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Which College Application Should I Use?

Which College Application Should I Use?

Which College Application Should I Use? ...more

Applying to College

May 15, 20231 min read

Don't Let Spilled Milk Ruin Your Schedule: 5 Time Management Tips for College Freshmen

Don't Let Spilled Milk Ruin Your Schedule: 5 Time Management Tips for College Freshmen

We all have the same 24 hours. The top 10% maximize every hour of the day with planning, organization, and supreme focus. That’s what gives them a slight edge that makes them massively successful. We’... ...more

Don't Let Spilled Milk Ruin Your Schedule

March 22, 20237 min read

Tips To Cut Costs In College

Tips To Cut Costs In College

College is an ... investment and many students are looking for ways to cut both the time they spend in college as well as the costs. Luckily, there are several ways you can reduce the cost of college,... ...more

Tips To Cut Costs In College

March 10, 20233 min read

International Boost Self-Esteem Month

International Boost Self-Esteem Month

International Boost Self-Esteem Month is an important time to focus on loving oneself and accepting who we are. Self-esteem is the key to leading a happy, fulfilled life and making the most of our pot... ...more

International Boost Self-Esteem Month

February 28, 20233 min read

Which College Application is Best?

Which College Application is Best?

Today's high school parents may not know that there are three different national college application platforms: The Coalition Application: (free to create an account, but each school may charge you... ...more

Which College Application is Best?

February 08, 20231 min read

Just say NO to “Dream” Schools

Just say NO to “Dream” Schools

Recently, I’ve seen posts in parent groups on Facebook about their kid, who is the perfect profile for a specific university, but was rejected from the school. They want to know how it could be a fai... ...more

Just say NO to “Dream” Schools

February 01, 20233 min read

International Day Of Acceptance

International Day Of Acceptance

The International Day of Acceptance is a day dedicated to raising awareness and acceptance of physical, mental, and emotional differences in all their forms. It is celebrated annually on January 20th,... ...more

International Day Of Acceptance

January 19, 20233 min read

Common App… Now What?

Common App… Now What?

For well over four years, you have worked consistently at maintaining a higher-than-average GPA. You’ve put the finishing touches on your college essay, and you submitted your common app to that massi... ...more

Common App… Now What?

January 09, 20234 min read

Getting To Diagnosis As An Adult

Getting To Diagnosis As An Adult

In my business, we have seen an uptick in un-diagnosed learning differences and spectrum diagnoses in adults. There is no one way to be neurodiverse and if you coped well as a kid, you may have been ... ...more

Getting To Diagnosis As An Adult

December 27, 20222 min read

Culturally Competent Coaching

Culturally Competent Coaching

Creating a truly diverse and inclusive environment starts with cultural education. While embracing cultural differences may seem like common sense, it's not too common in the coaching world. From univ... ...more

Culturally Competent Coaching

December 22, 20222 min read

What is On-Time Graduation, and How Does It Work?

What is On-Time Graduation, and How Does It Work?

On-time graduation is simply defined as: graduation with a Bachelor's degree in 4-5 years. There are a wealth of benefits to graduating on time. Here's a short list of them: ...more

What is On-Time Graduation, and How Does It Work?

December 15, 20223 min read

Getting to Diagnosis as an Adult

Getting to Diagnosis as an Adult

“What’s in the dark shall come to the light.” What’s coming to light is spectrum diagnoses, and the number of spectrum diagnoses in adults is increasing. Dramatically. Yet, many students and adult p... ...more

Getting to Diagnosis as an Adult

November 14, 20222 min read

Reasonable Accomodations for College Students

Reasonable Accomodations for College Students

Familiar with an IEP? Did you have a 504 Plan in high school?? Ever been diagnosed as neurodiverse??? Let’s dive deeper to see what you’re eligible for. ...more

Reasonable Accomodations for College Students

October 31, 20222 min read

What It’s Like To Have A Life Tutor

What It’s Like To Have A Life Tutor

Simply put, Life Tutors are trained accountability partners that are on your side. To give further detail and context about our Life Tutoring services, here is a short list of what the Life Tutor expe... ...more

What It’s Like To Have A Life Tutor

October 13, 20222 min read

How’s your semester going?

How’s your semester going?

Adjusting to life after high school can be hard. When you add attending school or otherwise getting credentialed to the mix it can seem like an insurmountable group of unrelated, big things. But it ... ...more

How’s your semester going?

September 28, 20221 min read

Stimming: Fidgeting That Promotes Focus?

Stimming: Fidgeting That Promotes Focus?

It’s an average day, and you’re seated at work. This could be at a work cubicle, in your dorm, or at home. You’re in front of your computer, and you may (or may not) begin to notice certain repetitive... ...more

Stimming: Fidgeting That Promotes Focus?

September 13, 20221 min read

It’s 2022 and it’s already Fall!

It’s 2022 and it’s already Fall!

Wow. I don’t know how we got here, but after a few crazy years, we are heading back outside and back to school everywhere. More students are reporting more significant mental health needs and school... ...more

It’s 2022 and it’s already Fall! Sep 14 Written By My Life Tutors Wow. I don’t know how we got here, but after a few crazy years, we are

September 13, 20221 min read

Use what you got! Maximizing your devices.

Use what you got! Maximizing your devices.

The great thing about My Life Tutors group and individual coaching is that we are no farther than your smartphone.  You don’t have to go anywhere to find us.  Your Life Tutor can message or call you o... ...more

use what you got maximizing-your-devices

August 29, 20222 min read

The Relationship Between Executive Function and Neurodiversity

The Relationship Between Executive Function and Neurodiversity

In this modern and technological world, the demands on our brainpower are ever-increasing. Skills like emotional regulation and time management are essential to success. These skills come easy to the ... ...more

The Relationship Between Executive Function and Neurodiversity

August 25, 20222 min read

What is a success cycle?

What is a success cycle?

Life Tutors work with a client as the “outside force” mentioned above.  We want to move clients from a state of inertia or immobility onto what is called a “Success Cycle” ...more

what is a success cycle

August 13, 20222 min read

Returning to College after a hiatus?

Returning to College after a hiatus?

As I’ve said before, my own kid, after a long hiatus, decided to go back to school. I wasn’t willing to waste tuition money again.  So I went to find someone who could help him; I couldn’t find it and... ...more

returning to college after a hiatus

July 30, 20221 min read

What is Neurodiversity?

What is Neurodiversity?

You may have heard or seen the word thrown around in different literature or social circles over the years, but what exactly is Neurodiversity?? ...more

What is Neurodiversity?

July 29, 20221 min read

5 Steps to a Great Semester

5 Steps to a Great Semester

Did you know that only 50% of people in the US even go to college?  So if you are going, you are already ahead of the game. ...more

5 Steps to a Great Semester

July 23, 20223 min read

10 Questions to ask your advisor

10 Questions to ask your advisor

When we go into higher education, often we don’t know what we don’t know. So we don’t know how to access all the resources available to support us on our way. ...more

10 questions to ask your advisor

July 13, 20221 min read

How to Get a Life Tutor?

How to Get a Life Tutor?

Here at My Life Tutors, we are Team Client! We support college students and professionals who are going places.  An intake session is required before entering a LifeTutoring arrangement.  The intake s... ...more

How to Get a Life Tutor?

June 28, 20222 min read

What’s the big deal about medication?

What’s the big deal about medication?

The brain is the most complex organ in the body.  It regulates every other process and system in our bodies as the head of the Central Nervous System.  It is the only organ in the body fully enclosed ... ...more

what's the big deal about medication

June 12, 20222 min read

Maximize Your Tools

Maximize Your Tools

If you are reading this post,  you probably have a smartphone.  If you are also in college or working, you probably have a laptop, tablet, or another large device that you use throughout your day.   ...more

Maximize Your Tools

May 30, 20222 min read

Give yourself a break!

Give yourself a break!

I’m gonna be blunt.  A’s are great but B’s and C’s also get degrees.  Higher education is a process to be mastered while you learn some new things and acquire some new skills.  Try your best - but wit... ...more

Give yourself a break!

May 25, 20222 min read

ADHD Burnout is real

ADHD Burnout is real

While people think that ADHD is about being distracted by other things, sometimes it means being distracted by ALL the things.  For the neurotypical, millions of decisions are made through routine and... ...more

ADHD Burnout is real

May 15, 20221 min read

Where has the time gone?

Where has the time gone?

It's already the summer.  So how did the semester go?  Great?  Then congratulations!!! ...more

Where has the time gone?

May 09, 20221 min read

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