Guided Planning Sessions

A monthly membership designed around planning, prioritizing, accountability, and success.

GPS Enrollment is Open!

Join the GPS Membership Program and get support to navigate your plan, get more done, and build a community of others looking to navigate their lives confidently. Enrollment is currently open so join our Spring-Summer cohort and get planning today!

Guided Planning Sessions
$250.00
Every month

Enrollment closes on May 8th.
The cohort begins May 13th, 2024!

Questions?

Schedule a 15-minute complimentary consultation to talk directly to someone from the TCA team via Zoom or phone call. We will do our best to answer any questions you may have about the GPS program. We're always happy to help.

How GPS Works

 

GPS begins with a membership site that is dedicated only to planning. We’ll introduce you to the four stages of GPS and — depending on the stage of planning experience and your comfort level — we’ll determine what you will be doing in the weekly GPS sessions.

Each stage has its own page of resource material — from videos, to posts, and worksheets, all to help you meet your milestones and move onto the next stage of GPS.

When you first sign up for GPS, we will meet individually to find out what stage you are in and where to get started.

The weekly meetings are structured around a specific planning process to guide you from evaluating your calendar and tasks to prioritizing what is most important, and you’ll practice intentional planning to ensure you get done what needs to get done.

Charting a New Path

 
 
 

Finding Your Way

ADHD does not mean that you are lost, but it might feel that way.

You see a map. You can see where you’d like to go. But there is no route connecting the two points. Between them is just a nest of roads obscured by mountains and tress with no navigable path.

You know exactly where you are, and where you want to go, but between the two: a mess.

For many living with ADHD, the same mess exists between two points on your schedule: Monday and Friday. On the calendar, between two points, a mess of tasks, goals, and obligations sitting firmly on a map of possibilities with no direction, no map illuminating how to get it all done.

 

Until Now:
Introducing Guided Planning Sessions

This is where your customized GPS guide comes in. GPS stands for Guided Planning Sessions, a membership program designed to give you a map that you can actually navigate.

Each step along the way, we’ll approach our time with the utmost intention by working new muscles in three key areas:

  • Task Management

  • Prioritization

  • Intentional Planning

We’ve been doing this work for a long time. We know that the act of planning is a significant challenge for ADHDers.

  • How do you make time to plan?

  • How do you avoid over-complicating the process?

  • Where do you start?

The Stages of GPS

  • Stage One - The Beginner

    Not committed to any calendar or task management system. Feels overwhelmed and lost on where to start planning.

  • Stage Two - The Builder

    Committed to a calendar and task management system. Now, it’s time to build it. Transferring projects and breaking down tasks.

  • Stage Three - The Planner

    Working in your new system, practicing the strategies from GPS to make planning a habit. Making adjustments when needed.

  • Stage Four - The Alumni

    Trusted calendar and task management system in place. Appreciates the support of GPS. Requires: 3+ months in the membership.

Weekly Planning Sessions

Beginning May 13, 2024, we will be offering three different times for Monday/Thursday planning sessions, two Q&A sessions, and a body doubling session in between.

  • 7:00am - 7:50am PT (10:00am-10:50am ET) - Planning Session

  • 8:00am - 9:00am PT (11:00am 12:00pm ET) - Open Discussion (Q & A)

  • 9:00am - 9:50am PT (12:00pm-12:50pm ET) - Planning Session

  • 10:00am - 11:00am PT (1:00pm-2:00pm ET) - Body Double Session

  • 11:00am - 12:00pm PT (2:00pm-3:00pm ET) - Open Discussion (Q & A)

  • 12:00pm - 1:00pm PT (3:00pm -4:00pm ET) - Planning Session

Join a Group. Find Your Path. Get Moving.

You're not alone. This is meant to be a safe place to be yourself, to be understood. This is not about learning a magical strategy to fix this or that. This membership is about real conversation. It is a place to listen and be heard.

What to expect in GPS

  • Weekly Planning Sessions

    • Follow a step-by-step process to plan the week ahead.

    • Review and update your calendar and task manager.

    • Prioritize projects and tasks.

    • Practice intentional planning to schedule when tasks will get done.

    • On Thursday, make the necessary adjustments to finish the week.

    • Includes planning for the upcoming weekend.

  • GPS Membership Website

    • The membership site is organized by the stages of GPS plus additional pages dedicated to long-term planning, planning tools, and resources for ADHD.

    • Content is versatile and engaging, delivered via videos, articles, and worksheets.

    • The GPS Blog, dedicated to planning and productivity, publishes a new post monthly.

    • Provides handy tips and strategies applicable at any stage of GPS.

  • Accountability Partners

    • Join our weekly Power Hour Body Double sessions every Monday and Thursday to work on those avoided tasks.

    • Enjoy complimentary access to the Accountability Anchor sessions inside Discord.

    • Enjoy the assistance of accountability partners who manage the Pomodoro Timer for you.

    • Seize this opportunity to accomplish the work you've planned to get done.

  • Online Community

    • Join the group and stay motivated with your GPS friends in our Discord Community Server.

    • Engage anytime between sessions.

    • Use this platform to ask questions and share updates.

    • Explore several channels dedicated to different topics for organized conversations.

    • Reference these channels for information throughout your GPS membership.

  • GPS Workshops

    • Every month, Nikki holds a GPS workshop to focus specifically on a planning topic. These workshops are recorded and planned outside of the regular weekly planning session.

    • Every quarter, we save the monthly workshop to focus on how to implement long-term planning in the weekly GPS process.

    • Every Monday and Thursday, Nikki hosts an open discussion / Q & A in between the weekly planning sessions.

  • Special Events

    • Enjoy an upgraded Discord status to the highest tier (Platinum Level) as a GPS member.

    • Join in on the monthly Happy Hour with Nikki & Pete.

    • Benefit from the monthly Coaching sessions with Nikki.

    • Savor the monthly Coffee (really, technology) chats with Pete.

    • Gain exclusive access to the Patreon-only podcast: Placeholder with Pete Wright.

What People Are Saying

  • Progress

    GPS has literally shown me a way forward, clearing a path through the many internal obstacles that come with neurodivergent brain wiring. It is simple and yet profound, like most things that are deeply helpful in alleviating human suffering!

  • Succeed

    I just legitimately planned out my highest priority tasks for the rest of the week, made time blocks for them, and put up a firm boundary on the things that can wait. And it all feels realistic.

  • Consistency

    Showing up consistently to engage with my own planning, within a supportive community and container, has helped me feel more anchored and empowered in myself.

  • Support

    Nikki is very helpful and kind. She does a great job managing everything and guiding everyone through the process. She is non-judgemental and always striving to improve.

  • Community

    The positive momentum of the group is inspiring. We're all trying to figure this thing out, and the shared work space was a wonderful balm for the isolation I often feel trying to organize my own systems and often feeling ashamed of the ways it never ends up working.

  • Practice

    “GPS helps me practice the skills learned in the Organizing Time Course and provides a dedicated time for weekly planning and accountability to actually do it.”

  • Momentum

    “Meeting 2x a week helps the momentum going. I look forward to GPS because I know my days will be clearer and I will feel less exhausted as before.”

  • Learning

    I value how much I’m learning from the others in the sessions, I feel less isolated in my ADHD struggles. Hearing the challenges of the group help me understand I am not alone.

  • Structure

    It's provided very important structure for me. I really appreciate the small group format, the coaching along with work time, the multiple touch points in the week. It's been one of the most practical and affirming processes for me to manage my life and my ADHD.

  • Creativity

    I realized I need the novelty of switching things up, so instead of dropping everything and then having to start over, I'm setting up a "buffet" system for the different levels of planning and journaling.

  • Acceptance

    I'm far less judgmental about needing a separate time to plan and the importance of writing down detailed small steps. GPS showed me a process that does work for me (when I work at it) and just normalized that it took me the time that it took me.

  • Clarity

    It gave me a clear order of operations to follow. So, often looking at all my tasks in one place would just end in overwhelm and avoidance. GPS gave me a map to find time to do the most important things.

  • Accountabiity

    I’m getting my feet under me and feel like I can reset when things go off track a lot faster because I’m checking in twice a week. I need the external structure and this provides it in a focused and incredibly supportive way.

  • Permission

    I realized that planning and journaling are connected for me and that I need it to be creative, so I’m giving my self permission to spend time doing the sticker, decorating stuff as a part of my planning time to make it more reflective, enjoyable and get myself into more positive emotion.

  • Impact

    I think what had the most impact for me was getting in the practice of having one central place where the planning happened. It wasn’t scattered across multiple documents. Each project and associated tasks had a place to live and I could always find them again.

Frequent Questions

  • Group Coaching is an interactive experience in which you work with your coach and a small group of people discussing your collective ADHD challenges and topics, which vary from week to week. There is a start and end date, and sessions last anywhere from six to twelve weeks.

    GPS, or Guided Planning Sessions, is a monthly membership program with no end date. You can stay in the program as long as you would like to, and as long as you are taking value from it. GPS is built around building a planning system. There are different stages in the membership used as milestones that measure your proficiency as a planner as you get closer to the system that works best for you.

    The membership includes its own website with a library of videos and content specific to GPS, along with many other benefits.

    It’s these components that set GPS apart from a group coaching experience.

  • It’s OK! You are in Stage One: The Beginner. We have videos to help you choose your systems, and, in Stage Two, how to build them. So, instead of trying to figure this out on our own, take advantage of your GPS peers — including myself — who can help you along.

  • The weekly sessions are not interactive or webinar-style. These are work sessions. Before you attend a live GPS session, you will watch the GPS Process Course that explains what we do in these sessions.

    This time is dedicated for you to do your planning, and depending on your stage, this will look different for everyone on the call. Some people may be watching videos from the Membership site on choosing the right task management system (Stage One), but then we might have an alumni member who has already gone through the GPS process with me.

  • Every Monday and Thursday, I am available between the two scheduled sessions from 8 am-9 am (PST) / 11 am (12 pm (EST) to answer any questions and for group discussion. This happens in Zoom.

    During the sessions, if a question comes up, I ask that you put it in the chat to avoid disturbing the other members. I will answer those questions during the session in the chat. If time allows, I will answer questions at the end of the session for the last 10 minutes or so. This allows me to answer your questions and for others to chime in.

    You can also ask questions and keep in touch in Discord. This is the communication platform we use in between sessions.

    We have other opportunities to connect with our Monthly GPS Happy Hour, where we have conversations about GPS and other ADHD-related topics. It’s also a nice way to get to know people in the group.

  • You are welcome to attend any session that works best within your schedule. You can even attend all six sessions in the week or mix and match, whatever works best for you.

  • There is no recommended length of time to participate in the membership. I want people to progress at their own pace. Your participation depends on your stage and how confident you are with your system. We are here to help if you get stuck and will continue to add new features to the membership over time.

    The membership is designed to be an ongoing resource, so we created the Alumni Stage. Even if you have a great system, it is always a work in progress, and people like the space and accountability that GPS provides to stick with your planning.

    To be a part of the Alumni, you must have been in GPS for at least three plus months and have a system you use consistently and feel comfortable with. We offer the Alumni membership at a discounted rate.

Join GPS now and start your journey for 2024!

Guided Planning Sessions
$250.00
Every month

Join the GPS Membership Program and get the support to navigate your plan, get more done, and build a community of others looking to navigate their lives with confidence!

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