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The Disorganized Mind Coaching Your ADHD Brain to Take Control of Your Time, Tasks, and Talents

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    9780312355340

  • ISBN10:

    0312355343

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-12-23
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
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Summary

Many of the millions of adults diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder live in turmoil, but Nancy Ratey knows it doesn't have to be that way. As an ADHD coach and expert who has the condition herself, she understands the challenges faced by adults with ADHD from both a personal and professional perspective. The Disorganized Mind addresses the traits that often go hand in hand with ADHD, such as inattention, time mismanagement, procrastination, impulsivity, and distractibility, and effectively shows readers how to turn these behaviors around.

Author Biography

Nancy A. Ratey, Ed.M., MCC, SCAC, is a Strategic Life Coach who specializes in coaching professionals with ADHD. She earned her Masters Degree in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and is certified as a Master Certified Coach by the International Coach Federation and a Senior Certified Coach by The Institute for the Advancement of ADHD Coaching.  In addition to her private coaching practice, she lectures at conferences and symposiums worldwide, and writes on the subject of ADHD.  As one of the founders of the ADHD Coaching field, Nancy is internationally recognized as one of the foremost authorities on the topic.  Her work has been featured in The NY Times, News Day, Wired, Vogue; on ABC, CBS and NPR.

Nancy currently practices in Wellesley, MA, where she resides with her husband, Dr. John Ratey.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Forewordp. xi
Coachingp. 1
How I Came to Coachingp. 3
How Coaching Worksp. 15
Self-Coachingp. 31
Finding the A-N-S-W-E-Rp. 49
Coaching the ADHD Brainp. 85
Time Mismanagementp. 89
Procrastinationp. 109
Impulsivityp. 139
Distractibilityp. 163
Transitionsp. 191
Strategies for a Balanced Lifep. 211
Strategies of the Home Environmentp. 217
Strategies for Maintaining Physical Healthp. 225
Strategies for Maintaining Spiritual and Mental Wellnessp. 235
Living or Working with Someone with ADHDp. 241
Loving Someone with ADHD, or, Did I Sign Up for This?p. 243
Working for or with Someone with ADHD, or, Right-Brained Exec Needs Left-Brained Right Hand!p. 251
Final Thoughtsp. 263
Afterwordp. 265
Index of Strategiesp. 267
ADHD Resourcesp. 269
Indexp. 277
About the Authorp. 285
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Part 1

“Who are you, and what do you love?” a close friend once asked me. I’m outgoing and talkative by nature, and I’m rarely at a loss for words, but I was stunned into silence by my friend’s question. I had no idea how to respond.

“Don’t worry,” she said, sensing my discomfort. “I didn’t expect you to answer. I only wanted you to imagine the possibilities of who you might be.”

It’s hard to know what different roads any of us might have traveled had we early on imagined our lives shaped by our loves, by our bone-deep passions and beliefs. But I don’t think that when we begin to imagine is what matters. What matters is that it happens finally, that we come to believe such a life is possible, and that we determine, at last, to live it.

It has been awhile since my friend posed her question, and I’ve thought about her words a lot. Today I can answer confidently, “I’m Nancy Ratey, and I love the same things that most of us love: family, friends, some modicum of personal success.”

But I can also answer another way: “I’m Nancy Ratey, life coach, and I love that the ADHD that once might have devastated me has translated into my life’s passion and work: helping others with ADHD cope.”

This is a book about possibility for those struggling with the symptoms of ADHD. It’s about the possibility of taking control, of maintaining control, of loving the way that you live. It’s about how I did it, and it’s about my belief that you can do it, too.
 
Copyright © 2008 by Nancy A. Ratey. All rights reserved.

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