Zoë Kessler - Chick ADD

I’ve been busy blogging here at Psych Central for a while now, but that’s not all the work on ADHD I do.

Since my diagnosis four years ago, I’ve been writing for magazines, creating radio documentaries, writing book reviews, and writing, performing and producing standup comedy.

I wanted to share a sampling of some of my other work with you.

I especially hope you’ll listen to and enjoy my standup comedy clip. It was recorded live, on August 23, 2008, at The Downtown Bookstore, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, and produced at CBC Radio One, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  Written, performed and produced by yours truly (and badly edited here at home for the upload for Laugh At Loud – sorry about the bad editing!).

Poor editing or not, I’m thrilled that my comedy piece has been added to the Laugh Out Loud Comedy Clips. It’s linked below under the heading, Standup Comedy.

Standup Comedy

Zoë Kessler – Chick ADD
- If you like it, please click on Recommend, post a comment, and – most importantly – RATE THE CLIP

Book Reviews (more coming soon!)

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Adult ADHD by Eileen Bailey and Donald Haupt, MD
Reviewed by Zoë Kessler

Self-Coaching with The Disorganized Mind, written by Nancy A. Ratey
Reviewed by Zoë Kessler

Articles

For ADHD, We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby! – an article on women and ADHD

Severe Obesity and Adult ADHD: Connection and Cure – an article idea suggested by Jerry, an ADHD from A to Zoë blog reader (thanks again, Jerry!)

ADHD for Adults, Finally, a guide for grown-ups, MORE Magazine – Canada’s Magazine Celebrating Women Over 40

My ADHD Story: Maria Von Trapp and Me, ADDitude Magazine

Radio Documentary

Jagged Little Pill – written & performed by Zoë Kessler; produced by Lindsay Michael

I wrote this documentary a year and a half after my diagnosis. I was poor; unable to pay for my medication; struggling and trying, unsuccessfully, to make it without ADHD meds. This piece follows me through the emotions around deciding to take medication – or not. Here’s the blurb that accompanied the original piece, which was aired on CBC Radio’s program, OUTFRONT (which has since been discontinued).

Zoë Kessler often found herself faced with the question, “Why can’t you just be like everybody else?” Then, at age 47 came the answer. She was finally diagnosed with ADHD. Now she faces another question – will she change who she is if she takes one little pill? Can she afford to? Can she afford not to?

TUNE IN TO THE RADIO CLIP TO FIND OUT!

Poetry

You’ve Been Warned! – a re-visioning of Jenny Joseph’s famed poem, Warning

Creativity – a lifesaver

I hope you’ve enjoyed this little sampling.

Creativity has kept me sane(ish) my whole life. It’s through creativity that I’ve found my voice, worked through difficult feelings and deep challenges, and ultimately come to a better understanding of ADHD in general, and its specific impacts and affects on my own life, in particular. I’m enjoying the opportunity to share this journey with you, and hope you find your own creativity a comfort and a tool to help you carve out the life you want. And most especially – to laugh out loud, as often as possible!

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    Last reviewed: 27 Jan 2011