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Welcome to the site, the podcast, and the books!

March 20th, 2009
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Over 700,000 downloads and still going strong!

Welcome to adultADHDbook.com, where you will find all sorts of good stuff related to ADHD, particularly in adults. You can find every podcast episode I’ve done, going all the way back to March 2009. We’ve covered a lot of ground, from totally practical nuts-and-bolts strategies to more thought-provoking topics that will give you a deeper understanding of ADHD. I love all of it, so hopefully you’ll find just what you need.

I also have information here about my three books, as well as information about upcoming presentations I’m doing, links to past presentations, and some other cool events that you may be interested in.

Doing this podcast, presenting, and writing books all reinforce each other and keep the good ideas flowing. (So do all the great clients who I meet with all week.) So click around the site and see what you think.

A Million Things to Make Your Life Better

[From the introduction to More Attention, Less Deficit: Success Strategies for Adults with ADHD]

Whenever I meet a new client with ADHD, I always feel compelled to tell her a million things that can help her understand her ADHD and enjoy life more. This book and this podcast is those million things. It’s everything I want to tell new clients and audiences at presentations. It’s incredibly interesting and extremely important. This is the kind of information that can change your life. Yes, I will be that bold to say that it can change your life. It won’t change everything, but it can change a lot. You will do some things differently, and you will feel different about some of the things that stay the same. Knowledge has that kind of power.

As I was writing this book, I kept coming back to the idea that life is different after being diagnosed with ADHD. ADHD can make your life really difficult-before you know what’s tripping you up. Once you know it’s ADHD, life gets much easier. Then you know what you’re wrestling with and can start to get a hold of it. Then it becomes a fair fight.

The goal here is merely to tilt the odds of success, to make you more likely to do the right thing at the right time. Not all the time, but most of the time. Not perfect, but better. ADHD takes away your ability to be consistent, so the information and strategies in this book and in this podcast are here to give you back some of that consistency.

In this introductory podcast, we talk about this podcast, the book More Attention, Less Deficit, and why learning about ADHD is so important.

–Ari Tuckman, PsyD, MBA

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Earn More Free Passes

February 8th, 2012
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Folks with ADHD may use up their free passes too quickly sometimes, but there are ways to earn them back and keep yourself in others’ good graces.

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You’d Have to Be Crazy to Not Feel Crazy

January 9th, 2012
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ADHD can make you feel crazy sometimes—at least if you’re paying attention. Although it should make you feel crazy sometimes, it doesn’t have to make you feel miserable.

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Improve Your Mental Stamina: The Chocolate Chip Cookie Experiment

December 2nd, 2011
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It takes mental energy to resist distractions and leaves us with less willpower for other tasks. By cutting out these distractions and temptations, you’ll have more energy to persist with what you need to get done.

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Change More Pieces to Turn the Momentum

November 3rd, 2011
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Sometimes getting on top of your ADHD means working on several things at once, such as medication, getting enough sleep, getting organized, etc. The more of these pieces you address, the more likely you are to build some good momentum.

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The Vice Episode

October 21st, 2011
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Why do we do all those things that are bad for us, that get us into trouble, or that we just shouldn’t do?

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Interview with Jennifer Koretsky (Virtual ADHD Conference)

September 13th, 2011
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Jen and I discuss executive functions as a preview of my presentation for the Virtual ADHD Conference.

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Be Willing to Let It Be a Process

May 15th, 2011
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Change takes time, but it does happen if you work at it. Be willing to let it take some time.

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What Are Your Favorite Lies?

May 3rd, 2011
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We all tell ourselves little lies because they make us feel better in the moment. Let’s talk about feeling better in the long run.

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Small Slips, Big Problems; Small Changes, Big Benefits

April 15th, 2011
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ADHD makes it harder to stay on top of the million little details of daily life. Fortunately, treatment and good strategies can improve your batting average which will improve your performance and outlook on life.

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