Renee's Story

Renee Crook was an elementary school teacher for 12 years. She spent thousands of hours researching and training other educators about the learning challenges experienced by students, with a specific focus on ADHD. This expertise led Renee to her own evaluation and diagnosis of ADHD: Primarily Inattentive Type in her early 30s.

At the time of her ADHD diagnosis, Renee was also diagnosed with anxiety and depression and was going through a divorce. Renee disclosed her ADHD to her employer, fought for work accommodations, engaged her union, and was under a level of increased scrutiny, judgment and discrimination that surprised her in an educational setting.

Renee found that an adult diagnosis of ADHD can lead to feelings of relief as well as grief, regrets, “what-ifs”, and realizations about a lifetime of dysfunctional patterns and habits. She discovered that working through the maze of feelings and stumbling blocks can be a daunting, lonely, painful and exhausting process.

Renee worked with an ADHD coach and discovered that a "tough love" approach wasn't what she needed; instead, she needed kindness, compassion, gentleness, empathy, and permission to forgive herself, as often as necessary. Today, Renee is this ADHD coach for her clients.

Renee also learned that she had Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, which is common among people with ADHD, and now she is able to educate and support her clients who share this additional challenge.

At the time of her ADHD diagnosis, Renee was also diagnosed with anxiety and depression and was going through a divorce. Renee disclosed her ADHD to her employer, fought for work accommodations, engaged her union, and was under a level of increased scrutiny, judgment and discrimination that surprised her in an educational setting.

Renee found that an adult diagnosis of ADHD can lead to feelings of relief as well as grief, regrets, “what-ifs”, and realizations about a lifetime of dysfunctional patterns and habits. She discovered that working through the maze of feelings and stumbling blocks can be a daunting, lonely, painful and exhausting process.

Renee worked with an ADHD coach and discovered that a "tough love" approach wasn't what she needed; instead, she needed kindness, compassion, gentleness, empathy, and permission to forgive herself, as often as necessary. Today, Renee is this ADHD coach for her clients.

Renee also learned that she had Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, which is common among people with ADHD, and now she is able to educate and support her clients who share this additional challenge.

Renee's "Why"

As an ADHD coach, Renee is motivated by recognizing the tremendous potential in her clients with ADHD and empowering them to truly appreciate themselves and step into the amazing people that they already are. Renee is inspired when she sees her clients emerge from low self-esteem and low self-worth, isolation, fear, and/or despair into believing in themselves, seeing themselves as whole and complete, and celebrating their successes with joy and pride.

Renee is grateful to be able to live in her passion and values every day as an ADHD coach and to provide hope as she helps clients to find their own solutions and figure out what means the most to them. Renee says that empowering others to live in a way that betters themselves, their family, and their community, is an amazing feeling!