A SOLUTIONS FOCUSED COMPANY.
OUr Mission.
We provide accessible and equitable coaching services to all neurodivergent individuals, including those with executive function deficits, ADHD and other learning challenges, anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges in order to help them set goals and achieve them by developing the skills and tools necessary to reach their full potential in a society that is not designed with their needs in mind.
who we are
Founded in 2013, Life Solved employs nine full-time coaches and over 40 part-time coaches to serve clients across the country and around the world. All Life Solved coaches have relevant work experience, are qualified to coach clients from many different walks of life, and have been trained in our company’s unique and effective approach to executive function coaching, developed over nearly a decade.
We are incredibly thankful for the opportunity to help thousands of clients reach their full potential and find strategies to manage their executive function deficits.
Lauren Eckert, M.ED
Founder + ceo of Life Solved
With a career that began in the classroom, Owner Lauren Eckert founded Life Solved, formerly Lauren Eckert Coaching, in 2013. Lauren’s personal and professional experiences within schools, as both a teacher and school counselor, gave her unique insights into the academic, social, and emotional struggles that many students face. Her passion for helping others and desire to coach people to find a sense of balance in their life, drives the work she does to help clients set goals, develop a working organizational system, and remove obstacles from their path.
A Licensed School Counselor, Certified Life Coach, and Certified Health Coach, Lauren holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Education. Working in educational settings, Lauren observed the need for home-based services for students with ADHD and other learning challenges to address executive function challenges that were impeding their ability to be successful within the classroom.
For the past decade, Lauren and her team of Life Solved coaches have delivered effective and transformative executive function and life coaching to thousands of students and adults in schools, homes, and workplaces across the country. We work hard to provide opportunities for access and equity as it results in stronger, more resilient, and engaged individuals and communities.
Emily Bottegal, MS
Ensuring students achieve academic, social/emotional, and personal success, Emily has a passion to empower students to succeed in and out of the classroom. Emily coaches from a strength-based approach and believes every individual has the ability to achieve success with the appropriate support and skills in place. She has dedicated her professional life to working with youth in school and community settings.
Prior to joining the team, Emily worked as a School Site Coordinator and Home-Based Counselor in the Washington, DC area. In these roles, Emily engaged directly with students through individual counseling sessions and small group interventions focused on helping students meet personal goals relating to academics and managing emotions. Her direct experience helped her to understand the challenges individuals face both academically and personally, ultimately leading to her developing lessons around time management, scheduling, study skills, and organization.
Most recently, Emily worked at a nonprofit, helping secure specialized instruction and support necessary to improve educational outcomes for low-income children with learning disabilities and developmental delays.
Emily has a Master’s degree in Counseling from Johns Hopkins University.
ANNIE BELOTT, M.Ed
With over nine years of experience working in academia, including university settings, Annie has worked with various student populations including individuals with disabilities, first-generation students, and student-athletes. She focuses on strategies to improve upon time management, procrastination, test anxiety, self-testing, learning styles, etc.
From 2016 to 2020, Annie worked as a Learning Skills Specialist at Georgetown University. Here she oversaw the implementation of academic support services to all students on campus, specifically individual consultations with students seeking assistance with their study habits, tutoring for foreign languages, and study skills workshops/webinars.
Annie has worked for Life Solved since the Fall of 2017 and recently transitioned to a full-time position with the company. She continues to work with students from middle school through the collegiate level to improve upon their organizational systems, test-taking and self-testing strategies, and help students create effective study schedules to make workloads manageable.
Annie has a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from Salisbury University and a Master’s degree in Multicultural Special Education from the University of Texas at Austin.
Natasha Lubansky, MA
With professional experience in community mental health centers and outpatient mental health clinics, Natasha has assisted individuals with various DSM-V diagnoses, including anxiety, depressive, bipolar, and personality disorders. She also has experience with children and teenagers with special needs, including Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Natasha has worked with clients in identifying, setting, and working towards educational, professional and life goals for over 10 years. She uses a holistic, strengths-based approach, and helps individuals to develop competency in organization, time management, task initiation, social skills, and managing stress. She aims to assist others in discovering their aspirations, removing barriers to success, and taking small steps towards a more fulfilling life.
Natasha has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Master’s degree in Social Work with a concentration in Clinical Mental Health.
MEET OUR TEAM
Carley Benkhadra
Carley Benkhadra holds a Master of Arts in Leadership with a Curriculum Focus from Loyola University and a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and Special Education from Towson University. She was a tenured Home School Model teacher in Montgomery County with more than ten years of experience working as a teacher in Montgomery County Public Schools.
Carley prides herself on establishing strong lasting relationships with her students and their families, discerning their specific strengths and needs, and helping them realize their full academic and intellectual potential. She has tutored kindergarten through twelfth grade students, specifically using the Orton Gillingham Phonics Intervention method and iReady — a math-based intervention.
She has extensive experience teaching executive functioning skills such as organization, time management, social-emotional regulation, building peer relationships, study skills, phonics (encoding and decoding), time management skills, and goal-setting.
Rachel GryNiewicz, MA, MATL
Rachel brings over a decade of experience in instructional coaching, curriculum development, and the design and implementation of student focused workshops and programs. She specializes in working with students in the areas of organization, time management, study strategies, and other crucial executive function skills. Her interests in developing leadership and advocacy skills in adolescents enrich her coaching sessions empowering her clients to be more assertive and confident. As a former high school teacher and college lecturer, Rachel understands the skills required to be successful at both levels and helps students prepare for their transition to college, including teaching and reinforcing strategies around planning ahead and breaking down large tasks. Rachel has also curated several professional development opportunities for educators centered on Executive Function skills such as resiliency and flexible thinking.
A member of the Life Solved team since 2017, Rachel has recently entered a full-time position coordinating the client onboarding experience and ensuring a successful coaching engagement for coach and client. She continues to work with students of different ages and backgrounds as well as adult clients. Her positive energy and passion for helping others find success is evident in the work she does with her clients.
Rachel has a Masters in Teacher Leadership from Mount Holyoke College as well as a Masters in Classics from the University of Maryland, College Park. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Classics and Art History from Mount Holyoke College.
Sarah Mangan
Sarah provides administrative and onboarding support for LifeSolved Coaching and our CEO. Her responsibilities include managing payroll, invoicing, billing, and ensuring smooth coach-client communication.
Her knowledge of all facets of the company helps her better address clients needs. She works hard to support several teams within the company to help maintain the efficiency and effectiveness of LifeSolved Coaching.
Her commitment to the organization and growth of the company plays a vital role in ensuring LifeSolved Coaching continues to make a positive impact in the lives of our clients.
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