Anxiety
AcademicAlly, LLC: May 1, 2025 We have all heard the noise, that squeaking, fingernails-on-the-chalkboard, knife-scraping-the-plate, ear-piercing ambient sound of doubt and anxiety that hits us when we are at our most vulnerable. Dr. Mitch Greene, a local sports psychologist in suburban Philadelphia, calls this clamor “chatter”. In his book, Courage Over Confidence, Mitch discusses how…
AcademicAlly, LLC: September 8, 2024 As the back-to-school season approaches, it’s essential to start the year on the right foot by setting yourself up for personal and academic success. For students with ADHD, this means organizing your life with strategies tailored to your unique needs. Let’s explore how you can ground yourself, build strong habits,…
I think we would all agree that, under the best of circumstances, parenting is not for the faint of heart. Just managing the logistics of raising children is a challenge in and of itself. Coordinating mealtimes, while simultaneously satisfying everyone’s gustatory preferences is worthy of a Nobel Prize. This doesn’t even take into account finding…
There has been an elephant sitting in each of our homes for several years, yet no one has been able to effectively address or tame it. It sneaks into your children’s bedrooms, sometimes at all hours of the night. It disrupts even the simplest of communication between you and your children because it is so…
“Initiating an assignment is often more difficult than the assignment itself. Understanding the struggle behind initiation can lead to personal growth and academic success.”
Initiation of Work: Stuck in Park with Nowhere to Go We all know that familiar dialogue that takes place about homework: Parent: “Do you have any homework tonight?” Student: “Yeah, I have to write my rough draft for my research paper.” Parent: “Sounds like a big assignment!” Student: “Nah, it’s all good. I got it.”…