Working out why something works

As someone who had a pretty efficient work-life balance system, before COVID made everything happen on a computer in my … More

We build resilience through healing AND challenge

You don’t get knocked down and bounce back stronger. At least not immediately.

Inger just wrote a really good post over on the Thesis Whisperer blog, about how, right now, we are in … More

Lots of people are suddenly having to transition to working from home at the moment, and responses have been mixed. … More

It’s the beginning of the year, and some of you are heading back to work already. I certainly am. Not … More

Last week, I headed up to Canberra to hang out with my How to Fix your Academic Writing Trouble co-authors and hold … More

Now my real research is in literary studies, where what I do is called ‘literary criticism’. In my field ‘critique’ … More

Okaaaay, so this is pretty provocative as a title, but it’s also true and can be massively liberating. I hope … More

When I started going to the gym (see Exercising Like a Girl parts 1 and 2), one of the things … More

Someone whose work I really appreciate is Jo Van Every (@JoVanEvery). She has written a lot of blog posts (for … More