Frequently Asked Question

ADHD/Executive Function coaching is a specialized form of life coaching designed to help people with ADHD manage their lives. Coaches address executive function challenges such as time management, organization, goal setting, procrastination, and memory recall. Coaching takes a holistic approach, considering factors like sleep, diet, and exercise.

Coaches help clients recognize unhelpful habits and negative thinking patterns that may be holding them back.

They assist clients in building strategies to shift their mindset toward possibilities and growth.

Executive Function skills help us set goals, make plans, and follow through to achieve them. 

According to Dr. Thomas Brown a renowned ADHD expert, clinical psychologist, and author, the twelve executive functioning skills are:

  • self-restraint
  • working memory
  • emotion control
  • goals
  • focus
  • task initiation
  • planning/prioritization
  • organization
  • Time management
  • Defining and achieving goals
  • flexibility
  • observation
  • Stress tolerance

  • Effective time management strategies and systems
  • Emotional regulation
  • Meta-cognition (thinking about their thinking)
  • Confidence
  • Increased self esteem
  • Goal achievement
  • Calmer interactions with family
  • Awareness of strengths
Karyn Tauber ADHD Coach