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November 6, 2024

IRB for Dissertations: Your Comprehensive Guide to the Institutional Review Board Application

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This month, I am quietly introducing a new add-on service to my offerings, to support students who stop needing full-on coaching while they are trying to secure IRB approval. Thinking about what this service should look like and why is needed has made me realize just how many students really don’t...

September 17, 2024

How to Choose the Right Tools for Dissertation Writing: Time, Value, and Support Systems

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If you read my newsletter regularly (and you should, if I say so myself – my students tell me it’s pretty awesome), you’ll know I’m a big fan of support systems. Whether it’s apps and tools to make life easier, processes we put in place to optimize work, or people we rely on when we [&...

September 12, 2024

If You Are Struggling with Dissertation Focus … Try Letting Your Mind Wander

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Often during dissertation work, we struggle and try really hard to stop our minds from wandering away from our work. When reading something complex and dense, or trying to articulate complicated concepts in our writing, our brains want to focus just about anywhere else—on reading the news, on thin...

September 11, 2024

How A Structured, Limited Approach Can Help Ward Off Defense Prep Anxiety

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The moral of the story you are about to read: When anxiety strikes, you need to work less to work smarter. I am so thrilled to be able to share this story, because when I first asked the student—let’s call her Anna—if she minded, I was about 50% sure I would not get consent. However, […...

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If You Are Struggling with Dissertation Focus … Try Letting Your Mind Wander

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