One of the top 5 strengths that many of my dissertation clients share is curiosity. It’s not surprising that motivated, high-achieving academic people would have curiosity as a top strength. And as you write a dissertation and live your life, the benefits of curiosity are many. For one thing, curiosity is among those specific strengths [...]
Archive for March, 2008
The Strength of Curiosity and Your Dissertation
Posted in academic, coaching, curiosity, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, gratitude, hope, joy, positive psychology, Smart Tips, success, top strengths, using your strengths, writing, zest, tagged dissertation, life satisfaction, top strength, using curiosity on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Gratitude Attitude May Help You Move toward Your Goal
Posted in academic, brave, coaching, courage, creativity, dissertation advisors, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, getting started, goals, Happier, hope, perseverance, procrastination, top strengths, using your strengths, writing, dissertation, tagged achieving, dissertation, goals, gratitude, gratitude intervention, happy, increased progress, writing on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
How would you like to make 20 percent more progress on your dissertation than you’re now making? Bob Emmons, professor at the University of California, Davis, has found that having a grateful attitude can make that possible. The author of Thanks! How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier, Prof. Emmons has made amazing [...]
Writing Matters and Others Matter—Prioritizing Fights Procrastination
Posted in academic, anxiety, brave, choice, coaching, commitment, courage, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, following through, getting started, goals, mental toughness, motivation, productivity, reasons for not writing, relationships, self-sabotage, Smart Tips, start writing, time, time management, using your strengths, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged dissertation coach, international coach, priorities, prioritizing, procrastination, responsibility to others, time management on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re like me, you don’t have uninterrupted time for writing. Maybe you work full time in a demanding job or work two demanding part-time jobs or you take care of your children. And when you get to the point when you do have time to write, you’re exhausted. Just brain dead. And that, of [...]
3 Strategies to Thwart Writer’s Flight and Emotional Eating
Posted in academic, anxiety, brave, coaching, courage, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, fears, following through, Lizard Brain, mental toughness, perseverance, procrastination, self-deception, self-sabotage, Smart Tips, top strengths, using your strengths, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged dissertation, dissertation coach, emotional eating, fear of failure, fear of success, feeling anxious, flee, making progress, procrastination, writing on March 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
When my writing starts to come together, I am relieved, but I’m also anxious about what comes next. My first response to those feelings of relief and a fluttering of anxiety almost always is to flee and to eat. Be grateful if you don’t feel these urges. Or pat yourself on the back if once [...]
What Is the University’s Responsibility to an ABD Struggling with Her Writing?
Posted in academic, accountability, advice, coaching, coherence, discourse, dissertation advisors, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, isolated, isolation, resilience, resources, setbacks, Smart Tips, struggling, teaching writing, training, unclear writing, underprepared students, word usage, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged how to write dissertation, no feedback from advisor, struggling with writing, unclear writing, university's responsibility to dissertation writer on March 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An ABD’s dilemmas with her writing underscore for me the problems dissertation writers have when they’re isolated from campus and from an advisor during the dissertation process. As a dissertation coach, I don’t fix people’s writing, but I listen, and if a client sends me some text, I see what the writing looks like. This [...]
Feel the Anxiety and Keep the Writing Going
Posted in academic, anxiety, brave, coaching, courage, determination, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, fears, following through, Lizard Brain, mental toughness, perseverance, self-sabotage, writing, dissertation, tagged dissertation, dissertation coach, fear of failure, fear of success, feeling anxious, making progress, writing on March 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Feeling anxious is no picnic, but it’s pretty common among writers. When I’ve been struggling with my writing and finally feel that the fog may be starting to lift, here’s what comes up for me: 1. I feel relief. 2. And I feel anxious. I feel relief because once again I’ve made it through. And [...]
