Marvette Lacy

Office Hours With Dr. Lacy

Office Hours with Dr. Lacy is all about helping doctoral students finish their dissertations in 12 months or less so they can graduate and become DOCTOR!

Author

Marvette Lacy

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Education

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qualscholars.com

Latest episode

Apr 6, 2026

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Episodes

34. Get Your Team Together 09.10.2019

Transcript of Episode: Welcome to "Office Hours with Dr. Lacy". Hi, I'm Dr. Lacy, your Dissertation Strategist, where I help doctoral students finish their qualitative visitations so that they can graduate and successfully become Doctor. Let's get started with this week's episode. Guess what? I am hosting my very first writing retreat in November with Jen and be at home in Chicago and I don't know...

33. Follow the Basics 02.10.2019

Transcript of Episode: Welcome to office hours with Dr. Lacy. Hi, I'm Dr. Lacy, your dissertation strategist, where I help doctoral students finished their qualitative dissertations so that they can graduate and successfully become a doctor. Let's get started with this week's episode. Guess what? I am hosting my very first writing retreat in November with Jen and be at home in Chicago and I'm invi...

32. How to Bounce Back After Procrastinating 25.09.2019

Transcript of Episode: Welcome back to the podcast. I am Marvette. Um, and, I'm here to talk to you about my nemesis procrastination. I'm getting a little loopy y'all because, um, if you don't know, I batch record my podcast and I am on the last one for the month of September. It is the end of August and there's a lot of things happening today. It was announced that I have taken a new position at...

31. How Bad You Want It? 18.09.2019

Today's episode I'm going to be talking about how bad do you want it. So I speak with a lot of folks, whether it's about um, finishing their dissertation or it's about they want to start a business cause then I'm starting my own business or any number of goals. Um, and, you know, it comes to a point where they say like, you know, I've been doing this, this, this, this and this and I've been puttin...

30. 10 Lessons Learned After 2 Years In Business 11.09.2019

The following podcast episode was taken from an Instagram Live recording. Follow me at @marvettelacy to see future Live videos!   Transcript of Episode: Hello, this is Marvette your dissertation strategist. I help you write your dissertation successfully defend it so you can graduate and become a doctor. I'm a little bit rusty cause I feel like I haven't done a live in a while. So I'm just gonna p...

29. Stop Feeling Exhausted And Get Focused 04.09.2019

Transcript of Episode: Hello. So I'm going to record, and this is my last episode in this batch and series. So who knows what will come out of my mouth, but I would like to welcome you to another week. After this I am going to the gym and work out to get some energy. And that ties in perfectly to what I'm going to be talking about today. So today's episode is about how do I get focus or energy. So...

28. Keeping Your Committee On Schedule 28.08.2019

Hello, it's Marvette! I'm back again. So this week's episode comes from a question I received on Instagram from the impressive educator who said how to keep committee on schedule so I can finish. And this is a pretty common question that I receive from folks who in some form or fashion, they are having trouble with communication from their chair or their whole committee. They can't get everyone in...

27. How To Balance It All 21.08.2019

Transcript of Episode: Good Morning! So I am going gonna try something different. I am recording a podcast and I'm also going to video record it just to see how it works out. So we are at the time that this would be released, we will be finishing up or coming to the end of August and many of you are just starting your semester really like reality has hit you. And so you may be wondering how to bal...

26. It Doesn't Matter 14.08.2019

Hello, welcome to office hours with Dr Lacy. Glad you can come back for another week. I'm going to make this week's episode as fast as possible because I am about to go outta town and I'm supposed to be packing and preparing for my trip. But I also needed to record this and I live in an apartment with the AC. It doesn't have central AC. And so we have one unit in the living room and my room, it's...

25. What Are You Investing To Become Doctor? 07.08.2019

Transcript of Episode: Welcome back to the podcast. Um, today I have, you know, you have something in your spirit to say, but you're not exactly sure what that is. So I am not an external processor, I'm an internal processor. However, every now and then there are times where I just need to talk things out because I have a lot swarming in my mind and today is one of those days, I don't know where t...

24. The Biggest Barrier To Your Success 31.07.2019

Transcript of Episode: Good afternoon everyone. Well maybe it's afternoon for you. I am on a lunch break and it was on my list to record a podcast. So here I am. It is finally summer in Milwaukee. And so, you know, that's exciting. Um, I really enjoy the Midwest or being in Milwaukee because, um, in the evening for the most part it does cool off and there's a nice breeze coming off the lake, espec...

23. 3 Must Haves To Finishing Your Literature Review (Part 3) 24.07.2019

Get it done framework. It's about the systems that you have in your life to keep you organized or prioritize the things that matters. It is about your mindset, like who do you have to be the show out to do the things that you need to do so you can have what you want to have and it's about the community, the environment that you are setting up around you and the people that you're surrounding yours...

22. Three Lies That Are Holding You Back From Finishing Your Literature Review (Part 2) 17.07.2019

This episode is part 2 of a 3-part webinar presentation.    Transcript of Episode: 5%. I believe that me telling you how to write your literature review or knowing the difference between a conceptual and theoretical framework or trying to figure out what's the best methodology. I believe all those types of questions and things are  only 5% of what you need to finish your proposal. I'm going to say...

21. What To Do When You Don't Pass Your Defense (Part 1) 10.07.2019

Hi, welcome everyone to finishing your literature review with less stress. I am your host, Dr. Marvette Lacy, and I would like to thank you for taking the time and spending the next 40 minutes with me or so to talk about all things literature review dissertation proposal. We are going to cover a lot today, so I'm going to ask that you as much as possible eliminate distractions, anything running in...

20: Achievements Won't Bring Happiness 03.07.2019

Episode Transcript: Hey friends, the time has come to finish your dissertation, graduate and become doctor. Welcome to "Office Hours with Dr Lacy", where we talk about finishing your dissertation with joy and peace. Let's get started on today's episode. So today I am just going to talk. I'm getting my notes. I have my wine and I just need to get this episode out because I've been procrastinating t...

19 I Failed My First Semester 26.06.2019

Hey friends, the time has come to finish your dissertation, graduate and become doctor. Welcome to "Office Hours with Dr Lacy" where we talk about finishing your dissertation with joy and peace. Let's get started on today's episode. Hi friends! So, today I'm going to be telling you a little bit about my story as a PhD student. I went to the University of Georgia in the College of Student Affairs A...

18 Personal Updates and Changes 01.11.2018
17 Self-Care Routines For Grad School 25.10.2018
16 Dissertation Should Not Be Your Best Work 22.10.2018
15 Free Strategy Session 11.10.2018
14 Sista Circle Methodology 04.10.2018
13 How to Set Clear Writing Goals 27.09.2018
12 Preliminary Exams 20.09.2018
11 My Model For Helping You 13.09.2018
10 More Time to Write 06.09.2018

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