Mr Burns Coaching
Helping You Find Your Way
Tailored ADHD Coaching:
Make the Most of Your Attention
Are you looking for answers to questions you can't understand? Feeling misunderstood, or like you're never able to finish a task?Perhaps you feel as though you put in more effort than others, but don't think you're achieving the same result. Would you like to find out what's holding you back?
Open the door to meet your true potential
Who am I?
I'm Tom Burns, but my nickname is often Mr Burns (as it's my name!)I'm an ADHD Coach, trained and certified by ADHD Works. I’m a cheerful, neurodivergent professional with a wealth of experience from a career in customer service, tech support and hospitality.I'm really passionate about helping people. I'm a champion of inclusive practices, particularly supporting people with accessibility needs. I believe wellbeing and self-development should be enjoyable, easy to access and personalised.
Why did I start this?
There are many reasons why people find challenges getting through a day, and lots of ways to help ourselves make those challenges easier to deal with.ADHDers, whether diagnosed or not, often create their own ways to grasp with work or personal life obstacles. Sometimes these are logical, constructive, healthy and sustainable. More frequently they're short-lived, potentially unhealthy and can lead to mental health difficulties which can be really tough to cope with, even with support of people around them.I am fortunate to have received my ADHD diagnosis and had support from coaches, counsellors, colleagues, friends and family since. It's a challenging journey, especially as a working adult, but I'm here to help navigate the path for anyone who'd like to try. I believe that everybody, whether ADHDer or their supporters, could benefit from coaching, and I'd love to help you with that now. With my guidance, you can find tips, tricks and dopamine hacks to reduce the noise and find more calm for yourself. You have plenty of attention to use, so let’s work together to make the most of it!
What could coaching help with?
Some of the more fundamental and well-known ADHD challenges:
📝 Prioritising tasks
📅 Planning activities
🎮 Creating enjoyable and memorable ways to deal with routine jobs
🏆 Managing time more effectively to do more of the things you love
Knowledge and understanding of the hidden and awkward ADHD characteristics:
😟 Handling stressful conversations
😰 Recognising patterns of thinking and activity that lead to overwhelm and burnout
✅ Harnessing your hyper focus for greater success
🧘 Reducing feelings of anxiety and negativity related to productivity
Most importantly:
☎️ How to ask for support from others, and what that help can actually look like
🧠 Understand what ADHD really means, how it affects executive functioning and emotional regulation
🦸 Validating your neurodivergent strengths so they become skills to celebrate
🗺️ How your experience and interests are unique and valid, no matter what challenges you encounter
😔 Awareness of Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria and how it holds us back
💡So much more!
Get in touch with me
Book a free introductory call to find out more about ADHD Coaching, or about the ways we can work together to support your goals.I'm happy to discuss any concerns you have, to see if coaching is right for you now, to plan a schedule and funding options, or just to find out whether we click on a conversational level.Alternatively, please click to send me an email if you have any other questions. I look forward to meeting you!
I'm located in Winchester, Hampshire and am often in London, UK.I'm available to meet online via video meeting, using various options and platforms to suit your preference, and potentially in person after our initial discussion over an introductory call.
My Story So Far
The "Bright Boy" Who Couldn't Finish Anything
Growing up in London, I was always described as bright, helpful and cheerful – but also a daydreamer who was "too sensitive" and struggled to fit in. School felt overwhelming. I could get excited about learning, but when it came to actually doing the work myself? That's when everything fell apart.I dropped out of school and tried three times to complete my studies. Each time, the moment I sat down to write an essay or revise for exams, I'd become intensely emotional – angry, upset, then I'd give up. At the time, I had no idea why.
Finding My Strengths Through Work
What I couldn't do in a classroom, I could do in the real world. I thrived in customer service – restaurants, bars, nightclubs, even driving buses and recovery trucks. I loved helping people and solving problems.In 2002, I moved into office work, starting in customer service for a footwear company. Within a couple of years, I'd moved into their Systems team because I kept asking "How can we make this better?" I spent six years developing my skills in business systems and training before burning out.That burnout led me to Apple, where I spent nearly eight years as a Genius. I helped thousands of customers and colleagues, developing skills in active listening, conflict resolution, accessibility, and creative problem-solving. Then I moved into IT Support Engineering for five years, where I became known for exceptional service and high-level critical thinking.But burnout kept happening. No matter how good I was at my job, something always pushed me past my limits.
The Diagnosis That Changed Everything
Throughout my career, friends and colleagues would occasionally make comments about my behaviours and characteristics that felt both positive and negative, which gradually built up in my mind. But it wasn't until another burnout in 2022 that I finally pursued a diagnosis.
Combined inattentive/impulsive ADHD, with Autistic traits and mild dyslexia.It was life-changing. Suddenly, so many things made sense:* I wasn't lazy – I'm diligent and determined
* I wasn't stupid – I'm thoughtful and resourceful
* I wasn't unreliable – I'm passionate and engagedThe relief was immense. But there was also grief – imagining how different things could have been with earlier support. And anger – at all those years of feeling like I wasn't good enough.
Why I Became a Coach
My diagnosis opened a door. I learned about myself through new eyes, with support from my Psychiatrist, GP, partner, family, friends, colleagues, and coaches. Each step forward, I asked new questions, learned new strategies, and shared what I discovered with anyone interested.That's when I realised: I could help others navigate this same journey.I trained and became certified with ADHD Works because I believe that everybody – whether you're an ADHDer or supporting one – could benefit from coaching. I've lived the challenges you're facing. I know what it's like to feel misunderstood, to work twice as hard for half the recognition, to battle with tasks that seem simple for everyone else.Now, I'm here to help you find tips, tricks and dopamine hacks to reduce the noise and find more calm. You have plenty of attention to use – let's work together to make the most of it.Ready to start your journey? Book a free introductory call to see if we're a good fit.
What services can I offer?
ADHD Coaching Packaged Course
Six sessions, usually an hour a week, for us to discuss how you do what you do. Using a simple ADHD-specific framework you'll get to unveil your skills and reframe your obstacles, and plan for your success.We focus on these topics:
🧠 Self-awareness and character strengths
🤔 Problem solving and challenges with decision making
✅ Inhibitions, impulses and task management
🏆 Motivation and interests vs. obstructions
🩷 Emotional regulation, identifying feelings and understanding links to actions
📅 Memory, instructions, information and events
Our sessions are led by your needs, guided by our conversation and structured to give you focus points to return to easily. We set an agenda, reflect each time we meet and review as we progress.Six sessions are an initial starting point; we can extend or return at a later time, or you can book ad hoc 1:1 sessions as you need (see below).
Ad Hoc ADHD Coaching Session
Book a one hour coaching session to discuss a current challenge, to gain focus with a new strategy, or reframe something with an ADHD lens.
Work on a new skill, using your special interests to get through a task
Find alternative ways to consider a challenge, reframe the obstruction get past it
Clear out the cobwebs of past task lists and doom boxes, make today and tomorrow exciting!
Whether you're new to coaching, you've tried other coaches before, or have worked through a course with me and want extra time, you can book this time with me to try something new or return to a past exercise... it's time for you!
Body-doubling / Pairing / Accountability Session
Two heads (or bodies) make light work, or a problem shared is a problem halved - whichever cliché you prefer, for ADHDers it can be really helpful to have someone else there to get through things.
Talk through a challenge or task together, getting clarity on how to proceed
Form-filling and drafting emails
Planning an event to make sure it goes smoothly
Proofread a document or slide deck
Sit in silence just like you're sharing an office together - but virtually!
How often have you felt like you just can't get something done, no matter how hard you try? If you had someone to chat to while working, or even just have someone in the same room, to help you feel more productive?This session can benefit both of us - you'll be surprised where inspiration and productivity come from!
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