by Ruth Bomar | May 3, 2018 | Academic Coaching, ADHD Coaching, Success
Summer is almost here and visions of a road trip to the beach dance in your head. Reality-check. You are enrolled in a summer semester. Who’s idea was it anyway? Maybe you didn’t do well on a calculus course and you decided to retake it to improve your...
by Ruth Bomar | May 3, 2018 | Blog, Finals
This is what we know about the time of day and brain power. First, our thinking power varies throughout the day. We are quicker, slower, more creative and less creative in some parts of the day than others. Second, these ups and downs in our mental...
by Ruth Bomar | May 2, 2018 | Finals
Preparing for finals means you must face the ups and downs of your day. Most of us have heard about an internal clock in each of us called circadian rhythms. (from the Latin circa which means around and diem which means day. Think carpe diem – translated Seize...
by Ruth Bomar | Feb 13, 2018 | Academic Coaching, ADHD Coaching, Study Routines
The procrastination monster: every college student’s challenge. You know what to study. Chapters. Power points. Lecture notes. Quizzes. You know how to study. Repetition. Check of knowledge. Explain the concept in your own words. Teach it to someone else. But...
by Ruth Bomar | Aug 31, 2017 | Books I'm Reading, Success
Summary written by: Ruth Angulo Bomar, Ph.D. “Sometimes what produces success is raw talent, sometimes it’s the nice things our moms told us to do, and other times it’s the exact opposite. Which old sayings are true and which are...
