I’m also a credentialed ADHD life coach, a menopause coach, and a Certified Positive Intelligence Coach™.

My training is so important to me because

  • Life coaching for ADHDers is different, and traditional life coaching can actually hinder or even hurt progress.

  • Hormones impact our brain significantly throughout our reproductive lifecycle, and especially in perimenopause and menopause, more so than for neurotypical women.

  • I use neuroscience, mindfulness, and the Positive Intelligence® Program platform to help my clients make sustainable and lasting change through improved mental fitness.

Here’s a little bit about my personal journey.

THE SHORT VERSION: I forgot I had ADHD!

After 25 years of ignoring the original diagnosis, I received a new diagnosis. I discovered that navigating life with ADHD as an adult is vastly different than dealing with ADHD as a child and I needed help, so I hired an ADHD coach and found my calling.

THE LONG VERSION:

As my two boys entered school, it was clear something wasn’t working, and they were eventually diagnosed with ADHD. Not a surprise since we were seeing other family members diagnosed. This process made me suspect that my own struggles were the result of ADHD and was also diagnosed.

The treatments at that time were new for adults and changing rapidly for children. After failed prescription trials, and no improvement in my boys’ school experience, I abandoned the diagnoses for all three of us, and homeschooled my boys and preschool-aged daughter.

I really did forget about my ADHD diagnosis and assumed the reason everything seemed much harder for me than my peers was my quirky “artist brain”. After all, I was born into a family of artists with all the same quirks. I have since learned that every one of my family members has ADHD, including my daughter.

With an enormous amount of effort, and lots of unpaid overtime, I built a career and was quite successful.

I’m a Late Bloomer.

And then came perimenopause.

As I entered mid-life and stepped on the roller coaster ride of hormonal fluctuations, I was having a much harder time focusing, organizing my projects, and remembering things without sticky notes. The amount of energy needed to manage my work became overwhelming and I was exhausted. Fearing the worst, I began Googling “early onset dementia”, but my extensive search pointed to ADHD. Everything started to make sense: my struggles, my unique workarounds, and on and on.

I found a coach who helped me regain my footing. She taught me new tools and understood the grief I felt as I mourned the person and the years I felt I had lost.

With new tools in place and a new understanding of my unique needs, I now mentor and coach other ADHD women in finding their strengths and learning to overcome their challenges.

If this sounds familiar, and you think you could benefit from coaching, here’s where to reach out