Dr. Katy Peplin

Grad School is Hard, but.....

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Grad School is Hard, but... is a podcast from Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. It's for anyone trying to be a human and a scholar, and here to help you dive deeper into how your brain and body work best. Each episode has practical experiments to try to help you find your way through the hard work of grad school, so let's get into it!

Author

Dr. Katy Peplin

Category

Education

Podcast website

thrive-phd.com

Latest episode

Dec 3, 2025

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Episodes

Why is working with feedback so hard? 29.11.2022

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! So, you got up your nerve and asked for feedback on your work...now what?? It can be so hard to process someone else's thoughts on how, where, when, and why your work should change, and balance their suggestions with your own vision. This episode has strategies to help you move through that a little more...

Why is it so hard to ask for feedback on your work? 22.11.2022

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! Why is it so hard to ask for feedback on your work? And why is it sometimes even harder to get the kind of feedback we WANT on your work, when and how you want it? This episode is all about one of the biggest (and hardest) skill jumps a grad student has to make - going from seeing feedback as a grade, to seei...

Why is the middle of a big project so hard? 15.11.2022

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! The middle of the project, well, it can be messy! But if you're in the middle - of a project, a term, a month like AcWriMo - well then this is the episode for you. I'm talking all about strategies for you to try to help bring a little sparkle into that mess! Mentioned in the podcast is Duolingo ! Fo...

Why is it so hard to push for a deadline? 08.11.2022

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! If you're anything like me, you used to be great at deadlines! Undergrad you might have waited a little long to get that paper started, but you always clicked into gear and got things in on time....and then you hit grad school. I get into why it's really hard to get the energy to push for a big dead...

Why is it so hard to stay excited about your work? 01.11.2022

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! Has your project lost that sparkle? Are you just not excited about your work the way you used to be? Do you worry that everyone else is passionately in love with their research and you're the only one who has to bribe yourself to get to the desk? You are definitely not the only one - and this episode goe...

Why is it so hard to find strategies that work for you? 25.10.2022

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! If you have ever taken the advice of your advisor, that productivity book that everyone raves about, or even from a coach like me and it straight up didn't work - this is the episode for you. I'm talking all about why it can be so hard to figure out how other scholars are working, and why what works...

Why is collecting data about how you work so hard? 18.10.2022

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! In our second episode, we talk about one of the most important pieces of the way I work: collecting data about what works, and what doesn't in your work life. If you've ever thought "maybe I'd like to know where my time goes during the day?", or "what hours actually do tend to be...

Why is getting started so hard? 11.10.2022

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! In our first episode, we go with the obvious - how hard it is to get started. If you've ever been frustrated by how long it takes you to get going in the morning, or after a transition, or you start to tune out when people suggest that you start with the hard things, this is the episode for you! Read the...

Introducing - Grad School is Hard, But..... 29.09.2022

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here! Grad School is Hard, but….is a podcast for everyone who is doing the hard work of being a human AND a scholar. On this show, I share questions to dive deeper into how YOUR brain and body work best, and experiments to try to help you find YOUR way through the hard work of generating new knowledge. The first ep...

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