Ok Reader.

It was definitely a dark moment when I saw that price yesterday.

We live in a rural area (like, broadband-doesn't-reach-us-here rural!), and I rely on my car.

A weekly shop this week was nearly twice the price it was a couple of months ago.

The world is on fire, and the cost is heavy for everyone, in our own ways. If you are affected by the nastiness right now, I'm sorry. I hate not being able to influence things - but all of this is definitely out of my circle of influence. Probably yours too.

I've been emailing recently about my 1:1 offer. Which, whilst game-changing, is also premium-priced.

And I know everyone can't afford that. Or maybe doesn't want to. The intensity isn't suitable for everyone, at every stage.

But I don't gatekeep. And I will argue long and loud that academia should not put barriers up to helping research students.

You didn't sign up to be isolated.

Working out the rules as you go along isn't the easiest way to do any aspect of life.

And I'll wager that very few people around you care, much less understand, the things you need to talk about to help you move forward with your study.

So it's a conundrum, really.

I write these emails, and my Monday Musings emails, to share what I know about doing a doctoral-level study in the most manageable way possible.

​And this is why I set up the Doctoral Success Circle (click here to read the info page).​

It's a community of doctoral researchers, hosted on a platform called Skool (sp. yeah, I know 🤨).

• It has monthly deep-dive workshops on topics you need to know about.
• Q&A sessions - bring your challenges, we can talk them out.
• Co-working sessions - proven as a productivity strategy.
• Places to get feedback from me on your work.
• Access to all the resources I produce related to doctoral study.
• Other researchers to network with and get ideas from, who are deep in their study too.
• Personally moderated (by me) discussion boards to share what you're going through and also the wins (we won't name names, but the Circle isn't a place for bitching or back-biting).

It can be - and should be - your 'online home' while you are doing your PhD.

And I'm telling you now, because it will help you to finish that beautiful, critical study of yours.

That's what I want for you.

At $19/mo (or $180 for the year) - roughly £14/£130 - it's a much more affordable way to lose the feeling that you're on your own - and it works.

So if you've been looking at getting some support, but can't reach the price tag of 1:1, or if you just want to know you're not alone, or you know you need some extra help but don't know how to get it, CLICK HERE to join the Circle now.

Always in your corner,

P.S. When you join, you'll be popped into the FREE level which has lots of good stuff (and the monthly Q&A sessions) - but to get access to all of the goodness, click on one of the locked resources to upgrade to Premium at $19/mo or $180/yr.