On this episode of SheRocks@College The Podcast, we’re talking about the power of making decisions ahead of time as a college student and how it will transform your self-confidence, goals and your life. Making decisions (and sticking to them) is all about commitment to yourself, confidence in your decisions and deciding ahead of time who you are going to be. Ready to harness the transformational power of deciding? Tune in to this life-changing episode!What we talk about in this episode of SheRocks@College LIVE:What it really means to commitWhat you’re gaining by choosing to indulge in confusionThe toll staying in indecision takes on your self-confidence and lifeHow your brain tries to protect you from feeling pain at the cost of your academic goalsThe power of making decisions ahead of time and how it helps you build confidenceLinks mentioned in the episode:Study School Info PageStudy School Q&A Ep 013: How Indecision Affects Your Studying

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The Power of Making Decisions Ahead of Time as a College Student

Feeling like you’re not good enough because you’re not a straight-A student? Well, I’m a firm believer in C’s getting degrees – and that average grades are more than good enough! Let’s have a powerful, transformational (and HONEST) discussion all about grades in college! What we talk about in this episode of SheRocks@College LIVE: Why average grades are more than good enoughHow to embrace and celebrate B’s and C’s along your academic journeyThe fear of being average blocking you from your own brilliance Links mentioned in the show:Finding Brilliance in the B’s Episode 1: Not Smart Enough for CollegeFinding Brilliance in the B’s Episode 2: Life has no place in the lecture halls (and other lies)

Getting good grades as a college student and the fear of being average

Feeling like you’re not good enough because you’re not a straight A student? Like there’s no space for the YOU outside of the textbooks, lectures, and note-taking? Do you struggle to maintain relationships or have enough space for yourself, outside of your academic career? You’re not alone with this – it’s time to have a powerful (and HONEST) discussion around balancing college and your relationships! Tune into Episode 2 of my Finding Brilliance in the B’s series below:What we talk about in this episode of SheRocks@College LIVE: What we thought our journey through college was going to be like, what it was really like and HOW that impacted us as individuals, and as a couple Feeling pressure to be perfect, the stress that caused me and how that impacted our relationshipHow my goals and ambitions – going to school, working full time and running a business – impacted Elvis and our relationshipHow my relationship with Elvis affected the way I showed up in my academic experienceHow my academic experience affected the way I showed up in my relationship with ElvisLinks mentioned in the show:Finding Brilliance in the B’s Episode 1: Not Smart Enough for CollegeI Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t): Making the Journey from “What Will People Think?” to “I Am Enough” by Brene Brown Brene Brown’s TED Talk: Listening to Shame Brene Brown’s Website

How To Balance College and A Relationship

Ever felt not smart enough for college? What if you could change that belief and transform your college experience? If you’re looking at your life right now and your whole world is consumed in feelings and thoughts of “I’m not smart enough, productive enough, good enough” tune into Episode 1 of my Finding Brilliance in the B’s series.What we talk about in this episode of SheRocks@College LIVE:Facing the beliefs and expectations you have about yourselfOvercoming the chase for intellectual perfectionShame as a barrier to learningFacing our unwanted identitiesShame and perfectionismSurvival emotions and fight or flight modeOvercoming shame through shame resilienceLinks mentioned in the show:How To Overcome Perfectionism (and the anxiety it causes)I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t): Making the Journey from “What Will People Think?” to “I Am Enough” by Brene Brown Brene Brown’s TED Talk: Listening to Shame Brene Brown’s Website Tony Robbin’s TED Talk: Why We Do What We Do 

Not Smart Enough For College

What if you could change your study habits and effortlessly achieve your goals this semester? On this episode of SheRocks@College LIVE, I’ll be walking you through my step-by-step method to change your study habits to ones that stick and transform your college experience!What we talk about in this episode of SheRocks@College LIVE:How habits make you who you areThe power of creating habits that support your goalsMy philosophy on how to approach collegeMy step-by-step process for creating habits that stickThe importance of clearly identifying the benefit of the habit you want to createHow to know which habit to pickWhy it’s crucial to identify obstacles before you try to create a habitHow long it really takes to create a habitThe 2-day rule when creating a study habit to help stop the all or nothing mindsetLinks mentioned in the show:Ep 013: How indecision affects your studyingEp 014: The power of making decisions ahead of time

How to Change Your Study Habits

You know how you always wonder, “what do I need to do to study for this exam and when do I need to do it?” We’re going to solve that question once and for all because I’m going to help you decide which study plan to follow in college.Whether you’re taking Art History, BioChem or Spanish, by the end of this show you’ll have the exact steps you need to create a simple study plan to help you pass your projects, exams and papers in all of your courses. What we talk about in this episode of SheRocks@College LIVE:The difference between a study schedule and a study routineThe key components of a study planWhy studying is just an umbrella termHow to gauge whether or not what you’re doing to study is workingWhy noticing patterns in how you study can help you pick a better study planThe power of theming your days if you’re working while in collegeHow long to stick to your new study routine before you change itLinks mentioned in the show:This is the study plan that will keep you sane this semester Ep 001: How to revamp your study routine in a weekendEp 013: How indecision affects your studyingEp 014: The power of making decisions ahead of time

How To Decide Which Study Plan To Follow in College

If you’re finding it hard to pick a major, a note-taking method or even decide whether to attend class or not, you’re struggling with indecision. Indecision unconsciously holds you back from living your best life and even causes you to self-sabotage your success. In this episode of SheRocks@College LIVE, we are going to dive deep into how indecision affects your studying and your entire college experience. Tune in and let’s get you out of indecision and into alignment! What we talk about in this episode of SheRocks@College LIVE:The sneaky way indecision holds you back from excellenceWhat it really means to make a decisionWhat you gain from staying confused and not making decisionsThe role your primitive brain plays in your indecisionWhat happens to your life when you don’t make decisionsHow you’re unknowingly exhausting your willpower and self-sabotaging your habitsHow to start getting better at making decisionsLinks mentioned in the show:Study School Q&AStudy School Info Page

How Indecision Affects Your Studying

Some college women seem to have it all together. They earn awesome grades, they’re working full time, maintaining relationships, saving money and living their best lives. If you want to become one of these college students this semester, start by adopting these 10 habits of highly successful college women.What we talk about in this episode of SheRocks@College:Why the best habits are unconventionalWhy a compelling reason will keep you moving forwardHow being Future Focused can help you create better plans for successWhy you need to know what your priorities are if you’re serious about not being burnt outWhat to do when your family is hurting and doubting your successThe power of your own mindLinks mentioned in the show:Ep 011: How To Make Succeeding In College Inevitable Study SchoolStudy School Q&A 

10 Habits of Highly Successful College Women

Feeling stuck and confused on what to focus on to achieve your goals this semester? Tonight we’re breaking down how to make succeeding in college inevitable.It always surprises me when students refrain from setting goals because they don’t want to disappoint themselves if they don’t hit them. But by choosing to not set goals, you’re disappointing yourself ahead of time. Because you’re basically telling yourself you’re not capable of great things.Goals help us to stretch ourselves, to think differently about ourselves to imagine and believe the best in ourselves. They help us reach our full potential.I have a full goal setting series here on my Youtube channel that I recommend you watch if you want help setting your goals for this coming semester.What we talk about in this episode of SheRocks@College:The difference between intellectual action and All In ActionHow to create a Make It Possible Plan to make succeeding in college inevitableThe power of constraining your actionsHow to build self-confidence to achieve your goalsLinks mentioned in the show:Don’t Set Goals Until You Ask Yourself These 5 QuestionsHow To Set Goals In College You’ll Actually AchieveHow to Create A Plan To Achieve Your Goals In CollegeHow To Stay Motivated All Semester Long

How To Make Succeeding In College Inevitable

Stressed out about your finals? Not sure how to finish the semester strong? You and every other college girl out there. In order to properly prepare and study for your final exams, you’ll need to be able to answer these five questions.Question #1: What’s going to be on your exam?One of the things you want to find out is whether or not the exam is cumulative or will your professor only test you on the last few week’s material. What percentage of the exam will be old material and what percentage of the exam will be new material?  This will help you plan out how much time to spend on each topic being covered on your final.Question #2: What’s the format?Not all final exams are sit down multiple choice exams, some professor will ask you to write papers, give presentations or write several short essays during your final exam period.  You’re going to need to know how your final is going to be structured so that you can study appropriately.  The way you prepare for a multiple choice exam is very different than how you prepare for a short answer or even an oral response final.Question #3: How will you study?You should base your studying on how you will be asked to apply the information. For example, let’s say your history final is 5 short essays covering the several wars you discussed throughout the semester. With short essays, you’re not going to be required to remember minuscule details but rather the overarching themes and key events that happened during the war.  The best way to study for this type of exam is to verbally walk through those key events and themes or even practice writing an outline of those key themes and events.Question #4 What are your weak areas?I will say this once, final exam study week is not the time to try to learn a semester’s worth of information.  It should just be a review of everything you’ve learned up until this point. With the exception of information that was covered with in the past 2 weeks.Do not try to cram a whole semester’s worth of material into an all-nighter, it won’t work. You’ll end up failing.FOR STUDENTS WHO’VE DONE PRETTY WELL THIS SEMESTER: Chances are that if you missed a majority of question on a particular subject that you will see those questions again on a cumulative final exam.  In order to make sure you don’t get those questions surrounding that topic wrong again, you need to fill in your knowledge gaps.The way I like to figure out my weak topics is by gathering all my exams for that class. I organize them from lowest grade to highest grade.  Then I go through and identify the questions I got wrong and what topics they were on.  These topics are where I focus most of my attention during my final exam study period. You want to spend the most amount of time on either the stuff you didn’t know or the material which is going to be the biggest section on your final exam.You don’t have to go back to your book and read those sections again, try maybe attending some tutoring session just for help on those specific topics or looking for some simple to digest material online.FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE BORDERLINE PASSING:  If you haven’t done well up until this point, it’s actually wiser to try to focus on really mastering the newer content covered within the past 2-3 weeks or the information you have a decent understanding of from your past exams. This will allow you to get as many of those questions right as possible, which will increase the chances of passing the final.Question #5 When will I study?I suggest that you start studying 3 to 7 days before your final exam.  Mark the date for all of your final exams in your planner and count 3 to 7 days from that. That is the date that you start studying for that particular exam.When I say studying, what I mean is quizzing yourself, seeing how much of the information you 

How to Finish the Semester Strong

For most college students the worst thing that could happen is failing an exam or a course. It’s the thing they try to avoid the most and stress out about the most.I talk to college women all the time that tell me failing their semester is the thing they lose sleep over the most and it’s the thing they fear the most about their college experience.And It’s fascinating to me because I’m no longer phased by failure and I think it’s because I’ve become so good at it. It’s hard not to when you failed over 7 courses in college or failed at hitting your goals. Failure is something that I now use to gauge how well my life is going. How much I’m growing and evolving, how much I’m doing and living.And I think the reason why I have this perspective is that I’ve taken the time to understand what failure really is.In fact, I have this saying: Failure is just feedback and feedback is not an attack it’s just information that I can use to become better.So tonight we’re going to dive deep into the concept of failure, what it is, what it means and how to overcome failing your semester if it’s currently happening to you.____________________________Mentioned in the Podcast Episode:Study School Wait List: http://sherocksatcollege.com/study-schoolInstagram: http://http://instagram.com/sherocksatcollegeOvercoming Perfectionism Video: https://youtu.be/hn01EEgvDtE

How To Overcome Failing Your Semester

Are you thinking about changing your major because it feels too hard? On Tonight’s show I’m going to give you some things to think about before you make your final decision to throw in the towel.Sign up for the Your Best Semester Yet 5 Day Challenge:  http://bit.ly/BestSemesterYet

Should You Change Your Major In College

If you’re ready to take your semester planning to the next level, tonight’s show was created for you. I’ll be walking you through the entire process from beginning to end, from setting goals and meeting with your advisor to fixing failing grades.Sign up for the Your Best Semester Yet Challenge: http://bit.ly/BestSemesterYet

How To Start Your Semester After Failure

SheRocks @ College The Podcast is a show where I bring together brilliant college women to have conversations about how to stop feeling like you're not enough, stop procrastinating and earn better grades so that you can live your best life while being enrolled in college. This is a show for the go-getters, first gens, moms, working part-time to full-time jobs and other non-traditional students who want to learn how to get out of their own way and step confidently into their own brilliance.

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