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How to Celebrate Your Kid's Growth, Not Grades

Most parents & caregivers we work with agree that good grades are not their ultimate goal. When we ask them what they want for their...

5 Executive Functions and How to Support Them at Home

Executive functioning skills refer to the skills that help people thrive and face everyday challenges as well as long-term challenges so...

8 Questions to Promote Organizational Skills (for Kids & Adults!)

Jess and Megan are two wonderful coaches at Empower who are leading our Empowered Student Circles in the fall of 2022. These groups focus...

10 Things Your ADHD Kid Wants You to Know

by Megan Buck Before we begin, let the record show that I'm 30 and was just diagnosed with ADHD in January of this year (2022). My...

Should My Child Join an Academic Coaching Group?

At Empower, we offer both individual coaching and small group coaching. When parents ask, “Which one is the best fit for my child?”, our...

What Is Academic Coaching?

For many of the families we work with, academic coaching is a new and unfamiliar concept. When I first started this company, it was also...

Strategies for a Smooth Transition to Middle School

The transition from elementary school to middle school is a big one. We asked some of our middle school experts here at Empower for some...

3 Tips for Crafting Your College Application

Here at Empower, we love helping students infuse peace into stressful situations - and college applications are a perfect opportunity to...