Everyone wants to become successful in life, including Scholarly Mamas®. Here’s a unique take on “success” from a purposeful Scholarly Mama® and 5 things you need to do now to achieve it!
How To Stay Motivated And Make Your Dreams A Reality
“How do you stay motivated for so long?” must be the number one question I get asked, after “how on earth do you balance it all?” Staying motivated is essential for achieving your goals but how do you stay motivated over a long period of time e.g when doing a PhD? Well let’s dive in and find out!
6 Key Reasons Why Dads Should Prioritise Self-Care
Self-care has become the new buzzword. The internet and social media are inundated with self-care messages. As busy Mamas, it’s great that we don’t have to look far for reminders about the importance of self-care. But what about Dads? Don’t they need to practice self-care too? In this blog post, I want to talk about why it’s important for Dads to prioritise self-care this Father’s Day.
Feeling Overwhelmed? 3 Helpful Tweaks for Scholarly Mamas Balancing It All
Are you an ambitious, Scholarly Mama wearing many hats but feeling overwhelmed trying to balance them all? Here are 3 helpful tweaks.
The Unconventional Truth About Being A Mum of Boys
As a mum of boys, do I face a unique set of challenges? I don’t know. But I do know that my journey as a mum of three boys has taught me that in motherhood, the challenges we face are less to do with managing boyhood itself and more to do with our perceptions of managing boyhood. So if you are new to the world of being a mum of boys and you’re willing to challenge your thinking about how hard your journey might or might not be based on your assumptions, then this blog post is for you!
8 Practical Ways To Give Your PhD Meaning Beyond Academia
Does my PhD have meaning? We all ask ourselves this question at some point on our journey through academia. If you don’t feel like your PhD has real meaning beyond the degree itself, here are 8 purposeful ways to find it.
5 Best-Kept Secrets For Thriving In Marriage As A Black Couple
As Scholarly Mamas®, we wear many hats. We are mothers and scholars but many of us are also navigating marriage/relationships outside of all of that. Black couples, in particular, face many challenges in their journeys of love and marriage. With so many marriages ending prematurely in divorce, we wanted to share our 5 best-kept secrets for thriving in marriage as a millennial black couple. We believe that if you get the foundations of marriage right, everything else will fall into place. If you want the inside scoop on making your marriage work, this post is for you!
Growth and Transition: Life-Changing Inspiration From The Garden
Updated 11.6.23: In a previous blog post, I shared my two focus words for the new year 2022. At the time, those two words were ‘growth and transition’. It’s funny how those two words are still so relevant today. Perhaps…
Hello, New Year 2022! I’ve Got These 2 Words For You
2021 was an interesting journey. So with this in mind, I have decided to come up with two words for the New Year 2022, that will thematise my focus for this year and guide my decision-making in this new chapter of my life. Read this blog post to find out more!
A Purposeful Scholarly Mama Life: The Remarkable Power Of Intention
If there is one very important thing that I previously underestimated on my journeys of becoming my whole self, it’s the remarkable power of intention. Read this post to find out how you can intentionally pursue a Scholarly Mama life of purpose.
Back-to-School 2021: A New Welcome Woe Dichotomy
Back to school 2021 is finally upon us, and it presents a new and interesting dichotomy. Is it a time for celebration or trepidation? Here are 8 reasons why back to school 2021 could be either or both for PhD Mamas.
How to Navigate the Juggle Struggle as a Scholarly Mama: 10 Essential Mindset Shifts
As someone who has had all my kids in academia, I understand the need to navigate the juggle struggle purposefully. In this post, I wanted to share 10 essential mindset shifts that have helped me navigate my marriage, motherhood, and PhD journeys, plus everything else in between.