BOOKS
Dr. Edward (Ned) Hallowell is the author of 16 books and many scholarly articles. Below you’ll find brief descriptions of the books, as well as links to learn more about the books or to purchase them. Click through “learn more” or the picture of the cover for more information, or “Buy Now” to purchase.
MARRIED TO DISTRACTION: Restoring Intimacy and Strengthening Your Marriage in an Age of Interruption
All of us who have been part of a couple for more than a few years will recognize ourselves in this reassuring book. Complete with scripts, tips, specific communication and interaction techniques, and a detailed 30-day reconnection plan, as well as inspiring real-life stories from relationships that were brought back from the brink, Married to Distraction will set couples on a course of understanding, healing, and love. Get a Sneak Peek Now!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Overloaded Circuits: Why Smart People Underperform
Frenzied executives who fidget through meetings, lose track of their appointments, and jab at the “door close” button on the elevator aren’t crazy–just crazed. When a manager is desperately trying to deal with more input than he possibly can, the brain and body get locked into a reverberating circuit while the brain’s frontal lobes lose their sophistication, as if vinegar were added to wine. The result is black-and-white thinking; perspective and shades of gray disappear.
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The Human Moment at Work
In the last decade or so, technological changes–mainly voice mail and e-mail–have made a lot of face-to-face interaction unnecessary. Face-to-face contact has also fallen victim to “virtuality”–many people work at home or are otherwise off-site. Indeed, most people today can’t imagine life without such technology and the freedom it grants. The strategic use of the human moment adds color to our lives and helps us build confidence and trust at work. We ignore it at our peril.
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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.