ADHD Business Coaching & Mentoring
The UPlift.
Structured support for a sparky brain
Business strategy that works with your
ADHD or sparky-brain
If you've been trying to run your business through systems and frameworks you’re starting to realise are just not a good fit for you, and that’s likely why it all feels so much harder than it should, you're in exactly the right place.
ADHD business coaching and mentoring helps businesswomen align strategy, decision-making, and implementation with how your brain actually works, not how traditional business advice says you should, because that rarely works out well for us.
ADHD business coaching and mentoring with me happens through The REwire Method™ - my integrated approach to strategy and self-leadership for sparky-brained businesswomen. There are several ways to work together depending on where you are, which you can explore on my Work With Me page.
This specific page is about The UPlift - my coaching and mentoring service for women who want support to tame priority pinball and refine, prioritise, and implement your ideas to create momentum.
You already know you're talented. That's not the problem.
You've built something real. Your clients rate you highly. You care deeply about the work you do and the difference you make.
But running the business side of things? Making choices and decisions about where to focus? Staying with an idea from inception to completion without revamping it 27 times? Some days it feels like trying to play chess on a scrabble board.
You're not doing it wrong. You’re trying to do it in ways that were never designed for your fast-moving, sparky ADHD brain, your strengths, or your natural way of working.
If any of these feel uncomfortably familiar, keep reading…
Popcorn Brain
Your notes app has seventeen half-developed concepts in it. You sat down to update your website and emerged ninety minutes later having designed an entirely new service - which feels like a brilliant idea, by the way.
The problem isn't creativity. You have that in abundance. It's knowing which idea deserves your energy and attention right now, next, later - or not at all.
Priority Pinball
You end the day tired and having done a lot, but with a quiet, nagging sense that none of it quite moved the needle. There seemed to be so many urgent things that devoured the day… and your focus shifted before momentum built.
You're not undisciplined. You're running on a brain that finds consistent follow-through genuinely, difficult, and nobody ever told you that's what was happening.
Confidence See-Saw
One day: this is brilliant and you're exactly the right person to do it. The next: a competitor's post or a sales conversation that didn’t quite land and you're wondering who the hell you think you are. Praise is Teflon. Criticism is Velcro.
The self-trust you need to charge for the value you create, to back yourself fully, and stop second-guessing every decision is so elusive, you often feel it’s all pointless.
These three things together, Popcorn Brain, Priority Pinball, Confidence See-Saw, are what I call Perpetual Potential.
This is such a common experience for women with ADHD or fast-thinking, non-linear brains in business. It’s a maddeningly frustrating (and confidence sapping) gap between what you know you're capable of and what you're actually achieving. It's not a character flaw. It's what happens when a sparky-brained ADHDer runs a business through a framework built for a very different kind of wiring.
Then there are the business challenges of ADHD we need to acknowledge and work through.
Popcorn Brain, Priority Pinball, and the Confidence See-Saw are the ones you probably recognise immediately. But there are others - quieter, more specific, more tied to the particular experience of running a business with a sparky brain.
The self-worth wound.
Decades of "too much / not enough" leave a mark — not just as self-doubt, but as a deeper erosion of the belief that your judgment can be trusted and that you deserve to charge for the value your work delivers. It's why standard confidence coaching doesn't work for most sparkies: praise is Teflon, criticism is Velcro, and the internal scaffolding that would let positive feedback integrate was worn down long before you launched your business.
The comparison trap - & the Burrs in your Fur.
You know you shouldn't compare yourself to others. And then you spend twenty minutes on a competitor's website and emerge feeling like you've achieved nothing and should probably just go and get a job. I call what clings afterwards the Burrs in your Fur - the self-doubt that sticks when you've gone too deep, derailing days, decisions and entire directions.
Quiet isolation
All the thinking, all the deciding, all the delivering without a sounding board who understands both how you're wired and what it actually takes to build a business. And we have less emotional energy than most, despite what your ability to hyperfocus might suggest.
Time Blindness and the All or Nothing Trap
Either a project has your complete hyperfocused attention, or it doesn't exist. The middle range, consistent, sustainable, moderate effort, is like a far-off magical land, which makes the standard advice about "showing up consistently" feel obvious… and pretty much impossible (and why I much prefer the concept of dedication for us instead).
Rejection Sensitivity
A client doesn't respond. A proposal doesn't convert. Someone unsubscribes from the newsletter you crafted with such care, and it lands like confirmation of everything the inner critic has been saying. Rejection sensitivity dysphoria is real, it's disproportionate to the trigger, and it's exhausting to manage when you're also trying to run a business.
The Shiny Systems Trap
The promise of the right system. the one that will finally make everything click into place, is genuinely compelling for a brain wired for novelty. So you set it up, feel the lovely dopamine hit, and somewhere between day three and ten… goneski. Not because you're lazy or undisciplined, but because it wasn't built for your brain — and the gap it was trying to fill is usually a self-knowledge gap, not a systems gap.
The right ADHD business support doesn't give you another system to abandon or another calendar to fill or formula to follow. It helps you understand how you actually work, so you can build approaches that fit who you are and how you best work.
I know this because I am you!
Or at least, I was - for over twenty years, running businesses while my brain did all of the above and I had absolutely no framework for why.
I was very-late diagnosed with ADHD at 53. After my then-teenage daughter received her diagnosis, I sat with the information for about forty-eight hours before the penny dropped with a very loud clang and I sought my own.
When it was confirmed that I too, had a differently wired brain the relief was enormous. So was the grief. And then came the very belated 'oh - THAT'S why.'
The idea avalanches. The hyperfocus rabbit holes. The energy spikes and crashes. The years of quietly wondering if I was just not quite cut out for being in business - when actually, I'd been trying to run at full capacity through systems that weren't built for me.
That ADHD diagnosis changed how I work, how I lead, and most importantly, how I help my clients.
I'm Angela Raspass, strategist, ADHD business coach and mentor.
I bring together more than two decades of business strategy experience, lived ADHD insight, and formal ADHD coach training through Gold Mind Academy in the UK.
I help late-diagnosed or self-recognised ADHD and sparky-brained women reshape the business that has felt harder to grow, sustain, or trust than it should.
Most business coaches don't truly understand ADHD. Most ADHD coaches haven't built businesses beyond their own practice.
I sit at the intersection of both.
If you're reading this thinking "she's describing my actual life", that recognition is worth trusting. It's usually the moment my clients say everything started to change.
Let’s have a conversation…
Here's what makes ADHD business coaching and mentoring with me different.
A lot of business coaching assumes your brain works in a particular way. Mine doesn’t, and if you’re here, yours probably doesn’t either.
So before we touch strategy, offers, positioning, or marketing, we start with you.
We begin with your Spark Advantage Profile.
This is the foundation of my work, a deep, personalised profile that draws together your strengths, values, business background, working style, Enneagram, executive functions, self-leadership, and the patterns that both drive you forward and quietly trip you up.
Clients consistently tell me that receiving their Spark Advantage Profile is the first time they’ve felt fully reflected back without judgement. It also means we can spend our time together where it matters most, because you already feel seen and understood.
From there, we ensure our strategy works with your sparky-brained wiring and strengths.
In UPlift, that means drawing on the same core elements that sit inside the Business Fit component of The REwire Method™.
This is where we look closely at the core pieces of your business through a more sparky-friendly lens. That might include your:
ideal clients
positioning
offers
pricing
messaging
marketing
visibility strategy
systems and support structures
or the way your whole business model hangs together. We develop and apply them over time, in a way that gives you space to build clarity, momentum, and follow-through with support alongside you.
I promise: no generic formulas, no one-size-fits-all strategies, and no “let’s just do what worked for this other person.”
Anything we reshape is grounded in who you actually are and how you actually work.
And we work inside a container that makes your ADHD brain happy.
One of my clients described it perfectly: she needed someone who could “contain her with fuzzy barriers” and reflect things back honestly, in a way her brain wouldn’t simply reject and wander away from.
That’s the heart of our work. Warm and connected enough for you to feel safe and open. Structured enough to hold the focus we need. Honest enough to tell you when it’s time to let something go, and when the thing you’ve been dismissing is actually the gold that deserves to be developed.
"I'd been spinning my wheels for two years trying to massage a multitude of ideas into something marketable. I'd tried a couple of other coaches but they didn't resonate with my energy or my sparky brain. Then I came to a couple of Angela's breakfasts and thought - this is the person. We're an energetic match. She was saying things I say, in ways I understood.
What I needed was someone who could contain me with fuzzy barriers, reflect things back honestly, and do it in a way that my brain wouldn't just reject and go off on its own path anyway and I was pretty sure I'd found her.
The Spark Advantage Profile Angela gave me before our in person strategy day was the first thing that settled my nervous system - it fully captured who I am, which meant I didn't have to spend the day explaining myself. From there, Angela kept bringing me back to what mattered without making me feel overwhelmed. Stretched, for sure, but never too far. I have a path now, and I'm on it.”.
Tammie Horton
Speaker, Educator & Identity Alchemist
How The UPlift ADHD Business Coaching and Mentoring Works
UPlift is a three-phase experience, personalised, structured, and designed to work with your sparky brain.
Phase One: The Foundation
We start with you.
In advance of our strategy session you'll complete a series of assessments that help me wrap my head and heart around your business background and develop your Spark Advantage Profile - the foundation everything else is built on.
Phase Two: The Plan
With your foundation solid, we turn to your business.
In a two-hour virtual strategy session, we map where you want to go, identify what's in the way, confirm your goals, and agree on the priorities.
This is all about making sure we tackle what’s most important to you and ensure we have a plan built around your personal wiring, strengths, and vision.
Phase Three: The Coaching & Mentoring Support
This is where clarity becomes momentum.
The UPLift comes with a five hour block of time that you use as and when you need it.
Want a quick sense check on an opportunity? Book a 15 minute slot.
Want to really double down on structuring an important proposal? A 90 minute session is waiting for you.
Need to unpack a raging RSD experience that’s threatening to derail you? before it takes you apart? An emergency 30 minute conversation is what you need.
I’ll move between coaching, mentoring, and consulting. Sometimes you need a sounding board. Sometimes you need a strategist. Sometimes you need someone to give you direction on what to do next, a thinking partner who already knows you and your business deeply.
What you don’t need are rigid, fortnightly one hour sessions with no wriggle room!
And BONUS - between sessions you have optional Voxer access - a great voice messaging app we use so when something comes up, a decision needs a sounding board, or you simply need to think out loud, you send me a voice message and I’ll reply as quickly as I can.
Extra points to note
If you’re a fellow late-diagnosed ADHDer, our first session is often dedicated to ADHD education, exploring the specific ways your sparky brain shows up in business, and the tools and resources that will be most useful for you. This helps anchor you in new awareness to spot and manage habits and patterns when they emerge in your day to day work..
And after our initial engagement? Many clients continue with flexible ongoing support - five or ten-hour blocks you contiunue to use as you need them, for the decisions, challenges and opportunities that keep arriving as your business grows.
The Business Sweet Spot Mastermind - a strategic community I co-lead with my friend and colleague, digital strategist Leanne O'Sullivan is a great next step too - It's designed with sparky brains in mind. Whilst you’re an active ADHD Business Coaching/Mentoring client, you’ll have complimentary invitations to the monthly BSS virtual Masterclasses.
Do you need an ADHD Diagnosis to work with me?
No you don’t.
Some of my clients have a formal diagnosis - often received rather late in life. Some have recently self-identified after years of wondering why they work the way they do. Some simply know their brain has always moved fast, generated ideas constantly, and found consistency elusive, and they're over trying to force it into someone else's framework.
What they all have in common is a recognition, sometimes relief, sometimes grief, sometimes both, when they see their experience described accurately often for the first time, and realise they’re not alone and that there’s nothing wrong with them!
If you're feeling something similar, that recognition is real. Trust it.
Leanne Shelton
Founder Human Edge AI
"As a fellow Sparky Brain/ADHD’er, I knew Angela would get me without needing justification for how I jump from thing to thing. There was no judgment; rather, it was like having a light shone on my business - 'Have you thought of this? – She invited me to give my time and energy to the things that most mattered. Our mentoring time together just flew by, and I had so much more clarity. Angela gave me the bigger picture and helped me to see how to fit all the pieces together before going into the nitty-gritty.
She’s helped me to develop a great action plan which I can now take deeper – it was a fantastic experience!”.
Your investment in The UPlift: $2,995 + GST.
Before we get started, I’ll send you a complimentary copy of my book, Your Next Chapter.
NEW EDITION! Now with a late-diagnosed ADHD lens and all the new understanding that delivers.
This updated edition is now infused with the sparky-brained lens and awareness I didn't have when I first wrote it - but I've lived into since my diagnosis.
“Angela has created something truly special with this updated edition of Your Next Chapter. When I first read the original book, long before Angela understood her brain through the lens of ADHD, I remember thinking, “This woman understands me.” So much of her insight spoke directly to my own experience as a late-diagnosed ADHD businesswoman. Now, with the benefit of her diagnosis and a deeper understanding of her “sparky-brained” wiring, Angela’s wisdom lands with even more clarity, compassion, and resonance”.
Patricia Falcetta - OAM
Speaker, Trainer & Founder of Social Living Solutions
Have you found your next step?
If something on this page made you exhale a little, let’s connect and talk about it.
Book a Connection Call - we’ll work out the best next step for you.
Not quite ready?
Start with a single session.
Some women want to experience how we'd work together before stepping into a longer container, and that's exactly what Action & Traction is for. Bring the challenge. Leave with clarity. One 75-minute strategy session focused on the thing you've been circling, with two weeks of Voxer support afterwards so the traction builds once the session ends.
And if you're at the other end of the spectrum, ready for the deepest version of this work in an immersive day, The REwire Intensive is where The REwire Method™ takes its fullest form.
Helen McHugh
Founder Nurturing Nurses
"I’d been trying to launch my business for what felt like forever, but I just couldn’t get unstuck. I realised that, before I could focus on my business, I needed support with my ADHD. When I heard Angela on Tracy Otsuka’s podcast, I instantly felt she was the right fit.
Angela not only has extensive experience with business strategy, but she also understands ADHD firsthand and is in the recovery community. Her heart, humour, and expertise make her easy to work with, and you always feel she’s got you – even when your head is spinning.
I’m truly grateful I invested in her services; she provides incredible value and makes the journey enjoyable and impactful!”.
Bec Higgins
Leadership & ADHD Coach
“I signed up for a strategic planning day and three months of coaching with Angela. The planning day was incredible - her tailored assessments created space for deep clarity and creative exploration. My ADHD brain was buzzing the whole drive home! As a fellow sparky-brained soul, my biggest challenge is staying on track. Angela's follow-up sessions provided exactly the structure and accountability I needed, always arriving at just the right moment.
While I initially hesitated at the investment, I quickly realised the value far exceeded the cost. I wholeheartedly recommend Angela to sparky-brained souls who need structure to turn ideas into action. She has a unique gift for combining strategic insight with genuine empathy”.
You may have heard me on these podcasts…
Talking about ADHD, business and self-leadership.
ADHD for Smart Ass Women (USA) - with Tracy Otsuka
The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast (UK) - with Kate Moryoussef
ADHDifference (NZ) - with Julie Legg
True Power Podcast (Australia) — with Cassandra Goodman
Click on each cover to listen to the episode.
ADHD BUSINESS COACHING FAQ’S
Common questions about working with an
ADHD Business Coach and Mentor
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ADHD business coaching and mentoring sits at the intersection of two things that are rarely combined well: a genuine understanding of how the ADHD brain works (with lived experience the icing on the cake) , and real-world business strategy expertise.
It's not therapy - we're not processing the past. It's not generic productivity coaching - I’m not giving you another system to embrace enthusiastically and then quietly abandon by Thursday (been there and got the tee-shirt… MANY times) And it's not standard business coaching with an ADHD disclaimer bolted on.
ADHD business coaching starts with understanding your specific wiring, your executive function profile, your strengths, your patterns, your particular flavour of Popcorn Brain, Priority Pinball, and the Confidence See-Saw experience, and then builds business strategy, positioning, pricing, and marketing directly from that foundation.
The goal isn't to help you manage your ADHD so you can run a normal business. It's to help you shape a business that's designed around how you actually work so you stop fighting yourself and start building something that genuinely fits. That’s why I always start our work together with developing your Spark Advantage Profile - the person, not the plan.
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No, you don't need a diagnosis. Many of my clients are “sparky-brained women” who've never pursued formal assessment but recognise themselves in the patterns - the scattered focus, the brilliant ideas that don't quite land, the confidence that seesaws between "I've got this!" and "What was I thinking?"
If you identify with the challenges and strengths I describe, my ADHD-informed approach will serve you beautifully whether you have a diagnosis, are in the process of seeking one, or simply know your brain works differently.
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Traditional business coaching naturally assumes your brain works in a linear, neurotypical way. The advice often sounds like: "Be consistent." "Focus on one thing." "Create a detailed plan and stick to it."
For ADHD brains, that's like asking a fish to climb a tree! It's also a recipe for the gradual eroding of our confidence and enthusiasm.
ADHD business coaching and mentoring recognises that your brain is wired differently - and that's not a bug, it's a feature. We design strategies that work WITH your natural strengths, patterns and wiring. We acknowledge challenges like Priority Pinball and Popcorn Brain while leveraging your rapid ideation, creative problem-solving, and big-picture thinking.
Strategy doesn't stick without self-leadership - and self-leadership starts with understanding how YOUR brain actually works.
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ADHD coaches are often brilliant at helping with executive function skills, emotional regulation, and daily life management. But they haven't necessarily built businesses beyond their own practice or worked with the breadth of industries I have. That can make it harder to develop service suites, navigate pricing strategy, or crystallise invisible expertise into sellable offers.
I bring more than two decades of business strategy experience - starting and growing my marketing agency from my solo desk to a small team of 5, co-running a boat-share business, consulting to accounting associations across Australia and New Zealand and more. I've been in the trenches of business ownership both pre- and post-diagnosis (and woah, there IS a difference!)
With me, you're not just getting ADHD support. You're getting seasoned strategic expertise from someone who knows what it's like to build a business with a sparky brain.
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Many of my clients are sparky-brained (the descriptor I created to describe how we think and operate even before we realise we have different wiring) or know they have ADHD. Others aren't. What they share is a commitment to doing business differently - building something that serves, rather than consumes them.
I bring an ADHD-informed lens to all my work because understanding neurodivergence makes me a better strategist for everyone. But you don’t have to be neurodivergent to benefit from working with me.
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This is the description used by Gold Mind Academy in the UK, where I completed my Certificate in ADHD-Informed Coaching (ICF-accredited). It signifies specialised training that bridges traditional coaching with neurodiversity-affirming care.
And to me, it also means I customise HOW we work together to suit your brain, not just WHAT we work on.
For example:
If you hyperfocus and then over-edit, we build in green lights to help you ship an idea, not perfect it
If decision paralysis keeps you stuck, we use frameworks like "Now, Next, Later" to navigate priority pinball
If you struggle with follow-through, we design personal "Tadpole Nibbling" and "Reverse Gapping" philosophies, to work in tandem with action plans
If Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD) colours your experience, we unpack when and how it impacts you and find an affirming path through with tools like "The Fabulous File" and the "Inner Critic Decoder"
My late-stage diagnosis and formal training have added extra layers to the strategic work I've been offering for more than two decades.
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It has many layers! But my core philosophy is simple: Strategy doesn't stick without self-leadership.
You can have the most brilliant business strategy in the world, but if you don't understand your own patterns, strengths, and triggers - if you're constantly fighting your brain instead of working with it - nothing will stick.
That's why my approach integrates:
Strategic clarity (knowing what to focus on and why)
Self-leadership foundations (understanding your brain, emotions, and patterns)
Customised implementation (designing systems that actually work for YOU)
We start with your Spark Advantage Profile to map where you naturally thrive, what drains you, and where you get trapped. Then we focus on reshaping your business to ensure it’s a better fit for you.
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Yes - because we're not starting with a system. We're starting with YOU.
Most productivity systems are designed for neurotypical brains. When they don't work for you, it's easy to think "I'm the problem." But that's just not true - you've just been using the wrong tools. If I had a dollar for every planner, app, program, and solution I've tried that I was sure would "finally fix me", I could retire already!
That's why we build a personal-to-you approach based on:
How YOUR brain actually works
What energises vs. drains you
Your values, strengths, and vision
What you're actually trying to achieve
Some of my clients thrive with structure. Others need flexibility. Some need external accountability; others need autonomy. There's no one-size-fits-all - and that's exactly the point.
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My honest answer? It depends on a lot of factors.
But here's what ALL my clients can expect:
Deep listening - I'll ask questions that help you see your own brilliance
Strategic clarity - We'll cut through the noise and identify what actually matters
Personalisation - Everything we create together is designed for YOUR brain and business - I will always meet you where you are at
Challenge AND support - I'll push you forward while holding space for how you work
Practical tools - You'll have access to proven frameworks, not just enjoyable conversations
This is a strategic partnership designed to help you build a business that serves you and your sparky brain just as much as you serve your clients.
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Some shifts happen immediately. Others take time.
After an Action & Traction session you'll walk away with clarity on your next strategic move. After The REwire Intensive, you'll have a roadmap for your next chapter. Inside The UPlift, we're working on implementation and growth.
I can't promise overnight transformations or specific $$$ results - and I never do, because that would demand a crystal ball. What I will promise is that you'll stop fighting your brain and start working with it. You'll replace constant busyness with clarity and momentum. And you'll build a business that feels like you - not like someone else's template.
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Book a Connection Call. It's free, there's no pressure, and it gives us both a chance to see if we're a fit.
We'll talk about where you are now, where you want to be, and what's getting in the way. You can ask me anything about my approach, my experience, how I work, and anything else you'd like.
If it feels right, brilliant - we'll talk about next steps. If it doesn't, that's okay too. I'd rather you find the right support than work with someone who isn't the right fit for you.
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My offers range from $795 + GST for a single Action & Traction session (75 minutes plus two weeks of Voxer support) to $2,995 + GST for The UPlift, my three-phase coaching and mentoring experience, and $3,995 + GST for The REwire Intensive, a full-day strategy immersion, plus prep and follow up.
Every engagement starts with a free Connection Call so we can work out which option is the right fit for where you are.