My story

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Before coaching, teaching was my passion. I loved the individual characters, the questions, the insights and those "ah-ha!" moments. I especially loved teaching psychology because as students gained new understanding of their own experiences or made sense of someone else's behaviour, it could positively change how they saw themselves.

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As the years passed, I became more experienced, but the difficult days never seemed to become any easier.

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At the time, I didn't understand why.

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Like many adults with late-diagnosed ADHD, I spent years believing I simply needed to try harder, be more organised or become better at coping. Looking back, I can see that undiagnosed ADHD, the demands of school life, years of masking and constantly trying to push through were taking a significant toll on both my mental and physical health. I found myself dealing with anxiety, depression, pain, food intolerances and allergic reactions, until an ADHD diagnosis finally began to provide some much-needed answers.

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All those seemingly unrelated pieces of my life suddenly started to make sense. And that sent me straight into research mode (sound familiar? 😄). Much of what I initially found focused on children, and there was far less about the questions I really wanted answered.

 

I wanted to understand how ADHD presents differently in adults, the relationship between ADHD and emotions, how hormones can affect ADHD in women, and why certain strategies work for some people but not others. I also became fascinated by the impact of masking on stress, the nervous system and the application of polyvagal theory in understanding ADHD and why the same person can function so differently depending on their environment and internal state.

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As I learned more about ADHD, I also learned more about myself. I began to recognise when I was becoming overwhelmed or overstimulated, why certain situations drained me so quickly, and why some of the strategies I'd been told "should" work never really did.

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The more I understood my own ADHD, the more things changed.

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I stopped trying to force myself into systems that weren't designed for me. 

That experience completely changed the way I think about ADHD coaching.

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Why I coach the way I do​

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Many of my clients arrive feeling frustrated because they've already read the books, listened to the podcasts and tried countless ADHD strategies.

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Often, they don't need more information.

They need someone to help them understand how their ADHD works.

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Once you understand how your ADHD shows up, which situations drain you, what motivates you and what genuinely works for your brain, finding helpful strategies becomes much easier.

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