About - Your ADHD Career Advisor - Career Coaching with Shell

Uncover your true life’s work and purpose

When it comes to making major career decisions, there’s no shortage of opinions.

You likely have several well meaning people in your life offering advice on your best job move. The problem is most people base their career decisions on the wrong criteria: salary, status or strengths.

But you are not “most people.”

ADHD adults must be passionate about their work and have a sense of fulfillment to stay engaged. While typical people can suck it up and collect a paycheck, a person with ADHD grows increasingly miserable. Symptoms flare. Bosses and co-workers notice. Nobody wins.

I can relate. I have ADHD, too.

With a master’s in counseling and emphasis on career, I have helped more than 700 people over the past 30 years. I’ve also experienced my fair share of career changes. In my 20s, I had a string of unsuccessful secretary jobs, which helped me realize that my strengths in shorthand didn’t mean I was fit for administrative work.

Once I found my real life’s work over 35 years ago, I have never looked back. My work is synonymous with joy, and I will likely never “retire.” I want that for everyone. And with ADHD, it is absolutely imperative that we make a choice that reflects that joyful experience for the majority of our work day.

As an entrepreneur, I founded a successful, international children’s art franchise, KidzArt, and love helping other entrepreneurs build a business from the ground up. ADHD adults are often entrepreneurial and yearn to create work life options that tap into this creative nature. I truly thrive on helping entrepreneurs, business executives and business owners explore options and/or continue to grow and clearly define his/her next steps to do so.

Having found my life’s work, I love what I do and transmit that joy, support and commitment to each client I work with. Allow me to lead you to a successful work life outcome as well.

Lifelong benefits

I don’t believe in quick fixes. What we uncover in working together will serve you over your lifetime. The end result is clarity that allows for easy transitions and expansion in whichever role you decide to pursue.

I believe:

With unconditional support and guidance, anyone can find happiness and fulfillment at work and become the person they were meant to be.
You shouldn’t let other people define your success. You are the expert on YOU.
ADHD shouldn’t stand in your way of success. In fact, it should contribute to it through your creativity and relentless determination.
Life is too short to be stuck in a dead-end, miserable job.
People with ADHD have a unique way of operating in the world, which means they often have to write their own rules.
Just because you’re good at something doesn’t mean you’ll enjoy it. I encourage clients to base their decisions on their passions, skills and unique preferences rather than strengths.
You shouldn’t ignore who you are anymore. I give you permission to be your genuine self.

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