Living in the Wild with ADHD- Cindy North

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Living in the Wild with ADHD- Cindy North

Exploring ADHD through neuroscience, lived experience, and real life stories.

09/25/2026

When I asked Leah if I could share her poem in Living in the Wild, I knew what it meant to me.

I also wanted her to have the space to share why she said yes.

Her poem, Regulation in Despair, opens the book. Before my words begin, hers are there.

In this first piece of our conversation, Leah shares why she allowed something so personal to become part of this book and what she hopes someone else might find in it.

I think that matters.

Sometimes we share the hard parts of our own story so someone else might recognize a piece of their own and feel a little less alone in it.

In one week Living in the Wild: Embracing Your Stripes With ADHD will be into the world.

09/24/2026

Just a week away.

I’m realizing I’m much better at doing than waiting. For months, there has always been something to work on. Write the book, rewrite the book, edit the book, make another decision, change my mind about that decision, and discover 4,003 other things I didn’t know came with writing a book.

Now I’m in this strange place where there really isn’t much left for me to do.

The book is done, but I still haven’t even held a physical copy of it, yet. I know it exists. I know October 1 is coming. I know that a week from today people will be able to buy something that has lived in my head and on my computer for a very long time.

But right now, I’m just waiting.

Apparently, this is my face while I wait.

Count down is on… seven days.

09/15/2026

I met a real zebra. Yes I did!! Her name is Pickles. And she fits her name. She is a real Pickle to deal with. Kind of reminded me of my sassy self as a kid. She was friends with me until she decided I was enough. Pushy and in my space and cute as ever!!

Her stripes are so beautiful! Wild that a talented young horsewoman I knew from her young years riding with Abby now has raised and trained a zebra to be at liberty and be ridden.

I said when I finished the book I would meet a zebra. And I even got to pet her and almost crouch by her.

She preferred not! 🤣

Patience is the name of the game. Much of this book writing experience has been about patients and acceptance.

What a wild experience!

I just love stripes and unique brains!

09/11/2026

The vote is in. 75% said COLOR. 🎨

But the 25% who chose black and white gave me something important to think about.

Some said affordability matters most because the words are only valuable if the book can get into people’s hands. Others shared that color can actually be distracting. And there I was thinking color might make the book more accessible, while being reminded that accessibility doesn’t look the same for every brain.

Cue the people pleaser in me wanting to somehow make one book meet every brain exactly where it is. 😬

This is HARD.

But it is also why I asked. The vote gave me a number. Your comments gave me perspective.

And both matter as I figure out what happens next. 🦓

09/05/2026

Writing the words was one thing. Now I’m watching them become a book.

And I’m realizing how much the design matters, especially when I’m writing for a neurodivergent reader.

I know the feeling of picking up a book and thinking, Nope. Too thick. Too much text. Font too small. Page too crowded. My brain has made a decision before I’ve read a single word.

So as Living in the Wild moves through design, I’m thinking about all of it. White space. Font size. Margins. Visual cues. Color. How much is on a page before your brain decides whether it has the bandwidth to stay.

Because the words can be meaningful, but they aren’t much use if the reader can’t comfortably digest and absorb them.

This part matters deeply to me. I don’t just want you to read this book. I want the book itself to support your brain while you read it.

And that brings me to something I’d love your vote on:

Would having color throughout the book make the reading experience better for you, even if it meant paying a little more for the book?

🎨 YES. Color would add value for me.

🦓 NO. Keep the cost down. Color doesn’t matter much to me.

Tell me below. I’m designing this book with the reader in mind, and right now, your opinion can actually help shape it.

09/04/2026

This book journey keeps giving me goosebumps.

When I was encouraged to have a launch party, my first instinct was to fold myself up like a little paper note and hide.

Then a client pointed me toward a space she thought would be perfect.

When I learned there are butterflies painted on the walls, I instantly knew exactly what I could read to the audience.

There’s a story in the book about what it actually takes to become a butterfly.

And here’s another little goosebump.

This is the same place where I’ve gone to work with the person who asked me what I really wanted to do.

I said, “Write a book to empower people with ADHD.”

And now I’m seriously thinking about going back with the book.

This work feels like it wants a party. 🦋 🦓

Stay tuned.

08/20/2026

It’s getting real!!

I met with the book fairy and saw the first pages of my book design this week and it’s way cool.

😎 and it’s looking like it will be printed in color. Pinch me!

Holy moly is it also nerve-racking to know we are almost a month away from when what I’ve talked about becoming real.

Who do you know that could use a book that delivers adhd neuroscience with a hug?

Help me reach other people impacted by ADHD by sharing the link to join the waitlist where I share the behind-the-scenes as this gets to publication.

No spam, just real lived experiences and first peeks. It me being me!

Hope you will join the movement that lets you embrace your stripes!

08/13/2026

This is my story.

Not because I think my experience explains yours, but because understanding my own story helped me finally make sense of so much about myself.

The kid who never stopped moving. The imagination. The energy. The drive to work harder and keep going. The parts of me I learned to push, manage, question, and eventually understand.

ADHD gave me language for patterns that had been there all along.

Living in the Wild shares some of those stories alongside the neuroscience and perspectives that helped me see myself with more curiosity.

Your story will be different. I hope it is.

Maybe something in these pages will spark a memory, explain a pattern, or simply make you curious about your own stripes.

That is where I think the good stuff begins.

Living in the Wild: Embracing Your Stripes with ADHD hits Amazon October 1, 2026. 🦓

08/09/2026

There is a part of writing a book I did not fully understand until I was in it.

You can write about neuroscience. You can explain ADHD. You can share what you have learned through years of coaching.

But eventually, if you want the words to mean something, you have to be willing to let yourself be seen.

Living in the Wild asked that of me.

I had to look at the beliefs I carried for years. The ones that told me I was too much in some places and somehow not enough in others. The ones that kept showing up like alligators at the watering hole, even after I knew better.

Understanding my ADHD gave me language for my experience. Learning the science helped me understand my brain. But accepting myself meant something more.

It meant becoming curious about my stripes instead of trying to hide them.

It meant discovering what actually supports me and building best-fit practices around the brain I have, rather than continuing to fight to become someone I am not.

And it meant being willing to tell the truth about that journey.

There is vulnerability in these pages. My stories are woven throughout them, not because my way should become your way, but because perhaps seeing me more clearly will make it a little safer for you to see yourself.

That may be the part of this book that means the most to me.

Living in the Wild: Embracing Your Stripes with ADHD releases October 1, 2026.

Thank you for being here before these pages ever make their way into the wild. 🦓🧡

08/04/2026

A little behind the scenes…

This comic made me laugh because, in many ways, it’s my story.

For years, I thought I needed to become a better horse.

I spent so much energy trying to fit into a world that wasn’t designed for the way my brain works. Along the way, I collected beliefs that quietly shaped how I saw myself. They became like the alligators at the watering hole in Living in the Wild. Always there. Always waiting. Whispering that I wasn’t enough, wasn’t capable enough, or just needed to try harder.

Understanding my ADHD didn’t erase those alligators.

It taught me how to recognize them, how to tame them, and how to stop letting them decide where I could go.

That journey changed my life. It also shaped the coaching practice I’ve built. The work I do today isn’t something I learned only from books. It grew from living this story, understanding the science behind it, and discovering what actually helped me embrace my own stripes.

This comic may make you smile, but the story behind it is deeply personal.

Living in the Wild is that story.

It releases October 1, 2026.

If this message reminds you of someone who has been trying to become a better horse, would you help me bring Living in the Wild into the world by sharing this post?

Who in your life needs permission to embrace their stripes?

Join the waitlist:
https://forms.gle/2K66kPN71SY4nkb18

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