Private 1:1 Support for Scholarly Mamas®
As you know, Scholarly Mamas® is our private community for Mamas on academic journeys.
If this sounds like you, we’d love to have you inside our free community!
You can sign up here.
That being said, I know that some Mamas want more individual, personalised support to help them get to where they want to be.
If this sounds like you and you were wondering whether 1:1 support is available, the answer is a resounding YES!
Private 1:1 coaching is available exclusively via our OPTIMUM programme :-).
If you’d like more information about our OPTIMUM 1:1 coaching, keep reading and don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions!
But let me ask YOU a question Mama…
“Do you ever feel like you aren’t truly enjoying your Scholarly Mama® journey?”
Perhaps you’ve never stopped to ask yourself that question before…
If so, you’re not alone.
Sometimes when we’re deep in the throes of the juggle-struggle, we get so caught up in the busyness of it all that we don’t even notice that we are not enjoying the journey.
Let me know if any of these resonate with you:
- Instead of enjoying all that you have – your beautiful children, your spouse/partner, your scholarly journey and career opportunities – you feel overwhelmed, stressed out and fed up trying to juggle it all…
- Either your mind is constantly rummaging through your never-ending to-do list, or you’re too busy trying to multitask and be ‘all things to all people’ that you don’t even know whether you’re coming or going.
- You feel stuck in endless cycles of guilt because when you are with your family, you are there in body but not in spirit as your mind is constantly wandering off to all the academic work you have to get done and then when you catch yourself not being fully engaged and present with the kids, you feel even worse inside.
- You may be wondering when you’ll ever feel like you ‘have your life together…’
- When will you finally stop feeling like a guilt-ridden Mama with a constantly scattered brain but nothing to ‘show’ for all the hard work you’re putting in?
- Maybe you secretly wish you could be more organised and productive like your childfree academic colleagues or even your other Mama friends who aren’t pursuing advanced degrees or navigating higher education.
- If only you knew the secret code to scholarly joy while holding it down at home… right?
- You keep asking yourself, ‘What’s wrong with me, why can’t I do it all?’
Here’s the thing Mama…
I see so many Mamas just struggling through their academic motherhood journeys feeling constantly burdened and overwhelmed.
And you know what, these Mamas are the best dreamers!
They constantly fantasise about ‘getting their lives together’ after they achieve their next academic milestone, because then they will finally be able to pick back up the fragments they are creating now, by default.
They are in a perpetual state of ‘one-day’ living, always waiting for things to get easier… for the kids to be older and less demanding, for the degree to be finished and behind them, for their academic paper to be published, for the next holiday to catch a break or just catch up… for life to be better… you know, one day…
But how long will you keep living for that ‘one day?’
How long will you daydream about life after you achieve this or that?
How long will you keep waiting to truly live the life you deserve?
How many more months of feeling overwhelmed will you put up with before you decide to invest in yourself?
How long will you have this ‘full life’ that you feel you’re missing out on all the fun parts of anyway?
How good would it feel to be the Mama who achieves her academic goals but who also enjoys her life to the full, instead of being burdened by her out-of-control to-do lists and overwhelmed by the juggle-struggle?
How amazing would it be to enjoy both your motherhood AND scholarly journeys?
What a life, right?
“I’ve discovered that the secret to a purposeful Scholarly Mama® life is centred around my priorities in the season of life that I’m in. The sooner we realise that we don’t need to have it all or do it all as Scholarly Mamas®, the happier we’ll be. Plus, when we win where it truly matters, everyone wins!” – Dr. Michelle Gibbs | Mrs Mummy PhD®
Who is the OPTIMUM programme for?
OPTIMUM is a premium solution for Scholarly Mamas® who feel overworked and overwhelmed by the juggle-struggle of combining their academic pursuits with real life as Mamas and want to create a more purposeful Scholarly Mama® experience for themselves with a little more support to do so.
This is for Mamas who are ready to take purposeful action towards their goals!
This premium 1:1 coaching programme is for Mamas on academic journeys who are struggling to see the light at the end of the tunnel and want to create scholarly joy without sacrificing what matters because they know they are more than their titles and accolades but can’t work out exactly how to turn that belief into a lifestyle.
If this sounds like you, you’re not alone.
I know how hard it is to combine the demands of higher education with the demands of family life without becoming overwhelmed and disillusioned by the external pressures to balance it all perfectly.
I get it.
You want a new approach.
You may even say that you don’t just want one, you NEED one!
You deserve to reach your scholarly goals without guilt. And, most certainly, without sacrificing the essential stuff…
It’s time to trade overwhelm for overflow on this academic motherhood journey.
Overflowing peace of mind.
Overflowing joy.
Overflowing moments and memories.
Overflowing success.
Perhaps you’ve been on your journey for a while, but you now want to work with someone who has walked this road before, who can be a detached thinking partner for you.
Inside OPTIMUM, you’ll have the opportunity to work 1:1 with Dr. Michelle Gibbs (Mrs Mummy PhD®) who will hold space for you to gain clarity on your big goals, and work towards them without sacrificing yourself or your family life.
What can our OPTIMUM programme help you do?
What if your Scholarly Mama® journey didn’t have to feel like navigating the woods alone?
What if it could be different?
Reflecting on my PhD journey, I remember feeling so overwhelmed at times. The journey felt so unbearably long, painfully hard and sadly isolating… with all its many twists and turns.
You see, I began the journey as a Mama of one and was trying hard to finish as a Mama of three… my Mama friends didn’t get it and my PhD colleagues didn’t get it either…
This journey was truly one of a kind! And so many times, I just wanted to give up!
As I plodded along, there were a few times I lost sight of the goal, and inevitably the gift of the present.
It was like being lost in the woods…
…then I realised that I was carrying some heavy loads that were putting additional pressure on my already stressed capacity and navigation system… the mum guilt, perfectionism, overwhelm, fear of failure, imposter syndrome, expectations of others, over ambition and the list goes on…
But when I began to gradually offload as many of these as I could, it helped me to focus on the exact things that would get me to my goal of completion without compromising my values.
I began to see things much more clearly and take purposeful action towards my goals.
I no longer needed to stress over the “where” and “when” of the journey as I was able to trust the process and focus on the “who”, “why” and “how” parts i.e. who I was, who I was becoming, as well as why and how I was going to achieve my goals purposefully with kids in tow…
In my OPTIMUM 1:1 coaching, you remain at the centre of the story, because you’re the “who”, but as we work together, you’ll get clearer on the “why” and eventually the “how”….
Because when you win where it matters as a Scholarly Mama®, everyone wins!
You don’t have to keep feeling alone and lost in the woods… and your navigation system hasn’t completely failed either, you just need to get back in the driver’s seat of your journey!
Book a free 1:1 call below and let’s explore how you can get there with OPTIMUM 1:1 coaching 🙂
How is OPTIMUM any different?
Unlike the group-based nature of our FREE EXPLORE community and our COLLECTIVE mastermind, our OPTIMUM programme will help you accelerate the transformation of your juggle-struggle with much more tailored 1:1 support.
But let’s be clear…
OPTIMUM 1:1 coaching isn’t about adding to your plate. It’s about simplifying your life by experimenting with new ideas, systems and approaches to create more time and capacity for scholarly joy and purposeful success in your life as both a Mama and a Scholar.
It’s about creating a vision and specific goals for your Scholarly Mama® life and taking intentional action where it matters.
You may be wondering, ‘What’s the difference between Scholarly Mamas® EXPLORE, the COLLECTIVE and OPTIMUM?’
EXPLORE is our free community, which you can join today. The COLLECTIVE is our all-inclusive mastermind, which is currently closed for enrolment. Our OPTIMUM programme is high-touch and tailored to you through 1:1 coaching!
With OPTIMUM, you can kick-start your juggle-struggle transformation with individualised support.
Imagine finally being able to:
- Have more joy and satisfaction in your academic motherhood journey now (not when you achieve this or that)
- Love and look after yourself well so you can feel good on the inside and out and stop pouring from an empty cup
- Compartmentalise your academic tasks through strategic planning so you can progress in your work and keep the guilt at bay
- Reignite the passion you once had for learning and education while savouring the memorable moments you get to create with your family
- Have clarity of your top priorities so you can confidently carve out time in your weekly schedule for what matters, without the guilt
- Create healthy boundaries and finally have the confidence to say ‘no’ and stop overcommitting
- Have a healthier work-life blend by incorporating simple self-care strategies into your day-to-day to avoid overwork and burnout
- Create work-life harmony so you can have more joy and fulfilment at work and home without your research life spilling over into family time or sacrificing your family life
- Tap into your creativity as an outlet for yourself, or better yet, use it to enhance the lives of others
- Start building your legacy now so your kids can be proud of you long after you’re gone
- Have more joy and peace at home by investing in your marriage/relationships without compromising your scholarly goals
- Finally lay down your ‘overachiever and superwoman capes’ and trade them for new journeys of becoming smart, purposeful, and whole as a Scholarly Mama®
What is a Scholarly Mama® Purpose Path?
Our OPTIMUM 1:1 coaching exists to help you turn your juggle-struggle into your purposeful journeys of becoming by creating and taking action on your unique Scholarly Mama® Purpose Path in just 90 days.
A Scholarly Mama® Purpose Path is your personalised success blueprint for navigating your journey of academic motherhood by design and not by default.
Think of it as your personal Scholarly Mama® manifesto!
It’s essential for creating scholarly joy and purposeful success on your terms, as you grow gracefully on your journeys of becoming.
You will have the unique opportunity to create your very own Scholarly Mama® Purpose Path inside OPTIMUM.
Creating your Scholarly Mama® Purpose Path will give you the confidence to navigate your Scholarly Mama® journey with intention and purpose. And because it is a unique and personal journey, there are no rigid rules, just a personalised framework to help you along the way.
Every Scholarly Mama® Purpose Path has the potential to be transformative… but of course, that bit is totally up to you!
With clarity of your Scholarly Mama® Purpose Path, you will be able to transform your juggle-struggle into your purposeful journeys of becoming!
Meet your Coach!
Hey Mama, I’m Dr. Michelle Gibbs, your fabulous Scholarly Mama® coach!
Believe me when I tell you that I know the student/academic Mama juggle-struggle all too well because I’ve been there, done that and bought the T-shirt!
I went from an overwhelmed new Mama living deadline to deadline and trying to juggle it all, to becoming a purposeful Scholarly Mama® who was able to reach my academic goals while enjoying a life that feels just as good on the inside as it looks on the outside.
I’ve also learned the hard lessons so you don’t have to. This is why I now combine a truly client-centred approach (with a sprinkle of tough love) to help you transform your juggle-struggle into your purposeful journeys of becoming a smart, purposeful, and whole Scholarly Mama® who is able to make her goals a reality.
As a Scholarly Mama®, I have experienced a great deal of academic ‘success’, including honours, awards and distinctions in my undergraduate degree, three post-graduate degrees and most recently, my PhD! This is all on top of building a beautiful marriage of over 17 years with my high school sweetheart and together, raising our three heartbeats i.e. our boys.
In addition, as a healthcare professional and academic, I’ve worked with both patients and students, to support them in reaching their health or academic goals respectively, and achieve their desired outcomes.
I’ve also experienced my own personal transformations along the way, as I discovered the art of navigating my Scholarly Mama® journey with purpose.
Now, I will be combining all these skills and my lived experiences to help you achieve your scholarly goals without neglecting yourself or those you love.
With OPTIMUM 1:1 coaching, you will be empowered to become an ‘OPTI-MUM’! Did you notice what I did there? Haha 🙂
"A journey of a thousand miles, begin with a single step" - Lao Tzu
How will the OPTIMUM programme work?
Our OPTIMUM programme is a uniquely tailored experience where I will hold space in our private 1:1 coaching container so that you can gain clarity of your specific vision, purpose and goals.
OPTIMUM coaching is high-touch coaching that considers the specific challenges we often face as Scholarly Mamas®.
As your Scholarly Mama® coach, I want to support you as you take action in a way and at a pace that works for you in your own, private 1:1 coaching container.
Mama, you can think of me as your detached thinking or brainstorming partner, with a little sprinkle of tough love!
What is the investment for OPTIMUM?
OPTIMUM is a semi-structured, bespoke experience including 12 weeks of tailored 1:1 support.
With all the money being spent on your advanced degree, it’s time to invest in yourself, because you are the asset in all of this!
Not only do you deserve to finish your advanced degree well, but to onboard new mindsets and strategies as a Mama wearing many hats that you can carry with you well into the rest of your Scholarly Mama® life too.
With this in mind, your investment is £997.
However, the true value of this programme is priceless because you will learn the skills and perspectives you need to help you reach your Scholarly Mama® goals without sacrificing what matters most (which took me many years to learn).
All of this, in just 90 days!
Imagine going from feeling stuck in the juggle-struggle, feeling isolated, overwhelmed and dwindling in motivation, to being clear on what you want to achieve as a Scholarly Mama® and feeling empowered to reach your academic goals without sacrificing yourself or the precious family time you cherish.
Imagine being able to blend your scholarly pursuits and your home life in a way that brings more joy, harmony and fulfilment into your life.
Book your free OPTIMUM discovery call below and let’s talk about whether OPTIMUM 1:1 coaching is a good fit for you!
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What can I expect with OPTIMUM 1:1 coaching?
Inside the Scholarly Mamas® OPTIMUM 1:1, coaching sessions will take place weekly on Zoom for 12 weeks.
Our 50-minute private 1:1 coaching sessions will be centred around the unique challenges you face as a Scholarly Mama®, and how you can overcome them to create your own success story.
This is where the magic will happen!
Together, we will look at your situation, create your unique Scholarly Mama® Purpose Path, identify your priorities, get clear on your specific goals and then get to work on devising a bespoke, actionable plan that will get you there.
Each week, during our OPTIMUM 1:1 coaching calls on Zoom, we will talk about your challenges, get to the root of your juggle-struggle and set small, achievable, intentional goals towards your purposeful success and scholarly joy.
How do I sign up for OPTIMUM?
Here’s what to do next if you’re interested in signing up for our OPTIMUM programme:
- Book a FREE OPTIMUM discovery call where we will talk through your specific needs and whether the OPTIMUM high-touch programme is a good fit for you.
- If you are happy to proceed, you’ll be invited to complete your paperwork, make payment and book your 12 x 1:1 sessions.
- Your OPTIMUM 1:1 coaching programme will then commence on the agreed start date.
Questions? Book your OPTIMUM discovery call today!
Well, that’s it, Mama!
I hope you found this information helpful and I look forward to working together in OPTIMUM!
Sending you much love and gratitude,
Dr. Michelle Gibbs (Founder of Scholarly Mamas®)
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