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
Why is it so hard to manage our nervous systems?
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After nearly three decades of actively attempting to think my way out of anxiety and other nervous system concerns…
Why is it so hard to stop for the day?
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Why is it so hard to stop for the day (or the week)? One of the big benefits of academia is setting your own sched…
Why is it so hard to set goals as a scholar?
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Oh wow - the first and only podcast episode about goals to be released in January! But, for real - scholarly goals…
Why can it be so hard to take a break?
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What can be so hard about a break between terms, vacation, or other kinds of time off? You'd be surprised! Let's g…
Why is it so hard to reset when your day gets off track?
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Has your day ever been completely off the rails by 10 am? Do you have a tendency to abandon ship at the first sign…
Why is working with feedback so hard?
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So, you got up your nerve and asked for feedback on your work...now what?? It can be so hard to process someone el…
Why is it so hard to ask for feedback on your work?
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Why is it so hard to ask for feedback on your work? And why is it sometimes even harder to get the kind of feedbac…
Why is the middle of a big project so hard?
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The middle of the project, well, it can be messy! But if you're in the middle - of a project, a term, a month like…
Why is it so hard to push for a deadline?
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If you're anything like me, you used to be great at deadlines! Undergrad you might have waited a little long to ge…
Why is it so hard to stay excited about your work?
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Has your project lost that sparkle? Are you just not excited about your work the way you used to be? Do you worry …
Why is it so hard to find strategies that work for you?
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If you have ever taken the advice of your advisor, that productivity book that everyone raves about, or even from …
Why is collecting data about how you work so hard?
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In our second episode, we talk about one of the most important pieces of the way I work: collecting data about wha…
Why is getting started so hard?
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In our first episode, we go with the obvious - how hard it is to get started. If you've ever been frustrated by ho…
Introducing - Grad School is Hard, But.....
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Grad School is Hard, but….is a podcast for everyone who is doing the hard work of being a human AND a scholar. On …