Much of what we are told in the mainstream about making changes and forming better habits doesn't fit neurodivergent brains.
When I first studied coaching and behaviour-change psychology, some of the foundational ideas just felt a bit far fetched for me. Things like:
If you really want to do something you will. You just have to find your "why".
or
If you do something enough times, it becomes automatic.
So I found ways to bolster those concepts, and alternative approaches that worked better for me and my clients.
Then I learned why.
At 43 years old, I was diagnosed with combined-type ADHD. I realised that the reason so many of my neurodivergent clients were drawn to my approach, was because -in the spirit of never asking a client to do something I wouldn't - I was instinctively adapting my coaching skills to better serve neurodivergent minds. So I started more formally learning how to coach people running on these beautiful brains!
After my diagnosis, I went through a course of ADHD coaching, and it changed everything for the better.Â
I now offer holistic coaching support for neurodivergent individuals. We can talk about movement, diet, sleep, stress, all that health coach stuff. But I understand that the root of the issue is often more about working out how to make any of that happen. What tools will help? How do we even start when our brain chemicals aren't on the factory-default setting that most programmes assume? How do you establish a daily "stupid walk for my mental health" routine, when you are stuck in procrastination paralysis?
I can help you because I've been, not exactly in your shoes, but some similarly different ones! I also have 2 neurodivergent teenagers and I understand the challenge of living in a household with multiple (not always complimentary) neurotypes. Along with that I bring an neuroscience informed, evidence-based foundation
Get in touch for a chat about whether I might be the coach for you.