About this episode

Laura Pasley discusses her experiences with ADHD and mental health challenges, emphasizing the importance of not trying to 'fix' oneself.

Tired of ADHD strategies that don’t work? Stop Trying to “Fix” Your ADHD. You’re Not Broken: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/sign-up _____ Laura Pasley is a child and youth worker in Ontario, Canada, who has spent more than a decade in intensive mental health and dual-diagnosis treatment programs for children and adolescents. She is the person who runs toward the crisis when everyone else is running away from it. After postpartum anxiety, postpartum OCD, complex trauma, and her sixth concu...

People in this episode

Host: Tracy Otsuka

Guest: Laura Pasley

Topics covered

• ADHD
• mental health
• postpartum anxiety
• trauma
• child and youth work

Keywords

• ADHD strategies
• mental health
• postpartum OCD
• complex trauma
• youth worker

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Ontario, Canada

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