Grad School is Hard, but.....
Grad School is Hard, but... is a podcast from Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive PhD. It's for anyone trying to be a human and a scholar, and here to help you dive deeper into how your brain and body work best. Each episode has practical experiments to try to help you find your way through the hard work of grad school, so let's get into it!
Podcasting since 2022 • 74 episodes
Grad School is Hard, but.....
Latest Episodes
don't have to fix it - it feels hard because it is hard
if you have felt like the world's most powerful expert in your field on a monday, only to feel like the biggest beginner baby on tuesday, congratulations, you're an academic. what if i told you that it wasn't a problem? ...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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8:15
reset or rest - getting past resistance
if you've ever sat at your desk, willing yourself to get unstuck, and not having it work, this episode is for you. i give you my two step formula, reset or rest, for getting past resistance, because belting yourself to your desk chair (actual s...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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9:43
everything changes - when what worked before doesn't work now
few things can be scarier than the feeling of "wait, this used to work....why doesn't it work now?" if you've always studied, written, read, or scheduled in a certain way, it is easy to jump to shame-filled conclusion when you aren't getting th...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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10:09
momentum is fleeting - work for clarity instead
work every day! write every day! finish your dissertation in 15 minutes a day! there are endless variations of this writing advice, but they almost all depend on you being able to show up, and work effectively, as frequently as possible. but wh...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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9:12
gas will expand to fit the container - boundaries and time
if gas will expand to fit the size of the container, academia must be the most gaseous substance on earth. this week's episode is all about the way that grad school will expand to fit every second it can - and how to combat that with containers...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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11:52