Podcast Episodes
Back to Search#141: Five sanity-saving microfixes
Episode 141
With all the self-improvement advice that's out there these days, you could be forgiven for thinking that you have no excuse for feeling like your li…
14 hours ago
#140: When everything feels too high-stakes
Episode 140
When was the last time you made a completely frivolous, inconsequential decision? Some of you, I know, are going to have to think hard about your ans…
2 weeks ago
#139: How to say no (and be heard)
Episode 139
You've done the inner work, the soul searching, the assertiveness training. You're no longer a people-pleasing pushover who agrees to anything anyone…
4 weeks ago
#138: 'So, what do you do?'
Episode 138
Imagine the scenario. You're hanging around the buffet at a conference, or skirting the edges of a post-seminar drinks reception, or - heaven forbid …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
#137: How to flourish as an ADHD academic
Episode 137
If you're an academic with ADHD, you're probably battle-hardened from years spent struggling to do things that come easily to your colleagues: focus,…
2 months ago
#136: Stop chasing that 'finished my homework' feeling
Episode 136
Do you often have thoughts like, 'I just need to finish X, then I can relax'? Except that when you finish X, you still can't relax, because along com…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
#135: Do this instead of comparing yourself to others
Episode 135
We all have that one person, don't we, whose success makes us painfully aware of our own shortcomings? A person who serves as a reminder of all the g…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
#134: Defeat perfectionism with one weird trick
Episode 134
Yeah, okay, clickbaity title, but I really do want to share with you a helpful way of reframing perfectionism that I've been thinking about recently.…
3 months, 1 week ago
#133: Academia is just a job!
Episode 133
Do you ever worry that you're not serious enough for academia? That you're constantly playing whack-a-mole with hiding your many frivolous and unimpr…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
#132: Backpacks, bias, and your unrealistic summer plans
Episode 132
You know how, when teaching finishes for the summer, you feel all-powerful and end up vastly over-estimating how much you'll be able to get done befo…
4 months, 1 week ago