The Calm and Confident Academic
Private leadership, career, and writing coaching for faculty who want to reach their biggest goals without losing their mind
You’re a highly accomplished academic with a career background that many would be envious of. Of course you’re grateful for it — but it’s come at a cost. A cost you’re not willing to pay any more.
Yes, you’re showing up every day and doing your best in life:
→ Making sure your kids are fed, chauffeured to all their activities on time, and have clean sheets to sleep in.
→ Ensuring your students are well-supported through their semester - you drop anything if one of them needs you.
→ Meetings, meetings, meetings.
→ Wading through the hellhole of email admin.
→ Trying to fit your own writing projects in during the everyday chaos (and failing at it more often that you’d like to admit).
→ Working so hard to be the best leader of your department or program.
On the outside, it probably looks like you have it all figured out. But inside? Your brain feels maxed out, and it’s having undesirable consequences on your career progression. As in, it’s not really progressing…
Instead of being able to calmly and intensely focus on finishing the book, article, or dissertation - that little voice inside is nagging away, telling you it’s never going to be good enough and to reorganise your closet because that’s obviously way more important.
Rather than putting your all into getting your next promotion, you let your imposter take the reins. It tells you that you’re not ready, that you’re still not qualified enough, that you’d be wasting time you don’t have going for it right now. And you listen to it. Because you don’t have an objective person telling you it’s complete BS.
Your mind never stops whirring. You’re always on high alert. You’re spreading yourself so thin that you’re showing up for everything on your plate at around 50% of what you know you’re capable of. Or at least, that’s how it feels.
It’s stunting your skills, it’s jeopardising your joy, and it’s leaving you with a sinking feeling that you’re not living up to your potential every time your head (finally) hits the pillow at night.
It’s no longer something you’re willing to accept. You’re done with trying to “figure it out” on your own. You help others get closer to their big goals every day. Now it’s time to let someone help you get closer to yours. Now you want to excel not only in your field of expertise but in your leadership.
That’s what The Calm & Confident Academic private coaching experience will help with.
Become the writer, leader, and happy academic you’ve always known you could be in as little as three months
The Calm & Confident Academic is a 3 or 6 month private coaching program to help you hit your next career goal as the calmest, most confident, most capable version of you. It will show you exactly how to move forwards (and upwards) with a renewed sense of control over your future.
WRITE WITH FOCUS
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→ Complete more writing projects and get more publications out the door that will advance you in your field.
→ Increase your ability to focus and get words down no matter how little time you might have that day.
→ Effectively plan and schedule your time so you hit your writing goals in a way that feels pressure-free and always-doable.
LEAD WITH CONFIDENCE
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→ See yourself as a leader who deserves respect and recognition (and feel worthy when others see you that way too).
→ Create and action a plan to get your next desired promotion or position.
→ Get invited to speak more based on the strong, unique ideas you’re putting into the world with conviction.
RELAX WITHOUT GUILT
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→ Be fully present with your family and friends outside of work because you know you’ve taken action towards your goals.
→ Reconnect with what brings you joy away from the academy (and use that as fuel to make your writing even better!)
→ Sleep peacefully at night because you got everything done and you filled your own cup too.
What’s different about my approach to writing, career & leadership coaching for faculty?
The biggest advantage I have over other coaches is that I integrate practical, easy-to-implement, evidence-based mindfulness and self-compassion techniques into all of my work. These will soon be your new secret weapon. Think giving yourself compassion makes you weak? I’ll prove it’s the complete opposite.
You’ll feel seen and heard like never before as I show you how to move from the intellectual knowing of how to do something to the embodiment of actually doing it — and changing your life faster than you can imagine.
Thanks to my unique blend of 1) decades in faculty development and as a full professor, 2) experience working as and training academic writing coaches, and 3) the way I infuse mindfulness and somatic coaching into our work, you’ll soon become your own biggest fan.
It’s why clients tell me: “No one else helps me get results the way you do.”
→ You’ll believe in yourself and your abilities more than ever before - doubt is no longer a block on your career path.
→ You’ll improve your leadership skills so you can support students or faculty in even deeper ways and earn greater respect.
→ You’ll get more publications and be more productive than you ever thought was possible (without having to sacrifice anything).
→ You’ll build healthy writing habits that you can always rely on to get projects finished and have more opportunities.
→ You’ll be more creative and have the space to actually follow through on your ideas.
→ You’ll have clarity on your vision and know exactly how to advance your career and you’ll find joy in life again.
Even if you only have three minutes a day, having your own customised toolkit to keep you calm while you write - and confident while you lead - can be the difference between a career you settled for and a career that reaches the pinnacle of your potential.
It’s possible to balance your academic ambitions with a life outside of work — and find both the time and focus to reach every goal you’ve got…
You’ve lived most of your life believing work/life balance is a lie, but you’d really love to test that theory because this level of mental exhaustion you feel isn’t sustainable. You want to move your career upwards and have plenty left in the tank for family dinner conversations, weekend activities, and your own creative pursuits.
The Calm and Confident Academic isn’t a cookie cutter experience – everything is tailored according to your unique challenges, goals, and personality.
Here are some examples of what I’ve worked on with private clients:
FINISH THAT PROJECT
Finish your book / article / chapter / proposal / dissertation, and get it out into the world
GET THAT PROMOTION
Take steps towards tenure and promotion and prepare to ace your interviews
WORK/LIFE BALANCE
Find a healthy balance that honours both your academic goals and your busy life
SUSTAINABLE WRITING HABITS
Create a regular writing practice free from pressure and stress that you want to show up for
FALL BACK IN LOVE WITH YOUR JOB
Reconnect with the joy in your life as an academic who expects excellence
RESET, HEAL AND FLOW
Overcome impostor syndrome and writer’s block. Recover from burnout and overwhelm.
REACH YOUR BIGGEST GOALS
Create your vision, craft a plan, and make moves with unrecognisable confidence
The reason you aren’t already where you want to be in your career isn’t because you’re stressed, it’s because you don’t have support
Inside the Calm & Confident Academic, you’ll be so supported in your academic endeavours that you’ll question why you ever believed you should “do it alone”. You would never expect that of your students, it’s not fair to expect that of yourself — no matter how long you’ve been in faculty! Here's what you can expect inside:
SET YOUR BIG GOAL
We’ll identify your leadership, writing or career goals using my proprietary CALM framework.
FAILPROOF ACTION PLAN
We’ll break that goal down into actionable steps that will fit into your schedule with ease.
YOUR CALM TOOLKIT
I'll customize evidence-based mindfulness techniques to help you overcome your specific work/life challenges.
STAY ON TRACK
With our coaching sessions, you’ll move closer to your goals, write with confidence and build lasting habits.
FIND YOUR FLOW
Reconnect with what makes you happiest, and make calm and confident your default state of being.
WRITING REVIEWS
We can use session time together to (broadly) review the structure and coherence of your writing.
“Erin’s coaching helped me create a sustainable writing practice and better work-life balance. I’ve completed writing projects and reconnected with what I truly love about my research and writing. With Erin’s support and coaching, I also succeeded in securing my dream job with a prestigious professorship. I highly recommend working with Erin!”
- FULL PROFESSOR, R1
PRIVATE COACHING
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Together, we can change the voice in your head from an enemy to an ally. You can hit even your most ambitious goals without “doing it all” or sacrificing what’s important to you outside of the academy.
3 MONTH PACKAGE
$3,000
3 Months of custom private faculty coaching
*Discounts available for those who pay any portion out-of-pocket
6 MONTH PACKAGE
$5,000
6 Months of custom private faculty coaching
*Discounts available for those who pay any portion out-of-pocket