Shane Thrapp, Board member & operations Director
Shane is a Certified Life Coach specializing in ADHD strategies for Career Growth, Relationships, and Functional Systems. He also serves the neurodivergent community as Secretary and Director of Operations for the Men’s ADHD Support Group nonprofit.
This grassroots brotherhood rapidly became dear to Shane’s heart. Through their advocacy, he helps steer fellow late-diagnosed men toward long-sought answers.
Did you know 4.4% of adults have ADHD, yet tragically remain overlooked well into adulthood? Shane intimately understands these struggles from harsh experiences.
Growing up in rural Texas, unrealistic expectations overwhelmed and constrained him. Those around him, mistaking his neurodivergence for defiance, meant his childhood was marked by escalating efforts to fix or control him— leaving him with a feeling of alienation and lacking self-understanding which all combined to lead to addictive escapes and him struggling desperately throughout my 20's to simply survive through masking his pain.
At 30, his oldest son's ADHD diagnosis cracked his facade. However, confirming his neurodivergence took 3 more years despite his wife's support. Finally, being properly equipped with knowledge and medication, he worked on finding his equilibrium until unmanaged stress led to severe burnout, which resulted in a career-ending injury and the end of project management corporate work for him.
However, welcoming twins with his wife allowed him to reframe his uniqueness as a strength. He built a thriving coaching practice, Creating Order From Chaos, to guide fellow neurodivergents to find their way to self-acceptance and finding their purpose.
Then, in 2020, Shane discovered the Men’s ADHD Support Group - finally, brothers who spoke his language! Bonding through shared experiences, they rapidly grew their digital community into an empowering nonprofit.
Now, Shane combats outdated assumptions by sharing his story with schools, parents, and companies. He spotlights barriers that made stability elusive for so long while championing the resilience and vision neurodivergence can spark. Work is still ahead to transform systems and mindsets stuck in past paradigms. But by further enabling conditions where all minds can thrive being who they are born to be, Shane believes unwritten greatness awaits