ADD-Friendly Ways To Organize Your Life was a godsend for me when it was first published in 2002, coming out as I had just begun to grapple with my own ADD challenges. It soon became one of the most referenced books in my library. With this new, even-friendlier edition, Kolberg and Nadeau have produced a book chock full of great ideas, but not just on organizing. They also speak to how the ADD brain is wired. That’s important, because without self-knowledge, all the organizing tips in the world won’t help for long. Of special note in this new book is the section on getting organized in the digital world. Those chapters alone are worth the price of the book! ~Paul O’Connor, Master Certified ADHD Coach, Secretary, The Professional Association Of ADHD Coaches
ADD-Friend Ways to Organize Your Life is a must read for my organizing clients and anyone that faces daily ADHD challenges. This comprehensive, easy to read book is packed full of helpful organizing ideas and strategies. Readers can apply these life changing methods immediately, to fit their specific needs. The new chapters give readers updated real life solutions to financial and digital management issues. ~Randi Lyman, CPO-CD® and Owner of A Helping Hand
This is the organizing book that ADDers should own; all other fall short to this jewel. It’s a treasure trove of tips, techniques, and strategies that are current, easy to read, quick to implement, and empowering in your life. The synergy of this dynamic duo is so powerful to the ADHD world; Nadeau is an amazing clinician and Kolberg is one of the foremost leaders in professional organizing. ~Denise Allan CPO, CPO-CD, Board Member of ADD Resources
If you have ADD and are reading an organizing book that's for non-ADDers, it's like taking an allergy pill for a sore knee: you won't find relief. Get solutions that work right away with ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life. The user-friendly design allows you to address issues individually. Trouble making decisions? Skip to that chapter. Need to tackle the paper pile? Go straight to that section. You'll find specific, practical advice to implement yourself and with support. This is the best book available on organizing with ADD. ~Kate Varness, CPO-CD, COC, MA, Editor of The ICD Guide to Challenging Disorganization: For Professional Organizers
When you notice yourself silently shouting, "Ah-ha!" and "Oh, yeah!" as the book unfolds, you know you've found yourself a winner. If you have ADD and want to get control of your life, prepare for lots of this kind of response to the insightful and practical writing of Kolberg and Nadeau. While reflecting their years of successfully helping ADD clients, they manage to make their up-to-date information not only useful but FUN. Thanks a bunch, you two. It's good to know somebody understands —and can help. This book does both. ~Sandra Felton The Organizer Lady®, Author of 5 Days to a Clutter Free House, and Founder of Messies Anonymous
As a professional organizer, I really appreciate the three levels presented in this book. It requires an active and optimistic approach from the client. The levels are like a navigation system, each level showing new roads and shortcuts, but the client is always responsible for the next step or the engagement of the next level. That’s what I love about this book most of all: there is no more "waiting to be rescued", no more excuses to sit back or give up. The simple and attainable strategies will boost our clients self-confidence and will help them prosper.~Hilde Verdijk, CPO-CD®, MRPO®, Yourganize Professional Organizing
In this 2nd Edition of ADD Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life, authors Judith Kolberg & Kathleen Nadeau offer even more practical ADHD approaches. The book shares new case studies of different paper, digital and time management situations followed with three levels of possible solutions and strategies. The chapter on decision making offers especially valuable insights into ways to move into action. ~Ellen R. Delap, CPO®, Professional-Organizer.com
Judith Kolberg has done it again. This pioneer in productivity still leads the vanguard as the landscape changes. Packed with practical solutions and illuminating anecdotes, this new edition of ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life is a must-read for those who have ADD and those who work with them. ~Casey Moore, CPO, ACC, The Productivity Coach
The new edition of ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life by Kolberg and Nadeau is simply wonderful and I will highly recommend it to all my clients! ~Sari Solden, MS, LMFT, Psychotherapist and Author of Women with Attention Deficit Disorder and Journeys Through ADDulthood
