There is a big difference between knowing what to do and actually being able to do it when life is happening around you.
That is one of the reasons I am so passionate about Executive Function Neurodiversity Informed Coaching.
Many of us forget that we are intelligent, capable, and creative because we find ourselves battling with things like task initiation, time blindness, emotional regulation, working memory, planning, procrastination, overwhelm and the dreaded “I know what I need to do, so why can’t I just do it?” feeling.
And sometimes, what we need is not another person telling them to try harder. We need someone who understands how executive functioning works and who can help us build strategies that work with our brain rather than constantly fighting against it.
Our next **ADHD & Executive Function Coach Training cohort starts on 17 August** and this programme goes far beyond the basics of “What is ADHD and Executive Functioning?”
We look at what ADHD lived experience looks like and what executive functioning challenges actually look like in everyday life and, importantly, how a coach could help.
We unpack areas such as:
🧠 Task initiation and procrastination
🧠 Working memory
🧠 Time blindness and time management
🧠 Emotional regulation
🧠 Impulsivity and inhibitory control
🧠 Planning and prioritisation
🧠 Organisation
🧠 Goal - directed persistence
🧠 Cognitive flexibility
🧠 Practical coaching tools and strategies
We also explore some of the language people are increasingly bringing from social media into coaching conversations. Concepts like body doubling, doom scrolling, masking, task paralysis, hyperfocus, “no spoons left” and more, so that coaches understand the language without automatically treating every online term as a sign of dysregulation.
The training is practical, strengths based and grounded in ethical coaching practice.
Because good EF coaching is not about fixing people. It is not counselling or therapy. It is something different.
It is about helping people understand themselves better, build systems that support them, and create goals that creates movement with more self - awareness.
📅 **Next cohort starts: 17 August 2026**
🌱 **ADHD & Executive Function Coach Training**
If this is an area you would love to add to your coaching work, send me a message or comment **EF Coach** below and I’ll send you the details.
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://wellnessspecialist.co.za/practitioner-development/coach-training/
50% off Women’s Month Discount Link is available for this cohort 👇:
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“She believed she could, so she did.”
I have always loved this quote, but the older I get, the more I realise that believing you can does not always look like confidence.
Sometimes it looks like doing something while you are still terrified. Sometimes it is starting again when life did not quite work out the way you expected. Sometimes it is admitting that something no longer fits, changing direction, or allowing yourself to want more without feeling guilty for it.
And perhaps that is what I find myself thinking about most this Women’s Day.
We speak so often about the strength of women, and there is so much strength to celebrate. Women have an extraordinary history of courage, leadership and refusing to accept that their voices should not matter.
But I also wonder whether we have made “being a strong woman” another expectation women have to carry.
Because women carry a lot.
We carry families and businesses, deadlines and dinner, ambitions and anxieties, other people’s needs and our own dreams. We become so good at carrying that sometimes people stop noticing how heavy it all is.
I do not want strength for women to mean, “Look how much she can endure.”
I want it to mean that she knows when something needs to change.
That she can ask for help without feeling weak, rest without feeling guilty, be ambitious without apologising for it, and build a life in which she does not have to disappear for everyone else to flourish.
And maybe that is also what “she believed she could” means.
Not only believing you can achieve the qualification, build the business, lead the team or reach the goal.
But believing that your dreams still matter.
That starting again does not mean you failed.
That you are allowed to change.
That becoming can happen at 25, 40, 50, 60 and beyond.
And that your life is allowed to have space for you in it too.
So today I am celebrating the women doing extraordinary things, but I am also celebrating the woman quietly finding her way back to herself.
The woman with a dream she has barely told anyone about.
The woman asking, “What comes next?”
And the woman discovering that she is allowed to become someone she has never been before.
Happy Women’s Day. 🌿
May we keep making the road a little wider for the women coming behind us and remember to leave some room for ourselves too.
“If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough” - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
I think sometimes we misunderstand fear.
We assume that if something makes us nervous, uncertain or uncomfortable, it must be a sign that we are heading in the wrong direction. But what if, sometimes, fear is simply the evidence that we are standing at the edge of something bigger than what we have known before?
Some dreams feel comfortable because they fit neatly inside the life we already understand.
Others stretch us. They ask us to learn, to risk, to be seen and to believe in ourselves before there is enough evidence to make that belief feel sensible.
And perhaps that is why the dreams that matter most can feel a little frightening.
Not because they are impossible, but because we know that pursuing them may require us to become someone we have not yet had to be.
There are things I look back on now that once felt enormous. Things I wondered whether I was capable of doing at all.
And then one day, they became part of my normal.
That is the beautiful thing about growth.
What terrifies you today may one day become the very thing you wonder why you waited so long to begin.
So dream, plan, pray and prepare.
And when the dream feels slightly bigger than you are right now, perhaps don’t immediately shrink it. Maybe you are simply still becoming the person who can carry it.
Keshnie Mathi
“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair” - Shirley Chisholm
I love this quote because it reminds me that sometimes we spend far too much time waiting.
Waiting to be invited. Waiting to be recognised.
Waiting for someone to say, “You belong here.”
Waiting for permission to take up space.
But there comes a point when you realise that the table was never meant to determine your worth.
Sometimes you have to bring your own chair.
Sometimes you have to enter the room before you feel completely ready.
Speak even when your voice shakes a little.
Create the opportunity that nobody thought to offer you.
Build the platform you kept hoping someone else would give you.
And sometimes, you may even discover that you were never meant simply to find a seat at someone else’s table.
You were meant to build one.
A bigger table.
A different table.
A table where others who have also felt overlooked, underestimated or out of place can pull up a chair too.
I think that is part of becoming.
Not becoming louder for the sake of being heard, but becoming brave enough to stop shrinking.
So if you are waiting for an invitation that simply is not coming, perhaps this is your reminder:
Bring the folding chair. ❤️
And when the time comes, build the table.
03/08/2026
🌸New Practitioner Resources🌸
✨ **Something new has arrived at The Wellness Specialist Skills Academy!** ✨
Over the years, I have created countless worksheets, planners and practical tools to help both myself and the people I support move from simply thinking about change to intentionally taking action.
I know how easy it is to feel overwhelmed by everything we want to manage - our goals, emotional wellbeing, finances, relationships, habits, work and personal growth.
I also know how much time coaches, counsellors, doulas and other helping professionals spend creating quality resources for their clients.
That is why I created the **Intentional Life Template Bundle**. 🌿
This fully downloadable bundle includes **more than 70 practical templates** designed to support:
✨ Intentional goal - setting and personal growth
✨ Daily, weekly, monthly and annual planning
✨ Emotional awareness and mental wellness
✨ Gratitude, affirmations and thought reflection
✨ Habit building and progress tracking
✨ Budgeting, saving and financial planning
✨ Relationships, self reflection and purposeful living
Every template is fully customisable using a **free Canva account**. Helping professionals can personalise the resources, add their own logo and incorporate them into their existing client toolkit.
No more spending hours starting from a blank page. The structure has already been created, you simply customise it and make it your own.
Whether you are building a more intentional life or expanding the resources you offer in your practice, this bundle was created to help you save time, gain clarity and take meaningful action.
💻 **Available now for only $9.99 or R168
Purchase your **Intentional Life Template Bundle** by clicking the link 👇 :
https://courses.wellnessspecialist.co.za/products/digital_downloads/templatepack
Because intentional living is not about having everything perfectly figured out. It is about having the right tools to help you take your next step. 🌱
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01/08/2026
Turn your understanding into practical skills
ADHD is so much more than distraction or difficulty concentrating. It can affect planning, motivation, emotional regulation, time awareness, working memory and the ability to begin and complete everyday tasks.
For parents, educators and helping professionals, understanding these challenges can make the difference between asking, “Why won’t they do it?” and recognising, “What EF skills do they need to do it?”
I am excited to open registrations for the ADHD & Executive Function Coach Training Evening Cohort.
This practical training is designed for:
✨ Current practitioners and coaches
✨ Counsellors and wellness professionals
✨ Educators and learning - support professionals
✨ Supportive families wanting deeper understanding and practical tools
✨ Individuals interested in supporting people everyday executive function challenges
The programme will help you develop a more informed, strengths - based and practical approach to support. We will explore how executive functioning affects daily life and how coaching tools can support greater self-awareness, structure, confidence and sustainable progress.
📅 Live online sessions: 17, 18, 19 and 20 August 2026
⏰ Time: 18:00–21:00
🛠️ September: Practical application month
💰 Investment: R7 600
This is a focused evening cohort created for people who cannot attend training during ordinary working hours.
Spaces are limited.
📧 [email protected]
📱 061 462 7419
Come and learn how to support the person behind the acronyms
Link to register:
https://forms.gle/c8yePVMAGrEvFaUZ6
20/07/2026
❤️🎉
A fantastic programme for emerging or experienced counsellors alike! Exciting to see!!!
ASCHP
🌱 From Learning to Leadership – Your Journey Starts Here
The Liedani Counsellor Development Programme, in affiliation with ASCHP, is designed to support aspiring and emerging counsellors on their path to professional growth and development.
This comprehensive 12-week programme provides a strong foundation in counselling theory, ethics, practical skills, self-awareness, and professional practice. Participants will gain valuable knowledge and hands-on experience while working towards meeting professional registration requirements and developing as effective, ethical counsellors.
The programme also offers a clear pathway for those who wish to continue their professional journey towards Supervisor Training and ultimately ASCHP Supervisor Designation.
What you can expect:
✔ Comprehensive counsellor training
✔ Personal growth and self-awareness development
✔ Ethical and professional practice guidance
✔ Practical skills development and real-world application
✔ A pathway towards ASCHP registration and future supervisor status
📅 August 2026 Cohort and October 2026 Cohort now available.
💰 Programme Investment: R13 500
💳 Deposit: R4 500 + two installments
📚 Duration: 12 Weeks
Email: [email protected]
🔗 Register for the August 2026 Cohort here: https://www.quicket.co.za/events/386812-lcdp-august-cohort #/
Whether you are looking to start your counselling journey, strengthen your skills, or take the next step in your professional development, the Liedani Counsellor Development Programme provides the support, structure, and guidance to help you succeed.
Supporting Counsellors. Strengthening Communities.
20/07/2026
Happy International Chess Day!
♟️ **What chess has taught our family** ♟️
My son’s love for chess has slowly become something that has inspired all of us.
Through watching my son Daniel learn, compete, win, lose, practise and return to the board, I have realised that chess is not only about intelligence or strategy. It is also about emotional wellbeing, character and growth.
Chess has taught us that you can make a poor move without being a poor player. You can lose a game without losing your confidence. You can pause, reassess and choose a different way forward.
It has taught us patience when progress feels slow, humility when things go well, resilience when they do not, and the importance of thinking beyond the moment in front of you.
Perhaps one of the greatest lessons has been learning that we cannot control every move made around us, but we can take responsibility for our own next move.
As a mother, I am incredibly proud of the player Daniel is becoming. But I am even more grateful for the determination, discipline and courage that his chess journey is developing within him and for the lessons his journey continues to teach our whole family.
At The Wellness Specialist, we often speak about growth, self - awareness and learning to respond rather than simply react. Sometimes those lessons are found in a counselling room or a workshop.
And sometimes, they are found on a board of just 64 squares.
♟️ Your last move does not define you. What matters is what you learn and how thoughtfully you make the next one♟️
FIDE - International Chess Federation
Chess South Africa
18/07/2026
I am so excited to finally share something that has been sitting in my heart for a while🌸
🌸**Still Becoming** my new podcast, is officially launching on Spotify. 🎙️🌸
This podcast exists simply because so many of us are carrying big lives quietly and sometimes we just need to hear the lived experiences of others. We are building, leading, parenting, starting over, healing from disappointment, navigating faith, questioning purpose and trying to move forward even when we do not have everything figured out.
**Still Becoming** is for the person in the messy middle. The one who knows there is more, but is also learning that becoming is not always neat, easy or glamorous.
It is for the leader, parent, entrepreneur, believer, dreamer, professional, creative, caregiver and change - maker who is trying to build a meaningful life without burning out or losing themselves in the process.
This will be a space for honest conversations about purpose, business, family, faith, identity, wellness, courage, fear, failure, growth and the real work of becoming.
Not from a place of having arrived. From a place of still becoming.
I will also be inviting guests into the conversation, people with honest stories, hard - earned wisdom, lived experience, professional insight and practical wisdom that can help others keep becoming.
If you feel you have a story, lesson, journey or area of work that aligns with the heart of **Still Becoming**, I would absolutely love to connect and explore whether there may be a meaningful conversation to share.
The podcast is hosted on **Spotify**, so please feel free to listen, follow along, and share it with someone who may need the reminder that they are not behind, they are becoming.
Listen on Spotify below or search “Still Becoming with Dr Keshnie Mathi” :
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3yBl6QODPo1NqPJenuAhpz?si=YoHQhufmSimLXN190J6UIw
Interested in being part of a future conversation? Connect with me here: [email protected]
Here’s to becoming with honesty, courage and grace. 🤍
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