How Does an ADHD Coach Help?
If you’re an adult living with ADHD, you’re likely all to familiar with the sense that you need to and are reminded of all of your past attempts at trying to “fix” things. Often, using methods that seem to work for everyone else and you're left feeling behind.
A pre-made app or system is unlikely to work for people with ADHD. Living with ADHD means needing to understand why you operate like this, come to your own conclusions, reframe some beliefs and get to action in new ways, this is where ADHD coaches can make a huge impact.
Let us explore how coaching impacts ADHD and how it can change lives for adults with ADHD who want to understand themselves and find a way to overcome current challenges.
Understanding, Not Fixing
An ADHD coach isn’t here to “fix” you. Instead, they guide you to understand how your brain works. Every person with ADHD has different experiences, but common challenges like disorganisation, time management, and focusing on the right tasks often puts you in state of chaos and confusion. A coach helps you gain clarity on how ADHD specifically impacts your life and empowers you to find strategies that actually align with how your mind operates. You’re not broken, you just need tools that fit.
Coaching requires developing a new awareness. An ADHD coach can help you take a step back and clearly understand, spot patterns and traits associated with the condition and shine a light on how ADHD shows up in your daily life. How it affects your ability to stay on track, and why certain tasks feel harder than others. Building this understanding is the first step toward managing ADHD in a new way and with a new, more confident outlook.
Tailored For You, Not Generic Solutions
Most generic advice, or what seems like it should just "make sense" for managing ADHD doesn’t take into account the complexities of your brain with ADHD in the picture. An ADHD coach can help you develop tools that work exclusively for you.
Often, us with ADHD jump head-first into trying to adopt a new system we read or hear about, all the while juggling overwhelming to-do lists, without knowing our limits and challenges that are likely to derail us. As an ADHD coach, I work with clients to develop their understanding and to learn to break goals into manageable steps, ensuring they’re realistic and achievable.
For example, instead of telling you to “just set a deadline,” a coach might lead you to make small adjustments in your environment that support better focus, following understanding how you perform best. Whether it's time-blocking apps, reminders, or new routines, these tools are created with your personal habits and tendencies in mind. Through trial and error, your coach helps you find what sticks, the key word being you, you're the only expert on your own life, all a coach can do is shine the light on a better path and support you as you build awareness and systems around yourself.
Rethinking Accountability
One of the biggest hurdles for adults with ADHD is knowing what to work on, what their real goals are beyond the present and staying on track.
The word "accountability" often feels like a burden, especially when you’re used to missing targets or going completely off course, only to face consequences. However, within ADHD coaching, accountability is reframed. It’s not about someone breathing down your neck or pointing out your mistakes. Instead, it’s a reflective process, a different view of "done" or "not-done", allowing you to reflect on what’s working, and adjust strategies as needed over time.
Accountability in ADHD coaching helps you celebrate small wins, know what to focus on and learn from setbacks. It’s about progress, not perfection, nobody is perfect, and building a process that feels sustainable that you can continue with beyond the coaching sessions.
Support That "Gets" ADHD
I have ADHD myself, in the past I had a very choppy experience trying to manage it trying to navigate the condition in Ireland, filled with many highs and lows. Engaging with ADHD coaching with someone who truly understands this way in the world, has experienced a life full of confusing twists and turns, means you don't have to feel like you need to explain yourself, I get it.
I know how isolating and lonely ADHD can feel, how in the past it so strongly and warped my perceptions of the world around me, myself and my true abilities. Together, through education, raising your awareness and practical support, we'll working towards you developing self-compassion and resilience, to help you reshape your current view, guilt or shame surrounding your ADHD challenges.
By focusing on self-awareness, setting meaningful goals, and creating supportive structures, ADHD coaching empowers you to take control of your journey in a way that feels encouraging, not overwhelming.
The Road to Building a Life That Fits for You
Ultimately, as a certified ADHD coach, I help you create the awareness to lead you to living a life that aligns with your strengths, values, and goals. It’s not about fixing who you already are, it’s about finding your own feet with clarity and confidence.
