Motivational and inspirational writer, Bryan Hutchinson is the author of several books about life with ADHD including the highly acclaimed, best selling "One Boy′s Struggle: A Memoir" and the author of the hilarious eBook that went viral "10 Things I Hate about ADHD"

01 My Thoughts

Have you ever had a wakeup moment?

Have you ever had a wakeup moment?
on: June 24, 2009 by: Bryan Hutchinson 4 Comments , , , , ...

Have you ever had a wakeup moment? A moment when you suddenly start thinking about where you are in life, where you have been and where you want to go? It can be satisfying or it can be disconcerting. I had one of those moments the other day and I was just plain confused by it. Seems I must be at some juncture in my life, at a crossroads, if you will. I felt frustrated, perplexed and excited, exhilarated – all at the same time. Do you ever just keep moving, keep doing, avoid thinking about any of it, because, if you do you might stop and realize something that you don’t really want to realize? Or, if you realize it everything might come to a complete stop and then where would you be? I am grateful for many things, things are happening, things are moving forward and yet, there are […]

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What Do Kids Dream About and Why?

What Do Kids Dream About and Why?
on: June 22, 2009 by: Bryan Hutchinson 5 Comments , , , , ...

I am standing at the edge of a cliff; my toes are curling the edge, as I prepare to jump.  Before me is an open sky, beautiful and clear and, as I look down, I cannot see the bottom, just more glorious sky – this place seems it could be the edge of the world, maybe it is. I am calm, open, even smiling quite delightfully. I feel liberated. I should be terrified, I should be trembling and yet, I am not fearful, not at all. I step off, with my arms open wide as if I can fly and in an instant I can feel the air rushing against me, pressing against me, yet gently, almost hugging me, like a lover’s sweet embrace. I am flying. I really am flying! I am not heading downwards, no, not towards the unseen ground, which must be down there, far, far, below. […]

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Win an Autographed Book by Bryan Robinson Ph.D. – The Art of Confident Living!

Win an Autographed Book by Bryan Robinson Ph.D. – The Art of Confident Living!
on: June 21, 2009 by: Bryan Hutchinson 0 Comments , , , , ...

It’s time for our next book contest on our ADDer World ADHD Social Network! As a member of our ADDer World ADHD Social Network you can win a free, autographed copy The Art of Confident Living by Bryan Robinson Ph.D. I have read many books already this year and am determined to expand my horizons via reading as much as I can. Robinson’s book is one of the most fascinating and helpful books I have read! I wrote about it here. When I contacted Bryan Robinson, he was kind, generous and excited to donate a signed copy of his book for our members to win! A special shout-out thanks to Dr. Robinson! The rules for this contest are very simple: If you refer someone to ADDer World and they use your name in the referral space provided, then your name will be put into the hat each and every time your […]

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David Letterman – Sarah Palin and ADHD?

David Letterman – Sarah Palin and ADHD?
on: June 17, 2009 by: Bryan Hutchinson 20 Comments , , , , ...

What do David Letterman and Sarah Palin have to do with ADHD? That’s a good question, one I intend to answer, in my own way.  Read on… We can thank people like Ty Pennington, David Neeleman and most recently, author/ADD Coach Jennifer Koretsky for stepping into the national spotlight on TV to talk about ADHD. There are also people with ADHD sharing their stories openly in memoirs and in blog postings, as I do. We need more awareness! I don’t mind the talk and belief in ADHD as a gift, because, when ADHD is managed well, some of our traits can be considered as gifts for some individuals; however, we need to realize and appreciate that most of the public still does not understand what ADHD is and how it affects people. I still read about others being ridiculed, joked about and chastised for their natural ADHD behavior. ADHD is […]

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Adult ADHD Meets the Today Show with Jennifer Koretsky

Adult ADHD Meets the Today Show with Jennifer Koretsky
on: June 14, 2009 by: Bryan Hutchinson 3 Comments , , , , ...

Jennifer Koretsky, an adult with ADD, was interviewed recently on the Today show to discuss Adult ADD! It was a fantastic interview and good representation of Adults with ADD and ADHD! Take it mainstream Jennifer! Congrats! Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy For more information about Jennifer Koretsky, please visit her website.

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Finding your Soulmate – The Magic and Risk of

Finding your Soulmate – The Magic and Risk of
on: June 12, 2009 by: Bryan Hutchinson 15 Comments , , , , ...

Do you believe? Do you believe in the one, the only, that special someone? Is there such a thing as a soulmate for each of us? If so, is it possible to go a life time without ever finding your soulmate? Or, is it possible to meet your soulmate and not realize it, passing by as two ships in the dark night? In Paulo Coelho’s Brida, an exceptional novel about finding one’s soulmate, Coelho describes finding one’s soulmate by taking risks, by making mistakes and by being with the wrong people until you find your soulmate. The other way he describes of finding one’s soulmate is by entering a state of trance in which one can see a bright spot of light over the shoulder of one’s soulmate. Paulo Coelho is known for taking complex ideas and putting his insightfully thoughtful twists on them. He wrote The Alchemist after all. […]

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On the Fence – Perspective of Life and ADHD

On the Fence – Perspective of Life and ADHD
on: June 10, 2009 by: Bryan Hutchinson 10 Comments , , , , ...

Being on the fence allows me to view things from a perspective where I can take in both sides and make decisions, choices and base beliefs on the facts all sides present (what I can make of them). Personally, I think it is a mistake to join one particular side of an issue and allow it to consume everything – life isn’t that simple and wars get started by this way of thinking, due to anger, resentment and inflexibility. Typically, each side of an issue has both merits and faults. My experiences have taught me that nothing is as clear cut as it seems when it comes to human beliefs and relations. My position(s) are as simple as they are complex. Here are a few or more: I believe we all have the power within us to improve, become better and fulfill our wants, needs, desires, – our dreams. I believe whichever way […]

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ADHD friends with Gifts and Benefits!

ADHD friends with Gifts and Benefits!
on: June 4, 2009 by: Bryan Hutchinson 16 Comments , , , , ...

Yeah, I wrote that title. Yeah, I said it! What are you going to do about it? I will tell you what you might do about it. I said might, because, it is up to you and this exercise is about choice. Exercise? … But first… I was reading a very nice posting by Anna on our ADDer World ADHD Social Network today and she got me thinking about something. She asked: “Is there a happy ending for people with ADD/HD?” She continued and wrote: “I thought that having a medicine and reading and learning would mean there was a cure and if I followed the yellow brick road I’d arrive where everyone else in the world already is, the city called “Normal”. I thought it meant I’d be “normal”, like everyone else and that I’d fit right in and be considered a citizen and at long last I would belong.” […]

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The Brilliant Reality of ADHD Book Sneak Peak

The Brilliant Reality of ADHD Book Sneak Peak
on: June 3, 2009 by: Bryan Hutchinson 1 Comment ...

The proof copies of my new book The Brilliant Reality of ADHD arrived this last week! Finally! I had originally expected for a release date in February and in good old ADDer Fashion, it should now be released in July! Actually, that’s okay. I feel very good about this new book and have a feeling it will be a grand success in its own right. Many articles within the pages of The Brilliant Reality of ADHD can be found here, on ADDer World, for free. There are also articles written especially for this book and I would like to present you with a short excerpt of one of them: Wishing Well Imagine a wishing well, in your right hand is a penny and you are about to drop your penny into the wishing well to make a wish. What wish do you want to make? Ah, yes, that’s a very special wish […]

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Motivation Willpower ADHD

Motivation Willpower ADHD
on: May 30, 2009 by: Bryan Hutchinson 13 Comments , ...

  I used to consider one of my biggest flaws and worst character traits, or better said – lack thereof, was that I did not have any willpower.  They seemed to possess some secret power that I had somehow missed out on. I have willpower, but like most people with ADHD I just did not know how to access it and this lead to a certain kind of frustration, which ran painfully deep. It started early, at a very young age. I grew up with a belief that willpower did not exist for me. It was so obvious to me that I lacked something (I didn’t know what it was called way back then) that I could see whatever it was so clearly in others. As a kid I was in awe of classmates who could set their mind to doing an assignment and just do it. They seemed to possess some secret power that I had […]

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