by caraweston | Mar 3, 2020 | Midlife PhD
People in midlife return to school at the doctoral level for all sorts of reasons. Many want to further a career that has hit a salary or positional impasse, some desire to teach their well-honed skills in an academic setting, while others want a 180-degree life...
by caraweston | Feb 12, 2020 | Dissertation Defence
Public speaking continues to take top billing when it comes to typical human fears, even beating out the fear of death! Fortunately, there are proven ways you can head into your doctoral defence with the confidence needed to successfully finish your Ph.D....
by caraweston | Feb 2, 2020 | Dissertation Coaching
Over the years that I have been coaching students and colleagues working on their doctoral dissertations, I’ve noticed several key reasons why they reached out for support in the first place. I also experienced those very same obstacles as I navigated my own...
by caraweston | Jan 12, 2020 | Stage Fright
Most performers I know suffer from stage fright. For some, it comes and goes and can be terribly random: tonight they are fine, tomorrow they may be close to passing out. For others, it’s persistent, at least for a period of...
by caraweston | May 22, 2019 | Procrastination
What is Procrastination a Sign of? Almost all of us procrastinate at least some of the time and there seems to be a good evolutionary reason for it. Throughout almost all of human history up to the very near present, we lived short, difficult lives with our primary...