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Self-Help and Personal Growth books, Podcasts & Resources for ADHD folks, Black Sheep, Creatives, and Humans wanting to live a better, more fulfilling life
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items As an ADHD-entrepreneur, YouTuber and Creator navigating ADHD, OCD and CPTSD… I have found a wealth of knowledge in the following books, resources, and podcasts. I can truly say that I now live a more fulfilling life wholistically, where my relations...
Here are some books that are going to help you on your journey in becoming the best version of you. Take a look at these slowly, read what you gravitate towards naturally and intuitively, and don't become a self-help junkie as I did.
Leave room for fun, play and joy.
Disclaimer: Educational + entertainment content only. I share personal experience and coaching experience, along with mindset and nervous system insights, ADHD, OCD and CPTSD-related content from lived experience and self-study, and herbal knowledge ...
Here are some books that are going to help you on your journey in becoming the best version of you. Take a look at these slowly, read what you gravitate towards naturally and intuitively, and don't become a self-help junkie as I did.
Leave room for fun, play and joy.
Disclaimer: Educational + entertainment content only. I share personal experience and coaching experience, along with mindset and nervous system insights, ADHD, OCD and CPTSD-related content from lived experience and self-study, and herbal knowledge ...
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Life-Changing Books
Books I'm Looking Forward to Reading
Journals, Guides & Colouring Books
Cookbooks That I LOVE, that reignighted my passion for cooking
Personal, Transformational & ADHD Success Podcasts
Money & Wealth Books
Life-Changing Books
Whether you have ADHD, are a BLACK SHEEP or are moving through CPTSD and healing the areas of life that have been troubling you, these books will support you from the cycles and seasons of your life to the longer chapters.
I absolutely love this book by Jen Sincero and read it from front to back and frequently went back in for quotes and to read a random page or two.
I also appreciate that Jen, as well as a few other authors like Louise Hay, include helpful and supportive resources towards the end of their books.
I also appreciate that Jen, as well as a few other authors like Louise Hay, include helpful and supportive resources towards the end of their books.
You Are a Badass(r)
This book has utterly transformed not only the way that I think about myself but how I think about my body. It has for lack of a better word trained me to listen to my body better, listen to the signals and then go in and search throughout the book w...
You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay
Another powerful book by Louise Hay. If you're looking for a well-rounded book, including some (if not all of Heal Your Body) I would go with You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay. Both are great!
Heal Your Body: Mental Causes for Illness
A fantastic book rooted in ancient medicine practices, mantras and a way of living a fulfilling life. Don Miguel Ruiz shares his profound story and journey based on ancient Toltec wisdom to help you in releasing self-doubt and self-limiting beliefs. ...
The Four Agreements - don Miguel Ruiz
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I typically find books easier to follow when there's a journal companion to the book in question.
For example, when I was reading "The Four Agreements," there were so many pages of notes that I took. I asked myself a lot of questions, and I journaled a lot throughout reading that book.
Had I known there was a companion to it, my process may have been a lot simpler, and I may have even sparked new questions and clarity that I hadn't thought of asking myself.
For example, when I was reading "The Four Agreements," there were so many pages of notes that I took. I asked myself a lot of questions, and I journaled a lot throughout reading that book.
Had I known there was a companion to it, my process may have been a lot simpler, and I may have even sparked new questions and clarity that I hadn't thought of asking myself.
The Four Agreements Companion Book
Fantastic book to inspire you to go after your dreams no matter "how old" you are.
I really enjoyed reading this book front to back. I enjoyed the stories and lessons that Simu has shared. A lot of this book really resonated with me and allowed me to reflect on my own life.
I really enjoyed reading this book front to back. I enjoyed the stories and lessons that Simu has shared. A lot of this book really resonated with me and allowed me to reflect on my own life.
We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Story
This is a book and a resource I could have immensely benefited from growing up in a society of, and in an era of, heroin chic.
My body didn't fit the standard that society was playing over and over in my head - The message that was being sent out was “if you don't look like this you're fat” and THAT would play over and over in my head.
I began hating my body, specifically my stomach in High School. Whenever I would see magazines, actors on TV, models on the runway, or even compare myself to other girls at school, I always felt a little different and that my body didn't match what w...
This is definitely a resource I would have benefited from back then.
My body didn't fit the standard that society was playing over and over in my head - The message that was being sent out was “if you don't look like this you're fat” and THAT would play over and over in my head.
I began hating my body, specifically my stomach in High School. Whenever I would see magazines, actors on TV, models on the runway, or even compare myself to other girls at school, I always felt a little different and that my body didn't match what w...
This is definitely a resource I would have benefited from back then.
Love Your Body
One of my favourite books, even though I definitely disagree with one of Elizabeth Gilbert's quotes from this book, which is that artists and art really isn't all that important.
While I understand I'm not saving lives like a doctor or surgeon would, art has been an immensely important tool within my life that has taken me out of suicidal ideation. It has helped me self-express and allowed me to step fully into my authenticit...
Don't ever take everything written in a book as truth or fact. Always ask questions and never take art for granted.
While I understand I'm not saving lives like a doctor or surgeon would, art has been an immensely important tool within my life that has taken me out of suicidal ideation. It has helped me self-express and allowed me to step fully into my authenticit...
Don't ever take everything written in a book as truth or fact. Always ask questions and never take art for granted.
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
For those of you who love Oracle decks, this is definitely going to be one for the books (so to speak)!
Power Thought Cards
One of my absolute favourite books when it comes to understanding yourself and ADHD (from an ADHD perspective).
Alex Partridge writes in a very light, effective, creative and fun way where my creative brain picks up on the messages that are directly written in the book, and I'm able to see and visualize them (I'm a visual learner).
He also talks about ADHD things I had never heard of before but knew they were happening in my life, like the ADHD tax.
Highly recommend his book as well as his podcast and the journal that accompanies this book.
Alex Partridge writes in a very light, effective, creative and fun way where my creative brain picks up on the messages that are directly written in the book, and I'm able to see and visualize them (I'm a visual learner).
He also talks about ADHD things I had never heard of before but knew they were happening in my life, like the ADHD tax.
Highly recommend his book as well as his podcast and the journal that accompanies this book.
Now It All Makes Sense
This is the companion journal to the book :)
Making ADHD Make Sense
This is Alex Partridge's latest book that I'm so looking forward to diving into as I've struggled with RSD and believing that “everyone in the world” (including the people that love me and are close to me) “hate me”. It may not be the truth, but it s...
Why Does Everybody Hate Me?
I am so looking forward to reading this book, and LOVE the idea of the F*CK THEM THEORY.
“The F*ck Them Theory is your permission slip to stop apologizing and start transforming rejection into power.”
I'm excited to dive into this book for a couple of reasons:
1. I am tired of being the bigger person, and this is something I've been saying for a few years now.
2. As someone who absolutely loved the "Let Them" theory by Mel Robbins, until I heard a bunch of people making some really great points online about how the Let Them Theory doesn't always work. However, I do believe that some of those videos and int...
“The F*ck Them Theory is your permission slip to stop apologizing and start transforming rejection into power.”
I'm excited to dive into this book for a couple of reasons:
1. I am tired of being the bigger person, and this is something I've been saying for a few years now.
2. As someone who absolutely loved the "Let Them" theory by Mel Robbins, until I heard a bunch of people making some really great points online about how the Let Them Theory doesn't always work. However, I do believe that some of those videos and int...
The F*ck Them Theory
Honestly, this is a book I wish I had growing up, as I was growing up with undiagnosed ADHD and OCD tendencies, and I was frequently called lazy, inattentive, and rude.
I felt really stupid growing up because I felt like no matter how much I learned or no matter how much information I absorbed, that I was never good enough, that it was never good enough. Learning and self-help became my area of transformation and ex...
And by self-help junkie, I literally mean if I could put every single book on my shelf in an IV tube directly to my veins, I would have.
I felt really stupid growing up because I felt like no matter how much I learned or no matter how much information I absorbed, that I was never good enough, that it was never good enough. Learning and self-help became my area of transformation and ex...
And by self-help junkie, I literally mean if I could put every single book on my shelf in an IV tube directly to my veins, I would have.
You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?!
“The Mirror Principle, one of Louise’s core teachings, holds that our experience of life mirrors our relationship with ourselves; unless we see ourselves as loveable, the world can be a dark and lonely place.”
Mirror Work
I wish I had this book growing up. As someone who grew up with complex PTSD, I can absolutely wholeheartedly tell you that, for the majority of my childhood and teen years, I felt like I was in trouble, whether it was by my parents, my friends, in th...
You're Not in Trouble
I absolutely loved this deck when I was just beginning to practice loving myself around a decade ago (if not a little more).
Inspirational and colourful cards like this helped me along the way.
I would pick a card every single morning, which would inspire me to set an affirmation or journal or go for a walk and think about the message that the card held for me, or often times If the card resonated, I would ask myself “what was in the card t...
Inspirational and colourful cards like this helped me along the way.
I would pick a card every single morning, which would inspire me to set an affirmation or journal or go for a walk and think about the message that the card held for me, or often times If the card resonated, I would ask myself “what was in the card t...
How to Love Yourself Cards
While I've only read parts and pieces from this book, I can highly recommend it as a book that you can go back to time and time again.
With a lot of the books that I own, a habit I have created, which may support you on your ADHD journey, is grabbing any book off the shelf and just reading for 20 minutes.
Regardless of if it's front to back or somewhere in the middle, simply trusting that the message you need to hear today was the exact page that you had opened. That's exactly what I did with this book.
With a lot of the books that I own, a habit I have created, which may support you on your ADHD journey, is grabbing any book off the shelf and just reading for 20 minutes.
Regardless of if it's front to back or somewhere in the middle, simply trusting that the message you need to hear today was the exact page that you had opened. That's exactly what I did with this book.
Think Like a Monk: Train Mind for Peace
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Fantastic book! My partner loves his writing. She may not have read all his books in their entirety; however, she highly recommends them from the pages she has read.
Scattered Minds
My partner and many friends have all said the same thing about this book: I LOVED IT.
As someone who's gone through trauma and experience CPTSD, I've read a few pages and really connected with them.
As someone who's gone through trauma and experience CPTSD, I've read a few pages and really connected with them.
The Myth of Normal
I love that Women and ADHD are more talked about nowadays. Growing up in the 90's and early 2000's, I didn't feel a sense of understanding or even belonging due to being the weird kid, who thought creatively, was “bad” at math, and didn't absorb info...
A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD
HANDS DOWN one of my absolutely favourite social media accounts, ADHD comics and books :)
The Mini ADHD Coach
My partner has both the book and the oracle deck, and I've flipped through a few pages, read them and enjoyed every bit, although I have to say I didn't understand everything in it the first time I read a few pages. Looking forward to getting back in...
“One of the most profound books I've ever read” - Mayim Bialik on Mayim Bialik's Breakdown Podcast.
“One of the most profound books I've ever read” - Mayim Bialik on Mayim Bialik's Breakdown Podcast.
The Untethered Soul
I really enjoyed reading First We Make the Beast Beautiful by Sarah Wilson. It connected deeply with me at a time when I was moving through a lot of shifts and transitions within my own personal (and business) life.
My business was just taking off for the first time and more successful than I could have ever imagined.
My property had just been rented by who I thought was an incredible tenant, and now, looking back on the last two-plus years, how challenging that situation was (and still is).
All while navigating living with a roommate I didn't wanna live with anymore.
Not to mention the personal transformations that were happening within myself, where I was stepping into authenticity and leaving behind a world of people pleasing.
Additionally, one of the things I was moving through that I started looking into, thankfully, with this book is gravitating towards food and snacks whenever I felt anxiety or over-stimulation.
This got me questioning my habits, my patterns, and why I was using food as a source for energy, sometimes to stifle my emotions if things were feeling too heavy, and other times to regulate my nervous system.
Sarah does a really great job of providing tools and rituals in the book that support you, your nervous system, and what you're currently going through so you can step into the new version of you.
My business was just taking off for the first time and more successful than I could have ever imagined.
My property had just been rented by who I thought was an incredible tenant, and now, looking back on the last two-plus years, how challenging that situation was (and still is).
All while navigating living with a roommate I didn't wanna live with anymore.
Not to mention the personal transformations that were happening within myself, where I was stepping into authenticity and leaving behind a world of people pleasing.
Additionally, one of the things I was moving through that I started looking into, thankfully, with this book is gravitating towards food and snacks whenever I felt anxiety or over-stimulation.
This got me questioning my habits, my patterns, and why I was using food as a source for energy, sometimes to stifle my emotions if things were feeling too heavy, and other times to regulate my nervous system.
Sarah does a really great job of providing tools and rituals in the book that support you, your nervous system, and what you're currently going through so you can step into the new version of you.
First, We Make the Beast Beautiful
Books I'm Looking Forward to Reading
A list of books I have intentionally compiled that I'm looking forward to reading. These books stood out to be intuitively and came through almost as “messages” or guides, saying, “reaaaaad me”. Sometimes I find the best time and the best way to read...
I have to admit the first thing that stood out to me was the cover. Now, they say, "Don't judge a book by its cover." Don't grab a book off the shelf by its cover, but that's what attracted me first and the words "leadership." I'm really looking forw...
I've read a few Brené Brown books so far, and I really enjoy her writing style and material. I also enjoyed watching her Netflix special when it first came out, I believe, in 2020-ish.
Brown writes, “Individuals and organizations are building new muscles. Finding our strong ground—that athletic stance—is the only thing that can provide both unwavering stability in a maelstrom of uncertainty and a platform for the fast, explosive ch...
I've read a few Brené Brown books so far, and I really enjoy her writing style and material. I also enjoyed watching her Netflix special when it first came out, I believe, in 2020-ish.
Brown writes, “Individuals and organizations are building new muscles. Finding our strong ground—that athletic stance—is the only thing that can provide both unwavering stability in a maelstrom of uncertainty and a platform for the fast, explosive ch...
Strong Ground
Braiding Sweetgrass is still on my list, although my partner has purchased the book and gifted it to me a while back. I haven't had the opportunity to sit down intentionally and take a read. Our bookshelf is filled to the brim with books. In fact, we...
Sometimes I find the best time and the best way to read a book is when it's calling your name.
Sometimes I find the best time and the best way to read a book is when it's calling your name.
Braiding Sweetgrass
I've seen this book a couple of times on bookstore shelves or when looking up what books to read next on Pinterest.
I had read Sarah Wilson's “First We Make the Beast Beautiful”. I have to admit I did not read the book in full, but I did read an extensive portion of the book and kept going back and back again to read random pages that resonated.
(For those of you who haven't been to any of my classes or my YouTube channel, you may not know this, but it's a helpful ADHD tip. If you're like me and you've got ADHD and you want to read more books but you find it challenging, my suggestion is to pick up a book, ANY BOOK, and read for 20 minutes.
This is what I would do a lot with books that I wasn't reading front to back and would read from the middle or sometimes from the beginning or whatever page opened up for me. While I began reading Sarah Wilson's “First We Make the Beast Beautiful”, t...
I'm exceptionally interested in diving into “I Eat The Stars” because my family has been navigating something in our personal world that I don't talk about very often. One of those things is war and family being stuck or living in countries currently...
I had read Sarah Wilson's “First We Make the Beast Beautiful”. I have to admit I did not read the book in full, but I did read an extensive portion of the book and kept going back and back again to read random pages that resonated.
(For those of you who haven't been to any of my classes or my YouTube channel, you may not know this, but it's a helpful ADHD tip. If you're like me and you've got ADHD and you want to read more books but you find it challenging, my suggestion is to pick up a book, ANY BOOK, and read for 20 minutes.
This is what I would do a lot with books that I wasn't reading front to back and would read from the middle or sometimes from the beginning or whatever page opened up for me. While I began reading Sarah Wilson's “First We Make the Beast Beautiful”, t...
I'm exceptionally interested in diving into “I Eat The Stars” because my family has been navigating something in our personal world that I don't talk about very often. One of those things is war and family being stuck or living in countries currently...
I Eat the Stars, how to Live Fully and Beautifully in a Collapsing World
Journals, Guides & Colouring Books
I love a good journal prompt book, especially when it's creative. Not only have I received quite a few of these as gifts, I've also purchased a few and thoroughly enjoy them. Here's a list of my favourites and ones I'm looking forward to purchasing i...
I have this book with the sloth unicorn on the cover and the rainbow tree, and I absolutely love it. I've filled in multiple pages, and I really enjoy the creative exercises. I tend to draw or doodle and even write with whatever I'm pulled to. For ex...
It's Your Weirdness That Makes You Wonderful
I'm absolutely excited to dive into this. There's nothing more that I love than a frog wearing a little mushroom cap hat.
The Little Frog Coloring Book
Really excited to dive into this. I've been a huge fan of art therapy and art as a form of self-expression. I can't think of a better way to spend my mornings than doing a little journal prompt art.
The Daily Play
For anyone moving through depression or anxiety, or just feeling like they're in a rut and can't get out, especially if it's mentally (perhaps you're overthinking or ruminating), a journal prompt book can help get you out of the state you're in and g...
Well, I haven't tried this journal yet. I truly believe this is something that would have been really helpful for me when I was going through serious anxiety. Although I am reluctant to say it, I do believe that depression flowed in and out of my lif...
When I was in high school, I didn't have a journal prompt book, and so I would do my best in brain dumping, journaling my feelings, scribbling things out. To this day, I still have one or two journals from high school. I potentially would have learne...
Another book that helped support me, the anxious and overstimulation habits I was experiencing at the time, and honestly, just generalized anxiety is Sarah Wilson's “First, we make the beast beautiful.”
Well, I haven't tried this journal yet. I truly believe this is something that would have been really helpful for me when I was going through serious anxiety. Although I am reluctant to say it, I do believe that depression flowed in and out of my lif...
When I was in high school, I didn't have a journal prompt book, and so I would do my best in brain dumping, journaling my feelings, scribbling things out. To this day, I still have one or two journals from high school. I potentially would have learne...
Another book that helped support me, the anxious and overstimulation habits I was experiencing at the time, and honestly, just generalized anxiety is Sarah Wilson's “First, we make the beast beautiful.”
Worry Therapy
Cookbooks That I LOVE, that reignighted my passion for cooking
Many ADHDers face challenges when it comes to eating healthily, cooking for themselves, and sometimes even enjoying food in general, or simply eating for survival. My story has been connecting more deeply with my body and understanding what my body r...
Nistisima is one of my absolute favourites, and Mediterranean food agrees with me, my skin, and my body. I always feel really good after eating Mediterranean food. If you are plant-based, this book is perfect for you. There are tons and tons of plant...
At this point, I've probably made about five or six recipes from the book and thoroughly enjoyed them to the point where I made a few of them twice, thrice, and sometimes even four or five times.
At this point, I've probably made about five or six recipes from the book and thoroughly enjoyed them to the point where I made a few of them twice, thrice, and sometimes even four or five times.
Nistisima
Personal, Transformational & ADHD Success Podcasts
Hands down one of the most epic podcasts! I could listen to the conversations intently and truly feel a soft and steady dopamine rush from all the info-dumping, interesting shared stories from guests, facts, and the science/neurosicence/consciousness...
I LOVE Mayim Bialik's Breakdown Podcast! Such great rabbit holes & Info dumping.
One of my favourite, go-to podcasts.
ADHD Chatter Podcast on Spotify
If you're into video podcasts, add this to the list!
ADHD Chatter Podcast on YouTube
incredible podcast for transformation, ADHD, mindset, therapy and new tools and practices
The Mel Robbins Podcast
One of my favourite podcasts
The Diary Of A CEO - YouTube
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Incredible podcast featuring top speakers in health, spirituality, and consciousness
Know Thyself Podcast - Full Episodes
Fantastic podcast featuring personal growth and development, spirituality, growing out of limiting beliefs and more
A Sunny Disposition Podcast with Sunny Voitsekhovsky
Money & Wealth Books
These wealth-building books had brought a lot to light for me when it came to my own wealth, my wealth mindset. The fact that when I first read The Having in 2022, I had realized I was living in survival with a poverty mindset.
If you're looking for working with the Divine and hiring a Divine team to unlock your financial flow and abundance, this book is for you. Now when I first heard of Corin Grillo, I actually saw her on a podcast, where she began talking about her exper...
ANGEL WEALTH MAGIC: Heal Money Wounds
The best Money, Wealth and Financial book of all time; For the spiritual, for the believers, for the ones who live in Faith, this will only ADD to your life, your wallet and your abundance. I swear by this book, and have multiple copies, including au...
The Having: Secret Art of Feeling Rich