Ariane Benefit, Life Coach, Gifted Adults, ADHD Coach, Coach - Bio

 

Ariane Benefit is a highly sought-after Life Transformation Coach, ADHD Coach and Productivity Coach . Ariane has over 25 years experience working with exceptionally bright, talented, gifted, ADD -ish creative and technical professionals to reach higher levels of performance by:

 

  • reinventing their careers or businesses
  • renewing their passion and energy for life
  • deepening their significant relationships through better communication
  • designing custom productivity systems and organizing strategies, and more.    

 

She has specialized in helping people make quantum leaps in productivity and life satisfaction by making the most of their unique strengths, talents and gifts, healing chronic disorganization and transforming ADD ish challenges into personal growth opportunities since 2005. 

 She has helped hundreds of people get unstuck and get BIG life-changing results by designing small changes into their everyday thoughts, beliefs, actions and habits that add up to Quantum Productivity.  

Ariane shares her uniquely creative, simple and highly effective approach to organizing offices and paper in her highly acclaimed office and paper organizing books.

She holds a Masters' Degree in Education (Adult Learning, Performance Improvement) AND advanced specialist certificates in ADD organizing and chronic disorganization. 

She has been interviewed by and quoted in such notable publications as The Wall Street Journal, Psychology Today, and The Washington Times. Ariane also freely shares her expertise and views in the popular Neat and Simple Living Blog.

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Ariane has been quoted and published extensively on the deeper emotional and psychological aspects of overcoming chronic disorganization, clutter and hoarding.

Throughout her career Ariane has been known for finding ultra - creative, practical and efficient solutions to problems. She was an executive with Arthur Andersen and has provided consulting services to UPS, Avaya, Lucent, Merck, Johnson & Johnson, Merrill Lynch, Prudential, Ryder, GE Aerospace, PBS and others. She has designed, developed and managed hundreds of projects with budgets ranging from hundreds to millions of dollars.

Ariane has been a featured speaker at several international conferences. She has authored hundreds of workshops, self-paced instructional books, and web-based performance support programs. Her work has been published in professional journals. She has coached and led teams of 2-25 people to successfully accomplish a wide variety of performance development projects. In 1993, she launched her own consulting firm “Bridges to Performance” and has been the master of her own destiny ever since.

She is a member of the NSGCD, Attention Deficit Disorder Association, NAPO and theInternational Society for Performance Improvement

An avid student of psychology, human nature, technology, Feng Shui, gardening, and interior decorating, she currently resides with her husband Alan in Bloomfield, NJ.

Credentials & Advanced Education

Ariane is deeply committed to continuous learning and professional development. Highlights include:

  • Master's Degree in Education (Adult Learning Psychology, Instructional Systems Design, Organizational Training, minor in Business)  University of Miami, FL
  • Bachelor's in Spanish (minors: Psychology, Sociology) University of Miami, FL 
  • Graduate, Denslow Brown ’s "Coach Approach" for ADD Organizing  
  • Over 60 hours of training in Cognitive Behavioral Psychology and Motivational Interviewing Strategies
  • Over 40 hours coaching training
  • Group Process Facilitator Certification(Conexus and "Spirit of Facilitation")
  • Level 2 Specialist Designation in Chronic Disorganization
  • Level 2 Specialist Designation in ADHD Organizing.
  • 9 Certificates Awarded by NSGCD (Representing Over 140 hours of additional training)  
    • Basic ADD Issues 
    • Learning Styles and Modalities
    • Understanding the Needs of the Elderly CD Client
    • Basic Mental Health Conditions and Challenges 
    • CD Client Administration
    • Basic Physical Conditions Affecting the CD Client
    • Understanding the Needs of the Student CD Client
    • Basic Hoarding Issues

 


Additional Training & Qualifications

25 years Corporate and Human Resource Development Consulting Experience in

  • Performance Improvement Consulting
  • Facilitating Change
  • Performance Appraisal and Development Systems Design
  • Instructional and Performance Support Systems Design
  • Coaching for Employee Performance Development
  • Rapid Prototyping
  • Life Cycle Cost Benefit Analysis

 

Certifications & Specialized Training Subjects

  • Effective Listening. Communications Skills (Certified Instructor)
  • Teambuilding Facilitator Certification
  • Leadership, Management & Supervisory Development
  • Creative. Critical  & Strategic Thinking 
  • Decision-Making Skills
  • Creative Problem Solving
  • Change Process Facilitation
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Values Clarification
  • Diversity Training
  • Personality Type Assessment 
  • Accelerated Learning Systems 
  • Toastmaster's Certificate 

National Conference Speaker

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