3.17 Overcoming Overwork and Overwhelm in the Final Months of Your PhD (a special coaching episode!)

3.16 Why I’m banning highlighters

3.15 Creating Positive Academic Environments: Insights from Sports Psychology with Dr Andrew Dewar

3.14 Why Word Count Goals Don't Work for PhD Writing – And What to Do Instead

3.13 Client Q&A - Motivating yourself in your final year, achieving post-PhD goals, and effective podcast listening

3.12 Why perfect plans fail: Embracing imperfection in academic planning

3.11 Navigating AI during your PhD: An Honest Conversation with Dr. Jessica Parker of MoxieLearn

3.10 How to go from idea overload to clarity

3.09 Client Q&A – post-deadline slumps, uncommunicative supervisors, and judging your own work

3.08 How to be more patient and realistic (part of the Be Your Own Best Boss series)

3.07 How (and if) to work when things feel uncertain

3.06 How to inspire the next generation (with Rosa Smith from the Brilliant Club)

3.05 Client Q&A – getting it done when you don’t feel like it

3.04 How to be more strategic and ambitious

3.03 How to get started on a task

3.02 How to start the academic year

3.01 How the PhD Life Coach can help you this year

2.48 Why we should ask if this will make the summary

2.47 Nine lessons the Olympics taught me that help in academia

2.46 How to work with the version of you who shows up (with special guest Dr Alison Miller)

2.45 Why we should all be more intentional and resourceful (and how!)

2.44 What to do when you get contradictory advice

2.43 What to do when you can't judge how long things take

2.42 Eight ways you might be secretly procrastinating

2.41 Why we all need to be more encouraging and accepting of ourselves

2.40 How to use a Do Know Don't Know list

2.39 How to be your own best personal assistant

2.38 Why we should all be more compassionate and curious (One of the "Be Your Own Best Boss" Series)

2.37 Why you should never read when you're writing

2.36 What to do when you get distracted

2.35 What to do if you feel stuck

2.34 How to manage your tasks

2.33. Why we should think of our careers in phases

2.32 How to plan your academic writing (with special guest Jo VanEvery)

2.31 How to get back into work after a break

2.30 How to break your work down into chunks

2.29 Seven mistakes academics make and how to avoid them

2.28 How to stop comparing yourself

2.27 How to plan when you hate planning (special coaching episode)

2.26 How to manage your energy

2.25 Five things I still struggle with that might surprise (and reassure) you

2.24 How to plan using "boss mode"

2.23 What to do if academia feels unfair (special coaching episode)

2.22 What to do if you want more reassurance

Eight things that PhD students and academics can learn from The Traitors

2.20 How to improve your writing (with special guest Katy Peplin from Thrive PhD)

2.19 How to stop procrastinating (part 2)

2.18 How to stop procrastinating (part 1)

2.17 How the PhD Life Coach university membership supports students

2.16 How to achieve your goals using the self-coaching model

2.15 Seven things we can learn from Santa

2.14 How to stop feeling guilty when you rest over the holiday

2.13 Why you should act without thinking

2.12 Five things you probably need to hear right now

2.11 How to manage your emotions when everyone is stressed

2.10 How to do academia with ADHD (with guest Dr Alex Conner!)

2.9 How to network (with guest Dr Jen Polk)

2.8 How to prepare for your viva

2.7 How to plan your week (with special guest, ex client PhD student Marie!)

2.6 How to coach yourself (and why you should)

2.5 How to shorten your written work

2.4 Nine things I learned from organising our wedding that you can apply to your PhD

2.3 How to manage your supervisor (or boss)

2.2 How to manage negative feedback

2.1 What to do if you already feel behind

41. Seven things I've learned this year that might help you too

40. On Being Unreasonable in academia with guest Kirsty Sedgman

BONUS - start your day!

39. How to prepare for your academic summer - structure and freedom

38. How to prepare for your academic summer - acceptance and resistance

37. What is an academic adjacent career and why might you want one?

36. Why we should be more proud of ourselves (and how to do it)

35. How I finished my PhD in just over two years (& why I wouldn't recommend it)

34. What I learned about task transitions from doing triathlons (badly)

33. How to do role-based time-blocking

32. How to seek the help you need

31. How to spot, and stop, all-or-nothing thinking

30. How to overcome imposter syndrome

29. How to get more confident about teaching

28. How to stop beating yourself up and learn from past mistakes instead

27. How to get into Science Communication (with The Struggling Scientists!)

26. How to be kind to yourself

25. How to curate your PhD Life with Jamie Pei

24. How Winnie the Pooh can help you manage your mind

23. How to make decisions you love

22. What to do when you're feeling a bit bleurgh

21. Why I want to coach your supervisor (and what that means for you)

20. What to do when you have too much to do

19. What to do (and think) if you have a toxic relationship with your supervisor

18. How to have a great relationship with your supervisor

17. Why you should never cross things off your to do list and what you should do instead

16. How to tell your story and get the recognition you deserve (part 3)

15. How to tell your story and get the recognition you deserve (part 2)

14. How to tell your story and get the recognition you deserve (part 1)

13. What to do when you know you're behaving like a toddler

12. How to set New Year's resolutions that stick with Dr Karin Nordin

BONUS: Ten lessons I learned about doing PhDs by playing Stardew Valley

11. How to rest over the holiday period

10. How to review your year the strengths-based way with Professor Jenn Cumming

9. How to manage annoying comments at Christmas

8. How to build your own academic community

7. How to avoid the end of year panic

6. Why you deserve (and can have) a life outside of academia

5. How accepting where you are is the first step to getting where you want to be

4. How to write the thing when you're not writing the thing

3. How to swim when you're drowning in emails

2. Why you don't need a new planner

1. How to be your own best supervisor