Resources for writers: 3 grounding techniques to calm anxiety
Simple breath and body-based exercises that you can do on your own to help you re-centre and focus.
Academic writing and reader connection: crafting content with your audience in mind
An exercise in imagining your ideal reader and what they might need to know from you.
Resources for writers: rediscover the joy of writing
Used to love writing and now it’s just a source of stress? Try out these strategies to help you rekindle your joy.
One-on-one-coaching for scholars in 2024
I am thrilled to announce that I am offering a new service in 2024: one-on-one coaching packages for scholars who may be feeling burned out in their writing projects.
The Procrastination Puzzle: Three Practical Approaches for Writers
Time management won’t solve our tendency to procrastinate on what matters to us most. We need to look at the roots of this behaviour in emotional avoidance.
What the stress of remote work tells us about our mind and how we can care for it.
Working alone from home can be more anxiety-inducing than being in the office so individuals and teams need to be thinking deeply about what is needed to feel safe at the individual and collective level.
In conversation with the Remote Culture Club
In conversation with Alix Dunn from the Remote Culture Club about how many of the different ways that stress shows up in remote work, why we’re finding it so challenging, and some strategies that teams and individuals might use to address it.
Tips for writers who want to strengthen their writing practice
Most researchers have a deep love for writing and find it very enjoyable when they have the time to fully inhabit “the writer” part of their identity. But the writer is often neglected, in competition with the “professor” and “administrator.”
Responding not reacting: How mindfulness can help with anxiety at work
By slowing down and paying attention while we go about our work days it’s possible to turn down the dial on anxiety and operate from a place of increased calm.