ADHD Is Awesome

A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD

By: Penn Holderness, Kim Holderness, Edward Hallowell - foreword

Narrated by: Penn Holderness, Kim Holderness, Nathan Rosborough, Ann Marie Taepke, Tyrrell Harrell, Lola Holderness

Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins

Publisher's summary

Read by the authors.

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The engaging, uplifting antidote to traditional ADHD books (which, let's be honest, if you have ADHD you'd never read anyway).

You live in a world that wasn't designed for you. A world where you're expected to sit still, stay quiet, and focus. Because of the way your brain is wired, you can feel like you’re failing at life. But you are not failing. You are awesome.

Award-winning content creators Kim and Penn Holderness are on a mission to reboot how we think about the unfortunately named "attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder." As always, they are doing it by looking in the mirror, because they don't just study ADHD; they live it.

Penn was in college when he was diagnosed with ADHD, although the signs of having a brain that worked just a little bit differently had been there since he was a kid. Rather than view the diagnosis as a curse or give in to feelings of inadequacy or failure, he took a different approach, one that he wants to share with fellow ADHDers and the people who care about them.

Drawing on their often-hilarious insights and the expertise of doctors, researchers, and specialists; Kim and Penn provide fun, easy-to-digest advice and explanations, including:

• What it's actually like to live with an ADHD brain.
• How to find humor in the pitfalls, sob stories, and unbelievable triumphs (like the time they won The Amazing Race!) that come with ADHD.
• How to tackle the challenges ADHD presents with a positive outlook.
• Targeted tools and techniques to play to your unique strengths.
• Fun extras like ADHD Bingo, an ode to cargo pants, and what the world would look like if ADHDers were in charge.

Take it from Penn: Having ADHD can be scary, but it comes with incredible upsides, including creativity, hyperfocus, and energy. You might even say it's kind of awesome. Whether you have ADHD or want to support someone else in their journey, this is the guide you need to make the life you want.

©2024 Penn Holderness and Kim Holderness (P)2024 Harper Horizon

Awesome!

My ADHDer husband and I listened together. I appreciated the insight into his mind and the things that make him different, special, and awesome. I especially appreciated the tips for me as someone who loves him. Great, fun narration. Thanks for writing this book and putting it together in such an accessible way. 😊

Informative and fun

Helpful tips with a fun perspective. One of the few ADHD books where I didn't feel like I was being spoken down to. I felt included in a club that I now understand better.

I very much connected with this book!

I found myself over and over again, nodding my head and going Yep that’s me, Yep, I’ve done that. This is a fantastic read for anyone who struggles with ADHD in their own life, and a fantastic read for those who love someone with ADHD. I’ve always felt like my own special brand of ADHD helped me to become who I am in my career and life, and causes problems, but made me who I am. This book cemented that. I hope you get the same!

Such a fun and enjoyable book

Listening too the Holderness parents speak about their trials and adventures with ADHD just re conforms my own self diagnosis of ADHD. It has provided Soo many tools for me.to.use and reaffirmed why other methods I ce.up.woth worked in helponge.to not.forget.things. Thanks Holderness family!

adhd is awesome is awesome

very cool hearing this perspective. It helps give some perspective to my son with ADHD

The personal examples and advice were most helpful.

I found it entertaining and engaging to listen to Penn and Kim read the book. I have followed them for years. I have known that my daughter has ADHD for years. My son and I also have many elements of it. We would have benefited from this advice 25 years ago! I hope they will listen to the book on their own now. I will relisten and take notes next time. Thank you!

Amazing!!!

Very helpful for this single mom raising an ADHD kid while learning how to deal with her own ADD.

Super Awesome

This was great! Informative, funny, entertaining, heartfelt, and smart. This isn't just a memoir. This book provides practical tools and actions for those who struggle with ADHD and those who love and support them.

I feel seen!

I highly recommend this book if you have ADHD or know anyone who does. I found it to be so honest, informative, funny and relatable. I’m going to listen to it again now and am telling everyone I know to read/listen. Thank you Penn and Kim (and everyone involved in creating this amazing book). I truly feel seen!

An amazing and fully understood REAL meaning of ADHD.

The wonderful inflections of voices and the heartfelt sounds of the stories. They spoke it in such a way that it is easily understood. I will be recommending it to many people.