Coach Leia

Coach Leia Chief Winsurfer & Resilient Rebel | Neuroscience Geek | Helped 100+ Creatives Rethink Winning | ADHD & Executive Function Coach | Mentor | Speaker I see you.

I was diagnosed with ADHD at age 9, which wasn't common for a girl in 1990. I was put on meds and never really did much else until things began to be too much for me to handle in my late 30s. Much like my late-diagnosed counterparts, I was spiraling, wondering why I couldn't keep up with "simple" tasks. I began digging for information about my brain when my marriage started falling apart. As I sta

rted my own coaching journey, I quickly realized my executive-level job was killing me slowly. I didn't realize that was literally true until signs of Graves' disease began to surface in my lab work in 2022. In hindsight, signs were there in late 2019. Graves' added an extra layer of executive dysfunction that I wouldn't fully understand until I almost died before diagnosis in late 2023. Many of my clients have co-occurrence of ADHD and autoimmune, POTS, MCAS, and the MTHFR Gene mutations. Many of which have a common element of prolonged stress response (burnout) mixed in. Tie in peri-menopause, and you've got a big batch of ADHD soup that can taste a lot better than it currently does. You can learn more about the burnout that led me to start coaching others here:
https://sites.google.com/neuroinclusivealliances.com/nia/about/my-burnout-story

If you want to talk, I'm a real human with a real heart.

06/18/2026

In coaching we work a lot on metacognition and this is how it helps you buy yourself the peace to get s**t done!

06/17/2026

If you are not the biggest fan of social media, here’s your chance to jump off and be human with me!
Join me in Conway Wednesday, June 24th ar Round Mountain for a cup and a chat!

"What was I thinking?!"No way to know unless you have a post-mortem and:🌿 Talk about it🌿 Write about it🌿 Discover your t...
06/15/2026

"What was I thinking?!"

No way to know unless you have a post-mortem and:

🌿 Talk about it
🌿 Write about it
🌿 Discover your thoughts
🌿 Ask the right questions for growth

This practice also doubles as a much-needed PAUSE before reactivity ruins your day, week, month, or relationship.

Be brave.

Think about your thoughts so you can get better results next time!

Limbo... it WILL fry your brain if you sit there too long.Will I or won't I...🧠 Find an opportunity that is worthy of my...
06/09/2026

Limbo... it WILL fry your brain if you sit there too long.

Will I or won't I...

🧠 Find an opportunity that is worthy of my time
🧠 Fire my right-hand guy who can't evolve
🧠 Address the problem in my marriage
🧠 Retire and start my next chapter
🧠 Start my own company

Time and time again I have clients and potential clients tell me
"Man, I just can't focus today. It's worse than it's ever been!"

A client said this again last week.

It took about five minutes to find the weight on his brain.
He was in limbo on a decision.

Our brains lose executive function during uncertainty.
We are biologically designed this way!

The problem for my clients is that they buckle under uncertainty faster because of the way their brains work.

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One client thought she had dementia!

It turned out it was just being in limbo...
the stress of being between employment and retirement.

She couldn't see her future and was too stressed to plan it.

This is what I help clients through daily.

It's more than standard coaching.

It is the bobbing and weaving in and out of executive dysfunction to a place where you find your flow.

It's coaching that treats the over-active stress response FIRST before we get to strategy. That way implementation works!

I love my job!

You're not AI. That's kinda the point.My client texted me on a Saturday."I was amazing yesterday. I was a machine. But t...
06/08/2026

You're not AI. That's kinda the point.

My client texted me on a Saturday.

"I was amazing yesterday. I was a machine. But today I just feel like I need to be doing all these things and I can't."

I asked her: What's wrong with relaxing today?

"Well, I was amazing yesterday."

So I asked: Are you a robot?

"No."

Then why do you think you need to perform at the same level every single day?

She started crying. "You mean there's nothing wrong with me?"

Nothing. Nothing wrong with you at all.

This is the pattern I see with almost every ADHD client. You have one incredible day where your energy is high and you're crushing it. You get everything done.

Then the next day is full of boring admin work and you can't focus. You feel like something's wrong with you.

You're not broken. You're not a robot.

You had an amazing day and your brain and body need to recover.

Give yourself permission to rest.

Let robots be robots, that's THEIR JOB.

06/03/2026

What if healing isn’t about redefining your past? ⬇️

06/02/2026

If you’re drowning in over-commitment & overwhelm,
I’ve been there.
I’d love to help you find your way out.

05/29/2026

There is a season for everything.

"And THAT came from coaching." Such a powerful testimonial! Thank you, Megan Lance, for being so open and willing to tel...
05/24/2026

"And THAT came from coaching."
Such a powerful testimonial!

Thank you, Megan Lance, for being so open and willing to tell your story.

It's like I can see my brain, and when I'm in my brain is one thing and when I have the awareness to get out of my brain and look at it and see what it's doi...

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