The ADHD Brain Buddy: A practical toolkit for adults navigating a more ADHD-friendly life

by Matilda Boseley

As an ADHDer, sometimes you feel stuck – and the unrelenting demands of adult life in a neurotypical world certainly don’t help. Matilda Boseley knows it because she has lived it and learned a lot since her diagnosis at age 23.

In her first book, The Year I Met My Brain, journalist Matilda took a deep dive into adult ADHD to understand how it all works. Now, she’s written The ADHD Brain Buddy: a treasure trove of practical tips, activities and scientific insights to help you make it through the hard days, utilise the great ones and reflect on the impact ADHD has had throughout your life. All in the pursuit of making your world easier to navigate – and way more fun.

Engaging and interactive, this illustrated workbook

- Practical Learn tricks and skills to help you sail through common scenarios across work, health and self-care, finances, life admin, relationships and more. Even boring to-do lists become a gamified adventure!
- Expert Benefit from the wisdom of ADHD specialists, including psychologist Janelle Booker and ADHD coach Dr Michele Toner, to navigate challenges with confidence.
- Cultivate a kinder relationship with yourself by recognising your emotions, understanding your limits and celebrating your unique strengths.
- Fun and Enjoy a good-humoured approach that makes ADHD life both manageable and enjoyable.

Free from guilt, shame or pressure, The ADHD Brain Buddy meets you where you are – whether you’re surviving, thriving or reflecting. It’s the perfect helpful companion for your neurodivergent journey.

‘Offers guidance without judgement, encouragement without the pressure, and a whole lot of humour and heart. I wish I’d had it sooner.’ - Steph Claire Smith

Genres: Nonfiction, Psychology, Adhd, Self Help, Audiobook

436 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 11, 2025

About the author

Matilda Boseley is an award-winning social media reporter and presenter for Guardian Australia. She has spearheaded the publication’s popular TikTok channel where she writes and hosts their short-form news explainers. Her work on the platform has won her a Quill Award for Innovation in Journalism and was nominated for a Walkley Award for the same category. Named Walkley Awards’ 2019 Student Journalist of the Year, Matilda has also worked as a reporter and assistant chief of staff at 7 News Melbourne and as a breaking news reporter for The Age newspaper. She regularly reports on issues affecting young people, women and mental health and her first book, The Year I Met My Brain, documents her experiences and discoveries after being diagnosed with ADHD at 23 and investigates the hidden prevalence and costs of ADHD among adults.

Reviews

[Elloise · Rating 5 out of 5]

Provided incredibly helpful tips to help navigate life as an adhder. Highly recommend!

[Tahnee Ridley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this for my friend to understand what she goes through every day. I would recommend it to any family member, partner or friend that has a person they care about with this disability, to have a read. It helped me understand their inner monologue, how they process and understand the world and importantly, why they understand the world in their own way. It was helped to help me with them in scheduling and what they needed from me as well.

Very good. Only rated 4/5 based on my own experience and not a reflection of the overall experience for the targeted audience.

[TJ Edwards · Rating 5 out of 5]

While I may not be diagnosed as ADHD, the more and more I find my own helpful things referred to as coping strategies, it’s highly likely I’ve been masking my entire life.

That being said there are tons of awesome and useful tips in this book (also, for those struggling to eat brekky, I seriously recommend a Crunch Cup) so I’m excited to try some of these and see if they make a difference in my life.

[Margaret · Rating 4 out of 5]

Audio. Although I don’t have adhd I know those who have and I expect this would be a very practical help for them. A lot of the strategies could be useful for other people too. We all need systems to manage our lives.

[Annie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a practical guide for anyone who is challenged with the complexities of ADHD whether it be yourself or someone close to you.
The text is presented in a colourful and easy to follow style supplemented with helpful graphics.
There were lots of takeaways.
It is well worth reading.

[Anneliese McDonald · Rating 3 out of 5]

Probably not the book to listen to at 1.75 speed on the way to and from work. I finished the whole thing without ever looking up the manual like I said I would. I might need to buy this one to make full use of it

[Madeleine Booth-Smits · Rating 5 out of 5]

So many amazing tips and tricks! I will absolutely come back to this time and time again!!

[aurora · Rating 5 out of 5]

great companion to her other book but can also be red alone – lots of helpful, practical strategies to deal with ADHD, Matilda Bosely doesn’t miss

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Sharon Green · Rating 3 out of 5]

3/5

[Francesca Carey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Would recommend for all ADHDers or type and

[Codii]

Loved everything, thanks queen

[Josie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the explanation of ADHD at the beginning, but was less keen on the journalling/therapy sections. The mix of different hacks and helpful tips will hopefully be useful to other readers -- and I've recommended this book to two other ADHDers in my life -- but it wasn't for me. There were lots of "oh no! pretend XYZ to get something done!" games, but the autistic side of my brain was having none of it. I'd love to be ~*~whimsical and pretend I'm watering an imaginary garden when I answer emails, but I can't stop my brain from stubbornly insisting, "IT'S NOT REAL. ZOMBIES DON'T EXIST. YOU'RE NOT WINNING AN ELECTION. THERE IS NO EXTERNAL MOTIVATION."

Also, the formatting of the ebook was the worst!!! This is definitely designed to be a physical paper book, ugh. All the pictures were cut off, so any time there was an infographic or flowchart, I could only see a tiny corner of it, which was incredibly frustrating given that the information wasn't duplicated in the text. 

[Caitlyn Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book truly changed something in me. It was like a warm hug from a friend who has ADHD, who acknowledges your individual journeys, strengths and challenges but shares the common thread of just “getting it”!

This was such a practical, powerful addition to Matilda’s first novel, and I also love that there was no requirement to read in order (in fact, I’m reading the first book now after this one!)

I truly know this will become a resource for me that I can come back to time and time again, and refer so many friends and loved ones to. As a matter of fact, I’m going to tell my psychologist about it!

Highly, highly, HIGHLY recommend!


- Audiobook review -

PS. Matilda your grandfather would be so proud 💛