Mrs Mummy PhD®
Here, we're all about helping ambitious Mamas become Drs & build impactful careers without sacrificing what matters...
As Scholarly Mamas®, you deserve to achieve your academic goals while embracing your maternal identity.
As a Mama of three boys, juggling scholarly life (i.e. grad school/professional study, PhD & post-PhD life) with marriage and motherhood for many years, host Dr Michelle Gibbs - Founder of Scholarly Mamas® - fully understands how challenging this journey can be.
But as driven and ambitious as we may think we are, we know full well that academic life doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It’s a difficult, complex journey full of ‘ups, downs and all-arounds’ in which we can easily lose ourselves under the pressure of it all.
So on this podcast, Dr Michelle shares valuable tips and insights to help you thrive and finish well without putting family life on hold.
If you are a Mama on an academic journey who is wearing many hats and trying to blend your marriage/relationships, family, career, and scholarly worlds, then this space is for you!
Dr Michelle is on a mission to help Mamas on scholarly journeys, like you, to blend family, work and study without losing yourself in the process. She wants to help you reach your life and academic goals without sacrificing what matters, with practical tips and insights to help you transform your juggle-struggle into purposeful journeys of becoming, reclaim your scholarly joy and create purposeful success!
So Mama, are you in?
Fabulous!
Let's begin...
These are our journeys of becoming!
Mrs Mummy PhD®
101. "Coming to the Page..." How to Love the Writer Within & Write With Joy with Natalya Androsova, PhD
Want to transform your writing from a source of stress to a source of joy? In this episode, we sit down with Natalya Androsova PhD, an award-winning writing coach who has helped many writers complete their PhD theses, dissertations, books, and articles over her career thus far. But what makes Natalya's approach unique is her deep understanding of how our relationship with writing mirrors our relationship with ourselves.
Drawing from her own journey and academic experiences - including multiple Master's degrees and a PhD - Dr Natalya shares powerful insights about writing without fear while navigating the demands of an academic journey. She opens up about her personal transformation from a struggling writer to someone who finds genuine joy in the process and offers practical wisdom for making the most of those precious writing moments between bedtime stories and nappy changes.
Whether you're battling self-doubt in your PhD thesis journey or struggling to find your authentic voice in academic writing, this conversation offers fresh perspectives on making writing more enjoyable (yes, really!) while juggling the intense demands of motherhood and doctoral studies. Join us for an honest, encouraging discussion about transforming not just how we write, but how we think about ourselves as writers. Get ready to unleash the writer within! You won't want to miss this insightful episode :-).
Links for Natalya:
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🎯 Ready to transform your PhD thesis writing journey? Sign up for my brand new Scholarly Mamas® OPT programme! This is for Mamas who want to write their first or next 10,000 words of their PhD thesis in 8 weeks.
OPT kicks off on Thursday, 3rd April 2025!
Looking for 1:1 coaching? Book your free OPTIMUM discovery call today and let's explore how we can work together to get you closer to your Scholarly Mama® goals!
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These are our journeys of becoming!
