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Want to fall in love with your ADHD brain and make it work for you? Learn more about my patented program, Your ADHD Brain is A-OK Academy here : programs.tracyotsuka.com/signup

I have NEVER met an ADHD woman who wasn’t truly brilliant at something! This podcast, with nearly 7 million downloads, is for smart, high-ability ADD/ADHD (diagnosed or suspecting) women who see their symptoms as more positive than negative. If you want to fall in love with your ADHD brain and discover where your brilliance lies, this podcast is for you!
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ADHD for Smart Ass Women is globally ranked in the top one-tenth of one percent of all podcasts in the world on any subject. It’s streamed in more than 160 countries and is downloaded by more than 150,000 listeners every month. My book of the same name, published by HarperCollins/William Morrow, was recently honored by Amazon Editors as a Top 20 Best Nonfiction Book of 2024.
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I’m Tracy Otsuka, your host. I’m a lawyer, not a doctor, a lifelong learner, and a certified ADHD coach. I’m on a mission to change the conversation around ADHD because I believe it’s time to focus on the strengths that come with our unique brains. When I was diagnosed eight months after my son, my entire life finally made sense, yet all I read and heard about ADHD focused on what I should struggle with. What I discovered, though, was that my ADHD was responsible for some of my greatest strengths.
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Another thing we constantly hear is all the success stories about ADHD men, but no one talks about the women. This podcast is here to change that. ADHD women are my people, and I’m here to acknowledge, support, and cheer them on. My experience as an adult living with ADHD, along with my expertise, is regularly sought out by top-tier media, including Bloomberg, Forbes, CBS Mornings, ABC News Live, Inc., Prevention Magazine, Verywell Mind, ADDitude magazine, and The Goal Digger Podcast, etc.
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The content in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment and does not constitute medical or professional advice. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of anything you have seen or heard from Tracy Otsuka, her guests or this podcast.

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Recent Hosts, Guests & Topics

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Hosts

Tracy Otsuka

Previous Guests

Julie Jancius

Julie Jancius, known as The Angel Medium, is a spiritual teacher, podcast host, and bestselling author. Diagnosed with ADHD in middle school, she has always been driven, creative, and deeply empathic. After experiencing significant life challenges, including the unexpected loss of her father, Julie began to understand the power of her intuition and energetic sensitivity. She helps people reconnect with their intuition, energy, and purpose, emphasizing the importance of following one's internal compass.

Nicole Stanley

Nicole Stanley is a financial coach and the founder of Arise Financial Coaching. As a Latina entrepreneur, she specializes in helping women overcome the shame, confusion, and overwhelm associated with money management. Nicole's journey began as a young mother in financial survival mode, where she learned to navigate financial challenges after marrying at 22. Diagnosed with ADHD at 31, she realized that traditional financial systems did not work for her or the women she coached. Nicole has since designed tools and systems that are compassionate, simple, and sustainable, serving over 100 clients and supporting a full-time team.

Lizzie Smiley

Lizzie Smiley is a self-taught, multi-passionate entrepreneur known for her hot-mess mom humor and contagious high energy. She is the host of the podcast 'How to Sell Your Stuff on Etsy,' where she helps creative entrepreneurs build thriving online businesses. Lizzie has built a six-figure Etsy business from scratch while homeschooling on a farm and managing multiple income streams. Her journey includes overcoming years of self-doubt and people-pleasing, and she has recently realized that she likely has ADHD. Lizzie shares her experiences with hyperfocus, imposter syndrome, and the mindset tools that help her navigate the challenges of entrepreneurship and family life.

Kate Anthony

Kate Anthony is a divorce coach and the host of the Divorce Survival Guide Podcast. She is the author of The D Word and specializes in helping women, particularly mothers, navigate the complexities of divorce and personal agency. With a background of growing up undiagnosed with ADHD, Kate has a unique perspective on the challenges faced by women in traditional learning environments. Her work is grounded in self-knowledge, clarity, and safety, and she is a certified domestic violence advocate, dedicated to empowering women to make informed decisions about their relationships.

Alice Draper

Alice Draper is the founder of Hustling Writers and the host of the podcast My Rejection Story. Diagnosed with ADHD in adulthood, she has faced challenges such as imposter syndrome and social rejection. Alice set a radical goal to get rejected 100 times in a year, which transformed her perspective on rejection and led to greater success. Now a publicity strategist and media expert, she helps under-recognized women entrepreneurs secure press and podcast guest spots, demonstrating that rejection can be a stepping stone to bigger opportunities.

Topics Discussed

ADHD intuition spiritual gifts energy healing emotional depth intuitive decision-making money narrative financial coaching budgeting neurodiversity women and money dopamine-boosting routines Etsy business entrepreneurship self-doubt imposter syndrome hyperfocus family dynamics anxiety income growth divorce safety reclaiming agency self-compassion emotional intensity executive dysfunction relationships dopamine-seeking behavior people-pleasing masking rejection mindset storytelling success women entrepreneurs

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka.

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EP. 328: Intuition & ADHD: Unlocking Your Spiritual Gifts

April 16, 2025

Tracy Otsuka

Julie Jancius

ADHD intuition spiritual gifts energy healing emotional depth intuitive decision-making

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If youve ever been told youre too sensitive, too emotional, or just too much, this episode is here to tell you: youre not. Youre intuitive, and that might just be your ADHD superpower.

Julie Jancius, known as The Angel Medium, is a spiritual teacher, podcast host, and bestselling author who helps people reconnect with their intuition, their energy, and their purpose. Diagnosed with ADHD in middle school, Julie always knew she was differentdriven, creative, deeply empathic, and always tuned in to something just below the surface. But it wasnt until she experienced major life upheaval as a teen and later lost her father unexpectedly that she began to fully understand the power of intuition and energetic sensitivityand how it had been guiding her all along.

In this conversation, Julie and Tracy explore the link between ADHD and spiritual gifts, from intuitive decision-making to emotional depth and the ability to read a room without saying a word. Julie shares why traditional ADHD solutions didnt work for her, how energy healing and spiritual connection became her lifelines, and why learning to follow your internal compass might just be the most important skill of all. They also talk about breaking cycles, building purpose-led businesses, and why listening to your intuition isnt wooits wisdom.

If youve ever felt like your brain doesnt follow the rules and your heart doesnt either, Julies story will leave you feeling more seen, understood, and inspired to trust yourself.

Resources:

Website: https://theangelmedium.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angelpodcast
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theangelmedium
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/theangelmedium

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If youve ever been told youre too sensitive, too emotional, or just too much, this episode is here to tell you: youre not. Youre intuitive, and that might just be your ADHD superpower.

If youve ever felt like your brain doesnt follow the rules and your heart doesnt either, Julies story will leave you feeling more seen, understood, and inspired to trust yourself.

Resources:

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EP. 327: Changing the ADHD Money Narrative with Nicole Stanley

April 09, 2025

Tracy Otsuka

Nicole Stanley

ADHD money narrative financial coaching budgeting neurodiversity women and money dopamine-boosting routines

Want to fall in love with your ADHD brain and make it work for you? Learn more about my patented program, Your ADHD Brain is A-OK Academy here: programs.tracyotsuka.com/signup

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Money advice rarely works for the ADHD brain. We’re told to budget, track every dollar, and rely on willpower—but what if the real answer is to make it easier, not harder?

Nicole Stanley gets it. A financial coach, Latina entrepreneur, and founder of Arise Financial Coaching, Nicole helps women ditch the shame, confusion, and overwhelm around money. But before she coached hundreds of women and couples to pay off debt and build wealth, Nicole was a young mom in financial survival mode. Married at 22, she had to learn about money fast when her husband’s modest salary wasn’t enough to make ends meet. With a baby on her hip and a brain that struggled with traditional systems, she slowly built a business that now serves over 100 clients and supports a full-time team—long before she even knew she had ADHD.

Nicole was diagnosed with ADHD at 31, and everything started to make sense: the disorganization, the impulsive spending, the exhaustion from trying to do money “the right way.” She realized that what worked for neurotypical people didn’t work for her—or for many of the women she coached. That’s when she began designing tools and systems rooted in compassion, simplicity, and sustainability—approaches that honor how the ADHD brain actually works.

Nicole and Tracy talk about the emotional weight many women carry when it comes to money. They dive into why ADHD women are often labeled “bad with money,” how to build dopamine-boosting routines that stick, and what it means to make peace with your finances—not through shame, but through clarity and choice.

Resources:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arise.financial.coaching/
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@arise.financial.coaching/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/arise.financial.coaching/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@arisefinancialcoaching
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Money advice rarely works for the ADHD brain. We’re told to budget, track every dollar, and rely on willpower—but what if the real answer is to make it easier, not harder?

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EP. 326: How Lizzie Smiley Built an Etsy Empire

April 02, 2025

Tracy Otsuka

Lizzie Smiley

Etsy business entrepreneurship ADHD self-doubt imposter syndrome hyperfocus family dynamics anxiety income growth

Want to fall in love with your ADHD brain and make it work for you? Learn more about my patented program, Your ADHD Brain is A-OK Academy here: programs.tracyotsuka.com/signup

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What happens when a self-taught, multi-passionate entrepreneur builds a six-figure Etsy business from scratch—while homeschooling on a farm and running multiple income streams?

You get Lizzie Smiley.

Known for her hot-mess mom humor and contagious high energy, Lizzie is the host of How to Sell Your Stuff on Etsy, where she helps creative entrepreneurs build thriving online businesses. But behind the success is a story many ADHD women will find deeply familiar: years of self-doubt, people-pleasing, and the constant feeling of being “too much.”

In this conversation, Lizzie opens up about her late realization that she likely has ADHD, how it shows up in her personal and professional life, and the mindset tools that help her stay grounded amidst the chaos.

Tracy and Lizzie dive into everything from hyperfocus and imposter syndrome to business pivots, family dynamics, and anxiety spirals. Lizzie also shares how delegating, tapping into joy, and leaning on her strengths helped her 10x her income—and build a life that works with her brain, not against it.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing too much and still not enough, this one’s for you.

Resources:

Website: https://www.howtosellyourstuff.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smiley_lizzie
How to Sell Your Stuff on Etsy Podcast: https://www.howtosellyourstuff.com/podcast

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Want to fall in love with your ADHD brain and make it work for you? Learn more about my patented program, Your ADHD Brain is A-OK Academy here: programs.tracyotsuka.com/signup

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What happens when a self-taught, multi-passionate entrepreneur builds a six-figure Etsy business from scratch—while homeschooling on a farm and running multiple income streams?

You get Lizzie Smiley.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing too much and still not enough, this one’s for you.

Resources:

Website: https://www.howtosellyourstuff.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smiley_lizzie
How to Sell Your Stuff on Etsy Podcast: https://www.howtosellyourstuff.com/podcast

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EP. 325: Kate Anthony on Divorce, Safety, and Reclaiming Your Life

March 26, 2025

Tracy Otsuka

Kate Anthony

ADHD divorce safety reclaiming agency self-compassion emotional intensity executive dysfunction relationships dopamine-seeking behavior people-pleasing masking

Want to fall in love with your ADHD brain and make it work for you? Learn more about my patented program, Your ADHD Brain is A-OK Academy here: programs.tracyotsuka.com/signup

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For many ADHD women, relationships can be complicated—especially when navigating emotional intensity, executive dysfunction, and the feeling that something just isn’t right. Kate Anthony, host of the Divorce Survival Guide Podcast and author of The D Word, joins Tracy to talk about what it means to reclaim your agency, especially when you’ve spent years feeling like you’re the problem.

Kate shares her story of growing up undiagnosed, struggling in traditional learning environments, and always feeling like she was “bad at school”—until her son’s diagnosis helped her connect the dots in her own life. The discovery gave her a new lens of self-compassion and helped her understand why experiential learning worked when academic structures didn’t. Now, as a divorce coach and certified domestic violence advocate, Kate helps women—especially mothers—do the deep personal work of deciding whether to stay in or leave their marriages, with an approach grounded in self-knowledge, clarity, and safety.

Kate and Tracy also explore how ADHD shows up in relationships: the dopamine-seeking behavior, the impulse to over-function, and the toll of living beneath your potential. They talk about how abuse can be subtle and confusing—especially for ADHD women who are naturally empathetic, people-pleasing, or used to masking—and why working on yourself is essential before making big relationship decisions.

This episode is a powerful listen for anyone stuck in the question: Should I stay or should I go?

Resources:

Website: https://kateanthony.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedivorcesurvivalguide
Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/YourDivorceSurvivalGuide

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This episode is a powerful listen for anyone stuck in the question: Should I stay or should I go?

Resources:

Website: https://kateanthony.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedivorcesurvivalguide
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EP. 324: Rejection-Proof: How ADHD Brains Can Turn ‘No’ Into ‘Next’

March 19, 2025

Tracy Otsuka

Alice Draper

rejection ADHD imposter syndrome mindset storytelling success women entrepreneurs

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Rejection stings, but what if you could flip it into your greatest advantage?

Alice Draper, founder of Hustling Writers and host of My Rejection Story, knows that rejection isn’t just part of the game—it is the game. Diagnosed with ADHD in adulthood, Alice struggled for years with imposter syndrome, social rejection, and the fear of putting herself out there. But everything changed when she set a radical goal: to get rejected 100 times in a year. What happened next? More success than she ever imagined.

In this conversation, Alice shares how growing up undiagnosed shaped her confidence, why ADHD brains are wired to fear rejection, and how she rewired her mindset to see “no” as a step toward “yes.” She dives into the science of rejection, how our ancestors depended on acceptance for survival, and why ADHD brains feel it even more intensely. Tracy and Alice also talk about harnessing rejection as a tool for success, why storytelling is a superpower, and how to shift from perfectionism to action.

Now a publicity strategist and media expert, Alice helps under-recognized women entrepreneurs land press and podcast guest spots—proving that rejection isn’t the end of the story, but the beginning of something bigger. If you’ve ever hesitated to put yourself out there for fear of failure, this episode will challenge you to rethink rejection—and maybe even celebrate it.

Resources:

Website: http://hustlingwriters.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alicedraper/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alice-m-draper/
Podcast: https://hustlingwriters.com/podcast/
Course: https://hustlingwriters.com/pitchyourpower/

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Rejection stings, but what if you could flip it into your greatest advantage?

Resources:

Website: http://hustlingwriters.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alicedraper/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alice-m-draper/
Podcast: https://hustlingwriters.com/podcast/
Course: https://hustlingwriters.com/pitchyourpower/

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