Meet Vicki Clark, founder of Neon Mind

An ADHD diagnosis, especially later in life, can bring a whole mix of emotions, often arriving all at once.  For some, it feels empowering, like the missing piece of a jigsaw finally falling into place.  For others, it can come with a sense of shock and a quiet grief for the years spent not knowing.  Either way, it often leaves you with more questions than answers - the biggest one being, ‘What now?’

That’s where I come in.

I’m Vicki, and I run Neon Mind – a coaching business supporting individuals and families navigating ADHD and neurodiversity.  My work is shaped not just by training and experience but by my own ADHD diagnosis in my forties.

For a long time, I didn’t have the language for why things felt harder than they ‘should’.  On the outside my life looked full and successful.  On the inside, it often felt like I was working twice as hard just to keep up, constantly overthinking, overwhelmed and yet still taking on more just to try and keep up with everyone else.

Getting diagnosed gave me clarity, but it also raised so many new questions!  How do I actually live and work in a way that fits my brain?  How do I stop fighting myself all the time?

That journey is what led me here.

Coaching isn’t about fixing you.  It’s about understanding how your brain actually works, and then building ways of working with it, rather than constantly fighting against it.  For some clients, that looks like practical strategies to help them get unstuck, manage overwhelm and follow through on things that matter.  For others, it’s about confidence, self-belief and quieting the inner voice that constantly says they are not doing  or being enough.

For many people the hardest part of living with ADHD is the emotional dysregulation that comes alongside the more commonly understood symptoms.  It’s the feeling that your brain doesn’t quite work in the way as everyone else.  That you are capable, but can’t always access what you need, when you need it.  That you’re juggling a hundred thoughts, ideas, worries and to-do lists… and yet somehow still feel stuck, behind or that everyone else seems to just find everything that little bit easier.

Or maybe you’re the one watching someone you care about struggle?  You can see their potential so clearly, but you don’t always know how to help without it turning into frustration on both sides?

I also work with parents, partners and friends of neurodivergent people.  Because whilst supporting someone with ADHD (or similar) can be brilliant, it can also be exhausting, confusing and all-consuming.  Having a space to talk, reflect, and figure out what their diagnosis means for you and how you deal with it can make a huge difference to your relationship going forward.

Most of my clients come to me not because something is wrong, but because something isn’t working as well as it could.  They want more understanding, more consistency and more ease in their day-to-day lives and they just want to understand themselves a little better.

If any of this feels familiar, either for you or someone close to you, you’re not alone.

And if you’d like to explore things a little further, you can find me at www.neonmind.co.uk or on Instagram @neonmindcoaching