Thanks @mwseibel for hunting us! Hey Product Hunt! 👋 I’m Chris, one of the co-founders of Shimmer. Today, I am thrilled and humbled to share our launch to a community that’s very dear to my heart. Getting personal first: This year I was diagnosed with ADHD. It changed how I looked at so many aspects of my life. I now had this newfound “reason” for my behaviors and massive lifting of shame. I felt lighter, more proud to “be me”. However, when I got into “action mode”, and started looking for solutions, that’s when the frustration began. As I dove deeper into the equally beautiful & heartbreaking ADHD community, I collected each of my frustrations, along with others, in efforts to build backwards to create Shimmer. Some of the biggest issues we’re solving for are: 👉 Action-orientation: people with ADHD can be SUPER intelligent, it’s not about knowing—it’s about doing. There’s not many solutions that get people to DO. 👉 Affordability: those who need coaching most are priced out, at $300-600+/mo. 👉 ADHD friendly design/process: finding a coach or navigating tools/apps can be super complicated and there’s always so much to keep track of! That’s why we created Shimmer. I wanted to share some things I’m not only proud as a founder, but excited as a member about: ✨ Our base plan is under $100 a month! This is 5-10X cheaper than alternatives ✨ Our expert ADHD coaches not only get ADHD, but are skilled & empathetic supporters of our members (and keep you accountable!). I know because I’ve been extensively by Xenia & Noelle, and every other one of them for 2+ session ✨ Our platform keeps you accountable to daily actions, so that it’s not just about weekly sessions, it’s about the moments in between We’re excited for the Product Hunt Community to check us out and let us know if you have any questions! ❤️ With love, Chris Wang

Congrats on the launch! Idea: It might be useful from a product marketing perspective to provide a quiz for people to self-diagnose if they have ADHD (or at least signs that they might have it). I know people with ADHD that found out much later in life and bet many others are unaware of their condition.

Good day, Product Hunt members, wherever you are! I am delighted to introduce myself as Head ADHD Coaching Psychologist at Shimmer. Coaching psychology stands for every tool at the disposal of the psychological sciences which helps build a better future for ourselves, our families, our communities, and humanity at large. I am an innovative psychologist integrating strategy, psychological sciences, digital, data and tech. My research projects focus on the intersections of ADHD, cognitive psychology (MSc thesis), personality and individual differences psychology (MRes thesis), and achieving equity and inclusion in knowledge economies (MBA Thesis). All of this is reflected in the vision we have created at Shimmer for the benefit of members and the wider neurodivergent community. Shimmer stands out and challenges the elitist status quo by making ADHD coaching accessible to everyone. Our ADHD coaching approach speaks to the person as a whole: their values, their aspirations and their neurodivergent profile. Shimmer’s culturally-inclusive approach is rooted in the idea of personal values put into practice to empower living authentically and mindfully. Standing on the shoulders of giants, Shimmer coaching uses insights from health coaching, performance coaching, positive psychology and cognitive and behavioural approaches. We are pioneering an integrative bite-sized coaching methodology which is sublimely attuned to the needs of people with ADHD. When working on the coaching offer with our team, I ensured that we offer the digital space to enable the ADHD coaching story: narrating through the goals, challenges, values and behaviours, and celebrating getting to the destination together, in realistic sprints. Members experimentative journey is written down, including coaching interventions and the wins. Innovative and agile, we want to hear your insights, comments and questions. We look forward to hearing from you!

I find that most apps branded as helping ADHD are really about helping people cope in a world designed to make us unfocussed. I feel shimmer is like this - marketing to what has become an increasingly mentioned condition. At what point are users assessed professionally for ADHD? I look forward to your answers.

This platform really helps cater to the niche need of ADHD coaching and the multiple forms of ADHD. The affordability is unprecedented, aided with a modern app experience!

As a woman of color also recently diagnosed with ADHD, Shimmer’s insights have provided so much light to an otherwise nerve-wracking diagnosis. It’s so exciting to see this product continue to evolve and provide coaching solutions to those who want to truly understand how to better themselves. Best of luck to the team! ✨

@christal, this is going to have such a massive impact on so many people… the lack of affordable and effective care for ADHD today is astonishing. Congratulations on a successful launch!

As a founder, I’m surrounded by peers who all seem to have ADHD - as @christal points out, it’s by no means an indicator of lack of intelligence, and in fact is highly correlated with people who don’t follow traditional career paths and have an appetite for risk taking. While adderall and other pharmaceuticals have a place in ADHD treatment, they are typically ineffective with out coaching/therapy. I applaud Chris and team for helping break down the cost barrier and making it easier to find treatment.

This is amazing! Congrats @christal, @vikram_sreedhar and the team.🌟✨

Congrats on the launch! In awe of all the research you all have done and how this will benefit so many people. Cheering for you! Love the product!

Congrats to the Shimmer team on the new launch. I love the look and feel of this platform. ADHD is such an important issue to address (esp. in this day and age). Keep doing great things and making impact!

Congrats on the launch! Amazing mission and team here with an incredible new product. Really excited to see how this helps millions of people out there struggling with ADHD. I've personally found having a one on one coach to be so helpful in my life both personally and professionally. Amazing job!

Hello there Product Hunt! I'm Noelle, head coach and content developer at Shimmer. I am so very proud of the work we've done in the past few months to make an accessible ADHD coaching option. I was diagnosed with ADHD 2019, during my last semester of grad school. I was fully invested and excited about my career as a therapist treating OCD and anxiety disorders after an amazing internship experience at St. Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute. But once I was out of school, I began to struggle almost immediately. The structure and accountability school provided has always been a comfort, and I thrived academically with little effort. On my own, though, it became clear that I needed something more. It boggled my mind that the only treatment offered for my ADHD was medication. Meds helped, certainly, but weren't enough. As I began to research, I was at once excited and baffled. There were tools, strategies, things that really could help - but finding someone who offered them was near impossible. I spent another year and a half struggling, and failing, to succeed as a therapist on my own before deciding to switch to coaching. It wasn't long after that I happened to connect with Chris, who started a conversation about how to make ADHD coaching more accessible and affordable. Given my own experience, it was a conversation I was enthusiastic to contribute to. I thought nothing of it, until a couple days later, when Chris reached back out to ask me to join her, and fellow founder Vik, to create Shimmer. I am in love with our team and the work we've done and continue to do. Thanks so much for your support!

I'm so happy about your launch! You've been putting in the work for months, and super excited to try it out.

Congrats @christalwang! Looks awesome

Congrats on the launch!

This looks really promising, looking forward to trying it out! One tiny thing: it looks like there's a bug after checkout where it drops you back into the onboarding flow asking you to enter in the same info again (name, phone number, etc). Congrats on the launch!

I just started with Shimmer and I'm loving it so far. The coach they paired me with is wonderful. I feel like she really gets me. I had a 30-minute video call with my coach where she asked a lot of questions to get to know me and my challenges. We mapped out a plan to work on those challenges and she gave me action items at the end to work on before our next call. She texted to check in and has been asking questions throughout the week. I have my 2nd session tomorrow and I'm really excited. I've tried traditional coaches in the past and it cost $100 per week/session. This is way more affordable and the fact that we can keep in touch between sessions adds so much value. Overall I'm loving Shimmer!

I've been through long-form adhd coaching before and I have been really in need of a coach to to help when I get stuck and keep me honest on getting tasks done. This has been an immense help. The app itself keeps getting better but they've got a solid staff that truly cares and is focused on ensuring your success. I've truly loved being able to work with Noelle on a weekly basis and the team has been great about handling any of my questions or concerns as they arise.

Congrats on the launch !