Executive functioning coaching & tutoring · Year 5 to university
Align your mind.
Supporting confidence, executive functioning skills and learning based on neuroscience — educating students about their incredible minds, and how to harness their potential.
Orbiting Minds · orbitingminds.contact@gmail.com · 0431 625 730
Time management, organisation and positive self-talk. The denser this star, the stronger its pull, and the harder it is for anything to drag a planet off course.
School, family, friendships, sleep, health. The things you are responsible for. When the centre holds, they orbit in alignment.
Notifications, wasting time, leaving it too late. Unavoidable, but predictable — and a well-anchored orbit recovers from the hit.
Display only · Orbits follow Kepler's laws, so inner planets genuinely move faster than outer ones
The short version
What, why, how, who and when.
Everything Orbit does in five answers.
Executive functioning coaching and tutoring, one student at a time
We map what your orbit is currently like — what you are responsible for, what pulls you off track, and what keeps you aligned — then strengthen it using mind alignment strategies grounded in the principles of neuroscience. Session content stays flexible, because no two students need the same thing.
Your life is a galaxy, with many solar systems in it
Some solar systems are the size of a whole school year, some fit inside a single assignment. A star with real density holds its planets in alignment. Asteroids are unavoidable — but when you can see one coming, you can plan for it. And the habits that anchor one solar system will serve you in every other one in your galaxy.
A complimentary consultation, then weekly 1:1 sessions
Start with a free 15-minute meeting and an intake form. From there, weekly one-hour 1:1 sessions with detailed written notes every week — progress made, areas for future focus, and optional homework. Holiday intensives run in the breaks. Each term closes with a free review and a written progress report.
Students from Year 5 to university — and outliers welcome
Orbit is built for students who have real creativity and potential but struggle to harness it because of difficulties with distraction, focus and concentration — especially where that is making learning environments hard and knocking their confidence. Coaching is led by Victoria, a primary teacher completing a Master of Educational Neuroscience.
Monday to Saturday, 7am until 7pm
Regular weekly sessions at a time that suits your schedule, subject to availability. Sessions run for one hour and are billed weekly, with a bulk term package available. Holiday intensives run through the school breaks in one-week and two-week options.
Based on neuroscience
The brain science we actually use.
Every strategy in a session comes from somewhere. These are the parts of the research that do the work.
Autonomy
Motivation holds when a student feels in control of the decision. So the student chooses the strategy, sets the times and names the trade-offs — the coach asks the questions. A plan someone hands you is followed for a week. A plan you built yourself is the one still running in Week 9.
Confidence
Confidence is not built by being told you are capable. It is built by collecting evidence you cannot argue with. Sessions are structured so the student can see the change — what they finished, what they started on time, and what they handled that used to derail them.
Neuroplasticity
Executive functioning is not a fixed trait you either got or missed out on. It is a set of skills run by circuits that continue to develop over your lifespan, and they strengthen with deliberate, repeated practice — which is exactly what a weekly session is for.
Working memory & cognitive load
Holding a whole assignment in your head is what makes it feel enormous. Getting it out of working memory and onto paper frees up the capacity to think. Most of what looks like a motivation problem is an overloaded system.
Self-talk and the threat response
A brain that feels under threat protects itself instead of planning. Harsh self-talk keeps it there. Self-compassion is not a soft add-on — it is what puts the thinking part of the brain back in charge, which is why we teach it as a skill.
Attention, initiation and reward
Starting is a separate skill from doing. We work with how attention and reward actually behave — shrinking the first step until it is genuinely easy to begin, building in the small completions the brain responds to, and protecting focus rather than relying on willpower to hold it.
Navigate
Where would you like to go?
Does this sound like you?
"I want to succeed but I feel like I'm failing. I just don't even know what I'm failing at, so I feel like I'm failing at everything."
The student Orbit is built for
If that lands — for you, or for your child — Orbit is for you. The full version of this is on the services page, and it is worth reading before you book.
Neuroscience, not worksheets
- Executive functioning as the primary focus
- Taught through whichever subject or task the student needs
- Specific academic focus available in all subject areas
- Aligned to the Australian Curriculum, available in all states
- Self-compassion and confidence treated as essential, not optional
- Written notes every week, reviewed every term
Complimentary · 15 minutes · No obligation
Book your free 15-minute consultation.
A short, relaxed conversation about what your orbit looks like right now and whether Orbit is the right fit. Pick a time straight from the calendar below.
Please complete the intake form before your session. It means we can spend the 15 minutes talking about your student rather than collecting details. How your information is used is set out in our privacy notice.