How Clients Experience My Style

Clients often describe my style as: • Grounded and steady • Calm but purposeful • Compassionate without being fluffy • Structured, yet flexible • Person-centred and strengths-anchored People frequently say they feel at ease, even when discussing guilt, overwhelm or confusion. I allow space for reflection while gently bringing the focus back to meaningful action.

What Makes It Different

If you are wondering what makes my approach different, it is the combination of professional training, lived insight and a deep understanding of executive function through both brain and body.

About A Wiser Mind

ADHD-Informed Coaching at the Intersection of Brain, Body and Mission

A Wiser Mind was created to help close the gap between diagnosis and meaningful, sustainable support.

Many adults discover ADHD later in life (formally or informally) only to find that insight alone does not change daily reality. They remain overwhelmed, exhausted or stuck, often unsure what support actually looks like or what might genuinely help.

My work exists to bridge that gap.

I primarily work with thoughtful adults who feel they have more potential than their current way of living or working allows. Many have spent years holding things together, often at significant personal cost. Coaching works best for those who are ready to explore practical ways forward, not just understanding.

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My Story

Diagnosis

I’m an ADHD coach with a background in professional services and taxation.

After my own late diagnosis, I became deeply interested in how neurodivergent adults navigate work, health, identity and burnout. My coaching focuses on helping thoughtful adults understand how their brain and body works and design lives that align with their strengths, values and capacity.

I received an adult ADHD diagnosis in 2022 at age 31. On paper, it did not seem to make sense. I had passed demanding exams, built a career in professional tax services and could immerse myself in complex legislation for hours provided I had enough time. Yet the simplest things felt disproportionately hard: Making a cup of tea. Making toast for breakfast. Getting out of the door on time. I could analyse intricate legal frameworks but struggle to organise a basic morning routine. My mind often felt (and still often feels) like 37 browser tabs open at once, each competing for attention, all equally urgent. The difference now is not that the tabs have disappeared, but that I understand what is happening and have tools and structures that allow me to work with it rather than constantly fighting it. At the same time, I was working in a high-pressure, time-sensitive environment while being fundamentally time-blind. It took me several years to fully accept that this was not laziness or lack of discipline, but a difference in executive function amongst other things. Working with a qualified ADHD coach was transformative. It helped me understand that I did not need more willpower but I needed understanding, structure and support that actually fit how my brain worked. Before training professionally, I spent about a year working with an ADHD coach myself. Experiencing the benefits of coaching gave me a realistic understanding of what coaching can and cannot do. It is not a quick fix, but a gradual process of building clarity, capacity and more sustainable ways of operating. That experience shaped my decision to pursue formal training. I wanted to offer the kind of support I had searched for: Practical, respectful and grounded in how ADHD (& neurodivergence more broadly) actually shows up in adult life. During that same period, I also pursued a formal autism diagnosis. Understanding the overlap between ADHD and autism (often referred to as AuDHD) helped explain both my capacity for deep focus and my vulnerability to overload and burnout. A simple but powerful realisation emerged: I had suffered for too long without the right support. That became my why.

How I Work

My Approach

I am an ADDCA trained and PAAC credentialed ADHD coach.

My work is grounded in ADHD-informed coaching and shaped by lived experience of ADHD, including where autism is also present. I also bring an autism-informed perspective based on lived experience, ongoing learning, and listening to autistic voices, particularly where ADHD and autism intersect.

I specialise in supporting adults who feel burned out, stuck or misaligned in rigid environments, especially those navigating ADHD, with or without co-occurring autistic traits. Some clients have a formal ADHD diagnosis, sometimes alongside autism. Others are awaiting assessment or recognise these patterns in themselves through research and lived experience. A diagnosis is not required to benefit from ADHD-informed coaching. What matters is whether the challenges resonate and whether you are seeking practical, forward-focused support.

Research and lived experience consistently show that ADHD is not a knowledge problem. Most adults already know what they need to do. The challenge lies in translating that knowledge into consistent action, particularly when energy, stress, shame or overload are high. Coaching can be especially effective in bridging this gap between knowing and doing. This is embodied ADHD-informed coaching: compassionate and accountable.

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Why Brain, Body, and Mission?

Through my own experience (personal as well as professional) I learned that productivity strategies alone are rarely enough.

Like many adults discovering ADHD and AuDHD later in life, I spent years absorbing information: podcasts, books, research and evidence-based advice. This knowledge can be incredibly helpful, especially at the start of the journey. But information alone rarely translates into sustainable change.

What is often missing is support in applying that knowledge consistently in real life. That gap between understanding and implementation is where coaching can be transformative; providing an external thinking partner to help translate insight into action.

This idea also sits at the heart of why the practice is called A Wiser Mind.

Wisdom is not simply having more information. It is the ability to apply knowledge, experience and insight in a balanced way to navigate complexity, uncertainty and competing demands.

In this sense, wisdom is practical. It is about making sustainable decisions not perfect ones and building ways of living and working that hold up over time.

The Philosophy Behind A Wiser Mind

I believe that sustainable change requires understanding three interconnected elements:

Brain — how your executive function actually works
Body — how energy, stress, nervous system state and conditions (such as dysautonomia or hypermobility) influence capacity
Mission — how your work aligns with your values, strengths and identity

The Three Interconnected Elements

Burnout is not always about motivation.

Sometimes it reflects nervous system overload.
Sometimes it reflects a mismatch between the person and their environment.
Often, it is a combination of factors.

Understanding Burnout

I have a particular interest in emerging research exploring links between neurodivergence, connective tissue differences (including hypermobility), dysautonomia and nervous system regulation.

While I work firmly within coaching scope, this perspective shapes how I think about energy, overload and long-term sustainability.

Research & Perspective

My coaching sits at this intersection.

Together, we redesign how you work; not by forcing yourself into systems that do not fit, but by building structures that respect your cognitive style and physiology.

Where appropriate, we begin with a mapping session to understand your current situation, priorities and goals, and to identify where it would be most helpful to start, assuming we are a good fit to work together.

Professional Background

Alongside my coaching qualifications, I bring over a decade of experience in professional services, including taxation and accounting. I understand high-responsibility environments, pressure, and the culture of coping quietly.

This allows me to work realistically and not idealistically.

Coaching with me is not therapy. It is structured, collaborative, forward-focused work grounded in ethical standards and professional scope.

Professional Standards and Credentials

I am a certified ADHD coach trained by the ADD Coaching Academy (ADDCA), one of the world’s leading institutions specialising in ADHD coach training.

ADDCA is accredited by both the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and the Professional Association for ADHD Coaches (PAAC), ensuring that graduates have completed a rigorous, competency-based training programme grounded in neuroscience and established coaching standards.

I hold the AACC credential with ADDCA and the CACP (Certified ADHD Coach Practitioner) credential with PAAC. I have also completed the Certificate in Adult ADHD+ with consultant psychiatrist Dr James Kustow, delivered by The Grove Practice.

My academic and professional background includes:

BSc (Hons) Accounting & Finance
ATT — Tax Technician

My work is supported by ongoing professional supervision and continuing professional development, and I adhere to established ADHD coaching competencies and ethical guidelines.