Happy Holidays from Procrastination Coach!
Greetings and Happy Holiday wishes from me to you today. During this season, which can feel hectic and discombobulating, I wish for you a few gifts that don’t come with wrap, paper, or bows: a calm mind an accepting heart an understanding of how unique you are...Too Much To Do: The Foot-in-the-Door Technique
When I help students figure out how to get through a week or two of multiple assignments for different classes, I teach them my version of the Foot-in-the-Door technique. I learned the technique when I was in my Social Psychology class in graduate school. The idea,...Tips for Success in College (and Beyond): Volume I
The majority of my patients are college students, and working with this group of people is a great privilege. I get to watch people grow in leaps and bounds and rework and refine their personal styles of interacting with the world as they go. I have found that...Undoing Control
We don’t really ever have as much control as we’d like or as much as we think we need. We spend a lot of time and energy trying to forget that. We try to permify the present by compiling mementos, snapping pictures, filing things, writing in journals,...Techniques to Try: Use the Emergent Task Planner
It is amazing what a single sheet of paper can do. When I tell my patients to download the free version of the Emergent Task Planner, many don’t bother, thinking, perhaps that this is just another task to fall behind on or to forget. Those who listen and use the...
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