My new book is finally out. I can’t believe it.
To give you an idea of what the book is like, this is what’s on the back cover:
More Help is a collection of 140 stand-alone pieces that explores how women with ADHD can work on their challenges, quiet their inner critics, and wake up their assets.
In quintessential ADHD style, the pieces are personal, anecdotal reflections that illuminate, celebrate, and tackle our struggles and triumphs with curiosity, grief, gratitude, and a bit of irreverence: (“If you can’t clean the f*cking house, you can’t clean the house: It doesn’t make you an axe murderer.”)
Because each piece stands alone, you can open the book at random and read any single entry, or better yet, read the whole book from start to finish!
The entries in the book are grouped into four sections:
*Seeing how your difficult traits play out.
*Recognizing your assets.
*Positioning yourself physically, emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually — toward ADHD and the fact of your having ADHD.
*Using dozens of strategies to help you work on your hard parts — Mind, Body, and Spirit.
I’m looking forward to reading your new book. I just finished your book, “Help for women with ADHD – My simple strategies for conquering chaos”. This is the first book or self-help book I’ve read from cover to cover for at least 30 years. I found it very helpful. I have dyslexia and I have to read books out loud to hear them properly. I’ve had undiagnosed ADHD for most all my life, which, as you are aware, brought me a lot of depression, self-loathing, etc. I’m trying to fing help now, but I’m trying to go through the right channels where doctor appointments and meds will be covered by my Medicare advantage plan. Thank you for writing this book. I wish I had an ADHD buddy, but I don’t have a lot of friends at this stage in my life. I’m 68 years old and retired about 1-1/2 years ago.
Hi Teresa, I totally get it, life’s been tricky, with no clear idea why, just a difficult sense of somehow not being good enough.
I got diagnosed nearly 5 years ago, and met a few women through online courses, and managed to keep in. Touch with a couple.
Find something low key, like decluttering or time management, or try an ADDA or Renafi monthly membership, and see if you connect with one or two people.
I would also recommend investing in a few sessions with an ADHD coach, to explore your needs and bounce ideas around about forging new friendships when possibilities arise.
Best wishes
Nicky