FIND YOUR FOCUS

With mindfulness-based ADHD coaching.

When you have ADHD, it’s common to struggle with:

  • procrastination

  • time management

  • long-term planning

Whether you’re drowning in to-do lists or you just haven’t been able to make a dent in an important project, we’ll create an actionable and personalized strategy so you can focus on what matters most. We’ll work together to replace the mental chaos with a centered calm that will allow you to bring ease and joy back into your day.

MEET YOUR COACH

  • I’m Alexandra Schoenborn - Certified Professional Life Coach and Zen Buddhist practitioner.

    Before finding life coaching and Zen Buddhism, I felt trapped by my ADHD brain. For as long as I can remember, I was full of big ideas and exciting goals that I dreamed of accomplishing, but I couldn’t get myself to actually start. I would pore over self-help books, videos, and pdfs, but nothing seemed to work.

    I began to work with a life coach, who helped me see that change was possible. Simultaneously, I deepened my practice of Zen Buddhism, eventually living full-time in a temple for a year. Seeing a connection between what was working for me in coaching and the benefits of my Zen practice, I became a Certified Professional Life Coach so that I could use what I’d learned to help others just like me struggling with ADHD.

    Joriki is a Zen term used to describe the stabilizing energy that arises from a state of deep concentration. My life coaching practice, Joriki Coaching, uses Zen principles to help clients with ADHD to find the focus and calm they need to get unstuck and take ownership over their lives.

MY APPROACH

Collaboration

Your self-knowledge is the most important information in a coaching session. I use active listening and insightful questions to bring out your knowledge and apply it to any difficulties that you bring to our session.

Curiosity

Together we approach your problems with an exploratory mindset that builds on progress and avoids “all or nothing” thinking.

Compassion

Opening up about your deepest struggles requires a tremendous amount of vulnerability and courage. I do my best to create a warm and compassionate environment so that you feel supported throughout your coaching journey.

Presence

My Zen background helps me stay fully present for my clients in each session, fostering an environment in which clients also become fully present and cultivate an awareness that is essential to the coaching process.

CHANGE IS POSSIBLE.

ADHD can make it feel nearly impossible to even get started on your most important goals, but once you have a system that helps you stay consistent, focused, and emotionally regulated, your unique gifts will finally have room to thrive. You can end the cycle of guilt and procrastination and start living with purpose and intention.

Change isn’t easy, but having someone to guide you can be the difference between settling for where you are right now and getting to where you want to be.

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