Neurodivergent Money Coach in the UK
Esther Bangura
Esther Bangura is a London-based Neurodivergent Money Coach helping UK professionals build calm, sustainable money systems that reduce overwhelm and improve financial consistency.
wORK WITH ME
Esther Bangura is a London-based Neurodivergent Money Coach who works with UK professionals earning well but feeling financially stretched, inconsistent or overwhelmed.
Many of her clients are capable and responsible in other areas of life. Money feels different.
It can feel heavier, more emotionally charged and harder to stay consistent with.
Esther understands this from experience.
Before her diagnoses of dyslexia, dyspraxia and later ADHD, she followed traditional budgeting advice.
It worked temporarily. It did not hold during busy seasons or burnout. Savings were used to stabilise gaps.
Credit became a short-term solution. The cycle was frustrating.
After understanding how her neurodivergent brain functions, she began designing financial systems that account for energy variability, executive function challenges and real-life capacity changes.
That lived experience now informs the way she supports clients across the UK.
About Esther Bangura
Her work focuses on practical, sustainable progress rather than rigid budgeting rules.
She supports clients to:
- Reduce financial overwhelm
- Manage impulse and stress spending
- Build sustainable debt repayment plans
- Create savings systems that adapt to capacity changes
- Develop consistent money routines aligned with executive function needs
Her work sits at the intersection of money behaviour, executive dysfunction and nervous system regulation.
Professional Focus
Her research examines patterns in:
- Emotional and stress spending
- Executive dysfunction and budgeting
- Burnout-related financial regression
- Income inconsistency
- Money avoidance and financial shame
- Systemic barriers neurodivergents face in the workplace, academic and financial institutions
Insights from this research inform her coaching frameworks, podcast content and workshop delivery.
She shares this work through:
- The Neurodivergent Money Management Podcast
- The ND Money Report
- Corporate workshops and professional speaking engagements
- LinkedIn thought leadership within the UK neurodivergent community
Research and Public Work
She is also a university International Business Management student in the United Kingdom, combining academic study with practical coaching experience.
Her work integrates:
- Professional ADHD coaching training
- Behavioural finance principles
- Research conducted with hundreds of neurodivergent adults in the UK
- Lived experience of managing debt, income growth and financial rebuilding
This combined perspective allows her to design ND-friendly money systems that are both psychologically informed and practically sustainable.
Background and Credentials
Lived Experience and Perspective
Esther Bangura was diagnosed with dyslexia and dyspraxia at age 35 and later diagnosed with ADHD, inattentive type, at age 40.
Before understanding her neurodivergence, she followed traditional budgeting systems. Although they worked temporarily, they did not hold during periods of burnout or reduced capacity. Savings were used to cover gaps. Credit became a short-term solution. The cycle repeated.
Diagnosis provided clarity. It allowed her to understand how executive function differences, energy variability and nervous system responses were shaping her financial behaviour.
She began designing financial systems that accounted for capacity changes rather than fighting against them.
That lived experience now informs the way she supports neurodivergent adults across the United Kingdom.
Her clients often:
- Earn stable or high incomes yet feel financially behind
- Experience cycles of impulse or stress spending
- Avoid looking at bank accounts or financial paperwork
- Struggle to maintain budgeting systems long term
- Want to build a three-month emergency fund but cannot sustain momentum
They are often professionals between the ages of 30 and 50 who want steady, structured progress without burnout.
Her work is suited to individuals who want practical systems that respect how their brain functions rather than forcing rigid financial discipline.
WHO SHE SUPPORTS
Her approach centres on sustainability, behavioural alignment and nervous system awareness.
Rather than forcing rigid budgeting rules, she supports clients to design financial systems that adapt to fluctuating energy, executive function challenges and real-life demands.
Her work combines practical execution with behavioural insight. She supports clients to:
- Create and implement realistic budgeting structures
- Automate their banking systems and cash flow
- Organise their financial “house” so everything has a place
- Understand debt, credit, savings, life insurance and investing in practical terms
- Set structured financial goals with clear timelines
- Build systems that continue working on low-energy or reduced-capacity days
- Design budgets that do not collapse after one missed bill or unexpected expense
- Anticipate and factor in ADHD-related financial patterns, including “ADHD tax”
- Identify early warning signs before financial stress escalates
The goal is steady, measurable financial progress that remains stable even during busy or low-capacity seasons.
COACHING APPROACH
