adhd coaching
Move Forward - Gain Momentum - Be Supported
Every Step of the Way
adhd coaching
Move Forward - Gain Momentum - Be Supported
Every Step of the Way
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Move Forward - Gain Momentum - Be Supported
Every Step of the Way
Move Forward - Gain Momentum - Be Supported
Every Step of the Way
Kate Whitlock
At the heart of coaching is improving your well-being and reaching your goals. It can be hard to know where to start with so many goals calling for attention but coaching is the perfect place to help prioritize goals and see them through to completion. I will encourage you, teach skills to support your goals, provide accountability for you, and celebrate with you every step of the way!
Often people with ADHD can feel flooded with thoughts, emotions, to-dos, stimuli, and clutter. The brain struggles to know how to prioritize and organize it all. Coaching walks side by side with you as we look at all the moving parts and help prioritize which to work on first, how to organize your environment and to-dos and how to help quiet some of the extraneous noise getting in the way.
As you learn more about ADHD you’ll discover struggles such as being late, forgetting, being distracted or highly sensitive/reactive are not reflections of intention or character but symptoms of ADHD and the ADHD experience. This is critical for both you and your loved ones to understand. The next step is learning techniques to address these struggles, which is what ADHD coaching is all about!
Creating routines may sound super-boring but without them life gets WAY harder than it needs to be. As partners we will create routines that work for you so you can be on time, remember the things you need, and get things done consistently.
Often a lack of structure in College and Graduate School makes it challenging for students with ADHD. You know you are able to learn and use knowledge incredibly well but find it overwhelming to stay on top of assignments, to get to class on time, and manage daily tasks like eating, sleeping, laundry, etc. Coaching helps create routines/structure so you feel better and manage your work better.
Life with ADHD can be like sprinting a marathon. You get so much done, you go SO fast and then, BAM, your tank runs dry. At this point you need a lot of time to recover or you'll need a spark of excitement or deadline pressure to send you running again. Learning to regulate energy, to know when to run, walk, or take a breath is a skill you can learn to help create energized calm in your life.
ADHD is not a deficit in attention rather it makes regulating attention a challenge. The brain struggles to filter out distractions and in its need for stimulus, often runs on stimulus seeking autopilot. In coaching we’ll discuss why this drive for stimulus can lead to great things as well as help you harness your attention so you can choose when to focus and when to change focus intentionally.
People are scared that being self-compassionate will make them complacent but studies show it does the opposite; it creates momentum. Adults with ADHD today often grew up being more frequently misunderstood and criticized. I make sure that reinforcing your inherent worth underlies all of our work together and teach self-compassion as an absolute essential ingredient to growth.
Being able to walk alongside my clients, as so many others have done and continue to do for me, to offer support, compassion, accountability, and new skills that can support you in your dreams, is an honor I don’t take lightly. No life follows a straight line. We all wind our way through life’s many turns collecting experiences which, as varied as they may seem, all connect and lead us to the next important steppingstone. Sometimes it’s easy and sometimes it’s REALLY HARD, but wherever you are right now, whatever the joys, whatever the challenges, I am here to serve as a steppingstone on your journey to help you get to the place you want to be. And I can’t wait to meet you!
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