skills kit
executive function coaching
one-to-one online coaching. the first chat is free.
there's a name for it
your brain runs eleven cognitive skills to plan, start, focus, switch and finish things. they're called executive function. schools don't teach them and most people never find out they exist.
when they're weak, nobody says "that's an executive function thing". they say lazy. scatty. chaotic. could do better. hear it enough and you start to agree with them.
the skills can be trained, at any age, from any starting point. that changes the label as well as the problem. no new personality required.
1planning and prioritisation
what needs doing, what matters most, and in what order
2organisation
using systems to keep on top of things
3time management
knowing where your time goes, estimating it and using it well
4task initiation
starting without procrastinating
↑ if you're reading this instead of doing the thing5sustained attention
staying focused (even when hard)
6working memory
holding information in your head while you use it
7response inhibition
thinking before you act
8emotional regulation
managing your feelings (and what to do about them)
9cognitive flexibility
adapting when plans or situations change
10goal-directed persistence
having and sticking to a goal
11metacognition
noticing your own patterns, and thinking about your thinking
what actually happens
- 1a free 20 minute chat. no pitch. you tell me what isn't working.
- 2we work out which of the eleven skills are involved. there's a free quiz if you'd rather start there.
- 3an hour a week. we build things that fit the life you actually have, then check whether they held, and whether you're getting where you want to.
- 4the aim is that after a while you don't need me, because you know how your brain works now.
who i work with
adults, mostly. freelancers, creatives, people in jobs with no structure and people in jobs with too much of it. late diagnosed with something, undiagnosed, or not fussed about a diagnosis either way.
i also work with teenagers and their parents, and with schools and workplaces. more on that.
"After my ADHD diagnosis, medication helped, but I still needed support with coordinating life and prioritising in a way medication alone couldn't. Having an hour to work out the small changes that help me navigate my week is having a compound effect. I wholeheartedly recommend it."