Your Brain's Not Broken: Strategies for Navigating Your Emotions and Life with ADHD

by Tamara Rosier

Overview

If you have ADHD, your brain doesn't work in the same way as a "normal" or neurotypical brain does because it's wired differently. You and others may see this difference in circuitry as somehow wrong or incomplete. It isn't. It does present you with significant challenges like time management, organization skills, forgetfulness, trouble completing tasks, mood swings, and relationship problems.

In Your Brain's Not Broken, Dr. Tamara Rosier explains how ADHD affects every aspect of your life. You'll finally understand why you think, feel, and act the way you do. Dr. Rosier applies her years of coaching others to offer you the critical practical tools that can dramatically improve your life and relationships.

Anyone with ADHD—as well as anyone who lives with or loves someone with ADHD—will find here a compassionate, encouraging guide to living well and with hope.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800739423
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/21/2021
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	39,369
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Tamara Rosier, PhD, has been a college administrator, a professor, a leadership consultant, a high school teacher, a business owner, and an ADHD coach. Through those adventures, Dr. Rosier has developed valuable insight into ADHD and how it affects one's life. As founder of the ADHD Center of West Michigan, she leads a team of coaches, therapists, and speech pathologists to help individuals, parents, and families develop an understanding of ADHD and learn skills to live with it effectively. Her book Your Brain's Not Broken provides strategies for navigating the powerful emotional aspect of ADHD.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 11

Introduction: No More Pretending 13

1 And Then Ping! Goes My Brain 19

2 Elves, Dirty Babies, and Lucille Ball 29

3 The Case of the Missing Butler 39

4 Following the Rabbit 53

5 The Monsters We Face 73

6 Malicious Motivation 83

7 Solving Motivational Murders 97

8 Living on the Grid 109

9 Predictable Patterns 121

10 Climbing the Ladder: Cultivating Emotionai Health 135

11 Welcome Home: Creating Healthy Boundaries 151

12 Dancing through the Day: Hacks for Adulting 163

13 The Island of Misfit Toys: Parenting the ADHD Child 173

14 Now What? Writing Your ADHD Story 183

Appendix A Your Life on the Grid 191

Appendix B Writing Your ADHD Story 195

Appendix C If You Love Someone Who Has ADHD 197

Appendix D Resources for Those with ADHD 199

Appendix E What Is ADHD Coaching? 201

Notes 203