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Are you sick of being told to ‘be confident’?
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Are you sick of being told to ‘be confident’?

ByJamie Pei May 3, 2022May 3, 2022

Forcing confidence is counter-productive. Trying to be confident when you are most definitely not feeling it doesn’t erase or solve all the other yuck; it just intensifies it.

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{PhD} The PhD is a strange thing
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{PhD} The PhD is a strange thing

ByJamie Pei April 27, 2022April 27, 2022

The PhD is a formless, undefinable, unpredictable, ever-changing, multi-faceted thing – this is why it’s all the more important to get super clear about YOUR intentions, goals and best work practices.

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Sometimes, you’ve just gotta take a break
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Sometimes, you’ve just gotta take a break

ByJamie Pei April 20, 2022April 21, 2022

Modern life persuades us of the importance of prioritising mind over matter: Pain is gain. Individual striving is glory. Be productive! Be successful! Create, endeavour, push push push! But you know what? Those rules really are arbitrary as fuck.

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{PhD} Your examiners DON’T know best
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{PhD} Your examiners DON’T know best

ByJamie Pei April 15, 2022April 15, 2022

Your examiners’ assessment of your PhD is not the only one that matters (in fact it doesn’t need to matter at all). Here’s why.

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Who would you be without your fears?
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Who would you be without your fears?

ByJamie Pei April 8, 2022April 8, 2022

How to dream forward into possibility and away from fear

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{PhD} That person you’re comparing to is a hot mess too
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{PhD} That person you’re comparing to is a hot mess too

ByJamie Pei April 4, 2022April 4, 2022

Consider these 3 things the very next time you start thinking, “But I suck and I’m failing my PhD because they’re doing better than me…”

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2 nifty steps to release the burden of pleasing everyone and their dog
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2 nifty steps to release the burden of pleasing everyone and their dog

ByJamie Pei April 1, 2022

Our fears of what others will think usually amounts more specifically to a fear that we’ll upset them or they’ll think less of us. So, here’s two nifty things you can do to release that burden of trying to please everyone.

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5 things to do instead of just “letting it go”
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5 things to do instead of just “letting it go”

ByJamie Pei March 14, 2022March 18, 2022

No one in the history of forever has just “let it go” just because someone told them to. Let it go? Just like that? It’s not a balloon! Here are 5 things you could do instead

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{PhD} Writing your PhD can be joyful
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{PhD} Writing your PhD can be joyful

ByJamie Pei February 21, 2022April 4, 2022

There is so much out there that reinforces the message that writing has to be synonymous with struggle, suffering, blocks and difficulty. I’m here to remind you that writing can also be joyful.

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You don’t have to be busy to be busy
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You don’t have to be busy to be busy

ByJamie Pei February 18, 2022March 16, 2022

Are you sick to death of being busy? Or hustling your face off? Or juggling 108 different things for 73 different people? Here’s my favourite new hack to EASE OFF the busy-ness.

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