Dr Hallowell

Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder

For those who wish to learn about ADD, or who have been recently diagnosed with ADD, Delivered from Distraction is a thorough introduction to what ADD is, how it is diagnosed, the biological roots of ADD, and strategies for treating and succeeding with ADD.

SUPERPARENTING FOR ADD: An Innovative Approach to Raising Your Distracted Child

Drs. Hallowell and Jensen fully understand the real and everyday challenges–both at home and at school–facing parents of an ADD child, and offer practical strength-based techniques that put the talents, charms, and positive essence of your child ahead of any presumed shortcomings.

CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and About to Snap! : Strategies for Handling Your Fast-Paced Life

Being busy is a problem for almost all of us. This book is about both the opportunity and the problem — where this peculiar life comes from and how to turn it to your advantage. Offering solutions to this difficult, complex problem that might work for you, most importantly, Crazybusy may prompt you to create solutions of your own.

CONNECT: 12 Vital Ties That Open Your Heart, Lengthen Your Life, and Deepen Your Soul

Although our culture is focused on achievement, it is not our accomplishments that sustain us. It is the connections we make along the way. Dr. Hallowell outlines the steps we can take to make or reaffirm the connections that nourish the hungry heart.

DARE TO FORGIVE: The Power of Letting Go And Moving on

Forgiveness is not a sign of weakness but of strength. It’s also healthy, brave, contagious and sets you free. In this book, Dr. Hallowell not only explains why forgiveness is one of the best things you can do to heal your body and mind; he also offers a practical, four-part plan for achieving it.

The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness: Five Steps to Help Kids Create and Sustain Lifelong Joy

This book is brimming with good news about raising children–the basic reassuring news about happiness and unconditional love, about enduring family connections and kids who grow up right. The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness outlines a 5-step plan that all parents can use in giving their children the gift of happiness that will last a lifetime. Connection, play, practice, mastery, and recognition: as fundamental as these five concepts are, they hold the key to raising children with healthy self-esteem, moral awareness, and spiritual values.

Viewpoints.com, a leading consumer reviews site, recently named The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness in its guide to the best parenting books!

When You Worry About the Child You Love

There are a ton of books that offer child-rearing advice, and only a few less that describe research on childhood emotional and learning problems; this is one of the few books that combines the two. When You Worry About the Child You Love will help you understand why your child is unhappy or underachieving, will help you help your child to manage her emotions, and perhaps most important, will help parents do what they can and stop blaming themselves. (Amazon.com Review)

A Walk in the Rain with a Brain

Each brain finds its own special way — that’s the message in this delightful, colorful story by America’s foremost expert on learning and childhood development. At many of Dr. Hallowell’s lectures worldwide he has read a story he wrote for children about how each person’s brain is unique — and it has resonated among the thousands of parents, teachers, and others who have heard it. This is an illustrated version of that story.

Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood through Adulthood

A classic in the field of ADD, Driven to Distraction was one of the original books to clearly explain ADD and dispel many common myths about it, while also describing many of the treatments for ADD as well as the research about it at the time. While Delivered From Distraction is more up-to-date, Driven to Distraction is still a helpful reference.

POSITIVELY ADD: Real Success Stories to Inspire Your Dreams

Meet seventeen people from all walks of life, including political advisor James Carville, Books-a-Million chairman Clyde Anderson, and JetBlue CEO David Neelman, who have succeeded in a wide variety of high-interest fields: professional athlete, musician, reporter, chef, sportscaster, photographer, police officer, CEO. These people did not succeed despite their ADD, they succeeded because of the special qualities that go hand in hand with the challenges of ADD.

Answers To Distraction

Answers To Distraction provides practical solutions to the dilemmas of ADD. This ”user’s guide” to ADD is presented in question-and-answer format ideal for even the most distractible reader. Each chapter covers a specific aspect of ADD, such as ADD in women, ADD and aggression, ADD and addiction, or ADD and work.

Human Moments: How to Find Meaning and Love in Your Everyday Life

Human Moments proposes a simple, effective way to find happiness and love in this totally unique guide to living a fulfilling life. Dr. Hallowell teaches us how to recognize and appreciate a “human moment,” an instance when we recognize and connect to things that really matter most in life and make it worth living.

Overloaded Circuits: Why Smart People Underperform

The Human Moment at Work

WORRY

In this lucid, reassuring book, Dr. Hallowell discusses all types of worry, explores their underlying causes, and considers the best strategies for coping. Even “born” worriers can learn to use their worry wisely and channel it healthily. This book is the key. Filled with practical solutions and insightful guidance, Worry is an invaluable aid to living a happier, calmer, and more rewarding emotional life.

The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps

by Melissa Orlov

The ADHD Effect on Marriage was awarded “Best Psychology Book of 2010″ by ForeWord Reviews, this book is an invaluable resource for couples in which one of the partners suffers from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). It authoritatively guides couples in troubled marriages towards an understanding and appreciation for the struggles and triumphs of a relationship affected by ADHD, and to look at the disorder in a more positive and less disruptive way. Going beyond traditional marriage counseling which can often discount the influence of ADHD, this straight-forward discussion offers advice from the Melissa Orlov’s personal experience and years of research and identifies patterns of behavior that can hurt marriages —such as nagging, intimacy problems, sudden anger, and memory issues —through the use of vignettes and descriptions of actual couples and their ADHD struggles and solutions. This resource encourages both spouses to become active partners in improving their relationship and healing the fissures that ADHD can cause. Also included are worksheets and various methods for difficult conversations so that couples can find a technique that fits their unique relationship and improve their communication skills.

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