‘mindfulness’
the mindful phd: this embodied phd
oct. 8, 2013—by nancy chick, cft assistant director two weeks ago today, i had a lumpectomy, and october is breast cancer awareness month, so i’m writing a bonus post this week to celebrate–and to stake a faculty claim in the land of women and men with bodies and emotions and cells. more…. reposted from the mindfulness phd...
the mindful phd: playing with others
oct. 1, 2013—by nancy chick, cft assistant director i recently received an email that, in another time, would have tested me. it’s a genre familiar to all of us: several paragraphs registering a complaint, only some of which we have control over, written out of frustration and haste, and expressed in a way that (we think) we...
the mindful phd: being fully present in the classroom
sep. 25, 2013—by nancy chick, cft assistant director a recent study on students’ laptop use in the classroom has brought a lot of attention to the issue of, well, attention in the classroom. as their title indicates, sana, weston, and cepeda (2013) found that “laptop multitasking hinders classroom learning for both users and nearby peers.” in a...
the mindful phd: reducing stress
sep. 18, 2013—by nancy chick, cft assistant director in recent weeks, i’ve talked with quite a few colleagues–faculty (full-time and part-time) and graduate students–who were nervous about teaching their first class, or their first class on this campus, the first session of a new course, or a new group of students. this concoction of stage fright, imposter...
the mindful phd: paying attention
sep. 10, 2013—by nancy chick, cft assistant director i hope my first two posts whetted your appetite, and now you’re wondering how to start. call it “stealth mindfulness”: you’ve already started. “a beginning” turned your attention to your breath, and “the easy way & the easier way” challenged you to sit for two minutes each day—two simple...
the mindful phd: the easy way & the easier way
sep. 4, 2013—by nancy chick, cft assistant director i came to mindfulness only in recent years—first through a regular yoga practice and a handful of retreats, then through guided meditation, then through a mindfulness-based stress-reduction (mbsr) course and a few multi-day workshops, and now through a weekly mindfulness-teacher training group. it’s only slight hyperbole to say that...
the mindful phd: a beginning
aug. 29, 2013—by nancy chick, cft assistant director i’ve never been much of a blogger—i don’t even follow many blogs—but here i start a blog series. why? based on my constellation of experiences and what i’ve been learning more recently, i have something to say to my fellow phds and phds-in-training.* but more about my story next...