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!
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 12 minutes
- Episodes
- 74
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
wait, do i know everything, or nothing? - bouncing between student and expert
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it should be a smooth progression right? you start as a grad student, and you emerge as an expert! a doctor! a col…
get out the good pens - switching to paper
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i'm not sure what came first - my passion for notebooks and pens, or my reliance on those tools when i feel stuck …
feel good at something - get a hobby!
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in today's episode, i am going to encourage you to think seriously about your summer plans....no, not all the read…
define done-ness - it's less obvious than you think!
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lately, i've been asking people to define not just the tasks they want to focus on - but how they'll know when tha…
it'll bury you if you're not careful - staying on top of the reading
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everyone says they're trying to stay on top of the reading - but is that possible? and if so, how do you do it????…
don't fall into the traps! - summer planning strategies
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what's like new year's eve, but even MORE if you're a scholar? the first day of summer - or any time when you're r…
shape the future - outlines as a writing tool
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outlines can be frustrating - how do i know how to structure an argument that i haven't written yet? this week's e…
don't let the title fool you: my fave book on academic writing
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if there was a pantheon of academic how to books, this one would be at the top - but the reasons i love it so much…
decision fatigue will get you: menus for planning with flexibility
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making decisions can be really hard - and when you're a scholar, a lot of your choices are important, and they all…
it doesn't have to be cute! - dance parties, and other body-focused breaks
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in no universe do i want to be perceived while i do this, but....my dance party breaks are one of my best kept sec…
a controversial classic - pomodoro timers
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everyone loves to recommend a pomodoro timer (including me!) but this deceptively simple tool actually does NOT wo…
email your advisor more?? - regular email updates
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okay before you flee this podcast, hear me out: emailing your supervisor more regularly actually reduces anxiety m…
the default need not be work: cut off times
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a tool that costs zero money, but is rarely encouraged, and can have radical benefits if you implement it....it's …
help out your short term memory: task managers
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whether you put all your tasks in a notebook, app, or on the back of various receipts, many of us want some sort o…
there are so many pdfs: citation managers save lives
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i make very few recommendations about things i think all scholars should be doing.......but citation managers are …
get a tool actually built for drafting: non-linear word processors
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Welcome to Season 2 of Grad School is Hard, But...where I give you all my best tools to make things a little less …
Watch me do it: when making the podcast got hard (and what I did about it)
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Okay, okay - I've given you 16 episodes (so far) of things that are hard, questions to help you dig deeper, and ex…
Why can't we focus as long as we want?
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One of the most common requests from new clients: Katy! Help me focus more! I want to be able to work for more hou…
Why is staying on top of your to-dos so hard?
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I used to live a nice, peaceful life where I made a cute little to-do list in the morning, and then I spent the da…
Why is it so hard to know how long things will take?
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The question on almost every mind I encounter is why is it so HARD to know how long things wil take? As a scholar,…