EP. 67: Surviving a Very Difficult Adolescence, a Love of Accounting and Belonging to Yourself with Vera Bruursema

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Join Tracy in Episode #67 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women as she welcomes her guest, Vera Bruursema. Like many of us with ADHD, Vera has crafted a diverse career path from volunteer firefighter/EMT, soccer coach, Trader Joe’s Assistant Manager and bookkeeper. While earning her MBA she worked as staff accountant for many different companies but still struggled to find her place. It all finally came together when Vera decided to seek help for her ADHD and open her own practice as owner and founder of Verafied Accounting. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tracy wanted to talk to Vera because many believe that the ADHD brain is incapable of a career in accounting or finance. In fact, Vera is going to tell us how she took her nonlinear brain and created a really interesting niche for herself in accounting. </span></p> <p><strong>Vera shares with us:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The circumstances around her ADHD diagnosis in sixth grade</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Her very difficult teen years </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The ADHD program in Wyoming that changed her life</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How she finally learned executive function skills</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How she ended up in bookkeeping and ultimately accounting</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “social handbook” that she finally read that explained so much of her struggles with other people and helped her to build her confidence back up</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The THING she started to embrace that turned her life around rapidly</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why accounting plays into one of her biggest strengths. Hint: it’s problem-solving<