“Can I work with you forever?”
— Assistant Professor of Communications
Let’s discuss a particular project, or have regular meetings to enhance your writing productivity, joy, and momentum.
Most academics I’ve coached begin this process by consulting about specific writing challenges. We often move toward coaching as a holistic approach to your larger scholarly and daily life. Those of us who don’t conform to dominant norms or have dominant identities in academia often experience a cumulative negative impact on our ability to trust ourselves.
Coaching is a process of uncovering, trusting, and reasserting that voice.
What Are Typical Coaching Client Questions?
Here are common questions that spark a coaching journey:
I’m feeling stuck in my writing. What do I do?
I’m overwhelmed by my projects.
I used to have such a good writing groove. How do I get back there?
I feel like such an [insert negative word] writer. How do I “fix” this?
I’m ready for a new chapter in my life. What are some steps I might take to explore that?
I want to get ready for tenure and promotion. Help!
What’s it like to leave a tenured position but still be an active scholar?
I’ve recently found out that I’m autistic. What are concrete ways to navigate this in my writing and the workplace?
I’m going on a sabbatical or research leave! How can I prepare?
What Do You Bring to the Table, Rose?
You can read more about my scholarly background as a tenured professor and chair here. Since becoming an independent scholar, editor, and coach in 2019, I’ve coached numerous graduate students and professors in their scholarly journeys.
I’m also a fiction writer, full-time traveler, house-sitter, and now an honorary research fellow in the UK with a scholarly book under review. I continue to work with Professor Angelique M. Davis on presenting our racial gaslighting workshop (to be a book soon), and enjoy supporting writers through my 12 Months of Strengths Program (find more testimonials there), individual one-on-one coaching, and recording my weekly Monday Writing Sprinter podcast.
Health is now my number one priority, so I work much less than I did as a professor and move my body much more. And I work with wonderful people like you.
In case you think that everyone I coach is leaving their jobs, that is definitely not the case! We seek the place that lights you up, which means becoming more of yourself and shifting priorities where you’re at right now.
Coaching and Consulting Inspiration
I’m also a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach.
Coaching & Consulting Packages
Note: Some institutions fund coaching for professors and graduate students. Contact me if you need tips on how or where to ask.
1. Live Video Coaching
Session prep written coaching assessment
40-minute live video session
One follow-up email exchange with further resources
Seven Sessions Includes Full 34 Gallup Clifton Strengths Assessment
2. Asynchronous Coaching & Consulting
Send me a 20-minute video or audio describing your issues and questions
Within a week, I’ll send you a 20-minute recorded response for you to keep
One follow-up email exchange with further resources
Note: If you’re the kind of person who likes to process on your own, and in your own way, asynchronous coaching is a great option. It’s also wonderful if you have a busy schedule because it allows you to go at your own pace.
Seven Sessions Includes Full 34 Gallup Clifton Strengths Assessment
3. Get Unstuck Writing Session
Break through on a writing project. You’re in your head, lost, confused, or frustrated.
Let it flow.
40-minute live session with me
5 minutes to set intentions for the session
25-minute writing sprint: You dictate, and talk it through, while I write it all down (I type quickly). Believe it or not, it works. It’s like I’m holding the writing space for you while giving you a nudge to get through your stuck point.
10 minutes wrap up and next steps
4. 12 Months of Strengths Tailored Coaching Program: Live & Asynchronous
Trello Organization Webinar for Academics
If you’re curious about how we might approach organizing your projects, watch our (with Angelique M. Davis) webinar for the Textbook & Academic Authors Association. Enjoy!