REAL Thinking & Learning to Be More

Welcome to the REAL Thinking & Learning to Be More Newsletter, a weekly newsletter published during school terms, designed to support learners, parents, educators, and professionals who want to understand how thinking, learning, and the brain truly work.

This newsletter is dedicated to fostering deeper awareness and practical understanding in key areas such as:

• Core concepts in thinking and learning
• Insights from cognitive science and learning science
• Metacognition, executive functioning, and self-directed learning
• Practical strategies for growth as a thinker and learner
• Effective Learning Teaching Support Material (LTSM) and applied learning tools

My passion lies in exploring these areas through reflection, reading, research, and real-world application. Each newsletter shares thoughtful insights designed to help you become more aware, metacognitive, knowledgeable, and empowered — whether you are supporting a child, guiding learners, or investing in your own personal and professional development.

Join me as we explore the power of deliberate and REAL Thinking and Learning — a pathway to meaningful growth, clarity, and confidence. My mission is to help you not just learn more, but to truly Be More.

Newsletter Themes Over the Years

2023: A deep dive into Learning Teaching Support Material (LTSM), offering practical resources and frameworks to support effective learning.

2024: Mini-Lessons to Be More — short, focused lessons designed to create powerful learning shifts.

2025: Be the CEO of Your Brain — empowering learners to understand, manage, and take ownership of how their brain works.

2026: Be the CEO of Your Brain, Emotions, Nervous System, and Future You — an integrated focus on how thinking, emotional regulation, nervous system awareness and regulation, and future-focused decision-making shape learning, performance, and life direction.

Not everyone can be the CEO of a company — but every one of us can become the CEO of our brain, emotions, nervous system, and our future.

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Past Issues of the ‘REAL Thinking & Learning to Be More’ Newsletter.

2023 NEWSLETTERS: Focus on Learning Teaching Support Material (LTSM)

30 November 2023: Mapping as Learning Strategy: Desirable versus Undesirable Difficulties (Part 3) 

23 November 2023: Mapping as Learning Strategy: Desirable versus Undesirable Difficulties (Part 2)

16 November 2023: Mapping as Learning Strategy: Desirable versus Undesirable Difficulties

2 November 2023: My Preferred Learning Strategy I Teach All Learners

19 October 2023: 6 Links for Easy Recap: ADHD-Friendly Learning Teaching Support Material

21 September 2023: 10 Reasons Why Learning Outcomes are Important for ADHD Learners

7 September 2023: One Logical Thing that ADHD -Friendly Learning Teaching Support Material Must Have

24 August 2023: The First Essential Thing ADHD-Friendly Learning Teaching Support Material Must Have

10 August 2023: [Interesting Formula] Diagnosis of ADHD/ASD + ‘ADHD’ Books & Notes = Problematic Combination

28 July 2023: 3 Reasons Why ADHD-Friendly Learning Teaching Support Material is Essential.

12 June 2023: Colour in Learner Workbooks. 3 Things NOT TO DO!

2 June 2023: Exam Time! And Cognitive Overload is a Reality! What Can You Do?

22 May 2023: New Course and Big Sale! Better Learning Teaching Support Material – HOW & WHY?

11 May 2023: Create Learning Teaching Support Material to Enhance Learning – HOW?

27 April 2023: The Only Source of Knowledge is Experience. What do You Think?

14 April 2023: Always Write Parallel Lists! Do You Know What it Means?

23 March 2023: Have You Tried Alternatives to Bullets in PowerPoints or Notes?

9 March 2023: Bullets in PowerPoints and Notes: How Many to Avoid Death by Bullet-Point?

23 February 2023: 2 Easy Strategies to Improve Readability in PowerPoint Slides!

9 February 2023: 2 Things to Avoid on PowerPoint Slides that can Help Learners

26 January 2023: Do you have an Expression of Intent? We all need one!

27 October 2022: Time to Think About ONE Important Thing to Focus on in 2023.

29 September 2022:  My New Online Course: Are you Cold, Lukewarm or Interested? Find out quickly!

25 August 2022: 7 Guidelines to become a really competent Tertiary Student

23 August 2022: Want affordable Lifelong Learning & Self-Education?

11 August 2022: One Powerful Effect when Common Sense is linked with (Cognitive) Science

22 June 2022: Be a More Growth-Oriented Adult with a 7 Step Process

1 June 2022:  What is “The Strangest Secret”?

19 May 2022:  How 4 Core Regrets can Help You.

12 May 2022:  Can You Really Learn and Learn How to Learn at the Same Time?