coaches that “get it”
We’re not just talking the talk – we’ve lived it.
We’re elder Millennials, Xennials, and Gen Xers.
We’ve been in the frying pan and the fire.
By nature, we’re creatives, artists, and craftsman.
We’re ND-quirky and battle-tested in the corporate world.
We climbed the ladder, hit leadership levels, and “won” by traditional standards.
But along the way, we saw exactly how rigged the system really is, how many brilliant people get crushed by it.
After decades of masking, politicking, and burnout, we’re over it.
Our mission is bigger than coaching. CDQ is about building a parallel, small business economy – one where creativity and inclusion thrive, where critical thinking isn’t considered a disability, and where corporate greed doesn’t get to run the show.
behind the scenes
Our Team
We’ve climbed the corporate ladder, seen through the bullshit, and are here to help you succeed on your own terms.

Coach C
Head Coach & Owner
Coach C is the ultimate guide for midlife neurodivergents looking to thrive in life and business. She brings a rare mix of brains, creativity, and experience: an undergraduate degree in Marketing Management, an MBA, a Master’s in Applied Behavior Analysis, PMP and Six Sigma certifications, and a mountain of digital marketing and business credentials.
She’s racked up over a decade in corporate leadership plus 20 years running her own marketing and communications company. She’s been living 40+ years as a neurodivergent brain, so she knows exactly what it feels like to be creative, misunderstood, and completely done with the nonsense.
A “Gifted-and-talented” kid with critical thinking and personal expression drilled into her brain, Coach C learned early how to see through the bullshit, jump the hurdles, and be unapologetically herself. Now she helps other midlife neurodivergents reclaim their spark, crush life and business goals, and finally stop apologizing for for doing things their own way.

Coach K
Coach & Training Camps Lead
Coach K has been navel-gazing since birth. The child of two psychologists, she’s been analyzing humans (and herself) longer than most people could tie their shoes.
She and her husband currently run a couple of 2A businesses, plus she manages her own label as a singer/songwriter. She’s an experienced corporate consultant and account management leader. She’s helped thousands of big-name clients crush their goals. Social media? She owns it. Marketing and sales? She’s a powerhouse. She learned everything she knows by being personable, working her ass off, and clawing her way through endless crappy customer service jobs until she mastered the game.
Coach K knows how to take brains, creativity, and grit and turn them into results. She’s here to help neurodivergents own their talents, leverage their quirks, and finally stop apologizing for being brilliant while making the business world bend to their strengths.
…bios for the rest of the team coming soon.
