Is this you?
My approach may work especially well for you if you recognize yourself in these kinds of scenarios:
- What drew you to academic research was the fun of it, and you’ve always felt energized by your work. But now you’re feeling increasingly not in control of where your time and energy goes, and it saps your energy.
- You’ve secured a grant or promotion, and that feels both good and daunting. You want to rise to the occasion, but you worry about not being able to make this into a success.
- You’ve come this far, and you know it is a real achievement. But you’ve been facing loss or illness. And keeping out the personal to press on with work just isn’t an option anymore.
- You still want to grow so much more, professionally, and personally. Yet no one around you seems to need or want you to take that leap. You feel stuck in a rut by the lack of challenge and encouragement.
- You’ve always loved writing, but the further you get in your career, the more it is becoming a struggle. You worry that writing has become your Achilles heel.
- You’ve never wanted to approach your academic life in a calculative way, yet lately you’ve been feeling resentful about seeing others’ calculative behaviour rewarded with career advancements. You feel unseen and undervalued, and you wonder what to do now.
- You are someone your colleagues and students can really count on, but you find consistently that you’re not getting around to the solo projects that call out to you. You’ve tried telling yourself that it doesn’t really matter, but the truth is: it does.
Most of the people I work with have a PhD – or are working towards one – and find themselves in or at the edges of academia.
Maybe you’re primarily a researcher, or maybe you’re a teacher/educator or a manager/leader. Or you have a job where all these roles come into play.
Maybe you’re intending to grow and find your way within academia, maybe you want to transition out of it or are unsure. I welcome you!
My most successful clients share these values with me:
Inner integrity
Not cynical at heart, but believing that showing up with care and sincerity is the path to success and happiness
A love of learning
Curious about what can be discovered and developed
A taste for adventure
Interested in the way life spurs us on to grow and evolve, and being willing to follow that impulse
Wishing to make a difference
Hungry to, as the psychoanalyst James Hollis says, “add our small piece … to the great mosaic of being.”
If this sounds like you, then you’re in the right place. I can help!
Take a look at how I work or begin with freely available resources