We did a survey recently and the message loud and clear was: please give us more advice about just... surviving in academia! So today we are talking about managing your transition into your new academic "thing," whatever it is. We talk about … [Read more...] about Ep 3:21 Surviving Your New Academic Thing
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Ep 3:15 Managing Rejection
Karen and Kel talk about coping with rejection, moving beyond the typical advice to "take a break, come back to it later, etc. etc." (which is good as far as it goes!) to discuss the deeper issues of identity and emotion that rejection triggers. … [Read more...] about Ep 3:15 Managing Rejection
Ep 3:12 Your Breaking Point
We talk breaking points. Kel suggests to anyone feeling they've reached the breaking point at the end of the semester: pause, and appreciate that it's showing you, you DO have a limit. Sit with that. What's it mean to hit your limit and really admit … [Read more...] about Ep 3:12 Your Breaking Point
Ep. 3:10 We Don’t Go Back, We Go Forward – Interview with Dr. Samira Rajabi
Dr. Samira Rajabi, Assistant Professor of Media Studies at U of Colorado Boulder, joins us for a discussion of navigating ambiguous grief and trauma in the pandemic academy and the rest of life. Drawing from her research for her new book, All My … [Read more...] about Ep. 3:10 We Don’t Go Back, We Go Forward – Interview with Dr. Samira Rajabi