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What is ADHD?

What is ADHD, really?

ADHD, or Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, is a neurodevelopmental difference that affects how the brain manages attention, emotions, and energy. It can shape the way you take in information, organize your thoughts, and respond to the world around you.

For many people, this means their brains move quickly, make unexpected connections, and tune into things others might miss. It’s a way of thinking that can be curious, creative, and full of energy, but can also lead to less desirable challenges around focus (either too much or not enough), organization, and emotional regulation.

If that sounds like you, you’re not alone. In fact, 3.4% of adults and 7.2% of children and youth worldwide are estimated to have ADHD.

How ADHD Shows Up in Daily Life

ADHD can make it hard(er) to:

  • Stick to a routine
  • Remember important things
  • Stay on point
  • Resist acting on impulses
  • Handle criticism, judgment, failure, or tolerate upset
  • Intentionally choose what to prioritize or pay attention to
  • Cope with the pain of boredom
  • Be emotionally resilient
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Despite the rather daunting list above, however, having ADHD or executive functioning challenges doesn't mean you're "broken". Through our ADHDjoy ADHD Coaching services, we help our clients to understand themselves, who they are, what their strengths are, and how to leverage their ADHD superpowers so they can do GREAT in their lives and in the world!

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GAIN MASTERY OVER YOUR ADHD SUPERPOWER

...even if it doesn't feel like a superpower *yet*!  ADHD comes with a variety of benefits AND challenges, yet those challenges can cloud your ability to identify and work with what makes your unique brain-wiring work in ways that support YOUR best hopes.

Everyone's ADHD affects them differently. Partnering with a certified ADHD Coach allows you the time and space to delve into who you are, harness your strengths and resources, and then get support to test out using those in new ways to use as a foundation to fuel your actions and show up in the world as your best self.

At ADHDjoy, our coaching is founded upon evidence-based research and proven strategies. Our focus is to provide structure and support to facilitate positive change where our clients develop a sense of self-agency, and create sustainable systems and structures that support executive functioning, social skills, and more!

Explore our individual and group coaching services for adults, youth, and families. 

Your Goals. Your Way. But Not Alone.

ADHD Presents Differently for Everyone

ADHD varies greatly from person to person and even changes over time. What works for one may not work for another, and what worked before may not be working now. Some people find their ADHD helps them in life while others face significant challenges with it; many fall somewhere in between.

How ADHD Coaching Can Help

Working with a trained and certified ADHD Coach can make life easier— research supports this! Coaching helps you understand yourself and your ADHD, increasing self-awareness to identify and clarify what you want to change in your professional, academic, personal, and/or social life.

Focusing on the "Who"

In ADHD coaching, you're in the driver's seat. The journey centers on who you are, not just what you do or how you do it. This coach approach ensures we don't lose sight of yourself in the process of the external goal - we keep steady on what truly matters to you - that which brings you joy, meaning, and purpose.

Bridging the Gap

Coaching bridges the gap between where you are now and where you want to be. We focus on both the "what" and the "how" with a trusted partner whose only agenda is your success.

Finding Your Way

It can feel overwhelming to think you need to know the "right" way to go and there can be short-term false comfort when thinking someone else has all the answers.  Here's the rub: if that were true, it would have worked by now with all the tips and tricks and life hacks on social media just a swipe away!

One-size-fits-all solutions might work for some, but they aren't always a great fit. They may even end up causing more pain than not (like that half-size too big pair of shoes... remember how that worked out?). It's important to realize it's not you that's the problem.

Your Journey Starts Here

It's OK if you're unsure what you want to change. Not knowing what it is but knowing it is something is "normal." We'll get there, together. Here are a few examples of what "there" might look like, but they are in no way meant to be suggestive of where you "should" be going:

 

  • Build sustainable systems & structures
  • Develop a sense of self-agency
  • Harness your strengths and resources
  • Show up in the world as your best self!

LOOKING FOR ADHD SUPPORT?

 You, my friend, are not alone. We will walk alongside you every step of the way toward healthier behaviours, radical self-care, and build confidence in who you are and what you want to be doing.

We offer individual and group ADHD Coaching Services for adults, families, and youth.

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CLEAR THE MUCK, GET UNSTUCK.
ALLOW YOUR LIGHT TO SHINE BRIGHT.  

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