SheRocks@College The Podcast: Recent Episodes
Clarissa Guillen
SheRocks @ College The Podcast is a show where we help brilliant college women stop procrastinating so they can earn better grades and reclaim their life alongside college classes. 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.
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 are * The power of creating habits that support your goals * My philosophy on how to approach college * My step-by-step process for creating habits that stick * The importance of clearly identifying the benefit of the habit you want to create * How to know which habit to pick * Why it’s crucial to identify obstacles before you try to create a habit * How long it really takes to create a habit * The 2-day rule when creating a study habit to help stop the all or nothing mindset
Links mentioned in the show:Ep 013: How indecision affects your studying
Ep 014: The power of making decisions ahead of time
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 enough
- How to embrace and celebrate B’s and C’s along your academic journey
- The 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 College
Finding Brilliance in the B’s Episode 2: Life has no place in the lecture halls (and other lies)
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 relationship * How my goals and ambitions – going to school, working full time and running a business – impacted Elvis and our relationship * How my relationship with Elvis affected the way I showed up in my academic experience * How my academic experience affected the way I showed up in my relationship with Elvis
Links mentioned in the show:Finding Brilliance in the B’s Episode 1: Not Smart Enough for College
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
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 yourself * Overcoming the chase for intellectual perfection * Shame as a barrier to learning * Facing our unwanted identities * Shame and perfectionism * Survival emotions and fight or flight mode * Overcoming shame through shame resilience
Links 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
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 routine
- The key components of a study plan
- Why studying is just an umbrella term
- How to gauge whether or not what you’re doing to study is working
- Why noticing patterns in how you study can help you pick a better study plan
- The power of theming your days if you’re working while in college
- How long to stick to your new study routine before you change it
Links 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 weekend
Ep 013: How indecision affects your studying
Ep 014: The power of making decisions ahead of time
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 commit * What you’re gaining by choosing to indulge in confusion * The toll staying in indecision takes on your self-confidence and life * How your brain tries to protect you from feeling pain at the cost of your academic goals * The power of making decisions ahead of time and how it helps you build confidence
Links mentioned in the episode:
- Study School Info Page
- Study School Q&A
- Ep 013: 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 unconventional
- Why a compelling reason will keep you moving forward
- How being Future Focused can help you create better plans for success
- Why you need to know what your priorities are if you’re serious about not being burnt out
- What to do when your family is hurting and doubting your success
- The power of your own mind
Links mentioned in the show:
- Ep 011: How To Make Succeeding In College Inevitable
- Study School
- Study School Q&A
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 Action
- How to create a Make It Possible Plan to make succeeding in college inevitable
- The power of constraining your actions
- How to build self-confidence to achieve your goals
Links mentioned in the show:
- Don’t Set Goals Until You Ask Yourself These 5 Questions
- How To Set Goals In College You’ll Actually Achieve
- How to Create A Plan To Achieve Your Goals In College
- How To Stay Motivated All Semester Long
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 excellence
- What it really means to make a decision
- What you gain from staying confused and not making decisions
- The role your primitive brain plays in your indecision
- What happens to your life when you don’t make decisions
- How you’re unknowingly exhausting your willpower and self-sabotaging your habits
- How to start getting better at making decisions
Links mentioned in the show:
Study School Q&A
Study School Info Page
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.
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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 actually
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.
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Mentioned in the Podcast Episode:
Study School Wait List: http://sherocksatcollege.com/study-school
Instagram: http://http://instagram.com/sherocksatcollege
Overcoming Perfectionism Video: https://youtu.be/hn01EEgvDtE
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.
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