LIMITED TIME OFFER | Get 3 months for $0.99 a month

$14.95/mo thereafter - terms apply.
How to ADHD cover art

How to ADHD

An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It)

 Preview
Get this deal Try for $0.00
Offer ends January 29, 2026 11:59pm PT.
Just $0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 audiobook per month of your choice from our unparalleled catalog.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at $14.95/mo after 3 months. Cancel anytime.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo + applicable taxes after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

How to ADHD

Written by: Jessica McCabe
Narrated by: Jessica McCabe
Get this deal Try for $0.00

$14.95/mo after 3 months. Cancel anytime. Offer ends January 29, 2026 11:59pm PT.

$14.95 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $23.99

Buy Now for $23.99

About this listen

 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this honest, friendly, and shame-free guide, the 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.

“The world of ADHD has been waiting for this book with bated breath for many years. If there’s a fairy godmother of our lot, it’s Jessica McCabe.”—Edward Hallowell, MD, coauthor of Driven to Distraction and ADHD 2.0

Forget “try harder.” When your brain works differently, you need to try different.

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 and further behind. At thirty-two years old—broke, divorced, and living with her mom—Jessica decided to look more deeply into her ADHD challenges. She reached out to experts, devoured articles, and shared her discoveries on YouTube.

In How to ADHD, Jessica reveals the tools that have changed her life while offering an unflinching look at the realities of living with ADHD. 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 strategies for adapting your environment, routines, and systems, including:

• Boost the signal and decrease the noise. Facilitate focus by putting your goals where you can see them and fighting distractions with distractions.
• Have less stuff to manage. Learn why you have trouble planning and prioritizing, and why doing more starts with doing less.
• Build your “time wisdom.” Work backward when you plan, and track how long it actually takes you to do something.
• Learn about your emotions. Understand how naming your emotions and letting yourself experience them can make them easier to regulate.

With quotes from Jessica’s online community, chapter summaries, and reading shortcuts designed for the neurodivergent reader, How to ADHD will help you recognize your strengths and challenges, tackle “bad brain days,” and be kinder to yourself in the process. Children's Health Mental Health Personal Development Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Relationships Stress Management Health Special Need Human Brain
All stars
Most Relevant
If you were looking to find tools that can help you mitigate some of the most serious effects of your ADHD it seems very unlikely to me that you will do better than this book—Especially if you’re an auditory learner. I plan to listen to it and listen to it at least several times. Highly recommended

Highly engaging; many useful tools

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
As a heart, so much of this book was illuminating. It helped me to love my hubby more, and feel less frustrated by certain reactions and behaviours I didn't previously understand. Thank you for vulnerability.

Helping Hearts to Heart

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I am a brain and a heart and I absolutely loved this book. the author is an excellent story teller and I learned so much. well written and well presented. I am so grateful you have the gift of ADHD so you can help so many of us better understand.

Excellent

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Wish i had this book when i was younger.

Thanks Jessica! Long time fan.
Your YouTube channel and audio book have helped me understand my ADHD so much better.

not all heroes wear capes

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This book is a must-have for understanding how neurodivergent brains work. It explores the good, the bad, and the unique aspects of having a brain that differs from the neurotypical.

I hope parents, teachers, and anyone interested in learning about ADHD will read this. The tools in this book are valuable for everyone!

Jessica’s storytelling and narration are fantastic. Thank you, Jessica, for sharing your story and helping us understand ours!

Super Helpful and Insightful

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews