EP. 378: Tech is Stealing Your Attention. This Gives It Back with Dr. Nodira Khoussainova

Tired of ADHD strategies that don’t work? Here’s what actually does. FREE training here: _____ What happens when someone who helped build attention-grabbing tech decides to help people get their focus back? Dr. Nodira Khoussainova is the CEO and co-founder of Focused Space, a body doubling platform for creatives, business owners, artists, and freelancers, many of whom are neurodivergent. Before Focused Space, she was an early co-founder at Streamlit and led the experimentation team at Twitter. She built her career in high-performance tech, but focus was still a struggle. It was only after building Focused Space and working closely with neurodivergent women that she began to see those challenges differently. That shift changed how she understood the problem. It was not laziness or lack of ambition. It was attention, task initiation, and the environments people are expected to work in. After years spent helping build systems designed to keep people scrolling, she began building the opposite. In this episode, we talk about how tech platforms are built to capture attention, why body doubling works, what makes Focused Space different, and why joy is part of what helps people move. Resources: Website: (use smartass for code) Instagram: LinkedIn: Facebook: Send a Message: Your Name | Email | Message If this podcast helps you understand your ADHD brain, Shift helps you train it. Practice mindset work in just 10 minutes a day. Learn more at tracyotsuka.com/shift Instead of Struggling to figure out what to do next? ADHD isn’t a productivity problem. It’s an identity problem. That’s why most strategies don’t stick—they weren’t designed for how your brain actually works. Your ADHD Brain is A-OK Academy is different. It’s a patented, science-backed coaching program that helps you stop fighting your brain and start building a life that fits. 👉 Learn more here : Learn more by connecting with Tracy through Instagram , Facebook , LinkedIn , Pinterest , or visit adhdforsmartwomen.com . Are You Ready to Discover Your Brilliance? Order Now: Visit our website:

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EP. 378: Tech is Stealing Your Attention. This Gives It Back with Dr. Nodira Khoussainova is an episode from ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka by Tracy Otsuka.

This episode is 65:39 long.

This episode was published on Apr 1, 2026.

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