by Gretchen | Jan 8, 2019 | Academic Coaching, blog, Organization
Some people — and most teens — think they really love online To Do lists. Other folks — mostly adults — love purchasing the latest, hippest paper planner to try and track their To Do’s that way. Recently I had a client, a 16-year-old...
by Gretchen | Dec 31, 2018 | Academic Coaching, blog, Student Life
Do you struggle to connect with your teachers? Does it feel like they are scary strangers to you, rather than friends, mentors and cheerleaders? In today’s video I tell you about a conversation I had recently with a client who is a junior in high school. Every...
by Gretchen | Dec 12, 2018 | Academic Coaching, blog, Student Life
We’re smack dab in the middle of our winter holidays right now! I know you want to simply relax, and I want you to, too. I ALSO want to encourage you to consider doing one or more of these small tasks. This is a great time to organize your life, so that you can...
by Gretchen | Dec 12, 2018 | Academic Coaching, blog, Student Life, Study Skills
It’s gift giving season! I’m actually TERRIBLE at giving gifts at specific times of the year — birthdays, holidays, etc — but I’m GREAT at giving them when the spirit moves me, and I see that one of my clients has a need. In today’s...
by Gretchen | Nov 27, 2018 | Academic Coaching, blog, For Parents
Do you try to be a supportive parent to your teen? But suspect that you still do a lot of micromanaging? Well, one of my clients’ parents emailed me the other day asking how to follow up on some advice I’d given her daughter. I LOVED that she asked me this...
by Gretchen | Nov 20, 2018 | Academic Coaching, blog, Student Life, Study Skills
Do you usually wait for the teacher to hand out a study guide before you start studying? Are you a frustrated parent who’d really LIKE your student to be studying regularly but they keep on saying, “The teacher hasn’t handed out a study guide...
