The PhD Life Coach
by Vikki Wright
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5.06 How to embrace some seasonality in your work
5.06 How to embrace some seasonality in your work
About this podcast
Whether you're a PhD student or an experienced academic, life in a university can be tough. If you're feeling overwhelmed, undervalued, or out of your depth, the PhD Life Coach can help. We talk about issues that affect all academics and how we can feel better now, without having to be perfect productivity machines. We usually do this career because we love it, so let's remember what that feels like! I'm your host, Dr Vikki Wright. Join my newsletter at www.thephdlifecoach.com.
Episodes
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- 5.06 How to embrace some seasonality in your work · 27 min · Season 5 Episode 6Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! As the seasons change, it can be hard to stick to your “usual” work schedule. In this episode, I argue that maybe we…
- 5.05 How to make a Gantt chart that actually helps · 22 min · Season 5 Episode 5Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! Most of us will have made a Gantt chart for an annual review or grant application and then thrown it in a drawer…
- 5.04 Why imposter syndrome ruins your work life balance · 26 min · Season 5 Episode 4Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! We all know we should have time away from work yet so many of us don’t. It shocks me that people don’t get more curious…
- 5.03 Why you’re probably setting the wrong goals · 34 min · Season 5 Episode 3Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! We all talk about goal setting, and the importance of SMART goals, and yet most of us still set goals that don’t work…
- 5.02 How to be more resilient with special guest Dr Sherry Hamby · 58 min · Season 5 Episode 2Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! We often think of resilience as the ability to withstand more and more stress or pressure, which never sounds like a lot…
- 5.01 How to be independent when your supervisor is controlling · 32 min · Season 5 Episode 1Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! Trying to be “more independent” and “driving your PhD” when your supervisor simultaneously keeps rejecting your ideas…
- 4.69 GREATEST HITS - How to manage negative feedback · 37 min · Season 4 Episode 69Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! When did you last get some negative feedback? As PhD students and academics, we get negative feedback quite often…
- 4.68 GREATEST HITS - Why you should notice the paradox of imposter syndrome · 36 min · Season 4 Episode 68Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! Imposter syndrome often affects the most high achieving people yet it can still feel so true that you’re “not good…
- 4.67 GREATEST HITS - How to manage your energy · 35 min · Season 4 Episode 67Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! How many times have you seen or been on a time management course? How many books and podcasts and blogs and social media…
- 4.66 GREATEST HITS - Why you deserve a life outside academia · 32 min · Season 4 Episode 66Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! It's so easy to believe that you don't have time for a life outside of academia. The pressure and the never-ending to-do…
- 4.65 GREATEST HITS - How to use a Do Know Don't Know list · 26 min · Season 4 Episode 65Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! One of the things I hear clients say most often is that they don't know what to do. They either don't know what decision…
- 4.64 GREATEST HITS - What to do if you already feel behind · 22 min · Season 4 Episode 64Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! In this episode, I talk about feeling behind! It's easy to spend a lot of time telling yourself that you're behind your…
- 4.63 GREATEST HITS - Eight ways you’re secretly procrastinating · 32 min · Season 4 Episode 63Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! Procrastinating is when we scroll social media instead of working, right? No! Procrastination is anything that we do to…
- 4.62 GREATEST HITS - How to work out why you procrastinate · 31 min · Season 4 Episode 62Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! Pretty much every PhD student struggles with procrastination yet the advice is often very generic. In this episode, I…
- 4.61 GREATEST HITS - How to Stop Wasting Time by Trying to Be Too Efficient · 18 min · Season 4 Episode 61Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! In this episode, I explain why chasing ‘perfect efficiency’ is actually making your PhD harder. Many students think that…
- 4.60 GREATEST HITS - How to make your week more effective · 30 min · Season 4 Episode 60Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! If you start your weeks strong but usually end disappointed, then this episode is for you! I’m going to be sharing how…
- 4.59 GREATEST HITS - Why I’m banning highlighters · 12 min · Season 4 Episode 59Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! In this episode, I make a feisty case for why we should ban highlighters! I’ll give you four reasons they’re not helping…
- 4.58 GREATEST HITS - How to take better notes · 27 min · Season 4 Episode 58Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! Pretty much all PhD students have a vague (or very strong) sense that they’re not taking “good enough” notes. Yet for…
- 4.57 GREATEST HITS - Why you should never read when you're writing · 23 min · Season 4 Episode 57Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! Do you keep getting distracted when you’re writing? Settle down to actual draft something, then decide to just look…
- 4.56 GREATEST HITS - How to read academic papers more quickly · 41 min · Season 4 Episode 56Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! One of the most common comments I hear from PhD students is that reading always takes longer than they expect. In this…
