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University & School Life Coach

Navigating school and university life comes with challenges—from managing academic workloads to emotion coaching for social settings. Andrew Macdonald provides personalized coaching to help students maximize focus, improve time management, and develop essential life skills. Whether you’re a university student striving for academic success or a school student looking for structure and confidence, coaching offers the tools to help you thrive.

Andrew partners with students to identify strengths, create better habits, and build routines that lead to long-term success. Through coaching, students can tackle procrastination, deadline pressure, social challenges, and stress management, ensuring they stay on track with their studies while maintaining a healthy life balance.

With goal-oriented coaching, students gain clarity on their personal and academic growth, learning to develop strong study habits, improve organization, and enhance their confidence. Coaching is designed to empower students to take control of their academic journey and future success
Enhanced Focus & Study Skills – Learn techniques to improve concentration and maximize retention.
Improved Social & Communication Skills – Strengthen peer interactions and confidence in social settings
Time Management & Productivity – Build routines and schedules that keep you on track.
Stress & Anxiety Management – Learn effective coping strategies to reduce academic and personal stress.

Lisa Wright
Special Education Teacher

“I met Andrew while attending training in the ADDCA program (coaching academy at New York) and found him to be a highly insightful and compassionate coach. He encouraged me to carry out meaningful and constructive professional changes. During our session time, Andrew is an active listener allowing me the space to process my thoughts or explore the possibilities moving forward. His ability to ask just the right question brought on new awareness and clarity to my behaviour or thoughts. Andrew is always upbeat and works in a non-judgmental way. He is passionate about what he does and puts a lot of care into working with his clients”.

Israel Galeano
Spanish Teacher

“Andrew was an effective coach for me. His coaching is based on true science (the latest and up to date). But he doesn’t confuse you with that. He provided me with simple practical things I could do to reach my goals and understand how I could feel better based on truthful things (not false emotions that come with irrational ADHD’s strong sometimes exaggerated feelings). Practical, up to date, he has a great understanding of ADHD itself and of human behavior (ADHD OR NOT). It boiled down to this, he is very knowledgeable, but capable, yet humble, understanding, compassionate and encouraging. My advice is: apply what he says, communicate openly like you would do to your closest friend, the more you do the greater his power to help you succeed”.

Dr Alexander Newman
Retired

“Andrew has been very kindly and patiently leading me through the ADHD maze since not long after my psychiatrist made the diagnosis. Andrew has been very thoughtful, and supplied links to a number of reference books and selected webinars from the Additudemag website’s webinar series. He also encouraged me to have my blood Omega3 levels checked, and they were in fact very low – well below the normal band for adults. Under Andrew’s guidance [and the medication prescribed by the psychiatrist ], my life has changed considerably for the better. My concentration is sharper and sustainable for longer periods, my mood swings have stabilised to a much more even keel so that they are almost no longer swings at all, more like sways, and I am generally feeling much more positive in myself. I am also not as disturbed by external events that I can do nothing about, as I used to be. I thoroughly recommend Andrew for his depth of knowledge, kindness, insight and preparedness to go the extra mile for his clients – even when travelling overseas”.

Clayton Howard
Musician & Creative Content Composer

“Through coaching with Andrew, I have reconnected with my personal strengths and passions. I feel more energetic in my daily life and enthusiastic towards both my personal and professional goals. Andrew has been able to help me to feel happy by living authentically to myself, and helped me to see life optimistically – which has been very liberating!”.

Simon Zhang
University Student

“I came into life coaching quite sceptical, but I cannot understate how much of a positive impact Andrew has made for me. I went in with a slew of interconnected issues from depression, anxiety, perfectionism and gaming addiction, but after 3 months of weekly coaching sessions, Andrew has managed to untangle the web of problems which I was facing and set me on a clear path forward… Andrew is sincere and dedicated to his clients and job, and deeply passionate about genuinely helping others with his knowledge as a life coach. I am deeply grateful for all the help he has given me!”.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Who can benefit from student coaching?
Both school and university students who want to improve their academic performance, social skills, and life management can benefit from coaching.
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