Meet Kris

I started life in a small town "up river" from Pittsburgh, PA. After marriage, I finished college at University of Richmond's School of Business, with a BS in Industrial Management. Following my husband's peripatetic career, we've moved 22 times in 30 years, while raising three children to adulthood.

Along the way, I learned the joys of fiber work. This led to part of the fiber supply living in the back yard - a small herd of llamas, an endless source of joy and occasional calm. These join the cats and dogs who keep the family's life firmly in paw!

The discovery of my ADD was freeing - I was no longer a disorganized, scatter-brained, socially inept person because I wasn't "trying hard enough" or "not paying attention", or any of the other negative messages that are pasted on ADD adults at some point in their lives. I have a neurochemical imbalance in the brain! Treatment, combining, in my case, medication, education, and coaching, has made my life far more productive.

I received my basic coach training with Optimal Functioning Institute, completing over 80 hours of class work, plus 160 hours of lab work, attending conferences - both regional and national - and doing peer coaching. I'm now on staff at OFI, as a class advisor, co-instructor, and support. I also take classes at Coachville, and am a member of the National Attention Deficit Disorder Association and CHADD, Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

ADD is really a wonderful gift! You can enjoy more of what life shows you, try more ideas, come up with new ways of solving problems, and not be tied down to "this is the only thing that works". Frequently, this can get you positive recognition from others, especially when they were stumped. With a little help from a coach, you can realize your true potential, succeed at whatever you've determined is your place, and bring joy to yourself and others along the way.

My practice is set up to take advantage of that great ADD invention - the telephone. Sessions are scheduled for 45 minutes, once per week, with occasional e-mail check ins and information exchange in between. A minimum commitment of 4 months is asked, as change takes time. Where one of your linear friends may form a new system or adopt a new habit in a month, an ADDer may take up to two months or more to make the system their own.

Coaching is NOT therapy. I don't ask about your 3rd birthday presents, or why you stuffed a fake gerbil in your shirt just before the Junior Class concert. We work together on issues affecting you IN THE PRESENT, and build ways of making your life run a bit more smoothly.

I don't prescribe medication, exercise (except as a great mood elevator), or standing in the snow on one foot at dawn. If therapy, medication, or other treatment seem to be indicated, I will ask you to consider getting this important and supportive help from appropriately trained people.

I currently do not have a reliable phone, so please either email me or write to me at
Kris Paige
721 Weaverbird Way
Livermore, CO 80536