What if I told you that your family can learn how to be happier this school year. What do I mean? Well, three common areas that drain happiness from a family during the school year are unmet expectations, organizational chaos, and procrastination. I am continually nagging my teenage son about homework. My children are always …
The Chicago Family Tutor offers coaching and tutoring services to support individuals, students and families who are seeking to improve their executive functioning, achieve academic or professional goals or live the life that they envision for themselves. In this interview with Elizabeth, we talk about connections between social work, executive function coaching, and community investment. …
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Now before you get too stressed by the title of this entry, note that I didn’t say “good grades” are important. Of course, good grades are much more fun to receive, but they aren’t any more or less important than bad grades. The reason that I assert that grades are important is not because they …
Have you ever wondered where motivation comes from and how to have more of it? Perhaps you wonder about motivation when you are staring at a blank computer screen, for the tenth time in a day. Or maybe when the pile of dishes in your sink only grows larger and larger. Perhaps you wonder about …
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This school year has, undoubtedly, been unlike any you have experienced before. Regardless of whether your kids are in-person, hybrid, or remote, there is a good chance you’ve undertaken a variety of these options this year. And it’s probably driving you crazy. So here are three things that you and your family can do to …
To be honest, I am not a huge fan of New Year’s resolutions. Not because I don’t like the idea of resolutions, but rather because they don’t usually work. Therefore, I prefer to use the New Year as an opportunity to reflect on the year past and to look ahead to the year to come. …
“Time isn’t the main thing. It’s the only thing.” -Miles Davis We live in a world that applauds and celebrates being busy. Personally, I don’t believe that having a full schedule is, in itself, problematic. What is problematic, however, is not having enough time for the things that truly matter. Therefore, time management is a …