"Before becoming a coach for neurodiverse individuals with ADHD, Justine Capelle Collis had a successful advertising career. She worked in Australia and the UK, and also across the US and Canadian markets. Her clients have included Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. And she achieved all this without realizing that she has ADHD. That realization came when she became a mother. Both of her sons were diagnosed with ADHD, and she started asking questions."
"Being a mother of two sons with ADHD required "a different way of parenting," she says. It also highlighted the feeling that something was off. "I couldn't make sense of it," Collis recalls. "I can have a successful career, I can achieve all of these incredible things. Why am I failing at this thing that I'm biologically wired to do: which is to have kids?""
Justine Capelle Collis held a successful advertising career across Australia, the UK, the US, and Canada, serving Fortune 500 companies and government agencies before recognizing her own ADHD. The realization arrived after both of her sons were diagnosed, prompting questions about advocacy and altering systems to accommodate neurodiverse children. She pursued postgraduate study and specialist neurodivergent coach training and later received an ADHD diagnosis herself. Parenting two sons with ADHD required different approaches and revealed a persistent sense that something was off despite professional success. Success stemmed from freedom to design work; many neurodiverse employees lack such agency. Some companies are adopting coaching to better support neurodiverse employees.
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