HELD
Helping ADHD entrepreneurs recognize the magic in their minds and offering strategies for a smoother, more successful journey.
Welcome to HELD
Where we believe that ADHD isn’t a hindrance, it’s a superpower.
Running a business with ADHD is a constant battle between your big ideas and the chaos of daily tasks. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, isolated, frustrated or ashamed…
You’re not alone.
Our mission is simple.
We help ADHD entrepreneurs embrace the magic in their minds and build businesses that are aligned with their strengths - without the overwhelm, shame or self-doubt.
You’re not doing anything wrong.
You’ve just been trying to use traditional business tools that were never created to actually work for you.
Because your brain has extra neurodivergent magic that those “traditional” business tools don’t understand.
But, you’re drowning and can’t figure out how to get rid of that constant cloud of shame over your head.
You decided to be an entrepreneur because you are MEANT to do this.
You just need the right tools in your toolbox to make it happen.
HELD
Surround yourself with a community of women navigating life and running a business with ADHD.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
Curriculum
To help you understand why you are they way you are, get strategies to help you how to run a business with ADHD successfully and lift the shame so you can lean into your magic
Expert Coaching
With Emily, 20+ year diagnosed ADHD veteran, mother of 3 boys and 2x business owner who gets your struggles as an ADHD business owner.
Community
Surround yourself with a group of kind, caring, understanding female business owners just like you, ready to normalize, empathize and uplift you.
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP
for the ADHD support that you deserve.
INCLUDES:
Access to my private podcast with 5-10 minute episodes all about ADHD
Monthly LIVE Q&A with me to answer all of your questions
Monthly Body Doubling Calls to keep you accountable
Daily support inside the Facebook group with other ADHD business owners who GET IT
Exclusive access to my list of ADHD resources - from books to podcasts to social media accounts to follow
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meet your ADHD coach
I’m Emily
Founder & CEO of HELD
I’m a former Kindergarten teacher, who received my ADHD diagnosis at age 16, despite years of teachers unwilling to fill out observations forms since I wasn’t a “behavior problem” . (Thanks mom for advocating for me!)
I decided the $30k/year teaching salary was not worth the daycare cost and set my sights on being the greatest stay at home mom there ever was.
Until I discovered that my brain did NOT like not working. Add the mom guilt, postpartum depression and anxiety to the mix and I suddenly found myself missing the fulfillment I got from teaching.
So, when I was presented with the opportunity to manage the social media accounts for our family business, I JUMPED AT IT.
And that led me to launching my own business, where I helped over 1,000+ entrepreneurs and small business owners with their marketing strategy.
While I still experience the ups and downs, struggles and shame of ADHD, I have a leg up ONLY because my journey started 21 years ago. I understand why I do what I do and have created strategies that help.
Over the years, I’ve learned how to:
Figure out my capacity
Work from home with screaming toddlers
Set boundaries with dopamine-filled social media platforms
Get back up after falling into the pit of shame when I double booked or missed a call
After a year of supporting ADHD entrepreneurs with their business, marketing strategy and personal lives, I want to help MORE of you succeed in all of those areas, too.
A place where you can get the ADHD support that you deserve.
A place where you feel HELD
MEET YOUR SUPPORT TEAM INSIDE HELD
EMILY SCHWALBACH
Leader & Founder of HELD
20+ year diagnosed ADHD veteran, mother of 3 boys and 2x business owner whose pastimes include, reality TV, thinking everyone is mad at her, and shaking her booty to early 2000s music to get out of her rumination spirals.
ALYSE MEYERS
Chief of Operations
AND keeping Emily’s ship running. She has 20+ years in project management, is a wife and mother of 2 girls, runs her own OBM business, and when she’s not executive functioning for her clients she’s cheering on the Buffalo Bills, being way too competitive at game night, and enjoying a drink on her porch with her sweet doggie.
TORIE HELSEL
Community Manager & Cheerleader
Torie is an Engagement Strategist & Manager who helps business owners create communities of people who TRULY get them. She's a chronic illness WARRIOR, with late diagnosed ADHD, mom of one SERIOUS Swiftie girl, who she loves spending time with (as well as her husband), when she's not catching up on reality TV or sending funny memes to her friends.
KIND WORDS FROM HELD MEMBERS
FAQ’s
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My private podcast in tandem with my Live Q&A call! Every other week I tackle an ADHD topic, give data and research, and then share strategies that personally have helped me OR my clients. AND they're only 5-15 min long!
My live Q&A's help members specifically with their own issues. If I've learned anything, it's that the ADHD diagnosis comes with a LOT of variety! I wanted to make sure I gave my members the opportunity to get customized support, too.
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Because we hate dealing with updating credit cards or worrying about monthly payments. You pay once and you're done for the year and it's off your mind!
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While I am always speaking through the lens of a business owner TO business owners, a LOT of what I share is how we personally manage our ADHD and why our brains are the way we are.
I think this program can be helpful to ALL people with ADHD or people who have family members with ADHD, not JUST business owners.
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That's okay! The FB community is there to vent, share, and connect. It's also where we share reminders and updates but any big updates and reminders will be via email.
If you don't need the community aspect, no need for Facebook!
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Yes! You can access the recording in the Facebook group.
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I get it, sometimes you can get into a program and realize it's not for you.
Refunds are handled on a case-by-case basis, but generally speaking, you can get a full refund within a week of joining if the program is not right for you.
GET THE ADHD SUPPORT YOU DESERVE.
so you can finally thrive in your business and in your life.
FIND YOUR MINIMUM
Your ADHD brain isn’t built for rigid, high-maintenance strategies—so stop listening to neurotypical advice that was never meant for you.
I’ll show you how my business thrives while managing my ADHD, running a busy household, and raising three boys—by finding my minimum and focusing only on what actually moves the needle.
