From Straw House to Brick House: A Self-Reflection Workbook for Embracing Neurodivergence,

with Compassion, Tools, and Radical Acceptance

Created for People Navigating ADHD or Autism

A compassionate workbook for neurodivergent adults learning to understand their brain and build a life that works with it.

If you are autistic, ADHD, AuDHD, or exploring your neurodivergence, you may have spent years wondering why life sometimes feels harder than it seems for everyone else. Why overwhelm hits so fast.Why transitions feel heavy.Why your brain can hyperfocus for hours—but struggle with everyday tasks.Why emotions can feel confusing, intense, or distant.

For many neurodivergent adults—especially those diagnosed later in life—these experiences can bring both relief and grief. This workbook was created to help you make sense of it all.

Written by AuDHD author Lish Greiner, this guide blends lived experience, nervous system insight, and practical reflection tools to help you move toward radical acceptance of your brain and your needs.

Inside you’ll explore:

• Executive dysfunction and energy limits

• Overwhelm, meltdowns, shutdowns, and burnout

• Sensory processing differences

• Alexithymia and emotional awareness

• Monotropism and hyperfocus

• Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD)

• Masking, identity, and rebuilding self-trust

Each section includes reflection prompts, compassionate reframing, and practical accommodations to help you better understand how your brain works, and how to support it.

This workbook isn’t about fixing yourself.

It’s about replacing shame with understanding.

It’s about learning to listen to your nervous system.

And it’s about building a life that honors your unique wiring.

Brick by brick.