Square Pegs: A book of Self-discovery for women with ADHD

by Kim Raine

Square Pegs is a book for women, diagnosed or not, ready to lean into their late ADHD diagnosis and understand how it has shaped their confidence and self-belief after a lifetime of trying to keep up and fit in.

Kim looks at how ADHD affects women differently and unravels the stories and beliefs a lifetime of undiagnosed ADHD, judgement, and self-criticism creates.

Were you told you needed to try harder as a child?
Have you spent a lifetime feeling like you never do, are or have enough?
Are you going around in circles, bouncing from hyper-focus to burnout?
Does the fear of rejection, criticism or judgement hold you back?
Do you struggle to regulate your emotions?

Have you been labelled lazy, unmotivated, disorganised, clumsy, messy, greedy, anxious, depressed, hyper, reckless, impulsive, overemotional, sensitive or fiery by yourself or others?

If so, then Square Pegs is the book to show you how to love your creative, ingenious, super-fast brain, tap into its powers, and find the peace you deserve.

217 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 4, 2022

Reviews

[Rebecca House Howe · Rating 2 out of 5]

All the usual self help waffle. Needs a good editor too. Not at all ADHD friendly because it’s repetitive without being interesting. Nothing new here.

[Hannah · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF pretty much at the end of the intro. Favourite quotes:

"Caveat: I'm not a therapist, I'm not about picking the scabs. I'm a coach - I'm about cleaning out that wound and moving on." Way to invalidate an entire profession - who literally save lives by the way - as 'scab pickers' to make your coaching job, that doesn't actually require any sort of formal qualification or ethical governing body, sound like it's something.

"Sending my husband off to Spain to purchase a villa I hadn't seen yet..." Omg sis, so relatable 🙏🏻

"I want to share with you the moment I fully understood the amazing power of ADHD on a retreat in LA." Ah cool, she's the Dolly Alterton of neurodiversity.

[Ellen · Rating 4 out of 5]

it’s slAyDHD not ADHD

[Abbie Toria · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really interesting and informative read, with lots of practical tips. Especially good if, like me, you know little about how ADHD presents in women.

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really good book. So relatable and real.

[Alison Osborne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazingly awesome and super helpful book.

I loved this book. I feel like I’ve found myself and help all at the same time. I will read this again soon.

[Darcie · Rating 5 out of 5]

An amazing book for those late diagnosed with ADHD.