Tomato Soup for Breakfast, LLC
Tomato Soup for Breakfast, LLC
A Different Approach to ADHD & Neurodiversity
A Different Approach to ADHD & Neurodiversity
Rachel B. Selig, M.Ed.
Coach & Consultant for Adults with ADHD, Neurodiversity, and Supporters
Workshops ~ Inclusion Business Consulting ~ Trainings ~ Private Coaching ~ Presentations
Services
CONSULTING
Supporting inclusion and removal of barriers for businesses, course creators, entrepreneurs, and more via:
- Workshops
- Business Consulting
- Trainings
- Private Coaching
- Presentations
COACHING
Supporting understanding, advocacy, and goals via:
- Private Coaching
- Small Group Coaching
- VIP Intensives
Business Consulting
Private Coaching
Rachel partners with businesses and organizations to make their courses, cultures, and day-to-day activities inclusive to all neurodiversities resulting in:
- improved engagement
- productivity
- retention
Rachel B. Selig’s coaching and consulting centers on spreading awareness that ADHD and neurodiverse characteristics are neutral facts and people with those characteristics are not broken and do not need to be fixed.
Rachel is passionate about removing barriers and supporting inclusivity.
You know that feeling when you share something that is challenging and other people say, "just do it..." ? Ick. Maybe you've asked yourself, "Why can't I just do that thing that is so easy for others?"
Here's the thing: If it was "just" that easy, we would have done it. Clearly it's not.
The fact that it's not easy is simply that, a fact. No judgment.
TRUTH: You're not broken. You don't need to be fixed.
What you do need are strategies and support.
Speaking Topics Include:
- Removing Barriers & Fostering Inclusion for ADHD & Neurodiverse Adults
- Why "Just Do The Thing" Doesn't Work: Understanding and Supporting Motivation, Task Initiation, and Completion for Adults with ADHD & Neurodiversity
- Not Only "Driven By a Motor": Surprising Adult ADHD & Neurodiverse Characteristics
- Know What I Mean? Learning & Utilizing Effective Communication for and with people with ADHD & Neurodiversity
- Why Not Tomato Soup for Breakfast? Supporting Different Approaches for Adults with ADHD & Neurodiversity
- Match Intention with Attention: Techniques for ADHD & Neurodiversity
- Time to Thrive: ADHD & Neurodiversity
- Unique Characteristics of ADHD & Neurodivsersity for Women: Understanding and Support
- ADHD, ASD, RSD, PDA, NT, and More: Understanding the Neurodiverse Alphabet Soup
EXPERIENCES / TESTIMONIALS
These testimonials are some of the things you, too, can experience from our coaching work together.
Receive Support
Private Coaching
Coaching includes so much more than handy hacks.
As Bobby says, "Rachel's coaching strength is in supporting all of me; not only my neurodiverse brain, but also my heart and my spirit."
Stop Struggling
Group Coaching
You, too, can have significant breakthroughs on a resounding level.
As Jacen says, "Rachel's methods to address ADHD... have allowed me to become a better individual, husband, father, and professional."
Exceed Goals
Private Coaching
KZ experienced how hard it can be to reach goals while also in pain in one's personal life.
You don't have to wait for everything in your life to be perfect in order to reach a goal, including a financial one.
KZ says, "Thanks to Rachel, I earn a significantly larger income."
Be Understood
Private Coaching
What characteristics are you seeking in a coach? Erin says, "She [Rachel] was enormously patient, playful, and compassionate, and most importantly, she understood me. Rachel teaches things in manageable bits - in a way I wish teachers throughout my life had done."
Erin continues, "Rachel's coaching helped in making the harder things easy and doable."
Change both Thoughts and Actions
Private and Group Coaching
Jessica sums it up, "I didn't really know I needed an ADHD coach until I met Rachel."
Sometimes we need to grieve the loss of support in the past, before learning these tools. What are some of the tools? Jessica continues to explain that ADHD coaching with Rachel helped her to, "truly manage my time, my money, and to break down big tasks into bite-sized pieces."
Experience Acceptance
Group Coaching
When struggling with tasks that seem to come easy to others, people with ADHD can feel judged.
Avoiding or making an ineffective choice do not define people. Those things are a fact from which to then take actions. Support helps.
As Samantha says, "With Rachel, I am able to face things in ways I never did. She taught me to accept the facts when I struggle. She really never judges."
Strengthen Relationships
Private Coaching
Over time, overwhelm can cause use to shut down. Addressing the overwhelm and creating specific strategies can lead to improvement in so many areas of life.
As Daniel says, "Now, with Rachel's continuing help, I'm not only headed towards my financial goals but my relationship with my spouse improved."
Get "The ADHD Whisperer" for Your Business
Business Consulting
How would your business or community benefit from learning specific techniques, approaches to take, and actionable strategies?
As Dallas says, "Rachel's educational and coaching background is an asset to any community."
Streamline Your Business
Business Consulting
Lauren learned for herself and for her team just how helpful it is to have personal and business coaching and consulting.
As Lauren says, "I am seeing a higher satisfaction level and better return from employees now that I work with her."
Develop an Accessibility Plan
Business Consulting
How does it sound to attend one, two hour workshop and, as Kelli says, be "immediately able to put into practice the techniques she [Rachel] demonstrated."
Kelli continues, "Her workshop helped develop an accessibility plan for my business."
About Rachel
Rachel B. Selig, (she/her), is a coach for adults with characteristics of ADHD, other neurodiversities, and their supporters.
Rachel’s experience includes:
- 4 years of coaching ADHD and neurodiverse clients
- Numerous workshops
- Masters in Education & post-graduate classes
- 15 years as a public school educator for over 1,000 adolescents and their families
- Lived experience learning about her own ADHD well into adulthood
Rachel continues to passionately pursue knowledge, especially how the brains of both neurodiverse and neurotypical process information.
Rachel’s mission for both private coaching and business consulting includes spreading awareness that:
- people with neurodiverse characteristics are not "broken" and therefore do not need to be "fixed"
- communication and descriptive language skills are key
- there can be ease in balancing the reactive and proactive parts of life, to match intention with attention
Her company name, Tomato Soup for Breakfast, is a humorous example of a childhood family debate, one where her point of view was recognized and appreciated… once all were able to understand different experiences and perspectives. Part of Rachel’s coaching philosophy is to get curious and investigate implicit and explicit assumptions which can result in asking, “Why not have tomato soup for breakfast?”
Rachel lives in New Jersey where she is owned by a feline and co-parents her delightfully inquisitive, neurodiverse teen.
FAQ
Frequently Asked QuestionsHow is coaching different from therapy? Coaching is focused on looking at the facts of our lives today and using those as a way to determine how to move towards goals. Therapy, on the other hand, generally investigates the feeling or background info that may lead to today. Coaching uses...Though I coach adults with ADHD, many have never received a formal diagnosis. Here are just some of the many common adult ADHD characteristics: Inconsistent Attention Sometimes extremely focused, other times no attention to detail; stopping projects when they’re 80% completed;...When I work 1:1 (individually) or with a client and their significant other(s), I always begin with a full introductory session. What will actually happen in that first meeting, the introductory session is up to you. It is tailored to your needs and goals. Much of the time, there is a...Tomato Soup for Breakfast, LLC (TSfB)
Why the name Tomato Soup for Breakfast? Let's begin by answering that question with a question: why can't one enjoy something different? Literally, of course we can eschew the so-called traditional breakfast and instead have something like tomato soup, (as Rachel did for a time). Figuratively, TSfB applies to coaching because we look at things differently while meeting and exceeding goals.
The origin story of Tomato Soup for Breakfast:
Back when Rachel was in high school, she and her mom argued about what to eat for breakfast. Rachel's mother insisted that Rachel make herself something that was nutritious. Rachel decided on tomato soup. The fight that ensued! The arguments! "You can't eat that for breakfast!" Uhmmmmm.... why? This went on for a while. Felt like nothing was going to stop the tension between them.
But they resolved it.
When they were both in a calm place, Rachel asked for the reason why her mother was so against my choice of breakfast. Turns out her mom was worried Rachel would leave a mess in the kitchen, something to deal with at the end of a hard day. It was hard to hear that because Rachel's mom had a point. In the past, Rachel had made messes. Rachel and her mom agreed to a trial period for a week. Rachel made sure to clean up, thoroughly enjoyed my breakfast and, from then on, was able to create whatever she wished as long at it was nutrituous.
How this origin story applies to Rachel's coaching:When we have clear communication based on understanding the facts, we can find ways to meet or exceed expectations. In coaching -- especially with people who are neurodiverse -- we look at things differently.
(c) 2023 Tomato Soup for Breakfast, LLC and Rachel B. Selig, M.Ed.
Rachel B. Selig is the owner of Tomato Soup for Breakfast, LLC (TSfB).
TSfB has also been informally known as Think Thrive Coaching.
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