Adult ADHD Coach

“Coach John helped me to clarify my goals and to work out concrete next steps to take in order to achieve them. Talking though the goals we identified together consistent themes that recur and are important to me. I really enjoy having someone to structure and bounce ideas off of.”

– 36, Male, Software Engineer, Brooklyn ,New York

COACHING WITH JOHN

WHY LIFE COACHING?

Life coaching is an increasingly popular approach that has helped people overcome, move forward and has proven to be effective among those with neurodivergent difficulties. While people with ADHD & Autism are impaired by their conditions, they are just as likely, if not more so endowed with unique strengths. Life coaching helps bring this out as clients are considered creative, resourceful and whole.

Coach John Meria is the first homegrown graduate of Asia of the Advanced Certified ADHD Life Cooach (A-CALC) Program by the International ADHD Coach Training Center (iAct Center) has been handling exclusively teens and adults with neurodevelopmental conditions since 2011 in various capacities including as an advocate, special education teacher, study coach and life coach. Today, he is the pioneer adult ADHD coach in his country and now sees clients all over the world including the Philippines, New York, California, England, Sweden, Singapore, Belgium, Bahrain, and Spain.

HOW DO I KNOW IF COACHING IS RIGHT FOR ME?

Coaching is RIGHT if you want to move past things like:

Dealing with life after ADHD diagnosis
Being stuck and/or overwhelmed school and/or work due to ADHD symptoms
Having tried many solutions from own research of ASD / ADHD (but those didn’t work for you)
Unable to find out the best next step in life
Difficulty managing relationships
Having a ton of bad habits such as with sleep, eating, etc.
Desperately need survival strategies for moms with ADHD (or dads like me)
Many more! Please go ahead and message me yourself

Coaching may not be for you at this time if:

You are still in need of intensive treatment for mental health and addiction related issues
You want someone to diagnose your condition or prescribe your medication (I can’t do that)
You want someone to simply tell you what to do or be in an instructive role for you
You primarily want to “heal” from past hurts and the like

Individual Sessions

For those who want to book on a per-session basis, each 45 minute to 1 hour session is 100USD (Paid in advance via PayPal). For Philippine Based Clients, this amount is 3500PHP (20% PWD discount applies to card holders).

Clients also typically also book an individual session as an extension of the preliminary session should they feel the need to open up more, know more about ADHD life coaching and get comfortable with Coach John prior to making a commitment.

1-2 Month Package

Clients may avail of more cost-effective 4 session packages. Each session is also 45 minutes to 1 hour. These sessions need to be consumed within 2 months. This package is 350USD (Paid in advance via PayPal). For Philippine Based Clients, this is P10,000 (20% PWD discount applies to card holders).

IMPORTANT NOTE: COACHING IS DONE ONLINE VIA ONLINE VIA GOOGLE MEET. Learn more about how to look for a life coach fit for you or your child on this link https://www.additudemag.com/shopping-for-a-coach/

What clients have to say after 1 month of coaching

"The program has showed me how to adjust strategies to accommodate my needs and situation and how to direct my thoughts to be more coherent and my actions to be more in line with my goals. It has helped me learn to better reflect on my abilities without compromising my end goal, as well as to realise that I could also be capable of more things than I believe myself to be. Coach John's understanding of how our difficulties affect the way we work not only helped me understand my strengths and weaknesses better but also how best to work with them. He has only been my study and life coach for a month, but over four weeks, his programme has equipped me with skills and perspectives that I know will help me get through

"I think the two best words I can use to describe what changed most about me through these sessions are 1. Mindset 2. Self-awareness. Those two things changed the most because I really was in a mindset of defining success by my own narrow parameters and that changed with Coach John. I really learned a lot about myself. Especially my good and bad study habits. I think I really improved a lot, academically as well. I get distracted easily, I was not used to self-accountability, and those points really improved after coaching. Lastly I'd just like to commend that Sir John really does a good job at validating your point of view and experience. That quality of his really made it easy to talk to him."

"John is the first ADHD life coach I spoke to and it was a positive experience. Initially I thought it may not be as be helpful, and I was just completing the package I paid for. When I realized that there was a need to adjust the pacing of the sessions, Coach John allowed me to have it. Part of the feeling of safety I experienced was because he had a good working knowledge of ADHD, and his being a Christian as well and his understanding of the framework I was operating under, and I knew I wouldn't be misunderstood/ misinterpreted or judged in the wrong light which would otherwise have been a contributor to more stress. His coaching also helped me to understand my own limits and pacing better. His questions were well targeted and helped frame how to think about things I hadn't considered before due to my lack of focus. He also had adjuvant resources which were interesting/helpful. The follow up features of the package was also very helpful and even accommodated my difficulty with making appointments. His observations of where I was at and my progress were helpful in kind of monitoring and setting milestones."

"Coach John made me realize that there are so many things that I can study from external sources, YET there are so much more that I NEED to discover internally about myself. These internal realizations will greatly help me as I move towards my next steps."

"Coaching helped me stick to the healthier habits that I wanted to form, which is why I got the program in the first place. For someone like myself it's important to have an accountability structure. I also went through a stressful period during this program where the family was sick and i had a lot of work and the program helped me navigate through it such that I was able to perform at work despite the challenges. What I value even more is how John supported my family in introducing us to a Reading Specialist for my twin boys with ADHD and dyslexia. His knowledge in the area of supporting families with ADHD has been extremely helpful."

"Coaching has helped me to be aware of my strengths and weaknesses, and addressing them one-by-one. It helped me align my goals to where I want to be. Coach John created a safe space for me to release my thoughts and concerns and he summarizes them very well in order for us to prioritize and discuss each concern or problem. He is very honest and very easy to talk to. I always come in the session with a lot of questions and we would eventually arrive with the answers because of his intentional questions. I appreciate that he mentions the sources from where he is trying explain concepts and principles. I always leave the session with the sense of accomplishment thus looking forward to achieving the goals that was discussed.

"I realized how my brain actually worked based on scientific studies, and realized the ways I was trying to manage myself and achieve my goals were not fit for me. John helped me realize these essential parts of myself and my condition with practical steps to work with my brain to achieve my goals."