Nervous System and Somatic Coaching for ADHD & AuDHD Adults who are deeply driven but deeply drained
Build a life that no longer costs you your regulation, energy, or sense of self.
Most coaching skips the nervous system and body entirely. We don't.
If you've spent years pushing through, performing competence, and figuring it out in your head. You already know that information alone doesn't create lasting change. Insight isn't enough when your nervous system is still running old patterns.
This work goes deeper. Together, we explore how your experiences, habits, and blocks show up not just in your thoughts, but in your body, in real time. That's where the real leverage is.
You'll build a clearer relationship with your own internal signals, understand what your nervous system actually needs, and start taking steps that feel grounded in your capacity and strengths.
Book a free discovery call to see if this feels like a good fit. No pressure, no pitch.
What working together looks like
We meet 1:1 virtually, in sessions that are typically 60–90 minutes. I build in buffer time so we're not watching the clock — if we're in the middle of something important, I'd rather we finish the thread than stop abruptly.
The work is personalized to you: your nervous system, your patterns, your goals. Sessions weave together education about how your nervous system works with somatic inquiry — meaning we slow down and pay attention to what's actually happening in your body, not just your thoughts.
If connecting with your body feels difficult or unfamiliar, that's okay. We start exactly where you are.
Between sessions, you have access to asynchronous messaging for reflection, questions, or just staying connected to the work when life gets full.
This isn't a framework you fit yourself into. It's built around your capacity, your pace, and what sustainable change actually looks like for you.
Parenting
Parenting as a neurodivergent adult is layered. Your own wounds may get triggered, and your strong-willed, often neurodivergent child needs you to be their steady anchor. I help you regulate your nervous system, break cycles of reactivity, and nurture your child’s strengths so they can thrive as their authentic self — all while making sure your needs are honored too.
Relationships
Many late-diagnosed adults struggle with knowing what their needs are, let alone expressing them. This can lead to masking, people-pleasing, or simmering resentment. I help you identify, honor, and communicate your needs so you can build relationships rooted in safety, authenticity, and mutual respect.
Career
For neurodivergent adults, work struggles often go deeper than just “time management.” Perfectionism, procrastination, and task paralysis can keep you stuck — even when you know what needs to get done. I help you untangle these patterns so you can work with your brain (not against it) and create a career path that feels sustainable and aligned.
Thriving as You
You’ve carried the weight of shame, masking, and self-doubt for so long. This is your space to exhale, release old stories, and come home to yourself. When you stop hiding and start living as your full self, meaningful shifts occur — you find clarity, confidence, and the freedom to create a life that finally feels like yours.
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Nervous system-led
Our nervous systems carry subconscious patterns that often keep us feeling stuck. You’ll learn to recognize your body’s different nervous system states and build tools and the capacity to move between them safely and with awareness.
Compassionate exploration of your protective patterns
We’ll look at the patterns that feel like they're keeping you stuck and meet them with curiosity and compassion, not shame. Because self-compassion is where real transformation begins.
Building Somatic Awareness
By bringing your attention to your body, we gently rebuild your relationship with your sensations and emotions so they can guide, support, and help you rebuild self-trust.
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“Trauma-informed” can mean different things, so I want to be clear about what I mean when I say my coaching is trauma-informed.
When I say my coaching is trauma-informed, I mean I understand how complex trauma shapes the nervous system, influences subconscious beliefs, and creates patterns that show up in thoughts, emotion, and behavior. My approach helps you notice these patterns safely, so you can shift them without judgment and build self-trust. In my coaching, achieving goals isn’t about pushing harder. It’s about learning and embodying the skills to create an internal sense of safety so you can respond, connect, and thrive from a place of clarity rather than survival.
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My 1:1 sessions are typically 60–90 minutes. The rate is $175 per session.
A number of sliding scale spots are available to support accessibility. Please reach out if that would be helpful for you.
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Both coaching and therapy support personal growth, resilience, and skill-building. The key difference is that therapy addresses and diagnoses mental health conditions and past trauma, while coaching does not. Therapists are trained and licensed to treat mental health disorders. Coaches, on the other hand, use specialized approaches or unique expertise to help individuals identify strengths, clarify goals, and take actionable steps toward change.
I see coaching as an essential form of support — especially when you're ready to move from insight into action. Coaching helps you integrate what you know into everyday choices and behavior shifts. For many people, working with both a therapist and a coach can be a powerful combination: therapy to support mental health and trauma processing, and coaching to support growth, self-trust, and behavioral change.
In coaching, we work as equals. You are the expert on your inner world, and my role is to provide a safe, nonjudgmental space where you can reconnect with your intuition, explore all parts of yourself, and discover tools that support your unique brain and nervous system. My approach is rooted in somatic awareness — meaning we pay attention not just to thoughts and patterns, but to what your body is already telling you. When your body feels safe and supported, the answers and solutions already within you can finally emerge, and new possibilities come into view.
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You do not have to be officially diagnosed with ADHD or be AuDHD to work with me. I am especially passionate about working with individuals who want to feel rooted in their bodies and who are ready to experience their emotional sensitivity as a source of wisdom rather than something to manage. The best way to see if we are a good fit is to book a discovery call.
On the outside, I looked like I had it all together — professor, master’s degree in biology, family, home. But inside, I was exhausted from running, always feeling like I was falling behind. No matter how much I achieved, it was never enough. I was never enough.
I spent years struggling with procrastination, perfectionism, and burnout — unaware that these were signs of masking my ADHD and autistic traits. Later, I also discovered I have aphantasia — my brain doesn’t form mental images — and suddenly, my lifelong struggles with executive functioning made sense. Even after years of therapy and countless books on psychology, ADHD, and autism, I still felt stuck. Parenting added another layer of challenge. I often felt overwhelmed and guilty, unsure how to meet my children’s needs while managing my own.
Things began to shift when I started working with an ADHD coach and began developing my interoceptive awareness (awareness of my inner sensations). Through compassionate, trauma-informed coaching, nervous system regulation, and somatic practices, I finally experienced what it felt like to be safe in my own body. For the first time, I slowed down and realized my patterns — procrastination, people-pleasing, hyper-independence — weren’t flaws. They were my body’s way of protecting me. I was never broken. It all made sense.
Healing isn’t just about understanding your past — it’s about building safety, trust, and connection in the present so you can create new possibilities for the future. More clarity doesn’t usually come from thinking harder. It comes from listening to the sensations in your body and from taking action towards the things that make you feel alive. The challenging part is that we often need support to help us take that action.
It is my goal as a mindset and somatics coach to support other empaths and late-diagnosed ADHD and AuDHD adults to rebuild an internal sense of safety, reconnect with their bodies, and move forward without leaving themselves behind. It’s possible to build nourishing relationships, thrive in life and career, and be the parent your children truly need.
I’m a half-Japanese, queer, nonbinary person, partner, and a mother of two young children. Outside of coaching, I love traveling, good food, and recharging in nature.
I look forward to supporting you on your journey,
Risa
About Risa
