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START WITH YOU: Life Coaching for ADHD Kids & Adults

ADHD Coaching: Start With You

Why ADHD Coaching?
Everyone can benefit from Life Coaching with a capable, qualified Coach. Who doesn't have an elusive goal, untapped potential or pressing, unanswered questions?

ADHD people face a particular set of daily challenges due to their unique neurochemistry. Each ADHD person deserves a qualified, caring ADHD Coach. Daily demands of living in a world designed for neuro-typical brains drain an ADHD person. As your ADHD Coach, I'll provide an accurate, informed perspective and a lot of much-deserved grace.

Through Coaching, we'll Start With You to create a paradigm for personal inquiry and successful daily engagement. We'll uncover and design a personal, strength-based blueprint to support and ignite the pursuit of your happy, fulfilling life.

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Coaching through an ADHD lens helps you:

• be on time,
• remember,
• stay calm,
• get organized,
• maintain a planner
• work smarter,
• make friends,
• like your job
• have patience,
• pursue health
• fulfill your potential.

As an ADHD person you engage the world differently, but no less successfully once you understand your unique wiring and start working with your ADHD, not against it. Coaching is the missing link between all we know about ADHD and experiencing it as a resource, not a liability.

-This is your invitation-

ADHD Coaching: 4 Key Elements

Start With You is a strength-based ADHD Life Coaching model. A life lived in strength will be happy and sustainable. As an ADHD person, your strengths have likely been overlooked or undervalued due to emphasis on performance challenges.

Sometimes, clients engage my practice out of curiosity and a quest for personal growth. They want to develop their strengths and learn to apply them to improve their daily lives.

Other times, clients find their way to my practice due to a triggering life event. Life feels too challenging, circumstances have become overwhelming or negative consequences loom in the not too distant future. In these instances, our partnership begins at the point of need - the triggering event. As we address the specific challenge, larger themes emerge, presenting the opportunity to repair the present and ay a foundation for a successful future.

Start With You as an ADHD coaching discipline is rooted in 4 key elements:

Self-Awareness

Understand your unique wiring, strengths, values, and engagement styles to develop a positive and powerful personal blueprint for growth.

Self-Appreciation

Self-Appreciation is the bedrock of growth and happiness. Through reflection and self-awareness, your mindset will shift as you become grounded in an understanding of your innate self.

Self-Efficacy

Your understanding and appreciation of who you are creates a powerful foundation for sustained success. The resulting confidence in your self-efficacy will give you courage and conviction to pursue the results and life you want.

Self-Advocacy

You will know what you need to produce your best results and you will ask for it, if not insist on it.

ADHD Emphasis

In Support of the Neurodivergent

I hold a special place in my heart (and practice) for my ADHD tribe. I personally know the frustration of childhood and adulthood filled with misinformation and unreasonable expectations. A uniquely wired,  neurodivergent person engages and succeeds differently than a neurotypical person.

With awareness, information, strategies and support tailored to their unique strengths and who they actually are, an ADHD person can pursue a happy, satisfying life and fulfill their potential.

 

Meet Coach Bronwyn

Over the years, friends and colleagues have suggested I become a Life or Career Coach. Though I appreciated and was flattered by their encouragement, a career in “Life Coaching” felt ambiguous. Instead, I pursued a Master’s Degree and a sales career, culminating in sales leadership. The success my team and I experienced was extremely gratifying but fundamentally unfulfilling. Something was missing.

When I received a midlife ADHD diagnosis, things changed rapidly. My past and present become clearer. This led me to a comprehensive search for accurate information and support. I discovered the ADD Coach Academy (ADDCA). ADDCA re-introduced the concept of coaching and shifted my perspective to a positive and powerful appreciation of this unique profession.

My purpose as an ADHD Coach is simple: partner with my clients, so they can pursue the happy, healthy lives they deserve. Whether kids or adults, we’ll create an ongoing conversation, free of judgment or external agendas. We’ll uncover and focus on the best parts of who you are, challenging limiting beliefs, assumptions, and outmoded narratives. Our Coaching Partnership will bridge the gap between the status quo and your wonderful, untapped ADHD potential.

Let’s take the first step.

Let’s Start With You.

Bronwyn Foley
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“A happy, satisfying life is found in the understanding and development of your unique, innate self. Your true journey begins when you stop fixing yourself and start knowing yourself.”

- Bronwyn Foley

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Testimonials

Bronwyn is a fantastic coach and I would recommend her highly to anyone struggling with how to live a great life with ADHD! I came to Bronwyn after hitting a tipping point where I was exhausted by my own life. As a mom with ADHD parenting two teens with ADHD and juggling the usual myriad of other adult responsibilities, years of stress had left me feeling depleted, frustrated, and full of shame and self-doubt over my life choices. I was tired of the the chaos, the disorganization, the forgetfulness, and constantly paying the price (both literally and figuratively) of the “ADHD tax.” I was treading water just trying to stay afloat in a sea of distraction — and something had to change. I needed support from someone who really understood. From the first call, it was clear that Bronwyn had something that could help me.

Not only is she friendly, personable, and down-to-earth but also incredibly knowledgable about the ADHD brain. It’s been such a relief to have my bewildering experiences heard, normalized, and put into context of trying to navigate the neurotypical world with the wrong roadmap. As a fellow ADHDer, she really gets it at a core level. Our calls are positive, creative, and collaborative. Bronwyn is a great listener with a honed ear for getting to the heart of an issue, so she asks powerful questions to guide my problem-solving. She helps me broaden my self-awareness and uncover my blind spots. I come away from each session feeling refueled, hopeful, and with new tools to help me live the kind of inspired, productive, joy-filled life I envision.

   -Laura S., 52

Coach Bronwyn is extremely knowledgeable about ADHD and the challenges that it presents for a child and their family. What makes Bronwyn so great, however, is that she doesn't focus on the challenges, she focuses on solutions! The focus of her coaching is to bring out the child's strengths and empower them with tools and strategies to be the best version of themselves.

On the very first day of coaching, our son didn't want to come out of his room to meet Bronwyn. While I saw this as a problem, Bronwyn found a solution! She found a way to connect with our son, through his closed door, and before I knew it they were playing Jenga on the floor in the hallway outside his room. Her kindness and gentle approach won him over immediately! As the parents of an ADHD kiddo, Bronwyn worked with us, first of all, to really understand ADHD and the unique neurochemistry of the ADHD brain. From there, she helped us implement different strategies that enabled us to better understand and connect with our son. She provided us with resources and tools that were truly life-changing for our family. Bronwyn is passionate and committed, and we are so grateful for her coaching practice!

   -Kate G.

Coach Wyn is great! Her ability to laser in on your strengths and cut through the noise is uncanny. She has a way of making you feel as if you're not out of place and that everything you're going through is normal and part of the process. Highly recommend her!

   -Adrian. A., 32

If you're looking for a testimonial to give you an end-of-the-story or neatly packaged "before & after" recap, this is not that. An ADHD or Executive Function Coaching relationship, like life, is a journey, an exploration. It's messy, complex, and demands patience. Bronwyn came into our life about five months ago. I was seeking a resource for my 17-year-old daughter with a very recent ADHD diagnosis. She and I both were confused, a little scared, and wondering what it all meant. After a lot of research, we identified five different ADHD/EF coaches and set up Zoom-based interviews with each of them. I asked my daughter to be a part of each of the interviews. I wanted her to be a part of the process of selecting her coach. I wanted her to have agency over that decision. She connected with Bronwyn immediately during that very first Zoom call. Including my daughter in that decision has been a massive reason for the relationship's success. The other side of that equation is Bronwyn. If you're looking for an ADHD coach for your child so that they can finally complete homework on time, clean their room consistently, and check all the other 'productivity' boxes that society assigns to "successful" teenagers, then Bronwyn may not be the best choice for your family. Why? Because Bronwyn focuses on SO much more than that, and for all the right reasons. Don’t get me wrong, those types of topics are explored and examined, but in an appropriate context. Bronwyn is helping my daughter see the beauty and magic in the unique way her brain works. While also giving her practical tools and resources to face challenges in a world that is not designed for the ADHD brain. She is guiding her to develop deeper self-awareness, self-compassion, and a problem-solving mindset. Bronwyn is a gifted coach. I am so grateful to have found her, and I know my daughter feels the same. Bronwyn is also helping me, as a parent, during our monthly parent sessions. She is helping me understand how to support my daughter, which is already having a positive impact. And, like I said in the beginning, this journey is not over. With Bronwyn on our team, we feel so supported. We are hopeful and optimistic about the future. We highly recommend Bronwyn.

   -Amy P.

Over the last 9 months Bronwyn coached me in new directions and generated insight I would never have arrived at on my own. I’ve changed the framework through which I approach my ADHD challenges and opportunities and experienced significant improvements. I recommend Bronwyn to anyone feeling the struggles of ADHD and desiring to grow and live a better life.

-David A., 49

After many years of doctors and therapists we got the diagnosis of adhd for our teenager.  We heard that coaching could help our teen with next steps and plotting a course forward for her life.  We found Bronwyn and it felt like we finally had someone who understood the struggles our daughter faced and helped us as parents support her as she figures out how to navigate the world she lives in.  She is now finding ways to enact plans and face challenges.  Best of all she is figuring out stumbling blocks and finding her voice and ways to clear her path.   I could not ask for a better person to assist My daughter in this process!

- Windy T.

We are truly grateful we found Bronwyn.  Our young adult son has struggled academically since preschool. Over the years we have exhausted every support and resource we could uncover on his young journey with ADHD, anxiety and migraines.   We all felt a transformative shift after just our first one hour meeting with Bronwyn.

 
Bronwyn’s ability to connect with us and our son is truly a gift, though it is apparent in the passion and commitment she has for her profession and her clients.  She is attentive, knowledgable, insightful and compassionate.  She goes above and beyond.  She uses her resources, mentors and experts in the field of ADHD coaching, as well as her own expertise to guide us and our son through self discovery.  She meets us where we are, and when appropriate, encourages and supports our son when it is time to level up. We can’t express enough our awe and gratitude for the experience we have had working with Bronwyn (though I tell everyone I know about her).  She is the best!
 
- Jennifer and Jeff S.

When I started coaching, I was filled with doubt and feeling broken. Bronwyn immediately worked with me to understand I “don’t need fixing.” She helped me accept and, even more importantly, appreciate who I am -- a notion that consistently evaded me through two decades of traditional therapy and medicine. She helped me understand and reframe long-entrenched negative thoughts and beliefs that have hindered my potential. Her empathetic approach and straightforward methods have reinvigorated my confidence and outlook. My partnership with Bronwyn has helped me develop a new approach to life and achieve things I wasn’t sure were possible in the past. I am deeply grateful to have found her.

-Brian S., 54

I found Bronwyn after receiving my ADHD diagnosis as an adult. I knew that I wouldn't be able to lean on medication as we continued growing our family, and I thought coaching might help me build some supportive skills and maybe find a little time for myself. I've achieved that with Bronwyn and so much more. I am finally balancing work, parenting, and the writing projects that make me feel fulfilled. Most importantly, I've been able to stick with it through changing contexts and roadblocks. I've gained confidence in my abilities and clarity around who I want to be and the work I want to do. Bronwyn knows when to press in and when to be flexible, and she works hard to discover what works best for each client. I can't say enough good things about her coaching style, and I'm so grateful that I found her! 

-Claire W., 34

After initially working with Bronwyn for family coaching with my ADHD daughter, and feeling immense promise there, I wanted to work with her individually.  Bronwyn’s keen insight, skill and knowledge has helped me to understand myself and my family more clearly.  Empowering and supportive, she provides practical tools to improve my relationships. By focusing on my strengths, and with directness, humor, and passion, Bronwyn makes working through the struggles of life an actual joy.  

-Dara K., 46

EDUCATION

I combine traditional education with business experience, intensive coach training, and advanced study in the related subject matter.

B.A. - Theatre Arts, University of M.N.
M.A. - Organizational Leadership, St. Catherine University

ADDCA, ACCG (Advanced Certified Coaching Graduate)
-Basic Life Coach Training & Certification
-Advanced Life Coach Training & Certification
-Family & Kids Coach Training & Certification
 

VIA Institute of Character
-Start With Strengths
-Character Strengths at Work: Using Strengths to Engage Employees, Clients & Students

Kolbe
-Kolbe Certified Consultant
-Kolbe Certified Youth Specialist

Shanker Self-Reg
-4 Course Certification

Bronwyn Foley ADHD

Professional Affiliations

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