How to ADHD: an insider’s guide to working with your brain (not against it). Jessica McCabe. 2024.

In this honest, friendly and shame-free guide, Jessica McCabe - creator of the award-winning YouTube channel How to ADHD - shares the hard-won insights and practical strategies that have helped her survive, even thrive, in a world not built for her brain.

Diagnosed with ADHD at age twelve, Jessica struggled with a brain that she didn't understand. She lost things constantly, couldn’t finish projects, and felt like she was putting more effort in than everyone around her while falling further behind. At thirty-two years old -broke, divorced and living with her mother - Jessica decide to look more reply into her ADHD challenges.

The key to navigating a world not built for the neurodivergent brain, she discovered, isn’t to fix or fight against its natural tendencies but to understand and work with them. She explains how ADHD affects everyday life, covering executive function impairments, rejection sensitivity, difficulties with attention regulation, and more. You’ll also find ADHD-specific tools for adapting your environment, routines and systems.