Neurodivergent Leadership Coaching
Bringing the best out of neurodivergent individuals. Are you looking to take your career to the next level?
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Are you someone who has been promoted to a new role but are not sure how you got here or how to make the most of it?
Or perhaps you’re looking to make a move but feel like you don’t know what you’re good at?
Is self doubt or impostor syndrome holding you back in your career?
Our brains work differently, so let’s work with them. Instead of trying to fit you into a how-to box, let’s go on a journey together and find a way forward that works for you.
Through The Noise Coaching works with all forms of neurodivergence. We are LGBT+ friendly and work with all genders and backgrounds.
Ramblings of an enthusiastic neurospicy (blog)
Have you been told that it’s about time you settled down? That the job changes you’re making will make you unemployable? That you need to pick something and stick to it already or you’ll never get anywhere in life? I’m here today to tell you that all of that is wrong.
Difficult conversations are something everyone dreads but if you’re neurodivergent working in a world that’s not built for you, it’s so much harder. So today we’re going to talk about what makes it harder and what we can do about it so difficult conversations don’t feel quite so difficult.
With more and more celebrities, business leaders and entrepreneurs revealing ADHD diagnoses in recent years, I’d like to think the days of people thinking ADHD is some terrible life sentence that means you will never be successful at anything are long behind us, but in case not, today I’m going to talk about positive traits that make ADHD adults successful.
Everything was going okay, not easy, but okay. And then suddenly it wasn’t. You went from coping to not coping and somewhere along the line received an ADHD diagnosis, or started exploring on your own. Sound familiar?
Periods aren’t fun for any of us, especially if you have ADHD or autism. But if you’re someone whose emotions go especially haywire, then there might actually be something even more to it.
Were you someone who actually kind of liked school and maybe even found it fairly easy? Did you enjoy the challenge of achieving high grades and feel satisfaction from learning subjects that interest you? Did you feel pretty confident until either university or the working world suddenly hit? If so, this post might be for you.
Yo Samdy Sam is a YouTuber known for videos exploring autism and neurodivergence in general and has helped many people on their journey discovering their autism. She also helps neurodivergent business owners, entrepreneurs and solopreneurs to build their businesses in a way that works with their brains. As part of this, Sam recently put on a three day retreat for ADHD and autistic entrepreneurs. So how was it? Let’s find out.
Periods suck. The negative parts of ADHD suck. When you add those together what do you get? Even bigger suck.
Do you ever feel like your ADHD symptoms swing wildly week to week? Do you find yourself SUPER emotionally dysregulated at certain points of your cycle, or just losing the ability to executive function completely? Today we’re going to look at the cutting edge research in the world of ADHD and periods.
On days when executive function is running low it’s so hard to get ourselves to do the things that we need, or the things that we want to do. What if there was a way to make the amount of executive function we have every day even higher?
The internet is full of tips, tricks and strategies to help us executive function better on a bad day. But what if there was a way to increase our baseline for executive function?
There are so many outdated concepts that we need to talk about when it comes to neurodivergence in the workplace and it’s time that we started to dismantle those myths.
When we have ADHD we're SO good at putting ourselves down and feeling negative about ourselves. But by spending all our time making the things we’re not good at less bad, we’re missing out on using what we are amazing at and not only is it more fun to work on what we’re good at, but it’s also where we can have the most success.
We know people with ADHD are often excited by entrepreneurship and take up the challenge at a higher rate than people without it, but our ADHD symptoms can really be a mixed bag. So what makes some of us more likely to succeed than others?
People who have ADHD tend to have this draw towards entrepreneurship and are much more interested in taking on start up risks than the non-ADHD population. But are we actually any good at being entrepreneurs? Let’s dive in.
Have you ever thought of turning your hobby into your career? Or found a new hyperfixation that would work amazingly as a business? Do you find yourself coming up with entrepreneurial ideas on a regular basis? Today we’re looking at the combination of entrepreneurship and ADHD.
What if there were evolutionary circumstances under which having ADHD presented a distinct advantage? A recent study has found one of them, and we’re going to take a look at it today.
So we know that ADHD has been around for a long time and that rates of diagnosis are increasing. Some statistics are even suggesting we make up as much as 10% of the population. This begs the question: Why are rates of ADHD so high?
Look I get it, ADHD can be super hard and I have been fighting my ADHD so hard to get this post made in particular. But it can also help our careers in huge ways. Let’s talk about how.
Those of us with ADHD or autism get burnt out so regularly by our jobs that many of us become or consider becoming self-employed just so we can work in a way that actually works for us. But that doesn’t have to be the only option.
For some of us, our neurodivergence is a super power that we can use to our advantage to achieve things that others never have done. For others it’s crippling and stops us from moving forward with every day life. How can neurodivergence be so disabling for one group of people and not at all for others? Let’s find out.
Neurodivergence is a collective term used for people who have a condition like ADHD, Autism, Tourette’s Syndrome, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia and other similar conditions. Neurotypical is someone who’s not neurodivergent. They’re.. I guess typical? It’s in the name. So we know they’re not neurodivergent. But what does that actually mean?
So studies have shown that ADHD affects our personalities and there are traits that those of us with ADHD share. That’s also true for Autism and I’m sure it extends to other forms of neurodivergence. So that leads me to the question, how much of me is.. Well, me.. And how much is my neurodivergence?
I used to go around saying that I was just a person with lots of hobbies. Turns out it’s ADHD. I used to say that I get bored easily so always need to keep busy. Turns out it’s ADHD. I used to say that I’m impatient and want results as soon as possible. Guess what? Also ADHD.
I mean it's just all those YouTube shorts squishing my attention span further and further meaning I can't possibly focus on anything anymore so I MUST have ADHD, right? In case my attempt at sarcasm wasn't obvious, no that's not how this works.
Go eat that frog! Make sure your room is quiet with absolutely no distractions! Do a little bit of writing every single day and at the end of the year you’ll have a full book!
“I’m feeling lazy today”, “I can’t motivate myself today”, “I just can’t get myself to do anything?” Sound familiar?
They did amazing work for the people that they served, but they didn't believe in all the leaders that are out there, the neurodivergent people who are killing it in their career, who are already managers, who are already successful entrepreneurs.
You ever feel like you’re about to be found out? Like you have no idea what you’re doing and some day people are going to see through you and realise the truth? Up to 82% of people have suffered from these feelings of self-doubt at some point in their life and I personally think that if you’re neurodivergent, it’s probably even higher.
Neurodivergent Coaching Services
Individual Coaching: The individual coaching program is built with neurodivergence in mind and personally tailored to the individual, regardless of neurotype. Disclosure of your diagnosis or suspected neurodivergence is not required.
Find Your ADHD Amazing: A five week course to take ADHDers from not knowing what they’re good at to confidentially using their strengths to increase performance, smash job interviews, secure promotions and breeze through performance reviews.
Find Your Autistic Amazing and Find Your AuDHD Amazing are currently under development. If you’re interested in one of these programs, let me know, and I’ll bring them forward.
Looking for something a bit more custom? Get in touch.
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"One of the biggest benefits to Leigh’s coaching style is their ability to help align my thoughts in a way that is productive, whilst allowing for critical self-reflection. When I felt overwhelmed with the number of possible pathways available to reach a goal, Leigh would ask a series of prompts that helped me to refine my options and make the right decision."
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"Leigh asked several questions in such a way to enable me to express my frustrations and feelings and explore for myself some potential solutions to overcome some hurdles, which I hadn’t previously considered."
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"I have been blown away by how much coaching has helped me so far. The way that Leigh conducts the sessions has opened up a lot more avenues for me and helped me piece together things that I know in a way that is actually actionable. She has helped me to explore aspects of myself that I likely wouldn't have otherwise, and I always look forward to our sessions."
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