Additional resources by Kate Tapper

The self-compassion break - be kind to yourself when you are having a hard time.

katebuddevelopment — 2023-11-04 09:58:19 UTC

This is an audio recorded by Dr Kristen Neff and it takes 5 minutes.

In the first reflect and protect session, we talked about how to help others (students for example) to take breaks during stressful periods - whilst not stressing them out further by telling them to take breaks!!

The self-compassion break is one thing you can suggest. There is a very strong evidence base showing that we when are put in a more self compassionate mood, we reduce stress, depression, anxiety, performance anxiety and increase optimism, hope, happiness and even immune function!

Procrastination is not a time management problem - it's an emotional regulation problem..

katebuddevelopment — 2023-11-24 13:35:08 UTC

In the first reflect and protect session, we discussed strategies for overcoming procrastination. Kate recommended the approach described by Tim Psychl in his book "Solving the procrastination puzzle"..

In a nutshell....

We often procrastinate because we don't feel like doing something
We don't actually need to feel like doing something in order to do it. We can just start doing it anyway, the motivation often follows, rather than the other way around.
Notice the feeling you have associated with something you are putting off and work with that... if you bored, can you gamify it? If you are anxious, can you break it down and do it step by step while playing soothing music?
Set your own 'operating instructions' in advance - for example by using your calendar to diarise what and when you will do all your tasks. Then you just follow the calendar for that day and don't waste time and energy wondering about what to work on next.

Internalised capitalism

katebuddevelopment — 2023-11-24 13:38:39 UTC

Feeling guilty or bad for not being more productive? The article above may help...

Free breathing exercises

katebuddevelopment — 2023-11-24 13:39:53 UTC

The simplest, most powerful evidence-based way to reduce stress and anxiety and improve focus and calm.

How to give a talk

emilytroscianko — 2023-12-01 05:48:40 UTC

The question of how to create good slides came up in the first “Refocus on writing” drop-in session, so here’s a guide to planning and giving a conference talk that I put together for the humanities writing program a few years ago. Please treat all the advice simply as a starting point for exploring what methods work best for you.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vmCA7kelzCvtvXZ4cMHR4CgykkvBrNz-/view?usp=sharing

Reclaim more time for the things you want to do (and keep putting off)

katebuddevelopment — 2023-12-12 13:39:42 UTC

Today we talked about how we often know exactly what we need to do more of, but when it comes to it, the urgent things take longer and push the important things out of the way. One way to reclaim more time is to think carefully about the time of day when you have the greatest focus and protect this for your deep work, scheduling admin and other tasks for the times when you are not as sharp. The slides above have a checklist for thinking about how you can use 'golden, silver and bronze time' in this way.

Motive spot check!

2023-12-15 13:47:51 UTC

Here’s a set of simple statements you can complete about a writing project-in-progress—right near the start, if you get stuck, when returning to it after a break, or just as a way to zoom out and give yourself a useful overview.

You can do it in as little as 5 minutes, or be more leisurely with up to 20 or so. It can be nice to do it by hand and to chat your answers through with someone afterwards.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LOlzeS1hJJCPWaTZCcTxPOYSUHcoOxQP/view?usp=share_link

Writing session diary

2023-12-15 13:49:38 UTC

You can use this type of diary for adding an extra layer of deliberateness to your writing sessions—in goal-setting and review, and also in how you reflect on your process. Feel free to adapt to your purposes!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sWEqHl__FZxt0L6PKuRv7rMCtI7vmNk5/view?usp=share_link

Rating and experimenting with your writing methods

2023-12-15 14:02:30 UTC

This is the handout from the writing-focused workshop. It includes a list of the writing techniques we tried out (and some we didn’t) for you to rate on the dimensions of usefulness, enjoyment, and viability, and to mark as most useful for solo, pair, or group sessions.

Then there are some questions to help you make sense of your urgency/importance tracking data, plus the step-by-step instructions for setting up, carrying out, and reviewing the results of your behavioural experiment.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WLu-Gj37NYrs_vn5CSXwfYc5rgT4_uZH/view?usp=share_link

Weekly review: Why and how

2023-12-15 14:12:16 UTC

If I had to pick a single habit that has stronger effects on professional (and personal) efficacy and efficiency than any other, it would be the weekly review. This should include both a review part (looking back over last week to evaluate and learn from it) and a preview part: planning ahead and building in what you’ve just learned about last week to help you make the next one even better.

This is a guide to how this simple but powerful process works, including some sample question sets for you to try out—with or without your coaching partner.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EG-UcnnfkUHXsuonH2_xqyUdMD4uB7f5/view?usp=share_link

Urgency/importance tracking

2023-12-15 14:24:12 UTC

Record everything you do in a day, filtered through the dimensions of importance and urgency. See the “Writing methods handout” for questions to help you make sense of your findings.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TKLqgnQMkkcOMdqvjgIExpLuYDU1vDUG/view?usp=share_link

New Year Reflect and Protect session slides

katebuddevelopment — 2024-01-05 13:46:52 UTC

Here are the session slides from our reflect and protect session. Feel free to use these alone or with your peer coaching partner! Happy New Year! :)

How to get started

emilytroscianko — 2024-01-26 03:15:41 UTC

My top ten tricks for breaking the writerly procrastination cycle and enjoying getting started.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11Rm7t0avxsCXBLjLbQz-w1Ajnx9zGokS/view?usp=share_link

Cheat sheet for a new writing partnership

emilytroscianko — 2024-01-26 03:51:32 UTC

This guide offers suggestions for how to structure a first writing meetup with a colleague or friend (or your peer coaching partner!) and what questions to ask each other to get the partnership off to a strong start with clear expectations and commitments you can relax into.

Most of the guidance should be readily adaptable for a group setting if you'd like to try inviting a few people in your group or department to join you for regular or ad hoc sessions.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YpQ2Mf83gtECvoOd3J30keJ3rWH0HoUX/view?usp=share_link

Planning tips for reluctant planners

katebuddevelopment — 2024-01-29 14:38:06 UTC

For those of you who look in awe at your colleagues who seem to master planning - this one is for you. The good news is that if you have innate aversion to planning - there are three simple evidence-based tips that you can try - and none require a spreadsheet :)

Researcher profile - tell us who you are!

katebuddevelopment — 2024-01-29 15:01:35 UTC

This is one is for those of you who need to tell people who you are, whether that's for a conference bio, a social media profile or in person at an event. Spend just a couple of minutes filling in each of the blanks. Then run it past yourself and/or a friend - is this what you need people to know about you? Is it inviting the right kind of conversations with colleagues, collaborators or potential employers? We tend to dust off our last bio without giving it too much thought - it's worth giving this an hour of your time so that you don't waste opportunities to raise your profile.

'No' script

katebuddevelopment — 2024-01-29 15:10:24 UTC

Here's a starter for ten, for those of you who need to find the words to say no/not now/not yet/not that much....

Let me know how you get on!

Responding to feedback

emilytroscianko — 2024-02-26 20:05:04 UTC

This guide includes:

3 things that make receiving feedback hard (even though it can be so precious)
2 basic forms feedback can take
6 generally positive practices to cultivate
10 positive principles to remind yourself of
a 7-point action plan for when you next get peer review or other feedback
and 7 ways of using your coaching partnership to help you respond constructively to feedback.

If that isn't enough numbered lists for one how-to guide, I don't know what is :-)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16q3D0zeySmojH9y7Tb5u-zYeWXcYyFtv/view?usp=share_link

The Madman, the Architect, the Carpenter and the Judge....

katebuddevelopment — 2024-03-01 13:51:11 UTC

This is a 1981 article about the writing process, so please forgive the language!

This came up in our reflect and protect session on 1 March as we were talking about people not getting enough writing done because their inner critic is too noisy.

I love this article because it gives names to the different roles we play in our own writing process. Separating these roles can help us see what is going on in our own process. We can then be more intentional about our writing time and clearer about the kind of support we need from others...

Hope you enjoy this!

Taking brave next steps that you've been putting off...

katebuddevelopment — 2024-03-01 13:53:23 UTC

We used the idea of 'leap to learn' actions at the session on 1 March. Slides above....

Priority rules for managing many writing projects

emilytroscianko — 2024-03-21 19:19:03 UTC

Check out Paul Silvia's 5 suggested rules, then use the worksheet to see how they pan out for your currently competing collection—and choose your favourite approach.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jH_DaR6EWG9EHKFR8uoMtsfFiepAj5yc/view?usp=share_link

Creative exercise to find your career compass...

katebuddevelopment — 2024-04-19 12:43:15 UTC

Here are the slides from our final reflect and protect session - you may like to try this exercise with your coaching parter as a way to end your work together. Or alone to reflect on the points of clarity that help you navigate your career from here...

Coaching observation

katebuddevelopment — 2024-05-08 12:10:48 UTC