by Penn and Kim Holderness (authors, narrators)
Harper Horizon, 2024. 8 hours, 45 minutes. Nonfiction.
The engaging, uplifting antidote to traditional ADHD books
(which, let's be honest, if you have ADHD you'd never read anyway). You live in
a world that wasn't designed for you. A world where you're expected to sit
still, stay quiet, and focus. Because of the way your brain is wired, you can
feel like you're failing at life. But you are not failing. You are awesome.
Award-winning content creators Kim and Penn Holderness are on a mission to
reboot how we think about the unfortunately named
"attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder." As always, they are doing
it by looking in the mirror, because they don't just study ADHD; they live it.
If I may get personal for a moment, I was actually diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 39 because of the Holderness Family! During the COVID-19 pandemic, I discovered their YouTube channel. One day, I found myself laughing WAY too hard at Penn’s clutter-themed parody of “You’re Welcome” from Disney’s Moana. This soon led me to other songs and skits, several specifically about living with ADHD. In a sudden moment of clarity, I realized that there was a particular theme in those videos which I found a bit TOO personally relatable...
To make a long story short, I was eagerly awaiting this book. I opted for the audio version, as Penn and Kim are seasoned podcasters
with a very entertaining tag-team narration style. (We also carry the physical book in our catalog, if you prefer.) They don’t shy away from the difficulties that ADHD can
bring to their household and relationship, but their love for and commitment to
one another is always apparent. Their intent is to use their personal experiences
to show that if you live with ADHD or love someone who does, you are not alone, and you are not a bad person just because you can
never remember where you left your car keys (or got angry because you had to
help your spouse find said keys again).
This is a breezy-paced audiobook that would be great to listen to while driving
or folding the long-neglected laundry pile while simultaneously avoiding a more urgent task (if you know, you know).
by Jessica McCabe
Rodale Books, 2024. 443 pages. Nonfiction.
Diagnosed with ADHD at age twelve, Jessica struggled with a brain that she didn’t understand. She lost things constantly, couldn’t finish projects, and felt like she was putting more effort in than everyone around her while falling further and further behind. At thirty-two years old, Jessica decided to look more deeply into her ADHD challenges. She reached out to experts, devoured articles, and shared her discoveries on YouTube. In How to ADHD, Jessica reveals the tools that have changed her life while offering an unflinching look at the realities of living with ADHD.
by Edward M. Hallowell
Ballantine Books, 2021. 186 pages. Nonfiction.
A new approach reframing ADD/ADHD as a personality trait
that most people have to some degree, featuring cutting-edge research and
strategies to help readers thrive, by the internationally bestselling authors
of the seminal ADD books Driven to
Distraction and Delivered from
Distraction. In ADHD 2.0, they
present a revolutionary new idea: What if we viewed impulsivity,
distractibility, and hyperactivity as personality traits instead of symptoms?
Furthermore, what if we learned to value and harness these traits for the
creativity and entrepreneurial spirit they tend to breed?
-LAH
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