The Messy Coach: In-Person Workshop Day

This 'in-person day' is composed of two different workshops, with lunch provided between session 1 and 2.

One session will focus on work-life balance in the PhD, exploring how and why having adequate rest and balance in the PhD improves productivity and enhances the quality of research. Participants will be offered suggestions for how to counter compulsions to overwork; and, instead, to begin giving themselves permission to rest and enjoy a more balanced life throughout their doctoral study.

The second session, entitled 'Working Less - Accomplishing More - Alternative Practices for Getting Work Done' will encourage participants to set aside common 'productivity' guidelines, to find their own optimal working practices, and be accepting of and at ease with them. It explores methods that allow for greater versatility in everyday routines, working with flow, and managing changing moods and motivation with more ease and clarity.