Grad School is Hard, but.....

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, developing manuscripts for publication, and hanging tough in a challenging publication market. i can't wait for you to hear this conversation - may it bolster your authorial spirit as much as it did mine! Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

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 episodementioned:editing checklistif i work hard enough on this draft, i won't have to revise itGrad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

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 saying you'll just get it to a better state first. you are not alone, but there are other ways <3mentioned:half drawn horsemake your manuscript workediting checklistGrad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

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 advisorgone days (or longer) avoiding your email in case someone asks you where your draft isworked furiously through a weekend so no one noticed you didn't send that draft in on fridaythis episode is for you. let's talk about why we go so hard into avoidance mode when writing is late, and why that often is the least helpful way to go about it. plus we talk about ways to soften that feeling, and things you can do intsead. Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

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 move forward, on this week's episode. get into it!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

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 hardest ones to shift - and concrete things you can do to try and shift it. because you CAN do things to shift into a less due-date driven life, but they're not nearly as simple as "just schedule time for your writing". Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

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 Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

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 getting snoozed is only getting bigger, this episode is for you. Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

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 for any of us who are spending, ahem, a lot of time on making intricate plans - in our notebooks, planners, apps, and project management software, and then instantly abandoning them because life is going to life. if your weekly plan is already out of date when you're listening to this, this one is for you!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

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 is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

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 Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

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.mentioned:reset episodeseven types of restGrad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

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 that moment, and what you can do when you find yourself in a new season. Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

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 can you count on if momentum isn't going to be a sustainable fuel for you?let's try clarity - and in this episode, i'll give you a bunch of ways to try and build it in! Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

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 your scholarship. Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

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 work gets more complex. and what's more complex than the work you have to produce in grad school?? Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

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 easier to stay moving. and moving is where the magic is. mentioned:what feels possibleXO KITTYGrad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

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 watch XO, KITTY instead. this is the phrase i use to help myself get back to what i meant to spend my time and energy on, and i offer it here in case you, too, could use an extra restart or two. mentioned:super meat boyINDIE GAMEmorning pagesGrad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

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 is, on purpose. Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!the best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago.the second best time is today.it is so easy to get stuck in the undeniable truth that things would be better/easier/faster if we started them earlier, or had better working conditions. this episode is all about how i work through that truth and give myself permission to start it messy, and do it in pieces. Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!in this episode, i explore the question "what feels possible" - an anchor phrase i started using five years ago and still reach for today with clients, and with myself. i talk about strategies to check in with your brain and body, and start there to make small but useful progress when you feel stuck and overwhelmed. get into it!! Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!i am so excited to be back! and what better to kick off season five with than an Ask Us Anything Q and A with my colleague and frequent collaborator, Dr. Kate Henry! we answer questions about being bored with a long project, working on your scholarship in very limited time, writing for "the general public", and more! get into it!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!This season of Grad School is Hard, But...I'm featuring my awesome colleagues and the greatest hits from the first three seasons while I am out on parental leave! This episode is one of the most streamed about how to keep motivation up in the long middle of a project!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! For the full transcript, and lots more, check out the podcast website!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!This season of Grad School is Hard, But...I'm featuring my awesome colleagues and the greatest hits from the first three seasons while I am out on parental leave! This week's episode is from the awesome The PhD Life Coach, which host Dr. Vikki Burns describes like: Whether you're a PhD student or an experienced academic, life in a university can be tough. If you're feeling overwhelmed, undervalued, or out of your depth, the PhD Life Coach can help. We talk about issues that affect all academics and how we can feel better now, without having to be perfect productivity machines. We usually do this career because we love it, so let's remember what that feels like!In this episode I talk about how I'm being kind to myself this week and how you can too! It's short but includes some important reflections on what we need to believe in order to take decisions that are right for us in the moment. Hope that you're kind to yourself this holiday period!Get the transcript here!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!This season of Grad School is Hard, But...I'm featuring my awesome colleagues and the greatest hits from the first three seasons while I am out on parental leave! This episode is one of the most streamed about how i break up my day in a flexible way!if time blocking (aka writing in your calendar, "dissertation 10 am to noon") always felt arbitrary to you - then may i present the three chunk method? this is what i use for all kinds of different schedules to help balance out work on various projects, and take advantage of that mythical "flexibility" we all say we love about being a scholar!get into it!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!This season of Grad School is Hard, But...I'm featuring my awesome colleagues and the greatest hits from the first three seasons while I am out on parental leave! This week's episode is from the awesome The PhD Life Raft Podcast! This is the podcast for you if you are currently doing a PhD; are working with PhD students; or just living with someone who is on a PhD journey. The PhD Life Raft focuses on sharing insights and experiences around common issues like anxiety, procrastination, imposter syndrome, and work-life balance. Host Dr Emma Brodzinski talks to students, supervisors and experts in the field of wellbeing and mental health who share actionable tips and additional resources. Doing a PhD is tough. The PhD Life Raft is here to help you get through.This week’s guest is the amazing Gilly McKeown AKA @neurodivergent_researcher.We begin by talking through the twists and turns of Gilly’s own story; and her spirit of curiosity  will be an inspiration to anyone who is still trying to find their ‘thing’.We then talk about her own late diagnosis of Autism and self-diagnosis of ADHD and the possibilities and challenges she faces as a neurodivergent scholar.Gilly shares some of the strategies that she has found useful and promotes finding community as a way of accessing information and support.Here are some of the references Gilly recommends:Twitter -@drmbotha@autisticscienceperson@jacdenhouting@katybenson20@desirjones@kaydenstockwellInstagram -@actually_aspling@notesfromthephysicslab@sara_theadhdacademicFacebook Groups -Neurodivergent Graduate StudentsAutistic Researchers Researching AutismYou can contact Gilly here:Instagram is neurodivergent_researcherFacebook is that tooTwitter is gemckeown1Website is neurodivergentresearcher.comGrad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!This season of Grad School is Hard, But...I'm featuring my awesome colleagues and the greatest hits from the first three seasons while I am out on parental leave! This episode is one of the most streamed about how task managers can help you offload some of the buzz in your brain!whether you put all your tasks in a notebook, app, or on the back of various receipts, many of us want some sort of system to capture all that we need to do. task managers will do you one better by storing that information, and sending it back to you when you can actually take action on it. simply put, your brain cannot hold it all - so why not give it some help??learn all about task managers in this week's episode!mentioned in the show:bullet journal asanatrelloclickup todoistmonday.comGrad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!This season of Grad School is Hard, But...I'm featuring my awesome colleagues and the greatest hits from the first three seasons while I am out on parental leave! This week's episode is from the awesome The PhD Life Coach, which host Dr. Vikki Burns describes like: Whether you're a PhD student or an experienced academic, life in a university can be tough. If you're feeling overwhelmed, undervalued, or out of your depth, the PhD Life Coach can help. We talk about issues that affect all academics and how we can feel better now, without having to be perfect productivity machines. We usually do this career because we love it, so let's remember what that feels like!What do you do when you feel disappointed, stressed or overwhelmed? These are such common emotions in academia yet most of us don't really know how to respond to these emotions. In this episode, I'll guess what you probably do at the moment when you're experiencing an emotion you don't like, and suggest some things you do instead. Emotions are part of the human existence and we can learn how to look after ourselves a little more.In this episode I mention the emotion wheel. There are loads if you search online but here's one I like - https://www.purewow.com/family/feelings-chart - and get the transcript here! Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!This season of Grad School is Hard, But...I'm featuring my awesome colleagues and the greatest hits from the first three seasons while I am out on parental leave! This episode is one of the most streamed about how not every piece of advice will work for you!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 for them might not work for you. Plus three experiments to help you find some strategies that do work for you!Read the transcript here, and if you're liking the show, please consider rating and reviewing it to help other people find it!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!This season of Grad School is Hard, But...I'm featuring my awesome colleagues and the greatest hits from the first three seasons while I am out on parental leave! This week's episode is from the awesome Grad Girl Wellness Podcast, a podcast designed to inspire and highlight the stories of women of color in graduate school who are prioritizing their overall health and wellness as they pursue higher education hosted by Angela! Enjoy!On this episode, we talk with Cydnee aka @cydneeclarke, a third year doctoral candidate in Global Leadership and Change about grief in graduate school. This is a topic many of us have experienced but for which there is little data. While there are studies about the experiences of undergraduates, the is scarce information about graduate students as a whole and even less about underrepresented groups within the grad student population.On this episode, we discuss:-What we want from institutions-What we can do as graduate students to support one another-Tips on how to advocate for yourself to your institutionsArticles referenced:Varga, MA. A Quantitative Study of Graduate Student Grief Experiences. Illness, Crisis & Loss. 2016;24(3):170-186.Varga, MA, Bordere TC, Varga MD. The Holistic Grief Effects of Bereaved Black Female College Students. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying. December 2020.Varga, MA.; McClam, T.; Hassane, S. Grief Experiences Among Female American and Arab Undergraduate College Students. Omega: Journal of Death & Dying, [s. l.], v. 72, n. 2, p. 165–183, 2015.Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!This season of Grad School is Hard, But...I'm featuring my awesome colleagues and the greatest hits from the first three seasons while I am out on parental leave! This episode is one of the most streamed about how to come back to work after you've been away!whether it was a vacation you looked forward to all year, or an unexpected break from work, coming back to your desk after time away is not as easy as it sounds. i give you two strategies for combating the dislocation that can happen, all through the lens of jet lag!resources:blog post on shut down routinesblog post on unexpected time awayGrad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!so, you've realized that your advisor doesn't meet all your needs - now what? this podcast has three steps to help you move through the sticky feelings when this important relationship doesn't feel aligned, and how to move through that.make sure you check out the first episode of season three, building a team of mentors, for practical steps to keep this process going!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!i talk a lot about sustainability - but how do you know if you're working with a sustainable schedule? i give my top warning signs that your schedule will eventually bury you alive, and even better, ways to build in some flexibility and space in this week's episode! get into it!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!i am delighted to welcome back dr. lauren saunders, VP of editing and research at Dissertation Editor, for this bonus AcWriMo episode! this episode, all about what academics can learn from creative writers, is just the jump start i needed to get a little more playful and have a little more fun with my writing. i hope it can do that for you, too!learn more about the Dissertation Editor's book, PhDone at their book website, or grab a copy for yourself here: Bookshop, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, and Amazon, or connect with dr. saunders (Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn)!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!have you ever looked at a word so long that it ceased to have any meaning? has that ever happened to you on the scale of a paragraph, paper, or diss chapter? this week's episode has a variety of resources and strategies to help you make your writing "strange" - to get some distance from it so you can see it clearly. there isn't always someone else around to read our writing - or time for them to do so even if there was - so these tools can come in handy for all of us!mentioned:otter aiGrad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!i am so excited to welcome dr. vikki wright to the podcast as a special AcWriMo bonus! this episode is something that i return to all of the time - how to get on with it when that feels impossible. i hope you enjoy it as much as i do! from dr. wright: We all have times where we need to get on with writing our thesis/paper/promotion materials/grant, but we're not. We procrastinate, we tell ourselves we don't have time, we worry that we're not good enough, when really we want to write it! In this episode, I'll help you uncover the 7 thoughts that are stopping you getting on, and 7 thoughts that you might want to think instead!Dr Vikki Wright (nee Burns) helps PhD students and academics feel better, get their work done more easily, and build lives they enjoy again. She is a twice-certified life coach, and combines these skills with her insights as an ex-Professor and supervisor with 20+ years experience of academia. She provides one-on-one coaching, online workshops for PhD students and supervisors, and an innovative coaching membership programme for universities. You can get to know her more on Instagram and YouTube (@thephdlifecoach), Twitter (@drvikkiburns) and on her podcast, The PhD Life Coach. When she’s not walking, she loves aerial silks, paddleboarding and walking her rescue Labrador Marley.Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!have you ever noticed that when you work in a library or a coffeeshop, or do chores with your housemates, that you get more done? that magic (if it isn't caffeine) is called body doubling. this week's episode is all about this gentler accountability tool, where you can practice it virtually and in person, and when it might not work for you!mentioned:my community  (join for just $5/month!)focusmatethe flow clubGrad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!i am THRILLED to introduce you to Dr. Allen Roda is CEO of  Dissertation Editor, and co-founder of its British counterpart Thesis Editor. He's also co-author of a new Best Selling Book titled PhDone: A Professional Dissertation Editor's Guide to Writing Your Doctoral Thesis and Earning Your PhD. and to share this bonus AcWriMo episode! so you are interested in working with an editor - but what does that mean, exactly? listen as dr. roda explains the different kinds of editing that editors provide, and how it fits into the dissertation process!learn more about the Dissertation Editor's book, PhDone at their book website, or grab a copy for yourself here: Bookshop, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, and Amazon!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!sometimes, we breeze right by a tool because it seems like an extra step - but i'm here to encourage you to not knock reflective writing until you try it! this week's episode has reasons why you might want to use it, ways to try it out, and variations to play with! get into it!mentioned:AcWriMo 2023Reflective Writing Guidemorning pagesGrad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!whether you're planning for a sprint week, AcWriMo 2023, or another burst of focused work, i'm here with five steps to a sustainable, action-packed time. avoid the common pitfalls and set yourself up for satisfaction and rest! resources mentioned:AcWriMo 2023LifeAtFocusmateGrad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!as a coach, i feel like i should be able to push through pretty much everything - that's what i help people with every day, right? but lately, i have been a capital G Grump - and this podcast episode is about how i work through that. if you've been feeling the weight of the world, this is the episode for you. Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!have you ever had - objectively - a decent day, but it still doesn't feel satisfying? i talk all about stealth expectations - and how they might be impacting your work and relationships - on this week's episode!mentioned:ATLAS OF THE HEARTSign up for AcWriMo 2023 here - a month of completely FREE resources to support your academic writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!"just break that [insert scary huge] task into smaller steps" - it's evergreen advice but in my opinion, it's some of the hardest to implement. i talk about why, and give you a few new things to try when you're looking at a monster of a task!AcWriMo 2023 is coming - sign up for FREE here!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!some seasons, i have to work a little harder to keep my head above water. in case you're having an overwhelming season yourself, here are three (easy-ish!!) things you can try, today, with no extra equipment or software. get into it! Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!i am THRILLED to introduce you to dr. lauren saunders, VP of editing and research at Dissertation Editor, and to share this first of its kind expert episode! i know that when i was writing my dissertation, i felt like the only person who could help me was my chair, which led to many a moon where i made things harder for myself. had i had this episode then, i would have understood that writing centers, people in other disciplines, and editors could help me too. listen in if you've ever been curious about what it's like to work with an editor - i know i learned a ton!learn more about the Dissertation Editor's book, PhDone at their book website, or grab a copy for yourself here: Bookshop, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, and Amazon, or connect with dr. saunders (Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn)!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!if time blocking (aka writing in your calendar, "dissertation 10 am to noon") always felt arbitrary to you - then may i present the three chunk method? this is what i use for all kinds of different schedules to help balance out work on various projects, and take advantage of that mythical "flexibility" we all say we love about being a scholar!get into it!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!welcome back to season three of the podcast!! this season, i'm demystifying all the stuff that makes grad school hard that you might not know about, and this week, we're talking about mentorship!i don't know about you, but i got a lot of advice and gave a lot of thought when it came to building my dissertation committee, but no one really ever talked about building a mentorship network beyond that. so, if that's you too - this week's episode will tell you all about why you need a team, how to evaluate what you already have in terms of mentorship, and how to build strength in the areas you need.use this free worksheet (download the PDF here) and the reflection questions i share to get started!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!of course, i want everyone to take completely work-free time off this summer. but the reality remains that summer is often some of our most precious time as scholars. so how do we balance the immoveable deadlines of work with the very human, very necessary time off that can also come in the summer? this episode has some of my best tips for negotiating boundaries, setting schedules, and dropping into focus mode quickly! enjoy! mentioned:summer campGrad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!whether it was a vacation you looked forward to all year, or an unexpected break from work, coming back to your desk after time away is not as easy as it sounds. i give you two strategies for combating the dislocation that can happen, all through the lens of jet lag!resources:blog post on shut down routinesblog post on unexpected time awaysummer camp!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!

do you have a question you'd like to see answered on the podcast? text it to me here!i have never felt jealousy like i did the day i heard about research notebooks.but my jealousy can be your gain - learn all about why keeping a notebook might help you develop more insights into your research process! i give flexible examples, and reflection questions to help you see what things you might want to record in yours!resources mentioneddr. raul pacheco-vega's everything notebookLaTeX exampleNotion examplethe communityGrad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD! Stay in touch by signing up for my newsletter and get my free webinar on using templates to jumpstart your writing!Grad School is Hard, But...is a podcast by Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. learn more at thrive-phd.com - and i'm co-hosting AcWriMo again this year! sign up for a free month of writing support right here!