ADELE
DIAGNOSED COMBINED ADHD
WOMEN’S HEALTH PRACTITIONER
HORMONES & PERIMENOPAUSE SPECIALIST
SOMATIC COACH
Adele sees clients online
PROFILE
Adele has a specialist interest in the relationship between ADHD, female hormones and perimenopause.
Diagnosed with ADHD at 40 after avoiding assessment for many years, Adele’s own experience played a significant part in shaping the work she does today. For much of her life, she believed that she simply experienced high levels of stress and had unconsciously built a lifestyle around strategies that helped her cope.
As she entered perimenopause, however, ADHD traits and symptoms that had previously become more noticeable premenstrually began to intensify. Sleep, emotional regulation, energy, cognitive function and her ability to manage everyday demands all became increasingly affected.
Receiving an ADHD diagnosis gave Adele a completely different framework through which to understand herself. It also sparked a much deeper professional interest in the relationship between neurodivergence and female hormonal transitions.
Adele now specialises in helping women understand how hormonal changes across the menstrual cycle and during perimenopause may interact with ADHD traits and influence their physical, cognitive and emotional wellbeing.
Adele completed a study on perimenopause and ADHD and wrote the paper The Perfect Storm to share her findings.
Her work is particularly informed by the growing understanding that ovarian hormones can influence neurotransmitter systems involved in attention, motivation, mood and executive function.
While research specifically examining ADHD across the female lifespan remains an emerging field, Adele is passionate about translating the available science into practical, individualised support for women.
She believes that understanding these patterns can be enormously empowering. Rather than seeing changes in concentration, emotional regulation, motivation, sleep or sensory tolerance as personal failings, women can begin to recognise patterns within their physiology and make informed choices about the support they need.
Adele supports women experiencing hormonal symptoms throughout the reproductive lifespan, including PMS/PMT, painful or heavy periods, irregular cycles, PMOS and perimenopause.
Adele’s approach combines hormone education, body literacy, nutrition and lifestyle medicine with an understanding of stress physiology and the nervous system.
She is particularly passionate about helping women understand why they feel the way they do. Her aim is not simply to give women another list of things they “should” be doing, but to help them understand their individual physiology so that they can make informed and realistic choices about their health.
Adele works collaboratively with medical practitioners and other specialists where appropriate and believes strongly in informed consent and women having access to clear information about the different options available to them.
Adele is also passionate about improving understanding of ADHD and hormones earlier in life.
Puberty, the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, the postpartum period and perimenopause all involve significant hormonal change, and for neurodivergent girls and women these transitions can sometimes coincide with changes in ADHD presentation or their ability to compensate for their difficulties.
Adele believes that giving girls and young women greater body literacy and an understanding of their menstrual cycle can provide them with a valuable framework for understanding themselves as they move through adolescence and adulthood.
She provides individual consultations and education for women wanting to explore the relationship between ADHD, their menstrual cycle and perimenopause, alongside her wider women’s hormone health work.
Before moving into women’s health, Adele spent approximately 20 years working with children and young people with complex needs, with a particular specialism in female offending. Her academic research within this field received an award.
Alongside this work, Adele had a longstanding interest in holistic health and complementary therapies. Following the birth of her children, she left this chapter of her career and established her own women’s health practice.
Her previous professional experience continues to inform the way she works today, particularly her understanding of behaviour, trauma, neurodivergence, nervous-system regulation and the importance of seeing the person rather than simply treating a collection of symptoms.
Adele offers one-to-one support for women who want to better understand their hormones and how hormonal fluctuations may be interacting with their ADHD, physical health and emotional wellbeing.
Qualifications
- Women’s Hormone Health Certification, 2022
- Women’s Health Practitioner O.A.Dip, 2021
- Menopause Training – International Menopause Society
- Breathwork Facilitator, 2021
- First Moons – Mother & Daughter Menarche Celebration, 2021
- Circle Initiation, 2020
- Stress Management, 2020
- Nutrition Level 2, 2018
- Moon Mother Level 1, 2018
- Reiki Master, 2018
- Reflexologist, specialising in Women’s Health, 2009
- Criminology & Sociology Bsc Hons 2002
See what Adele’s previous clients have said …
Adele. Thank you so so much for your time! It is so good to find people willing to actually listen, and who share their wisdom! Really really appreciate it!
I think I’m pretty keen to go down the diagnosis route and have a bit of a bee in my bonnet now and having been able to chat with you and understand more about what’s going on from a hormone side too – even more determined now to push on. So looking to making progress on that side of things and to get an appointment in the diary for once.
Honestly, having spent the last few weeks in a complete depressive spin, not knowing which way to turn, I feel a little more hope already just from having spoken with you – so thank you!