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Dial up the joy in your PhD life
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Dial up the joy in your PhD life

ByJamie Pei 12 April, 20232 May, 2023

Opening up the possibility that PhD life – and the entire academic cosmos around it – can be a different way: that is joyful, pleasurable, full of ease and lightness and fun.

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10 ways to beat writer’s block in the PhD
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10 ways to beat writer’s block in the PhD

ByJamie Pei 16 June, 20222 May, 2023

Don’t resist writer’s block in your PhD. Work with it. Here are 10 of my favourite things to do to bust, shimmy and skip through the stuckness.

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The PhD can be challenging AND joyful
blog | Ease | PhD thoughts | Spark

The PhD can be challenging AND joyful

ByJamie Pei 9 June, 20222 May, 2023

Challenges/difficulties AND invigorating, stimulating, joyful fulfilment in the PhD process are not two mutually exclusively things.

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Your examiners DON’T know best
blog | PhD thoughts | Sovereignty | Spark

Your examiners DON’T know best

ByJamie Pei 15 April, 20222 May, 2023

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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Writing your PhD can be joyful
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Writing your PhD can be joyful

ByJamie Pei 21 February, 20222 May, 2023

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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Mr B., I fuckin’ love you – thank you
blog | PhD thoughts | Spark | You-niverse

Mr B., I fuckin’ love you – thank you

ByJamie Pei 7 December, 20212 May, 2023

Find a mentor/supervisor/teacher who sets the room alight when they come in, who makes you feel excited about tackling the things that most other people would find terrifying/tedious/utterly impossible.

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Please stop telling me to stay motivated
blog | Messy thoughts | PhD thoughts | Spark

Please stop telling me to stay motivated

ByJamie Pei 6 October, 20202 May, 2023

How to stop fighting the need to be motivated and productive, and find other more joyful, peaceful ways of getting shit done.

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  • home
  • work with me
    • Work Play Flow – 8-week group coaching experience
    • 1:1 coaching – free work/playdate
    • Co-working Dance Sessions
    • The Messy PhD workshops
  • Podcasts
    • My podcast: The Should-Free Life & Business Podcast
    • Interviews & guest speaking
  • substack/blog
  • testimonial lovin’
  • about
  • contact