Grad School is Hard, but.....

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!  hosting dr. brielle harbin has been one of the highlights of this season - after a decade on the tenure track, you can trust that her advice is practical, humane, and actually doable. dr. harbin has harnessed all that knowledge and skill in a career as a faculty burnout coach , and in her amazing substack . ...

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! dr. jen polk was one of the first self-employed phds that i met when i graduated in 2016 - and we've stayed in touch ever since. every bit of wisdom that i have about what comes after the degree is influenced by jen, and in this episode, she graciously (and colorfully!) shares what she did during grad sc...

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! dr. bailey lang is joining me on the podcast this week, but i would chat with them any time, any place. one of my favorite collaborators and friends, bailey is my first call when i need to reconnect with my creativity, and the magic in my writing. we talk about how the analog has infused their writing practic...

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! it was an honor to host dr. marie gasper-hulvat on the podcast this week - a tenured professor of art history who is refreshingly open about what makes academia hard, even beyond grad school, and the ways that connecting to ourselves can make it just that much easier. we talk about belonging, following our in...

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! it was a joy and pleasure to invite dr. kate henry , my longtime collaborator and friend, onto the podcast to talk about what made her time in grad school easier. we talk about how her chronic illness created a dividing line right through her PhD, and the tools, spaces, and mindsets that made a difference as...

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! drum roll please.... the podcast is back! and i'm so excited to share that this is a special pre-season kick off!! all season i'm interviewing my colleagues, clients, and friends to ask them what made academia easier. my hope is that by hearing their stories, you'll get practical tips, compassi...

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! a dream come true! i got the chance to interview dr. laura portwood-stacer about the book i can't stop talking about, make your manuscript work: a guide to developmental editing for scholarly writers . we talk about what grad students need to know about editing their own work, getting feedback, developin...

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! you said you'd send the chapter on friday, but if you just had one more week.... do it once? okay. but no one ever presses snooze just once, right? let's talk about this loop - and how you can get out of it, in this week's episode mentioned: editing checklist if i work hard enough on this draft...

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! sure, it takes longer up front to get the draft as close to perfect as you can, but it will save time when you don't have to revise it, right? right??? taking on one of the most common writing fallacies in today's episode - this is for you if you've ever justified not sending the draft by sayin...

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! if you have ever:  ducked into a bathroom to avoid your advisor gone days (or longer) avoiding your email in case someone asks you where your draft is worked furiously through a weekend so no one noticed you didn't send that draft in on friday this episode is for you. let's talk about why we go so h...

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! this is for all my friends with 123908 open tabs of things to read, a pile of ILL requests to pick up at the library, four unwatched webinars on how to do academic things in their inbox....who are still feeling stuck turning all that research into writing. we talk this week about why it happens, and how to mo...

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! you're careening from due date to due date, and still, everything is due in the last three weeks of the term. you know that you're supposed to be working ahead, and making time for important projects that aren't due yet, but.......how? let's talk about this pattern - maybe one of the harde...

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! this is for all my folks who love to warm up, sit down to check their email......and the whole day is gone. we talk about the cycle, places to interrupt it, and three specific strategies to try - all in less than ten minutes. hop on in and let me gently roast you for the good of your draft.  Grad School is Ha...

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! you're a rock star teacher. you're everyone's favorite colleague. you show up in your community and you never miss a chance to help out. something has to give....is it your writing? if you're checking a million things off a day and somehow, that pit in your stomach about your writing getti...

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! welcome to season six of the podcast - this time, i'm going through the kinds of behaviors and patterns i see as a coach (and in myself, too) in a series i'm calling "just at me". we'll talk about how they show up, and how to shift them - with love and humor, of course. this week is f...

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! when everyone is posting their desk selfies, or their out-of-office views, it can be really isolating when your flow doesn't match theirs. this week's episode is about how we choose, or choose not, to work, and how we can square that with what we see and what we feel. let's dig in! Grad School...

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! if you have felt like the world's most powerful expert in your field on a monday, only to feel like the biggest beginner baby on tuesday, congratulations, you're an academic.  what if i told you that it wasn't a problem?  it feels hard because it is hard. let's get into it this week <3 ...

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! if you've ever sat at your desk, willing yourself to get unstuck, and not having it work, this episode is for you. i give you my two step formula, reset or rest, for getting past resistance, because belting yourself to your desk chair (actual suggestion i received once from a prof) isn't it. mention...

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! few things can be scarier than the feeling of "wait, this used to work....why doesn't it work now?" if you've always studied, written, read, or scheduled in a certain way, it is easy to jump to shame-filled conclusion when you aren't getting the same results. this episode talks about...

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! work every day! write every day! finish your dissertation in 15 minutes a day! there are endless variations of this writing advice, but they almost all depend on you being able to show up, and work effectively, as frequently as possible. but what if that isn't possible, for any number of reasons? what ca...

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! if gas will expand to fit the size of the container, academia must be the most gaseous substance on earth. this week's episode is all about the way that grad school will expand to fit every second it can - and how to combat that with containers of your own so that you have space for your humanity and you...

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! i used to HATE it when my teachers told me to show my work - why would i slow down and write down steps that are so obvious i could do them in my head? turns out that making physical records of your thinking - even if they're messy! even if you have to redo them! - is really helpful, especially as your w...

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! if you find yourself curled up like a shrimp in your desk chair, or stuck making ever more complicated plans and to do lists - this episode is for you. i take newton's first law of motion and use it to give you the permission you need to start - anywhere - because once you're moving, it's easie...

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! i am sure this never happens to you but - i sometimes say that i'll get to my desk by 9:15 am, and then it's 10 and i think "well, gotta try again tomorrow!" or i'll mean to start with one task and do six other ones and then feel so badly about not doing what i meant to that i'll...

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! in an age of dual monitors and triple screens and nearly unlimited ways to work, it can be really tempting to do a thousand things, or three things, at once. this episode is about how that might actually be costing you time and energy. an ode to intentionality, see why i want you to do it, no matter what it i...