Executive Functioning Coaching for Adults

Enhance your future with our executive function coaching for adults. Whether you’re advancing your career, managing a household, or balancing the many demands of adult life, our personalized coaching helps you strengthen essential executive functioning skills. We focus on practical strategies for time management, organization, prioritization, and goal setting so you can thrive at work and at home. Let us support you in achieving your professional and personal aspirations, leading to a more balanced and productive life.

How We Help

Adult Services

How Executive Function Coaching Helps Adults Balance Work, Home, and Life

Life as an adult comes with countless moving parts—careers to manage, households to run, relationships to maintain, and personal goals that often get pushed aside. When everyday demands pile up, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed, disorganized, or stuck in cycles of procrastination. OptiMind’s executive function coaches for adults provide personalized support to help you cut through the chaos, regain control of your time and priorities, and build the systems you need to succeed at work, at home, and in your personal life.

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Organization

Difficulty maintaining order in work projects, digital files, household tasks, and daily routines, resulting in stress and inefficiency.

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Financial Management

Trouble creating and following budgets, managing bills, saving consistently, or planning for long-term financial goals.

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Staying Focused

Easily distracted by workplace interruptions, digital notifications, or personal concerns, making it hard to stay productive.

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Managing Impulses

Difficulty resisting time-wasting habits or impulsive spending, as well as struggles with stress and anxiety connected to professional or personal responsibilities.

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Starting and Completing Tasks

Procrastination in starting work assignments, household chores, or personal projects, and inconsistent completion of tasks, often leaving projects unfinished.

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Adapting to Change 

Difficulty adjusting when work priorities shift, family dynamics change, or unexpected challenges arise, and trouble evaluating when strategies need to be adjusted.

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Self-Advocacy

Hesitancy or challenges in seeking support, accommodations, or clarifications both at work and with family members, and difficulties in effectively communicating with colleagues, supervisors, and partners.

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Working Memory

Forgetting appointments, deadlines, client details, or household to-dos, despite reminders or written notes.

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Maintaining Healthy Habits

Difficulty establishing and sticking to routines for sleep, exercise, and nutrition, and neglecting self-care and personal hygiene.

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Managing Responsibilities

Struggles to plan and prioritize tasks effectively, leading to missed deadlines and difficulty managing responsibilities.

Do you face any of these challenges?

Our Executive Functioning Coaching Services for Adults

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    Goal Setting and Action Planning

    Collaborative coaching sessions to establish career milestones, personal goals, and family priorities, paired with actionable plans to achieve them effectively.

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    Skill Development Lessons

    One-on-one lessons focused on building executive functioning skills for adults, including prioritization, decision-making, problem-solving, and self-regulation—skills that support both career advancement and personal responsibilities.

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    Customized Strategies and Tools

    Assistance in developing tailored strategies to improve daily routines, productivity systems, and organizational habits, with ongoing guidance to refine and maintain these strategies for lasting impact.

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    Workplace Integration Support

    Guidance on managing workplace challenges such as meeting deadlines, delegating tasks, improving communication skills, and handling competing demands, all while fostering strong professional relationships.

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    Home and Life Management Strategies

    Coaching on balancing household responsibilities, building effective routines, creating sustainable financial systems, and maintaining harmony between work and personal life.

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    Digital Organization Solutions

    Support in using digital tools and apps for task management, scheduling, financial tracking, and project organization, tailored to each individual’s lifestyle and preferences.

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    Assessment and Progress Tracking

    Executive function assessments to identify strengths and growth areas, followed by structured progress reviews to ensure strategies are adjusted and remain effective over time.

Meet Sarah Ritter

Founder and Executive Functioning Specialist

Sarah Ritter has close to a decade of experience in special education, serving as a Special Education Teacher, as well as a Learning and Behavior Specialist, prior to becoming an Executive Functioning Specialist. She worked in the public sector for Fairfax and Howard County Public Schools in the private sector for individual clients throughout the DMV, as well as provided her services virtually. Sarah’s boundless enthusiasm captivates her clients, who are a diverse range of learners, to address their unique needs.

Sarah attended graduate school at George Mason University, focusing on Adaptive Curriculum in the School of Special Education. Prior to that, she attended Christopher Newport University, where she earned her undergraduate degree with a major in Organic Biology. The combination of these two diverse educational experiences and Sarah’s passion for each field of study has deeply influenced her approach to working with students with executive functioning challenges.

With OptiMind ES, Sarah’s passion lies in empowering students to understand how their brains function through science. Through science-based strategies and evidence-based tools, she enables students with the skills they need to succeed in all aspects of life.

Join Sarah on a journey of discovery and empowerment as she harnesses the potential of every client.

Our goal is to equip you with the skills and confidence to help you thrive.

Frequently Asked Questions About Executive Function Coaching for Adults

  • Executive function coaching for adults is personalized, skill-based support that helps you strengthen areas such as organization, time management, planning, prioritization, and self-advocacy. At OptiMind, we focus on giving adults practical strategies to better manage careers, households, finances, and personal goals, leading to greater productivity and balance in everyday life.

  • Yes. Many adults struggle to balance household responsibilities with work and personal goals. Coaching provides tools for managing finances, creating sustainable routines, organizing home tasks, and maintaining healthy habits like exercise, nutrition, and self-care.

  • Our coaching can help adults improve focus, manage workloads, meet deadlines, and adapt to shifting priorities in the workplace. We also provide strategies for communication, decision-making, and professional growth—skills that directly impact career advancement and job satisfaction.

  • Yes. All of our coaching sessions are offered virtually, making it easy for adults to receive support no matter where they live or work. Virtual sessions are flexible, interactive, and designed to fit seamlessly into your schedule.

  • Coaching sessions are scheduled twice a week, each session lasting 50 minutes. 

  • Absolutely. Adults with ADHD or other learning differences often experience challenges with focus, impulse control, and follow-through. Executive function coaching offers practical strategies to manage these difficulties while building confidence, structure, and consistency in both work and personal life.

  • Coaching is action-oriented and focused on building practical skills for daily functioning—like organizing projects, managing stress, and improving productivity. Therapy, on the other hand, addresses deeper emotional and psychological concerns. Many adults benefit from both, but coaching specifically equips you with tools to function more effectively in your career and personal life.

  • Many adults begin noticing improvements in organization, focus, and follow-through within just a few weeks. The pace of progress depends on your goals and consistency in applying strategies, but we provide regular progress tracking to ensure steady improvement over time.

  • Unfortunately, executive function coaching is not typically covered by most insurance companies at this time. Clients may need to seek alternative payment methods for these services.