What is Life Coaching?
TLDR: Coaching is a space where we work together to help you figure out what you want, what’s getting in the way, and how to move forward—on your terms and at your pace.
Read on for the interesting details.
“Coaching activates brain areas that promote neuroplasticity- with its emphasis on increased client self-awareness, problem-solving, and the acquisition of new skills. The coaching process focuses on growth and change, including altering negative thinking and experimenting and exploring new ideas and behaviors that may finally work.”
In the 1980s and 90s, coaching began to emerge as its own thing—outside of therapy, outside of consulting. People wanted to grow. Not because something was “wrong” with them, but because they knew something more was possible. The movement blended elements from psychology, adult learning theory, personal development, and even philosophy.
Over time, coaching found its way into business, life transitions, leadership, and fairly recently ADHD and neurodiversity spaces. And that’s where it really lights up—because for many of us, traditional systems weren’t built with our brains in mind. Coaching became a space to unmask, unlearn, and build new ways forward.
Today, coaching is a partnership rooted in curiosity, compassion, and possibility. It’s about being seen as you are—and being supported as you figure out where you're going next.
But remember, the coach, the carriage cannot direct itself. This isn’t about someone telling you what to do. Good coaching isn’t prescriptive—it’s collaborative. I’m not the expert on your life. You are. My role is to walk alongside you with curiosity and clarity, holding space as we figure out what works uniquely for you. Together, we build the bridge between stuck and moving.
Coaching grew out of a deep human desire for growth, reflection, and self-understanding. It leans into tools like the Socratic method—asking thoughtful, open-ended questions that help uncover the truth that already lives in you. Think of it as gentle excavation: digging through the noise to find what’s real, resonant, and yours.
As a coach, I may play many roles:
Strengths spotter
ADHD educator
Strategy co-creator
Motivation mentor
Safe space holder
Accountability partner
And especially as an “ADHDer” myself, I bring a deep understanding of how it actually feels combined with the knowledge that executive function, emotional regulation, and nervous system overwhelm can affect not just individuals—but relationships, families, and entire life stories. Coaching helps you not only recognize what’s hard, but also what’s possible.
Together, we develop self-awareness, design systems and strategies, and move toward goals that feel both personal and powerful.
This work is rooted in compassion, empowerment, and trust—and it’s built for your full potential, not just productivity.
Bottom line: Coaching is a space where we work together to help you figure out what you want, what’s getting in the way, and how to move forward—on your terms and at your pace.
The word coach didn’t start out in sports or business — it actually comes from the word coche in French, which means carriage. Yes, like the kind pulled by horses.
The word coach also comes from the Hungarian town of Kocs, where carriages were first made to carry people from one place to another. And a coach’s original job?
To carry someone from where they are to where they want to go.
And that’s exactly what coaching still means today.
The root of the word is also the root of the practice—coaching is about being carried, about going somewhere. But a coach or carriage cannot direct itself, it cannot tell you where to go. It supports you along the way.
Coaching is like… a carriage?
What Coaching IS
A space for clarity, reflection, and discovery not judgment
A process where YOU are the expert on your life; I’m here to guide
Rooted in curiosity, support, and respect for your neurodivergence
A partnership where we explore your goals, patterns, and strengths
What Coaching is NOT
Therapy or mental health treatment
Medical advice or crisis intervention
A space for diagnoses or prescriptions
About fixing you- you’re not broken