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Coaching Associates

Because of the growth of my coaching practice, I'm going to be taking on associate coaches to work with me. It's hard to turn away referrals -- every client is so intensely interesting to me -- but I must! I've found a great person -- Jayne London. She is the Manager of Graduate Student Life at the University of Michigan Rackham School of Graduate Studies. She has a deep wealth of knowledge about what problems graduate students (and also their advisors) run into, and she knows how to help them. I've received amazing references from Jayne's colleagues and advisees, so I'm thrilled to be working with her. I plan to interview Jayne in a teleclass at the end of next week, so stay tuned to an announcement. We'll be talking about the sometimes thorny issue of how to optimize your relationship with your dissertation advisor. I'm also excited since this will be my first teleclass! It will be fun to interact with my readers and "fans" (yes, I get fan ma

Taking My Own Advice

I'm realizing that creating a membership website (a task that I've been working on for about 8 months) has a lot in common with writing a dissertation or publishing a book. It's big and overwhelming There are not clear guidelines It's hard to know when it's good enough It's easy to get isolated when you're working on it It's hard to do without feedback from others So I've decided I need to start posting more about the process, and trying to get feedback both here and elsewhere. Here are some of my thoughts: Academics can be isolated Academics feel overwhelmed Academics often think they are the only ones who feel that way, partly because they are isolated, and because they are afraid to share their feelings with other academics Therefore academics need a safe place to go to share these thoughts, and to get feedback, encouragement, and "end the isolation." My membership site, tentatively named Cafe Academia, will offer such an environment. I&