by Dr. Rachna Jain | Good Work Habits
As a dissertation writer, do you ever find yourself “borrowing” problems that aren’t there? What I mean is, if you ever have a day where you are feeling pretty good, making steady progress, and everything seems OK- and then, suddenly, your mood dips...
by Dr. Rachna Jain | Building Momentum
We’re a few days into the New Year and some of you are just getting back to work. I hope you are feeling enthusiastic and excited about your goals and plans for this new year. I hope, sincerely, that one of your goals is to finish your dissertation. In my...
by Dr. Rachna Jain | Building Momentum
The theme of resilience and overcoming obstacles has been a big one these past few weeks in my dissertation coaching groups. It’s clear, both from these current groups, and the thousands of other ABD’s I’ve helped over the years, that dissertation...
by Dr. Rachna Jain | Feelings about the Dissertation
I recently opened up my next round of dissertation coaching groups, and, as usually happens when I start to share about these groups, I get quite a few emails from individual dissertation writers, each sharing with me their specific story, and asking if the coaching...
by Dr. Rachna Jain | Feelings about the Dissertation
The title for this post comes from a couple experiences I’ve had over the past few days, where various graduate students have gotten in touch with me, requesting information about dissertation coaching. While I’m always happy to hear from people...
by Dr. Rachna Jain | Time Management
One of the strategies I often use to help my clients get more done is to time their progress to match up to their vacations. Let me explain what I mean. Very often, dissertation students will try and use all of their vacation time as a way to “make up”...
by Dr. Rachna Jain | Building Momentum
In my dissertation coaching groups, lately, one theme has been coming up- and that is the theme of stuckness. I always believe that whatever is showing up in my small groups is indicative of the larger whole- so I wanted to write a post about what to do when...
