If I had a magic wand, I would eliminate the word "internship." Why?    Because of the amount of stress it causes college students,...

One of my new clients, a college freshman, has been trying to forget or ignore the gut feeling that she's not really getting what's...

After working with more than 150 college students, I've seen a variety of college career trajectories—many of which resulted in a 5th...

February and March—the two months where many college students start to think: "Should I transfer?" "Am I really happy here?" "Could I be...

Are you nagging your college student about being productive this semester ? Do they keep saying that they should be getting more work...

Have you heard of the Sparketype Career Assessment ? (I will go through the 10 Sparketypes in my upcoming webinar! )  I heard about it...

Trusting your young adult college student is really hard to do — but one of the best things for a college-aged student is to have their...

The start of a new semester is the perfect time for college students to set meaningful goals and create a clear plan to achieve them....

I'll tell you...the first two weeks of the semester are everything. Strong start, finish strong. Sloppy start, finish sloppy.  In this post,

If only worrying about something actually made us prevent the thing we are worried about! Worrying is our brain's default mechanism to...

My college clients hear a lot of analogies from me during our coaching sessions. I love coming up with analogies on the spot to make a...

When I was in college, my best friend always had ideas of what she would do after graduation. They seemed to change weekly. How did she...

I love reframing the term "asking for help"  with my college clients because this is something that changed my life when I applied it to...

Photo via Unsplash I was THRILLED to listen to Laura Mae Martin, the Executive Productivity Advisor at Google talk about how to craft...

The biggest challenge I hear from my college clients, my kids, and myself, is "It's so hard to just sit down and get started ."   Why is...

Image by Edz Norton via Unsplash When I was in high school and college, I remember thinking "I just wish someone would just tell me what...

What is the Real Freshman Fifteen? Starting college can feel overwhelming for freshmen. In fact, “53% of first-year students reported a subs

Welcome to Rudder Coaching's Blog! I am excited to share more about how I help college students reach their college goals and make the...