Newly Diagnosed with ADHD?
Here's What to Do Next.
The diagnosis explained a lot. But it didn't come with a manual.
That's where I come in with specialist ADHD support in the UAE and online, helping newly diagnosed women turn that knowledge into something they can actually thrive with!
Six weeks from now, you won't be wondering why nothing is working. You'll know exactly what does.
You got the diagnosis. You did the research. You tried the strategies.
And somehow, it still hasn't clicked...
Tell me, if this sounds like you...
You got the diagnosis, but nothing's actually changed. You've done the research and tried to put it into practice, so why hasn't it clicked?
You still misplace things. Twenty minutes looking, you find it, and you do the exact same thing again tomorrow.
Your to-do list looks the same as it did this morning. You're at school pick-up wondering where the whole day went.
You've tried the strategies everyone recommends. Systems borrowed from someone else's brain that were never going to fit yours in the first place.
You're doing this without anyone in your corner. Someone who understands what it actually feels like to live inside an ADHD mind, not just someone who's read about it.
Nobody tells you what to do after an ADHD diagnosis.
The diagnosis names what's been happening. It doesn't tell you what to do next.
It doesn't show you which systems to keep and which to let go of. It doesn't explain why the morning routine that works brilliantly for your friend with the colour-coded planner leaves you feeling more chaotic than before you started.
So you keep trying harder. And when something doesn't work, you quietly decide the problem must be you.
It isn't. Every system you've been handed was built for a different operating system entirely. Take body doubling, for many women with ADHD it's the most effective way to get things done. For others it's just another distraction.
What works for your brain is specific to you. Until you find that, you're trying on other people's solutions.
THERE IS ANOTHER WAY
What if the next six weeks were about taking the time to make some changes in a way that is actually designed for your brain?
INTRODUCING
The Aligned ADHD Intensive
A six-week personalised programme to understand your ADHD wiring and start building a life that finally works with your brain
This is a 1:1 intensive... You and I working together.
Education, mentoring and coaching, all in service of one thing, built around your brain, your life and the specific areas causing you the most daily disruption right now.
This isn't a course you work through alone at midnight, feeling guilty that you're already three modules behind.
We do it together... small changes that make a difference and give you something to build on.
What we do together
A 90-minute deep-dive session | This is where I listen. Not to fit you into a framework but to understand what's most challenging for you right now and what's actually working well.
We get clear on where you are right now | What's working, what isn't and where we'll focus your energy over the following five weeks.
You build your foundations | Every client moves through the foundational modules on environment, energy management and routines and nutrition and movement.
You choose two additional modules | Based on what's causing you the most daily disruption right now. Motivation, time blindness, memory or nervous system regulation.
You are the authority on your own experience | This programme becomes entirely yours because ADHD means we function similarly, not exactly the same.
The Foundations...
Every person who works with me moves through the foundational modules on:
Environment because your surroundings are either working with your brain or against it, and most people don't realise how much this matters
Energy management and routines not rigid routines, but ones that reduce cognitive load and free up energy so you're not depleted before the day has properly started
Nutrition and movement because these are non-negotiable for a well-functioning ADHD brain, and most strategies skip them entirely
These aren't optional extras. They're the ground everything else is built on.
Additional Modules
Following foundations you choose two additional modules based on what's causing you the most daily disruption.
Motivation
Getting started, finishing
things & working with
your natural drive
Remembering
Things
Externalising effectively so that forgetting is no longer a daily source of stress
Time Blindness
Understanding your relationship with time and building practical strategies around it
Mindfulness & Nervous System Regulation
Techniques to regulate your nervous system because dsyregulation makes everything harder
You don't have to know which ones right now. That's what the first session is for.
The Person In Your Corner...
I remember the days of running back for my handbag, arriving at the school gates to meet my frustrated kids because I was late yet again, and living with little piles of stuff everywhere.
And the home admin? Well that just piled up until it absolutely had to be done, causing no end of late fees and last minute panic.
If any of that resonates, I'm living proof it can change.
Now I start and finish projects, I'm consistent but not rigid with my exercise, and I have flexible routines that actually work for my brain.
I've been through my home and business with an ADHD-friendly fine tooth comb and I'm still improving, because that's just how this works.
The difference is that my nervous system no longer feels fraught, that lingering shame has gone and I finally feel like I'm adulting. IYKYK.
ADHD Coach & Facilitator,
Paula Hirst
They're already seeing the difference...
Amy came to me juggling a busy career and the early months of a new ADHD diagnosis, struggling to keep on top of day to day home life without feeling constantly overwhelmed.
Over the course of our work together she built systems and strategies that actually fit her life and those chaotic mornings gradually became the slow, calm starts she had always wanted.
IF I´M NOT SURE THIS IS FOR ME...
WE´RE A PERFECT FIT IF..
You've been diagnosed with ADHD or you strongly suspect you have it and you're tired of knowing about it without knowing what to actually do with that information.
You've realised that just reading the books and trying hacks is not the answer
You're ready to grieve who you thought you should be and finally work with your brain
You're ready to stop winging it and start building something that actually holds.
THIS MIGHT NOT BE FOR YOU IF...
If you're looking for a quick fix or a magic system that will transform everything overnight without any real engagement
If you're not ready to look honestly at what isn't working and try a genuinely different approach
You are not willing to test new simple things each week.
OK, RUN THROUGH IT AGAIN...?
I´m so glad you asked, let´s break it down...
Imagine this... It's a Tuesday morning and you're not running. You know where your keys are, you know what the day looks like, and you're not already three steps behind before it's properly started.
The mental load feels lighter because you understand exactly how your brain and nervous system operates and you know exactly what to do with that information.
For the first time, things just feel easier.
The Aligned ADHD Intensive
A 90-minute deep-dive session to map exactly where you are and where we're going
Foundational modules covering environment, energy management, routines, nutrition and movement
Two additional modules chosen by you, based on what's causing the most daily disruption
Personalised strategies built around your specific brain and your actual life
Education, mentoring and coaching all in service of one thing
A working document that captures everything you've implemented so you leave with something tangible
Join today and lets get started!
More kind Words...
"Working with Paula has been genuinely transformative for me.
She has helped me better understand how my brain works, recognise some of the challenges that have held me back in the past, and develop practical strategies to manage them.
I now have more self-awareness and feel I’ve made some really positive changes as a result.
Paula is incredibly supportive, insightful and easy to talk to, and I would highly recommend her coaching "
- Gill
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Most clients notice a meaningful shift in how they understand their own patterns within the first two sessions. Practical changes begin to take hold from week two onwards as we start building strategies into your actual daily life. By the end of six weeks, you'll have a personalised foundation that you understand, that you built, and that works with your brain not against it.
Yes... in many ways, this is the ideal time. You have the diagnosis but you haven't yet spent years trying to make the wrong strategies work. We can build the right foundations from the beginning, which means you avoid the years of trial and error that most people go through before finding what actually fits.
Yes. Many of the women I work with are in exactly this position. A formal diagnosis does not need to come first. If you strongly suspect you have ADHD and what you've read on this page resonates, that is enough. Everything we cover is built around understanding your brain and building systems that work for you — and that process is just as valuable whether you have a piece of paper confirming it or not.
Therapy is brilliant for processing your past and understanding trauma and the deeper roots of why you are the way you are.
This intensive is for when you're ready to move forward, to understand your wiring and start making practical changes that improve your daily life. If you're in the thick of grief about your diagnosis or have significant trauma to work through, therapy may be best first.
If you're ready to understand how your brain actually works and build a life around that truth, this is your next step.
They serve different purposes. You can do both. But if you're ready to move forward, this is where that starts.
This is not a group programme. This is not a course. This is my eyes on your specific situation, my guidance built around your specific wiring. For those of us with ADHD, having the space to talk openly about our strengths and challenges - and having someone holding us accountable -makes all the difference.
"Know yourself and you will win all battles." — Sun Tzu"