Stuart Cohen
Certified ADHD Coach / Speaker
Emma Aylett
Certified ADHD Coach / Creative
When we first met, during an online course, we probably each wondered what we had in common. We live on either side of the Atlantic - Emma in the North of England and Stuart in Tennessee. Stuart’s roots are in the travel industry and Emma’s in creativity, Stuart runs triathlons and well Emma… um…. doesn’t.
But we started talking and sharing our experiences of having ADHD. The more we talked, the more we exchanged the strategies and tips, from the sublime to the ridiculous,
that we had implemented into our lives to help overcome some of our ADHD challenges.
Our conversations had such a positive effect that we asked ourselves the question, how great and life affirming would it be to include lots more people in the conversation?’
So never underestimate what a good chat with a fellow ADHDer can do, even if there’s 4000 miles between you.
You can contact us at: itriedthisitworked@gmail.com
The best thing about living with ADHD?
Getting better at it. Solving the mystery of me (at 45) was personally historic. Ever since, I take on the people, places and things in my life with intentionally heightened awareness and optimism.
A big ADHD challenge?
Calming the internal chatterbox. Presence is a tricky thing when thoughts and ideas are ever-flowing. Slowing the current - or channeling it - brings me peace of mind.
How do you feel about having ADHD ?
Amenable. We work together! I learn to accept the things I cannot change and muster the courage to change the things I can. The victorious moments help lessen the frustrations which results in a glass-is-half-full balance.
3 words to describe me?
Determined. Resourceful. Funny.
Your most successful personal ‘I tried this is worked’?
‘Drop Zones’. In order to lose less things, cut clutter and frustrations, I designated specific spots (with index cards as labels) to drop stuff like keys, glasses and running watch to coffee beans, shopping bags and phone chargers.
What one piece of advice would you give someone recently diagnosed with ADHD?
Allow yourself a whole year of deep breaths. Now that you have discovered why you are take time to explore who you are. Your greatest potential is now possible!
What work have you had in the past?
For 20 years, I served the travel and hospitality industry in a wide variety of marketing, sales and executive management roles. For the most recent 14 years, I built e-commerce, business coaching and public speaking businesses as an independent entrepreneur.
Why did you become an ADHD Life coach?
To change lives. I am a beacon of positivity and activation.
Web links to other work:
Stuart is a certified ADHD Life Coach and special event speaker.
Stuart Cohen (CALC)
Emma Aylett
The best thing about living with ADHD?
Well it’s never dull! I think ADHD contributes to a fast-thinking brain and my problem solving and creative skills which have been really beneificial in my life.
A big ADHD challenge?
Historically, paper piles which covered every surface. Having visual reminders is crucial for me because Out of Sight Out of mind. Put a piece of paper away and chances are I’ll forget it and the ideas on it. I’ve found strategies but....
How do you feel about having ADHD?
It’s just a part of me that’s attached to me being a human. It has its good point and bad points - good days and bad days.
3 words to describe me?
Creative, resilient and fair
Your most successful personal ‘I tried this is worked’?
Using a very cheap but annoyingly persistent timer to motivate me into action and create some urgency for those activities I really don’t want to do.
What one piece of advice would you give someone recently diagnosed with ADHD?
That everyone with ADHD is different and so there is not a one size fits all solution to challenges. What might work for you might not work for someone else with ADHD and that’s absolutely okay.
What work have you had in the past?
Like many people with ADHD I’ve worked in a few areas including being a storyteller, theatre-in-education producer, museum curator, oral historian, creative facilitator, project developer & content design.
Why did you become an ADHD coach?
Supporting people as they make changes in their lives and flourish is a really rewarding. It seemed a natural direction to take as someone with ADHD who understood it from the inside out.
Web links to other work:
Emma is a certified ADHD coach (CALC) and creativity coach.