ADHD Coach
- Do you have adult ADHD or chronic disorganization or
have "ADD-like traits" such as difficulty resisting distractions,
being on time, or "activating" to get tasks done? Do you make TO DO lists
but then don't follow them?
- Do you need an accountability and implementation
partner to help you get things done?
- Are ready to stop feeling bad about yourself, take charge of your life,
and start enjoying your business again?
I help you see yourself as a whole person, not just as someone with a label. You can learn how to reduce the impact of ADD on your life, and even discovers the treasure that come with it. You can re-build your self-esteem and self-confidence as we co-design effective strategies to overcome your personal challenges. You will discover and appreciate your strengths and learn how to use them to succeed!
W hired me to coach her through her ADD-related procrastination and perfectionism issues which had left her feeling like it was impossible for her to get organized unless someone did it for her. With me as her "Virtual Organizing Coach" she gained new skills, new ways of seeing things, and got support every step of the way help her stay on track and break out of the thinking patterns than got her stuck. She not only achieved her goal, she created a haven out of a spare room which had been rendered completely unusable while she was grieving her divorce and other losses. The room at become a dumping ground for bad memories and now it was her sacred space. She saved thousands of dollars over the coast of having in-home help and gained the confidence that she COULD do it herself! Here's an audio clip from my final coaching session with W.
Audio Clip Used with Permission
Having ADD or AD/HD is not a life sentence for living with chronic disorganization.
In fact, ADD is usually accompanied by great intelligence and creativity that can be harnessed to make your life simpler. In my studies to become certified as an ADD organizer I found out why my systems were so successful for my ADD clients -- I was already using the kinds of simple organizing systems and "compensating structures" which are recommended in all the best books on Adult ADD and ADHD!
In 2007, I found out why. I had been compensating for my own undiagnosed ADD all my life. Read my story of how I dealt with my undiagnosed ADD for 48 years!.
There are many conflicting views on whether ADHD is actually a disorder. I personally believe that if left untreated, and if not channeled in a productive direction, ADHD can be very challenging. But with coaching and treatment, there are many gifts associated with ADD as well. But regardless of the clinical debates about whether ADD is a disorder or a syndrome or a personality type, the fact is that many of us in the U.S. exhibit the traits and behavior patterns associated with ADD including:
- Hyperfocusing for hours at a time
- Very high energy
- Losing track of time
- Forgetfulness
- Impulsive behavior
- Easily distracted
- Too many projects, not enough time
- Difficulty focusing on a project until its completed
- Difficulty shifting our attention to something and then coming right back to what we were doing
- Being late often
- Not having the things we need with us when we arrive somewhere
- Difficulty sitting still if not fully engaged in something you love doing, like surfing the web
- Difficulty reading a page, tending to keep re-reading passages
- Difficulty listening to others without letting your attention wander
- Talking a lot and interrupting others without realizing it
If you experience some or even all of these characteristics, you can benefit greatly from having an organizing coach to help you create ADD-Friendly organizing systems and strategies designed to work with your individual tendencies.
As an ADD organizing specialist and coach, I'll help you get the most out of your strengths by creating easy to maintain, non-traditional systems and structures that support you in achieving your goals. Whether it's being on time more often, planning and completing projects, or just attending to the boring details of life, I'll help you build on your successes and create routines that simplify getting things done. Instead of forcing yourself, I help you make it easier to "inspire yourself to action." After all, ADDers respond far better to inspiration than to being told what to do, right?
See blog articles I've written on ADD ADHD organizing
- ADD News: Studies Reveal Fish Oil Alleviates ADD Symptoms, Improves Focus, & Helps with Bi-Polar Disorder, too!!
- Is it Personality? or ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder)
- The Hypomanic American and Organizing
- Seeking Your Bliss, or "What Should I Do With My Life?"
Additional Resources for Learning about ADD
ADD Classes - A Virtual Audio Library
Even if you don't have ADD, the tips offered in these 1 hour, downloadable, MP3 teleclasses will help anyone who has difficulty organizing and managing time!
Sample Audio Class Topics
- Daily Routines for ADD
- Decision Making with ADD
- Managing Adult ADD
- Eating Disorders and Adult ADD
- Help! My Partner has ADD
- Parenting a Child with ADD
- Many More!
Financial Organizing
Organizing your financial life is a critical first step to attaining financial freedom. While I'm not a financial planner and never advise people on investments, I do help people organize their financial affairs to ensure they are clear about where they want their money to go, and where their money is ACTUALLY going.
For example, I can help you:
- Organize a bill paying system that coordinates with an effective mail processing and financial filing system
- Set up online bill pay
- Create a home budget using the Neat & Simple "Money Master" system. This system helps you track income and expenses and has tools to manage your credit card balances and work toward eliminating credit card debt.
My Qualifications. Back in 1990, I was an executive at Arthur Andersen, managing million dollar budgets. There I learned the financial skills I needed to get myself completely out of $25,000 worth of credit card debt by 1993. In 1993, I quit my job to start a successful corporate consulting company. By 1998, just 5 years later, I had saved enough to buy a new car, and a 3 week trip to Europe! By the year 2000, after only 10 years I had saved a substantial down payment and bought my first home! Being in control of my financial life, staying out of debt, and managing expenses gave me the freedom to take 6 months off from my corporate consulting work in 2005 and start my professional organizing business helping other people take charge of their lives!
Getting organized in your financial affairs, becoming mindful of where your money is going, and knowing how to budget are skills that will last you a lifetime and make it possible to live your best life. Regardless of whether or not you hire me, if you don't know where your money is going, don't wait any longer to become the master of your financial destiny!
Coaching Success Story - N (ADD, Financial, Paperwork)
"N" is a widow in her 50's who was diagnosed with Adult ADD in her late forties. When her husband died, she was faced with having to run her home and pay bills for the first time in her life. She was so overwhelmed by the situation that she began stuffing papers, including bills, in drawers and bags and boxes all over the place.
She had received a million dollar insurance benefit, but had no idea how to manage it. Even with all that money in the bank, she had collection agencies hounding her and had ruined her credit rating. She was spending about 8 times what she was making - but did not know it.
She had almost a phobia of filing systems. We sorted sort through all the paper and created a super simple filing system that she actually loves now because she can find everything she needs. Getting her papers organized made it possible for us to work on the much bigger issues. I coached her through settling collection accounts, getting unfiled tax returns completed, and finally getting a handle on where her money was going. She was shocked to learn that most of her money was gone.
I helped her consolidate and simplify financial accounts, eliminate service charges and late fees, and get a $2,500 dollar property tax rebate that she almost threw away.
We organized a bill paying routine using online bill-pay, reduced her expenses and even helped her redesign her social life to include activities that didn't require spending so much money.
Organizing her paper and financial situation avoided her losing her home, and bought her another year. We are now working on an ADD friendly career to enable her to replace the income she lost when her husband died.
When I met you I had never paid a bill except at the supermarket. My husband handled everything and I was not privy to his finances.
When he died, I sold my home and moved to New Jersey. I was overwhemed with boxes of paper, and had no clue where to start.I looked on the Internet and found you. At first I was afraid - apprehensive - but over the past 6 months, you have completely transformed my life. I can't think of what my life would be like if I had't found you. You helped me not be a victim of my ADD, pay my bills on time and so much more.
You've given me back my LIFE! I feel like I can relax and the future will be okay. I no longer have that constant impending sense of doom. You are teaching me how to deal with all the basics of life that no one ever taught me. As you keep telling me, how was I supposed to know how to do this if I never had to do it?
How do you thank someone for helping you feel like it's never to late to make your life better? I'm just so glad you are in my life.
N
West Orange, New Jersey
Get Results. Faster. Easier.
Trying to change your life or your business all alone by trial and error takes a long time. It can be extremely costly, painful and stressful. What coaching with me does is help you shortcut that process dramatically and start getting the results you want now.
I am a coach with a Master's Degree in Education, 25+ years of corporate and small business experience, and deep expertise in one-on-one coaching, productivity, change facilitation, communication, marketing, web design, graphic design, financial, home office and paper organizing.
I offer a unique combination of skills. experience, and compassion to help you set realistic and doable goals, listen to your own inner wisdom, and give you the insights and skills needed to empower you to accomplish your goals without spending a fortune or waiting years before see lasting results.
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Over 25 years experience helping people and organizations
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