Meet the Team at LearningRX - Franklin

Tiffany Leader

Owner & Director

They say our mess becomes our message, so I’d love to take this opportunity to share mine.

I was a child who struggled—in elementary school, in high school, and in college. Back then, I never would have admitted it, and I’d guess few people realized it. I was on the honor roll, an officer in the National Honors Society, and a nationally ranked runner, who earned a scholarship to a D1 university.

But I struggled. I worked really hard and was resourceful, but I had a lot of anxiety before people really talked about anxiety.

For me, the hardest part was getting started.

In elementary school, I wouldn’t understand instructions, and I’d forget what I learned by the time I got home. Too embarrassed to ask for help, I’d turn in assignments unfinished and hope my classmates wouldn’t notice.

When I’d sit down to do homework in high school, I’d read a question, go searching for the answer, and 30 minutes later I’d realize I forgot what I was looking for and still be stuck on question number one. My parents were frustrated, as was I. I didn’t have an explanation, further perpetuating my anxiety and self-doubt.

In college, I wouldn’t start a paper until late the night before it was due, and then I’d pull an all-nighter and be frantically trying to connect to a printer at 7:52 AM. At that time, I had no idea my procrastination was a defense mechanism.

I believed that learning was always going to be hard for me. It seemed to come easier to my peers, which affected my self-confidence in everything.

Eventually that insecurity and lack of confidence carried into adulthood. By this time, I was pretty good at masking it, but it continued to resurface in my personal and professional life.

At age 30, I found LearningRx. I completed a 3-month brain training program, specifically tailored to my cognitive areas of challenge. It changed every aspect of my life. In the following couple years, I doubled my income, allowing me to open my very own LearningRx. Today, I am more efficient, more present, and more confident in everything I do.

If I told my childhood self—the girl who tried to go unnoticed and acted like she didn’t care—what I’ve accomplished at 34, she wouldn’t believe me.

LearningRx changed the trajectory of my life and my career, and I am so incredibly grateful. I’m honored to pass on the gift of brain training to our community and to help anyone else who doubts themselves reach their dreams through living their fullest potential.