your ADHD coach

welcome, I’m Emma Strachan founder of the adhd potential

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You don’t need the polished CV bio. You don’t need me putting on a ‘good vibes only’ tshirt. I believe to create the change you actually want takes courage, vulnerability and letting all the messy out. But for that to happen you need to feel safe. So here is the messy me.

I left a decade of working in a well paid career, because I felt so strongly it wasn’t where I was meant to be. But I misjudged entrepreneurship and cried many times when it felt really hard. Getting ADHD support has allowed me to have the confidence to set my own standards and ways.

I was born with ADHD (and it was very obvious) yet it took depression, anxiety and hitting my wall to finally recognise it and take steps to change my life.

I am a mum, I love my children & often feel lonely being home alone with both of them all day. I feel much happier accepting what parenting looks like for me, even if judged by others.

Despite ‘achieving’ I always felt like unfulfilled potential, my internal voice was really mean. That voice is much quieter these days and no longer ‘drives my car’.

I am British living in the Netherlands, with a Dutch husband, raising two Dutch boys. The further I move from my cultural roots the more I question the meaning of belonging. So belonging with myself is key to my being.

Despite all my messiness, I know that what I share can change how you feel about yourself. It can change your life. That you can finally feel understood, that you can understand & advocate for your needs, that you can do the things you know you are capable of and know your future is full of potential (and fun!).

And that doesn’t mean by being better, doing more or trying harder. It means learning how to write your own manual and unmask the person who was exceptional all along.

And for that, I’m all in.

I was born with adhd, I will die with adhd. I don’t need fixing, I need understanding.
— - Emma Strachan

my best self

The minute I become who you want me to be in order to fit in. I no longer belong anywhere.
— Brene Brown
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the formal me

I get it, you are nervous, you want to know I'm up for the job. So here are the facts:

  • Certified ADHD specialist coach (Goldmind Academy)

  • Certified Professional Coach (IPEC)

  • Practicing career & life coach since 2020

  • Coached over 700 hours of clients

  • Completed over 400 hours of training

  • ICF PCC

  • Energy Leadership Master Practitioner

  • COR.E Dynamics Leadership Specialist

  • Certified adolescent coach (youth coach academy)

  • Certified ICF PCC Assessor

  • A decade in Operations,Marketing & Events in Corporate & Financial services 

But none of this matters because this is about your story. So let's hop on a call and see where this journey takes us.

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