About Me
Ben AuDHD Coaching
I love working with people who have a passion for learning about themselves and using this insight to create a life that works best for them and for the people they care most about.
I help you to achieve the transformation you want from life through deeper understanding and connection with yourself and the people who are important to you. If you are someone diagnosed neurodivergent, or questioning this in your adult life, I can help you to navigate what can often feel like an existential crisis - “Who am I?”
I know something about what it can feel like because I have been on my own journey and it can be tough sometimes. I believe that there is no courage without vulnerability and with the right support this phase of your life can be the most amazing and transformative journey.
I'd like to get to know you and find out what you would like to achieve from your coaching sessions. I bring a wide range of resources to support you in your journey towards the life you are seeking. These include tools from my AuDHD training as well as other coaching approaches described in My Background below. Just as important, I am a calm and non-judgemental person who wants the best for you.
I typically recommend six sessions of coaching on either a weekly or fortnightly basis. We can discuss this when we meet for a discovery call and develop a plan that works for you.
My Approach
I am trained as an Emotional Freedom Technique (Tapping) practitioner and currently half way through completing my practice sessions to become accredited. This is a great opportunity, because I can offer some Emotional Freedom Technique sessions to you for free as part of your coaching. Emotional Freedom Technique has demonstrated huge success in supporting people to develop greater insight and overcome emotional blocks and barriers that are preventing them from living a more harmonious life. Great for calming those feelings of overwhelm or burnout!! I use it myself.
My Background
I have a Degree in Psychology, and I have trained in a variety of coaching and transformation techniques including, Neurolinguistic Programming NLP Practitioner and Master Practitioner (Sue Bayliss), High Performance Energetics (Charlotte Carter), Trauma Informed Manifestation Coaching (The Centre for Healing), Emotional Freedom Technique (Eda Hardy/ EFT International) and Motivational Interviewing. I am a certified AuDHD Coach (ADHD Works) with a particular interest in supporting adults who are neurodivergent to navigate their lives in a way that helps them to thrive.
I have worked in mental health for 25 years across service delivery, management, and senior management positions, developing and delivering services to some of the most troubled and marginalised people. I have a particular interest in mental health and substance use (drugs).
I have an abundance of experience to draw on, including specialisms in organisational culture, strengths focused leadership, business strategy & development, and equity, diversity & inclusion.
I am a creative person (some might say a little eccentric), who believes that the solution is not always located in the problem. I am the founder of The Museum of Drugs, a social justice and education charity aimed at re-thinking attitudes towards drugs legislation, and Postcards from Time, a quirky random acts of kindness project.
I am a Blackbelt in Karate, I enjoy learning to play the guitar, and I have a wonderful family and circle of friends. I love travelling, having grown up in Kano (Nigeria), Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), and Benghazi (Libya), and I plan to see more of the world and the amazing people, flora, and fauna that I share this planet with.
I am driven by my values of justice, equity, trust, accountability and acceptance. Find out what your values are here
If you have read this far you will now learn that my Dachshund, pictured on my Home page, is called Mrs Mabel 'Yay' Biggs.
Insight • Calm • Compassion • Hope • Trust • Equity • Accountability • Acceptance • Justice • Mindset • Body • Energy •
Reassurance
I am registered and fully compliant with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) for the processing and storage of your data and I am fully insured for the work that I do.
If you have any questions we can pick this up on a Discovery Call.