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Writers Can Change Their Perspective by Practicing Gratitude
When I’ve asked a dissertation coaching client if he or she would look at a problem through a lens of gratitude, I am first of all surprised at what I had just blurted out and I wonder what the client… more →
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Writers Can Change Their Perspective by Practicing Gratitude
Nancy Whichard wrote 4 days ago: When I’ve asked a dissertation coaching client if he or she would look at a problem through a lens o … more →
Time for Your Dissertation: Sometimes Less Is More
Nancy Whichard wrote 5 days ago: Another convert to “Write First Thing”–hurray! One of my coaching clients said th … more →
"Write First Thing" -- Start Your Day and Your Dissertation Off Right
Nancy Whichard wrote 1 week ago: In order to accomplish the large amount of writing required for a dissertation in any sort of sane w … more →
Thinking about quitting your dissertation? Consider this . . .
Nancy Whichard wrote 1 week ago: “ABD” is not a credential. It isn’t a degree. All things considered, finishing your disserta … more →
I quit! or, changing the way you look at writing the dissertation
Nancy Whichard wrote 2 weeks ago: How often have you felt close to giving up completely on your dissertation? I hear that statement mo … more →
Writing a Dissertation? Don’t Try This at Home
Nancy Whichard wrote 3 weeks ago: Now that Halloween is over, it hasn’t taken long for me to eat all of the left-over chocolate-covere … more →
Use Humor to Re-group and Start Your Dissertation Writing Session: Practice Resiliency
Nancy Whichard wrote 1 month ago: How was your writing today? You couldn’t get a flow going today during your writing session? Some w … more →
Writing the Dissertation: Learning how to do something you didn’t know how to do, Part 3
Nancy Whichard wrote 1 month ago: I’m curious how you learned the conventions you are to use, the voice you should use, the way to arg … more →
Writing the Dissertation: Learning how to do something you didn’t know how to do, Part 2
Nancy Whichard wrote 2 months ago: Dissertation writers are largely self-taught academic writers, and the learning process can be a bol … more →
My first real post
rshrimali wrote 2 months ago: Why is it that the very first sentence of my first written paragraph gets re-written almost 10 times … more →
Writing the Dissertation: Learning how to do something you didn’t know how to do, Part 1
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Nancy Whichard wrote 2 months ago: When and how do we acquire the skills, voice, critical perspectives, and confidence needed for succ … more →
3 Tips for Restarting Your Dissertation
Nancy Whichard wrote 2 months ago: For sundry reasons, several dissertation coaching clients are now looking around and saying, “What h … more →
Dissertation Coaching Can Help in Critical Ways
Nancy Whichard wrote 2 months ago: Have you wondered how a dissertation coach could be of help to you? A week ago, I received an email … more →
Have You Practiced Your Dissertation Writing Yet Today?
Nancy Whichard wrote 2 months ago: I have had the same piano tuner for years. Each time he comes for the yearly tuning, he grumbles th … more →
Share Some Kind Words with Your Dissertating Siblings and Friends: Support Is Critical
Nancy Whichard wrote 2 months ago: Georgetown University Professor Deborah Tannen writes about the supportive relationship she has with … more →
To Make Progress on Your Dissertation, Stop Hiding Out
Nancy Whichard wrote 2 months ago: Nearly every day I receive email from people who are making no or next to no progress on their disse … more →
Mental Toughness, Discipline, and Planning—Essentials for Taking on a Beastly Dissertation
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Nancy Whichard wrote 3 months ago: The people I coach are terrific, bright, accomplished. Each is writing a book, a dissertation, or a … more →
Low on Motivation? Feeling Down? Is Your Dissertation Going Nowhere Fast?
Nancy Whichard wrote 3 months ago: Is your dissertation making you moody instead of motivated? It’s possible that you’re t … more →
How Does a Daily Writing Habit Help You Manage Negative Feelings?
Nancy Whichard wrote 3 months ago: As you attempt to write your dissertation, do you find that your feelings sometimes get in the way? … more →
