Another satisfied adult ADHD coaching client.
Pete Quily is an excellent coach with fantastic communication skills. He is a compassionate listener and an assertive communicator.
I’ve struggled with ADD for years and I found Pete to be far more helpful than anything else I have tried including a wide variety of medications.
He has a broad holistic approach that includes conventional as well as alternative strategies. Pete uses a combination of solid medical research that is well tempered with experience, intuition and kindness.
I have always believed that medication should be used only as a last line of defense for treating ADD and I strongly recommend using Pete as a first line of defense in conjunction with exercise and diet.
S. G.
by Pete Quily on December 31, 2011 · 1 comment
Sometimes we just think about what we did that was “wrong” or didn’t work out.
While it is important to learn from what we did that didn’t work out, often we put most of our focus on that while ignoring what we did that DID work out. Many people do that, but arguably adults with ADHD do that more than most people.
What you focus on expands.
So why not make a list of what you did well in 2011? Well, not perfect.
What did you try and succeed at?
What new skills did you learn?
How can you continue to focus on what you did well in 2011, and do them more often in 2012?
If you want to make some New Years resolutions, maybe include some of those answers in them. Or consider an alternative to a New Year’s resolutions, a New Year’s theme.
by Pete Quily on October 20, 2011 · 1 comment
8 years of ADHD Awareness Weeks/days for in the US starting with the original nation resolution in the US Senate in 2004
Zero ADHD Awareness Weeks/days in Canada. None at the Federal level. None at the provincial level. None at the municipal level.
But I’m happy to report that on Tuesday Oct 18th The Vancouver City Council declared the week of October 16th to 22nd, 2011 as “ADHD AWARENESS WEEK” at a ceremony at Vancouver city hall. Mayor Gregor Robertson read out the resolution and I and Parks Commissioner Sarah Blyth who has gone public on having Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder spoke after.
Just before the ADHD Awareness week proclamation the outgoing Vancouver Poet Laureate Brad Cran in his final speech and poem to council went public that he had ADHD. Great timing! Thanks Brad. I’ll do a post later on that. Read more...