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A radical guide for women with ADHD : embrace neurodiversity, live boldly, and break through barriers (edition 2019)

by Sari Solden, Michelle Frank (Author.)

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If you are a woman with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you've probably known-all your life-that you're different. As girls, we learn which behaviors, thinking, learning, and working styles are preferred, which are accepted and tolerated, and which are frowned upon. These preferences are communicated in innumerable ways-from media and books to our first-grade classroom to conversations with our classmates and parents. Over the course of a lifetime, women with ADHD learn through various channels that the way they think, work, speak, relate, and act does not match up with the preferred way of being in the world. In short, they learn that difference is bad. And, since these women know that they are different, they learn that they are bad. It's time for a change. A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD is the first guided workbook for women with ADHD designed to break the cycle of negative self-talk and shame-based narratives that stem from the common and limiting belief that brain differences are character flaws. In this unique guide, you'll find a groundbreaking approach that blends traditional ADHD treatment with contemporary treatment methods, such as acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), to help you untangle yourself from the beliefs that have kept you from reaching your potential in life.… (more)
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Title:A radical guide for women with ADHD : embrace neurodiversity, live boldly, and break through barriers
Authors:Sari Solden
Other authors:Michelle Frank (Author.)
Info:Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, Inc., [2019]
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A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD: Embrace Neurodiversity, Live Boldly, and Break Through Barriers by Sari Solden

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I have such mixed feelings about this book.

While there was some good information in it and the exercises / journaling prompts were useful, much of it was just not what I was looking for.

The authors' voice sometimes comes across as condescending and the book really leans more toward an approach that pathologizes ADHD, which is neither particularly useful nor up to date. Books that take this approach can often leave the person with ADHD feeling terrible about themselves rather than empowering them to understand the unique way their brain works so they can work with that and thrive as the powerhouse creatives they often are!

The book is more reflective than instructive in that much of the benefit you will get from reading it will be found in actually completing the workbook sections. There is not much strategy provided.

I found the information therein to be very "light." If you're looking for a book that includes strategies for improving executive functioning, learning how to thrive with your ADHD, or appreciate the more positive neurodiversity approach to ADHD, you will probably not like this book.

If you have recently been diagnosed with ADHD as an adult and think that some prompted self reflection about how ADHD could have been manifesting in different aspects of your life could be useful for you, you might find some value in it. I do recommend, however, that you also read other books alongside this one that focus more on a positive neurodiversity message and on strategies for improving executive functioning.

One quote I did like:

"As psychologist Abraham Maslow is reported to have said, 'One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.' Personal growth doesn't emerge from a comfortable space; creation is messy, and discomfort accompanies everything worth birthing. When you remember this, you will be erecting the internal scaffolding on which to build future confidence and successes." ( )
  erindarlyn | Jan 21, 2023 |
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If you are a woman with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you've probably known-all your life-that you're different. As girls, we learn which behaviors, thinking, learning, and working styles are preferred, which are accepted and tolerated, and which are frowned upon. These preferences are communicated in innumerable ways-from media and books to our first-grade classroom to conversations with our classmates and parents. Over the course of a lifetime, women with ADHD learn through various channels that the way they think, work, speak, relate, and act does not match up with the preferred way of being in the world. In short, they learn that difference is bad. And, since these women know that they are different, they learn that they are bad. It's time for a change. A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD is the first guided workbook for women with ADHD designed to break the cycle of negative self-talk and shame-based narratives that stem from the common and limiting belief that brain differences are character flaws. In this unique guide, you'll find a groundbreaking approach that blends traditional ADHD treatment with contemporary treatment methods, such as acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), to help you untangle yourself from the beliefs that have kept you from reaching your potential in life.

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