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Hosted by Vikki Wright · education · EN-GB
Whether you're a PhD student or an experienced academic, life in a university can be tough. If you're feeling overwhelmed, undervalued, or out of your depth, the PhD Life Coach can help. We talk about issues that affect all academics and how we can feel better now, without having to be perfect productivity machines. We usually do this career because we love it, so let's remember what that feels like! I'm your host, Dr Vikki Wright. Join my newsletter at www.thephdlifecoach.com.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWhether you're a PhD student or an experienced academic, life in a university can be tough. If you're feeling overwhelmed, undervalued, or out of your depth, the PhD Life Coach can help. We talk about issues that affect all academics and how we can feel better now, without having to be perfect productivity machines.
The PhD Life Coach is hosted by Vikki Wright. The show has published 211 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "5.04 Why imposter syndrome ruins your work life balance" (26 October 2026, 26 minutes), "5.03 Why you’re probably setting the wrong goals" (19 October 2026, 34 minutes), and "5.02 How to be more resilient with special guest Dr Sherry Hamby" (12 October 2026, 58 minutes).
The PhD Life Coach publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 31 minutes across 211 episodes.
Booking probability for The PhD Life Coach is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The PhD Life Coach requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The PhD Life Coach's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for The PhD Life Coach are Courses, Coaching & Lessons and Universities & Colleges. The PhD Life Coach has an education audience.
Vikki Wright hosts The PhD Life Coach, an education podcast with 211 episodes published.
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Episode #4
Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! We all know we should have time away from work yet so many of us don’t. It shocks me that people don’t get more curious about WHY intelligent, capable people...
Episode #3
Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! We all talk about goal setting, and the importance of SMART goals, and yet most of us still set goals that don’t work. Maybe we get there in the end, often in...
Episode #2
Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! We often think of resilience as the ability to withstand more and more stress or pressure, which never sounds like a lot of fun or very sustainable. However, as...
Episode #1
Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! Trying to be “more independent” and “driving your PhD” when your supervisor simultaneously keeps rejecting your ideas can be one of the biggest challenges in...
Episode #69
Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! When did you last get some negative feedback? As PhD students and academics, we get negative feedback quite often, either comments on drafts of papers...
Episode #68
Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! Imposter syndrome often affects the most high achieving people yet it can still feel so true that you’re “not good enough” and “conning” other people into...
Episode #67
Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! How many times have you seen or been on a time management course? How many books and podcasts and blogs and social media posts have you seen about time...
Episode #66
Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! It's so easy to believe that you don't have time for a life outside of academia. The pressure and the never-ending to-do lists mean that even having fun feels...
Episode #65
Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! One of the things I hear clients say most often is that they don't know what to do. They either don't know what decision to make in their life, they don't know...
Episode #64
Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! In this episode, I talk about feeling behind! It's easy to spend a lot of time telling yourself that you're behind your own plan or you're behind other people...
Episode #63
Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! Procrastinating is when we scroll social media instead of working, right? No! Procrastination is anything that we do to avoid the emotions associated with doing...
Episode #62
Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! Pretty much every PhD student struggles with procrastination yet the advice is often very generic. In this episode, I talk about a theoretical framework that...
Episode #61
Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! In this episode, I explain why chasing ‘perfect efficiency’ is actually making your PhD harder. Many students think that taking flawless notes or writing...
Episode #60
Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! If you start your weeks strong but usually end disappointed, then this episode is for you! I’m going to be sharing how everything improved for me when I...
Episode #59
Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! In this episode, I make a feisty case for why we should ban highlighters! I’ll give you four reasons they’re not helping you and tell you what you should be...
Episode #58
Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! Pretty much all PhD students have a vague (or very strong) sense that they’re not taking “good enough” notes. Yet for most of us, we’re not really clear what...
Episode #57
Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! Do you keep getting distracted when you’re writing? Settle down to actual draft something, then decide to just look something up, and then two hours later you’re...
Episode #56
Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! One of the most common comments I hear from PhD students is that reading always takes longer than they expect. In this episode, I share four elements that you...
Episode #55
Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! One of the most frustrating moments in a PhD or academic career is reading through your first draft—only to realise it’s a mess. It doesn’t flow, the arguments...
Episode #54
Send Vikki any questions you'd like answered on the show! Writing can feel like you’re banging your head against a wall sometimes. Trying to craft sentences, when you’re not entirely sure where you’re going, and then...
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