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Acknowledge your strengths
Define success on your own terms
Millions of adults with ADHD have spent their lives feeling scattered, inconsistent, or not disciplined enough. As a late-identified ADHDer himself, neurodivergent life coach Sol Smith knows this isn’t because they lack ability or willpower, but because they live in systems that were not designed for the way their brains work. He outlines the latest research to offer an empathetic, validating exploration of ADHD as a meaningful way of experiencing the world rather than a deficit to overcome.
Sol can help you understand why self-improvement narratives and productivity culture have failed you and how to build a life that works with your brain instead of against it. Blending lived experience and coaching insight, he guides you to:
• unmask internalized shame, often caused by not aligning with cultural norms and being labeled as lazy, a hothead, or the class clown
• maximize your autonomy and celebrate the creativity, adaptability, curiosity, and deep engagement that characterize ADHD
• understand time blindness, burnout potential, and other common pitfalls
• make your life better through simple tactics such as gamifying work, body-doubling, strategic avoidance, and building supportive relationships and community
The ADHDer’s Guide to Self-Discovery speaks to the recently diagnosed, the as-yet-undiagnosed, creatives, students, professionals, therapists, and anyone else who doesn’t want to be “fixed,” instead offering them a sense of belonging and self-understanding.
“Professor Sol Smith has written the book I wish had existed years ago. Witty, disarmingly honest, and intellectually generous, it dismantles the tired narrative that ADH‘D’ is a problem to be solved. Instead, it offers something far more valuable: a compelling invitation to understand and work with the high-energy mind, rather than endlessly trying to tame it. Grounded equally in lived experience and professional wisdom, this is a book that will leave readers feeling seen, understood, and equipped — not with impossible productivity hacks but with a richer understanding of themselves.”
— Dr. Mine Conkbayir, MBE, host of the I’m ADHD! No You’re Not! podcast
“There is a difference between being told you are enough and being given the tools to actually believe it. This book does both, holding space for lived experience and still handing you a real game plan. It’s neuro-affirming in the truest sense, genuinely livable, and long overdue.”
— Dr. Sarah Heller, EdD, BCBA, IBA, LBA-NY, founder of Meaningful Metrics
“Sol Smith writes the way a good friend talks: thinking out loud, showing you his reasoning as he goes. His attention to identity, disintegration, and shame as part of integrating an ADHD identity fills an important gap in how we understand and talk about ADHD. A warm, clarifying guide.”
— Dr. Megan Anna Neff, author of Self-Care for Autistic People
AuDHDer Sol Smith is an educator, advocate, consultant, and coach who helps other neurodivergents make meaningful changes to gain autonomy in their lives. He is the author of The Autistic’s Guide to Self-Discovery and the founder of Square Peg Coaching and Consulting and NeuroSpicyCommunity.com. Sol lives in Southern California.
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