by Gretchen | Apr 26, 2015 | Academic Coaching, Procrastination
Is snoozing the alarm clock a problem for you? How about sleeping in all together? I deal with this on a weekly basis during my academic coaching sessions with clients, especially with students in college and grad school who don’t have parents around to make...
by Gretchen | Apr 19, 2015 | Academic Coaching, Organization, Procrastination
Do you ever make a great, detailed plan… which you then promptly ignore? I’m queen of this! Some of my teenage clients will often cite this as their reason not to do any planning in the first place: “But if I don’t follow the plan, I’ll...
by Gretchen | Apr 13, 2015 | Academic Coaching
Does doing homework stress you (or your teen) out? I don’t know of *anyone* who loves homework: parents, teachers, or students. Yet we all have to deal with it! Although I can’t totally take the stress out of homework for anyone, a client and I recently...
by Gretchen | Apr 7, 2015 | Academic Coaching, Communication
Is talking or confronting your teacher a problem for you (or your teen)? This is one of the most common problems my clients encounter — whether they are in 6th grade or grad school! The other day, a client and I chatted about how to work with this fear of...
by Gretchen | Mar 31, 2015 | Academic Coaching, Organization
Planners: students love them or hate them. Which one are you? I try to make sure that all clients who work with me have some method of what I call “making time visible,” even if you’re the type who hates planners. However, there is a common mistake...
by Gretchen | Mar 22, 2015 | Academic Coaching, Writing
Do you struggle to write the perfect answer for your essay prompts? A number of my clients get really stuck when they have to organize their ideas for essays, and they often say a lot without actually answering the question in the prompt. Recently a client was having...
