Coaching With ADHD: How To Stay On Track When Your Brain Won't Play Ball

Me, Ant and Sky Hill are back with a full listener Q&A, after a jingle debate and Ant's theory that he's peaking for alcohol and tapering off the running. He also drops a Liam Gallagher quote that splits the room: you have to care a lot to not give a f***.

We talk about the fifth annual PTMA Coaches Conference, why this one has practical sessions in it, and why CPD courses have gone so quiet in your feed. Then it's the questions. What should a brand new PT prioritise first (me and Sky don't fully agree), what to do when your online offer keeps pulling in-person enquiries, what to write in your emails, how to handle another coach disagreeing with you in public, how to manage clients when you take time off, and how anyone finds time to run a business.

We finish with a big one from a coach going through an ADHD assessment, and Ant shares the one thing he sees holding back nearly every coach he's worked with. There's also an action hero debate that goes absolutely nowhere.

Timestamps

• 00:01 – Intro: the jingle debate and meeting the hosts
• 00:54 – Ant's training plan: peaking for alcohol, tapering off the running
• 01:29 – Liam Gallagher's quote: "you have to care a lot to not give a f***"
• 03:22 – Coming up: the fifth annual PTMA Coaches Conference
• 03:57 – Every venue we've done so far, from the Double Tree to the Malmaison to Ashton
• 05:56 – Why this year is different: practical sessions and a split two days
• 06:29 – Last week's CPD post, and why nobody sees CPD courses advertised anymore
• 09:10 – The perfect pathway for a new PT: business, behaviour change or programming first?
• 15:00 – Q&A begins: selling online coaching but getting in-person enquiries
• 21:31 – What to write in your mailing list: does it always have to be educational?
• 23:12 – Getting hate from another coach: take the bait or rise above it?
• 29:35 – Top tips for managing clients when you take time off
• 33:13 – What do we use to record the podcast?
• 33:59 – How do people have time for everything when they run a business?
• 37:08 – Action hero debate: time travel, John McClane and Scarface
• 40:36 – Coaching with ADHD: staying on track, workflows and why weekly reflection matters
• 47:31 – Final thoughts and outro