Living with ADHD, Thom Hartmann
Living with ADHD, Thom Hartmann
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Living with ADHD
Simple Exercises to Change Your Daily Life

Author: Thom Hartmann, Richard Bandler

Narrator: Andy Rick

Unabridged: 5 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/02/2020

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

A practical system for those with ADHD to take back their personal power and embrace their unique talents for success in the modern world

• Explains how those with ADHD grow up wounded by the negative labels and attitudes surrounding them and their “diagnosis”

• Shares simple and fast-acting techniques from neurolinguistic programming (NLP) to recalibrate painful memories into valuable learning experiences, re-pattern learned behaviors and negative habits, and discover personal motivation

• Reveals how the novelty-seeking behaviors of those with ADHD are valuable assets to society and should be embraced rather than suppressed

One of the first rules of child-rearing is “condemn the behavior, not the child.” Yet this commonsense rule doesn’t seem to apply in the case of attention deficit disorder, or ADHD, where the very name of the condition implies that those labeled with it are “disordered,” “deficient,” and incapable of paying attention. Those with ADHD grow up wounded, told by teachers, guidance counselors, even parents that they are dysfunctional and unable to succeed in the “normal” world. But, as ADHD expert Thom Hartmann explains, those with ADHD are capable of great success if they can shift the negative self-image created by others and learn to work with their unique strengths.

In this accessible guide for adults with ADHD and the parents and teachers of ADHD children, Hartmann offers a practical system of useful tools and strategies to heal the damage done to a person who grew up labeled as “dysfunctional” and help them cope with--and succeed at--daily life. He explains how the character traits of ADHD were once valuable assets in hunter-gatherer societies and that the later dominance of agricultural and industrial societies, where “farmer” and “worker” skillsets excel, left ADHD “hunters” as behavioral outcasts. Sharing simple and often fast-acting techniques from neurolinguistic programming (NLP), Hartmann explains how those with ADHD can take back their personal power, recalibrate painful memories into valuable learning experiences, shed fears and negative habits, and rebuild their self-image in a positive way.

By integrating the strategies in this book into daily life, those with ADHD can transform their way of responding to the world, discover personal motivation, and teach their children to do the same. As Hartmann reveals, it is not ADHD that needs to be healed but our attitudes toward those born with the “hunter” gift.

About Thom Hartmann

Thom Hartmann is the host of the nationally and internationally syndicated talkshow The Thom Hartmann Program and the TV show The Big Picture on the Free Speech TV network. He is the award-winning New York Times bestselling author of 24 books, including Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception, ADHD and the Edison Gene, and The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight, which inspired Leonardo DiCaprio’s film The 11th Hour. A former psychotherapist and founder of the Hunter School, a residential and day school for children with ADHD, he lives in Washington, D.C.


Reviews

Goodreads review by BlueFalkon95 on October 13, 2021

A great and interesting self-help book for adults to help give them back empowerment and to embrace and heal themselves from their childhood experiences with diagnosis or non-diagnosis as a child emerging into adulthood. As someone with adult ADHD diagnosis this book I found the book a little long w......more

Goodreads review by Erin on June 22, 2023

FINALLY FINISHED A BOOK!!!! What a bizarre year 🤦🏻‍♀️ I have some beef with a fee unsubstantiated claims inconsistent with medical research on ADHD, but Hartman manages to offer some great strategies for reframing—especially regarding motivation.......more

Goodreads review by Shebbles on August 16, 2024

3.5 stars There were researched based ideas and information in this book that I really enjoyed. However, I didn't really find any of the "simple exercises" personally useful for me. But... I did enjoy learning some new background things!!......more

Goodreads review by ReadingWench on March 07, 2020

A great book for anyone who has a loved one or is curious about ADHD. It is a fairly easy read. After reading this book, I want to learn even more.......more

Goodreads review by Violet on March 02, 2021

This is one of the best resources I've found for dealing with ADHD. The exercises and stories helped my son (and myself!).......more