SHINE
If you’re a grad student and neurodivergent, chronically ill, PoGM, women, 1st-gen, etc., you’re exactly who I work with!
Achieving a graduate degree should feel like an empowering accomplishment, but sometimes students are left burnt out, exhausted, and traumatized.
I thought my former advisor’s behavior was normal (but it was abuse). As a 1st-generation student, I assumed I just had a lot to learn about the hidden curriculum of a PhD, including what counted as “professional behavior.” After a vulnerable conversation with a friend I realized the way my advisor’s behavior was abusive. You don’t have to keep suffering through your program alone. You deserve a humanizing academic journey.
Academia is designed for white, cishet, nondisabled men and rarely accommodates students with marginalized identities. Neurodivergent, chronically ill students, and People of Global Majority communities don’t have that luxury of privilege. I’ll help you build a personalized capacity-focused approach to navigate and make progress in your program instead of feeling lost and destroying yourself in the process.
Coaching
Education
You’ll have the resources and support you need to navigate your program with confidence and advocate for yourself with your advisor and faculty.
Ongoing Support
We’ll create a personalized strategy for you to incorporate as you finish your graduate degree.
Free Brainstorming Session
Ready to make your program work for you instead of the other way around?
Sign up for a free brainstorming session! During these 50 minutes, we’ll figure out what your desire and vision is and how you can achieve it by the end of the academic term.
Pricing
Packages For Every Need
Single Session
- 45-minute session
- Assess your past & current academic progress to identify alignment with your future goals
- Walk away with a sheet of recommended strategies & resources to move forward on your own
30-Minute Subscription*
$180 a month- 2 30-minute sessions per month
- Assess your past & current academic progress to identify alignment with your future goals
- Build & adjust a personalized strategy to navigate balancing the PhD and life
- Start & finish the academic term off with more support in taking care of yourself when life, work, and school feel like too much
- Walk away with a strategy to start the next term more prepared
- In between sessions, we’ll communicate via email
60-Minute Subscription*
$340 a month- 2 60-minute sessions per month
- Assess your past & current academic progress to identify alignment with your future goals
- Build & adjust a personalized strategy to navigate balancing the PhD and life
- Start & finish the academic term off with more support in taking care of yourself when life, work, and school feel like too much
- Walk away with a strategy to start the next academic year more prepared
- In between sessions, we’ll communicate via email
*Sustainable growth happens over time. A 4-month commitment to a subscription gives you time to build new rhythms, test your strategies, and make adjustments with less stress and confusion. This is meant to be a supportive boundary that lets us implement meaningful change in the way you navigate your graduate program.
After those first 4-months, your subscription shifts to month-to-month.
Make progress at your capacity, understand how power dynamics impact your experience, and build a student life that honors you as a human first.
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