About Tracy

I’m Tracy L. Lefebvre, PhD, PCC — a coach and independent scholar whose work sits at the intersection of ADHD, identity, and everyday life. I bring lived experience with inattentive ADHD (with a side of 21st Century anxiety), a doctorate in human development with a focus on somatics, phenomenology, and communicative leadership, a master’s in positive psychology and applied coaching, and more than 1,500 hours of coaching practice.

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A bit of my path


Over the last two decades, I’ve worked with children and adults living with ADHD and other co‑occurring conditions, supporting them and their families through complex life situations.


I also live with inattentive ADHD. Initiation, information overload, and the tug between avoidance and hyperfocus aren’t abstract concepts for me—they shape how I pace our work and protect nervous systems in the process.


My recent doctoral research explored how adults with ADHD make sense of their diagnosis and identity across work and life. I’m especially interested in how medical, educational, and cultural narratives can both constrain and expand what feels possible.

How I work


  • Person-before-diagnosis : we start with you, not your label or symptom list.
  • Stories and systems: we pay attention to the contexts—family, work, culture—that shape your experience.
  • Reflective inquiry + alliance: we think together, not me telling you how to “fix” yourself.
  • Concrete redesign: we translate insight into small, sustainable experiments in work and daily life.


You can see how this shows up in my 1:1 Coaching

Scholarship

My research asks how ADHD is named, narrated, and lived — not only how it is treated. I work from phenomenology, somatics, and communication theory, and I’m interested in how medical, educational, and workplace accounts of ADHD can both constrain and expand what feels possible. Full CV available on request.

Doctoral Research

Exploring the Intersubjective Meaning-Making and the Lived Experience of Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder from Diagnosis to the Workplace. PhD, Human Development: Somatic, Phenomenology, Communicative Leadership, Fielding Graduate University, 2025.

Recent presentations and workshops

  • “Being More Than ‘Your ADHD’: Narrative Monopoly, Social Pathology, and Reflective-Storying the Adult Self” — Phenomenology and Social Critique, joint meeting of the Interdisciplinary Coalition of North American Phenomenologists and the Society for Phenomenology and the Human Sciences, University of Konstanz, Germany, 2026
  • “From Diagnosis to Desk: Negotiating Identity and Professional Adaptation with Adult ADHD” — Society for Phenomenology and the Human Sciences, Seton Hall University, 2025
  • “Beyond the Diagnosis: Exploring the Intersubjective Understanding of Adults with ADHD and the Diagnostic and Workplace Experience” — International Alfred Schutz Circle for Phenomenology and Interpretive Social Science, University of Vienna, 2025
  • “The Hidden Edge: Leveraging Coaching and Reflective Practices to Optimize Executive Function” — International Leadership Association Global Conference, Prague, 2025

Continuing work

I serve as Navigator of the Somatic, Phenomenological, Communicative Leadership Community of Research and Practice at Fielding Graduate University, and I write Beyond the Box: Rethinking ADHD in Life, Work, and Community.

Speaking & collaboration


Alongside 1:1 coaching, I occasionally speak with clinicians, coaches, educators, and organizations about ADHD, identity, and being “more than your ADHD.” I’m especially interested in contested narratives, constrained voices, and what it looks like to redesign everyday life in practice.


Sample Topics


  • You Are Not Your ADHD: Supporting personal agency while recognizing how medical, educational, and workplace systems shape ADHD narratives.
  • Stories We Tell About ADHD: How individual, family, and cultural stories can constrain or expand what feels possible—and how to co-create new ones.
  • Designing Lives That Fit Real Brains: Translating critical ADHD perspectives into practical changes in work, school, and home, without putting all the burden on the individual.


If you’d like to explore a fit for your community or event, you’re welcome to contact me.

Credentials & Affiliations

Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coaching Federation · PhD, Fielding Graduate University · Member, Georgia Neurodiversity Chamber of Commerce · Member, Society for Phenomenology and the Human Sciences · Former Board Member and Program Coordinator, ICF Georgia Charter Chapter · Coach and certified Sanity School® facilitator, ImpactParents

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