About

Peggy was raised in the small town of Page, Arizona. She and her husband William made Page their home as they raised four children. Peggy is a licensed cosmetologist and had a salon in her home for nearly 20 years. She enjoyed working one-on-one with each of her clients and encouraging them in their various pursuits. The house was always a mess, but Peggy chalked that up to the stress of working while caring for her children. She bought every organizing and housekeeping book she could find but nothing seemed to work for her. Sticky notes and a dry-erase board helped keep things running smoothly, and she found other small ways to keep organized as best she could.

After her children grew up and moved away, Peggy and her husband moved to Gilbert, Arizona to be close to an airport so they could see their family more often. Peggy, ready for a change, knew that moving to the big city would afford her the opportunity to find her next career. She spent two years jobless while she read book after book on strengths and careers. Finally, she came across a CD of Cheryl Richardson’s “Finding Your Passion.” After repeated listening, Peggy realized she wanted to become a life coach.

It was around this time that Peggy realized she had more than 40 books on home organizing, and her new home wasn’t much better organized than the one she’d left behind in Page. She began to wonder what was wrong with her. She didn’t have children or a job to blame for the clutter any more. Why couldn’t she get organized? She figured she must simply be lazy. So when Peggy found a book called “You Mean I’m Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?!” at the local library, she was intrigued. She thought it might be the solution to her organizing woes.

After reading it, and several books by Ned Hallowell, she knew she wasn’t lazy. Peggy was sure she must have ADD. Her suspicions were confirmed by a psychiatrist in 2006. What a relief to know there wasn’t something wrong with her after all! There was a reason for her unique way of thinking and being. There was a reason her books collected dust. Peggy realized that things she’d been using over the years – the marker board, the sticky notes, the day planner – were her ways of compensating for her ADD.

Soon after her diagnosis, Peggy read an article about Nancy Ratey, an ADD coach. Peggy didn’t know there was such a thing as an ADD coach but she’d made up her mind. What career could be better than one that combined her two passions of life coaching and ADD?

Peggy went in search of training and found a wonderful school, the ADD Coach Academy. As Peggy listened to her teleclasses, loving every minute of learning, she knew she wouldn’t be content to merely coach. She had to share her knowledge with others. She joined Toastmasters in 2008 to hone her public speaking skills. Today Peggy is passionate about speaking and presenting workshops as well as personal and group coaching to help others understand and appreciate their ADD.