When I’m in line at the grocery, I read the latest celeb magazines. If there’s an article about Tiger Woods, I’ll read about his wife and his yacht and, of course, his relationship with his father, but I’ve never been interested enough to take the time to see what are golf’s and Tiger Woods’s hold [...]
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What if Dissertation Writers Had the Focus of Tiger Woods?
Posted in academic, anxiety, brave, coaching, courage, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, fears, focus, getting started, mental toughness, momentum, re-group, re-start, self-sabotage, struggling, top strengths, using your strengths, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged mental toughness, self-regulation, self-sabotage, flow on July 18, 2008 | No Comments »
Morning Has Broken—Are You Writing?
Posted in You Tube, academic, anxiety, coaching, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, family, getting started, music, writing, tagged music to raise your mood, time to write, writing in the morning on July 14, 2008 | No Comments »
Get up early, no matter how much you think you think you need sleep, and write.
Writing a dissertation takes single-mindedness. It takes mental focus. It works best when you feel calm, when anxiety is low, stress is low, and you feel little or no ambivalence.
And how often do you feel this way?
Do you waste time [...]
Writing Matters and Others Matter—Prioritizing Fights Procrastination
Posted in Smart Tips, 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, 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 | No Comments »
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 course, is the [...]
3 Strategies to Thwart Writer’s Flight and Emotional Eating
Posted in Lizard Brain, Smart Tips, academic, anxiety, brave, coaching, courage, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, fears, following through, mental toughness, perseverance, procrastination, self-deception, self-sabotage, 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 you would [...]
Feel the Anxiety and Keep the Writing Going
Posted in Lizard Brain, academic, anxiety, brave, coaching, courage, determination, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, fears, following through, 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 | No Comments »
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 getting to that point [...]
