ADHD for Smart Ass Women

How to Fall in Love with Your Neurodivergent Brain

By: Tracy Otsuka

Narrated by: Tracy Otsuka

Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins

Publisher's summary

An unprecedented guide for any woman with ADHD looking to celebrate her unique brilliance and to embark on a journey of self-discovery.

ADHD is one of the most common neurological disor­ders in the United States—yet a staggering 75 percent of girls and women remain undiagnosed. Due to the gen­der gap in medical research, which does not account for symptoms manifesting differently in women—leading to increased problems with anxiety, depression, work­ing memory, sleep, energy, and concentration—many ADHD women are left to navigate a society that fails to understand their struggles and gifts. But what if every woman had the resources and support to uncover the hidden wonders of her neurodivergent brain?

Enter certified ADHD coach and podcast host Tracy Otsuka. Armed with her experience coaching thou­sands of women, cutting-edge medical research, and personal insights from her own diagnosis, she presents a revelatory guide tailored specifically for girls and women with ADHD. In it, Otsuka offers an entirely new set of tools, systems, and strategies to access a world of boundless productivity, focus, and confidence.

With her signature wit and levity—in entertaining chapters designed for ADHD listeners—Otsuka explores the unique challenges that ADHD women face and illuminates the extraordinary qualities that set them apart: overflowing creativity, laser-focused attention, deep empathy, and fearless entrepreneurial spirit. Even without an official diagnosis, listeners will be equipped with the tools to conquer any to-do list and to tap into their true purpose, personally or professionally.

By dismantling the long-standing stereotypes and misinformation surrounding women with ADHD, Otsuka offers a beacon of hope for any woman looking to transform her symptoms into strengths. Comprehensive, lively, and long overdue, ADHD for Smart Ass Women is the key to unlocking unparalleled potential and to understanding your truly magnifi­cent and brilliant brain.

Are you ready to discover your superpower?

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2023 Tracy Otsuka (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers

SMART and Relatable

this was so informative and positive that I listened twice. I'm adding it to my favorite books. MyI plan to listen and refer back to this book.

Very useful tips and information.

This book exceeded my expectations. There were so many things that Tracy mentioned that made things so much clearer about ADHD. She gives great and specific tips. This isn’t my first book on the subject, but this one is one I will re-listen to and refer to for strategies. Thank you Tracy!

No more turning into a pumpkin for me! 🥹🎃⏲️

Tracey!!! From the bottom of my ADHD heart, I feel like I know YOU, THROUGH ME. THANK YOU! Buy the book and the audio – it’s like driving to work with the best friend, coach I always needed. ALSO, this allows me to engage and learn through both visual and auditory senses. Trust me. I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 6 years old and have been medicated since. I am now 30, and it’s as if I am just figuring out who I am, and I think that’s beautiful.

I found this book after reading “Dirty Laundry” and “Scattered Minds,” and after reading “Scattered Minds,” I felt even more scattered. Sure, it was jam-packed with information, but I was not in the highest of spirits after reading it. This book gave me a whole new outlook on myself. My god… am I glowing? My mom even listened to a few chapters with me in the car, and we laughed and cried a bit because she had me very young and did her damn best! I was so loved, but how do you tell a 26-year-old in the ’90s that your kid has a learning disability? A single parent who took all the right steps – I was so fortunate. Therapy before medication, and then when we decided medication was right, I continued therapy. We grew up together, my mother and I 🥹. Last night, our texts went a little something like this:

My Rock (mommy) 10:38 pm: “Don’t turn into a pumpkin 🎃 ⏲️.”
ME: “I was organizing my bathroom after I selected my outfit for tomorrow 😂🫠🤦🏻‍♀️.”
My Rock: “Okay baby, go to bed before you turn into a pumpkin. I love you 🤣🤣🤣.”
ME: Sent her photos of what I organized.
My Rock: “Holly banana 🍌 bread, wow, that’s impressive! So organized 🥳 NOW GO TO BED 💫😂.”

THIS IS the SUPPORT system that we need!!! Don’t believe me? I’m writing this at 5 am. BAM! Time to workout 💕💕

Just Diagnosed with ADHD? This is for you!!

After being recently diagnosed later in life, Tracy’s insights were so insightful! After listening to her podcast for a few months, I preordered the audio book and it was worth the wait!
The whole time I listened, I was like “this is me—how does she know my life?!” lol So I then bought 2 hard copies of the book too—one for me to write in the margins and highlight my fav lines and one for me sister who was diagnosed as a kid but still has tons of questions.
Anyways, highly recommend!

Really well done

I understand so much more about myself and my kids now. I didn’t know what I didn’t know until I read this book. Highly recommend. 

Love this lady!

Tracy makes this tough subject so understandable! Plain speech to help
You drop the shame and start to take control of your life with your ADHD brain! 🧠 ❤️

Information

The information provided by Tracy has been a God sent. I have listened to 4 audible ADHD books for women. Each one did provide information and assisted with my self improvement of ADHD. I was diagnosed at age 4 having emotional disregulation disorder then ADD (it was called in the 70s & 80s) when I was 12. Both were untreated. Tracy changed my outlook on my ADHD life with her positive and supportive podcast. She saved my life. At age 49 I was ready to throw in the towel. I was becoming depressed and that was not the state of mind I wanted to be in. Tracy's book is uplifting for girls or women loaded with everything we need to know. ADHD doesn't have to be hard all of the time. She gave all of us women a voice that needed to be heard. This book is amazing!!!

Surprised this was so helpful and amusing at the same time

A lifetime of love hate relationship with my neurodivergence lead me to read or in this case listen to anything I can get my hands on. This book is a resource that will be reread and reviewed over and over. Deeper then I expected.

Fun, actionable & comprehensive

I really enjoyed this book. Some audible books take me weeks and weeks to get through but this one I finished and just five days.

Thank goodness for Tracy Otsuka!

As l often do while listening to Tracy Otsuka’s brilliant podcast, I cried several times during this audiobook, simply from the joy of feeling seen and understood. I've read many books on neurodivergence and this is absolutely my favorite. Highly, highly recommend if you have ADHD, suspect you do, or love someone who does. Tracy doesn’t make light of the challenges ADHDers face, but she celebrates our talents and tenacity with fiercely charming optimism and brilliant insight. Thank goodness for Tracy Otsuka’s ADHD brain and her generous heart. This book is a gift.