| Author/Contributor(s): | Banks, Kelly |
| Publisher: | Tarcher |
| Date: | 6/15/2027 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Condition: | NEW |
In today’s world, we’re expected to excel in our careers, optimize our health, parent perfectly, show up for our communities, and manage the endless bureaucratic demands of existence, all while keeping our homes spotless. It’s an impossible standard—especially for those of us with ADHD, depression, chronic illness, or anything else that makes it hard to show up as perfect robot people.
Self-help books and productivity podcasts tell us that if we just had more discipline, we could achieve that machinelike consistency—but that approach only makes us feel more defeated when we don’t get there. Instead, we need a way of doing things with the expectation that our energy fluctuates, honors our limits, and still helps us make meaningful progress. We need chaotic discipline.
In The Art of Chaotic Discipline, Kelly Banks draws on her experience as a social worker and ADHD coach to offer a more humane approach to discipline—one built for the messy reality of being a person. As she’s done for hundreds of clients, she’ll help you replace “try harder” with “make it easier” so you can stay connected to what matters to you through the chaos of being alive.
Inside, you’ll find:
- the difference between high-energy “fire days” and regenerative “potato days”—and how to make the most of each;
- why consistency isn’t about perfect daily output, but about learning how to return to what’s important when you inevitably get derailed;
- how to make tasks easier to approach instead of relying on pressure, panic, and self-punishment;
- and much more.