Hi, I’m Linda…
I spent years working in education before I understood why certain things had always been so hard for me. My late diagnosis as an Autistic ADHDer helped me understand that my brain works differently. Naturally, what I need to function and thrive will be different too.
I began working with a coach while awaiting formal diagnosis, and it changed everything. I started to make real, meaningful changes in my day to day life. I started to pour my energy into creating a life that worked for me. I developed skills in self-compassion and self-acceptance, discovering ways to support myself and ask for what I needed.
The impact of coaching was profound. My nervous system settled for what felt like the first time. I met a calmer, more resourced, hopeful and happier version of myself. I learned that supporting myself well is how I succeed, and my aspirations soared.
My experience of coaching started me on a journey to help others experience the same benefits. To create a life that fits.
Experience that matters
I'm also a proud parent of a neurodivergent teenager, and someone who has spent almost two decades working alongside neurodivergent young people, students and families, first as a teacher, then as a specialist autism, ADHD & study skills mentor and autism-friendly campus coordinator in higher education. I’ve spent hundreds of hours helping neurodivergent people learn how to do life differently, and thrive. As a professional neurodiversity coach, I continue this important work.
I’m also a veteran home educator, experienced learning facilitator, operating across settings as varied as a university, an autism charity, an ADHD coach training organisation, a democratic Sudbury school, and an international school. As you might expect, I’ve encountered many neurodivergent teachers and colleagues along the way too.
I know what it's like to be capable and struggling at the same time, and to have nobody around you quite understand the gap. I know what it costs to keep masking, keep pushing, keep trying to fit. And I know what shifts when someone finally has the right support, when they have language for their experience, and stop trying to fix something that was never actually broken. This is the work that I do.
How I work
I'm calm, curious and direct. I'll take what you say seriously and help you figure out how to move forward. You can arrive uncertain, overwhelmed, not sure where to start. You can think out loud and change your mind.
There's no performing here.
What I believe
There isn't one right path. Not for education, not for work, not for life. What matters isn't whether the route looks traditional – it's whether it fits the person taking it.
Neurodivergent people deserve support that starts from who they actually are. Not a version of themselves that fits more neatly into systems that were never designed for them.
The qualifications I bring
ICF-Accredited ADHD-Informed Life Coach Certification (Gold Mind Academy)
Specialist Autism, ADHD, & Study Skills Mentoring Certification (Optimum Learning)
ADHD Coach Training Certification - Level 1 (ADHD Works)
Member of the European Mentoring & Coaching Council (EMCC UK)
Postgraduate Teaching Qualification (PGDE)
Registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS)
Training in Safeguarding, Disability, and Data Protection.
Professional coaching supervision monthly (NeuroDirections)
Professionally insured. Registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
Criminal record checks to work with children and adults (DBS and Disclosure Scotland)
Why Distinct Possibilities?
Because when neurodivergent people are properly supported, the future doesn't have to be one narrow path.
There can be more than one way forward. What might your future look like with the right support?