The Disorganized Mind: Coaching Your ADHD Brain to Take Control of Your Time, Tasks, and Talents
Written by Nancy A. Ratey and John Ratey, MD
Narrated by Virginia Wolf
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
The Disorganized Mind addresses the common issues confronted by the ADHD adult:
"Where did the time go?"
"I'll do it later, I always work better under pressure anyway."
"I'll just check my e-mail one more time before the meeting . . ."
"I'll pay the bills tomorrow-that will give me time to find them."
Professional ADHD coach and expert Nancy Ratey helps listeners better understand why their ADHD is getting in their way and what they can do about it.
Nancy A. Ratey
Nancy A. Ratey, Ed.M., MCC, SCAC, is a Strategic Life Coach who specializes in coaching professionals with ADHD. She earned her Master's Degree in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and is certified as a Master Certified Coach by the International Coach Federation and a Senior Certified Coach by The Institute for the Advancement of ADHD Coaching. In addition to her private coaching practice, she lectures at conferences and symposiums worldwide, and writes on the subject of ADHD. As one of the founders of the ADHD Coaching field, Nancy is internationally recognized as one of the foremost authorities on the topic. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Newsday, Wired, Vogue; on ABC, CBS and NPR. Nancy currently practices in Wellesley, MA, where she resides with her husband, Dr. John Ratey.
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Reviews for The Disorganized Mind
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5This book seems to be more of an autobiography than helpful coaching techniques. My ADHD brain is less than stimulated and motivated after listening to the first 3 chapters that are basically just trying to sell the reader on the author and coaching as a treatment. It also feels like a defeating slap in the face to listen to the author ramble on about how fortunate she was to have her father’s structure and behavioral training consistently throughout her childhood and upbringing… aka the formative years during which much of the hard-wired behavioral habits and thought processes are formed. How fortunate for the author that she didn’t have to reprogram her core beliefs and rewire her brain. For those of us who weren’t so fortunate and had inconsistent and unstable upbringings, this makes me feel an even greater sense of defeat and hopelessness as I continue exhausting myself while I try to heal and fix myself. If you’re looking for self-helps and more techniques for your toolbox, this is not it.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great strategies and challenges my thinking. It was great to hear that others overcame some familiar symptoms
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5This book has a great focus on dealing with things with ADHD plotting and planning. I'm hoping it helps just normal focus issues, but so far, it's still dealing with the writer's past stories and how she worked through her ADHD struggles. Still waiting for the strategies to begin.Normally, when books like this are written, even a person with a more normal brain can take things away. I don't know if it's the reader, the subject, or what, but I just can NOT get into this book. They talk coaching for getting through ADHD, but it just sounds like babble. I'm marking this a dud. Moving on.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5If you think someone with ADHD writing about ADHD, aimed at an audience who have ADHD would be a colossal mess.
You would be right.
Ratey meanders from topic to topic such as she will spend a paragraph discussing how terrible her dyslexia and ADHD are and hurting her academic life, then OMG. SHE GOT INTO HARVARD! Another paragraph how she spent her entire life living with military precision but once she got into college, she would spend hours shuffling papers about preparing to study. So she went from 18 years of living a very organized, timed, military life to a slob in under a semester? Really?
Once you get past the meandering, unrelated chit-chat and her overuse of her clients for examples, she has some good strategy to manage your ADHD and how to make it work for you. But I couldn't get past the touchy feely attitude and the poorly organized book to get to the meat of the matter. I also found the content structured to be distracting which makes reading this tile, a book on helping those with ADHD, a joke. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I've just finished reading The Disorganized Mind by Nancy Ratey. It's filled with practical suggestions for living with ADD/ADHD based on the author's years of experience with the condition, both in her own life and in the lives of her clients. The best part about the book is that it's filled with ideas that are explained in detail, based on actual people and the strategies they've developed for living successfully in a non-ADHD world. Ratey's advice is, above all, realistic and clearly stresses the importance of developing an awareness and understanding of one's own individual issues. Once we understand our own needs, we can each consider, choose, and adapt from the strategies Ratey outlines for us. I wish I'd said it first, but as one Amazon reviewer said, "Nancy Ratey rocks!" The book is kind and compassionate, but also firm about the need for taking personal responsibility. It is well-written and easy to read, but filled with useful information. This book is helpful for people living with ADHD, either in themselves or someone they love, but it could be just as helpful for anyone dealing with the daily stresses and demands of living in modern society. Each of you should read this book!