Joy Zalzala-Soyka — ADHD Life Coach for Neurodivergent Adults

Joy Zalzala-Soyka is a Berlin-based ADHD and life coach, trading as Evolve.how, who works online by Zoom or phone with adults anywhere. The coaching is aimed at people recently identified as ADHD in their thirties or forties, those diagnosed years ago who want a fresh approach, people who suspect they may be neurodivergent, and partners or parents supporting someone neurodivergent. Queer, trans, migrant and multicultural clients are a particular focus, and sessions run in English or German.

The ADHD work covers the practical ground — organisation, focus, time management, procrastination, habit-building, communication and setting boundaries — but treats emotional regulation and the nervous system as part of the same picture rather than an afterthought. Joy uses somatic techniques alongside executive function strategies, drawing on training in integrative somatic trauma therapy, and describes the role as a guide working in non-judgemental collaboration rather than a therapist or mentor. The stated approach is non-normative, trans-affirming, anti-racist, body-positive and trauma-informed, and the emphasis is on building systems around a person's creativity and big-picture thinking rather than forcing a standard routine.

Joy has coached since 2012, holds the ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential and trained as an ADHD life coach with the International ADHD Coach Training Center, after master's degrees in education and gender studies from Humboldt University Berlin and nine years in non-profit counselling and education work with women and trans people. Beyond one-to-one ADHD coaching, the practice offers life, couples and work-life coaching, coaching for parents of LGBTQIAP+ children, and a queer ADHD group programme. Fees are not published; a free 30-minute consultation is the starting point.