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Make Gina’s birthday wish come true! Join us in San Juan, Puerto Rico for our Spacious Academic Writing Retreat this August 4-9, 2023. Get all the info, schedule a call, and hold your spot here.   CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION: Our 12-week Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap® program helps tenure-track womxn and nonbinary professors with a disruptive perspective on their field to publish their backlog of papers so that their voice can have the impact they know is possible. Get on the waitlist here! Cathy’s book, Making Time to Write: How to Resist the Patriarchy and Take Control of Your Academic Career Through Writing is available in print! Learn how to build your career around your writing practice while shattering the myths of writing every day, accountability, and motivation, doing mindset work that’s going to reshape your writing, and changing academic culture one womxn and nonbinary professor at a time. Get your print copy today or order it for a friend here! Want to train with us for free on your campus?

This summer, I am so excited to bring back something I promised I would never offer again… in-person writing retreats! After struggling through Hurricane María and COVID, it is finally time to get a group together face to face and create a magical writing moment.   In this episode, I share what makes writing retreats so unique. I also outline the details for the upcoming Spacious Writing Retreat in San Juan. Can’t make it this summer? No problem! Throughout this episode, I offer tips and tricks to create the perfect writing retreat wherever you spend your summer.    For full show notes visit scholarsvoice.org/podcast/169.   CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION: Look back on a previous podcast episode with Michelle Boyd. Michelle and Cathy discuss why writing retreats are so impactful to your writing practice. Listen here.  We’ve opened the waitlist for our next cohort of Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap®. Check out the program details and start your application process here. Cathy’s book, Making Time to Write: How

Think back to how you felt last September. Did you enter the fall semester feeling stressed, overwhelmed, and disappointed with your summer writing? More importantly, what if I told you this September could be different?   If you are ready to break the pattern of a binge-and-bust writing cycle, I have a solution.  In this final episode of the summer writing series, I remind you what September 2023 could look like if you take control of your writing practice, shift your mindset, and learn how to sustainably manage your time. We’ve opened the waitlist for our next cohort of Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap®. Check out the program details and start your application process here. For full show notes visit scholarsvoice.org/podcast/168.   CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION: Our 12-week Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap® program helps tenure-track womxn and nonbinary professors with a disruptive perspective on their field to publish their backlog of papers so that their voice can have the impact they know is possible. Apply he

If you’ve been listening to the podcast or watching my YouTube videos and are really curious about the Navigate program, this episode is for you!   In this episode, I go into all the nitty-gritty details of Navigate. I cover everything from the application process, to how the 12 weeks are structured, to what you will leave the program with. So tune in for detailed explanations of all the features of Navigate. I also answer frequently asked questions that might be holding you back from applying to join the summer cohort. We’ve opened the waitlist for our next cohort of Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap®. Check out the program details and start your application process here.   For full show notes visit scholarsvoice.org/podcast/167.   CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION: Our 12-week Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap® program helps tenure-track womxn and nonbinary professors with a disruptive perspective on their field to publish their backlog of papers so that their voice can have the impact they know is possible. Apply her

The summer is almost here! I know we are all looking forward to a break after the close of the semester. But so many of us in academia go into the summer with dreams of clearing our publication pipelines. We imagine full days of uninterrupted writing. But unfortunately, these lofty goals are usually unrealistic. In this episode, I go over 5 steps to creating a successful summer writing plan. First, I encourage you to lower your expectations. You are already overloaded dealing with final grades. Don’t push that energy into the summer. Every time you miss the impossibly high bar you set for yourself, it generates negative self-talk that damages your relationship with writing. Instead, my 5 step process builds a manageable writing schedule focused on attainable goals. Let’s get started. For full show notes visit scholarsvoice.org/podcast/166.   CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION: Our 12-week Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap® program helps tenure-track womxn and nonbinary professors with a disruptive perspective on their

Have you thought to yourself, “I’ve tried everything - there is nothing I can do to fix my writing process”? If you have read books, listened to podcasts, or paid for development programs and still struggle to clear your publication pipeline, this episode is for you!   In this episode, I talk about the difference between books, podcasts, and coaching programs for professional development in academia. I speak about common hesitations and obstacles that keep professors in a writing process that is unsustainable.   CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION: Our 12-week Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap® program helps tenure-track women and nonbinary professors with a disruptive perspective on their field to publish their backlog of papers so that their voice can have the impact they know is possible. Apply here! Cathy’s book, Making Time to Write: How to Resist the Patriarchy and Take Control of Your Academic Career Through Writing is available in print! Learn how to build your career around your writing practice while shatter

Are you looking forward to the upcoming summer break to catch up on writing? Many overwhelmed professors imagine the break between semesters as a chance to push through their publication pipeline. But avoiding rest by committing to full days of summer writing is unrealistic and unsustainable.   In this episode, I talk about what you can do to eliminate the binge and bust writing cycle while also honoring the energy that many of us get in the summertime around our writing. Get inspired by these simple ways to adjust your writing schedule that keeps you productive while allowing for the mental rest you need to be your most creative self. We’ve opened the waitlist for our next cohort of Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap®. Check out the program details and start your application process here. For full show notes visit scholarsvoice.org/podcast/164.   CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION: Our 12-week Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap® program helps tenure-track womxn and nonbinary professors with a disruptive perspective on thei

"If I change universities I will be able to publish more." This belief is a common misconception amongst academics who need help to clear their publication pipeline. But the problem isn't with the institution; the problem is with you and your mindset on writing.    In this episode, I share four core principles for building a sustainable writing practice. If you are struggling to publish articles and have considered changing universities as a potential solution, it's time to reconsider your mindset. Changing universities is not going to solve your writing and publication problems. Clogs in your pipeline are not caused by course load, service work, or research obligations. Without the proper coaching and arsenal of management tools, your writing problems will follow you to every institution you work for.    For full show notes visit scholarsvoice.org/podcast/163.   CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION: Our 12-week Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap® program helps tenure-track womxn and nonbinary professors with a disruptive

“$4,500 is too much to spend on professional development.” This is the sentiment we sometimes hear from our community members.     In this episode, I share with you a mindset shift that can help you see an investment in your professional development in a new light. If you want to do academia differently, if you want to disrupt the status quo, then receiving support and coaching is necessary. The pressure from institutions to do more and work harder is not sustainable for ongoing career growth, so how do you grow and develop as a scholar while maintaining your sanity and health? By investing in your professional development. Think of this investment not in relation to your salary, but in relation to your university’s budget. Compared to those budgets, $4,500 is a small investment that will drastically increase your total value and impact on the world. For full show notes visit scholarsvoice.org/podcast/162. CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION: Our 12-week Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap® program helps tenure-track womx

Are you exhausted? Do you ever feel like you simply cannot do, write, or create one more thing? You aren’t alone! As professors, we operate at 100% nearly all the time in all aspects of life. But here’s the catch: You can’t write from a place of exhaustion.    In episode 161, you’ll hear Cathy talk all about how operating under the very high standards that you have for yourself is exhausting, and how exhausted people have a hard time writing. She is going to talk about those high standards, how they lead to exhaustion, and therefore how exhaustion undermines writing. When you’re exhausted, your publication pipeline is going to suffer, so we’ll unpack how to operate at a healthy level and maintain that publication pipeline without giving up the rest you desperately need. We’ve opened the waitlist for our next cohort of Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap®. Check out the program details here and sign up for the waitlist to be notified when applications open:  https://scholarsvoice.org/navigate/  For full show notes

You didn’t become a professor by being lazy! Then why does it feel so hard to publish the amount of your work in line with your expertise? Maybe you just need to work harder? NO! You need to work differently.   In episode 160 of the podcast, I’m talking about the classic “what got you here won’t get you there” problem of successful academics who are trying to clear their publication pipelines. We’ve opened the waitlist for our next cohort of Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap®. Check out the program details here and sign up for the waitlist to be notified when applications open:  https://scholarsvoice.org/navigate/ For full show notes visit scholarsvoice.org/podcast/160. Continue the conversation: Our 12-week Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap® program helps tenure-track womxn and nonbinary professors with a disruptive perspective on their field to publish their backlog of papers so that their voice can have the impact they know is possible. Get on the waitlist here! Cathy’s book, Making Time to Write: How to Res

Do you feel like you’ve tried everything to write and publish to the level that you know you are capable of? It’s frustrating to be a high achiever and still not be able to figure this out! The reason that your publication pipeline is still clogged is that you are stuck with the “I’ve tried everything” mindset, where there is no room for growth. In this video, I coach you on how to break out of that mindset and trust yourself to be able to change. There is one key difference between shifting from that defeated mindset to one of change and growth, and I’ll walk you through how to implement that key change in this conversation. For full show notes visit scholarsvoice.org/podcast/159.   Continue the conversation: Our 12-week Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap® program helps tenure-track womxn and nonbinary professors with a disruptive perspective on their field to publish their backlog of papers so that their voice can have the impact they know is possible. Get on the waitlist here! Cathy’s book, Making Time to

We decided to do some episodes featuring clients who have worked with us in our programs who we really think embody the Scholar’s Voice spirit. When we at Scholar’s Voice were thinking about clients of ours that speak to the Scholars' Voice values, vision, and the experience of our programs, our guest on today’s episode, Stacey Anderson immediately came to mind. Dr. Stacey Anderson is an Associate Professor of English at California State University Channel Islands, where she also serves as Interim Chair of the English Department and Director of the Composition Program. Stacey has been one of our clients for a while, and we are honored she would join us on the podcast to share her career journey and experience within Scholar’s Voice. For full show notes, visit scholarsvoice.org/podcast/158. Continue the conversation: Our 12-week Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap® program helps tenure-track womxn and nonbinary professors with a disruptive perspective on their field to publish their backlog of papers so that thei

Have you listened to a few episodes of the podcast, or perhaps read Cathy’s book, Making Time to Write, and really liked the content, but either can’t or aren’t ready to commit to investing in one of our full programs? In this episode of the podcast, Cathay discusses the ins and outs of our Scholar’s Voice Faculty Development Retreat. She shares the history of how retreats have looked in the company, how we landed on this new version of a retreat, and exactly what our newest retreat entails. She even shares some practical tips for how to get your university on board with the newest Scholar’s Voice retreat and how to approach your university point person on hiring our team to come to you either in-person or virtually.  For full show notes visit scholarsvoice.org/podcast/157.   Download Our University Retreats Brochure:  We've created our faculty development retreats so you and the rest of your colleagues can work together to come up with ways to make the faculty experience better for everyone at your instituti

In this episode, Coach Gina talks about what Scholar’s Voice™ means to her. She talks about some of the changes that the company has gone through in the past few years, some of the ways we’ve shifted and adapted to our diverse and growing clientele, and what we stand for today.  She shares a bit of her personal experience, both as a professor going through the same gauntlet as many of our listeners, and as a coach working to shift mindsets, and talks about how much her personal story has influenced her coaching work. She describes the Scholars Voice™ community as a place where clients can be real, honest, and vulnerable, and where real growth and change happens on a daily basis. For full show notes visit scholarsvoice.org/podcast/156.  Continue the conversation: Our 12-week Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap® program helps tenure-track womxn and nonbinary professors with a disruptive perspective on their field to publish their backlog of papers so that their voice can have the impact they know is possible. Star

Do you struggle with prioritizing time to write in the midst of your busy days and career? Have you ever considered the things you’re leaving on the table when you’re not publishing? Not the traditional things we might think of missing out on, but some of the more personal things you’re leaving on the table by not prioritizing your publications. In Episode 155 of the podcast, I talk all about what you're leaving on the table when you're not publishing. I’ll share 5 things you’re leaving on the table when you’re not publishing. These aren’t the things we normally think about like not getting a promotion, or losing out on a grant, but they’re things you might not have considered when it comes to the things you’re missing out on when you’re not getting your publications out.  So today, I've got five things that you're leaving on the table when you're not publishing. For full show notes, visit scholarsvoice.org/podcast/155.  Join our Pilot Navigate Program:  We are going to offer Navigate as a 12-week program to

Do you ever feel like you have too many projects or publications in play at once? Too many things in the works, and then ultimately nothing actually gets published?   Most academics believe that to publish more things, they have to publish everything. In this Bonus Episode, I talk all about a huge misconception in academic publishing: that more equals more. I’m here to show you a new way of being when it comes to publishing, and how less is actually more in the long run.   When we take a ‘just publish anything and everything’ mentality, we really lose cohesion. When you have your academic mission statement, and everything is in line with that, then your publication pipeline flows much more freely. Publishing off-mission articles, and things that aren't in line with your academic mission are actually going to stop your on-mission articles from coming out. Knowing what is worth your time and focusing on those things really does equal more in your academic career.   Join our Pilot Navigate Program:  We are going

If you’ve been following along with us, you know that we are currently enrolling for a 12 week pilot version of our core program, which is called Navigate Your Writing Roadmap.   We are looking for women and non binary professors at any career stage who have published at least one article in a peer reviewed journal, and you have too much data for the amount of time that you have to write it up. Or you're sitting on three or more article drafts in various stages of done, one of which is almost (around 50%-80%) done. We also are looking for professors who are looking for an accelerated way to clear their publication pipeline.   We have been looking to update our original Navigate program, so we decided to take that core Navigate content and make it fit into 12 weeks by using the criteria that we want from the original course. Our goal for the Pilot program is for it to be both simple and impactful, the 2 words we are using to guide all of our decisions for our company this year. That means that those participat

What is that next level thing that's down the road that you're not getting to by staying in old habits that are leading to burnout or old habits that aren't serving you? Episode 154 is a presentation I made at our annual New Year’s Writing Retreat in early January 2023. In this discussion, you're going to hear me very explicitly talk about our company mission, our company values, and how we made program changes aligned with those values. I think you'll find a lot of value in listening to this presentation as a leader and creator inside of academia as you think about your values and how you want to align them with the decisions that you make and the things that you create.   Join our Pilot Navigate Program: We are going to offer Navigate as a 12-week program to test out some changes we are considering making. It will run from February 2023- Mid-May 2023. In addition to our core Navigate curriculum, which we are reorganizing, reordering, and revising for this pilot version, what we're looking for is 10 to 20 ac

We have been raised inside of our academic institutions with models that only include success through overwork or success through burnout. Inside of this culture that glorifies busyness, it's easy to understand why we don't really believe that we can have a sustainable academic career. Personally, I am not willing to do the amount of glorification of busyness that it takes to be an academic, and decided I just wouldn't do it that way. We talk about the best way to design a sustainable career that suits your needs inside of our Navigate Program, and we’re hosting a pilot version of it starting in February! Check out all the details below.   Join our Pilot Navigate Program: We are going to offer Navigate as a 12-week program to test out some changes we are considering making. It will run from February 2023- Mid-May 2023. In addition to our core Navigate curriculum, which we are reorganizing, reordering, and revising for this pilot version, what we're looking for is 10 to 20 academics who want to do this new pil