LanguaTalk

Grad School is Hard, but.....

Grad School is Hard, but... is a podcast from Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. It's for anyone trying to be a human and a scholar, and here to help you dive deeper into how your brain and body work best. Each episode has practical experiments to try to help you find your way through the hard work of grad school, so let's get into it!

greatest hits - stay motivated in the middle

12 mins; April 09, 2024

The PhD Life Coach - How to be kind to yourself

10 mins; April 02, 2024

greatest hits - chunk up your day

11 mins; March 26, 2024

The PhD Life Raft - Being a Neurodivergent Scholar with Gilly Mckeown

27 mins; March 19, 2024

greatest hits - put your tasks somewhere other than your brain

8 mins; March 12, 2024

The PhD Life Coach - What to do when you're feeling a bit bleurgh

26 mins; March 05, 2024

greatest hits - why is it so hard to find strategies that work for you?

10 mins; February 27, 2024

Grad Girl Wellness - Grief in Grad School

36 mins; February 20, 2024

greatest hits - coming back to your desk after time away!

9 mins; February 13, 2024

so your advisor sucks. now what?

9 mins; December 04, 2023

yeah but is it sustainable? - danger signs in your scheduling

10 mins; November 27, 2023

AcWriMo BONUS: dr. lauren saunders on what academics can learn from creative writers

11 mins; November 23, 2023

get some distance - make your writing strange so you can revise it

10 mins; November 20, 2023

AcWriMo BONUS: how to write when you're struggling to write from The PhD Life Coach Podcast!

27 mins; November 17, 2023

gentle accountability - body doubling

10 mins; November 13, 2023

AcWriMo BONUS: dr. allen roda on different kinds of editing

10 mins; November 09, 2023

the process of the process - how to use reflective writing

9 mins; November 06, 2023

100 meter dash - how to plan for a burst of work

10 mins; October 30, 2023

the restorative nature of Stardew Valley - grumping it out

7 mins; October 23, 2023

take a fine day and make it trash - stealth expectations

9 mins; October 17, 2023

the next right thing - breaking down big tasks

11 mins; October 03, 2023

are you underwater? - three things to try when you're overwhelmed

9 mins; September 26, 2023

i can get an editor for my dissertation? - special guest episode from dr. lauren saunders

11 mins; September 18, 2023

follow your rhythms - the three chunk method for scheduling

11 mins; September 12, 2023

when your chair isn't enough - building a team of mentors

12 mins; September 05, 2023

see you in september!

1 min; July 24, 2023

sometimes you can't avoid it - how to make working on vacation suck a little less

11 mins; July 11, 2023

i'm back, baby! - coming back to your desk after time away

9 mins; June 26, 2023

one notebook to rule them all - research notebooks

9 mins; June 19, 2023

wait, do i know everything, or nothing? - bouncing between student and expert

12 mins; June 13, 2023

get out the good pens - switching to paper

10 mins; June 05, 2023

feel good at something - get a hobby!

11 mins; May 29, 2023

define done-ness - it's less obvious than you think!

12 mins; May 22, 2023

it'll bury you if you're not careful - staying on top of the reading

13 mins; May 15, 2023

don't fall into the traps! - summer planning strategies

13 mins; May 08, 2023

shape the future - outlines as a writing tool

9 mins; May 01, 2023

don't let the title fool you: my fave book on academic writing

8 mins; April 24, 2023

decision fatigue will get you: menus for planning with flexibility

11 mins; April 17, 2023

it doesn't have to be cute! - dance parties, and other body-focused breaks

10 mins; April 10, 2023

a controversial classic - pomodoro timers

10 mins; April 03, 2023

email your advisor more?? - regular email updates

12 mins; March 27, 2023

the default need not be work: cut off times

10 mins; March 20, 2023

help out your short term memory: task managers

8 mins; March 13, 2023

there are so many pdfs: citation managers save lives

10 mins; March 06, 2023

get a tool actually built for drafting: non-linear word processors

8 mins; February 27, 2023

Watch me do it: when making the podcast got hard (and what I did about it)

13 mins; February 13, 2023

Why can't we focus as long as we want?

12 mins; February 06, 2023

Why is staying on top of your to-dos so hard?

11 mins; January 30, 2023

Why is it so hard to know how long things will take?

14 mins; January 23, 2023

Why is it so hard to manage our nervous systems?

16 mins; January 16, 2023

Why is it so hard to stop for the day?

15 mins; January 09, 2023

Why is it so hard to set goals as a scholar?

14 mins; January 02, 2023

Why can it be so hard to take a break?

14 mins; December 13, 2022

Why is it so hard to reset when your day gets off track?

14 mins; December 05, 2022

Why is working with feedback so hard?

13 mins; November 28, 2022

Why is it so hard to ask for feedback on your work?

13 mins; November 21, 2022

Why is the middle of a big project so hard?

12 mins; November 14, 2022

Why is it so hard to push for a deadline?

11 mins; November 07, 2022

Why is it so hard to stay excited about your work?

13 mins; October 31, 2022

Why is it so hard to find strategies that work for you?

10 mins; October 24, 2022

Why is collecting data about how you work so hard?

12 mins; October 17, 2022

Why is getting started so hard?

10 mins; October 10, 2022

Introducing - Grad School is Hard, But.....

4 mins; September 29, 2022

Grad School is Hard, but.....

Useful pages

Find a tutor

Languages