When I was finishing my dissertation, I didn’t use meditation to get through it — but I truly wish I had. Back then, I thought meditation was something reserved for yogis on mountaintops, not for an over-caffeinated, middle-aged grad student buried under stacks of...
A small confession: when I was writing my own dissertation, I lost one entire month of August to a heady combination of over-ripe peaches, second-rate mystery novels and a home-organization project that resulted in exactly zero new pages written. If you’ve just looked...
When I was working on my dissertation years ago, one thing was certain: my home had never been cleaner. Every writing session was the perfect opportunity for distraction…and I took full advantage. Floors were scrubbed, bookshelves meticulously rearranged and dust...
Recently, I decided to put ChatGPT to the test. I asked it a question I often hear from many of the Ph.D. students I coach: “How can I strengthen my dissertation argument?” The AI response was technically correct and well-structured—it suggested reviewing...
Ah, writer’s block – the bane of every doctoral student’s existence. There are times when no matter how hard you try to make progress on your dissertation, the words just don’t seem to flow, and your mind feels as blank as a newly formatted...
