Quick Answer: What is this award?
Rooz Khosh, the founder of Heal and Thrive Therapy and Coaching, has been named the 2026 Noomii ADHD Coach of the Year. This award was announced on YouTube by Noomii co-CEO Don Marklin. It recognizes Rooz's work helping people with ADHD stop hating their brains, understand the chaos, and start working with themselves in a real, practical way.
Hey everyone, Rooz here.
I’m sitting here in my office in Lake Forest, and honestly, this still feels a little unreal. I watched the YouTube announcement from Don Marklin, the co-CEO of Noomii, and heard him say I won the 2026 ADHD Coach of the Year award. And my first thought was not, "Wow, I’m amazing." My first thought was, "This is really about the people who trust me with the mess."
Because ADHD can feel like a mess.
Not in a cute, quirky way. I mean the real kind. The keys are gone again. The phone is somewhere in the house but no one knows where. The kitchen counter looks like twelve half-finished plans crashed into each other. You want to do simple things, but your brain will not cooperate. Then you start blaming yourself. Then you start hating your brain.
That’s the part I care about most.
I’m not usually into big titles. But this award means something to me because it points to the real work we do at Heal and Thrive Therapy and Coaching on El Toro Rd. It’s not about pretending ADHD is easy. It’s not about telling people to just "try harder." It’s about helping real people in Lake Forest and all over Orange County stop fighting themselves so hard.
This award belongs to the people who showed up with missed deadlines, lost keys, shame, burnout, and a million tabs open in their brains. It belongs to the clients who joined me on Zoom from a parking lot off the 405 because life was that hectic. It belongs to our Lake Forest community.
A Surprise on YouTube
When I first started coaching, I had one simple goal: help people feel less broken.
That’s still the goal.
When Don Marklin talked in that video about the impact of our practice, I felt grateful. Really grateful. Because the people I work with are not lazy. They are not careless. They are usually trying harder than everyone around them knows.
A lot of them are exhausted from looking "fine" on the outside while everything feels chaotic on the inside.
So yes, being picked as Noomii’s top ADHD coach in 2026 is a huge honor. But what matters more is why. If this award means anything, I hope it means this: people with ADHD deserve support that is real, kind, practical, and honest. They deserve help learning how to work with their brains instead of spending their whole lives feeling ashamed of them.
Rooz Khosh, Founder of Heal and Thrive Therapy and Coaching and Noomii’s 2026 ADHD Coach of the Year.
Why Lake Forest?
People ask me why I set up Heal and Thrive Therapy and Coaching right here in Orange County. Honestly? Because I love this place. But I also know how hard it is to live here when you have ADHD.
Life in OC moves fast. We are always on the go. We are rushing down El Toro Road to get the kids to school. We are fighting for our lives on the 405 freeway during rush hour. For someone with ADHD, that speed can be overwhelming. It’s easy to feel like you’re falling behind.
I wanted to create a home base for people who felt scattered. A place where they could slow down and actually get the tools they need. Whether you are a student at UCI or a business owner in Irvine, I wanted you to have a place where your brain finally made sense.
The "Thrive" Philosophy
At Heal and Thrive Therapy and Coaching, we do things a little differently. Our name says it all. We believe there are two parts to this work: Healing and Thriving.
- Healing (Therapy): This is about looking back. It’s about the pain, the shame, the old stories, and the reasons you learned to be so hard on yourself. Our therapy services help people heal those deeper wounds.
- Thriving (Coaching): This is about what happens next. This is where ADHD coaching comes in. We build tools for real life. Not perfect life. Real life. The kind where your brain is all over the place and you still need to get through the day.
For a long time, people thought coaching was only for people who already had it all together. That’s not how I see it. A lot of the people I help are in the middle of chaos. They are behind, overwhelmed, ashamed, and tired of disappointing themselves. My goal is not to turn you into some polished robot. My goal is to help you build a life that works with your brain, not against it.
ADHD is a Superpower (If You Have the Manual)
People love to say ADHD is a superpower. Sometimes it is. Sometimes it absolutely is not.
Sometimes it feels like your brain is moving a hundred miles an hour and you still can’t find your wallet.
That Ferrari engine idea is real, but let’s be honest: it can be really hard to drive. You have power, creativity, energy, and big ideas. But you may also have missed appointments, emotional overload, piles of stuff, and a brain that refuses to do the thing you want to do.
In my coaching sessions, we don’t shame that. We work with it. We look at time management, focus, emotional control, and daily systems that actually fit your life. We use resources from trusted organizations like CHADD and ADDitude Magazine, but we keep the conversation human.
The goal is not to become perfect. The goal is to stop hating your brain so much. Then we build from there.
A Story of Change
I want to tell you about a client I had recently (let’s call him Sam). Sam lives right here in Lake Forest. When he first came to Heal and Thrive Therapy and Coaching, he was overwhelmed. He felt behind at work, behind at home, and behind in his own head. He kept thinking, "Why can’t I just do normal stuff like everyone else?"
That question hurts. I hear versions of it all the time.
We didn’t fix his whole life in one week. We didn’t pretend a planner would magically solve everything. We started small. Morning routine. Fewer loose ends. Better ways to handle stress. Less shame. More structure. We even worked on how to survive that 405 commute without arriving already fried.
And little by little, things got better.
Not perfect. Better.
That is why this Noomii award matters to me. It means the real work matters. The honest work. The work of helping people understand their brains, stop beating themselves up, and start building systems they can actually use.
Moving From Crisis to Thriving
A lot of people wait until everything is falling apart to ask for help. Sometimes that’s when they call. When the boss is upset. When the relationship is strained. When the shame gets too loud to ignore.
If that’s you, I want to say this clearly: you do not need to clean yourself up before reaching out.
You do not need to prove that you are struggling "enough." If your brain feels chaotic, if life feels harder than it should, if you are tired of losing things, missing things, and beating yourself up, that is enough.
At Heal and Thrive Therapy and Coaching, we are here for the whole journey. We help you heal the old wounds, and we help you build real tools for right now. That’s what moving from crisis to thriving looks like. Not fake perfection. Real support.
Thank You, Lake Forest
I want to wrap this up by saying thank you.
Thank you to my team. Thank you to Lake Forest for being home. And thank you most of all to my clients, who show up honest, tired, frustrated, hopeful, and brave.
If you are reading this and thinking, "My brain is a mess," I want you to know you are not alone. You are not lazy. You are not broken. And you do not have to keep doing this by yourself.
If you’ve been thinking about getting help with your ADHD, or if you just feel stuck in the chaos, come say hi. You can check out our ADHD coaching services or book a free consultation.
We are right here in Lake Forest, near El Toro. And if you’re reading this while sitting in traffic on the 405, feeling behind in every part of life, I get it. Really.
Winning this award from Noomii is an honor. But the real work, and the real prize, is helping people stop hating their brains and start learning how to live with them in a kinder, smarter way.
Stay awesome,
Rooz Khosh
Founder, Heal and Thrive Therapy and Coaching
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Rooz Khosh of Heal and Thrive Therapy and Coaching Named Noomii’s 2026 ADHD Coach of the Year
LAKE FOREST, CA – May 8, 2026 – Noomii, the world’s largest network of independent life coaches, has officially announced Rooz Khosh as the recipient of the 2026 ADHD Coach of the Year award. The announcement was made via a global YouTube broadcast by Noomii co-CEO Don Marklin.
The award recognizes Khosh’s innovative approach to ADHD and life coaching at his practice, Heal and Thrive Therapy and Coaching. Based in Lake Forest, California, Khosh has become a leading voice in the Orange County mental health community. His "Thrive" philosophy emphasizes that while therapy is essential for healing the past, coaching is the vital engine for building a successful, sustainable future.
"Rooz Khosh represents the very best of our coaching community," said Don Marklin during the announcement. "His dedication to his clients in Lake Forest and his ability to transform the lives of those struggling with ADHD is truly inspiring. He doesn't just provide support; he provides a roadmap to a better life."
Khosh’s practice, Heal and Thrive Therapy and Coaching, offers a unique blend of clinical therapy and results-oriented coaching. This dual approach ensures that clients can address deep-seated emotional hurdles while simultaneously gaining the executive function skills necessary to excel in a high-pressure environment like Orange County.
"I am deeply honored by this recognition," said Rooz Khosh. "This award is a testament to the resilience of our clients. In a world that often views ADHD as a deficit, we choose to see it as a unique way of processing that, with the right tools, can lead to extraordinary success."
For more information about Rooz Khosh or to schedule an interview, please visit https://heal-thrive.com or contact the office at Heal and Thrive Therapy and Coaching Contact.
About Heal and Thrive Therapy and Coaching:
Heal and Thrive Therapy and Coaching is a premier mental health and coaching practice located in Lake Forest, CA. Founded by Rooz Khosh, the practice specializes in ADHD coaching, life coaching, and therapy services designed to help individuals move from crisis to a state of sustainable thriving.
About Noomii:
Noomii is the web's largest directory of professional life coaches, executive coaches, and business coaches.
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