by Gretchen | Dec 5, 2013 | Academic Coaching
In academic life coaching, each week is its own kind of awesome. For years I’ve been regaling my Facebook friends with stories, both heartfelt and hilarious. It’s time to bring these stories to my blog readers as well. Enjoy these snippets from my week....
by Gretchen | May 13, 2013 | Academic Coaching, Communication, For Parents
I get it: as a parent, you want what’s best for your teen, and you’ve hired me — an academic life coach! — to help your teen learn the skills necessary to be a success. However, are their ways you might undermine the very coaching you are...
by Gretchen | Apr 1, 2013 | Academic Coaching, Writing
New toys are so much fun! I’m often recommending that my coaching clients get a smart phone, iPad, or some other computer software to inspire them to organize themselves differently. But when is a new technology gadget actually productive, and when is it...
by Gretchen | Feb 25, 2013 | Academic Coaching, Test Anxiety
Have you ever freaked yourself out — by imagining the worst when you had no evidence that it would actually happen? Students do that all the time. Part of my job as an academic coach is to help students parse out the difference between fantasy and reality....
by Gretchen | Feb 4, 2013 | Academic Coaching, For Parents
Several years ago when I was new to academic coaching, I had a client named Sophia. She was a high school junior and a sweet young woman: friendly, thoughtful … and compliant. However, Sophia would forget to tell me crucial details about her school work. I...
by Gretchen | Jan 21, 2013 | Academic Coaching, Communication
Lately, I’ve been hearing a common refrain amongst some of my clients to explain why they are performing poorly in a class: “My teacher sucks!” Today in my session with Claudia, this was her excuse about her lower-then-expected performance in...
