Small Talk

10 ADHD lies and how to stop believing them

By: Richard Pink, Roxanne Pink

Narrated by: Richard Pink, Roxanne Pink

Brought to you by Penguin.

Rich and Rox, the Sunday Times bestselling authors of DIRTY LAUNDRY, are back with more warm, empathetic and down-to-earth advice to help those with ADHD and autism live authentic, bold and happy lives.

Writing as a team, Rich and Rox share funny and heartwarming stories about creating a safe and happy neurodivergent household for themselves and for Rich's autistic nonbinary child, living with ADHD, navigating step-parenthood and learning to be an ally for your loved ones. It will help you transform frustration into patience and compassion, giving you strategies that make life easier, improve communication and reduce shame for people across the neurodivergent spectrum.

Rich and Rox will help you: - Stop feeling guilty for thinking differently - Understand what masking is, and how to stop (if you want to) - Learn strategies for getting through daily life - Communicate your struggles to those who love you - Support your autistic child - Navigate step-parenting with ADHD - Create a safe and supportive space for the neurodivergent people in your life, and much more!

©2024 Richard Pink and Roxanne Pink (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

A (self) love letter to those whose brains are beautifully and uniquely different. Speaking from lived experience, Rox and Rich manage to shift the paradigm associated with ADHD, which up until now has been riddled with lies and misinformation. This book reminds readers that rather than having a disorder, they are simply differently ordered and when managed with kindness, it can become their superpower! (Riyadh Khalaf , broadcaster, Youtuber and winner of Celebrity MasterChef 2020)

Pre ADHD diagnosis I read so many self development books. I used to try to implement what I learned and would feel like a failure, feel frustrated and blame myself for being lazy when I couldn’t get those strategies to work for me. Books like this are so important for people with ADHD to break free from holding our selves to Neurotypical standards. (Rach Idowu, 'Adulting with ADHD' Neurodivergency advocate)

My whole life i’ve beaten myself up, comparing myself to my peers & wondering why i can’t handle life like them. but actually, ADHD has made me incredibly special, ambition, determined & capable of the most amazing things that others aren’t & for that, i think neurodiversity is a beautiful thing. (Becky Hill)

Phenomenally spoke to my heart

Thank you Rich and Rox! Beautifully written and spoken. Undiagnosed ADHDer here and everything resonated so much with me.

Privileged to have shared in your journey

I love that you personally read the book. The amount of safely expressing emotions is amazing.

Incoming side quest 🚀 😅:
As a Christian (also diagnosed with ADHD/Executive dysfunction and Chronic Anxiety) I listened to you guys speak and searching my heart for scripture to validate the thought of agreeing with what is being taught throughout the book and my discovery/revelation was simply fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22-23) and later on anxiety (Phil 4:6-7) - apparently (scientifically) anxiety and thankfulness operate in the same part of the brain and you can't experience both at the same time which makes sense why our nervous system calms down. Also our vagus nerve (related to the fight and flight response) is connected to our vocal chords (and other senses) which also helps us to calm down when talking/singing (James 5:13).

Anyway I loved the book! Thanks to both of you for advocating.

Beautifully raw and so helpful!

It took me longer than usual to read this because every chapter was so intensely true and real for me - I decided to use it as a reflection tool and will probably read it over and over on my journey to unpack my own self-beliefs. Thank you Rox and Rich for writing this - the work you are doing is life changing. The bravery and boldness to self acceptance and unmasking is carving a path for the rest of us to follow. I look forward to the next book about the Joys of ADHD!!