Your child’s test-taking mindset under
pressure may look like this:
Your child’s test-taking mindset under pressure may look like this:
Your child’s test-taking mindset under
pressure may look like this:
The Avoider
The Avoider
Your child may care deeply about doing well, but when it’s time to start, they can feel a strong sense of resistance. Studying starts to feel overwhelming, so they delay… and then feel worse afterward.
Avoidance isn’t laziness. It’s often fear showing up as protection.
Your child may care deeply about doing well, but when it’s time to start, they can feel a strong sense of resistance. Studying starts to feel overwhelming, so they delay… and then feel worse afterward.
Avoidance isn’t laziness. It’s often fear showing up as protection.
Your child may care deeply about doing well, but when it’s time to start, they can feel a strong sense of resistance. Studying starts to feel overwhelming, so they delay… and then feel worse afterward.
Avoidance isn’t laziness. It’s often fear showing up as protection.
Deep Fear
Deep Fear
“If I don’t start, I can’t get it wrong.”
“If I don’t start, I can’t get it wrong.”
Core Need
Core Need
Small, low-pressure steps that help them
re-engage and build momentum again.
Small, low-pressure steps that help them
re-engage and build momentum again.
This isn’t a lack of ability. It’s a stress response, and it’s highly trainable.
This isn’t a lack of ability. It’s a stress response,
and it’s highly trainable.
This isn’t a lack of ability. It’s a stress response,
and it’s highly trainable.
Here’s what helps
Here’s what helps
Mindset rewiring
Mindset rewiring
Shifting the beliefs that link
effort with fear, so studying feels
safer and more possible again.
Easy entry points
Easy entry points
Small, low-pressure ways to start
that reduce overwhelm and help
your child build confidence through action.
Small, low-pressure ways to start
that reduce overwhelm and help
your child build confidence through action.
Study momentum tools
Study momentum tools
Simple systems that help them keep
going once they’ve started, without
relying on willpower or perfection.
Choose a next step that fits your situation
Choose a next step that
fits your situation
Choose a next step that fits your situation
If you’re supporting a student
If you’re supporting a student
Learn how confidence, strategy, and
mindset work together in ACT & SAT prep.
Learn how confidence, strategy, and
mindset work together in ACT & SAT prep.
If your child feels stuck
or overwhelmed
If your child feels stuck
or overwhelmed
Explore tools that make it easier to
begin without pressure, and build
steady progress.
If you’re not ready to decide yet
If you’re not ready to decide yet
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