The ADHD Reset: Shift Your Mindset. Find Clarity. Unlock Your Magic.

Michalski draws on her experience as an ADHD coach for this upbeat debut guide to managing the condition. She begins by identifying how differences in parts of the brain that control executive functioning, attention, and impulse regulation cause difficulties with focusing and managing one’s emotions. Added to those challenges is the mental toll of “masking” one’s symptoms to fit in socially and professionally. Chapters cover strategies for improving focus through “body doubling”—working alongside someone else (in person or via video call) to boost accountability; more effectively communicating in relationships; and managing the “emotional dysregulation” that ADHD causes by identifying distressing feelings, accepting them, and taking physical action—such as a short walk—to tap into a source of “healthy dopamine.” Arguing that readers should use their ADHD diagnosis to empower themselves, Michalski takes pains to highlight the upsides of the condition—the ability to multitask, be creative, think outside the box, and hyperfocus on topics about which one is passionate—without downplaying its challenges. Throughout, she ensures that her points come across clearly via ample visual aids and end-of-chapter summaries. Readers who have recently been diagnosed with ADHD will find this an especially smart and approachable resource. (Aug.)