Mandanis is an adult and child psychiatrist who has worked with ADHD patients of all ages for more than three decades. He’s spoken about his own inattentive ADHD diagnosis, which he received as a medical student; how that helped him understand the academic challenges he was experiencing; and how he overcame them.

Drawing on his years of personal and professional experience, Mandanis—who completed his general psychiatry residency and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Brown—developed this innovative, interactive deck of cards to help people not just live with ADHD, but live better.

More like Choose Your Own Adventure than a self-help book, the format lets readers decide which challenges to address and which skills to improve.

“Don’t read the cards in order like the pages of a book!” Mandanis advises. The deck is “designed to accommodate the different learning styles of individuals with ADHD,” who can shuffle through and choose a card based on their interests and needs at that moment. As he says, “Who knows your ADHD better than you?”

Mandanis credits his patients with helping him develop ADHDoable, as the tips he included are those they found most helpful. The deck is organized around ten executive functions—like Time Management, Self-Control, and Organizing Priorities—with related skill cards that offer tips to strengthen each ability.

For example, one Working Memory card suggests building daily routines so that they become habits; then, Mandanis writes, you can “devote your mental capacity toward a wide variety of other noteworthy items.” On the flip side of each card is an affirmation that readers can repeat to themselves to reinforce new skills. The Working Memory card described above pairs a multitasking octopus with the phrase, “Daily Routines Give Me Power.”

The cards are so appealing it’s easy to imagine them propped up on a desk or attached to a bathroom mirror as a friendly, supportive reminder. Mandanis writes that he wants to help people “feel more productive, less frustrated, and better equipped to take charge” of their ADHD.

With ADHDoable, they may finally feel like they’re holding all the cards.