How to stop writing for your harshest critics
Are you imagining your harshest critics while you write? Is that making writing less enjoyable? Is it making your writing more defensive? In this track I talk about why this is not necessary. There is...
3 Nov 20236min
What would your Fairy Godmother help you do?
Some journalling prompts to help you do things in the face of impostor syndrome.Read the post here: https://jovanevery.co.uk/fairy-godmother/For more content like this, sign up to the monthly newslett...
3 Nov 20231min
Taking on a leadership role
Specifically addressing the uncertainty you might face when you take on a leadership role, with practical suggestions for how to manage this challenge.Read the post here: https://jovanevery.co.uk/taki...
3 Nov 20235min
Sneaky ways your gremlins try to get you not to actually publish
Based on a conversation with a client about resistance to finishing a book because of fear no one would read it in the format it will be published in.Read the post here: https://jovanevery.co.uk/sneak...
3 Nov 20236min
The work you wish you didn't have to do
Sometimes you feel like you haven't accomplished much because the work you've done is something you wish you didn't have to do at all, or something you wish didn't take as long as it does. In this tra...
3 Nov 20236min
Experienced writers vs novice writers
The writing process is often frustrating. In this track I talk about those occasions when you find yourself thinking that you should have outgrown whatever is frustrating you by now. I invite you to w...
3 Nov 20235min
There will always be things you don't know
Using an experience from my own early career, I discuss the ways in which impostor syndrome can be triggered when we are talking to someone who is knowledgeable about something we know very little abo...
3 Nov 20235min
Shame, vulnerability, and academic work
Some thoughts on Brené Brown's _Daring Greatly_ and Carol Dweck's _Mindset_ in relation to feelings many academics feel around publishing and peer review. Some discussion of the use of shame in instit...
3 Nov 20234min
