Accountability is lacking in academia at a scale lower than "did you do 'enough' in 6 years?" Let me help you choose a path and stay on it this term! Weekly accountability coaching sessions (30 min) help you set goals, track progress, and problem-solve. DM or comment for more details!

I'm on an Antarctic cruise rIght now and this place is STUNNING. Ushuaia yesterday, southernmost city on S America proper. Cape Horn this AM. Went from 5°+ rolls to NOTHING in 20 min when we crossed from Atlantic to Pacific Oceans. Lighthouse & sculpture southernmost inhabited point of S America.

Is your dissertation getting you down? Not sure how you’re going to complete it? Join me for a small group coaching experience designed to equip you to set reasonable goals and achieve them by giving you tools and accountability. DM for details, comment, or drop an emoji. 12 weeks, starts 1/26.

Academics, does YOUR BOOK loom above you, big and scary and intimidating? Let me help you break it down to manageable pieces, structure your work time, and make consistent progress – yes, even during a teaching term! Book coaching starts at $300 for 15 weeks. Reach out today!

Struggling with your dissertation or book IS part of the process. Wrestling with ideas is a difficult and time-consuming task, and it's easy to feel discouraged. Talking your way through it with others - colleagues, mentors, coaches or editors - can help facilitate the process.

THE BUDDY SYSTEM. You used it in Girl Scouts as a child. Try it now as an adult academic! Bring a friend for a weekly coaching call. Set goals, be accountable, solve problems - TOGETHER. 30 min x 14 weeks for $100 each. Now open to PhD students!

Are you on sabbatical or research leave this term? Would a little bit of gentle accountability help you achieve your goals? Join a community of folks who are also working with unstructured time. The Out of Office Gang provides support for reasonable goal setting & accountability, WHATEVER your goals

Data collection, analysis, writing, revising. You have to stop somewhere! Stop before you think you're "done" and let a friendly reader tell you to add. Too many dots clutters the painting!

Faculty and PhD Students: Looking for some accountability this term? I’ve got you covered! Get 30 min weekly of 1:1 Accountability Coaching for just $175/14 weeks, or check out the Buddy System for $100 each!

I built a space for dissertators who are overwhelmed, abandoned by their advisors, uncertain where to start, or are otherwise in need of support. Is that you? Drop an emoji below that represents your feelings about this process, and I'll reach out about joining our space.

I built a space for dissertators who are overwhelmed, abandoned by their advisors, uncertain where to start, or are otherwise in need of support. Is that you? Drop an emoji below that represents your feelings about this process, and I'll reach out about joining our space.

No one teaches us how to plan, write, or market scholarly books. Let me demystify the process & get you started on the right foot! The Book Incubator is a cohort-based approach to helping you move forward on your monograph, no matter where you start. DM to discuss! $350/12 wks Only 3 seats left!

A BOOK COACH helps authors identify questions and answers in their manuscript preparation process. Does this evidence go here? Can I make this claim with this set of sources? Does this work better like this or like that? Is it saying/doing what I want it to? Does this publisher make sense? 🧵

Monday Giggle!

Grad students: That dissertation won't write itself! Get moving more efficiently & with less stress for only $12/wk. Small cohorts get confidential support from curriculum, problem-solving, and 1:1 consultations. Optional coworking & workshopping. DM or comment today!

Sunday Planning Time! Synch the calendars & check the meal plan. Take a few minutes to do a deep dive into the term, perhaps with a Semester at a Glance calendar. When are major deadlines, conferences, holidays? Identify conflicts & busy seasons NOW!

Is your dissertation getting you down? Not sure how you’re going to complete it? Join me for a small group coaching experience designed to equip you to set reasonable goals and achieve them by giving you tools and accountability. DM for details. 14 weeks, starts 1/26.

Does your department have trouble getting PhD students out on time? My small-group dissertation support program has an over 80% success rate at one participating institution. Group rates & custom sessions available for both Destination: Dissertation (drafters) and Destination: Defense (last term)!

Do you need to make progress on your research this term but are afraid of burning out? I have a couple seats left for dissertation or faculty 1:1 coaching this term! For $12-15/week, you can have guidance, support, resources, strategies, and more at your fingertips.

Self-Care Saturday! Look ahead at your meal plan for the next week. Where can you double-prep something to stash in the freezer against future crazy weeks?

Five-Minute Friday! What one small thing can Today You do to make Monday You's life easier? No ideas? Give your work-to-home or work bag a thorough cleaning-out.

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Are you lucky enough to be on sabbatical or research leave this term? The Out of Office Gang still has room! Weekly check-ins on Monday mornings help you stay focused on YOUR goals, whatever those may be. We plan, we problem-solve, we cheer each other on. What can YOU achieve this term?

Guess what!?! My doors are open for NEW 1:1 clients this term! I’ve had limited availability while I edited my book, but I’m finally able to welcome new people again. I’m so excited to learn about new projects – will one of them be yours?? buff.ly/m7LDSFA

Grad students: That dissertation won't write itself! Get moving more efficiently & with less stress for only $11/wk. Small cohorts get confidential support from curriculum, problem-solving, and 1:1 consultations. Optional coworking & workshopping. DM or comment today!

For me, on the other hand, I wish better skills at sentence containment. Look at that compounded compound! (Normally I'm just a semicolon fan. This is uncharted territory for me)

Happy New Year! I wish you a year of setting and achieving reasonable goals while setting meaningful boundaries and receiving help when you need it, not only when you ask!

Happy New Year! I wish you a year of setting and achieving reasonable goals while setting meaningful boundaries and receving help when you need it, not only when you ask!

Waiting to board - Argentina and Antarctica here we come!

This is your BREAK week. Be sure to take an actual break! "Not wasting" the week includes necessary, restorative rest as well as some managed, targeted productivity!

Readers take away limited information from each sentence. Help them out by keeping sentences relatively compact and focused tightly on single claims.

Readers take away limited information from each sentence. Help them out by keeping sentences relatively compact and focused tightly on single claims.

Monday Giggle!

Monday Giggle!

Sunday Planning time! Chaos Season is wrapping up but is probably not yet over. Be extra conscious of your energy levels when synching your calendar and making plans. Can dinner be ordered in sometime this week to lighten the load, or lunch be fend-for-yourself?

Self-Care Saturday! Welcome in the new year by cleaning out your fridge & freezer. Toss the dangerously expired stuff & the stuff you'll never realistically eat. Spend just a couple songs on it, not forever. Be realistic!

And because it's quite holiday-encompassing, check out this lovely from Straight No Chaser: www.youtube.com/watch?reload...

Happy Kwanzaa to all who celebrate! May the celebration bring you joy and connection.

Happy Boxing Day, Americans! Pack up your returns and break down the rest of the boxes for recycling! (after enjoyment by the cats, of course [not my cat])

Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name. "These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! May the joy of the season stay with you all year long!

The holiday season NEVER turns out quite as we imagine it. It will still be memorable and heartfelt no matter what, so breathe and let it happen. Enjoy the moment, whatever the moment brings!

The holiday season NEVER turns out quite as we imagine it. It will still be memorable and heartfelt no matter what, so breathe and let it happen. Enjoy the moment, whatever the moment brings!

The words you choose convey your argument to readers. Powerful verbs drive both effectiveness and efficiency. Minimize the use of "to be" and forms!

Need to make significant headway on your new book this spring? Join me for the Book Incubator, a 12 week guided cohort experience that paves the way for rapid and successful book writing. Our focus on the architecture of your book & key structural choices gives you clarity in your argument & prose.

Monday Giggle!

Monday Giggle!

Sunday Planning time! Sync your calendars and check the meal plan. THIS is the time to use those meals you've been stashing in the freezer!

Most people run out of gas around the 85% point on their thesis/dissertation. Do you know how to keep moving through that? Do you have the tools to regroup & continue in the face of a deadline when you're burnt out? I've got those tools & more in Destination: Defense! buff.ly/GQ0xJa5

Need to make significant headway on your new book this spring? Join me for the Book Incubator, a 12 week guided cohort experience that paves the way for rapid and successful book writing. Our focus on the architecture of your book & key structural choices gives you clarity in your argument & prose.