MastershipCoaching
Coaching for Academics
The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.
(Kobe Bryant)
Coping with Pressure
In addition to general mindset coaching, I support academic and professional staff who feel stuck and want to move forward in their career and get their work life balanced, manageable, meaningful and fulfilling.
Academics who feel overwhelmed by the growing demands, high stress levels and continuous change can take back control so that their work life becomes more interesting, meaningful and successful.
Mindset coaching helps academics to
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Cope with change
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Set and enforce healthy boundaries
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Increase focus and consistency
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Balance the many professional and personal commitments and demands
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Find purpose and meaning in their role
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Grow confidence, self-respect and self-compassion
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Create better relationships with students, colleagues and line managers
Reinvigorating Your Research
I help academics who are anxious about REF 2029 and other pressures to bring their research back on track so that they can let go of the worries and anxiety and replace them with confidence, enthusiasm and productivity.
Mindset coaching can help you overcome common challenges such as
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Crippling perfectionism
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Procrastination
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Writer’s block
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Diminishing research confidence
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Degrees of imposter syndrome
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Performance anxiety
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Fear of failure
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Self-doubt and relentless disapproval of the inner critic
Whether you have not produced any research for some time or you simply want to increase the quality and quantity of your research, mindset coaching for academics can help you to:
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Grow your confidence in producing and disseminating high-quality outputs
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Generate and maintain high levels of motivation
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Rediscover your passion for your research
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Increase productivity and creativity
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Create and sustain productive time for your research, balanced with other commitments
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Build a feasible strategy and the necessary strength, stickability and enthusiasm to see it through
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Create the necessary mental and emotional energy to reinvigorate your research
Research Strategy Session Developing an Ambitious, Achievable and Purposeful Research Plan
One-off 2-hour session
Step back from the day-to-day and map out where your research is heading. In one focused session, you'll clarify your priorities, explore opportunities and design a research plan that excites and motivates without overwhelming you.
Self-Doubt Unpacked
Turning Your Inner Critic into Inner Support
2 months support
with 6 powerful 1:1 sessions
Imposter feelings and harsh self-judgement are more common among university staff than people realise, and they can hold back even highly accomplished academics. Over six sessions, you’ll see the different ways your inner critic might sabotage you and replace it with a compassionate, encouraging and inspiring voice that supports your confidence, growth and professional success.
Digital Well-being
Reclaiming Time, Focus and Peace of Mind
2 months support
with 6 powerful 1:1 sessions
Emails, notifications and endless scrolling can fragment your attention and drain your energy, affecting both your professional and private life. This programme helps you build a healthier relationship with technology, so you can improve concentration, protect deep-focus time and stay in control of where your time and energy go, at work and at home.
Boundaries That Hold
Setting and Sustaining Healthy Limits
2 months support
with 6 powerful 1:1 sessions
Academic life makes constant demands on your time and energy. This programme helps you identify where your limits lie, communicate them with confidence, and maintain them under pressure, so you can say no without guilt and protect the work and well-being you value most.
Fail Forward
Overcoming Fear of Failure
2 months support
with 6 powerful 1:1 sessions
Fear of failure often hides behind writer’s block, procrastination and perfectionism, keeping good work unstarted, unfinished or unseen. Over six sessions, you’ll learn to face those fears, start, complete and share your work with confidence, and make feedback and criticism work for you rather than against you.
Would you like to find out more about how mindset coaching for academics would benefit you? Get in touch for a free initial consultation, or read reviews from past clients, including many academics and researchers.
Academic Coaching Programmes
These themed programmes offer focused, structured support for the challenges academics most often bring to coaching. Each runs for two months with six 1:1 sessions, apart from the Research Strategy Session, which is a single two-hour session.
Not sure which one fits? Get in touch for a free initial consultation and we can talk it through.