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 | Oct 17, 2016 | Academic Coaching, ADHD Coaching, Blog, Resiliency
My clients often ask me how to handle a difficult situation. As a coach, I work with college students with learning disabilities or ADHD. My coaching clients include adults with ADHD or simply an adult who wants to make a change in their life. The experts who do the...
by Ruth Bomar | Sep 19, 2016 | Academic Coaching, ADHD Coaching, Blog, College Transition 101
Four Hacks for Self-Monitoring and Self-Regulating Actions Another “store-manager” type task our brain does is keeping up with moment-by-moment behavior in other words self-monitoring and self-regulating your behavior. If there is a deficit in this...
by Ruth Bomar | Sep 12, 2016 | ADHD Coaching, Blog
Six Hacks for Managing Your Working Memory What is working memory? Working memory is like a holding station where a network of neurons holds a bit of information while at the same time doing something else. Working memory holds a never ending flow of input from our...
by Ruth Bomar | Sep 5, 2016 | Academic Coaching, ADHD Coaching, Blog, College Transition 101
Four hacks for managing frustration and regulating your emotions. People with ADD syndrome often struggle with emotions. They might have a very low threshold for frustration. Or they might struggle with regulating their emotional experience and expression. * Managing...
by Ruth Bomar | Aug 29, 2016 | Academic Coaching, ADHD Coaching, Blog
Executive Functions Effort: Regulating alertness, sustaining effort, and processing speed. Effort refers to regulating how alert you are for a given task. Your mind helps you stay alert and maintain the right amount of effort for the task while performing the task you...
