ADHD is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD
by Penn Holderness, Edward M. Hallowell, Kim Holderness, Ann Marie Taepke, Lola Holderness, Tyrrell Harrell, Nathan Rosborough
Narrated by Penn Holderness, Kim Holderness, Nathan Rosborough, Ann Marie Taepke, Tyrrell Harrell, Lola Holderness
Why Listen to This Audiobook?
Most ADHD books are written by doctors — this one is narrated by the whole family, including the teenager, which tells you everything about the tone.
- Great if you want: ADHD validation that's funny, warm, and actually useful
- Listening experience: energetic and loose — feels like a candid family podcast
- Narration: Penn and Kim's real chemistry makes the co-author dynamic feel lived-in
- Skip if: you need clinical depth over personal storytelling
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About This Audiobook
Penn and Kim Holderness, the couple behind a popular family comedy brand, team up with psychiatrist Edward M. Hallowell and their own family members to reframe ADHD as something other than a deficiency. The book blends personal experience with clinical insight, addressing both those who live with ADHD and the people in their lives who want to understand it better. Rather than presenting the condition as a problem to be fixed, it positions the ADHD brain as wired differently in ways that can fuel creativity and drive.
The all-cast audio production is where this title truly shines. With six narrators, including the Holderness family members themselves, the listening experience feels like an intimate, chaotic family conversation rather than a lecture. Penn and Kim's natural comedic chemistry translates effortlessly to audio, keeping the tone warm and often genuinely funny. The voices shift in ways that mirror the book's core argument: ADHD minds are dynamic, not disordered, and the format makes that point before a single word lands.