About Julie Legg
For decades, I’ve been a passionate do-er of many things. You might be here because you searched for the author of The Missing Piece: A Woman’s Guide to Understanding, Diagnosing and Living with ADHD — in which case, yay and welcome.
As you’ll know from the book, I’ve done, and continue to do, many things. You could say I’m a collector of passions. And I quite like it that way. Some are neatly connected. Others seem wonderfully random. AUTHOR • MUSICIAN • ACTOR • VOICE ARTIST • HOMESTEADER and ADVOCATE - this website is home to the whole of me.
I grew up in remote and rural communities for much of my childhood – including several years on Kawau Island in the Hauraki Gulf, without electricity to boot. My free-range childhood suited me well. I’d lived in twenty-three different houses by the age of 30, then stopped counting.
THE MISSING PIECE:
A Woman's Guide to Understanding, Diagnosing and Living with ADHD
by Julie Legg (HarperCollins, 2024
THE MISSING PIECE was written specifically to help both undiagnosed and newly diagnosed women with ADHD understand they are not alone. The book has been described as a 'safe space' for female readers who feel their own experiences are validated and shared. It lifts the lid on how ADHD traits can manifest in our daily lives, which at times can be difficult to explain to non-ADHD friends, work colleagues and family.
Simply Life Changing
For anyone who has or suspects they might have ADHD, or for those who simply want to understand their loved ones better who have the condition, this book is a must! It is a validating comfort. Within its pages are honest first hand accounts from those with the condition, highlighting everyday struggles, with lots of laughs to be had in between, while providing an objective view of diagnosis vs no diagnosis, medication vs no medication. I felt understood and validated for struggles I have dealt with as long as I can remember.
[KATE, Mighty Ape]
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Latest AUTHOR News & Updates
WISER — A Letter to Our Younger Selves
We’ve just released the music video for WISER from our Unmasked album (2024). This track is a letter to our younger selves – a reflection and ultimately, a kind of peace offering. Not to the world, but to ourselves. For those of us with late-diagnosed ADHD, it’s common to revisit the past with new eyes....Continue reading
ADHD Awareness Month 2025
October is ADHD Awareness Month and I’m up for the challenge of posting a new ADHD Strategy, Tool or Mindset to share with those who may be looking for a new approach to help in some challenging areas. These weird and wonderful approaches to common ADHD challenges were shared when I interviewed guests from around...Continue reading
June Wrap-Up
June has been a re-defining kind of a month. For decades, I’ve been a passionate do-er of many things. I’ve done, and continue to do, a great many things. But over the years, I’ve hesitated when asked, “What do you do for work?” The answer would often sound fluffy or would shift month to month...Continue reading
Latest HOMESTEADING News & Updates
August in the Garden
The mornings have been cold, the nights are stretching out, and although the signs of spring are subtle, they’re certainly on their way. With the first day of spring also marking my birthday, it felt extra special this year. One of the highlights was having a kit-set greenhouse assembled. It was no small feat and...Continue reading
Midwinter on the Homestead
So what have I been up to on the homesteading front in the middle of winter? Keeping warm! Or at least trying to! Between fending off possums (who have taken a disturbing interest in my favourite lemon tree) and salvaging what I can, it’s been a busy and chilly season. ‘Sourposs’ (and his mates) decided...Continue reading
March Musings
It’s been another happy and busy month! I reflect on a month of March musings. On a personal noteBack in the veggie patch, I’ve finally cracked a weeding system that actually works for me! Instead of dragging barrow-loads of green waste to the compost bins, I’ve started pushing weeds and spent plants to the outer...Continue reading
Latest MUSIC News & Updates
WISER — A Letter to Our Younger Selves
We’ve just released the music video for WISER from our Unmasked album (2024). This track is a letter to our younger selves – a reflection and ultimately, a kind of peace offering. Not to the world, but to ourselves. For those of us with late-diagnosed ADHD, it’s common to revisit the past with new eyes....Continue reading
4th OLDER album now out: SELFIE released today
I’m super-excited! I’ve got a SELFIE! These 12 songs span decades of writing, sitting quietly in notebooks and on dusty tape reels, waiting for the right moment to be set free into the world. They never were quite the right fit for our previous albums (SILENCE, HUMAN+ and UNMASKED). But now they’ve found each other....Continue reading
Beneath the surface: ICEBERG
ICEBERG, one of the tracks from our Unmasked album (2024), draws on the parallels of being partially seen, yes, just like an iceberg. While only a small portion of ourselves may be visible at any one time, so much remains hidden below the surface: the unexplored, the good, and the not-so-good. The Unmasked album as...Continue reading