Latest Highfunctioning Podcast Episodes
Guided Meditation for Overachievers (Achieve Calm and Relaxation)
Calmly Coping - October 25, 2023 10:00 - 6 minutesThis episode is a calming guided meditation for overachievers. This simple 6-minute exercise can be done in any location where you feel safe to close your eyes and be undisturbed for about 6 minutes. This guided meditation will be helpful for you if you are a high-achieving person who is feeling...
EP. 251: What Happens When We Learn How to Lead with Alice Gendron
ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka - October 25, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsWhen Alice Gendron entered the workforce, she struggled to manage the workload of a nine-to-five job and also stay on top of the endless demands of adulting. When she was diagnosed with ADHD at 29, it all finally made sense. Alice started making doodles about her ADHD experience, a skill she had...
Crush Shame & Boost Well-being by Parenting with Empathy with Debbie
Autism & Neurodiversity - October 21, 2023 02:10 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsOur young people, especially our autistic and neurodivergent, thrive when they're met with support and empathy, and spiral down when they're met with shame-based approaches and rejection. It can be challenging to offer empathy, especially when your child, teen, or young adult is behaving negat...
EP. 250: Coaching Yourself with Executive Leadership Coach Antonia Bowring
ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka - October 18, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsAntonia Bowring is a top executive coach who works with founders, C-Suite executives, and leadership teams. One of Antonia’s areas of expertise is helping neurodiverse leaders create the necessary scaffolding to leverage their gifts and maintain their focus. She is a frequent speaker to compani...
Bonus EP: Are We Really Stubborn, Irreverent, and Oppositional?
ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka - October 13, 2023 20:22 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsResources: Visit: Tracy Otsuka: Instagram: @tracyotsuka Send a Message: Name | Email Address | Your Message Hello, my brilliant friends! I'm thrilled to announce the launch of Blends, my daily ten-minute audio mix of coaching, mindfulness, affirmations, and more, designed to create positive ...
Mania and Neurodiversity: What Parents Need to Know with Jason
Autism & Neurodiversity - October 13, 2023 11:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsDoes your autistic or neurodivergent loved one swing between manic, over the top, emotions and depression? In this episode, Jason talks about the challenges of extreme swings in emotionally dysregulated states. This can lead to problems in their relationships, at work, and in other areas o...
STOP Your To-Do List From Controlling Your Life
Calmly Coping - October 11, 2023 10:00 - 15 minutesAre you the kind of type A, organized person who loves your to-do lists? And yet you sometimes find yourself also resenting your to-do list, feeling overwhelmed and controlled by it, and as though you cannot relax until everything is checked off? In this episode, you will learn actionable as wel...
EP. 249: Adieu Beautiful Mama: ADHD and Grief
ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka - October 11, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsThis is the hardest episode I’ve had to record to date. In truth, I’ve been avoiding it like the plague, which means procrastinating everything so I don’t have to go there, but I knew I had to do it for my beautiful mother. Since starting this podcast back in 2019, many of you have asked for an...
Breaking the Cycle of Shame-based Parenting Approaches with Debbie
Autism & Neurodiversity - October 06, 2023 11:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsHave you ever tried to stop yelling at your kids, only to find yourself yelling again? Have you tried rewarding and punishing, but it's not working? If so, you're not alone. Many of us were parented with shame-based approaches, and we may be unintentionally using the same approaches with our o...
EP. 248: Educating Neurodivergent Students with Former NYU Professor and Author Sivan Hong
ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka - October 04, 2023 09:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsGrowing up, Author Sivan Hong struggled to focus on reading long enough to connect with the text, until she discovered audiobooks and a whole new world opened up for her. Years later Sivan was diagnosed with ADHD and she finally understood why visual reading had been such a challenge for her and ...
Time Blindness and It's Impact on Connecting Cause and Effect with Jason
Autism & Neurodiversity - September 29, 2023 16:01 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsTime blindness is a common challenge for autistics and neurodivergents. It can make it difficult to estimate how long it will take to complete a task, to plan ahead, and to meet deadlines. This can lead to frustration and anxiety for both parents and their children. Understanding some of the nua...
How To Transition Back To Work After Vacation
Calmly Coping - September 27, 2023 10:00 - 18 minutesWe’ve all been there: you have a relaxing and rejuvenating vacation (or even a stay-cation), and as your time off comes to a close you start experiencing anxiety and dread about returning to work. You want to hold onto this feeling of joy and being nourished by rest, but you worry that you will...
EP. 247: Breaking Up with Booze and Living Your Best Life with Amanda Kuda
ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka - September 27, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsShow Notes–Ep. 247: Breaking Up with Booze and Living Your Best Life with Amanda Kuda Amanda Kuda was acutely aware of being different from her peers growing up–the movie Matilda made her feel seen, minus the telekinesis–so when she discovered that alcohol made it easier for her to fit in, it b...
Boundaries with Love: Fostering Attachment and Autonomy with Debbie
Autism & Neurodiversity - September 23, 2023 05:34 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsHave you ever felt powerless, confused, angry, or resentful because you were struggling to hold healthy boundaries with your child, teen, or young adult? Or maybe you thought you were holding boundaries, but they felt ineffective or even damaging to your relationship? In this episode, I share ...
EP. 246: Make it Funny with Comedian, Blaire Postman
ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka - September 20, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsPersonally, I can't think of anything scarier than being a live performer, but there's something about the ADHD brain that seems to make us happier when we're running into the fire rather than away from it. For comedian Blaire Postman, what scared her more than getting up on a stage was the id...
How I Manage My High-Functioning Anxiety
Calmly Coping - September 13, 2023 10:00 - 23 minutesHi, my name is Tati and I’m an overachiever with high-functioning anxiety. I can say that I have overcome my high-functioning anxiety because it is no longer controlling me negatively in the way it used to, but if there is one thing we know about anxiety, it never goes away 100%. That’s because ...
EP. 245: When You Love What You Do, it Rarely Feels Like Work with Stephanie Calderon
ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka - September 13, 2023 09:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsStephanie Caldero is a self-made, self-taught interior designer who owns a boutique design firm in Charlotte, North Carolina. Stephanie has always loved interior design starting when she was a child circling items in catalogs and learning from her seamstress grandmother. For years she designed fo...
EP. 244: Perfectionism, Confidence and ADHD with Dr. Fiona Peters
ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka - September 06, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsPerfectionism causes so many of us ADHD women to get in our own way and stops us from reaching our full creative potential for fear of criticism. My guest this episode, Dr. Fiona Peters knows firsthand just how disabling the anxiety-perfectionism spiral can be, which is why she’s so passionate ab...
Are You Addicted To Work? (Workaholism)
Calmly Coping - August 30, 2023 10:00 - 21 minutesDo you spend most of your time working? Is it hard for you to disconnect from work and do you feel a compulsive urge to work and get more done, even when you know you should be relaxing or spending time with loved ones? Workaholism affects about 1/3 of the working population and can have signifi...
EP. 243: Learning to Trust Yourself with Sarah McCall
ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka - August 30, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsSarah McCall is the author of the book, Cecil Gets a Haircut, which she wrote as a tool to help parents, educators, and superintendents of schools work with children with anxiety. Her work both on the pages and in the classrooms helps get the conversation started about ADHD, autism, and mental he...
EP. 242: Hyperfocus Your Way to Success as an Artist Entrepreneur, with Jessica Liddell
ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka - August 23, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsJessica Liddell is a professional mosaic/mural artist and the owner and founder of Bella Mosaic Art, where she’s been making mosaics professionally since 1997. Before becoming a professional artist Jessica tried pursuing a more practical career in teaching, but after an eye-opening trip to Barcel...
Beyond 'No': Building Stronger Bonds with Debbie
Autism & Neurodiversity - August 18, 2023 17:23 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsLearn how saying 'yes' can strengthen bonds, promote open communication, and guide your child's growth. Discover practical strategies to shift from conflict to connection, leading to empowered, confident kids. Tune in for a fresh perspective on effective parenting. Follow "Debbie Grygla" on In...
Feeling unmotivated? This is for you.
Calmly Coping - August 16, 2023 10:00 - 23 minutesDo you just feel like doing nothing? Maybe you know you have so many things you should be doing… but it feels overwhelming and like dragging your feet to even get started. Everything in your mind and body is telling you to stop, when you know you should be doing more. You might be frustrated wit...
Ep. 241: ADHD, Adventure and Doing Things Her Own Way, with Expat Entrepreneur, Jessi Kingan
ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka - August 16, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsJessi Kingan left the United States at age 22 for what was meant to be a six-month adventure of traveling and teaching scuba diving around the world. Like so many ADHDers with a plan though, she ended up on a completely different path than she was expecting. Now almost 13 years later, Jessi li...
EP. 240: How We Lead in What We Love with YouTube Influencer Kathy Joseph of Kathy Loves Physics
ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka - August 09, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsGrowing up, Kathy Joseph was convinced she wasn’t smart because she struggled to memorize facts like everyone else. But as she got older she realized she is smart, she just has to do things her own way. Kathy leaned into her pattern recognition skills and became a math whiz; she went on to rec...
How To Overcome Self-Doubt As A Leader
Calmly Coping - August 02, 2023 10:00 - 19 minutesAre you a leader who is struggling with self-doubt? Maybe you are an executive, manager, entrepreneur, thought leader, or decision-maker in some way who questions yourself often, overthinks decisions, worries about what others think of you, and/or struggles with feeling confident in yourself. Yo...
EP. 239: ADHD, Autism and Other Neurodivergent Insights with Clinical Psychologist Dr. Megan Anna Neff
ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka - August 02, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsI have been searching high and low for the perfect specialist to come on the podcast and talk about autism and ADHD, and I think I finally achieved that with this episode’s guest, Dr. Megan Anna Neff. Dr. Neff is not only a clinical psychologist who specializes in working with neurodivergent a...
Mindful Parenting: Embracing Connection as a Practice for Success with Debbie
Autism & Neurodiversity - July 29, 2023 04:43 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsIf you've ever felt stuck in your attempts to build a meaningful bond, Debbie is here to share a powerful tool that can transform your relationship into one of influence and connection. Discover how this tool can lead to better support for your child's success, development, and overall happines...
EP. 238: Regulating our ADHD Nervous System with Psychologist Anna Daphna
ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka - July 26, 2023 09:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsAnna Daphna is an ADHD and executive function coach, mentor, and psychologist based in London. She started off her career in education with the goal of giving kids a better school experience than she had herself, but eventually she felt called to psychology and pursued a psychology degree. Now, A...
Unraveling the Power of Novelty: How Dopamine Drives Motivation in ADHDers with Jason
Autism & Neurodiversity - July 21, 2023 11:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings"How do you motivate them?" It helpes to understand dopamine, the neurotransmitter connected with feeling good and motivated. ADHDers have issues with dopamine levels and transmition. They need more support to increase their dopamine. Novelty is a powerful tool that can help. Follow "Debbi...
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