Academic Woman Amplified

"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. Changing universities is not going to solve your writing and publication problems. Clogs in your pipeline are not caused by course load, service work, or research obligations. Without the proper coaching and arsenal of management tools, your writing problems will follow you to every institution you work for.    For full show notes visit scholarsvoice.org/podcast/163.   CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION: Our 12-week Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap® program helps tenure-track womxn and nonbinary professors with a disruptive

“$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 how do you grow and develop as a scholar while maintaining your sanity and health? By investing in your professional development. Think of this investment not in relation to your salary, but in relation to your university’s budget. Compared to those budgets, $4,500 is a small investment that will drastically increase your total value and impact on the world. For full show notes visit scholarsvoice.org/podcast/162. CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION: Our 12-week Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap® program helps tenure-track womx

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 they lead to exhaustion, and therefore how exhaustion undermines writing. When you’re exhausted, your publication pipeline is going to suffer, so we’ll unpack how to operate at a healthy level and maintain that publication pipeline without giving up the rest you desperately need. We’ve opened the waitlist for our next cohort of Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap®. Check out the program details here and sign up for the waitlist to be notified when applications open:  https://scholarsvoice.org/navigate/  For full show notes

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 details here and sign up for the waitlist to be notified when applications open:  https://scholarsvoice.org/navigate/ For full show notes visit scholarsvoice.org/podcast/160. 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 book, Making Time to Write: How to Res

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 from that defeated mindset to one of change and growth, and I’ll walk you through how to implement that key change in this conversation. For full show notes visit scholarsvoice.org/podcast/159.   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 book, Making Time to

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 Interim Chair of the English Department and Director of the Composition Program. Stacey has been one of our clients for a while, and we are honored she would join us on the podcast to share her career journey and experience within Scholar’s Voice. For full show notes, visit scholarsvoice.org/podcast/158. 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 thei

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 even shares some practical tips for how to get your university on board with the newest Scholar’s Voice retreat and how to approach your university point person on hiring our team to come to you either in-person or virtually.  For full show notes visit scholarsvoice.org/podcast/157.   Download Our University Retreats Brochure:  We've created our faculty development retreats so you and the rest of your colleagues can work together to come up with ways to make the faculty experience better for everyone at your instituti

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 influenced her coaching work. She describes the Scholars Voice™ community as a place where clients can be real, honest, and vulnerable, and where real growth and change happens on a daily basis. For full show notes visit scholarsvoice.org/podcast/156.  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. Star

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 table when you’re not publishing. These aren’t the things we normally think about like not getting a promotion, or losing out on a grant, but they’re things you might not have considered when it comes to the things you’re missing out on when you’re not getting your publications out.  So today, I've got five things that you're leaving on the table when you're not publishing. For full show notes, visit scholarsvoice.org/podcast/155.  Join our Pilot Navigate Program:  We are going to offer Navigate as a 12-week program to

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 publish anything and everything’ mentality, we really lose cohesion. When you have your academic mission statement, and everything is in line with that, then your publication pipeline flows much more freely. Publishing off-mission articles, and things that aren't in line with your academic mission are actually going to stop your on-mission articles from coming out. Knowing what is worth your time and focusing on those things really does equal more in your academic career.   Join our Pilot Navigate Program:  We are going

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 (around 50%-80%) done. We also are looking for professors who are looking for an accelerated way to clear their publication pipeline.   We have been looking to update our original Navigate program, so we decided to take that core Navigate content and make it fit into 12 weeks by using the criteria that we want from the original course. Our goal for the Pilot program is for it to be both simple and impactful, the 2 words we are using to guide all of our decisions for our company this year. That means that those participat

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 presentation as a leader and creator inside of academia as you think about your values and how you want to align them with the decisions that you make and the things that you create.   Join our Pilot Navigate Program: We are going to offer Navigate as a 12-week program to test out some changes we are considering making. It will run from February 2023- Mid-May 2023. In addition to our core Navigate curriculum, which we are reorganizing, reordering, and revising for this pilot version, what we're looking for is 10 to 20 ac

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 that suits your needs inside of our Navigate Program, and we’re hosting a pilot version of it starting in February! Check out all the details below.   Join our Pilot Navigate Program: We are going to offer Navigate as a 12-week program to test out some changes we are considering making. It will run from February 2023- Mid-May 2023. In addition to our core Navigate curriculum, which we are reorganizing, reordering, and revising for this pilot version, what we're looking for is 10 to 20 academics who want to do this new pil

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 these things and more in our Navigate Program. We’re running a pilot version of the program starting in February, so learn more about it below!   Join our Pilot Navigate Program: We are going to offer Navigate as a 12-week program to test out some changes we are considering making. It will run from February 2023- Mid-May 2023. In addition to our core Navigate curriculum, which we are reorganizing, reordering, and revising for this pilot version, what we're looking for is 10 to 20 academics who want to do this new pilo

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 how the company grew, and how they knew they needed a bigger team, to how they knew they needed to evolve as a company and what that process of growth has looked like as a team. In this conversation, they explain their new desire for a simplified and more impactful version of their programs and how the Navigate Pilot was born! For full show notes visit scholarsvoice.org. (New website coming soon!)   Join our Pilot Navigate Program: We are going to offer Navigate as a 12-week program to test out some changes we are consid

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 share a technique that you can use to start to shift away from the cultural norms inside of academia and do something counterintuitive. The technique asks you to think of three adjectives you would use to describe your career if you could have it your way. Choosing 3 adjectives to describe your career is a great first step in designing a career you love and that has longevity. Using those 3 adjectives, ask yourself what that kind of professor would do. Join our Pilot Navigate Program: We are going to offer Navigate as a 12

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 Pilot Navigate Program: We are going to offer Navigate as a 12-week program to test out some changes we are considering making. It will run from February 2023- Mid-May 2023. In addition to our core Navigate curriculum, which we are reorganizing, reordering, and revising for this pilot version, what we're looking for is 10 to 20 academics who want to do this new pilot version of Navigate.  Info sheet for Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap Apply for Navigate program here Continue the conversation: Our 12-week Navigate: Your

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 the level we really desire in order to be able to move forward in our careers in a plethora of ways. Join our Pilot Navigate Program: We are going to offer Navigate as a 12-week program to test out some changes we are considering making. It will run from February 2023- Mid-May 2023. In addition to our core Navigate curriculum, which we are reorganizing, reordering, and revising for this pilot version, what we're looking for is 10 to 20 academics who want to do this new pilot version of Navigate.  Info sheet for Navigate

Have you ever felt like you missed out on some key piece of the writing process? Like everyone around you somehow learned something that you just totally missed?  Everything you learned is wrong… And it’s not your fault.  It's the fault of how we are socialized inside of academia, how we learn from example, in situations that aren't the most ideal for learning how to write. In Episode 152 I'm digging into 5 things that you learned about academic writing that are wrong, and what you can do to fix them. You’ll hear about how you can adjust your methodology, insecurities, schedule, alignment, and more. Cathy shares examples from her own career along with insight she shares with her students in Scholar’s Voice to offer wisdom to academics in all stages on how to best approach their writing as they juggle professorial duties as well.  Join our Pilot Navigate Program: We are going to offer Navigate as a 12-week program to test out some changes we are considering making. It will run from February 2023- Mid-May 2023.

Did you catch last week’s episode on the company rebrand? Were you left with questions like, who, what, where, when, and why? If you’re like me, you LOVE a good behind-the-scenes peek at things, and that’s exactly what you’ll get here! In episode 151, Cathy talks all about the trajectory of what is now our company called Scholar’s Voice, how she founded it in 2017, what happened along the way, and why in 2023, we are doing this big brand revision. For full show notes visit scholarsvoice.org (website coming soon!) Join our Pilot Navigate Program: We are going to offer Navigate as a 12-week program to test out some changes we are considering making. It will run from February 2023- Mid-May 2023. In addition to our core Navigate curriculum, which we are reorganizing, reordering, and revising for this pilot version, what we're looking for is 10 to 20 academics who want to do this new pilot version of Navigate.  There will be more details to come on this in the coming weeks, so make sure you’re on our email list to