‘CalmSeas’ ADHD coaching program has been a turning point in my life. I was not only dealing with ADHD but also facing challenges with depression, anxiety, procrastination and perfectionism, all of which seemed deeply tied to my ADHD. These issues made it incredibly difficult to manage work and pursue my passion for chess—my life was falling apart.

Before receiving a diagnosis, I strongly suspected I had ADHD based on my symptoms. I tried researching solutions on my own, but the information was scattered and overwhelming. CalmSeas educated me about ADHD, provided me with an organized, step-by-step approach and equipped me with strategies that addressed not just ADHD, but the associated struggles with mood and mindset. The group coaching added an incredible sense of community and motivation, connecting me with others who understood what I was going through.

After years of feeling out of control, I now have the tools to manage my ADHD and its related challenges. I’ve made real progress at work, which used to feel overwhelming, and I’m able to play chess consistently—a big accomplishment and huge satisfaction for me. I am hopeful to play at professional level by end of 2025.

I am deeply grateful to Vidya and the CalmSeas for helping me get here.”

I cannot speak highly enough of Vidya. She has a warm, welcoming, and encouraging energy that makes you feel comfortable both sharing your struggles and celebrating your wins. I took part in her small group coaching, and I am so glad I did. Vidya offers excellent insights, lessons, tools, and strategies that have helped me immensely in working WITH my ADHD brain instead of against it. Her practical, actionable advice is clear and helpful, and she has mastered the balance of being supportive while still holding you accountable to the goals you set. Thanks to working with Vidya, my self-talk, emotional regulation, schedule setting, task initiation and task completion have all improved. Of course there is no cure-all for ADHD, but working with Vidya was immensely helpful and I would recommend her coaching to anyone grappling with the ways ADHD creates obstacles in both your professional and personal life.

i had the pleasure of being a member of one of Vidya's Core Coaching Program cohorts. Vidya is experienced in running/leading a group program focused on addressing issues related to ADHD (see her credentials on her website). from the get-go, i could feel that Vidya was dedicated to helping me improve my life circumstances living with ADHD.

In my experience, Vidya and the team at Calm Seas Coaching provide a compassionate and safe environment designed to bring out the best in all of us. Their foundation of a structured approach to learning coupled with appropriate coaching techniques has allowed me to not only understand my ADHD diagnosis, but also move towards thriving despite the challenges of neurodiversity. While my experience is limited to participation in an Executive Functioning Webinar and a four-month group coaching course, I look forward to working with the Calm Seas team, making good use of their support.

Vidya's calm, reassuring help was just what I needed this year. I first took her webinar, then moved into private coaching. She helped me to discover my strengths, and how to use those to my advantage. After years of feeling my mind was "broken," Vidya gave me the confidence and support to have my most successful year ever. I'll be continuing in her ongoing programs, and continuing to recommend her help to everyone who needs help navigating life with ADHD. She has made such a difference in my personal and professional lives.

Vidya Gulan at Calm Seas Coaching is an incredible human. Over the last 8 months of coaching, Vidya consistently identifies with where I am stuck and is able to articulate perfectly ways I can counter act what's hanging me up. I think of Vidya as a magician as she is calm, cool, collect, and always spot on in terms of giving me the tools for both growth and practical application. When we first met, Vidya said she was developing a coaching practice because she took a class on transformational life coaching and it resonated with her so strongly she wanted to dedicate her work to helping others in a like manner --I can testify that Vidya's coaching has transformed my life! Vidya is truly a gift to humanity and should you find yourself reading this review and contemplating how she may help with your (newly diagnosed) ADHD, I cannot possibly encourage you more!

Vidya coached me to succeed. I came to Vidya with my recently diagnosed Adult ADHD challenges. She worked with me to discover and assemble a successful plan for me. In my final meeting, I was pleased to see that the strengths I now have are the exact challenges that I wanted to overcome!

When I came across the website for Calm Seas Coaching, I knew I found what I was looking for. The website does a wonderful job of respectfully outlining the challenges of having ADHD. It also outlines what I wanted to accomplish. I was diagnosed as an adult. Growing up, not know why I struggled, I developed strategies and techniques so that I wouldn't let people down with my inconsistency. I sacrificed my self care, interests, desires. For years, I though this was what I had to do to compensate for my ADHD. From the start of coaching, Vidya helped me see my strengths and helped me use them to develop structures, focus of mind, in order to reach my goals and meet my personal needs. In 3 months, I woke up to experience joy again. Vidya gets ADHD. In a loving, patient, and firm way. She held me to my strengths and goals and helped me chart paths of acceptance. Vidya is the coach I needed.

Vidya made an enormous difference for me. I was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult and was struggling to find strategies that would help me accomplish what I needed to. My ADHD was affecting my work and my relationships, and while I had medication and therapy, I still felt like I wasn't doing as well as I could.

With Vidya's help, I came to understand my ADHD better and developed strategies based on what works best for me.

Working with Vidya has honestly changed my life for the better! As a mother of two kids with ADHD, I was completely at a loss with how to manage all of the stress and intensity in our home life.
In addition to learning more about ADHD and the unique wiring of the ADHD brain, I have become more skilled at setting up my kids (and even my marriage) for greater success. While I initially reached out to Vidya to coach my children, I've seen such incredible value in her expertise that I "stole" her for myself. She is absolutely amazing! She learns about you as an individual, and then makes observations and/or asks questions that allow you to formulate your own solutions/answers.
Since working with her, my focus has shifted from "my failures as a parent" to my evidence-based history of successes. I have learned to recognize and respond to my own triggers and counterproductive thought patterns (thinking traps) that have gotten in the way of more positive outcomes. In simplest terms, coaching has been about making the shift away from the typical "negative" mindset of what we DON'T want towards the more positive mindset of what we DO want! Thanks to Vidya, not only have I improved my skills in seeing the world through a lens of positivity, but I have been able to pass that knowledge on to my kids, family, and friends.