Many different types of coaching
Are you struggling to sit down and write? Do you feel lost and don’t know where to start with your writing? Joy approach to coaching is one-on-one and highly individualized. Joy does not believe that writing strategies work in the same way for every writer. Each writer has different needs so Joy works differently with each one of you. Joy will help you identify what writing strengths you can capitalize on. She will also help you identify different ways of approaching the problem spots in your writing habits. She offers accountability and support outside of weekly coaching sessions if you want to try that.
Do you find yourself producing words but not knowing how to revise and improve what you’ve written? Joy will look at your writing with you, walk through how to assess what you already have, and guide you toward how to make it better.
Do you feel like you don’t know how to get your writing out the door? Joy guides researchers through a process that targets the best places for your work and helps you plan for the long haul. She teaches you how to analyze what specific journals and publishers want, how to revise your writing to fit those patterns, and how to speak to specific audiences. Joy is also available to filter reviews so writers do not have to face unnecessarily toxic (and wholly unhelpful) comments.
Do you feel burnt out or overwhelmed? Joy's productivity coaching will guide you to establish daily and weekly habits that work of you, while also also helping you meet your writing and career goals. This might mean that Joy helps you set up better sleep schedules or encourages you to rest on the weekends in ways that are life-giving for you. Through one-on-one weekly coaching sessions with Joy, you can be more productive and more satisfied with life overall.
Do you need help making the next step in your career? This might be tenure, promotion, department leadership, career transitions, or community engagement? Joy specializes in helping clients discover the next step that is aligned with their values and strengths.
Are you a member of a group that is minoritized and marginalized in higher education, your field, research, or publishing? The strain and exhaustion of constant discrimination is deep. Depression and anxiety, feeling isolated, and overwhelmed are common. Joy specializes in coaching women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community as well as individuals with chronic health conditions. She supports writers and researchers in underrepresented groups. She can help you survive—and even thrive—in a system that does not support you.
Are you struggling to finish your dissertation or do you struggle to understand what your committee members want from you? She will help you discover your ideas, outline writing plans, and draft. You can set goals for your current research project and talk through the sticky places. She helps dissertation writers communicate with their committees and set goals for themselves that are motivating.
Have you been burned by previous mentors, advisors, or senior colleagues who gave you bad advice? Joy’s coaching helps And she guides you through creating networks who will support you and give you the guidance you need and deserve.
Are you on the job market and feeling lost or anxious? Joy offers job market coaching that walks you through writing your job documents, requesting letters of recommendation, navigating job postings, preparing for interviews, and negotiating contracts. Her clients are successful on the market, choosing paths that fit with their own goals.
