It’s time you had evidence-based support for the brain you actually have, not the brain our society assumes everyone has.
Growing up in a world which doesn’t understand ADHD can make you feel like you’re a problem.
But you don’t need to be fixed – you just need to learn to work with your brain rather than against it.
That’s ADHD coaching in a nutshell.
Neurotypical kids get evidence-based support from birth to learn to work with their brains. We don’t.
Those of us whose ADHD was missed in childhood have spent years or decades trying to live with the wrong operating manual, and it’s made our lives harder than they need to be.
This state of affairs is frankly bullshit and by the time we get diagnosed many of us are carrying all kinds of unnecessary stress.
Let me tell you about that with the healing magic of memes.
ADHD brains have high situational variability, a technical term which means we’re unusually good in some contexts and unusually shit in others.
This bewilders and disappoints us and the people around us, who sometimes suspect us of not caring or not trying.
Important areas of the brain run on dopamine and we don’t produce enough of it without help. So we typically struggle with executive functioning tasks like maintaining focus.
Low dopamine messes with our brain’s reward mechanisms. This makes it harder for us to be motivated by future goals or to enjoy them when we achieve them.
Chronically low dopamine means our brain chases stimulation and excitement, which makes us impulsive. Sometimes that’s buying things we don’t really need; other times it’s saying or doing things that damage relationships at work or in our private lives.
Time insensitivity means our psychological time is more weakly related to clock and calendar time than other people’s is.
Hi, I’m Mike
I’m 54 and was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 51. So I spent half a century not understanding why I was the way I was.
Unsurprisingly this made life difficult.
I’ve seen an ADHD coach since getting diagnosed, and found it transformative. Now I work with other late‑diagnosed adults who may have spent years feeling “too much” or “not enough.”
If that’s you, please get in touch. It doesn’t need to be as hard as it’s been.
Together, we’ll untangle the noise, find your strengths, and build systems that actually fit you.
My approach is practical, collaborative, and grounded in lived experience. You’ll get strategies you can use right away, and the reassurance that you’re not broken — you’re just wired differently.
Ready to start? Curious?
Email mike@friendlyadhd.com
Call or text 0418 326 814