Hi, I'm Allison.
I’m a mom, teacher, and certified life coach specializing in helping folks with ADHD and challenges with executive functioning.
I work with adults, college students, and adolescents to support greater success around:
- Organization
- Productivity
- Procrastination
- Motivation
- Time management
- Emotional regulation
For the past twenty years, I have worked as an educator and private tutor of students in middle school through college. My journey to becoming a coach began after struggling for several years to help my oldest son manage his ADHD and feeling overwhelmed by the amount of information out there, not knowing where to start. I quickly realized that in order to be the advocate he needed me to be, the first step was a solid and robust education of ADHD and how it affects daily life.
Through my growth and shift in perspective, I learned that the most-effective way to support my son was by helping him discover his strengths and teaching him how to use them. In learning to work with his brain instead of against it, he was happier because he felt comfortable in being exactly who he is. He understood that just because his brain is different, that doesn’t make it wrong or bad.
When I saw how my knowledge and training was able to help him, my journey turned into one of helping others learn to successfully navigate a world that can be uninviting, and oftentimes unaccepting, of those whose brain works differently than what we have been told is ‘normal’.
More than meets the eye
I believe that the ADHD brain offers much more than what others first see.
Whether you have struggled with what you think might be ADHD, received a formal diagnosis early on, are a recently diagnosed adult, have a loved one with ADHD, or just feel that there is a better, easier, or more efficient way to go through life, I would like to help.
My hope for all my clients is to:
- Offer them a deeper understanding of how their brain works
- Clarify how they can use their unique strengths to better manage day-to-day life or schoolwork
- Inspire change to successfully reach desired outcomes
We all want the same thing: to be loved and understood for who we are.
As your coach, my job is to meet you where you are to help you become the fullest version of yourself. Our work together is based on trust and an understanding that your brain may not work the same way as others, but that does not make you less than. Change is hard, but I'm passionate about helping others reach their goals and experience the changes they want to see. What is it that keeps you from being the parent, boss, student, co-worker, or citizen of planet Earth you want to be? What’s keeping you from moving forward? What's getting in your way? Contact me to find out if we would be a good match.
