Coaching makes a powerful, practical difference in people's lives. I really enjoy it, it's extremely fulfilling. I get more energy at the end of the call than I had at the start, and I don't come to the call asleep.

A mission of mine is to assist other people like me with Attention Deficit Disorder and this is the best path for me to do so.

I'm also a toxic job liberation agent. I've suffered, and know there are others out there still suffering, so I want to assist in their liberation.

Through the coaching process, I can help you identify the self-limiting behaviours you have allowed to accumulate, and open your mind, heart and soul.

Professional Training and Education

I completed my professional coach training as a Co-Active Coach at CTI, The Coaches Training Institute. They've been around for more than a decade and they train coaches worldwide. I loved the in-person, experiential way they taught coaching. I'm a member of the ICF, the International Coach Federation, and the Vancouver Coaches (CTI). I've taken Linda Anderson's (current president of ADDA) Advanced ADHD Coach Training. I keep up to date in the coaching field by attending workshops, local coach meetings, teleclasses and devouring large sections of the web relating to coaching and ADD coaching.

Graduated from the University of Alberta with a degree in Political Science, a minor in History, concentrating in International Affairs

Made the Dean's Honours list and had one of my essay's published.(Some of you may be able to relate to this. I tend to get a bit irritated when I hear someone with ADD said their doctor/psychologist/psychiatrist said to them "oh you can't have ADD, you did OK in school.")

My 5 Signiture Strengths

From Dr. Martin Seligman's Authentic Happiness

Creativity, ingenuity, and originality
Love of learning
Curiosity and interest in the world
Spirituality, sense of purpose, and faith
Judgment, critical thinking, and open-mindedness

ADD Background

Have ADD, and deal with it daily. I've often either dealt with or am currently dealing with some of the things my clients are currently having problems with
Taken Linda Anderson's (current ADDA President) Advanced ADHD Coach Training.
Have been coaching Adults with ADD for the past 3 years
Created and lead the non profit Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group for 3 years.
On the board of CHADD Vancouver
On ADDA's ADD coaching policy committee
Keep current in my field by attending ADD conferences, teleclasses and lectures
Participate in the ICF's ADHD Special Interest Group
Participate in the CTI's ADHD Niche Community
Have a large blog on Adult ADD called Adult ADD Strengths
As you can easily tell by my website and Adult ADD Blog, I spend a great amount of time surfing the web for information on ADD putting my information and learning addiction to good use:)

If you're ready for coaching now, Contact Pete for a free sample session of ADD Coaching

Memberships:

CHADD Vancouver (Children and Adults with ADD) Board Member

ADDA Adult Attention Deficit Disorder Association ADHD Coaching Policy Committe

ICF International Coach Federation

A Bit More About Me

Where I'm From

Born in Edmonton, Alberta
Lived in Ottawa, Montreal, Kamloops, and Sapporo, Japan
Vancouver, B.C., Canada is currently home.
Love travelling; been to 11 European countries, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and the US
Worked in the Asia Pacific sections of two international divisions of the Alberta Government

Taught ESL, listening, public speaking and cross cultural communication for 3 years in Sapporo, Japan on the northern island of Hokkaido, while learning Japanese and how the Japanese people achieve success. Later I spent 2 years teaching ESL in Vancouver. Teaching ESL was great training for coaching because you really have to develop your listening skills, especially listening for non verbal communication.

Sold Apple computers in the Vancouver area for the past 7 years. Sold to a lot of people in the creative industries. Many exhibited the symptoms of ADD (ADD is often a competitive advantage in that sector). A large part of that job was being able to discover the clients needs through asking the right questions and listening carefully to the answers.

Life Change

After being set free from my toxic job (loved the product, loved the customers, but did not love the toxic job environment), I got coached and took an Awakening workshop at Clearmind in Langley, BC based on A Course in Miracles. The change in his life was dramatic.

I wanted to find out what my life purpose was and what career path would express it, so took some workshops, attended lectures, talked to a lot of people, and did a lot of reading and reflection. Also worked with 2 coaches, Jean-Pierre LeBlanc and Bruce Skipper, and did a 10 page Radical Clarity questionnaire (wrote 50 pages). My experience with coaching was phenomenal! I've always believed in the power of an objective outside observer to see things about ourselves that we can't notice, even before I knew what coaching was, but was really impressed with the results and insights I got from being coached. I was so impressed with the powerful effect that coaching had on my life that I decided to become one. I go to 2 or 3 coach educational events a month as well as 2 ADD support group meetings a month and I'm continuing to learn every thing about coaching that I can because it resonates with me at the bone marrow level.

I like doing Yoga, Qi Gong, and various types of meditation, and am very interested in practical personal growth and spirituality (I prefer it to religion, some like one or the other, some like both and some prefer neither, each to his own) and alternative medicine. I love learning. I've met with people who I would consider to be very spiritually advanced from different spiritual traditions and notice that they often have more in common with each other than they do with people who are at the lower ends of the spiritual spectrum in their own traditions. There are many different paths up the mountain, at the base there are a lot of differences but as you go higher up there are less differences and more similarities.

Martial Arts I've enjoyed learning.

Judo
Kung Fu
Aikido 7
Tai Chi
Qi Gong

Spiritual Explorer

Personally I prefer spirituality over religion, but each to their own. Some of my clients are spiritual, some are religous, some are both, some are neither.

I did a 10 day Vipasanna retreat (Buddhist silent retreat but a non denominational one, Christians, Jews and non religious people attend) last January near Merritt BC. It was amazing. I highly recommend it to anyone. Went in with a bad back, was concerned it would totally lock up and I'd have to go home. I went out with a better back at the end! There is physical pain, and there's the amplification of it you create through your mind and your emotions. With training, you can separate the two and reduce the latter. If you want incredible clarity of mind, (not too mention peace of mind) give it a try, you don't have to be a Buddhist. Your mind gets extremely clear and sharp after 10 days of silent meditation, and your sense of awareness becomes phenomenal. It's great for ADDers, because focusing on the breath and scanning the body gives our very active minds something to occupy itself with so we can begin to gradually quiet the mind.

I've enjoyed the benefits of a wide variety of types of meditation for many years.

Currently I'm enjoying exploring Eckhart Tolle's Teachings and Tibetan Buddhism.

Personal and spiritual development, have been long-standing commitments in my life and I've devoted a large amount of time, energy, awareness and money to these commitments.

I was featured on CITY TV on the topic of Adult ADD. They found my website and asked to interview me. The video of the interview is here.

Contact Pete to try a free sample 30 minute session of ADD coaching.

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