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Dear Dissertation Coach, I find that sometimes I sit down to write my dissertation and I get antsy, like I can’t sit still. All the other things that I feel like I should do start popping up in my head, which distracts me from writing. How can I stop feeling this way...

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Anxious Writer

Anxious Writer

Dear Dissertation Coach, I find that sometimes I sit down to write my dissertation and I get antsy, like I can’t sit still. All the other things...

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Trigger warning! Hard questions for doctoral students ahead. Did you finish your dissertation last year? Are you behind your cohort in finishing?...

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The Client Knows

The Client Knows

The following is a chapter I wrote for the Greater Austin International Coaching Federation chapter's 25th-anniversary book called Explorations into...

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