Donna Addkison, M.A., M.S.
PCC, PCAC, ACCG

Donna holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English with Honors and master degrees in Political Science and Criminal Justice. Donna is a committed life-long learner who holds the PCC (Professional Certified Coach) credential issued by ICF (International Coaching Federation), the PCAC (Professional Certified ADHD Coach) credential issued by PAAC (Professional Association of ADHD Coaches) and the ACCG (ADDCA Certified Coach Graduate) awarded by ADDCA. A member of the faculty at ADDCA, she provides mentor coaching to new coaches and coaching supervision to more experienced coaches, too.

A certified yoga therapist (CYT 1000), a registered yoga teacher and continuing education provider through Yoga Alliance (E-RYT 500 and YACEP), Donna facilitating therapeutic practices for recovery, management and prevention privately and leads classes in various group settings.

She has a vision for how ADHD coaching and yoga instruction may work together to serve individuals managing ADHD at all ages and levels of ability by increasing interoception and self-awareness. More on this to come!

A child of the Deep South, Donna has lived in ten different states, covering almost every "region" of the country, and now calls The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul, Minnesota home. She taught piano lessons, led middle school and high school summer camps, tutored a range of subjects for neuro-normative and neuro-different students of all ages.  Donna has sung in community choirs and directed church choirs. She has written professionally and continues to write for her own amusement. Her non-coaching writing can be found on select content creation platforms. She has volunteered with civic organizations, animal rescues, and literacy programs and continues to do what she can in her adopted home, Minnesota.

Over the course of her professional career, Donna worked in higher education as an adjunct instructor and ran high-profile political campaigns. She served as deputy chief of staff to a governor and chief development officer for a major US city. She led nonprofit organizations including a chamber of commerce, economic development foundation, and an economic & financial security research & advocacy organization. She worked to build community development credit unions and community outreach programs. Donna landed in the middle of efforts to rebuild the Gulf Coast after the hurricane season of 2005, into 2006 and 2007.

Donna has raised awareness of and funding to address some of the most serious matters facing households across the country including housing insecurity, food insecurity, mental health matters and predatory lending practices. She remains an outspoken advocate in matters of social, racial, gender and economic justice.

There are those who would say she can't stick with a job.

There are those who said her interests are too broad and wide ranging. 

There are those who said she overthinks things and gets bored easily.

There are those who said she's a nomad and can't sit still for very long.

There was no one who EVER said she might have ADHD. Until 2021.

Who do I say that I am?

I am a granddaughter, daughter, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt.
I am a friend, colleague, teammate and rival.
I am creative and clever, witty and wry, firm and formidable, stubborn and sensitive.
I am an advocate, business owner, dreamer, writer, volunteer and yogi.
I have worn many titles over the years, all signifying a bent toward the practical application of strategic planning to make real the dreams of others.
I am surrounded by individuals with gifts, skills, talents and abilities beyond measure who have also worn many titles and honed their craft in all areas of organizational development and programmatic excellence.
I am one of many, some known to me and others not.
Together we created our own crew, our own way of doing things.  

We have witnessed change and setback, progress and retreat. We have stood alone, felt alone, leaned on each other and propped each other up from time to time. 
Together we have achieved outcomes beyond our wildest imaginings even if our bank accounts don't reflect that.

Together we have come to realize that we were the undiagnosed, the overlooked, the misunderstood. We were the ones without a user's manual for our own bodies.

Together we have discovered what it means to live with ADHD undiagnosed and unrecognized until the middle chapters of our lives.

Together we have pleaded with doctors, researched on our own, commiserated with friends, dug in our heels, avoided the conversations with family members, and weeped alone.

Together we have witnessed each other struggle, fall, rise again and repeat.

​Together we have discovered that there is a way through.

ADHD Coaching is that way.

I am an ADHD Coach, and this is only the beginning for me. And for you.

Let's take this journey together. Let's start today.

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