Oh my gosh. Okay. So the way you tell if you're part of a cult because I think we have a lot of cults in this country right now. You know? How do you know again? Say it again.

Are all people being given the same rules and are they all following the same rules? Or are there only certain people that have to follow the rules, and there's other people that don't have to follow the rules?

Richard Branson, Michael Phelps, Justin Timberlake, James Carville. Wait a minute. Where are the women? Greta Gerwig, Lisa Ling, Audra McDonald, Simone miles. That sounds like a list of highly successful titans in a variety of industries. They all have ADHD, but you don't hear much about that now, do you? You know what else you don't hear about? Are the 43% of people with ADHD who are in excellent mental health. Why aren't we talking about them and what they're doing right? I'm your host, Tracy Otsuka, and that's exactly what we do here. I'm a lawyer, not a Doctor, a lifelong student, and now the author of my new book, ADHD for Smartass Women. I'm also a certified ADHD The coach and the creator of your ADHD brain is A Okay, a patented system that helps ADHD women just like you Get unstuck and fall in love with their brilliant brains.

Here, we embrace our too muchness, and we focus on our Our strengths. My guests and I credit our ADHD for some of our greatest gifts. And to those who Still think they're too much? Too impulsive? Too scattered? Too disorganized? I say no one ever made a difference by being too little. Hello. Hello. Hello. I'm your host, Tracy Otsuka. Thank you so much for joining me here for ADHD For Smart Ass Women.

Look, if you've been listening for a while and you're thinking, I wish I had all the highlights of the podcast, and I wish they were all in one place. I have great news for you. You can find everything you need to know about ADHD She and my brand new book with Harper Collins called, surprise, ADHD for Smart Ass Women, and that is now available for preorder atadhdforsmartwomen.comforward/book. Okay. We got that out of the way. So you know my purpose is always to show you who you are and then inspire you to be it. And in the thousands of ADHD women that I've had the privilege of meeting, I've never met a one, not one, that wasn't truly brilliant at something. And so for all of these reasons, I am just delighted to introduce you to doctor Tamara MC.

Doctor Tamara MC is a cult, child marriage, and human trafficking lived experience expert who advocates for girls and women to live free from gender based violence worldwide. Her PhD is in applied linguistics, and she researches how language Manipulates vulnerable populations. Tamara attended Columbia University where she earned her MFA, and you'll find her work published in prestigious outlets such as The New York Times, New York Magazine, and Newsweek. Tamara is currently working on her debut there. On her debut memoir, Child Bride, My Marriage at 12, she's traveled to nearly 80 countries, mostly alone in backpacking, and is a polyglot. I had to look that up. That means you know a lot of languages, and she studied more than 6 languages. She's an empty nesting mama to 2 sons and a grandmama to 2 feisty and adorable ADHD pups.

I don't know, Tamara. How do you know they're they have the ADHD? Gee. A Boston terrier and an Australian shepherd. When she isn't writing and reading, you'll find her road cycling, running, and playing pickleball. Tamara, did I get all of that right? And welcome.

Thank you so much. Yes. Thank you so much for the introduction.

So how do you know that your dogs have ADHD? Have they been diagnosed?

They have not been diagnosed. I think that they take after their family members.

Oh, well, right, biology and environment. Right? Isn't that what we say? Yes. I don't know. All of our dogs have always had So much energy.

And I don't know. I've not yet ever had a calm dog.