Academics face a kaleidoscope of issues: pressure to gain external funds, publish, create impact, teaching demands, leadership responsibilities, and administration duties. Alongside these come having to cope with rejection, applying for promotion, and dealing with difficult colleagues. My approach is empathetic and pragmatic. I can help you to transform in order to feel happier, calmer, and more productive.
I can work with you to:
thrive in organisations and deal with difficult workplace dynamics
address self-awareness, stress, anxiety, "imposter syndrome" (feelings of fraudulence or not belonging), and writer’s block
consider personal, social, and cultural issues including disability, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality
make space and time for thinking
co-design practices for teaching and learning
identify and maintain core beliefs and values in the face of neoliberal demands.
This can include:
career planning and career change, including transforming skills from outside to inside academia and vice versa
balancing teaching and research
writing promotion, job, and grant applications
time management
preparing presentations including keynotes
publishing including being “REF-able”
returning to work
combining work, life, love, and family
overcoming writer’s block
managing "imposter syndrome" (feelings of fraudulence or not belonging)
Artists and writers are too often stretched between their practice, their ‘day jobs’, and applying for shrinking public funding. Many also deal with lack of understanding or formal recognition for their work alongside pressure to produce. My approach is sensitive yet practical, and I want to work with you to transform those parts of your life you may be unhappy about.
I can work with you to:
address self-awareness, stress, anxiety, "imposter syndrome" (feelings of fraudulence or not belonging), and writer’s block
consider personal, social, and cultural issues including disability, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality
make space and time for creativity
identify and maintain core beliefs and values in the face of neoliberal demands.
This can include:
workshopping ideas
balancing creative practice with earning money
writing grant applications
time management
preparing pitches
combining work, life, love, and family
overcoming writer’s block