ADHDaptive Ltd
Neurodiversity Illuminated
Coaching for capable professionals who feel burnt out, overwhelmed, and tired of masking
Updated April 2026 to reflect current workplace challenges and coaching focus.
You might be doing well on paper. You turn up. You get things done. People probably think you are coping better than you feel.
That does not mean work feels okay. It might mean you are holding it together by overthinking everything, checking yourself constantly, replaying conversations, and using up far more energy than anyone sees.
That kind of coping can work for a while. Then it starts to catch up with you.
If you are neurodivergent, this is not a personal failing.
A diagnosis can explain a lot, but it does not suddenly create problems that were not there before. More often, it gives a name to patterns that have been following you round for years.
The diagnosis did not cause the struggle. It explained why work has always taken more out of you than it seems to take from other people.
This is not about confidence, organisation, or trying harder. It is about being neurodivergent in systems that were never built with your brain in mind.
I work with adults who are good at what they do, but are getting worn down by how much effort it takes to stay on top of things.
If reading this feels a bit uncomfortably familiar, you are probably in the right place.
You bring the thing that is not working. That might be work overload, avoidance, decision paralysis, meeting dread, or just the general feeling that everything is taking too much effort.
No lecture. No performance. No pressure to do things the neurotypical way just because someone once said you should.
If this feels like your reality, we can talk it through properly.
No. If you suspect ADHD, autism, or AuDHD and work feels hard in the ways described here, we can still work together.
No. Many late diagnosed adults cope by overthinking, masking, and overcompensating. It can look fine while costing you a lot.
Yes. We can turn what you experience into clear, practical requests. That includes workload, meetings, communication, environment, and recovery time.
All three. Many people sit across more than one profile, and the work impact often overlaps.
We talk about what is hard at work right now, what you have tried, and what support would feel realistic. No pressure to book anything.