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In Episode #62 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women, Tracy talks about ADHD and cannabis. She specifically focuses on the adolescent ADHD brain. Discover: The history of cannabis in the United States Why the name was changed from cannabis to marijuana How immigrants popularized the recreational use of marijuana What state first passed the Cannabis Prohibition law. How the propaganda film Reefer Madness effectively criminalized marijuana What happened to cannabis in the 60s and 70s What the reports commissioned by Presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson said about marijuana Tracy then shares why she initially thought that cannabis was safer than substances like alcohol and her experience at a cannabis dispensary close to her home.

Learn: The truth about whether or not there really are medicinal and or therapeutic benefits of cannabis to the ADHD brain, the two active compounds that make up cannabis, if research supports the use of CBD oil as a treatment for ADHD At what age the frontal lobe is fully matured in the ADHD brain, what THC actually does in the brain, what the FDA has approved medical marijuana for, what rates of cannabis use look like for adolescents and young adults, the negative effects of cannabis and how this mimics the symptoms of ADHD, how dendrites help a healthy brain process and learn better, how THC can alter the architecture of your brain, why fully formed brains are at much less risk for damage by THC, if THC is a gateway drug Cannabis’ effect on the heart, cannabis’ effect on mental health, if cannabis is addictive and if so, who is more likely to be addicted, what it means to be chasing dopamine and why those with ADHD are at a greater risk for this, what Cannabis Use Disorder (CUD) is, what the link between CUD and psychosis is, why cannabis is so appealing to the ADHD brain, and how to treat CUD.
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Resources:

• 1-800-662- HELP to locate a treatment center
• FindTreatment.gov
• Reefer Madness! The Twisted History of America's Marijuan

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Join Tracy as she welcomes her guest Laurie Harwood Peterson to Episode #61 of her podcast, ADHD for Smart Ass Women. Laurie is the owner and director of Diagnostic Learning Services. Alongside her husband, Laurie runs five offices across Texas, specializing in ADHD and learning challenges in children. She spends every day helping kids get identified and teaching parents how to support them. Laurie holds a bachelor’s degree in Special Education and spent eight years teaching students with learning disabilities in grades K-12. She also has two Master’s Degrees—one in Special Education with an emphasis on assessment and the other in Professional Counseling.

Laurie is also the mother of two boys. In this episode, you’ll learn about: the circumstances surrounding Laurie’s ADHD diagnosis, her symptoms in childhood, how she got into diagnostic testing, the difference between neuropsychological testing and diagnostic testing, where diagnostic testing fits into the ADHD picture, signs parents should look for when considering diagnostic testing for their children, the cost of diagnostic testing, how testing for giftedness and ADHD differs from standard ADHD testing, how Laurie’s ADHD makes her better at what she does, what Laurie believes is the key to living successfully with ADHD, and her number one ADHD workaround.
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Resources:

• How to use a bullet journal 
• www.diagnostic-learning.com
• ediagnosticlearning.com

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Join Tracy in Episode #60 of *ADHD for Smart Ass Women* as she welcomes her guest, Brandi Noll. Dr. Noll is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Akron in Ohio, where she teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses. With 23 years of experience in education, she has taught children how to read and write, as well as adults how to best teach children to read and write. Brandi is also an author, presenter, and consultant in K-12 schools. She has co-authored a book on preschool literacy curriculum, written numerous articles for national journals on literacy instruction, and presented at education conferences across the country, sharing her passion for helping students succeed. Brandi is also the mother of three.

In 2016, while recovering from her second major hip reconstruction due to hip dysplasia, Brandi founded the Bucket List Adventure Company Ohio. Her focus was on bringing people together by encouraging them to step outside of their comfort zones and overcome their fears. Over the last few years, Brandi has jumped out of a plane, free-dived with sharks in the Atlantic Ocean, walked across fire, kayaked in alligator-infested waterways, ice climbed, rock climbed, and rappelled through some of the United States' most strenuous and iconic trails. No surprise—Brandi also has ADHD!

Brandi shares: how she completed her Ph.D. in three years while working two part-time jobs and raising three children, the circumstances surrounding her ADHD diagnosis, symptoms she had always wondered about but now recognizes as clearly ADHD in hindsight, what has changed since her diagnosis, why she decided to start her travel company, why she founded the "Adventure Club," the knowledge she imparts to all of her students, what she believes is the key to living successfully with ADHD, her number one ADHD workaround, and her advice to a young woman just diagnosed with ADHD.
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Resources:

• Instagram:

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In Episode #59 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women, Tracy introduces her guest Taylor Levy. Taylor is an immigration attorney in El Paso, Texas, and was the Legal Coordinator at Annunciation House, El Paso’s largest migrant shelter. During the summer and fall of 2018, Taylor worked with dozens of pro bono attorneys who traveled to El Paso from across the U.S. to provide free legal representation to immigrant parents separated from their minor children due to the “zero-tolerance” policy enacted by the Trump administration. Attorneys volunteering with Annunciation House provided legal consultations and pro bono reunification to more than 400 separated families. Currently, Taylor focuses on asylum-seeking families who have been returned to Mexico under the “Remain in Mexico” program. She also mentors attorneys from around the country on these cases and does advocacy, media, and policy work centered on protecting vulnerable asylum seekers arriving at our border.

Taylor talks about an article that ProPublica just published about her clients, Honduran refugees Mirza, David, and their kids. Taylor also shares how she ended up in law school while working full time and raising a child as a single mother, the circumstances surrounding her own ADHD diagnosis, symptoms that she always wondered about but now, with the benefit of hindsight, she recognizes as clearly ADHD, what has changed since her diagnosis, how she ended up representing immigrants and asylum seekers before she even went to law school, what she believes the key to living successfully with ADHD is, her novel approach to medication, her number one workaround, and her advice to a young woman just diagnosed with ADHD. Information about the Mitchell Hamline School of Law Hybrid Program is also discussed.
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Resources:

• Email: [email protected]
• www.santafedreamersproject.org

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In Episode 58 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women, Tracy shares five hacks that have changed her professional and personal productivity and play well with her ADHD brain. They are: Stickies app for IOS (or Sticky Notes for Windows), Multiple Desktops which is available for both IOS and Windows, TabResize app, Bear app; and New Kajabi, a platform for online businesses.

Tracy talks about: Her love - hate relationship with Post-it-notes, the two things that new applications need in order to work well with her ADHD brain, how to organize your computer workspace with multiple desktops. how to automatically organize your desktop so it’s never a mess. the application that keeps her the most focused because it allows her to stay within the four corners of one computer screen, the application that ensures you will never lose another note, book or restaurant suggestion or link again, and the application that finally allowed her to understand all parts of her online business rather than delegating that which she didn’t understand.
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Resources:

• Stickies User Guide
• Work in multiple spaces on Mac
• Use desktop stacks on Mac
• Tab Resize - Split Screen Layouts
• Bear App
• adhdforsmartwomen.com/kajabi

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In Episode #57 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women, Tracy invites her good friend Sandra Centorino to the podcast to talk about her recent mid-life ADHD diagnosis. Sandra is currently the founder of RealWomenGoLive where her mission is to help, inspire, share and connect real women to the power of their voice through audio and video.

Prior to that, Sandra ran a non-profit called, the CUREchief Foundation where she recruited and trained thousands of volunteers for more than a decade. Sandra shares: Why she decided to seek a diagnosis, how her symptoms got worse in midlife, her family's response to her diagnosis, what has changed since she was diagnosed, her experience with medication, her number one ADHD workaround, and her advice to anyone who’s listening who has not yet been diagnosed.
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Resources:

• Facebook Group:: RealWomenGoLIVE

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Join Tracy and her guest Linda Karanzalis, M.S., BCCS in Episode #56 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women. Linda is a board-certified cognitive specialist and parent/student coach who provides executive function training and social-emotional learning programs for people of all ages. Linda recently wrote an article for ADDitude magazine’s Winter 2020 issue on ADHD and Non-verbal Learning Disorder (NVLD).

Linda shares with us: Her symptoms in childhood, her ADHD diagnosis, how she figured out that she had something more than just ADHD, her Non-Verbal Learning Disorder (NVLD) diagnosis, what NVLD looks like What percentage of communication is verbal vs non-verbal and why that matters, why those with NVLD actually talk more, not less, what it means to not understand the meaning behind words and take things literally, how to tell the difference between ADHD and NVLD, why those with NVLD are often misdiagnosed with ADHD, why NVLD is still not recognized in the DSM even though they are both brain-based conditions, what happens to those with NVLD who are left untreated. 

Linda then discusses current treatment options for NVLD and explains why she believes they don’t work. She also shares what she has discovered does work.

Resources:

• Addvantageslearningcenter.com
• Symptom test for adults: Could I have Non-Verbal Learning Disorder?
• Article that appeared in ADDitude magazine on NVLD
• Another article by Linda Karanzalis for ADDitude magazine

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Resources:

• [Self-Test] Nonverbal Learning Disorder (NLD) in Adults

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Tracy talks about what she’s learned in the year since she started her podcast, ADHD for Smart Ass Women. She hopes her story might inspire you to tackle that one big bucket list item that you’ve been scared to start. After all, she’s been there.

Tracy shares: Why she started the podcast, What her biggest fear was around having a podcast, How she feels about planning, Her thoughts on accountability vs. responsibility, The importance of structure, Why she listens more and talks less, How her podcast helped her develop more tools and strategies for herself, The importance of reminders, How starting a podcast solidified her belief that ADHD isn’t a disorder but rather a brain difference that just requires another way of doing things, How those with ADHD are gold star people, How members of her ADHD for Smart Ass Women Facebook Group and listeners of the podcast helped her grow her knowledge of ADHD, and What her podcast taught her about confidence.
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Resources:

• addca.com
• Facebook Group: ADHD for Smart Ass Women

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In this episode, Tracy invites Esther Nagel to the podcast. Esther is a yoga teacher, author, and writer from South Wales in the UK. She is also an expert in breathing and was recently diagnosed with ADHD.

Esther shares: Why learning to breathe properly is a powerful tool in managing the ADHD brain, How she connected breath to so many of her own personal struggles stemming from ADHD and how it changed her life, How proper breathing reduces stress, stabilizes emotions, and makes us more mindful, How breathing balances the autonomic nervous system and helps us to be more attentive (focused) and more relaxed, and Some simple steps for breathing properly and doing it anywhere in her FREE 10-day breathing course.
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Resources:

• spacetobreatheacademy.com(this is the FREE 10-day breathing course that Esther mentioned) 
• How Deep Breathing Opens Up the ADHD Brain
• Just Breathe: Diaphragmatic Breathing for ADHD

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In Episode #53 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women, Tracy tackles the science behind meditation, specifically neuroplasticity. Tracy introduces the book Mindfulness Prescription for Adult ADHD, An 8-Step Program for Strengthening Attention, Managing Emotions and Achieving Your Goals* by Lidia Zylowska, MD.

Learn: what neuroplasticity is and how it affects not only our ability to learn but also the brain’s ability to change and adapt, when neuroplasticity occurs in our lifespan, several interesting examples of neuroplasticity, what one key factor is in neuroplasticity, how the concept of neuroplasticity has completely changed the thinking around meditation, what long-term meditators' brains look like in regions related to attention, self-monitoring, and emotional regulation, what long-term meditators' brains look like as they age, what attentional blink is and how it is affected by meditation, how long you must meditate in order to start seeing its benefits, what areas of the brain are enhanced by mindfulness or meditation training and why this is important to those of us with ADHD, and why meditation is especially important to those of us with inattentive ADHD, especially those suffering from Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria.
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Resources:

• The Mindfulness Prescription for Adult ADHD
• Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and the Adult ADHD Brain
• Mindfulness Meditation Training for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Adulthood
• Your Child’s Brain on Mindful Meditation

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