by Gretchen | Jul 19, 2016 | Academic Coaching, blog, Organization
Do you have trouble keeping track of all of your To Do Lists and School Projects? There are so many awesome apps out there to help you manage your time. Since it is summer, this is a perfect opportunity to discover and play with new time management applications. In...
by Gretchen | Apr 13, 2015 | Academic Coaching
Does doing homework stress you (or your teen) out? I don’t know of *anyone* who loves homework: parents, teachers, or students. Yet we all have to deal with it! Although I can’t totally take the stress out of homework for anyone, a client and I recently...
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 | Nov 30, 2011 | MuseCubes, Random Stuff
Sitting might cause cancer?! It sounds extreme, doesn’t it? That’s the announcement in a growing body of research. According to the American Institute for Cancer Research: As many as 49,000 cases of breast cancer and 43,000 cases of colon cancer occurring...
by Gretchen | Dec 17, 2009 | Academic Coaching, Organization
A student just rushed desperately into my Learning Center. “I need help! Do you have time?” she asked. Since she was not one of my regular clients, I had to tell her that I had no more than five minutes. But she could have all five of the minutes I have!!...
