by Gretchen | Jan 18, 2017 | Academic Coaching, blog, Student Life
Recently, a client’s teacher emailed me to say that in his physics class, this teen seems glassy-eyed and has trouble focusing. When I checked in with my client, a high school senior, he reported that indeed — he has trouble keeping his eyes open in that...
by Gretchen | Jan 17, 2017 | Academic Coaching, blog, College Prep, podcast, Speed Reading
One of the most time-consuming activities for students is reading! Tune in to discover simple tips for reading faster and more effectively than you ever thought possible. The section of the book readers usually skip (but shouldn’t) How to skim for the structure of the...
by Gretchen | Jan 11, 2017 | Academic Coaching, blog
Do you tend to lose the work you do? Is there a wormhole that completed assignments get sucked into? I have several ADHD clients who can’t seem to track papers to save their lives. THEY swear they completed an assignment and turned it in; their TEACHERS swear...
by Gretchen | Jan 10, 2017 | Academic Coaching, blog, Communication, podcast
Does foreign language learning seem awfully slow? Tune in as Megan and Gretchen reflect about 10+ ways to learn languages, including English, faster and more effectively. Today’s episode is a response to a listener named Hassan, who lives in Iran and is studying...
by Gretchen | Jan 4, 2017 | Academic Coaching, blog, Study Skills
Did you ever play Truth or Dare when you were younger? Perhaps you play it now? Recently a client of mine gleefully reported a fun study game that she and her study buddy made up while they were doing homework the other night. It wasn’t quite Truth or Dare (it...
by Gretchen | Jan 3, 2017 | Academic Coaching, blog, For Parents, podcast, Student Life, Test Anxiety
Sometimes adults forget that being a student is an emotionally taxing job, that students have fears, and that students often need reassurance! On today’s New Year’s episode we discuss the five ways that feelings get in the way of student success if they’re not...
