#120: Mel Sims – Neurodivergent Coaching, and How to be Unpolished, Scuffed and Brilliant

The Coach's Journey - build a coaching business with integrity · May 7, 2026 · 1h 53m

When Mel Sims discovered coaching, she was adamant that nobody could understand her life. Her journey into coaching allowed her to put down the mask, harness her strengths, and re-emerge into the world as a neurodivergent emotional coach.

Mel trained as a coach while learning about herself through the lens of an ADHD diagnosis. As well as offering her a pathway of personal growth, these experiences helped Mel find her niche through the realisation that neurodivergent people need a particular coaching approach.

In this episode of The Coach’s Journey Podcast, Mel speaks to host Joey Owen about…