An ADHD Coach Who Has Lived It

Seth was diagnosed with ADHD as a kid in the early 1990s. Few people understood it then, and there were even fewer resources. What he had was parents who advocated for him relentlessly and a Quaker college preparatory school built for students who learned differently.

That support didn’t make ADHD go away. It gave him room to figure out how his brain worked instead of fighting it.

A Winding Road To Nursing

Seth’s path was never a straight line. During a gap year, he spent a semester in the American Southwest with the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). He earned his wilderness first aid certification there, and emergency medicine grabbed him for the first time.

He started college as a film major and dropped out after a year when the school dissolved his major and depression, and insomnia felt like they were in control. He became an EMT. He launched a gourmet hot sauce company, Fevered Dreams, and got it onto store shelves. Then he went back to school for nursing and spent time at the bedside serving in the majority of specialties, including the COVID surge at Temple University Hospital.

Why He Became an ADHD Coach

Seth founded Clarify Wellness to give professionals with ADHD the kind of support he had as a kid, built for adult lives. He works with people who are newly diagnosed, recently diagnosed, or who see themselves in ADHD’s symptoms and want answers.

His clients are often high performers. They hit deadlines and lead teams. They also spend enormous energy hiding the invisible battles that come with ADHD: the forgotten follow-ups, the projects started at midnight, the exhaustion of holding it all together.

The 8DHD Method

Seth created the 8DHD Method from his clinical training, his own life with ADHD, and more than 20 years of mindfulness and martial arts practice. It rests on three pillars:

• Accountability
• Knowing Yourself
• Resilience

The method pulls from evidence-based approaches, including cognitive behavioral therapy (changing unhelpful thought patterns), acceptance and commitment therapy (acting on your values even when things feel hard), and habit stacking (attaching new habits to ones you already have). It works alongside therapy and medication, not as a replacement for them.

Martial arts shaped how he coaches. Progress comes from showing up and training, including on the bad days. Messy progress still counts.

Credentials

• Registered Nurse (RN), BSN
• Board Certified Nurse Coach (NC-BC)
• ADHD Certified Clinical Services Provider (ADHD-CCSP)
• NOLS alum

Author and Speaker

Seth wrote There Is No Box! Going From Failing To Thriving With ADHD. He speaks to companies, employee resource groups, and conferences about ADHD at work, including CHADD, CICE Toronto, and the Neurodiversity Employment Network.

Where to Find Seth

Seth coaches clients in Philadelphia and online. He meets in-person clients at The Pyramid Club in Center City, hosts a monthly ADHD and ND happy hour, runs a monthly Neurodiversity in Leadership Roundtable, and runs Forged In Flow, a leadership training intensive in the canyons of southern Utah with NOLS.

If you’re tired of fighting your brain and ready to work with it, book a discovery call. You’ll leave the call knowing whether coaching with Seth is the right fit.