Thom Hartmann is the host of the nationally and internationally syndicated talkshow The Thom Hartmann Program and the TV show The Big Picture on the Free Speech TV network. He is the award-winning New York Times bestselling author of 24 books, including Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception, ADHD and the Edison Gene, and The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight, which inspired Leonardo DiCaprio's film The 11th Hour. A former psychotherapist and founder of the Hunter School, a residential and day school for children with ADHD, he lives in Washington, D.C.

Contents

Foreword by Richard Bandler
Acknowledgments
The First Step to Healing
PART 1
Reframing ADHD and Why Doing So Matters
1. How We Each Experience the World Differently
2. When Is a "Difference" a "Disease"?
3. Life Is What We Think It Is
4. What Is ADHD?
5. How People Are Damaged by Growing Up with ADHD
PART 2
Living with ADHD in the Modern World
6. The Beginning of Stigmatization of ADHD
7. ADHD as a Response to the Modern World
8. If You Have ADHD, Society Needs You
PART 3
Healing Memories of a Lifetime with ADHD
9. What Doesn't Kill Us Makes Us Stronger
10. Finding Your Calm and Powerful Center
11. Reconstructing the Past
12. Shedding Fears and Phobias
PART 4
Specific Strategies to Heal "ADHD Dysfunctions"
13. Reorganizing Your Timelines
14. Becoming Multimodally Functional
15. Building New Motivation Strategies
16. Anchoring Positive States for Future Access
17. Acquiring New Learning Skills
18. Learning New Communication Skills
PART 5
Reinventing Your Life
19. Making Intentional Decisions about Friendships
20. Discover Your Purpose ADHD Can Be Your Greatest Gift
21. Re-create Your Environment Intentionally
Bibliography
Index