Self-Compassionate Professor

In this episode, I explain how staying grounded in your body paves the way to setting boundaries with ease. I explain also how to know when you have unhealthy boundaries, describe how to practice healthy boundary setting, and offer a meditation to begin your practice. Additionally, I discuss what to expect from the Sabbatical Program, which opens its doors again for enrollment on September 22.

In this all new episode, Dr. Erin McTigue explains how the rigidity of academic structures have created a loss of academic soul. She also discusses  her commitment to finding an academic writing process that is light and enjoyable, her work as a mentor, teacher, and coach of writing, as well as ways to personify your inner wisdom, set boundaries, and turn into your values. Find Dr. Erin McTigue here: https://positiveacademic.com/. 

Last in the "August 2022 choosing wellness series," I re-release my conversation with Dr. Kerry Ann Rockquemore. After having earned tenure, left academia, and built a wildly successful company (the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity), Kerry Ann retired at the age of 45. In this episode, she shares her deep wisdom about how she grew into a life grounded in purpose and health: pausing every year to reassess her life and ensure that she's on track to fulfill her own definition of success, working to let go of her entrenched childhood fears around financial insecurity, and willingly embracing a life free of attachment to particular identities and roles. In this episode, you'll hear and feel the unwavering commitment she has to living up to her own potential and helping others to do the same.

Fourth in the "August 2022 choosing wellness series," I re-release my conversation with Dr. Alissa Ackerman. Alissa describes the healing power of finding her own personal voice within her academic work—a change that facilitated deeper connections to her research, her students, and herself. Having built deeper connections, Alissa found herself better positioned  to offer healing to a wider public audience and ultimately, able to create much greater healing impact in the world than she was able to do with her standard academic voice. She imparts that wisdom to listeners, asking them to get really still about what they want to do, notice whether or not their goals are congruent with the space they find themselves in, and accept responsibility to make necessary changes. Find Dr. Alissa Ackerman's organization, Ampersands Restorative Justice here (www.ampersandsrj.org). 

Dr. Lauren Broyles, a former addiction researcher and woman in recovery, discusses addiction among academic women and the pervasive problem of 'outsourcing' emotions. They explore the connection between work addiction and alcohol addiction, difficulties in work-life balance, factors contributing to addiction, managing emotions in recovery, and the importance of connection and community for individuals struggling with addiction in academia.

Second in the "August 2022 choosing wellness series," I re-release my conversation with Dr. Malik Boykin. Malik discusses the important role "self-authorization" has played in his career as both an academic and hip hop artist. That is, rather than allowing others to direct his path, he authorizes himself to do the things that are important to him: setting big career goals, prioritizing his mentorship and research, and being willing to change course if his academic career becomes nothing more than stress. In this conversation, Dr. Boykin explains how his music is heavily influenced by his academic work as well as how self-authorization helps him to find wellness and balance. Find him at https://www.malikstarx.com/. Register for the compassionate co-working sessions on August 15, 16, and 17, 2022 here: https://danielledelamare.com/?page_id=1066

First in the "August 2022 choosing wellness series," I re-release my conversation with Dr. Stacey Wieland. Stacey discusses losing her tenured position to covid, how she has grieved and begun to heal, as well as how the experience has opened her to new insights about her strengths as well as new career possibilities. Stacey discusses the importance of being able to hold both grief and hope simultaneously, strike a work-life balance, hold loosely to the future, use discernment to make solid career decisions, and lean into community and relationships. This conversation is full of wisdom for those navigating the loss of their academic jobs/careers. Register for the "Easing into Fall" workshop and co-working sessions here: https://danielledelamare.com/?page_id=1066

Last, but definitely not least in the "July 2022 vision series," I re-release my interview with Dr. Liz Smith. Liz explains how women often discount their own potential to run for public office, the necessity for women to be surrounded by a supportive community when taking the leap into a political career, and the challenges of running a campaign. Liz also talks about being called to run for office and how, despite great risk and uncertainty, she summoned the courage to do so and won! Liz Smith now holds the Office of Gunnison County Commissioner in Colorado. This episode is full of hope. Register for the "Easing into Fall" workshop and co-working sessions here: https://danielledelamare.com/?page_id=1066

Third in the "July 2022 vision series," I re-release my interview with Dr. Amani Said. Amani teaches us that doing the inner work of observing and changing our thoughts is key not only to finding peace, joy, and gratitude in the present, but also necessary for paving a dream career. She describes her own career transition journey, explaining that it was not until she became content in her present situation that she could begin to visualize her big career dreams. We discuss what it looks like to dream big as well as the fears that inevitably come with the dreams. We talk also about academics' general resistance to personal development and how research provides evidence to many of the ideas coaches use to help their clients. Find Dr. Amani Said on LinkedIn and register for the "Easing into Fall" workshop and co-working sessions here: https://danielledelamare.com/?page_id=1066

Second in the "July 2022 vision series," I re-release my interview with Dr. Kemi Doll. Kemi explains that we need to clear our own compasses so that we know how to navigate our academic careers with meaning and purpose. She describes how she keeps her own compass clear with self-care, self-examination, taking time with herself, as well as planning and prioritizing her academic work according to her own true north. Kemi notes that many academics lose themselves to academic culture and institutional expectations, allowing external pressures to cloud their purposeful reasons for wanting to be academics in the first place. In this way, as they settle and allow the things that were once personally meaningful to them to be stripped away, Kemi explains that they experience burnout in slow motion. She also offers rich and focused advice about how academics can find and dust off their internal compasses. In addition to her academic work, Dr. Kemi Doll also coaches women of color faculty in academic medicine and is the creator of the weekly podcast, Your Unapologetic Career. Find her at https://kemidoll.com.