This episode is focused on something that plagues many of us: procrastination! A lot of the guidance out there on dealing with procrastination is not that useful. This is because it often tends to put all procrastinators into one camp based solely on their avoidance of taking action in a timely way. They don’t address the varied reasons WHY people put things off. This episode describes 6 different kinds of procrastinators and gives a couple of simple strategies for making positive change. 

If you want to keep your own mental, physical, and emotional health and well-being at the forefront this semester, this means SAYING NO to things that do not serve you. This episode helps listeners figure out what to say 'yes' and 'no' to and how to do so with grace and dignity. I give four different strategies to help you figure out what to prioritize in your work while keeping all of your professional relationships intact. 

Today’s episode will be focused on how you can consciously design your courses to help you attain your own goals. I’ll talk about why you need to drop your standards when it comes to teaching. I’ll also share some critical questions to ask yourself as you’re planning your courses, along with some different strategies for how you can use teaching to enhance your own research and writing. In short, teaching and writing do not have to be at odds with one another!

In this episode, I talk about why academics have such a hard time getting straight to the point in their writing and offer suggestions on how to change it.  Remember, it's up to YOU as the author to tell the audience what to focus on, not put the responsibility on them to figure out!

This past academic year has been a beast! Since summer’s just beginning, here’s your chance to take stock of the past school year. This episode will help you reflect on what’s been working well for you, what hasn’t, and what you want to change so you can create a more satisfying and sustainable life and career.

Summer is around the corner and you know you need to do something major to reclaim the parts of yourself you have lost this past academic year. You want to take advantage of this time out of the classroom to push your projects forward so that you can start the fall semester in a calm and confident place. The problem with all of this planning is that many of you are likely burnt out. The question is, if you’re burnt out as a result of a job and a workplace that probably won’t change very much, what can you actually do about it as an individual? That’s what I’m going to cover in today’s episode. I’ll give you 3 steps for dealing with and, hopefully, overcoming burnout. Here’s a quick preview—it’s about putting your own needs and your well-being first. 

How do you know if you're truly burnt out? In this episode (and the next), I delve into this topic and what you can do about it. Although this term seems like it’s everywhere, in this episode I define what it is and how to know if you actually are burnt out. I define the 3 main qualities of burnout and list the 7 characteristics of a high burnout organization so you can figure out if you are, in fact, suffering from burnout.  And then next time, I'll give you strategies to deal with and overcome it.

A lot of the authors I work with are junior scholars very early on in their careers, and their book will be the primary stepping stone to their dream job or to achieving tenure.Others are quite established scholars, some of whom already have tenure and who have spent the majority of their careers focused on publishing journal articles. They’ve become really good at article writing but, for various reasons, have decided they want to take on the challenge of writing a book.Today’s episode will be addressing the needs of this second group. For established scholars in article fields, the decision to write a book is often motivated by more personal reasons.However, making the shift from writing articles to a much lengthier, wider-ranging book doesn’t come naturally to most. So on today’s episode I’m going to talk about the top 5 challenges that article writers face when it comes to book writing, along with some strategies for resolving them.

If you’re like me, you’re constantly try to find ways to get more efficient at things so you can cram more into your day and feel some sense of control over your life!It’s so easy to lose momentum with your writing when things gets too hectic.On today’s episode I’m going to be talking about a different, and potentially better, way to think about time and how we can release ourselves from fixating on efficiency and productivity. It’s inspired by the book by Oliver Burkeman called Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals.This episode will tell you why this book has completely turned the concept of time management on its head for me plus give you some unique strategies for using your time more effectively.