Merrigan Archdale - Thrive Coaching London

I am a neurodiversity coach empowering individuals and businesses to create an inclusive thriving business. I support neurodivergent professionals including (self identifying and late diagnosis) ADHD, autistic, dyslexic and dyspraxic on a self discovery journey to identify their strengths and challenges, communication style, ideal workplace, self advocacy, time management and more.

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Thrive Coaching London is a coaching and training practice run by Merrigan Archdale, offering one-to-one coaching for neurodivergent adults alongside workplace training for organisations. The core of the offer is aimed at late-diagnosed and self-identifying neurodivergent professionals — people with ADHD, autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia and related profiles who, in the practice’s own words, are constantly overwhelmed despite appearing high-functioning. Archdale was diagnosed with dyspraxia while at law school, and this lived experience is presented as central to how she coaches, rather than as a credential kept separate from the work. She holds an Accredited Transformative Coach certification, Associate Certified Coach (ACC) status, and is a member of the International Coaching Federation. The site is explicit that coaching is not a substitute for counselling or mental health support, positioning it instead as professional and personal development delivered over Zoom.

The main strand of work is Workplace Strategy Coaching, structured around seven areas: managing organisational chaos such as inbox overload and deadlines, setting achievable goals without productivity pressure, addressing time blindness and procrastination, regulating sensory and emotional exhaustion, communicating and setting boundaries without over-explaining, identifying existing strengths, and rebuilding confidence by reducing the effort spent masking. The stated approach is to work with how a neurodivergent brain functions rather than pushing clients to try harder, and sessions are tailored to each client’s circumstances following a complimentary 30-minute consultation. The same coaching model is also offered to employers, framed as support for organisational wellbeing rather than as a fix applied to individual staff.

A second strand, Career Coaching for Neurodivergent Mums, is aimed specifically at neurodivergent mothers — including those returning to work after a break or maternity leave, navigating burnout, or considering flexible or alternative career paths. It covers direction, sustainable pacing, confidence, recognising strengths beyond formal credentials, flexible working options, boundaries, and practical next steps. The stated philosophy here is honesty rather than hustle, with sessions described as creating space to unmask without judgment rather than following conventional career-progression models.

Alongside the one-to-one offer sits The Motherhood Circle, a six-week group programme with weekly 60–75 minute sessions capped at eight participants. It is described as sensory-considerate and camera-optional, with babies welcome throughout. The weekly themes move from establishing safety, through matrescence and neurodivergence, executive function and overstimulation, boundaries and guilt, reconnection through creativity, and a closing integration session. Participants are given a digital workbook of low-pressure tools and journaling prompts, plus access to a group chat for check-ins between sessions. The programme is open to mothers who are formally diagnosed or self-identifying, and the stated approach draws on a trauma-aware, neurodivergent-affirming lens.

For organisations, Thrive Coaching London also runs Neurodiversity Awareness Training, pitched at HR professionals, managers, executives, diversity leads and general staff, with content adapted to a given industry and team. Sessions cover the main neurodivergent conditions, workplace strengths and challenges, obligations under the Equality Act 2010, and workplace adjustments and best practice, using interactive scenarios rather than a purely compliance-driven format. Client testimonials on the site describe the coaching as practical, citing increased confidence and specific strategies gained through sessions, and note that Archdale’s own lived experience adds depth to the training she delivers. Across all of its strands, the practice presents itself as strengths-based and client-led, working from the premise that neurodivergent difficulty is often a mismatch between environment and brain rather than a deficit to be corrected.