Learn and Work Smarter
Whether you're a student or a working professional, the Learn and Work Smarter Podcast delivers the clarity, strategies, and encouragement you need to stay focused, organized, and on top of your tasks.
Hosted by Katie Azevedo, M.Ed.—a private executive function coach with 20 years of teaching experience and a deep background in ADHD and cognitive science—this show is your practical guide to building the real-life skills that school and work demand but rarely teach.
Episodes cover a range of topics, including time management, productivity, studying smarter, focus strategies, task initiation, and executive function habits. Each topic is approached through a lens of neuroscience, behavioral psychology, and deep compassion.
You’ll learn systems that are teachable, sustainable, and immediately actionable.
No fluff. No hype. Just real strategies for getting things done, reducing stress, and showing up as the most capable version of yourself.
Learn and Work Smarter
Latest Episodes
135. The Effort Trick (That Gets You Everything You Want)
Don’t get me wrong – goals are awesome to have. They can inspire hope and dreams and cool visions we have for our futures.But focusing on the outcome we want (aka our goal) never gets us the outcome we want. I know, the irony....
134. Behind-the-Scenes of Real Student Coaching (Sneak Peek Access)
Come peek behind the curtain of SchoolHabits University! Every month inside my signature study skills program, I offer live coaching on Zoom so student never get stuck navigating the program, school, their courses, or anything else on their min...
133. Study Breaks and Finishing Projects Without Deadlines (Q&A)
In this Q&A episode of the Learn and Work Smarter podcast, I answer two questions submitted by listeners of the show.Question One: A student asks for study break ideas that will increase his focus when he returns to the work.Q...
132. The DO Date Hack that Makes DUE Dates Easy (Micro-Strategy)
Most people focus on due dates -- as in, this final deadline. But the due date of a project has nothing to do with you actually getting it done.Enter the DO date.In this episode of the Learn and Work Smarter podcast, I make the ca...
131. Why We Know What to Do But Still Don't Do It
It’s one thing to know what to do, but it’s a whole other thing to actually DO it.This is a struggle that so many of my private clients – students and professionals – deal with. They have the information, they’ve been instructed on what ...
