Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
You are not lazy
First published on my website in April 2015, this track argues that not only are you not lazy but neither is anyone else. Lazy, and her evil twin Bus…
5 years, 8 months ago
Is dystopia the new normal?
Just when you were getting your head around working in a pandemic, the dystopia dial got turned up. You might be wondering whether you should even ke…
5 years, 8 months ago
Prioritizing rest over the winter break
It's difficult to get enough rest between Semester 1 and Semester 2. It's made harder by the cultural expectation of productivity. In this track I po…
5 years, 10 months ago
Valuing Intellectual Engagement
Are you treating intellectual engagement as guiding star? What might that mean? After all, you are still going to be doing many of the same things. W…
5 years, 10 months ago
Email Overwhelm as a Collective Problem.
Following up a Twitter conversation, I outline why I recommend the policy of not sending email outside of normal office hours. The primary purpose of…
5 years, 11 months ago
Priorities & boundaries in the face of job insecurity
The fear of job losses in higher education is very real. In the face of that fear you may be finding it even harder to manage your workload. In this …
5 years, 11 months ago
Lies you've been told about loving your work.
Your employer will try to use the fact that you love your work to get you to do more work, with less support, and for less money. This may lead you t…
5 years, 11 months ago
Where does confidence come from?
External validation is not a reliable antidote to self-doubt. In this track I talk about 3 elements that contribute to confidence: meaningfulness, se…
6 years ago
Confidence Tricks.
Everyone struggles with confidence at least some of the time. While confidence can’t be overly reliant on external validation, negative feedback is a…
6 years ago
What is your plan to rest?
It's normal to work long hours in the first couple of weeks of semester. It is not sustainable for more than a week or two. That doesn't mean it's ea…
6 years ago