LOST IN TRANSLATION: The ADHDers Guide to Navigating Relationships
Kristen Carder
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The demands of relationships on the ADHD brain are taxing.
You’re a good person who wants to do right by people, but it seems that no matter how much you contort yourself, you’re still not enough. And somehow, at the same time you’re too much; too loud, too emotional, too impulsive, too messy, too everything.
This is so much potential for relational friction when it comes to being a human with a neurodivergent brain. There are rules that everyone else seems to know, societal expectations we’ll never be able to meet, and we can often feel like we’re missing something.
Your partner is getting sick of hearing you say “I’ll get to it” but not following through. You kids are sick of not being able to rely on you. Your friends can’t figure out why sometimes you are all-in on the relationship and then you ghost them for 3 months. Your coworkers treat you differently because they can’t count on you to be a consistent member of the team.
And YOU are exhausted by it all.
In LOST IN TRANSLATION, adult ADHD expert and multi-certified coach, Kristen Carder, explores the way ADHD symptoms affect the 5 most prominent relationships in most of our lives: friendships, work relationships, partnerships, parent-child relationships, and family-of-origin relationships. The result is a practical, informative and empowering self-coaching guide for ADHDers to understand, repair and build healthy relationships, from one of the most successful and experienced ADHD coaches working today.
Listeners to her chart-topping I Have ADHD podcast (over 8.6 million downloads), or members of her global coaching community FOCUSED, will be familiar with her brand of warmth, humour and judgement-free expertise. In LOST IN TRANSLATION, she shares the same tools that she has used to coach thousands of people to let go of shame and create rewarding relationships, both with others and most importantly, with themselves.
“Kristen Carder is not just an ADHD coach—she’s a visionary and a powerhouse in the ADHD space. With her extensive experience in the neurodivergent community, Kristen has a rare and invaluable ability to translate complex challenges into practical, actionable strategies.
In this book, Kristen tackles one of the most pressing yet often overlooked aspects of ADHD: relationships. Kristen’s grounded and realistic approach ensures that readers won’t feel burdened by unattainable expectations but instead will feel empowered to be “good enough” in their relationships. I cannot think of a better person to write this book.
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Kristen Carder is an ADHD expert, top podcast host and multi-certified coach. She is the founder of FOCUSED, a global coaching community that has served thousands of ADHDers, and the host of the No1 top-rated podcast, I Have ADHD . The show has featured some of the world’s leading mental health professionals and is now at over 8 million downloads. As well as having ADHD, she is also the parent to 3 kids, 2 of which are neurodivergent and the wife to a neurotypical husband. She lives in Pennsylvania.