Author & ADHD Advocate
Jesse J. Anderson helps adults with ADHD understand their own brains and find a smarter way to stay motivated.
Writer, Speaker, ADHD Advocate
Writer, Speaker, ADHD Advocate
Jesse J. Anderson was diagnosed with ADHD at age 36, and set out to help others understand what ADHD actually is.
Jesse J. Anderson is a writer, speaker, and ADHD advocate known online as @adhdjesse. Diagnosed with ADHD at 36, he made it his mission to help others better understand what ADHD really is, turning his own late diagnosis into a body of work that has reached hundreds of thousands of people.
He writes the weekly Extra Focus newsletter, read by 60,000-70,000+ people, and is the author of Extra Focus: The Quick Start Guide to Adult ADHD, which has sold more than 30,000 copies in editions across 12+ countries. The book covers his 4 Cs of Motivation framework alongside habit development, energy management, time perception, and coping with rejection sensitivity and shame spirals.
Jesse has spoken about ADHD advocacy at SXSW, NeuroDiversion, the ADHD Entrepreneur Summit, the ADHD Awareness Expo, and the Annual International Conference on ADHD, and has been featured in Today, HuffPost, and Wondermind. He also hosts the ADHD Nerds podcast, writes for the ADHD Writers newsletter, and cofounded Wavepal, an app that helps people be the friend they want to be.
Jesse J. Anderson is a writer, speaker, and ADHD advocate, known online as @adhdjesse. Diagnosed with ADHD at 36, he writes the Extra Focus newsletter and authored the book Extra Focus: The Quick Start Guide to Adult ADHD.
Jesse helps adults with ADHD better understand their own brains and find smarter ways to stay motivated, covering topics like his 4 Cs of Motivation framework, habit development, energy management, and coping with rejection sensitivity and shame spirals.
Practical, funny, relatable ADHD insight from someone who lives it and writes about it every week.