Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Executive functioning is like your brain’s “management system.” It includes the skills you use to plan, organize, start and finish tasks, manage time, remember details, and regulate emotions. Strong executive function skills help you juggle responsibilities at work and home, while challenges in this area can make daily life feel overwhelming or disorganized.

Empowered Focus helps busy working moms and professionals strengthen their executive function skills - things like planning, organization, time management, and stress tolerance. Instead of traditional 1:1 coaching, we provide practical, research-backed tools you can access on your own time, plus opportunities to connect in courses and workshops.

Our tools are created for high-achieving working moms and professionals who feel stretched thin. If you’re juggling career, family, and personal responsibilities and often feel scattered, stuck, or burned out. Empowered Focus was built with you in mind.

• Downloadable tools & guides designed to help you reset routines, reduce mental load, and manage daily overwhelm.

• The Empowered Focus Newsletter, which delivers actionable executive function strategies directly to your inbox.

• Online courses with group coaching elements, where you can learn skills alongside others and get live guidance.

• Workshops for businesses & organizations on executive function, stress management, and productivity.

Each resource is designed to target specific executive function challenges:

• Planning & prioritizing → reset routines and task management systems

• Time management → practical ways to fit priorities into a busy schedule

• Stress tolerance → strategies to reduce burnout and manage the mental load

• Organization & follow-through → tools for getting unstuck and following through on commitments

• Start with a downloadable tool or guide if you want something quick and actionable.

• Join the newsletter if you prefer small, consistent strategies over time.

• Enroll in the online course if you want deeper skill-building with the option for group coaching support.

• Book a workshop for your team if you want organizational-level support.

Dr. Liz is a dual-licensed psychologist and nationally certified school psychologist with nearly 20 years of experience. She holds a PhD in Educational (School) Psychology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Over her career, she’s worked in settings such as schools, universities, private agencies, and state-level organizations. She currently runs a thriving mental health practice in Wisconsin where she works with teens, young adults, and parents with a special focus on ADHD.

She founded Empowered Focus because many of her clients’ mothers were seeking support with executive function skills, burnout, and overwhelm - often without a formal label or diagnosis. Dr. Liz’s approach blends evidence-based psychology, practical strategy, and empathy to help busy working women build routines and systems that actually stick.

Outside of her professional work, she is also a working mom and wife, and she draws on her own life experience navigating stress, demands, and the desire for meaningful balance. You can learn more about Dr. Liz on the About page.

Yes- coaching is different from mental health therapy.

Coaching focuses on growth, goals, and improving performance in specific areas of life. It is very present focused and encourages you to set goals for positive change and build skills to help you reach those goals.

Therapy can also do some of these things depending on the style and therapeutic modality of your therapist. In general, therapy also addresses mental health issues, emotional healing, and past traumas.

Coaches help clients move forward from their current situation. Therapists of also do this, but also help clients understand and resolve past issues affecting their present situation.

Although Dr. Liz is a licensed psychologist, she is not providing mental health therapy in her work at Empowered Focus, LLC. Please seek the help of a licensed mental health professional in your area if you are in need of mental health therapy.

If listed, prices on this website are accurate and current. If not listed, please contact me for information about pricing.

No. Coaching, training, and consulting services are not billable to insurance.

No. While some clients have ADHD, many are simply overwhelmed by the pace of modern life. Executive function skills benefit anyone who wants to feel more focused, intentional, and balanced.

Our courses and downloads are educational and skills-based. They are not therapy and do not replace medical or mental health treatment. Instead, they focus on practical strategies you can immediately apply to your daily routines.

Yes! You can sign up for our free newsletter and explore free guides that give you a taste of the Empowered Focus approach.

Absolutely. All digital products and courses are accessible online, no matter where you’re located.

Browse our resources, download a guide, or sign up for the newsletter. If you’re interested in workshops or courses, you can view upcoming offerings or contact us for more information.