When: Thursday, October 16, 2 - 3 p.m. ET

Academic life often teaches us to push harder, move faster, and override our needs. But what if real progress comes not from pressure, but from presence? In this workshop, we’ll explore how to create the conditions for immersive contact—the kind of steady, meaningful engagement that helps you actually move your work forward.

You’ll leave with practical strategies and ready-to-use exercises to help you work with more clarity, focus, and self-trust. There will also be time for a live Q&A with Alison Miller, PhD, a 25-year dissertation coach and founder of The Academic Writers’ Space and The Dissertation Coach.

Alison will introduce the concepts of Relaxed Productivity and Relaxed Effectiveness, and show how immersive contact—rather than force or frenzy—is what allows for consistent, human-centered progress and productivity.

You’ll learn:

- Six essential conditions that make immersive contact with your work possible
- How to shift out of overwhelm and reconnect with your capacity
- How to build the clarity, structure, and inner steadiness that help you engage deeply and sustainably

Join us to experience a new way of working—one that supports both your writing and your well-being.

Alison Miller, PhD, is a Los Angeles-based entrepreneur who is passionate about making personal and spiritual growth accessible and easy to incorporate into daily life. Educated in Clinical Psychology at Cornell University and The University of Illinois at Chicago, Alison has helped lead thousands of graduate students to earn their degrees over the last two decades. As a founder of Lead True, she helped foster and develop the professional leadership skills of countless women around the world. Having recently sold The Dissertation Coach, her expert dissertation coaching & consulting business, she’s now at the helm of her latest business endeavor, The Academic Writers’ Space (TAWS). TAWS is an online coworking community Alison designed for graduate students and academic writers to get real work done in a supportive and nurturing environment. Since its inception in 2020, TAWS has hosted thousands of coworking sessions with academic writers from across the globe. Alison’s living a full life as a public speaker at universities and private businesses, working on the 2nd edition of her book, Finish Your Dissertation Once and for All! How to Overcome Psychological Barriers, Get Results, and Move on With Your Life, and being a wife and mother to her two adult children and dog Nacho.