The Adult ADHD Guide to Social Success: Shame-Free Strategies to Regulate Emotions, Communicate with Confidence, and Connect with Others

A neurodiversity-affirming guide to communicating with confidence as an ADHDer.

If you have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you may have trouble building and maintaining relationships. Social pressures may send you spiraling into fits of chaotic thought and speech, or feelings of shame and low self-esteem. You aren’t alone, and it’s not your fault. Many adult ADHDers just like you struggle with communication and social interactions as well. The good news is there are skills you can easily learn to help you cultivate meaningful connections and thrive. This empowering guide can help you get started.

Packed neurodiversity-affirming strategies, Thrive Socially with Adult ADHD translates the neuroscience behind ADHD into practical skills for improving your communication and building better relationships. You’ll gain crucial insight into how your brain works, and--most importantly--how it differs from a neurotypical brain. You’ll also develop new social executive functioning skills, giving you the ability to appropriately process and respond to social information, smoothly navigate complex relationships, and improve interpersonal interactions.

From enhancing self-awareness to staying cool under pressure, this is your guide to genuine, authentic connection with yourself and others. If you’re ready to overcome the obstacles of ADHD and take your conversations, relationships, and confidence to another level, pick up this book on your way to a life full of promise.

Shawn Horn, PsyD, is a licensed clinical psychologist, TEDx speaker, host of the Inspired Living podcast, blogger, self-help author, and recognized expert in adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and shame psychology with over three decades of experience in the mental health field. In addition to her private practice, she has served as adjunct faculty at Gonzaga University, Moody Bible Seminary, and as a psychotherapy supervisor for the University of Washington and Washington State-affiliated psychiatric residency program in Spokane, WA. On social media platforms, she is known as the ＂Shame-busting Psychologist,＂ followed by thousands for her honest and informative content on overcoming shame, adult ADHD, rejection-sensitive dysphoria (RSD), finding hope, and living an inspired life.