by Gretchen | Mar 5, 2019 | Anti-Boring Approach, blog, Communication
Do you ever struggle with feeling ashamed at school? You totally INTEND to turn in homework and show up for makeup tests, but then you. just. don’t. Then shame sets in, and you KNOW you should probably go talk to the teacher, but you can’t bring yourself...
by Gretchen | Jan 28, 2019 | Academic Coaching, Anti-Boring Approach, blog, Student Life
?Last week I did a video about the two biggest mistakes I made last year. Apparently, y’all love hearing about my mistakes because I got a LOT of emails in response. I’ve been thinking about mistakes a lot over the last few weeks because I’m...
by Gretchen | Jan 22, 2019 | Academic Coaching, Anti-Boring Approach, blog
The New Year — a time when we often think about successes and achievements. Instead, I’ve been thinking about failure. Mine in particular. Last year (like every year) I made a bunch of mistakes! It’s tempting to gloss over all the ways I effed up in 2018 by...
by Gretchen | Nov 15, 2018 | Academic Coaching, Anti-Boring Approach, College Prep, podcast
Too many students have poor grammar, and it weakens their writing. This has become increasingly obvious to Megan as she works with students on writing their college admissions essays. If you are looking for skills to build or strengthen with students grades 6-12,...
by Gretchen | Nov 13, 2018 | Academic Coaching, Anti-Boring Approach, blog
Do you sometimes feel a little insane trying to schedule all the little and big tasks that go into being a student? I worked with one client who discovered something really important about how to get herself to follow through with her study and project plans —...
by Gretchen | Nov 6, 2018 | Academic Coaching, Anti-Boring Approach
Do you hate your assignments sometimes? You are not alone! So many of my clients detest working on certain assignments for school, so much so that some of them just ignore the assignments completely. That certainly doesn’t help their grades, but it’s a...
