Meditation: It's Not What You Think
The Edge for Scholars
When you read the word “meditation,” what image first comes to mind? A New Yorker Magazine cartoon once depicted two monks in robes, one young, one old, sitting side-by-side, cross-legged …
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Unmanaged Time
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Ever feel like most time management advice is, well, crap? So do Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber, authors of a recent article in the Chronicle with the provocative title “…
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Six Sacrifices You Shouldn't Make for Work
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If you routinely check your work email the moment you wake up and right before you go to bed at night, then you might have a problem. If you call …
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Yesterday I blew my chances at NOT saying “I’m sorry.”
Amy Palubinsky
A few weeks back, my mentor had us watch Amy Schumer’s parody video about women at the top of their respective fields continuously saying, “I’m sorry,” and then …
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Calm in the Storm: Finding Your Zen at Work
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Have you ever had a panicked colleague breathlessly share how hard they are working on grants, papers and mentoring only to find that you feel completely stressed out just having …
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Working Hard Does NOT Mean Success (at Grants or Anything Else)
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There’s this persistent myth that I need to tear down once and for all. Maybe it won’t all happen in this one blog post, but by God I’…
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Why We All Need More Sleep (Really!)
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Do you have a sleep schedule, or is it more of an “I wish I had time to sleep” schedule? Don’t laugh it off–getting enough sleep is critical …
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To Succeed, Forget Self-Esteem
Rebecca Helton, MA
If you look under the Self-Help heading on Amazon, you’ll find roughly 5,000 books listed under the subhead Self-Esteem. The vast majority of these books aim to not only tell …
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Checking Social Media Phobia for Academic Parents: Awesome Teen Eden Lytle Offers Her Help!
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
This week we have a special guest posting genius, Ms Eden Lytle, who is sort of amazeballs at everything she does (trust us!). Eden is a senior at Brentwood High …
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