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Small Talk

By: Richard Pink, Roxanne Pink
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Summary

Brought to you by Penguin.

Rich and Rox, the
Sunday Times bestselling authors of DIRTY LAUNDRY, are back with more warm, empathetic and down-to-earth advice to help those with ADHD and autism live authentic, bold and happy lives.

Writing as a team, Rich and Rox share funny and heartwarming stories about creating a safe and happy neurodivergent household for themselves and for Rich's autistic nonbinary child, living with ADHD, navigating step-parenthood and learning to be an ally for your loved ones. It will help you transform frustration into patience and compassion, giving you strategies that make life easier, improve communication and reduce shame for people across the neurodivergent spectrum.

Rich and Rox will help you: - Stop feeling guilty for thinking differently - Understand what masking is, and how to stop (if you want to) - Learn strategies for getting through daily life - Communicate your struggles to those who love you - Support your autistic child - Navigate step-parenting with ADHD - Create a safe and supportive space for the neurodivergent people in your life, and much more!

©2024 Richard Pink and Roxanne Pink (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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A (self) love letter to those whose brains are beautifully and uniquely different. Speaking from lived experience, Rox and Rich manage to shift the paradigm associated with ADHD, which up until now has been riddled with lies and misinformation. This book reminds readers that rather than having a disorder, they are simply differently ordered and when managed with kindness, it can become their superpower! (Riyadh Khalaf , broadcaster, Youtuber and winner of Celebrity MasterChef 2020)
Pre ADHD diagnosis I read so many self development books. I used to try to implement what I learned and would feel like a failure, feel frustrated and blame myself for being lazy when I couldn’t get those strategies to work for me. Books like this are so important for people with ADHD to break free from holding our selves to Neurotypical standards. (Rach Idowu, 'Adulting with ADHD' Neurodivergency advocate)
My whole life i’ve beaten myself up, comparing myself to my peers & wondering why i can’t handle life like them. but actually, ADHD has made me incredibly special, ambition, determined & capable of the most amazing things that others aren’t & for that, i think neurodiversity is a beautiful thing. (Becky Hill)

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amazing must read

Love that it's narrated by them but what I love most is the sentiment. Recognising and explaining how neurodivergent people may struggle and (perhaps more importantly) how this can so badly impact them and providing ways to live with better self beliefs and understanding.
All people should listen to this but especially those who know someone neurodivergent.
This will be a repetition book for me, listening over and over throughout my life.

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The BEST book on ADHD

I could step into Rox shoes so well... to have someone understand you better than you do yourself is just gold and freeing

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Being kind to ourselves and others.

Helped me understand RSD. Not pleasing others all the time is OK. The chapter where Rox says about neurotypicals don’t usually get put down for things like not being creative or not being empathetic but NDs are criticised for losing things or being late etc was interesting . Can’t wait to listen to it again. Dirty Laundry was an eye opener but SmallTalk offers much more. Can’t believe how open they both are about their flaws and how they make it work better through love and understanding.

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thank you røry for speaking out for ADHD and telling everyone. . . . . .

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Just this…….

This isn’t just a read if you are neurodivergent, live with a neurodivergent or know a neurodivergent person…… this is a read to inform you, to enlighten you and to give you an understanding to support people around you. Thank you, once again, for therapy in book form, for the supportive hugs through your words 🙏

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Thank you Rich and Rox for your raw honesty.

These beautiful people have shared their experiences with the world to help us neurodivergents share our hidden inner worlds with the people we love in the hope that we can truly accept ourselves. I wish neurotypical people would listen to this book so they can have a small window in to the chaos that is a ND brain. I laughed and cried with them. Sending love and please continue your inspirational journey!

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The honesty of the book

As someone who just been diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 47, I had pre-ordered this book and when it arrived I managed to get through the first couple of chapters with quite a few tears. But then me being I put the book down and just couldn’t find the right time to pick it up again. Instead I got the audio book to listen too and what can I say, what a fantastic and humbling book this is. Like my recent test (100% on inattentive type) all the chapters of the book resonated with me. What really hit hard is there being Rich to show and model how someone without ADHD can support someone with ADHD. I am hoping my wife will read this as it really is a very good peak under the hood of what it means to be me.

Thank you so much both of you for your bravery and openness to share this journey with us.

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Outstanding

Best book I have listened to can’t wait for the next one and I don’t know anyone could not like you both

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Essential

So much of this book speaks to, not just the ADHD experience, but the experience of neuro diverse self loathing that I would genuinely consider it essential listening to anyone who so much as suspects they may share that experience.

It is a beautiful, earnest book, and a beacon of authenticity from within a subculture still entrenched with the 'need' to mask.

I cannot thank the authors enough.

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Wow. Ugly crying cathartic tears!

This book made me feel seen and understood for the first time in 20 years. Drawing my attention to the narrator in my head, how I talk about myself and to myself is a game changer. It’s not easy to change the narrative but recognition is the first step. Thank you x

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