In this podcast episode, hosts Ash and Cam continue to discuss the coaching process with an ADHD client - this time one of Cam’s clients. They illustrate the significance of exploring the client's challenges, assumptions, and initial expectations at the beginning of a coaching engagement to clearly determine the scope or goals of the coaching. The client, a music teacher, initially felt overwhelmed with administrative tasks and the pressure to fill seats in her elective program. She believed the goal would be to address everything that was on her plate. ADHD puts too many things on our plates. The coaching helped her shift her goals to focus more on prioritizing and developing efficient and creative ways to have a better work day. Through experimentation the client realized she could prioritize her classroom experience, connecting with her love for music and education. This shift not only improved her daily experiences but also led to creative solutions, like involving older students to promote the program through engaging activities like Guitar Hero.
The discussion explores the coaching skills and processes used to educate listeners about the change process in coaching. The hosts emphasize the importance of reconnecting with personal values and finding creative approaches to navigate challenges living with ADHD and that good coaches will use the coaching process to help clients define the scope of the coaching work.
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For more of the Translating ADHD podcast:
ADHD and the Seeds of Misunderstanding at Work
Being Misunderstood While Misunderstanding our ADHD
Being Misunderstood with ADHD: In Relationships
Being Misunderstood with ADHD: Childhood Origins
ADHD and the Understand, Own, Translate Model
Short Circuiting the ADHD Meaning Maker
Locating ADHD Behind the Limiting Story
ADHD and Emotional Autopilot
The In-between Place: Untethered with ADHD
ADHD PoC Voices: Influencer Rach Idowu Shares Her Own ADHD Story of Struggle, Resilience and Advocacy
ADHD and Experimenting with Detaching From Outcome
Getting Distance from the Adrenaline Response Cycle: Big Signals and Journey Thinking
ADHD and Getting Distance from the Adrenaline Response Cycle
In the Shadow of Impending Urgency: Procrastination and the Adrenaline Response Cycle
ADHD and Boundaries: Revisiting The Adrenaline Response Cycle
ADHD and Relationships: Boundaries and the Performative Judge
ADHD and Relationships: Identifying Our Inner Saboteurs
ADHD and Relationships: Identifying the Dysfunction past the Drama
ADHD and Relationships: Emotional Regulation and the Big Signal of Drama
ADHD and Purpose: Getting Insight into Your Who and Why
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