1:1 Coaching
Coaching — Built around you.
Not adjusted for you.
Some people need the whole room to themselves.
This is that kind of work.
You've been holding the whole thing together on your own for long enough. You don't need a framework. You need someone who already understands your brain, your business, and what it actually costs to keep showing up the way you do.
24
Years IN business
$1,400
per month inc. gst
Growth
FINANCES. STRATEGY
Ongoing check-ins + support
24
Years IN BUSINESS
$1,400
per month inc. gst
Growth
FINANCES. STRATEGY
Ongoing check-ins + support
You're here for a reason
I call these the
five trigger moments
Most women I work with live at least one of them every single day.
Tell me if any of these sound like yours.
01
The Missed Thing
You missed something that mattered — not because you didn't care, but because your brain didn't get you there, and the shame of that arrived like a verdict.
02
The Financial Reckoning
You opened your banking app and faced the actual numbers, and the gap between what you're capable of and what's actually happening felt unbearable.
03
The Journal Entry.
You found something you wrote two years ago saying exactly what you're saying today. That hit differently than frustration. That was grief.
04
The Comparison Hit.
Someone announced a win and you've been spiralling ever since — not because you're not happy for them, but because RSD doesn't ask permission.
05
The Mask Slips.
It happened in front of someone. The version of you that always holds it together couldn't. And that felt like something much bigger than a bad day.
Whatever brought you here today — I know what it cost you to keep reading, and I'm glad you did.
Here's what I know about every single one of those moments — they're not just personal.
They're showing up in your business every single day.
In the clients you didn't follow up, the invoice you avoided sending, the offer you never launched because you couldn't make yourself finish it, the strategy session you left feeling clear — and then life happened.
ADHD doesn't stay in one lane — it's in your revenue, your systems, your decisions, your confidence, and the version of your business you can see so clearly in your head but can't seem to close the gap to.
And that's exactly what we work on together in 1:1 ADHD business coaching.
Some people need the whole room to themselves.
A group can hold a lot — I created Sparkle Club for exactly that reason — but sometimes your situation is too layered for a room full of people, because your business is carrying things that are specific to you. Your history, your numbers, your nervous system, your family.
The version of yourself you've been performing for longer than you can remember.
Or you want to go at a different pace, or work through things in a different order. You've tried a group before and already know that's not how your brain does its best thinking. Or sometimes you just love 1:1, and that's enough of a reason.
Either way, what you need is someone fully in your corner — one person, one focus, all of it about you. That's what one-to-one ADHD business coaching is. And honestly? It's my favourite work.
I don't have a fancy name for this. We call it 1:1 coaching. Simples.
Program. Container. Framework. They're just words, and honestly, I've never met a woman who chose one because of what it was called.
What you actually want to know is much simpler than any of that: is this going to end the pain and change my life? That's the real question, and it's the right one — so let's skip straight to it.
What matters is what we actually do together. The skills we build, the things we untangle, the changes we make — in the right order, for your brain, for your business, for your life.
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I apply my research-backed Bandwidth, Brains & Business™ Framework to our one-to-one work — think of it as a well-loved craft project. Lots of exciting bits and pieces that you come back to again and again, each time finding something new in it.
Why I love One on One ADHD Coaching.
These aren't promises. They're specific, witnessed moments — and when you read them, you'll recognise yourself in them.
I get to watch someone stop listening to everyone else and start listening to herself.
Years of doubt are loud. They pile up quietly — a comment here, a missed thing there, a decade of second-guessing decisions that were actually right — until your own voice gets completely blanketed.
You know your clients better than anyone in the room — you always have. But somewhere along the way, the doubt got louder than the evidence, and you started listening to it instead of yourself.
Watching a woman clear that away and start leading with her own knowing — running everything through her own filter instead of letting someone else's drown her out. That's the shift. And I never get tired of seeing it.
Our first real disagreement is one of my favourite moments in the whole process.
In the beginning there's a lot of listening and following. That makes sense — you're finding your feet, working out if you trust the process, working out if you trust me.
But there comes a moment — and I genuinely look forward to it every time — where you push back. Where you tell me you think I'm wrong, or that a different approach makes more sense for your specific situation, or that you're not doing the thing I suggested and here's exactly why.
That is not a problem. That is the whole point. That's the moment you step into your own power. When that happens, I know the work is working.
Breaking the cycle that felt like it was just who you are.
You know the feeling. The same patterns, the same cycles, the same quiet hope that this time will be different — and then the same collapse, right on schedule.
If you've lived inside this long enough, you start to believe this is simply your nature.
It isn't — but I completely understand why it feels that way. That voice — the one that says you're not the kind of person who follows through — has a history. And together, we examine it, understand where it came from, and start building a different one.
Getting into the real bones of your business.
One of the things I love most about 1:1 is getting to dig into someone's business properly — marketing, financials, operations, strategy, legal, team, production — and seeing what it's actually made of.
Where the gaps are, what the bandaid solutions are that have been holding things together for years but quietly costing you, and what's been missing that nobody has ever named. Including you.
Not everything needs fixing at once — and honestly, trying to fix everything at once is one of the most reliable ways to fix nothing. We work out what matters most right now, start there, and build from solid ground.
Watching the wins become the new normal.
There's a specific moment I work toward with every client. It's not the first good month — though that moment is worth everything. It's the third or fourth, when she stops checking the numbers with one eye closed, stops waiting for it to fall apart.
When she knows how to cover her costs. When she can answer her accountant's questions without dread. When the regular sales aren't a relief — they're just Tuesday.
That's when I see the sparkly eyes. That fluttery, wings-out confidence of a woman who is starting to see possibility where she only ever saw proof of failure — and beginning, maybe for the first time, to actually believe it.
A toolkit built entirely around you.
Not someone else's version of what that should look like. Your situation, your brain, your business, your capacity right now.
We start with your energy first
Not your goals, not your gaps, not the business plan you haven't looked at since January. You, your capacity, your nervous system right now — because nothing else we build will hold until that foundation is steady.
Then we work on your brain
This is where it gets really interesting. The neurology, the hormones, the executive function — the why behind all of it. Most business coaches start with the 90-day plan. But when you're severely dysregulated, you're lucky to manage 90 minutes. We understand the brain first. Then the plan actually sticks.
Then we get to your business
Not a list of things to tackle, but someone in your corner who can see the whole picture with you and help you work out together what matters most right now, what can wait, and what's been quietly holding everything back.
Between sessions, and whenever you need me
Because the quiet times are where the damage happens. That's when the inner critic digs in. WhatsApp is open daily — not just between sessions. A message before it becomes a spiral. That's the difference between a hard moment and a lost week. And when something genuinely goes sideways — when you need a voice, not a message — there's The Red Phone. A real phone call with Mel. Because some moments need more than a text.
Sessions are weekly and deliberately bite-sized
Because we both know what happens when we start all excited and try to do all the things at once. When we need to go deeper on something specific — your numbers, your offer, your nervous system, a particular decision — we do. No rigid agenda overriding what's actually needed.
What we're actually building — together
Stability first. Then growth. Then the kind of confidence that doesn't evaporate the moment something goes sideways. Not a version of success that looks good from the outside but costs you everything behind closed doors — a business that works for your brain, your life, and the woman you actually are.
The order matters enormously.
Everything takes longer than it needs to when we try to skip steps. Here's how we actually build the thing that holds.
Energy & nervous system first
We start with you — your capacity, your regulation, your nervous system right now. Not your goals. Not your gaps. You. Because nothing else we build will hold until this foundation is steady.
Understand the brain
If you love the science, this is where you can genuinely geek out — the neurology, the hormones, the executive function, the why behind all of it. If science isn't your thing, just know this: working here makes an enormous difference to everything that comes after.
Into the business — properly
Marketing, financials, operations, strategy, legal, team, production. The gaps, the bandaid solutions, what's been quietly costing you, and what's been missing that nobody has ever named. Including you.
Monthly financial check-ins
Every month we look at the actual numbers together. Not to judge — to understand. What came in, what went out, what that means for next month. No more avoiding the banking app. No more surprises.
Quarterly strategy sessions
Every three months we zoom out. Where are you now versus where you were? What's the priority for the next quarter? What needs to change? You leave each one knowing exactly where you're going next — and why.
One thing at a time
Not because the rest doesn't matter, but because your brain will shut down if we pile everything on at once. Steady and deliberate is faster than overwhelmed and stuck. We do one thing at a time.
Build, then grow
Once we've worked through the triage — the urgent, the leaking, the long-overdue — and you decide you want to grow, that's exactly where we go next.
The Bandwidth, Brains & Business™ Framework
How we put it all together — in the right order, for your brain.
This is not coaching. It's an ecosystem built around you.
When you come into 1:1, you don't just get Mel on a call once a week. You get Mel's full attention across your business — and everything that comes with that.
Weekly sessions. Daily WhatsApp access. The Red Phone when things go sideways. Monthly financial check-ins so the numbers never pile up on you again. Quarterly strategy sessions so you always know where you're going next.
You also get access to Mel's network — the connections, the referrals, the introductions she can make that would take you years to build on your own. And if you need hands-on implementation support, Mel's VA team is available as an optional add-on at an additional cost.
This is what it looks like to have someone fully in your corner. Not adjusted for you. Built around you.
This work is not about pushing people through to the next sale. The patterns you're working with took decades to form. The unravelling takes time. Finding yourself underneath all of the baggage that's accumulated — it takes time. There's no standard timeline here.
Where you start, what you're carrying, and what your business needs all shape how we work. We move at the pace the work actually requires.
Some of my clients have been with me for years, some for six months — it depends entirely on what they came in needing. What stays consistent is that the relationship itself becomes part of what holds. Someone who knows your full history, your brain, your business, your family, doesn't need to be rebuilt from scratch every time something shifts.
When I'm at capacity, new clients go on a waitlist. That's just the honest reality of how this works.
The honest answer: it depends on where you're starting from.
You've probably spent forty-plus years building the stories and patterns that are currently running your business. We're not unwinding that in a fortnight.
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Session 1
First shift
Most clients feel something shift in the first session — not because of magic, but because being genuinely understood by someone who has lived inside the same brain does something real.
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Weeks 4–6
Internal shifts
How you think about yourself, how you regulate, how you make decisions — typically begins moving around here.
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Months 3–6
Business results
Real changes in revenue, structure, profit, systems — depending on how much groundwork needs laying first.
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Beyond that
Growth
Once we've worked through the triage and you decide you want to grow, that's exactly where we go next.
💡
Session 1
First shift
Most clients feel something shift in the first session — not because of magic, but because being genuinely understood by someone who has lived inside the same brain does something real.
🧭
Weeks 4–6
Internal shifts
How you think about yourself, how you regulate, how you make decisions — typically begins moving around here.
📈
Months 3–6
Business results
Real changes in revenue, structure, profit, systems — depending on how much groundwork needs laying first.
🚀
Beyond that
Growth
Once we've worked through the triage and you decide you want to grow, that's exactly where we go next.
I'm not going to tell you that you'll be productive and profitable in 12 weeks — because in all likelihood, you won't be. You're smart. If you could have done this on your own, you already would have. What I will tell you is this: if you show up each week and do the things, you give yourself the best possible chance of building something that works — whatever success actually looks like for you.
Three women. Three very different starting points.
These aren't promises. They're specific, witnessed moments — and when you read them, you'll recognise yourself in them.
The Creative Who Got in Her Own Way
She was burned out and not coping with one more thing. Her business had been losing money and stagnant for years, and the clients who loved her were quietly drifting away. She knew something was wrong. Looking at it directly felt impossible.
She is a true ADHD creative — she lives in her head, in the making, in the beautiful thing she is building. That space is where she is most herself, and it is genuinely extraordinary. But it also meant that everything outside of it — the numbers, the decisions, the strategy, the uncomfortable almost-good-enough — got blocked out entirely.
Perfectionism was running her hard. Products had to be perfect before they could exist, which meant many of them didn't exist at all. The gap between her vision and what she'd allow herself to release was costing her — in revenue, in momentum, and in the quiet exhaustion of never feeling like anything was quite ready.
We worked on getting her out of her own head and into the actual business — gently, because that creative space matters and I wasn't going to take it from her. We worked on her relationship with decisions, which she found genuinely hard. On being happy with almost-perfect and understanding that done and out in the world serves her clients far better than perfect and still in her head.
Her clients hadn't drifted because her work wasn't good enough. They'd drifted because she'd stopped showing up consistently. When she started showing up again — with intention, with strategy, with someone keeping her on track — they came back. And new ones found her.
The shift
Her business went from loss to real, structural profit. Not a lucky month. A fundamentally different business, built on the same foundation, by the same woman, in the same market. She still lives in her creative head — I wouldn't want that to change. But now when she starts to drift too far in, she knows it, and we bring her back.
The One Who Never Felt Enough
She used credentials as proof that she deserved to be in the room. She gave everything to everyone else and took almost nothing for herself.
One of the first things we did was open a bank account. Just for her. For something she'd wanted for a long time but couldn't let herself have. She owns that thing now.
From there we started building the actual evidence — not the story her brain had been running, but the real, specific, provable truth of what she was capable of. The small wins she'd been dismissing for years. The things she'd built that she'd never once let herself be proud of.
An opportunity came up to work with an exceptional organisation in her field. She wasn't going to apply.
She applied. Of course she got it.
The shift
Her business had always been there — now it is thriving. She is still learning — she probably always will be, because that's who she is — but now it's about her clients, her craft, her genuine curiosity. Not collecting credentials to feel like she's finally enough. She always had it. She just needed someone to help her find it.
A solid business. Chronic stress. And the hardest truth.
You have to make the changes while you're in the chaos, not after it.
A family business, inherited. Two co-directors running it together with no systems, no shared processes, and no real decision-making strategy between them. Decisions got made based on whatever was most painful or most urgent that day — not on what was actually best for the business. And the plan to sort it out properly? Always waiting for a quieter week that never came.
The business model was genuinely strong — it had always worked, it just ran on instinct and history rather than strategy. Nobody was watching the numbers with purpose. Nobody knew clearly who owned what. And underneath the daily firefighting was a shared, unspoken hope that if they just got through this week, next week would be the one where they finally had time to fix things.
We unpacked the ADHD piece, the communication challenges between them, and started shifting how they thought about the business as a whole — because the only way out of the chaos was to carve out the time to address it, even when everything in them said they couldn't afford to. That counterintuitive step — stopping to work on the business in the middle of the stress — is always the hardest one. And always the most necessary.
It took months — not weeks — to even begin shifting how they thought about the business. We worked through creating separate roles for the different parts of the operation, untangling years of overlap and assumption, and navigating two very different personalities who each had a completely different idea of what a good outcome looked like. Getting to any decision both of them felt genuinely good about was its own project.
And I'll be honest: they felt better and more in control after every session. But neither of them really wanted to do the long, hard slog of turning it into a smooth-running operation — and I say that without any judgement at all. You do what you know you can live with. Not everyone wants the same version of success, and that's completely valid.
Why I'm telling you this
I will always tell you the truth about what works and what doesn't. Results require both of us to do the work. I'll hold you to it — but I can't do it for you.
Is this right for you?
Let me be straight with you — because I think you deserve that more than you deserve a sales page.
✅ This is for you if…
You read this page and felt something shift. Not just interest — relief. The specific kind that comes from finally feeling seen. If something in here made you think "oh, that's actually me" — that feeling is information. Trust it.
You know your business is capable of more, and so are you. You are not here because you've given up. You're here because some part of you absolutely refuses to. You can see what's possible. You just haven't been able to close the gap on your own — and you're ready to stop pretending that's about to change without support.
You want to be in the driver's seat. You're not looking for someone to hand you a plan and tell you to execute it. You want a thinking partner — someone who works with you, follows your lead, and helps you build something shaped around your brain, your business, and the direction you actually want to go. You want to guide where we go together.
✕ This is not for you if…
You're looking for a reason it won't work. We all have hard weeks — that's not what I mean. But if you already know you'll have a reason not to do the things between sessions, I'd rather you keep your money. I will back you completely — but only if you're willing to throw yourself in, boots and all. The work between sessions is where the real change happens.
You know your business is capable of more, and so are you. You are not here because you've given up. You're here because some part of you absolutely refuses to. You can see what's possible. You just haven't been able to close the gap on your own — and you're ready to stop pretending that's about to change without support.
You want to be in the driver's seat. You're not looking for someone to hand you a plan and tell you to execute it. You want a thinking partner — someone who works with you, follows your lead, and helps you build something shaped around your brain, your business, and the direction you actually want to go. You want to guide where we go together.
You already know if this is you.
You wouldn't still be reading
if some part of you wasn't ready.
You don't need to have it figured out before you reach out.
You don't need to know exactly what you're asking for.
You just need to show up to a conversation and see what happens.
I'm not going to push you toward anything that isn't right.
If I think I can help, I'll tell you honestly what that looks like.
If I'm at capacity, I'll tell you that too and we'll sort out the waitlist.
A chat is just a chat. And I have yet to meet a woman who regretted having one.
No pressure. No push. Just a conversation.
