Academic mission statements are powerful tools that guide your career. It helps you set boundaries around your time, clarify your pipeline map, and qualify opportunities. But careers in academia last decades. How do you know when it is time to change your academic mission statement? You will change and evolve throughout your career. It is common for professors to make pivots or shift focus. When this happens, aspects of your mission will also change. Embrace that change! Change is good. It means...
Jun 27, 2023•18 min•Season 10Ep. 174
Do you blame “bad” habits for your clogged publication pipeline? Whether you struggle with avoidance, multi-tasking, or poor project management, our Navigate program is designed to help you make lasting changes to your writing process. The first step is to outline your current “bad” habits and what purpose those actions serve. Today, I discuss “bad” habits. Most productivity advice says procrastination is a writer’s kryptonite. However, I look at procrastination differently. Every person has a d...
Jun 20, 2023•18 min•Season 10Ep. 173
The waitlist for Navigate is open! Dedicate part of your summer towards professional development, clearing your publication pipeline, and aligning with your academic mission. Did you know many Navigate members get the program paid for by their university? There is a way to get career-changing coaching at no cost to you! Today, I share the secret to getting internal funding for professional development. Investing in your writing process, project pipeline, and time management skills will help you ...
Jun 13, 2023•23 min•Season 10Ep. 172
Are you ready to transition your publication pipeline from a theoretical list of articles you might write to a steady flow of published pieces? If you use productivity apps and calendar tools but are still struggling to unclog your publication pipeline, this episode is for you! Today, I talk about the four levels of publication planning. First, most academics engage with calendar-level productivity tools. While that is a great start, to truly be productive and have a flowing pipeline, you need t...
Jun 06, 2023•16 min•Season 10Ep. 171
Coaching is a relatively new form of professional development for academics. If you have considered investing in a coach but are unsure if you are in the right career stage, this episode is for you. Today, I sit down with one of our coaches, Gina. We discuss how coaching benefits different stages of an academic career. Whether you are only a couple of years in or mid-tenure, professional development is a powerful tool that can completely change the direction of your career. If you have ever cons...
May 30, 2023•30 min•Season 10Ep. 170
Make Gina’s birthday wish come true! Join us in San Juan, Puerto Rico for our Spacious Academic Writing Retreat this August 4-9, 2023. Get all the info, schedule a call, and hold your spot here. CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION: Our 12-week Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap® program helps tenure-track womxn and nonbinary professors with a disruptive perspective on their field to publish their backlog of papers so that their voice can have the impact they know is possible. Get on the waitlist here! Cathy’s...
May 25, 2023•6 min
This summer, I am so excited to bring back something I promised I would never offer again… in-person writing retreats! After struggling through Hurricane María and COVID, it is finally time to get a group together face to face and create a magical writing moment. In this episode, I share what makes writing retreats so unique. I also outline the details for the upcoming Spacious Writing Retreat in San Juan. Can’t make it this summer? No problem! Throughout this episode, I offer tips and tricks to...
May 23, 2023•28 min•Season 10Ep. 169
Think back to how you felt last September. Did you enter the fall semester feeling stressed, overwhelmed, and disappointed with your summer writing? More importantly, what if I told you this September could be different? If you are ready to break the pattern of a binge-and-bust writing cycle, I have a solution. In this final episode of the summer writing series, I remind you what September 2023 could look like if you take control of your writing practice, shift your mindset, and learn how to sus...
May 16, 2023•11 min•Season 10Ep. 168
If you’ve been listening to the podcast or watching my YouTube videos and are really curious about the Navigate program, this episode is for you! In this episode, I go into all the nitty-gritty details of Navigate. I cover everything from the application process, to how the 12 weeks are structured, to what you will leave the program with. So tune in for detailed explanations of all the features of Navigate. I also answer frequently asked questions that might be holding you back from applying to ...
May 09, 2023•25 min•Season 10Ep. 167
The summer is almost here! I know we are all looking forward to a break after the close of the semester. But so many of us in academia go into the summer with dreams of clearing our publication pipelines. We imagine full days of uninterrupted writing. But unfortunately, these lofty goals are usually unrealistic. In this episode, I go over 5 steps to creating a successful summer writing plan. First, I encourage you to lower your expectations. You are already overloaded dealing with final grades. ...
May 02, 2023•23 min•Season 10Ep. 166
Have you thought to yourself, “I’ve tried everything - there is nothing I can do to fix my writing process”? If you have read books, listened to podcasts, or paid for development programs and still struggle to clear your publication pipeline, this episode is for you! In this episode, I talk about the difference between books, podcasts, and coaching programs for professional development in academia. I speak about common hesitations and obstacles that keep professors in a writing process that is u...
Apr 25, 2023•25 min•Season 10Ep. 165
Are you looking forward to the upcoming summer break to catch up on writing? Many overwhelmed professors imagine the break between semesters as a chance to push through their publication pipeline. But avoiding rest by committing to full days of summer writing is unrealistic and unsustainable. In this episode, I talk about what you can do to eliminate the binge and bust writing cycle while also honoring the energy that many of us get in the summertime around our writing. Get inspired by these sim...
Apr 18, 2023•26 min•Season 10Ep. 164
"If I change universities I will be able to publish more." This belief is a common misconception amongst academics who need help to clear their publication pipeline. But the problem isn't with the institution; the problem is with you and your mindset on writing. In this episode, I share four core principles for building a sustainable writing practice. If you are struggling to publish articles and have considered changing universities as a potential solution, it's time to reconsider your mindset....
Apr 11, 2023•21 min•Season 10Ep. 163
“$4,500 is too much to spend on professional development.” This is the sentiment we sometimes hear from our community members. In this episode, I share with you a mindset shift that can help you see an investment in your professional development in a new light. If you want to do academia differently, if you want to disrupt the status quo, then receiving support and coaching is necessary. The pressure from institutions to do more and work harder is not sustainable for ongoing career growth, so ho...
Apr 04, 2023•24 min•Season 10Ep. 162
Are you exhausted? Do you ever feel like you simply cannot do, write, or create one more thing? You aren’t alone! As professors, we operate at 100% nearly all the time in all aspects of life. But here’s the catch: You can’t write from a place of exhaustion. In episode 161, you’ll hear Cathy talk all about how operating under the very high standards that you have for yourself is exhausting, and how exhausted people have a hard time writing. She is going to talk about those high standards, how the...
Mar 28, 2023•19 min•Season 10Ep. 161
You didn’t become a professor by being lazy! Then why does it feel so hard to publish the amount of your work in line with your expertise? Maybe you just need to work harder? NO! You need to work differently. In episode 160 of the podcast, I’m talking about the classic “what got you here won’t get you there” problem of successful academics who are trying to clear their publication pipelines. We’ve opened the waitlist for our next cohort of Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap®. Check out the program d...
Mar 21, 2023•23 min•Season 10Ep. 160
Do you feel like you’ve tried everything to write and publish to the level that you know you are capable of? It’s frustrating to be a high achiever and still not be able to figure this out! The reason that your publication pipeline is still clogged is that you are stuck with the “I’ve tried everything” mindset, where there is no room for growth. In this video, I coach you on how to break out of that mindset and trust yourself to be able to change. There is one key difference between shifting fro...
Mar 14, 2023•18 min•Season 10Ep. 159
We decided to do some episodes featuring clients who have worked with us in our programs who we really think embody the Scholar’s Voice spirit. When we at Scholar’s Voice were thinking about clients of ours that speak to the Scholars' Voice values, vision, and the experience of our programs, our guest on today’s episode, Stacey Anderson immediately came to mind. Dr. Stacey Anderson is an Associate Professor of English at California State University Channel Islands, where she also serves as Inter...
Mar 07, 2023•49 min•Season 10Ep. 158
Have you listened to a few episodes of the podcast, or perhaps read Cathy’s book, Making Time to Write, and really liked the content, but either can’t or aren’t ready to commit to investing in one of our full programs? In this episode of the podcast, Cathay discusses the ins and outs of our Scholar’s Voice Faculty Development Retreat. She shares the history of how retreats have looked in the company, how we landed on this new version of a retreat, and exactly what our newest retreat entails. She...
Feb 28, 2023•35 min•Season 10Ep. 157
In this episode, Coach Gina talks about what Scholar’s Voice™ means to her. She talks about some of the changes that the company has gone through in the past few years, some of the ways we’ve shifted and adapted to our diverse and growing clientele, and what we stand for today. She shares a bit of her personal experience, both as a professor going through the same gauntlet as many of our listeners, and as a coach working to shift mindsets, and talks about how much her personal story has influenc...
Feb 21, 2023•20 min•Season 10Ep. 156
Do you struggle with prioritizing time to write in the midst of your busy days and career? Have you ever considered the things you’re leaving on the table when you’re not publishing? Not the traditional things we might think of missing out on, but some of the more personal things you’re leaving on the table by not prioritizing your publications. In Episode 155 of the podcast, I talk all about what you're leaving on the table when you're not publishing. I’ll share 5 things you’re leaving on the t...
Feb 14, 2023•20 min•Season 10Ep. 155
Do you ever feel like you have too many projects or publications in play at once? Too many things in the works, and then ultimately nothing actually gets published? Most academics believe that to publish more things, they have to publish everything. In this Bonus Episode, I talk all about a huge misconception in academic publishing: that more equals more. I’m here to show you a new way of being when it comes to publishing, and how less is actually more in the long run. When we take a ‘just publi...
Feb 13, 2023•18 min
If you’ve been following along with us, you know that we are currently enrolling for a 12 week pilot version of our core program, which is called Navigate Your Writing Roadmap. We are looking for women and non binary professors at any career stage who have published at least one article in a peer reviewed journal, and you have too much data for the amount of time that you have to write it up. Or you're sitting on three or more article drafts in various stages of done, one of which is almost (aro...
Feb 08, 2023•35 min
What is that next level thing that's down the road that you're not getting to by staying in old habits that are leading to burnout or old habits that aren't serving you? Episode 154 is a presentation I made at our annual New Year’s Writing Retreat in early January 2023. In this discussion, you're going to hear me very explicitly talk about our company mission, our company values, and how we made program changes aligned with those values. I think you'll find a lot of value in listening to this pr...
Feb 07, 2023•45 min•Season 10Ep. 154
We have been raised inside of our academic institutions with models that only include success through overwork or success through burnout. Inside of this culture that glorifies busyness, it's easy to understand why we don't really believe that we can have a sustainable academic career. Personally, I am not willing to do the amount of glorification of busyness that it takes to be an academic, and decided I just wouldn't do it that way. We talk about the best way to design a sustainable career tha...
Feb 02, 2023•15 min
Have you ever said to yourself, there are just not enough hours in the day? How can you make this feeling NOT true for you? In this episode, we’ll discuss using the best hours of the day for the most important projects and tasks, what the activities are that are going to help you meet your career goals, how to curate your schedule to be able to create enough time in the week to do the most important things to you specifically, and how to say no strategically. We walk you through how to do all of...
Feb 01, 2023•24 min
Do you still have questions on exactly what the turning point was and what the transition from Cathy Mazak LLC to Scholar’s Voice was like? We’ll walk you through all the details of when the tides started to turn, and why now finally felt like the right time to make it all official! In episode 153, Cathy and Gina discuss the starting point of their working relationship and how everything since that point has been working toward where Scholar’s Voice is currently at. They share everything from ho...
Jan 31, 2023•46 min•Season 10Ep. 153
Have you tried several things in order to get the spaciousness you desire in your career? You might be trying to make sure you have the publication results that you know you need in order to keep hitting your goals and to keep making your impact on your field and in the world. People try a lot of things in order to hit these goals, but in order to design a career that you love and serves you best, you need to get clear on what exactly that career looks like for you. In this bonus episode, I shar...
Jan 30, 2023•20 min
Have you set a goal for yourself concerning your publications this year? Maybe you want to publish more, clear out some old papers, or produce new ideas this year. Some of you might be using a tactic for figuring out what publications you want to work on this year that actually causes you to publish fewer things. So in this bonus episode, I talk about how to clear your pipeline in 2023. The tactic that you really need to use is actually the opposite of what you might have been doing. Join our Pi...
Jan 26, 2023•24 min
In this bonus episode, we’ll dive into something that might seem the opposite of what you've been believing all of this time: your publishing problem is not time. If you're a professor and you have a disruptive perspective on your field, and you have a big backlog of papers, and you just haven't been able to sit down and sort through it all to knock them out, your gut reaction might be to think you just don’t have enough time. We think that if we just had enough time, we might be publishing at t...
Jan 25, 2023•26 min
