If you check email on holiday, then I want to offer that you need it more than it needs you
I was listening to a podcast with Gabor Mate the other day talking about junior doctors. He and the podcast host were discussing how some junior doctors just can't tear themselves away from their work and end up staying late or going in on their day off.
Part-timers, you are not 'behind'—stop working for free
If you went part-time to manage your workload only to end up using your unpaid days to catch up on email and things you didn't manage to finish, then it's time to stop.
When efficiency backfires: how academia's 'savings' are costing us
I met this professor at a women in leadership event, and she was telling me about the time she spent her entire morning looking for these name tags and a welcome banner for the departmental open day.
End of Year Planning & Celebration Party
Women in academia, it's time to do the one thing you always skip: Celebrate Yourself… as we wrap up 2024 with my annual online planning party (it's free to attend).
Ready to stop dreaming about quitting academia for a cafe job?
At a work Christmas party, I met a woman who exuded confidence and ease, which surprised me—until I realised she wasn’t an academic but worked in HR. It got me thinking…
10 boundary mistakes
Boundaries are something many of us socialised as women struggle with (we have to be helpful and nice, right?). However, clear boundaries are essential for maintaining well-being and protecting against burnout.
The genius researcher won't get hired—here's why
A friend at another institution recently told me about their latest hiring process. They passed on an eccentric genius—someone with amazing research…
Burnout and our addiction to thinking
Does your brain run a mile a minute to the extent that it feels really hard to switch it off? And when you try, it wants to continue its train of thought? If this is you, read on…
How FOMO is Fuelling Your Overwhelm
We all know that fear of missing out—FOMO—can drive us to say yes to too much. FOMO sneaks into almost every corner of academic life...
Academic minimalism: focus on what matters most
Let's be clear: you don't need to do it all to succeed in academia. In fact, doing everything is precisely what will hold you back...
Email hacks
Here's quick email hacks I use to reduce overwhelm whilst catching the important stuff...
8 ways your people pleasing is getting in the way of your goals
Read on to find out eight ways your people-pleasing is getting in the way of your goals!
Reframing failure
Have you ever felt really awful after getting a rejection or a perceived failure? Then, keep reading.
Why you don't need to rewrite your course this year
It's a common feeling at the beginning of September amongst many academics to start to feel the pull of rewriting your entire course. I'm here to tell you to resist that temptation.
Becoming the ringmaster
Do things feel out of control during term time? Try becoming the ringmaster
Streamlining your research pipeline
In academia, most of us aren’t simply working on one project at a time, completing it, and then starting anew.
Do academics need to write everyday?
As academics, do we need to write everyday or is it alright to have a less regular, perhaps longer chunk once a week or so?
The write everyday challenge
If you’re currently luxuriating in the freedom of summer, writing regularly, going for walks, enjoying the low number of emails in your inbox BUT simultaneously feeling a creeping dread that it’s almost over then keep reading…