Episode 138: The Truth About Focus, Distraction, and Academic Success
In this episode of Success Unlocked, Dr. Adrienne Shnier debunks one of the biggest lies students tell themselves: “I just can’t focus.”
Drawing on her research in pharmaceutical regulation, her years of teaching and coaching, and real-life client experiences, Adrienne shares why most students who struggle with focus are not broken; they’re just overwhelmed by a world that never stops buzzing.
This episode offers a fresh (and compassionate) reframe of focus as a skill you can build - without medication, side effects, or shame. If you’re tired of feeling scattered and want to reclaim your attention, this one’s for you.
What You’ll Learn:
- Why most students aren’t actually struggling with focus; they’re struggling with overstimulation
- The true cost of 10+ years of nonstop notifications on your brain
- How Adrienne’s own academic journey changed once she added email to her phone
- What Big Pharma doesn’t want you to know about “focus drugs”
- The dangerous normalization of prescription sharing in university settings
- Why it’s time to stop blaming yourself and start retraining your brain
- How Apply Yourself teaches students to build real focus (without burnout or side effects)
- One question to ask yourself next time your phone buzzes while you’re thinking
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Mastering Academic Applications: From Scratch to Submission is now open for you to complete your applications in 12-weeks! With live coaching, you develop your applications & gain insights into your applications processes like never before. Join us now using this link to enroll!
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