About — Mind Coach

About Adela
(That’s Me!)

I began coaching after encountering my first Turbo Thinker™ struggling in a neurotypical world: my son. Upon discovering his “race car brain with tricycle brakes,” I had a light bulb moment:

If I was going to help my son, I was going to help the world.

I threw myself into understanding the neuroscience behind ADHD, enrolling in a rigorous training program and credentialing process. With the conviction to help my son appreciate and harness his ADHD-diagnosed, Turbo Thinker™ mind, I began coaching ADHD clients. That was ten years ago.

Today I serve as President of ACO, the International ADHD Coaches Organization, and as an official Mentor Coach and session leader for the Professional Association of ADHD Coaches (PAAC), making me one of the few coaches worldwide who reviews and sponsors ADHD coaches pursuing credentialing. I hold the ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential, the PCAC (Professional Certified ADHD Coach) credential, and the ICF Mentor Coach Specialization at both the ACC and PCC levels (MCS-ACC, MCS-PCC). These credentials recognize the specialized training behind helping individuals with ADHD manage challenges like focus, organization, and productivity through targeted strategies.

Each step in my career, from corporate training overseas, to foreign language instruction, to diversity coordinating, has led me to this field, and further education has equipped me with the advanced coaching skills and psychology training to be great at what I do.

For over a decade, I've experienced the power of coaching as a parent, partner, friend, employer, coach, and coachee. I believe every individual has the innate talent they need to find success. And I believe in your success.

Credentials & Affiliations

PCAC — Professional Certified ADHD Coach, credentialed by PAAC
PCC — Professional Certified Coach, credentialed by the International Coaching Federation (ICF)
MCS-ACC, MCS-PCC Mentor Coach Specialist for ACC and PCC level coaches

President, ACO
Member, CHADD and ADDA

I'm endorsed as a coach by:

ICF Mentor Coach Specialization, PCC Level

ICF Mentor Coach Specialization, ACC Level

PAAC pre-approved program for Continuing Education Units.

ADHD Coaches Organization Professional ADHD Coach

Questions

How would you describe the types of people you coach?

I only coach adults, generally between the ages of 25 to 65, who are independently seeking and investing in support with their executive function skills. They may or may not have an ADHD diagnosis, but do experience ADHD-like symptoms either sporadically during high stress periods or consistently.

I work with entrepreneurs, digital nomads, and any adult professional who envisions transforming possibilities into reality. From creatives to corporate executives, investors to engineers, Mind Coach provides solutions, mindset shifts, and life-changing results to people with big plans for everything they want to accomplish in their most fulfilled, authentic lives.

So you don't coach students or young adults?

Nope! There are plenty of fabulous coaches who work specifically with kids, young adults, and students. I'm not one of them.

(See what I did there? That's some serious boundary-setting. I can show you how it's done.)

What's the difference between coaching and therapy?

Therapy tends to look inward and backward, understanding where a pattern began and healing what needs healing. Coaching is a creative and forward-facing process: we work from where you are now toward the life you envision, building the executive function skills and emotional regulation strategies that let you actually get there.

Many of my clients arrive carrying anxiety or depression that developed over years of unaddressed ADHD, the quiet toll of struggling with things that seemed to come easily to everyone else. Coaching addresses this directly, working with attention, hyperactivity (physical, mental, or emotional), and impulsivity through the lens of neuroscience, all within a safe, judgment-free space designed for growth rather than diagnosis or treatment. When clinical care is called for, I collaborate directly with trusted therapists and prescribers so we can each stay in our own lane while supporting the same person. Many of my clients work with both, since coaching and therapy are aimed at different parts of the same life.