Why work with me?
After years of struggling, I was finally diagnosed with ADHD; but even then, I struggled to get the help I needed. I struggled to understand what it meant to live with ADHD! My life felt out of my control. That’s when I decided to try working with an ADHD coach…
Coaching helped me change my story! And that was the first step in changing my life.
The second step was entering the ADHD & Life Coaching program at ADDCA (ADD Coach Academy) where I studied to become a coach myself. I learned everything I could about the ADHD brain and what it would take for my own personal transformation. I learned to work WITH my ADHD instead of against it. I came to understand that the ADHD brain is not necessarily a “deficit” brain, but an often brilliant, sometimes challenging, unique brain wiring that requires the proper environment for it to flourish. When a flower is not blooming, we nourish the soil so that the plant may thrive.
Like the flower that is not blooming, we are not broken. We just have to figure out what we “nutrients” we need. This is where coaching comes in. You are capable and resourceful, but you may need help digging deep to find the right “nutrient” combination for you. We’ll explore your strengths and values and identify challenges, obstacles, and opportunities. Together, we’ll put you on a more positive and productive path and get you blooming.
Background
As a graduate of ADDCA (ADD Coach Academy), the preeminent ICF-certified training academy for ADHD life coaches, I hold an AACC (Associate ADHD Certified Coach) credential in adult, children and family ADHD coaching.
Before becoming a coach, I worked as a communications consultant for higher education institutions, non-profits, and small businesses. Prior to that, I was a as middle-school and high-school English Language Arts teacher and literacy coach. In true ADHD fashion, I’ve had many “careers” and spent my 20s working in the entertainment industry as an actress, singer, writer, and assistant producer. I have also spent time working, volunteering, photographing, and consulting at animal sanctuaries around the country and spend my extra time rescuing and caring for displaced and abused animals. My hobbies and interests include photography, writing, reading, film, bird watching, gardening, and cooking healthy plant-based meals.
I welcome adults of all ages, genders, races, cultural backgrounds, and sexual orientations. I also coach college students and older teens in their final years of high school who may need to improve executive functioning and sharpen their skills to enter college or the workforce. (See a more detailed list of who I coach here.)
My eduction:
BA from UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) in World Arts and Cultures, with a concentration in Cultural Anthropology (magna cum laude)
Graduate degree and teaching credential in Education: English Language Arts from CSUN (California State University, Northridge) with CLAD (Cross-cultural, Language and Academic Development) certificate
AACC from ADDCA (ADD Coach Academy)
Graduate: Family Coaching Program, ADDCA (ADD Coach Academy)
In the process of PCC certification (Professional Certified Coach) from ICF (International Coaching Federation)
Additional courses in ADHD Medications, ADHD and Menopause, Anxiety and ADHD, ADHD Comorbidities (autism, depression, anxiety, OCD, learning disabilities), and Executive Function disorders.