Why work with Joy? Because sometimes you need someone in your corner who will believe in you.
Joy coaches writers how to plan projects, cope with writer's block, address anxieties and fears, and navigate the publication process. She teaches clients how to write more clearly using data-based, discourse analysis. She helps you kind your voice and direction.
Joy specializes in one-on-one coaching for academics who are marginalized or underrepresented in higher education. The majority of her clients are women, BIPOC, and or members of the LGBTQ+ community. She recognizes the trauma that marginalized and underrepresented faculty and students face. Working with Joy, you be offered a space where you can process the pain you experience daily in academia. Joy focuses on acknowledging your wounds and guiding you to strengthen the pathways you already possess for your own success and wellness even though the mountains you face in academia are huge.
Joy guides clients to develop and capitalize on the writing and research strengths they already possess. Joy believes success in stressful, hostile environments can indeed occur hand in hand with deep career satisfaction, personal wellness, and health.
Joy wants you to develop into a more satisfied researcher, writer, and person. Not only will you get the book written, the grant submitted, the promotion packet completed, or the mid-career plan sketched, you will also develop a more satisfying life. Joy’s clients report that they are more productive than ever, but they also report that they happier, more rested, and more balanced. Joy guides and encourages clients to create a life that is meaningful, healthy, and peaceful.
