Comedian Taryn Delanie Smith’s wild ADHD ride (Re-upload)
About this episode
Comedian Taryn Delanie Smith shares her experiences with ADHD, including her journey through the Miss America pageant and the challenges she faced in corporate America.
Hey, everyone. There was a publishing issue with this episode last week, but it’s too good to miss. If you downloaded this episode with Taryn Delanie Smith when it first came out, it’s possible you actually got an episode of Hyperfocus instead. We hope you liked it. But now we’ve uploaded the correct ADHD Aha! episode here. Enjoy! Cold-calling strangers about Brazilian butt lifts wasn’t exactly the plan. But for Taryn Delanie Smith — comedian, actor, former Miss New York, and creator of the viral TikTok character “Denise, Heaven’s Receptionist” — the detours turned out to be the whole story. In this episode, Taryn talks about competing in the Miss America pageant with undiagnosed ADHD, the curses and gifts of ADHD, a learning disability in math, and struggling in corporate America. Plus: justice sensitivity, farting around time, and why waitressing might be the perfect job for an ADHD brain.
People in this episode
Host: Laura Key
Guest: Taryn Delanie Smith
Topics covered
- ADHD
- comedy
- Miss America
- learning disabilities
- corporate struggles
- mental health
Keywords
- ADHD
- comedy
- Miss America
- learning disability
- corporate America
- mental health
- Taryn Delanie Smith
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Miss America, TikTok
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