| Coaching helps people with ADHD ( Attention Deficit | | | | and to choose the direction which best suits you. |
| Disorder with or without Hyeractivvity) to succeed in | | | | Making choices leads to ownership instead of |
| life. | | | | victimization. The result is a new awareness of self. |
| The pill and then the skill. If you are serious about | | | | Your coach is a cheer leader who expects you to |
| changing your life, medication alone may not be | | | | succeed. She is a mirror which reflects your strengths. |
| sufficient. Why? If you are an adult who has grown up | | | | Coaching starts with an inventory of where the client |
| with an under functioning brain you probably have a | | | | is now and where he wants to go: his values, vision, |
| distorted negative perception of yourself and the | | | | and goals and the skills he has to manage life: |
| world. With your newly tuned brain you need to learn | | | | organizing, planning, prioritizing and time management. |
| new beliefs and habits. Coaching will guide you through | | | | He will choose two or three areas that he wants to |
| this apprenticeship. | | | | focus on in coaching. In following sessions, held once a |
| People with ADHD want to change because they are | | | | week by telephone, your coach hears your weekly |
| desperate to escape the chaos which dominates their | | | | success report, helps you explore problems that have |
| lives. They often have a poor idea of how the world | | | | arisen and asks you to choose and commit to your |
| works and where they fit in. Medication helps the brain | | | | next steps for the coming week. |
| function better, but the belief systems are acquired | | | | A successful coaching relationship requires honesty |
| early in life and if they are based on a faulty attention | | | | and a willingness to change. You will do the work of |
| system they may be skewed. | | | | creating new habits. It is important that this is important |
| The powerful effect of coaching comes from the | | | | for you and not your spouse, parent or employer. Your |
| safe friendly environment and the questions your | | | | coach will ask your permission to be honest with you. It |
| coach asks. Questions are the keys your coach | | | | may be hard, but important for you to learn how |
| offers you to unlock your hidden resources. They lead | | | | others see you. |
| you to think about alternatives, to explore new vistas | | | | |