GEORGIE
ADULT & ADOLESCENT ADHD COACH
WORK & REASONABLE ADJUSTMENTS ADVISER
EXECUTIVE & CORPORATE COACHING
CAREER COACH
EMPLOYER DISABILITY ADVISER
STUCKNESS SUPPORT
DIAGNOSED INATTENTIVE ADHD
LOCATION ~ YO19
Georgie was diagnosed with ADHD in 2019 at the age of 25 after years of treatment for depression and anxiety.
Since then she has become a ‘student of ADHD’ having tried multiple medications, undertaken many hours of ADHD coaching and therapy, researched the impact of exercise, nutrition and hormones on ADHD symptoms and is passionate about continuing to find new methods to thrive. Both to help herself, but also the clients she works with.
Georgie describes her life pre-diagnosis as being akin to a tale of two cities! On paper, she appeared to achieve great success with ease. The reality could not be further from that. She had pushed herself through in short bursts – setting herself up for severe periods of depression, anxiety and ‘stuckness’.
Georgie remembers feeling that there was something different about her from a young age. She found it hard to connect with children and gravitated towards adults, feeling as though she was looking at life through a long lens.
She was labelled as gifted as a child – academically brilliant (apart from Maths – she still does not understand how she managed to get an A in GCSE maths!) and was a talented dancer.
The wheels first really ‘came off’ when she made the transition from GCSEs to A levels – self study and long essays to write felt impossible. Her teachers and parents couldn’t understand and labelled her as lazy. Despite this, she achieved top grades due to her ability to cram at the very last minute.
Georgia’s first year at Durham University was a tough one – being away from the structures and routines of home and her treasured dance classes was destabilising. She had no idea where to begin with reading lists and it took her a while to connect with people. Her second year was easier as she had friends to help her with her course and to do revision and essays with her (body doubling in action). She also lived in a big shared house and reconnected with her passion for dance.
Her last year was a different story – she was isolated in a flat by herself and couldn’t work out how to write a dissertation. Quite simply, it was one of the worst years of her life but somehow she managed to hyperfocus on securing a training contract with one of the best law firms in the UK.
Georgie had suicidal thoughts in her final term partially due to the shame of not being able to write her dissertation and her future career depended on her achieving a 2:1.
At this point she was diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety and was given the summer to complete her degree. Funnily enough, Georgie still wrote the whole thing in 48 hours before the summer deadline.
Georgie is now determined to assist school and university students clients with navigating their studies – as this part of her life could have been so different if she had only known she just had a different brain.
Her law school experience was similar – when she was at home doing the first part of the course, there were of course challenges but she had a good support network and help with everyday living. In London, it was a different story – isolation, no one to help her with basic living needs so back to therapy she went and her law firm kindly gave her time off to manage exams from home.
The reality of being a trainee lawyer hit her like a freight train. She could not do basic admin tasks, prioritise, or gauge how long something would take her to do. She only performed well when she had something really ‘important’ to do and seemed to thrive on deal closings.
The depression cycle continued until she was diagnosed with inattentive ADHD at the beginning of her employment law seat. Medication seemed to turn a light on in her brain and she felt so much more capable.
Beforehand, she had used alcohol and other drugs to manage her symptoms but now feels passionately about helping others who have turned to substances to manage their symptoms as there is a much healthier and happier life on the other side of relying on unhealthy coping mechanisms.
As an employment lawyer, Georgie has guided clients through particularly difficult corporate re-organisations, redundancies and exits. She found the value in her work in the soft skills required to achieve the best possible results for her clients.
Georgie has undertaken extensive charity work within the legal sphere, from mentoring A level students to completing a secondment with a legal advice centre assisting clients with debt struggles. Through these experiences, Georgie has developed a passion for assisting clients where they are, as she sees brilliance in every person, it is a matter of unlocking their potential and finding the right environment for them.
She strives to direct and nurture energy into whatever her clients seek – whether that be passing an exam, a career change or re-framing ADHD traits.
Georgie supports clients through Access to Work applications and can support employers implement accommodations from a coaching and employment law and HR perspective.
Georgie believes in a holistic approach to coaching and can utilise creative techniques, including breathwork, tapping and other somatic methods to assist clients get out of their busy brains and into action if required.
Georgie can offer 1:1 coaching online and face to face. She splits her time between York and London.
Qualifications
- Diploma in Life Coaching with Distinction Level 3 ACCPH 2023
- Solicitor (England & Wales) 2020
- Member of the Employment Lawyers Association 2020
- Politics (BA Hons) Durham University 2014
See what Georgies’s previous clients have said …
After years of talking to various therapists, counsellors and mental health professionals, Georgie was the first person who, perhaps as a result of her own experiences, seemed to truly understand and relate to the struggles I had been facing.
More than just sympathising, however, with her knowledge and experience in the area she was able to give me specific, actionable steps to work towards improving my situation, which was exactly what I needed at the time.
Her willingness to forgo the sofa and stomp through the Yorkshire countryside during our sessions was a revelation, and I will forever be grateful for the help she has given me.
I only had three sessions with Georgie but, because she is flexible, that was ok with her and it was all I needed.
She was very knowledgeable about ADHD and the way it affects the brain, which helped me understand myself much better and feel like what was happening to me was normal.
It really helped to talk to someone who could relate to my issues and understand them fully. She introduced me to a new technique called tapping which has helped relieve tension in my nervous system when I’m anxious or unfocussed.
Just by talking, she helped me reframe some of the barriers I was facing until I realised they were only mental blocks, not real ones, and then I could leave them behind. A very understanding and knowledgeable person to talk to.
Working with Georgie for several months now has been an extreme pleasure.
It has allowed me to rethink how my ADHD can affect me and build tools to manage it and delve into how my ADHD is a part of me and see how it has shaped me.
She has been an incredible support for me while I transition careers and search for jobs.
I reached out to Georgie at a time when things weren’t going very well in my life. I was stuck and drowning in a sea of anxiety and stress related to time-management and organisational difficulties. It had come to the point where I was almost paralysed by simple everyday tasks, and it was starting to have a stark effect on my ability to meet the demands of everyday life and maintain relationships with friends and family.
Initially, I wasn’t sure whether coaching would be for me, as what I mostly wanted was help to understand how having undiagnosed ADHD has shaped my understanding of myself and what I have experienced in my life.
Georgie helped me to understand exactly that, explained how my brain functions, and helped me clarify areas in my life where I was disorganised, scattered, and not functioning to the best of my abilities.
I was given tools to cope with ADHD and to learn to function more easily. She explained that procrastination is rarely a matter of laziness – its root causes can involve anything from a fear of failure to an inability to confront a task with multiple, complex steps. Through her time tracking exercise, Georgie taught me how to gain an accurate estimate of how long tasks truly take. This gave me the confidence to plan my weekly schedule in a realistic way, rather than stacking everything in and becoming overwhelmed at the first hurdle.
The journaling exercise helped me to get to the root problem of my obsessive/intrusive thoughts that seemed to be on a loop and allowed me to slow down and gain insight into my thoughts and behaviours.
Overall, Georgie is a great coach; she really listens and provides practical strategies to reach achievable goals. Her coaching has enabled me to view day-to-day struggles in a different light and take a new approach to dealing with stress and overwhelm. This has made a real difference, and I cannot recommend Georgie highly enough!
Since being diagnosed last year with ADHD at 53, I have been struggling to come to terms with everything and it’s impacted my career and relationships.
I have been searching for the right kind of help and support and with Georgie I finally feel heard and supported – with new strategies and confidence for my future. Would highly reccomend her!
Georgie is the first person I’ve worked with who really understands me and the way my brain works.
GEORGIE
ADULT & ADOLESCENT ADHD COACH
WORK & REASONABLE ADJUSTMENTS ADVISER
EXECUTIVE & CORPORATE COACHING
CAREER COACH
EMPLOYER DISABILITY ADVISER
STUCKNESS SUPPORT
DIAGNOSED INATTENTIVE ADHD
LOCATION ~ YO19
Georgie was diagnosed with ADHD in 2019 at the age of 25 after years of treatment for depression and anxiety.
Since then she has become a ‘student of ADHD’ having tried multiple medications, undertaken many hours of ADHD coaching and therapy, researched the impact of exercise, nutrition and hormones on ADHD symptoms and is passionate about continuing to find new methods to thrive. Both to help herself, but also the clients she works with.
Georgie describes her life pre-diagnosis as being akin to a tale of two cities! On paper, she appeared to achieve great success with ease. The reality could not be further from that. She had pushed herself through in short bursts – setting herself up for severe periods of depression, anxiety and ‘stuckness’.
Georgie remembers feeling that there was something different about her from a young age. She found it hard to connect with children and gravitated towards adults, feeling as though she was looking at life through a long lens.
She was labelled as gifted as a child – academically brilliant (apart from Maths – she still does not understand how she managed to get an A in GCSE maths!) and was a talented dancer.
The wheels first really ‘came off’ when she made the transition from GCSEs to A levels – self study and long essays to write felt impossible. Her teachers and parents couldn’t understand and labelled her as lazy. Despite this, she achieved top grades due to her ability to cram at the very last minute.
Georgia’s first year at Durham University was a tough one – being away from the structures and routines of home and her treasured dance classes was destabilising. She had no idea where to begin with reading lists and it took her a while to connect with people. Her second year was easier as she had friends to help her with her course and to do revision and essays with her (body doubling in action). She also lived in a big shared house and reconnected with her passion for dance.
Her last year was a different story – she was isolated in a flat by herself and couldn’t work out how to write a dissertation. Quite simply, it was one of the worst years of her life but somehow she managed to hyperfocus on securing a training contract with one of the best law firms in the UK.
Georgie had suicidal thoughts in her final term partially due to the shame of not being able to write her dissertation and her future career depended on her achieving a 2:1.
At this point she was diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety and was given the summer to complete her degree. Funnily enough, Georgie still wrote the whole thing in 48 hours before the summer deadline.
Georgie is now determined to assist school and university students clients with navigating their studies – as this part of her life could have been so different if she had only known she just had a different brain.
Her law school experience was similar – when she was at home doing the first part of the course, there were of course challenges but she had a good support network and help with everyday living. In London, it was a different story – isolation, no one to help her with basic living needs so back to therapy she went and her law firm kindly gave her time off to manage exams from home.
The reality of being a trainee lawyer hit her like a freight train. She could not do basic admin tasks, prioritise, or gauge how long something would take her to do. She only performed well when she had something really ‘important’ to do and seemed to thrive on deal closings.
The depression cycle continued until she was diagnosed with inattentive ADHD at the beginning of her employment law seat. Medication seemed to turn a light on in her brain and she felt so much more capable.
Beforehand, she had used alcohol and other drugs to manage her symptoms but now feels passionately about helping others who have turned to substances to manage their symptoms as there is a much healthier and happier life on the other side of relying on unhealthy coping mechanisms.
As an employment lawyer, Georgie has guided clients through particularly difficult corporate re-organisations, redundancies and exits. She found the value in her work in the soft skills required to achieve the best possible results for her clients.
Georgie has undertaken extensive charity work within the legal sphere, from mentoring A level students to completing a secondment with a legal advice centre assisting clients with debt struggles. Through these experiences, Georgie has developed a passion for assisting clients where they are, as she sees brilliance in every person, it is a matter of unlocking their potential and finding the right environment for them.
She strives to direct and nurture energy into whatever her clients seek – whether that be passing an exam, a career change or re-framing ADHD traits.
Georgie supports clients through Access to Work applications and can support employers implement accommodations from a coaching and employment law and HR perspective.
Georgie believes in a holistic approach to coaching and can utilise creative techniques, including breathwork, tapping and other somatic methods to assist clients get out of their busy brains and into action if required.
Georgie can offer 1:1 coaching online and face to face. She splits her time between York and London.
Qualifications
- Diploma in Life Coaching with Distinction Level 3 ACCPH 2023
- Solicitor (England & Wales) 2020
- Member of the Employment Lawyers Association 2020
- Politics (BA Hons) Durham University 2014
See what Georgies’s previous clients have said …
After years of talking to various therapists, counsellors and mental health professionals, Georgie was the first person who, perhaps as a result of her own experiences, seemed to truly understand and relate to the struggles I had been facing.
More than just sympathising, however, with her knowledge and experience in the area she was able to give me specific, actionable steps to work towards improving my situation, which was exactly what I needed at the time.
Her willingness to forgo the sofa and stomp through the Yorkshire countryside during our sessions was a revelation, and I will forever be grateful for the help she has given me.
I only had three sessions with Georgie but, because she is flexible, that was ok with her and it was all I needed.
She was very knowledgeable about ADHD and the way it affects the brain, which helped me understand myself much better and feel like what was happening to me was normal.
It really helped to talk to someone who could relate to my issues and understand them fully. She introduced me to a new technique called tapping which has helped relieve tension in my nervous system when I’m anxious or unfocussed.
Just by talking, she helped me reframe some of the barriers I was facing until I realised they were only mental blocks, not real ones, and then I could leave them behind. A very understanding and knowledgeable person to talk to.
Working with Georgie for several months now has been an extreme pleasure.
It has allowed me to rethink how my ADHD can affect me and build tools to manage it and delve into how my ADHD is a part of me and see how it has shaped me.
She has been an incredible support for me while I transition careers and search for jobs.
I reached out to Georgie at a time when things weren’t going very well in my life. I was stuck and drowning in a sea of anxiety and stress related to time-management and organisational difficulties. It had come to the point where I was almost paralysed by simple everyday tasks, and it was starting to have a stark effect on my ability to meet the demands of everyday life and maintain relationships with friends and family.
Initially, I wasn’t sure whether coaching would be for me, as what I mostly wanted was help to understand how having undiagnosed ADHD has shaped my understanding of myself and what I have experienced in my life.
Georgie helped me to understand exactly that, explained how my brain functions, and helped me clarify areas in my life where I was disorganised, scattered, and not functioning to the best of my abilities.
I was given tools to cope with ADHD and to learn to function more easily. She explained that procrastination is rarely a matter of laziness – its root causes can involve anything from a fear of failure to an inability to confront a task with multiple, complex steps. Through her time tracking exercise, Georgie taught me how to gain an accurate estimate of how long tasks truly take. This gave me the confidence to plan my weekly schedule in a realistic way, rather than stacking everything in and becoming overwhelmed at the first hurdle.
The journaling exercise helped me to get to the root problem of my obsessive/intrusive thoughts that seemed to be on a loop and allowed me to slow down and gain insight into my thoughts and behaviours.
Overall, Georgie is a great coach; she really listens and provides practical strategies to reach achievable goals. Her coaching has enabled me to view day-to-day struggles in a different light and take a new approach to dealing with stress and overwhelm. This has made a real difference, and I cannot recommend Georgie highly enough!
Since being diagnosed last year with ADHD at 53, I have been struggling to come to terms with everything and it’s impacted my career and relationships.
I have been searching for the right kind of help and support and with Georgie I finally feel heard and supported – with new strategies and confidence for my future. Would highly reccomend her!
Georgie is the first person I’ve worked with who really understands me and the way my brain works.