by gretchenwegner | Feb 7, 2016 | blog, podcast
Facebook? Twitter? Instagram? Google? Youtube? Email? Ahhhhhhhh!!!!! If you’re human, I’m guessing you check one of these websites at last 3 times a day (if not a gazillion!). The internet is #1 distraction for most of my student clients. Although I...
by gretchenwegner | Feb 7, 2016 | blog, podcast
Pop quiz! Do you remember last year’s video about what everyone should do on the first day of class t? I’ll give you a hint: it had something to do with phone numbers. Well, check out this video update about how to take this tip to the next level: If you...
by gretchenwegner | Feb 7, 2016 | Academic Coaching, blog, College Prep, Reading
Have you ever opened to the first page of an assigned reading and thought, “Ugh. How am I possibly going to focus? It looks sooooooo boring!” Well, here’s a tip that I recommend to my clients. Maybe it will work for you? Hey there, don’t have...
by gretchenwegner | Feb 7, 2016 | blog, podcast
Have you ever been sent home with a lot of boring worksheets to do for homework? It’s sure hard to get motivated to fill out blank after blank after blank, isn’t it? That’s exactly what my client complained about during a recent session. Here’s...
by gretchenwegner | Feb 7, 2016 | blog, podcast
Have you ever struggled to take action, despite your best intentions? All the time, right?! We human-beings are procrastination experts. Sometimes feeling lazy can completely throw off our game to get things done.Here’s a creative way that I recommended to a...
by gretchenwegner | Feb 7, 2016 | Academic Coaching, blog, note-taking
Let’s play a quick word association game! When I say “note taking,” what’s the first thing you think of? I just *bet* that the word you thought of is more likely to make you frown than smile. But note taking doesn’t have to be that way!...
