast: https://adhdforsmartwomen.com/podcastLink to purchase Tracy's book: https://adhdforsmartwomen.com/book#launch-section-3

When I recorded this episode with my friend and special guest, Tracy Otsuka, I had a total blast. We spoke about a wide range of topics including how she learned her own ADHD diagnosis, how she has come to understand how every woman with ADHD has a zone of brilliance, whether she knows it or not. And the explanations for why many women with ADHD struggle with overwhelm, and self doubt. This episode is jam packed with Tracy's wisdom and great ideas for finding your own strengths in life.Tracy Otsuka, is the host of the podcast, ADHD for Smart Ass Women. With over a million and a half downloads, it is ranked in the top one-half percent of all podcasts in the world on any subject. Her listeners are quick-witted, high-ability and like Tracy, see their ADHD traits as more positive than negative. Tracy is also a certified ADHD coach who masterminds Your ADHD Brain is A-OK which uses her patented Coretography system to help ADHD women discover their strengths, step into their purpose and live to their potential, as well as the creator of the A-OK! EVERY DAY planning system for the ADHD brain. Timestamps:• [8:57] Tracy shares how her own son's ADHD diagnosis started her own journey of learning about the ADHD brain.  • [14:02] “What I realized is that every single ADHD woman, because that's who I typically work with, is brilliant at something.”• [16:10] Tracy feels that societal expectations are what cause women to struggle with ADHD more than men…  • [21:16] Tracy speaks of women internalizing their symptoms while men tend to externalize theirs… For more information on the Make Time for Success podcast, visit:https://www.maketimeforsuccesspodcast.comConnect with Us!Dr. Christine Li -Website: https://www.procrastinationcoach.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/procrastinationcoachInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/procrastinationcoach/To work with Dr. Li on a weekly basis in her coaching and accountability program, please register for The Success Lab here: https://www.procrastinationcoach.com/labTracy Otsuka - Website: https://www.tracyotsuka.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heytracyotsukaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracyotsuka/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracyotsuka/

In this episode, Laurie and Abbey interview Tracy Otsuka, creator of the podcast, ADHD for Smart Ass Women. This is part 2 of the interview, where they discuss Coretography among other topics. Find more info on her podcast at tracyotsuka.com. Resources: ADHD For Smart Ass Women Podcast: tracyotsuka.com Contact info for the podcast: letstalklearningdisabilities@gmail.com E-Diagnostic Learning Website: https://ediagnosticlearning.com Social: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eDiaglearning/ Twitter: @diaglearning LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/diagnostic-learning-services/ Instagram: @diaglearning

In episode 75 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women Tracy talks about why she changed her introduction to her podcast. She shares her experience with coaching and why she didn’t believe that it worked. Since she’s always concerned with authenticity she felt she owed her community an explanation and wanted to tell you why she changed her mind and why she now believes that ADHD coaching is the best thing for anyone struggling with ADHD symptoms to try. Tracy shares: How she connected this need of hers to be crystal clear on her values and purpose with her ADHD Her constant quest around living to her full potential Her experience with regular life coaching  How developing a program to coach herself ultimately led her to create Coretography and Your ADHD Brain is A-OK! How her desire to learn more about ADHD and how to respond to women and help them get out of their victim mindset in her facebook group led her to consider ADHD coaching Why telling people with ADHD what to do never works Why regular life coaching doesn’t work for the ADHD brain How the ADHD coaching model needs to go much deeper than traditional life coaching to be effective How important prompts are to the ADHD brain What it means to charge neutral and why ADHD coaches can’t do this and be successful with ADHD clients Why the best coaches for ADHD people, are those coaches who also have ADHD The steps of the ADHD coaching model and why they’re so successful with ADHD clients Resources: https://addca.com/ Your ADHD Brain is A-OK!

Tracy Otsuka is one Smart A** Women. She should be; she’s the host of the podcast, ADHD for Smart Ass Women. She is also the creator of Coretography, her patent-pending brand-spankin’ new breed of self-development that organizes your brain and helps you discover who you are and what you’re meant to be doing with your life. Because for Tracy, “When you align who you are with what you do, life just automatically gets easier.” Tracy was diagnosed with ADHD later in life, eight months after her then twelve-year-old son, Markus, was diagnosed with it. Not liking the negativity and limiting stereotypes that typically follow such a diagnosis, Tracy set out to learn all she could about ADHD, and especially it’s impact on women. According to Tracy, for brilliant, driven ADHD women, the symptoms are much more a positive than a negative. Now, she’s on a mission to change the conversation on ADHD, and to help every woman quickly identify her unique key to a fulfilling career and life. Specifically, we chat about: Why we need to change the conversation around ADHD How symptoms of ADHD manifested themselves throughout Tracy’s career How she morphed from Georgetown-educated securities lawyer, to kicka** entrepreneur What is means to be interest driven Whether ADHD might be your greatest strength Why, when we don’t live to our values, we suffer Coretography, what it is, who is it for, and how she developed it And so much more On her journey to help her son and herself thrive with ADHD, Tracy discovered a way to help everyone find their best selves. Turns out, the principles are universal. According to Tracy, “You are the best expert in you. When you try to go outside yourself, it isn’t necessarily good for you. Learning to trust yourself and your intuition will help you make the best decisions.” Your mission? Go out and kick some A** www.TracyOtsuka.com 707-318-9847

This week’s podcast is all about the Apple Watch and how I use it to manage my ADHD brain. I didn’t want an Apple Watch. I don’t want to wear anything that everyone else is wearing. That said, once I did, I realized just how valuable it could be to manage my ADHD brain. I feel more in control, less worried about things falling through the cracks, and more organized than I’ve ever felt. My whole goal has been to build structures around myself to shore up my weaknesses so I can focus on my strengths. I have basically uploaded my working memory to the Apple Watch.  When I first got the watch, I was totally overwhelmed. I looked everywhere for videos and blog posts, about how to use the Apple Watch to shore up the ADHD brain. I couldn’t find anything, so I’ve wanted to do this podcast for a while. That said, this is not an in-depth instruction manual on what the Apple Watch can do. This is just me talking to you about the best, simplest ways I have found to set up and use my Apple watch to build that structure around me that best supports my ADHD brain. And this is the structure that has worked best for me: ALARMS, TIMERS & REMINDERS - The number one reason I love the Apple Watch is for alarms. I no longer need to wash the laundry five times because I keep forgetting I’m doing the wash and get totally distracted by my work, my kids, my dog or another Donald Trump tweet ... YOU GET ME? With my Apple Watch, I can actually cook again because I don’t burn things anymore. I’m constantly reminded by Mr. Apple that I’m cooking! It took me awhile to figure this out, but this is what you need to know. Your iPhone, and Apple Watch have alarms, reminders and timers. Your MacBook and iPad only have reminders built in. You only have one timer on your Apple Watch or iPhone. There are no multiple timers. Alarms and reminders have labels so you can remember what you were even working on. Timers do not, so when the timer goes off, if you’re anything like me, you won’t have a clue what you were even timing.  Haptic feedback is probably the best feature of the alarm on my Apple Watch. It’s the light tap on the top of your wrist that your watch administers, kind of like you’re own built-in nanny.  Both reminders and alarms allow you to use your voice to set up an alert, which I love.  I sleep with my watch, set weekly and weekend alarms and use the haptic feedback when the alarms go off every morning as my alarm clock.  Alarms don’t delete themselves like reminders, so you’ll have to delete them off your phone every other month or two. Instructions here. Alarms and timers that you set up on your Apple Watch will not show up anywhere else. Alarms and timers that you set up on your iPhone will show up on your watch. No idea why, I just know that they won’t.  If you need multiple countdown timers, this is the best I could find, but don’t bother adding the complication to your watch. Just use it on your phone.  FIND YOUR PHONE - If you too lose your phone at the store, your office or in the garden under layers of mulch (you’ll have to listen to the podcast ), this is reason alone to invest in the Apple Watch. You can use your watch to ping your phone. Even better, if you’re in the dark and you can’t find your phone, or you just want to know if it’s at the bottom of your bottomless purse, continue to press on the phone icon. The flash will light up and blink. Instructions are here. FLASHLIGHT - I never used the flashlight on my iPhone. When I needed it, I was usually at a front door trying to hold groceries, a bag, a dog or all three. With your Apple Watch on your wrist, you can actually use it as a flashlight. This is perfect when you’re in the dark trying to put a key into a lock. Instructions here. SPOTIFY - I’m not a music person. I know… blasphemy, right? I just find it so distracting to all the brilliance trapped in my brain , but since I know that music affects emotion in a positive way I force myself to listen to it. The Apple Watch with the Spotify app makes this so easy that I actually use it. I put in my Apple wireless AirPods, click on my Spotify complication on my watch face and I’m automatically connect to my ADHD for Smart Ass Women playlist. The whole point of the playlist was to create an immediate go-to resource for positive, feel good, happy, upbeat music, and i have to tell you that it totally works. If I’m feeling even a little down, I start the playlist and within 5 minutes I feel 100% better. I created this playlist with the help of members of our ADHD for Smart Ass Women Facebook group. Join us.  Btw, I’m famous for putting things down and not knowing where I put them, and I knew my tiny little AirPods would be no exception, so I bought this Airpods Watch Band Holderfor the times I can’t immediately get my AirPods back in their case. PCALC - I have no idea why the iPhone calculator app doesn’t sync to the Apple Watch, but it doesn’t, and just like Barbie, I hate math. PCalc is the calculator on my wrist. It’s for conversions and calculations of all kinds from currency to tips to almost anything a scientist, engineer or student would need. It’s a bit pricey at $9.99 but it works. WALKIE TALKIE -This feature of the Apple Watch is great for family communication. My daughter is going to school in NYC. We regularly ping each other using the Walkie Talkie for simple questions. My husband also loves when I harass him in the grocery store by constantly adding “one more thing” to our shopping list. This is one of my favorite features of the Apple Watch because it’s so quick. Instructions here. WORLD CLOCK - Right now I have a teenager who’s traveling through Europe, a daughter in NYC and a VA in the Philippines. I am so bad at calculating anything, and that includes time. One of the best things I did was set my watch complications (apps that show up on your watch face) to include a world clock with all my time zones accessible right on my wrist. One click and one swipe and I know exactly when I should or shouldn’t call. Instructions here. MAPS-One of the best apps built into the Apple Watch 4. The turn-by-turn navigation with haptic feedback is almost like having a friend sitting in the seat next to you saying, “turn right here.” Just remember to set your turn alert notifications on the watch app on your iPhone. Instructions here. TILE- I am constantly leaving my purse behind. In truth I hate carrying a purse, so I often just carry a wallet. But because I don’t usually carry a purse, when I do I forget that I even have a purse with me. Well, Tile Matehelps. I added one to my wallet. You can use these Tiles on everything. You can hang them on your keys, stick them on your laptop, your iPad, your remote control; basically whatever you lose. You download the free TileApp and then you can ring your things with your phone. If I lose something and I’m too far to ping it, I can open up the Tile App on my Apple Watch or my iPhone and see where the last place was that I left it. There’s also a built in community that can help you find whatever you have a Tile App on.  BEAR- Right after I was diagnosed with ADHD, it suddenly dawned on me that I had a million notebooks but I never went back into any of them. The few times I had to find something I got so overwhelmed. I was never able to find anything so why take them? That’s when a friend told me about a simple app that came with my MacBook that I could write notes in and search for those notes later. For three years I’ve been a staunch Apple Notes fan. Then, I discovered Bear. It’s better than Apple Notes because: It’s much cleaner, simpler, and more aesthetically pleasing, which is really important to my brain. Simple, beautiful, good design relaxes it. Clutter confuses it.  I love that I can tag everything. Apple Notes uses folders and often times I have trouble finding things because one note could be in a number of folders. Now I just tag my notes and I’m never worried that I might not be able to find the note when I need it.  Bear syncs with my Mmacbook, iPad, phone (which Apple Notes does as well), but it also syncs with my Apple Watch. I have the complication on my watch face, so wherever I am I can take a quick note using my voice. When I get to my laptop I can then organize it. It’s just really easy to get into and out of which is so important for the ADHD brain because when things are cumbersome we will not use them. It’s also intuitive, you can the most basic features and then add from there when you’re ready.  You can also add links in the document and export in every way imaginable. You can find Bear on all platforms here. CHEATSHEET - Cheatsheet is for really simple notes (non-sensitive information that doesn’t need encryption). It’s a way to remember things you always forget. Things like logins, homework assignments, flight numbers, gate numbers, hotel room numbers. I’m redoing my son’s bedroom right now. All his room dimensions are stored in a Cheatsheet file with a baby icon (shhhh, don’t tell him!). When I’m in a paint or furniture store or even chatting with an online vendor, it is so easy to just click on the Cheatsheet complication on my Apple Watch and look for the baby icon that contains all the measurements I could ever need. Normally I would have measured his room and lost the dimensions at least four times by now. The key to any application for our ADHD brains is really how quickly you can get in and out of it because that’s the only way that we’ll muster up the patience to actually use it. If you’re going to use Cheatsheet make sure it’s one of the complications on your watch face. You can find Cheatsheet here.   Here are the three additional Apple Watch apps that I mentioned in my podcast. I’m impressed with them thus far, but haven’t used them long enough to include on my list. I’ll report back later.  PocketCasts Audible Things3 If you have a great Apple Watch app that plays well with your ADHD brain, please let me know about it by emailing me at tracy@tracyotsuka.com. You can also find my podcast, Amazon Alexa briefing, Facebook Group and information on Coretography at tracyotsuka.com.    

Tracy was inspired to talk about this topic from one of the members of her Facebook group. She shared her story about always being late. Not intentionally, but because she doesn’t have a good grasp for how long things will take. When she made the effort to be on time (because it is important to her) it took every bit of her focus. “Why,” she asked, “is time so hard for me?” Here are Tracy’s insights about time in this part one episode. Why does the ADHD brain struggle with time? The first part is understanding why we do what we do. Once we understand why it can be easier to find work-arounds and resources. We’ll cover that in detail in part two in the next episode. You have to hear Tracy’s dating story about showing up late – and then being less than truthful about it. This was one of the experiences that helped her realize that time was an issue for her. The ADHD brain doesn’t have a good understanding of time. We don’t know how many minutes or hours a project can take. Find out why this skill is so hard for us. Cooking a meal and hosting guests is another example of how the lack of time-awareness can cause issues. Hear Tracy’s go-to solution and results. Hear what she learned when she decided to time herself on a few kitchen-related tasks. Hint: her estimate was much less than actual! Being on time is a value for Tracy. Is it a value for you? Tracy’s research on time explains that time has to be learned. Many ADHD people do not have a fluid awareness of time because we can’t see it or feel it. Find out why distractions can impact our best time-management strategies. Time issues are also related to memory issues. Tracy explains why they are linked and how one impacts the other. Tracy explains future myopia and how it impacts the ADHD person’s understanding of time. You’ll no doubt see yourself in this explanation. Arguing with time is a thing. Do you find yourself doing this? How do your beliefs impact your timeliness or lack of? Do your time-beliefs work for you? Recurring appointments, yes or no? Does putting everything on the calendar work for you? Tracy shares how asking for help with planning and scheduling has helped her. Emotional regulation is a part of why we struggle with time and Tracy explains how it can impact you. Next week Tracy is sharing what’s working for her and others. It starts with understanding ourselves and what matters to us. Having that information is imperative. That’s why Tracy created Coretography.