Signature Talks

Healing the Writing Wound

Reclaiming Voice, Agency, and Trust on the Page

Best for:
Faculty development, graduate students, women & faculty of color initiatives, writing centers

Core focus:
How writing trauma forms in academic systems
Why productivity advice fails harmed writers
What it looks like to write with agency instead of fear
Practical strategies to begin repair (not just cope)

Audience leaves with:
Language for their writing harm (huge relief moment)
Permission to stop self-blaming
Concrete practices for writing with less panic and more trust

The Compassionate Middle

Writing as Power and Presence

Making Grounded Decisions in Burnout Culture

Identity, Voice, and Resistance in Academic Writing

Best for:
Faculty, staff, administrators, leadership retreats, wellness initiatives

Core focus:
Why academic culture pushes extremes (overwork vs. collapse)
How the “compassionate middle” supports sustainable decision-making
Moving from reactivity to discernment
Self-trust as a professional skill

Audience leaves with:
Tools to interrupt spirals
A framework they can return to under pressure
Language that legitimizes humane pacing

Best for:
BIPOC initiatives, women faculty groups, social justice programs, graduate cohorts

Core focus:
Writing as a site of power—not just productivity
How identity shapes voice and credibility
Resisting grind culture without disappearing
Writing as presence, not performance

Audience leaves with:
A reframed relationship to “academic voice”
Greater confidence claiming intellectual space
Writing practices grounded in purpose, not punishment