Anna Dafna
ADHD, Executive Function & High Performance Specialist
Psychologist (GMBPsS) | Writer | Founder of the ADHD Supper Club
✍️ Articles · 🎙 Podcasts · 🎤 Speaking
📍 London-based | Available for interviews, articles, podcasts, and
speaking internationally
The Hidden Cost of Living Suboptimally
Born in Athens, Greece and now based in London, Anna Dafna explores the intersection of mind, body and nervous system - connecting modern psychology with insights rooted in Greek philosophy, language and intellectual tradition.
Her work examines ADHD, executive function and human behaviour through a deeper question:
What is the hidden cost of living suboptimally?
Many intelligent and capable people live in constant tension between their ambitions and their ability to organise attention, energy and action. Anna’s work explores why this happens and how understanding the interaction between mind, nervous system and executive function can transform the way people think, work and relate to themselves.
Anna contributes writing and commentary on ADHD, executive function and the psychology of high performers, and is available for media interviews, opinion pieces, podcast conversations, conference speaking and panel discussions.
BIO
Anna Dafna is a London-based psychologist (GMBPsS) and executive-function specialist working with founders, professionals, students and neurodivergent high achievers who want to understand how attention, behaviour and self-regulation shape performance and decision-making.
Before establishing her coaching practice in 2003, she spent several years working in educatin supporting students and young people in developing learning strategies, metacognition and emotional regulation.
Since 2003, she has worked internationally with individuals across multiple industries and countries, helping them understand how their mind, nervous system and executive function interact to influence behaviour, performance and self-leadership.
Anna is the creator of the FOCUS Executive Function Integration Method and the host of the ADHD Supper Club, a curated dinner series that brings together thinkers, founders, and neurodivergent professionals for deeper conversations about attention, identity, and modern life.
Alongside her coaching and speaking work, she writes and contributes commentary on ADHD, productivity myths, metacognition and the psychology of high performers.
Credentials & Recognition
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Most Supportive ADHD & Executive Function Coach - Business Elite Awards 2024
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Best Diversity, Inclusion & Leadership Training - Business Awards UK 2023
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Brainz 500 Global Honouree - 2021
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World Women Leaders - Who is Who Greece 2003
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MEd Educational & Counselling Psychology
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QTS - Qualified Teacher Status
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Advanced ADHD & Executive Function Accreditation
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Leadership, Life Coaching and NLP Certifications
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Licensed Provider - Safe & Sound + Rest & Restore Protocol
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Master Member EMCC | Graduate Member BPS
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Reiki Master
PODCAST
APPEARANCES
TOPICS OF INTEREST
THE UNMASKED ADHD WOMAN
NERVOUS SYSTEM & EMOTIONAL SAFETY
1. Burnout recovery, emotional pacing & the hidden cost of living suboptimally.
2. Your Body Keeps the Career – How chronic drive hides nervous-system collapse.
3. Rest Is a Skill – The new performance edge for ADHD minds.
LOVE, RELATIONSHIPS & ATTACHMENT
1. Unmasking the Mask – Finding safety within the self and the relationship.
2. Why love begins with nervous-system safety.
3. Regulate to Relate – Building connection without losing your centre.
REDEFINING HIGH PERFORMANCE
1. When Overperformance Becomes Self-Protection.
FUTURE SELF & IDENTITY WORK
SOCRATIC INQUIRY & INNER LEADERSHIP
1. Socratic Inquiry: The Power of Better Questions.
2. Beyond Knowing: The Courage to Unlearn
3. The Art of Returning – How rediscovering your future self begins with remembering your truth.
BUSINESS, AI & NEURODIVERGENT LEADERSHIP
