Welcome! I’m Annie.
I've got ADHD (and a bunch of other neuro-atypical quirks).
I'm also an Executive ADHD & Neurodiversity Coach.
I work with ambitious neurodivergent professionals to leverage their unique wiring, step into who they are, understand what they need, and thrive.
Group Coaching Programme for professionals with ADHD
Next group starting 17 OCTOBER 2024
Join our 8 week personal and professional development programme for bright sparks with ADHD and other neurodiversities.
Leverage off the good stuff that being neurodivergent can be, while learning how to manage the challenges, and practice new skills to enhance your professional and personal life - with others who get it.
Take the ADHD inventory
Take stock of where your ADHD/Executive Functioning impacts your life and work and, the good news, where and how you can make some changes right now!
Who you really are is the one thing you own and the one thing that makes you different.
Own it. Be it. Use it.
Learn how to turn your neurodiversity into your competitive advantage
Your brilliant brain is uniquely yours. Together we’ll understand how your neurodivergence plays out for you, identify your strengths and create bespoke support structures and plans to achieve your goals.
In the news and interviews
"The dark side to remote and hybrid working can really affect those of us with ADHD"
... But the concept of ‘body doubling’ is nothing new: People are more likely to stay focused on work if they know others are keeping an eye on them. I spoke with Susana Lei'ataua on RNZ's Sunday Mornings, about the principle and its link to ADHD treatment.
"I’ve literally got reminders in my house. In my office here, by the coffee machine. [Managing ADHD] is about accepting that this is a mercurial condition. It’s going to be up, it’s going to be down. And so I go as far as asking myself questions on these reminder notes: “Annie, where are you at in the [adhd] cycle?” It’s about disrupting the adhd symptoms - and visual disrupters are a really powerful tool for those of us with ADHD."
It was awesome to speak with ADHD podcaster Katy Weber about underachievement, ADHD as a woman GenXer, strategies like self-enquiry and ways to 'disrupt' paralysis and rumination, and the value of the Māori definition of ADHD "Aroreretini".
“[bodydoubling].. can be really anchoring for an ADHD person, particularly if they’re hyperactive. So that’s physically anchoring, but also anchoring in terms of attention.”
I spoke with NZ Herald about the struggle with task initiation for those of us with ADHD... sharing how it can be described as a wall of resistance, which sometimes feels like a “physical paralysis”.
Hear me get ADHD enthusiastic with fellow neurodivergent and podcaster, George Nursey. We geek out on the advantages of a late diagnosis, the effects of medication on disrupting negative self-appraisal, and the importance of neuro-diversity in schools, workplaces, and society as a whole. Just like bio-diversity!
Coast Access Radio's Nikki and I sat down to chat about the exciting evolution that needs to happen in workplaces so they can retain more brilliant, interesting talent, and have a competitive advantage.
Here I was, almost 50. That moment of relief. Finally, many of my own challenges made sense.
I’ve been coaching ambitious business owners, leaders and professionals since 2015, but there was always a missing link for me in my own work.
Then, at the age of 49, I received my diagnosis of ADHD. And everything changed.
Let’s keep in touch
I won't jam your inbox up.
My emails are consistently inconsistent.
Annie Romanos is an Executive ADHD & Neurodiversity coach based in Kāpiti, New Zealand, supporting neurodivergent bright sparks worldwide.
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But I'm not a consistent poster. Sporadic uploading is my m.o. in order to support self regulation and avoid problematic scrolling. It's like not having chocolate or sweets in the pantry.
