Ep 073: Dr. Ned Hallowell: ADDers Are The Game Changers

Knowledge and understanding of ADD/ADHD has vastly improved since the ‘90s. This is in no small part thanks to the tireless work of Dr. Ned Hallowell. His strength-based approach to ADHD is revolutionary in helping build meaningful and productive lives.

Edward (Ned) Hallowell, M.D. is a board-certified child and adult psychiatrist and world authority on ADHD. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Tulane Medical School, and was a Harvard Medical School faculty member for 21 years. He is the Founder of The Hallowell ADHD Centers in Boston MetroWest, New York City, San Francisco, Palo Alto and Seattle.

He has spent the past four decades helping thousands of adults and children live happy and productive lives through his strength-based approach to neurodiversity, and has ADHD and dyslexia himself.

Dr Hallowell is a New York Times bestselling author and has written 20 books on multiple psychological topics. The groundbreaking Distraction series, which began with Driven to Distraction, co-authored with Dr John Ratey in 1994, sparked a revolution in understanding of ADHD.

Listen to this illuminating Parenting With Impact episode with Dr. Ned Hallowell about the struggles and the benefits of ADHD and how to live a life that plays to your strengths.

 

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Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

• Jump in and Have Fun -- ADHD can be a lot of Fun, struggle, misery
• Co-morbidities of ADHD- what you need to be most concerned with
• What makes ADD/ADHD an asset?

 

Links Mentioned:

• Parenting With Impact: Dr. Hallowell's Keys to Unlocking ADHD

Articles:

• Dr. Edward Hallowell

 

Books:

• Driven to Distraction
• Delivered from Distraction
• ADHD 2.0
• Walk in the Rain with a Brain
• Super Parenting for ADHD

Connect with Dr. Hallowell:

• Website
• Twitter
• Instagram
• Facebook
• TikTok

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