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Think Like a Creative: The Power of Small Steps

Picture this: You're staring at your computer screen, willing your brain to produce something brilliant. Another groundbreaking piece. Another innovative investigation angle. Another flash of geniu...

Trace-Making as Creative Practice

This week, as we paused for Labor Day, I found myself reflecting not only on visible and invisible labor but also on the traces our work leaves behind. In Endarkened Narrative work, we use the term...

Why Reflection Isn't Procrastination: The Secret Weapon High Achievers Use to Prevent Burnout

Is there a voice in your head saying you should be doing "real work" instead of reading this post right now? I see you there — deadlines breathing down your neck, emails multiplying like rabbits in...

The Permission Slip You Didn't Know You Needed

Today, as I sat at my desk and reviewed my summer, I couldn't help but feel grateful. I often remind others to reflect and celebrate. So, I wanted to be a role model in real-time to show my process...

5 Ways to Practice Reflexivity Without Getting Stuck in Self-Doubt

The pen hovered over the page. My water sat beside me. I had opened my journal to work through a tension I’d been feeling in my work, but the longer I wrote, the tighter my chest felt. What began a...

Your Body Knows Before Your Brain Does: Somatic Signs You Need to Leave/Change/Rest

Let's talk about something we don't discuss enough in high-achieving circles: your body is constantly giving you intel about your life, and you're probably ignoring it. Right now, as you're reading...

The Scholar’s Mirror: Using Your Story as a Site of Knowledge

In traditional academia, the line between the researcher and the researched is often treated as sacred. We’re taught to “leave ourselves out of it”—to be objective, neutral, detached. But what if t...

Healing Through Reflexive Research

There’s a quiet truth many researchers carry: we didn’t come to our questions by accident. We came to them because something in us needed to understand, to witness, to name. Our research may be sch...

Finding Myself Again: A Summer Story of Academic Healing

Every summer, like clockwork, it used to hit me - the identity crisis. For years, I couldn't understand why the warm months left me feeling hollow, disconnected, floating through my bedroom in a fo...

Plot Twist: Maybe You're Not an Imposter – You're Just Learning

Here's a radical thought: What if that knot in your stomach during meetings isn't imposter syndrome at all? What if it's just what learning feels like? Think back to learning to ride a bike. Did an...