ADHD Coaching For Women
For Women Who Are Tired of Working Against Themselves

Stephanie J. Marshall – MBA
Toronto based Master Alignment Coach
I was diagnosed with ADHD in my mid-30s, but in true ADHD fashion, I didn’t do anything about it for almost a decade. When I finally looked closer, I saw how deeply it had shaped my choices, my coping strategies, and the limits I thought were just my personality. I got tired of settling, broke the patterns, and made changes I didn’t think were possible. That’s what I help other women do now by teaching them how to work with their brain instead of constantly pushing against it.
When Trying Harder Isn’t Working
You’ve read the books, tried the planners, downloaded five different apps to help you focus, and you’re still stuck managing a life that feels harder than it should.
This isn’t about “trying harder.” It’s about working with your actual brain (not the one you wish you had that does stuff because it’s on the schedule,) and building tools that help you show up without burning out.
You don’t need a formal diagnosis or a perfect plan, you just need a better way to line up your effort with what actually matters.
If that feels like relief, book a free call.
This is for you if:
- You rewrite simple emails five times because your brain won’t let it go
- You get things done at the last minute in a panic spiral, then feel wiped for days
- You open your laptop with good intentions and somehow end up deep in Google or laundry
- You constantly feel behind, even when you’re technically getting things done
- You’ve tried colour-coded schedules and habit trackers, but they fall apart within a week
- You second-guess your own priorities so often that you forget what they were in the first place
- You crave a way to move through your day without negotiating with yourself over everything
You’ve adapted to doing it the hard way. What if that’s why it still feels hard?
You don’t need to overhaul your life. You just need the right leverage..
Why ADHD Coaching Works When Everything Else Hasn’t
You’ve probably heard something on Instagram or a podcast that made you feel completely seen. It named your exact experience. You nodded. Maybe you shared it with a friend and felt a little surge of hope.
And then… nothing changed.
That’s the trap: ADHD brains love information, and learning feels like doing something.
But insight without application becomes another form of procrastination. It’s comforting, but it doesn’t move you forward.
Coaching is where that cycle breaks. It’s not just more ideas, it’s where you take what you already know (and what you don’t), and actually start making different decisions.
You get support built around your patterns and not generic advice. You test what works, catch what doesn’t, and build systems that survive the chaos of real life.
You stop relying on panic to get things done. You stop burning out from pretending you’re fine. You start noticing where your energy leaks, and doing something about it.
This isn’t about trying harder. It’s about building a life that doesn’t rely on adrenaline and avoidance.
FInding ease.

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What Coaching Looks Like
This isn’t a plug-and-play system. Coaching happens in the context of your real life: your work, your relationships, your home environment, your habits, your energy levels, and the parts of your day that quietly unravel when no one’s watching.
We work with what’s actually happening, not some ideal version of you on a good day.
Together, we’ll:
- Catch the moment you start rearranging apps instead of answering one email
- Figure out why your mornings feel like a hostage negotiation with yourself
- Build momentum that doesn’t require panic, pressure, or a life-altering crisis
- Spot the invisible rules you’ve been following that no longer make sense
- Create tools and systems you’ll actually use, even when you’re tired, distracted, or low-key spiralling
- Learn how to shift gears before you burn out or ghost your own priorities
This isn’t about changing who you are. It’s about building in the direction you actually want to go, and learning how to do it on purpose instead of by default.
One client texted me after our first session:
“I can’t believe how much easier everything feels.”
It was still her life. Just with less friction.
You don’t need more clever workarounds. You need fewer internal hostage negotiations.
The Process
The process starts with a free exploration call, and that’s no accident. I want our first conversation to be about you, focused on your challenges, your questions, and what you hope to change, not about money or commitment. Coaching is personal, and this call lets us both see if we click and if my approach makes sense for you before either of us invests further.
Think of the exploration call as a low-pressure trial run: you get to see how I work, I get to hear what you need, and no one is locked into anything.
During the call, we’ll dig into what’s really going on day-to-day: where you’re struggling, what you’ve tried already, and what you want more of (or less of) in your life. You don’t need a polished story or “perfect” answers. In fact, you don’t have to prepare anything at all.
What this call isn’t:
- Not a test or performance: No preparation needed, and nothing to prove.
- Not a sales pitch: No pressure, no strings attached.
By the end of the call, things that felt overwhelming tend to become a bit clearer. You’ll likely walk away with more clarity, and maybe even a sense of relief. It’s a relief to finally talk to someone who actually understands how your brain works. If it turns out we’re a good fit, I’ll recommend a coaching plan that suits you best. It could be one-on-one sessions, or my group program (which includes private sessions to keep you supported over time). And if it’s not a fit, that’s okay too. At the very least, you’ll leave with more insight than you started with.
I know it’s easy to keep putting off even a free call, especially when ADHD’s favourite trick is finding anything else to do instead. I also know what it costs to wait: I ignored my own ADHD for almost ten years, and (spoiler alert) it didn’t magically fix itself. So consider this a gentle dare to break that pattern. Book your free call now and see what happens when you finally stop putting it off.
Book your free call and see what happens when you finally stop putting it off..
How ADHD Coaching is Different with the Kickstartology Method
There’s no one-size-fits-all solution, especially with ADHD. If trying harder worked, you wouldn’t still be searching for answers. And if accountability alone were enough, most people would have solved this with a friend and a shared spreadsheet. If being hard on yourself worked, you’d be thriving. If avoidance and panic were reliable systems, you’d have a TED Talk by now.
The difference here is the Alignment Framework. It’s the structure I’ve developed through years of working with women across more than 15 countries. It’s built on the psychology of how change actually happens: what drives behaviour, what blocks it, and what keeps people stuck in loops they don’t even know they’re in.
We don’t rely on motivation. We don’t build systems you’ll abandon the second your week falls apart. We go deeper into the beliefs, assumptions, and internal rules your brain has been following, often without your permission.
ADHD isn’t just distraction. It’s emotional intensity, pattern repetition, and resistance that looks like laziness but isn’t. Coaching helps you examine what’s really going on and then do something about it.
Once you learn how to spot the difference between the story your brain is telling you and what’s actually true, everything changes. Not overnight, but for real.
Curious if this could work for you? Book a free call and let’s find out.
Want to See What’s Actually Running the Show?
You’ll start recognizing your patterns before the quiz even ends.
Consider that a feature, not a bug.
To make real change, you don’t need a better plan.
You need to catch the part of you that keeps rewriting the same one.
ADHD Late Diagnosis
If you weren’t diagnosed until adulthood, it’s not because you weren’t struggling. It’s because you got good at hiding it. You built workarounds. You learned to cope in ways that looked like personality traits or strengths. You powered through, overcompensated, and made it work… at a cost. (Side note: do you know how many women got diagnosed because they tried their kid’s meds and suddenly cleared their inbox for the first time in three years?)
By the time the diagnosis comes, those strategies are so deeply wired in that they feel like who you are. But they’re not. They’re just habits you created to survive a system that never fit.
And over time your life outgrows the strategies and they start to hold you back.
My ADHD coaching is designed to help you understand your unique experience with ADHD.
I will help you spot the coping strategies that are quietly making things harder than they need to be. We untangle the tricks that no longer serve you, keep the ones that do, and finally make space for something better.
You don’t need more ADHD content, you need something that still works when your brain doesn’t.
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ADHD Coaching FAQ
Who do I Coach?
I’ve coached women with ADHD from 12 different countries and from a broad range of professions including artists, entrepreneurs, doctors, executives, and people figuring out what’s next.
You do not need a formal diagnosis to work with me, and your decision to take ADHD medication or not is beyond the scope of coaching. I have the experience to help you either way.
I only coach women I know I can help, which is why I have a free coaching exploration call to ensure it’s the right fit for both of us.
What Changes Do Women Make with ADHD Coaching?
Some come to ADHD coaching to improve their habits and ability to function the way they want to in a general sense, while others come to ADHD coaching with a specific challenge in their life, for example, taking their business to the next level, leaving the corporate world, improving their relationships, or even just getting out of a rut and figuring out what’s next.
We work together to identify your priorities as well as the biggest obstacles so that you can start making changes and feeling more in control faster.
The coaching will give you the tools to change your approach and execution tactics based on what drives you. You get support and accountability as you figure out your specific operating system (because there is no one-size-fits-all perfect system).
What do we do in an ADHD Coaching Session?
Our coaching sessions will be customized to focus on your specific needs and will vary based on what’s going on in your life and the results you created based on the previous coaching session. Coaching is more effective than a book or a podcast because it’s an iterative experiential experience incorporating your new data from one session to the next.
Some of the things that we do in sessions include:
- Clarity around goals and developing a focused vision for your future
- Identifying blind spots, limiting beliefs, and impediments
- Understanding your personal productivity profile & preferences
- Guidance for a sustained focus on your goals, and consistent effort towards achieving them
- Figuring out the right systems and tools to optimize your productivity
- Working on organization, planning, and time management
- Providing accountability for ongoing progress
What are your ADHD Coaching for Women Packages?
ADHD coaching packages include working with me 1-on-1 for a specific amount of time based on the results you want to create and your starting point.
Packages range from 4 months 12 months with most people starting with a six-month commitment.
It’s important for the commitment to be long enough to allow life to get in the way and the novelty to wear off because part of the work is learning to show up for yourself even after you fall off track or if things don’t go as planned. It’s a game-changer.
We do one-hour coaching sessions weekly over Zoom or on the phone. There is some built-in buffer time and flexibility to accommodate vacations or the unexpected.
What if I don’t follow through?
What if you do? Seriously?
Look, if you have ADHD I know what your past follow-through on self-help stuff might look like and I’ve been there (big time). I’m not expecting you to be perfect, part of what we are building is your ability to follow through for yourself. The first step to change a pattern is to find the leverage points, and here’s the thing: you can make different decisions in the future than you have made in the past.
If you’re worried about this it’s totally normal and we can discuss it on the exploration call!
When should you start ADHD coaching?
When you’ve had enough of struggling and you’re open to trying a new way of doing things you’re ready for coaching. You don’t need to calm the chaos or get organized before we begin. On your coaching exploration call, we can dive into the logistics to make sure it makes sense for you.
Do you have time for ADHD Coaching?
No one has an extra drawer of time, but it always feels like in the future there will be more time. Be careful of this, because waiting until you “have more time” or “waiting for the right time” is a brilliant procrastination technique that allows you to double down on the patterns that have led you to where you are.
If you have ADHD you know that if you really deeply want something, you can often figure out how to make it happen.
If you’re thinking of ADHD coaching as something you “should” do only because it will be good for you, you’re going to want to put it off and you will find every good reason to do so.
I want you to WANT to do ADHD coaching because you’re sick of settling, you’ve had enough of the stress and overwhelm, and you WANT the changes because your life will have more room for the good stuff. It may be tough at times, but ultimately it will feel amazing.
The sooner you start coaching, the sooner you will get out of your own way and start seeing different results.
Is this Life Coaching for Women with ADHD?
I coach using the Alignment Coaching Framework which incorporates the best proven elements of life coaching and mindset coaching. My coaching is rooted in the latest neuroscience and psychology research on ADHD, behaviour, and personal change.
When you work on yourself it’s going to impact every area of your life because how you do one thing is how you do everything.
How Much does ADHD coaching cost?
I want you to make the best decision for yourself with regards to coaching which is why I choose to discuss the cost of coaching on the exploration call. Until we have a conversation, the value of the coaching investment for you specifically is not going to be clear.
Once you have a clear sense of the results that you can expect, you can decide if it’s an investment that makes sense right now.
Do you do Group Coaching for Women with ADHD?
Many women with ADHD have been through my Alignment Group Coaching program and had terrific results. This program brings the best of live group coaching and inckudes one-on-one private coaching sessions. It’s not specifically targeting ADHD, it’s more group life coaching but tools work for ADHD and the program includes elements to keep you on track as well as one-on-one feedback and laser coaching. If you are interested in the group program we can discuss this on the call and I’m happy to direct you to what will help you get the best results!
What is a coaching exploration call?
The goal of this call is for you to get the clarity you need in order to decide if coaching is the right fit for you right now. On the call I will ask you questions about your specific situation in order to show you how we would approach it with coaching, as well as go through the logistics and pricing. Also, you will get a sense of my personal coaching style.

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