Anita Hempenius
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Positive Psychology ADHD Coach
Services offered:
1:1 neuro-affirmative ADHD coaching: I help you understand ADHD and through this support you to design your ADHD life
1:1 couples coaching where one of you is ADHD and the other is not: I give you a new language with which to communicate together
Group coaching for partners of ADHDers: a positive ADHD awareness course
Lived experience:
I only got my ADHD diagnosis in my fifties and so have experience both of living with undiagnosed ADHD and living with diagnosed ADHD. I grew up with an ADHD dad and sister.
Expertise:
I work with ADHDers who may come across as successful but are inwardly struggling. I see myself as an ADHD life coach, rather than a career or study coach. I have experience of neurodiversity, LGBTQ+, adoption, and trauma
Location:
Online via Zoom or Google Meet or WhatsApp
Next availability:
I have current availability for online sessions
About Me:
At age 14 I decided to reinvent myself. I had no friends. Did not understand all the strange social rules and was painfully shy. I decided that I would do everything that I wanted to do that fear was stopping me doing. This decision changed my life and led me to learn about myself, to examine all biases and prejudices that had been embedded, and to deep dive into self improvement. I tried different religions, from Christianity to Buddhism to Wicca and Shamanism, I read books on self development, on social communication, on nonverbal communication, on how to make your life sparkly…..
Somewhere along the way I bore one child and adopted another. My life path almost naturally flowed to teaching children that were The Odd One Out, from home educating to being a learning support teacher, to being the SENCo and helping kids figure out how their brains worked and how they learned best.
When I was diagnosed as ADHD at age 56, it was not a surprise. By that point I had recognised that my dad is a classic hyperactive ADHD-er, one of my sisters had her ADHD diagnosis, and I had years of suspecting my own ADHD traits. I did courses at the ADD Coaching Academy, trained with Fairy Liebermann (ADHD coaching trainer), have started a Masters in Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology, and read and read and read and am still reading.
Cost of sessions
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