Hearts & Sciences

This is a tool for when you are feeling stressed or overwhelmed. Ease back into calm with this brief guided meditation from Elisabeth Andrews, MPH. More wellness resources: https://elisabethandrews.com/wellness-resources-1

Your PhD program probably didn't cover how to build relationships with prospective donors. As you advance into academic leadership, however, these conversations become a critical part of the job. In this episode, Elisabeth talks with faculty fundraising coach Helene O’Leary , who demystifies donor relations to help academic leaders bring in transformative gifts for their institutions. You’ll learn...

Journaling is my life-long passion and the practice I most love to teach. To help you get started, I recorded this 6-minute guided breath work meditation preparing body and mind for a short journaling session. Get your pen and paper ready and use this recording to enter a calm and reflective state.

Most job seekers are told to “find a personal connection” to get hired — but it turns out that advice can actually undermine your credibility. In this eye-opening conversation Susanna Williams, a VP of HR and career coach, explains why referrals can backfire, what hiring managers really want to see, and exactly what you should do instead to position yourself as a top candidate. Susanna breaks down...

In this episode, we explore what your dreams have to offer your research career. Drawing from historical examples and touching on neuroscience, psychology, and religious traditions, we examine how our unconscious mind can assist with career breakthroughs. I describe three distinct approaches to dream interpretation: Freud's perspective on dreams as repressed responses to the past Jung's view of dr...

How can researchers describe the impact of their work? What does community-engaged research look like, from a funder's perspective? What are private foundations looking for in research grant applications? Indiana University Senior Foundation Relations Director Cory Rutz and I discuss these topics and more in this masterclass on understanding and aligning with funder's priorities in order to amplif...

What if "batshit mode" is NOT the best way to succeed in the academy? University of Houston Associate Professor Monique Mills is helping to lead a movement toward a slower, more deeply engaged approach to an academic career. Inspired by the book The Slow Professor by Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber, she shares how she has downshifted her teaching, publishing, and grant writing so that she and he...

Despite our hard work and accomplishments, many of us secretly fear that we don't know what we're doing professionally and any day now we'll be exposed. (Fittingly, the audio on this episode somehow reverted to an embarrassing pause and throat clearing right at the start!) My guest Peter Harrison writes about and leads workshops on this phenomenon of "impostor syndrome," and in this episode he sha...

You poured your heart and soul into a grant proposal, only to have it meet with rejection. It's brutal!! In this episode I talk candidly with Ansley Fender, a former grants consultant whose software company, Grantcycle, supports grant applicants and managers. We take a deep dive on navigating emotions and mindset around rejection, highlight practical strategies for improving your success rate, and...

This brief writing warm-up gets you in the right frame of mind to do your best work. We're going to clear away resistance to those daunting academic writing tasks in just a few minutes. Grab your notebook and pen, find a comfortable seat, and unlock your focus and flow.

Stress, burnout, and overwhelm are normalized in academia. Is there another way? My guest Anise Bullimore shares how she coaches academics to find more resilience, joy, and connection without sacrificing productivity or progress. It all starts with talking a walk . Join us as we discuss: Why walking is a game changer First steps to feeling better Three categories of barriers to resilience ( view i...