Blk + In Grad School

If you’re used to using social media solely for your personal enjoyment with memes, quotes and the like, it’s a different ballgame when it comes to using it as a rising thought leader (that’s you!). This episode explores some of the ways you can navigate the Twitterverse, with some practical tips on handling clapbacks and finding your community. Listen in for advice to find your people--fellow gra...

Moving to a new city can be hard, so is finding a place with all your personal comforts. Don’t worry though, Allanté’s got your back! Preparation is your friend so the first step is getting ahead of the curve and really understanding your needs and wants. Listen in this week for the 6 critical steps to success as you prepare to step forward into your new city. If you want advice and insight into f...

“Life is a marathon, it's all about the pace.  We can’t be out here running sprints expecting to win the race.”  See your sacrifices as investments in your future toward your goal.  By changing your perspective from the goal to the process you start to fall in love with living in the moment and stop seeing the end game as the tumultuous, unattainable entity. “There is a part of what I know I need...

This recording comes from one of the sessions during the Grad School Success Summit 2019. You can catch the rest of the sessions at gradschoolsummit.com

Hey there! Reminder to sign up for the Grad School Success Summit!   Listen for some more details. Registration closed on 5/20/2019 but you can sign up for access to all the replays at gradschoolsummit.com

Learning to trust, rely, care for and count on yourself will define your outcomes whether the experiences are positive or negative. “That win didn’t even feel like a win because the person I celebrate those wins with wasn’t here.” There are ups and there are downs in this thing called life. Join Allante this week as she talks through switching between intellectual energy and emotional energy, and...

The chat with Fancy was literally overflowing with gems, it had to become a two-parter! Continuing last week's conversation about personal branding Lisa Francoeur Mesa of Fancyfied is shedding light on the steps you can take to first set your own "personal company culture and values". Why does this matter? Because When you have our yown personal company values we are better able to share it with o...

Whether you're heading to graduate school or finishing up another year (congrats!) your personal brand is critical. Gary Vee says it well, "Your personal brand is your reputation. And your reputation in perpetuity is the foundation of your career." On your already long list of to-do's as a scholar you also have to spend time establishing your authority in the classroom, at conferences and now on #...

The years you are spend researching, reading, and writing, most certainly shapes and enhance your knowledge in your field--that's a given. But how does it shapes and enhance your knowledge of self? This week's episode we're discussing the personal development that occurs along the grad school journey. Allanté sits down with Becky + Christian of the podcast Growing Through Grad School to discuss th...

The things that are supposed to happen, happened and the choices we make are our path.  Everything happens on purpose so just go with it. You were meant to be here, there are no coincidences. When was your push through moment and how did you overcome? Join Allante this week as she talks about how her personal struggles from imposter syndrome to I got this! Imposter Syndrome: noun noun: imposter sy...

She may be young but she’s readddaaayy!  Join Allante this week as she goes through her 16 most important life lessons on her journey to 30. Allante takes a break from her regularly scheduled lessons and takes a page from her personal book.  The best way to learn is from experience but experience itself is only the tip of the iceberg. People will actually surprise you.  Value in people, their prox...

“I had so much pressure on myself and I was putting pressure on the circumstance and the environment and I was not having fun.” Changing your approach from demanding results to living in your craft is the secret sauce to inevitable success.  Being attached to how things turn out and really focusing on the feeling of the experience. Finding joy in the expansion of process and living in it and embra...

Get your pens and paper ready as Allante continues the conversation on organization of her time and space. “Don’t try to fight your own tendencies, rather work with them rather than against them.” Hustle don’t stop, grind don’t stop especially when it comes to your personal space.  Tackling your space continues with intentionally paying attention to investing in spaces that make you comfortable, p...

]This is a marathon, not a race.  We all know what we are getting ourselves into and this is a time commitment. Each step toward your dissertation and defense is a step toward your goal.  Continue to count on yourself because you know what the outcome will be! School, social life, significant others and sanity.  Whether you want to do it all or you just want to get a better handle on your current...

Tonjie shares her captivating journey to how she found her way to her gift for working with young people. Her shares the steps that got her to a graduate program without grades and homework

This week's episode features an interview with Lance Bennett that will get you together! Seriously--Lance's approach to navigating graduate school is a mindset you can and should consider taking on. He shares how he's been able to remove committee members without issue, sit on high-impact and high-visibility committees at the University of Iowa (where he is pursuing a Ph. D. in Communication studi...

Deja shares how she handled her personal finances and managed to buy a house when she moved across the country to start her PhD program. Listen in as she spills all the tea on how she managed her money to buy her first spot and more!

Happy Valentine's Day!   Blk + in Grad School is returning with the grad school love story. Meet Dr. & Dr. Grimes two love-birds who met in graduate school. In this week's episode, they share their paths to the doctorate degree and then to each other. It's a love story like no other as they managed to both finish and defend their dissertations, wed, and secure jobs (at the same university!) al...

Wrapping up 2018 reflecting on all things in my life, personal, school and the podcast!

Because there is always something constructive you can do...

As the semester comes to an end you definitely want to get your mind ready for some...*drumroll*...FUN! Graduate students like everyone else need a break and this week Allanté shares 10 fun things you can be doing over your break to relax, relate, and release!

Sometimes grad school can leave you feeling like a Mr. Krab’s meme. In Allanté's journey, November definitely had some twists and turns and with it came a range of emotions. This episode she shares an update about everything that has gone down, from a guilt-free personal trip to the internal struggle of combating negative self-talk. There were more than thug tears shed on campus in November by All...

In this week’s episode, Irnande shares how she works her gifts and passions with her own type of flavor. As a first-generation American, Irnande has successfully navigated graduate school and her current professional life in an awe-inspiring way. Listen in as she shares how she recognized work patterns and has used this information to leverage better opportunities for herself and others. Even bett...

This is the ONE YEAR anniversary episode of BLK+ In Grad School and Allanté is extremely excited!!!  If you’ve been a student of our class during this whole podcasting journey, you’ve experienced the trials and tribulations of Allanté’s Ph. D program. We’ve learned the ins and outs of financing, strategies on figuring out your best route, the differences between programs and degrees, the importanc...