Coaching For Individuals

Who I work with‍

I primarily coach neurodivergent, career-minded individuals including those with ADHD, autism, AuDHD, and other neurodivergent profiles. Career-minded means to me whatever it means to you, whether that's finding a career, building a business, pursuing a craft, getting a degree. Work is a big part of your life. My focus is on helping you to get what you want out of it.

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- Corporate, non-profit, government employees

- Early career to senior executive

- Professionals

- Entrepreneurs and freelancers

- Creatives

- College students

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What we work on

Every coaching engagement is tailored to your specific needs, goals, and how your brain works. That customization isn't just a nice-to-have, it's essential. Part of our work together is learning how your brain operates and how to get the most out of it.

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Common areas we address include:

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Energy Management & Burnout Prevention

Understanding your energy patterns is crucial for sustainable success. Avoid unhealthy cycles of burnout and recovery.

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Planning & Organization

Many of my clients are frustrated after having tried and failed a slew of traditional productivity systems. For these clients I work on approaches that fit how neurodivergent brains process information.

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Career Navigation & Advancement

Making strategic choices about your career path, advocating for yourself, and positioning yourself for opportunities.

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Workplace Translation

Understanding unwritten rules, navigating office politics, and participating, collaborating, and communicating effectively in neurotypical environments, all while centering your authentic self.

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Goal Achievement

Whatever you're working toward, we'll create approaches that work with your brain to get you there.

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Philosophy

I work in a neurodiversity paradigm. That means recognizing neurodivergent profiles as a natural part of human diversity. True neurodiversity accepts and accommodates the full range of diversity in the way humans think, perceive, and feel. It means not singling out neurominorities as disordered or disabled, since they are only so in the context of a world designed by and for a neuromajority.

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Challenges arise for neurodivergents navigating a world that is not only designed for the neuromajority, but that often pathologizes neurodivergence as disordered and deficient. In our coaching work our aim is not to "fix" neurodivergence or learn to behave more neurotypically. That approach ultimately leads to unhappiness and burnout. Instead, we try to work with our neurodivergence and chart a path on which we can center our authentic selves.

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I want to see the world embrace neurodiversity (and all diversity) in the truest and fullest sense. Culture is like the air we breathe. It’s invisible. We don’t pay attention to it and don’t realize how it shapes our existence. We don’t notice how much culture dictates our perception of reality and how much we take as fact things that are really cultural biases.
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How coaching works

Coaching is conducted entirely virtually, making it accessible regardless of your location. The structure of our work together depends on your needs. Some clients benefit from weekly sessions, others prefer bi-weekly check-ins. Some need intensive support during a transition, others want ongoing partnership over time. What stays consistent is the approach: collaborative, customized, and focused on helping you succeed on your own terms.

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Why coaching and not therapy?

They're not mutually exclusive. You might benefit from both. Coaching is forward-focused and action-oriented. While therapy often explores past experiences and emotional processing, coaching is about achieving specific goals and developing practical strategies. Sometimes people aren't ready for coaching, and have therapeutic work they need to get through first. Often therapy and coaching work great together.

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Fees

There is no charge for a brief initial consultation for us both to determine if coaching with Guideway is a fit.

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Coaching is billed in monthly increments:

• Weekly sessions, plus intra-session email support: $1400
• Bi-weekly sessions, plus intra-session email support: $750

Sessions are 55 minutes. Intra-session email support allows you to get feedback or ask occasional questions about situations that come up or things you're working on between sessions. The aim is to support the work that we're doing in sessions. There is no guaranteed amount of time, or response time, for this intra-session support. It's up to my discretion.

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Discounts may be available for students, early career clients, and government or non-profit employees.

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Ready to get started?

The first step is a consultation where we'll discuss your goals, challenges, and whether coaching with Guideway is the right fit. Get in touch.

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