When you’re coaching clients through the same challenges you’re struggling with…
You just helped your client set up a brilliant routine. Yours? Still a work in progress. Let’s talk about the reality of coaching with your own ADHD and EF challenges. You help your clients get organised.Create structure.Build better habits.Calm the chaos. But behind the scenes? You’re juggling three half-finished projects.You’ve rescheduled your own admin tasks (again).And you still find yourself deep in a hyperfocus hole waaaay longer than your work block intended. And maybe part of you wonders… “Should I really be coaching others through this?” I’ve been there. I’ve got a heavy-handed allocation of perfectionism that means I spend a LOT of time seeking out * the best * support options out there. This often means I spend a lot of time researching systems and tools that might resonate with my coaching clients and coaches I supervise. And testing them out for myself. Because my ADHD brain gets bored with systems, so I need to switch it up often. Sometimes these work really well, and they work for a while, and sometimes they just don’t. I used to get really frustrated – and my inner voice would start up with all the “shoulda’s”… The loudest being “You should have found the right system that sticks by now.” Here’s the truth that doesn’t get said enough:✨You don’t need to be perfect to be powerful.✨You don’t need flawless executive function to help others build theirs.✨Your lived experience gives you insight that a textbook never could. You get it – deeply.That’s what makes you real. Relatable. Trustworthy. My learned acceptance to be okay with switching things up means I can model that it’s also okay for my clients. To try new things. For things to work for a bit, until they don’t. And then we practice self-kindness to listen to what our brains need right now. Our clients don’t need a robot with a perfect colour-coded calendar or 5 step task reminder.They need someone who understands what it feels like to struggle…And still shows up to help them through it. Progress > perfection. Always. If you’re holding space for others while working on yourself – know that you’re not alone.Let’s normalise the messy, beautiful reality of being a coach. 💬👇 What’s one thing you’ve coached someone through that was also a struggle you were having yourself? How did you handle it? With fire, heart, and Post-it notes,