Daily vs. Weekly ADHD Coaching: Which One Do You Need?
Weekly ADHD coaching gives you one session a week to plan, learn strategies and review how it went. Daily coaching puts a coach inside your workday, so help arrives at the moment you stall instead of days later. Weekly is the standard: most ADHD coaches offer one virtual 1:1 session a week, at a median $150 a session.1 Here is how the two compare and how to tell which one you need.
| Weekly coaching | Daily coaching (Full Support) | |
|---|---|---|
| Live time with a coach | One session a week, usually 30–60 minutes | Up to 75 minutes every workday |
| When help arrives | At the next session | During the workday, 8am–5pm Eastern |
| Who plans the day | You, with ideas from the last session | You and your coach, every morning |
| When you get stuck | You wait for the next session | Up to two 15-minute calls that day |
| Typical price | About $600 a month for four sessions at the median fee; Shimmer charges about $230 a month for a 30-minute session each week | $750 a month |
What weekly coaching does well
A weekly session is good for the big picture: setting goals, learning strategies, spotting patterns and having someone ask how last week went. If you mostly follow through once you have a plan, weekly coaching may be all you need. It also costs less in total. A weekly coach at the median fee runs about $600 a month (full cost breakdown), and subscription services such as Shimmer charge about $230 a month for a 30-minute session each week.
Where weekly coaching runs out
Most ADHD struggles at work happen in the moment: the report that never gets started, the switch from one task to the next, the afternoon that disappears. Weekly coaching meets you after the fact. By the time the session comes, the stuck moment is a story you are retelling, not something your coach can help you through. For many adults with ADHD the problem is not knowing what to do. It is doing it on an ordinary Tuesday with nobody else involved.
What daily coaching adds
Daily coaching moves the coach into the workday. With Get Up and Flow Full Support, the same coach works with you every weekday:
- Jump Start: a 30-minute call each morning to plan the day and choose the first task.
- Transition Support: a text before each commitment you set, with the context you need, then a check-in.
- Bonus Time: up to two 15-minute calls a day when you are stuck.
- Retro: a short late-afternoon call to review what worked and adjust.
That is up to 75 minutes of live time with your coach every workday, between 8am and 5pm Eastern (see a full day).
How to choose
- Weekly fits if you usually follow through once you have a plan and mainly want strategy and reflection.
- Daily fits if the plan is not the problem and starting, switching and finishing tasks during the day is (why starting is so hard).
- Neither comes first if you are undiagnosed, in crisis or struggling with your mood. Start with a clinician (coach vs. therapist).
Many people use both over time: daily coaching while new routines take hold, then a lighter rhythm. Our Focus Lite plan, $200 a month, is one planning call a week plus daily reminders. See plans or book a free 15-minute call with one of our coaches.