Thrive EF coaching is based out of the Tampa Bay Area. Owner and CEO Colleen Shaw, M.ed, is a leading expert in the area of Executive Function. Executive function is an overarching term that describes brain based skills associated with “getting stuff done”. Skills like: Sustained attention; self-monitoring; goal directed persistence; time management; flexibility and many others. Thrive consists of coaches who are passionate educators that aim to revolutionize how neurodiverse learners are taught and perceived in the world.

Colleen received her Masters in Education at Boston University. Followed by an extensive training as an executive function coach with Beyond Booksmart. It was at this training, Colleen had an “aha” moment, recognizing for the first time in her life, her areas of lagging executive function skills but now with the language to describe precisely what she struggled with. This revelation helped to target strategies and interventions that would change Colleen’s life- Because the human brain has the capacity to grow at all stages of life!

Armed with this information, Colleen began Thrive EF coaching to spread awareness and knowledge of executive function to help families find the support and peace they need and create their dream life, one step at a time.