Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.
Burnout is a real medical condition
Academia is a ripe environment for burnout, as its culture encourages overwork and discourages whole life integration.
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Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.
- Mar 29, 2019
- 2 min
Drowning in your liminality? Listen to this.
A couple weeks ago I published a blog post about Liminality and the Job Market. Here I argued that while the majority of Ph.D.s end up...
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Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.
- Mar 15, 2019
- 4 min
Liminality and the Job Market
“A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March.” –Brutus, to Caesar, Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare The Ides of March—March 15—is...
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Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.
- Mar 6, 2019
- 4 min
Writing Accountability Groups
For the next four blog posts I will discuss different types of writing groups and how they can benefit your academic writing and style....
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Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.
- Feb 28, 2019
- 3 min
Guest Post: What would your "Priorities Mansion" Look Like?
Every January since the early 80s, when I first learned what a "resolution" was, I've been making them. As a natural goal-setter, ...
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Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.
- Feb 13, 2019
- 2 min
Organizing your Time
This is the last in a series of posts about setting and accomplishing goals. Read about the steps of Looking back, recognizing and owning...
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Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.
- Feb 1, 2019
- 2 min
Short on Time? —Multiply it by asking Four Questions
In a TEDx talk, Rory Vaden discusses the problems with current approaches to time management. Rather than try to manage time, he says,...
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Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.
- Jan 31, 2019
- 2 min
Developing a SMART plan
As academics, we like to think we are smart. And we are, but not always with everything, and certainly not with the never-ending work...
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Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.
- Jan 15, 2019
- 2 min
Alleviating the Stress of Deadlines with Backwards Planning
I was talking with a client* recently about all the stress that they are dealing with: a couple major deadlines and yearly review coming...
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Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.
- Jan 14, 2019
- 3 min
Recognizing and Owning your Worth
At this point in the process you have spent time taking stock of your goals in the past, and where you have succeeded at reaching them...
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Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.
- Dec 31, 2018
- 3 min
Looking Back
In my last post I wrote about the challenge of making resolutions that we can actually keep, rather than setting ourselves up for...
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Shayna Sheinfeld, Ph.D.
- Dec 30, 2018
- 2 min
Developing Effective New Year's Resolutions
I am suspicious of new year’s resolutions—according to the research of Prof. John C. Norcross (the University of Scranton), 45% of...
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