Feeling stuck in a cycle of procrastination, urgency and overwhelm?
Feel like you're always going but not arriving?
Looking for help applying your strengths to your ADHD struggles?
Ready to embrace the challenge of change?
My name is Randy Henderson and I help ADHD folks change their relationship to their time, energy and attention, so they can live with more choice, more clarity and more joy.
As an ADHD coach, I work with ADHD adults — creative folks, professionals, entrepreneurs, college/university students, and lifelong learners. The core of my practice is holding a space of compassionate curiosity where my clients can uncover their deep strengths and tell a new story of themselves defined by their best moments, not their inner critics.
A lifelong learner myself, I have three undergraduate degrees from Dalhousie University: a BSc in Psychology (1998), a Bachelor of Social Work (2003) and a BA in Biology (2011). My broad background allows me to view ADHD from many perspectives. I can read and evaluate new neuroscience research, I apply an understanding of human learning and behavior, I see the structural inequalities and ableism that contribute to the stigma and struggle surrounding ADHD, and I have the people skills to coach with empathy and vulnerability.
I have lived-experience as a late diagnosed adult with ADHD (inattentive type) so I know what it’s like to feel stuck, like your life is a tangled, knotted ball. And I’ve learned how to disentangle the strands, recognize the resilience of each one, and craft a new intertwined life for myself. I will never claim that there is a single, simple method to do this. It takes work and a commitment to experiment to find a life that fits each uniquely wired brain. But growth and change are always possible.
I am AACC certified from the ADD Coach Academy (the industry leader in training ADHD coaches) and pursuing both ICF and PAAC credentials. I believe in body-positivity, inclusion, and anti-oppressive practice.
If you would like to explore ADHD coaching with me, I invite you to schedule a free 30-minute initial consultation.
What are clients saying? Click to see testimonials!
"It’s like when I’m setting up a physics problem and I have bits and pieces. I have knowns, unknowns and some equations. It’s like you helped me organize the problem and work through the calculations without flipping a fraction upside down or missing a decimal point or something.
I had some bits and pieces of what I wanted to become a plan, that I had even spent some time trying to make into a plan and hadn’t managed yet, and we worked together — you guided me and helped me stay on track, and you let me go off on a tangent a little bit, but then stopped me before it got too far — and by the end of the session we had a step-by-step plan of exactly what to do. You let me think through a reasonable level of what ifs and what to do about them. It’s fantastic!"
- J. P. (Calgary, Alberta)
"When I started working with Randy, I was feeling so overwhelmed by my work and day to day life…I was in major burnout. I love my job but it felt completely unsustainable. Randy helped me create a time management and organization system in my classroom that has immensely helped my teaching practice and made this year and future years seem much more doable.
Randy is kind, patient and clearly very practiced at working with people with ADHD. He is a wonderful question asker. He is the question wizard extraordinaire! He is thoughtful and leaves room for thinking. There was so much I already knew, but couldn’t really access. Randy empowered me to organize my thoughts and find that I actually had my own answers to problems that seemed so unclear before our meetings.
I feel so much better equipped to approach myself with kindness and compassion around my ADHD after working with him. Now instead of being down on myself, I try to think about how I can create an ADHD friendly routine or system that will be easy and sustainable—but mostly EASY!"
- H. C. (San Francisco, CA)
